Scrapping of the states autonomous status. And the taliban inflict more carnage on kabul. Several are dead, scores are injured in a bombing that came despite a promise during peace talks to protect civilians. Plus, the craze that is sweeping germany. For young and old, this is the fast way to get around town. But the number of injuries is on the rise, and it is spoiling the fun for some. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Tonight, u. S. President donald trump is on his way to el paso, texas to meet survivors and family members of the victims of saturdays mass shooting. 22 people were killed. He is flying from dayton, ohio after a similar visit to victims of another rampage in which nine people died. Protesters there chanted for stronger gun controls and voiced opposition to the president s divisive rhetoric about immigrants and people of color. Trump made no public appearances in dayton. As he was leaving washington dc ear
The 270electoral vote threshold. As you can see since then, joe biden standing at 279 electoral votes right now across the country we are watching celebrations in the streets as word got out that the race had been called for joe biden, who will become the 46th president of the United States. The 45th president of the United States was appropriately playing golf when the call was made. As he and his team continue to spread false allegations of voter fraud, and vow to fight the will of the voters in court. Lets go to nbcs ali vitali, who is following the Biden Campaign from wilmington. Ali, we are going to hear from the president elect for the first time that we can call him that, later on today. Thats exactly right, ali. And i feel like as we called pennsylvania and, subsequently, called the president ial race for joe biden. You could sort of hear a collective exhale of all of these biden staffers in wilmington, delaware, who had been waiting for so many days for what they thought was t
Were about a 35 minute drive away from the airport. The station itself is a good distance from here, about a quarter mile away, a fiveminute walk from where we stand. And were being kept well back as this investigation moves on. Two u. S. Intelligence officials have been briefed on the incident tell nbc news that the device in question was a five gallon bucket with a lid on top placed inside a Plastic Grocery bag. Some of those pictures on social media show some wires sticking out as well. The same intelligence Officials Say this device flashed but did not explode. And that investigators are looking into what it was designed to explode or was some sort of chemical device designed to inflict chemical burns on those commuters this morning. Commuters talk about seeing, hearing a bang and then seeing a ball of fire headed toward them, headed toward their heads and a lot of them talk about fellow passengers having burns, also bruises and cuts and scrapes from the stampede that followed as p
Now. It is friday, january the 3rd. We start with the warning. Soon, you will witness the bodies of americans in all of the middle east. Thats from the new commander of the quds force, which is a secretive unit of irans powerful revolutionary guard, which the United States considers to be a terrorist group. The pentagon says it killed his predecessor, general Qasem Soleimani, in a u. S. Air strike near baghdads airport. Soleimani was not only one of irans most powerful military and political figures, he was also a key player throughout the greater middle east. Overseeing irans network of proxy groups. The u. S. Is taking irans threat to retaliate seriously. The pentagon announcing today it is deploying thousands more u. S. Troops to the middle east. President trump tweeted that soleimani was plotting to kill more americans and that, quote, he should have been taken out many years ago. But democrats want to know, is there a plan for what happens next . My guess is that the assassination