A possible breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 u. S. Drug giant pfizer says its vaccine candidate is 90 percent effective. Also in the news there i mean to end a decade of chaos and bloodshed in libya u. N. Backed talks have begun paving the way for a political transition. And uncertainty in peru is the president faces a 2nd impeachment trial in just 2 months coming up a live update from the capital lima. And bumpy december the legal sports news 27 seen masters champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament of the testing positive for corona virus. But were starting with breaking news this hour 1 pm in washington d. C. And literally in the last 2 minutes the u. S. President donald trump has fired his secretary of state. In his words. Has been terminated straight to kimberly how could a White House Correspondent cant believe its begun. Yes thats right mark else for is the secretary of defense or at least he was until this announcement by the u. S. President on twi
Conflicted zone theyve tried to capture areas village after village settlement after Settlement City after city trying to clear them off of the people and majority of the areas that weve seen in this conflict have been devoid of any civilian population because as the by jenny forces were advancing forward they were using artillery and drone strikes to try and clear the areas from fighters to civilians had been stepping back and weve been seeing those civilians fleeing those areas in the last 48 hours as well especially in the or step on a kurd as its known by armenia lot of people have been fleeing those areas as well and this is going to be a major setback for the armenian Prime Minister its not clear how politically any leader could survive such a major deal since 1902 we were speaking to as a burgeoning officials who say that per capita perhaps they have one of the worlds highest. Refugee pop pop relations the people whove been displaced from the region i make about a 1000000 and th
Process started and all and then just maybe another 15000000. 00 that needs to be provided but more importantly the decision by this g. A. O. G. S. A. Administrator emily murphy. Is supposed to trigger the availability of office space computers. Technology telephones and in particular. I mentioned the importance of getting these appointees background checked and confirmed. That process includes a background check by the f. B. I. And those cannot be initiated until emily murphy triggers a panic transition process in the very discretionary within her authority how important is continuously in government especially in the 2nd stances that the u. S. Is facing now and in light of covalent how crucial is it that things move smoothly well you put your finger on the most important ask. This problem that has arisen with emily murphys or caltrans on thats the briefings that need to occur. Are essential for it was a smooth transition of government and continuity of government particularly during
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state of ohio is bracing for more protests after a black man is shot multiple times by police. body camera footage is set to be released later today. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian military official in the liuhansk region. he describes the city as being on fire. one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. they say fierce fighting is ongoing and denies that the city is surrounded. in the black sea, snake island is once again under russian control. they claim they destroyed some of the equipment rich shans left behind. volodymyr zelenskyy said it will take $600 billion to rebuild his country after the war. he ll present what it takes. he s urging ukrainians not to give up. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow and tomorrow should bring maximum benefits to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible. cnn s scott mccla