that did not happen. the kremlin blaming bad weather for that. as putin was speaking in moscow, ukraine s president released his own victory day message. translator: very soon there will be two victory days in ukraine, and someone won t have any. we won then, and we will win now. happy victory over naziism day. u.s. diplomats return to kyiv for the first time since the war began. it s a big step towards officially reopening the embassy. let s go right to cnn s matthew chance live for us in moscow. mat matthew, what stood out to you about putin s speech this morning is this. this morning? look, first of all, the atmosphere, the spectacle of the display of russian military might was as we expected it to be, quite dramatic. we saw thousands of russian troops on the cobbles of red square chanting patriotic slogans, military bans playing patriotic kind of war songs. there was a march passed and a salute taken by by president putin as the crowd cheered and applauded and t
unfolding in the banking sector has boosted the odds of a recession in the u.s. within the next year. but treasury secretary janet yellen is about to wrap up her senate testimony and she argued the fallout has been contained. i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure that our financial system remains strong and that depositors savings remain safe. now, the market seemed skeptical until they got word that chase and morgan stanley are considering rescuing the struggling first republic bank. regional bank stocks are mixed, which is actually a major improvement from earlier today. elsewhere in the economy some promising new data on jobs and mortgage rates. we have cnn s matt egan, who s here once again to help make heads or tails of all of this for us. okay, matt, let s start here wit
3,656 people who will not be spending the holidays with their families. they likely did not get to say good-bye to their loved ones in person. those future generations will also learn about the day before yesterday and the day before that. every day we are shattering these new records for the deadliest days in our nation s history. and hospitalization records as well. look at this. 113,000 americans were admitted just yesterday. and until that, those numbers will get bigger. we just surpassed 17 million cases. more americans will die, and where is this country s leadership? what has president trump done this entire week to address this pandemic? absolutely nothing. 3,656 americans killed in one day. it is no stretch to call that a national tragedy. and what has he and his america first agenda done to address it this week? absolutely nothing. nevertheless, the scientists, the epidemiologists press on. cnn s sara murray has more on the details of this second vaccine from modern
cnn s special report pandemic: how a virus changed the world in 1918, it airs saturday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. just a reminder, about an hour from now, cnn s don lemon and dr. sanjay gupta are hosting a special town hall the color of covid: the vaccines. dr. anthony fauci and surgeon general jerome adams will be there to answer your questions. now the news continues. so let s hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. thank you very much, john. i am chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. the moderna vaccine is now authorized for emergency use. but will we be able to get it to the people who need it in time? and a government shutdown has been averted for at least two days. but will congress get money to the hungry before christmas? these questions demand answers and action from the people who have the honor of doing our business. we must demand those answers and action. again, why aren t we being given the facts and figures about where the vaccine is goin
imus in the morning yes, the world is in love with smart phones. new developments. good morning, everyone, there s a published report that apple will produce a cheaper iphone for the china market, redesigned, big screen. apple not happy with its also-run status in the biggest market in the world and then there s the samsung galaxy, it leads the iphone in sales and shows on its bottom line. in a three-month period, samsung forecast record profits of more than 8 billion dollars. meanwhile, a new cliff approaches faster than we thought. the government runs out of money on february 15th according to one think tank. so here we go again. a new countdown to disaster. deja vu all over again. varney & company is about to begin. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter s school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapr and my. this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that s a great idea. i m going to