Especially this one. Youve reminded us that no matter what, we can always find a way to bounce forward. So thank you, to our customers and to businesses everywhere, from all of us at comcast business. Breaking news, President Trump announcing another slough of pardons, 26 just nont alone. It includes big names like his former Campaign Manager paul manafort, longtime trump ally, roger stone, and charles kushner, the father of trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner. Republican senator ben sasse summing up trumps pardon spree as, quote, rotten to the core. The president is becoming increasingly erratic in his final days in office, vetoing the defense spending bill, upending the covid relief package, calling for a special prosecutor on his baseless claims about the election, and even threatening iran. I want to bring in cnn White House Correspondent john harwood, kim wehle, a former president ial prosecutor. John, this is chaos. The president s behavior is becoming increasingly erratic. Youve got p
This is bbc news. Im ben brown. Our latest headlines. France is expected to announce plans to lift the cross channel travel ban. There are now thought to be almost 3,000 lorries stuck in kent waiting to leave the uk. Theres severe disruption in dover, and more than 50 countries have now banned arrivals from the uk over fears of the new coronavirus variant. Behind me are some of those 3000 lorries in and around the port of dover. They are stuck here with absolutely no sign of when the gridlock will end. Retailers are warning of future Food Shortages of some products unless the border problems are resolved. The eus chief negotiator,
Michel Barnier, promises hell keep pushing for a post brexit trade deal, but the Prime Minister has ruled out extending talks into 2021. We are really in a crucial moment and we are giving it a final push. With a Record Number of infections recorded in the uk, scientists warn that inaction over the new coronavirus variant strain could costs tens of thousands
The fear of coronavirus is how we battle this including ways it can spread. Now that worry has come to sacramento. Might be the first example of whats known as Community Spread. Thats where the patient had no known contact with someone known to have the virus. Heres an Infectious Disease specialist from the hospital. We cant say theres definitely more, but i think its highly suggestive that if theres one theres probably more than one, theres probably other people. And that means pretty much everybodys at risk. We dont know who might be carrying. It we dont know who we could get it from. President trump announcing at the White House Briefing the first one in months hes putting Vice President mike pence in charge of the coronavirus response. That raised immediate concern that the politics are coming ahead of Public Health. Its also more than a little ironic back in 2014 mr. Trump tweeted it was a total joke, president obama had named on ebola czar with zero experience. And pence didnt ha
Biden, jamie klobuchar, and elizabeth warren. We are three days away from a major test in south carolina, the most diverse in this election cycle so far. So, lets get started. Making his first appearance at a cnn president ial town hall, please welcome former new york city mayor, Mike Bloomberg. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Before we get to the audience, i want to ask you what the president just talked about. We just heard from the president. He said the u. S. Is ready for this talking about the coronavirus. Theyve done a great job keeping it at a minimum in the United States and hes putting Vice President pence in charge of the effort. Do you have confidence in this administration to handle a potential pandemic . What would you do differently . I feel so much better. No remember when he fired the Pandemic Team two years ago. Number two, hes been defunding centers for disease control, so we dont have the experts in place that we need. I hope hes right that the virus doesn
Theres probably more than one and other people. That means pretty much everybody is at risk. We dont know who might be carrying it. We dont know who we could get it from. To announce hes putting Vice President mike pence in charge of the Coronavirus Response. That raised immediate concern that politics are ahead of Public Health here. Its also more than a little ironic. In 2014 mr. Trump tweeted it was a total joke president obama had named an obalea czar with zero medical experience. Pence has zero medical experience and was also criticized as governor of indiana for ignoring the advice of his state Health Officials during an outbreak of hiv. The president says the risk to americans remains very low. He was asked about his stance from just days ago he did not expect coronavirus to spread in the u. S. Contradicting cdc experts. Just of course in the last couple of minutes you have disputed some of what the officials that are working in your administration behind you have said about the