Killed or by their wounds. In other words, they died as a direct result of combat in the war. I did some calculations, and i found that in fact about 10 more of the army died of disease, sickness, and other causes that are not directly related to battle. They were simply a product of the very unhealthy nature of military camps, the inability to provide decent sanitation, these sorts of things, which diseases, if they got into an arm camp, they could go through and take a very heavy toll on life substantially more men died as a result of disease, sickness. And then theres a bit of colateral damage that occurs that millyisha die as a result of the british raids of the sort weve been talking about. We might estimate that 15,000, 16,000 americans died one way or another as a result of the war of 1812. The indians suffered i think proportionately higher percentage of lossesle we dont know precisely, because we dont have good figures for indian population, but of course the numbers that the
Would be a death sentence for him. And finally as the president was leaving tonight he finally called roger stone, here is how stone described that conversation. He said you understand i have the option, i have the authority to either grant a pardon or commute your sentence. He says you should understand that a pardon would be final, and that in accepting a pardon you are exceptionally accepting guilt, and i would rather see you fight this out which is why im commuting your sentence. Reporter now, both roger stone of course and donald trump believe this was politically motivated, that thats the only reason he faced charges, but even attorney general bill barr said this was a righteous prosecution. What is the white house saying about the comitation . Reporter the white house put out a lengthy statement. This is from the press secretary saying at this time in light of the egregious facts and circumstances surrounding his unfair prosecution, arrest and trial the president has determined
By the values we cherish, decency, respect, justice and the opportunity to rise up. We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, this year it really is. The past few months have tested us all, weve lost more than 170,000 family members and friends to covid. This tragedy is compounded by the loss of jobs and income. Its not just the past few months. The past four years have left us as a nation diminished and divided. And yet in the middle of the fear and sorrow and uncertainty, people have come together because they know were better than this. America is better than this. And so we choose to act inspired by the three sacred words that breathed life into our nation, we, the people. Okay, im ready. Lets go. Are we ready . I think i was in middle school fifth grade. Can i say this in spanish . Should i read just this line or the whole thing . Justice. Tranquillity. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Lets do this. We the people. We the people. We the peopl
Gle gloria, did you hear Mitch Mcconnells statement . He says point blank its going to go up for a vote. I think donald trump, wants to get his name out there as quickly as possible. Wouldnt surprise me if he nominated a woman to replace her. I think he wants to use this to get the base motivated. Dont forget he had been losing a little bit of support from evangelical voters. He can say, look, im going to nominate someone who is prolife and this is important to me and of course its important to Mitch Mcconnell, because judges have been his resondetre this past year. You have republicans who are in tight races or what if the Senate Changes hands. I mean, we just dont know how this will play out. I can guarantee you on both sides, this is going to be the base of both parties. Why doesnt biden give his list. Im wondering now whether this changes the calculation on that, and whether joe biden would feel the need to say this is the person i want on the court or whether he would hang back on
Us would like to forget, all of our lives were upended and so many lives were devastated by the pandemic. So this morning dr. Sanjay gupta is going to break down the hopeful signs for 2021 as the vaccinations kick into high gear. The new year also brings a Seismic Shift Seismic Shift in washington, in just 19 days president elect joe biden he will be inaugurated in less than a week we will know which party will control the u. S. Senate and what will be President Trumps influence on the Republican Party on the nation after he leaves office . Also ahead, we have a very special guest, legendary cellist yoyo ma will speak to us about the healing power of music during this pandemic and beyond. So we have that and much more ahead on this special edition of new day, but first lets get a check of your headlines at the news desk. Good morning, and happy new year. Im alison kosik in new york. The world is saying goodbye and good riddance to 2020. The ball drop in times square looking very differ