own just gone. heartbreaking stories from colorado, where wildfires reduced hundreds of homes to ashes in a matter of hours. and we begin right here in the united states, where the latest covid surge is shattering records. is u.s. is now averaging more than 394,000 new cases a day, the fifth day in a row a new high was set. now, most states, the ones you see there in dark red, have seen daily case counts rise by 50% or more in the last week. now, so far, thankfully, hospitalizations and deaths are lower than the peaks we saw in 2021, but unfortunately that doesn t mean the danger is over here. the cdc estimates more than 44,000 people could die from covid-19 in the next four weeks. meantime, millions of children are headed back to the classroom on monday. it comes as a record number of children are at this hour hospitalized with covid-19. and some school districts are announcing at least a partial transition to online learning. and that s the approach several school distr
from the top of the building and the army are now trying to work out how to contain the situation which escalated so rapidly. a bow and arrow attack in norway that left five people dead is being treated by police as a terrorist act a vigil is held for the victims. as you know, we have inherited quite a budget crunch from president trump. a plea goes out to a simpson s fan to pick out other moments the show apparently saw into the future. we ask the executive producer about those uncanny predictions. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the world health organization has urged countries and companies that control covid vaccine supplies to meet their promises to poor and developing nations. wealthy countries including the uk have pledged to donate more than a billion vaccine doses worldwide, but only a small proportion have been delivered. in south sudan, one of the world s poorest countries, a tiny fraction of the population is protected. the problem
inside iraq where they were around at militants for a drone attack, iraq is calling them hostile acts and warning them they can ratchet up tensions in the middle east. the anti-semitic outbursts, written in hebrew. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m pamela brown and you are in the situation room. we are with the next donald trump legal battles, just days to go before the new year and weeks to go before the first 2024 presidential contest. pamela, donald trump s legal team is spending the last days of 2023 prepping for an immunity case they will argue on january 9th. they have submitted their brief, that was over the weekend and they are once again arguing that donald trump cannot be prosecuted for anything related to january 6. as they returned the 2020 electric results. because he was acquitted, he cannot be criminally charged. we will see some response from the special counsel by the end of this week but then arguments before the appea
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a late morning commute with a twist rail passengers in newjersey are delayed due to a bull on the tracks. just a couple of lines of breaking news. we have just heard from the la department of medical examiner that the friends star matthew perry s death has been ruled an accident from the effects of kata mean. you will remember his body was recovered from the jacuzzi in his la home. the examiners are saying that he was suffering acute effects of ketamine. he long talked about his drug problems and addiction, very open about that. we heard from some of his co actors on friends, they said they d spoken to him in the morning he died and he was in fairly good spirits. so something obviously went wrong between that moment and when he was found the next day. and he seemed to have ketamine in his system. and from the bbc, question of sport which has been running for 53 years has been axed due to funding challenge
coming up on the second hour of ayman, the fight of a lifetime. election denialism is threatening to take over arizona. i ll speak with katie hobbs, the democratic nominee for governor and secretary of state about her efforts to stop the conspiracies once and for all. then outrage in georgia. one woman sounds off after her struggle to cast a ballot. hear how she fought back, and the latest on the brutal assault of speaker nancy pelosi s has been, what democrats are saying, and what republicans are not. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. call it trump s election denier trifecta on the arizona bout. the republican contenders for secretary of state, attorney general and governor of arizona have all loudly echoed trump s election lies, and they continue to spread disinformation about voting just ten days before the midterms. that this information in part as led to a series of voter intimidation issues across the state. secretary of state and gubernatorial candidat