going to hear about it. and you re going to hear about mine. first up, joe , biden calling for unity. our politics has gotten so angry, so mean, so partisan, and too often we see each other s enemies. i sincerely hope this holiday, this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another. but let me remind you, this is the man who accused half of the people in this country of being semi fascist and says our country is steeped in racism. that s the guy who wants to have this big kumbaya moment now that christmas is here in santa is watching. but then, of course, there are his policies, which basically sent our economy into the toilet. all the indications that we see would point to a recession sometime within the first three to six months of next year. i think the greater risk is that at some point during 2020 three , the economy will head towards recession. so recession is very much likely in the coming 12 to 18 months.
over a million people are without power from texas to the east coast as bone chilling temperatures kick in. more than two hundred million americans are currently under warnings or advisories. this massive winter storm is causing holiday travel chaos. transportation secretary buda jen says it is going to be days before this gets sorted out. yesterday, about 10% of flights canceled. now, of course, that means 90% of flights were not canceled, but, you know, if it goes above two percent, we consider that a lot. so 10% means just a lot of disruption for a lot of passengers now getting back to normal. but we re seeing, again, over the middle of the country that extreme cold and then the east that that wind and snow coming. it s going to be rough for certainly the next couple of days. when it comes to aviation. so far , over twenty six thousand flights have been delayed and nearly 9000 canceled since wednesday. mike tobin is at o hare airport in chicago with the latest. hi, m
involved. our law and order panel on these late developments, coming right up. donald trump in a new legal action tonight citing the fourth amendment protection against unreasonable reason seizure. the white house remained silent for the whole shake-up over its response for the covid-19 pandemic. we got a chance to speak to dr. walensky of the role politics is playing in public health. be sure to stick around that. by now you have seen the shocking scene. dozens of vandals ransacking the 7-eleven. matt phan is in los angeles for us tonight. reporter: hey matt. that group stormed inside the 7-eleven, stealing what they wanted. it is something we are seeing across the country. up to 100 people go on a rampage stealing candy and chips and sodas and some jumped the counter and stole lottery ticket. one man targeted a store worker, police say he threw food and bananas at an employee who was hiding in the back. this group took over the street intersection just before rushing
we are getting a clearer picture now about the unstructured raid on mar-a-lago. including on the first ladies and we begin with primary month less than a few months away in november. bret baier is joining us now. good evening. good evening, shannon. you mentioned a governors race there with the trump candidate against the candidate who was endorsed by former vice president mike pence. she did pull off a win in milwaukee county, which was the rest of the state, however, that really backed michael s. and that s setting up a battle between michael s and the incumbent governor. senate side, the surprise, ron johnson wins trying to get reelection there and on the democratic side going away is barnes, that will be an interesting race for the senate. now in vermont we ve got peter welch, the congressman there, this is the heat that patrick leahy, the longest-serving senator is retiring. welsh winning this and jordan maloley winning this over the former u.s. attorney, nolan. an
life from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden is in isolation after testing positive for covid. the confirmation came hours ago first in a statement from the white house, then in a tweet by by the president then in a tweet by the president and finally in this video message, released on social media. so, that s president biden suffering from covid, and these are the last moving pictures of him before he tested positive. they were filmed as he flew back to the white house on wednesday evening, by way of comparison to how he looked a few hours ago. dr ashistha is the white house covid 19 response coordinator. he says the president is only experiencing mild symptoms, and he s started a course of pfizer s antiviral pill called paxlovid which reduces the severity of covid 19. because the pres