Another mad dash for british holidaymakers to get home ahead of new coronavirus quarantine rules, this time affecting croatia. And, the uplifting tale of the pop star, the london student, and the 30,000 gift. We start in russia where the Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is being allowed to travel to germany for medical treatment. His supporters have accused moscow of deliberately poisoning him. Navalny has been confined to a coma, in the siberian city of omsk, after drinking tea at an airport cafe. Sarah rainsford reports from moscow. She spent all day battling for her husband. Convinced Alexei Navalny has been poisoned, yulia wants him moved abroad. Away from a siberian hospital that is bristling translation this situation is outrageous. It is clear they are hiding something. Take him to doctors we trust. Alexei navalny collapsed on a flight to moscow, carried off in a coma after an emergency landing. Crooks and thieves, is what he calls those in power here. Mr navalny is russias loud
Hospitalizations just yesterday, marking the 12th consecutive day of more than 100,000 people in the hospital. The second event unfolding moments from now, the Electoral College will confirm president elect joe bidens win, sealing President Trumps fate again, no matter what he says or which conspiracy theories he pushes. Electors from all 50 states in d. C. Will today follow the constitution and affirm what the voters decided on november 3rd. It is a process that is formally, well its normally a formality, but with an active attack to undermine democracy by the president and his republican allies well show you the vote from each state but first, we want to begin with the vaccine rollout. 189 boxes of vaccine vials are expected to arrive in all 50 states today. We have correspondents at hospitals across the country to watch who is getting the nations first doses and when. Sara murray is outside George Washington University Hospital in d. C. Where alex is aa czar and Jerome Abrams will o
It is such a moment of hope because we can see the light. I wanted to do it to inspire people who may be skeptical about taking the vaccine. I want you to know help is on the way. If i can be the one person who helps show person its okay to do this, its okay to get the vaccine, its safe, we trust the science, the methods, then im going to be that person. With the vaccines really rolling out, americans appear to be getting more and more comfortable with the idea of getting vaccinated. A new poll say 71 of americans definitely or probably get would get a vaccine. Thats up from 63 in september. But it is also important to remember that it will still be months before the majority of americans can get a shot. This is a moment that dr. Anthony fauci really has described as bittersweet today. Such hope with these vaccines but still the reality that the virus is ravaging the country as we speak. More than 300,000 coronavirus deaths now in the United States. 300,000 and almost 200,000 new cases
Voting machines, in swing states. So does the president s fired National Security adviser, michael flynn. He and powell met with the president , friday. Here is what he told news max, thursday, about the president s options. He could, immediately, on his order, seize every single one of these machines around the country, on his order. He could, also, order he could order the the within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities, and he could place them in those states. And basically, rerun an election, in each of those states. Send in the troops. This retired, threestar general says, and rerun the elections. Essentially, at gunpoint. And in case youre wondering whether he is just speaking hypothetically, hes not. Flynn has also retweeted this press release from an outfit called we, the people, convention, advocating precisely that. What the group calls limited martial law. Its all a bit much for another friend to the president. Remember the thing that Ronald
Their family. The children had to make the difficult decision to take them off life support. To is a goodbye to a parent, you know, it still just seems unreal. Me and my brother were talking earlier. My like my mom and dad are going to walk through the door any second, but we know theyre not. Its just hard decision that any child has to make. Im just glad that my brother was there with me, and i was able to lean on him as he was able to lean on me. All the memories, my mom made christmas happen. My mom and dad, they both made christmas happen. They made every holiday happen. Its crazy, just like i said, it doesnt seem real. I remember this one time, my dad, when we were younger, he used to put fake giant bunny footprints through the house, lie the easter bunny came through when easter came around. Thats one of things i will always remember, like we have a home video of that. And sean, look, the easter bunny came, look. [ laughter ] im always going to remember that. Thats one of the mem