truth about the 2022 election, which of course makes donald trump mad. we begin with the coronavirus and a look at new actions and a new tone from the biden white house. covid infections up about 30% this week and deaths up 40%. the omicron variant driving the current case count, now with 150,000 new cases per day. they said the omicron variant should peak in a few weeks. they are driving some new actions as well, including today s announcement from the white house. the government is buying a half million courses of covid treatment from astrazeneca. the pre dr. fauci did backing them up and saying, live with it. everyone is likely to get exposed and likely infected. if you re vaccinated and boosted, the chances of you getting sick are very, very low. let s get more on the white house message from our chief correspondent, phil mattingly. phil? reporter: this is the reality. they re looking at the case counts. they re watching the surge. there is no question about it. a
energy to news that schools are closed today for hundreds of thousands of students after a clash between the teacher s union and the school district in the midst of a spike in cases. and over 600 los angeles police officers and firefighters called in sick this week, leading to longer response times to medical emergencies. california congressman raul ruiz will join us to discuss how the latest surge is affecting his district. meanwhile, right now, in washington, the senate rules committee is holding a hearing with the u.s. capitol police chief to review security measures just one day before the anniversary of the insurrection. and we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the cdc trying to clear up the confusion with its new isolation guidelines. the cdc now says that someone who has tested positive and is asymptomatic does not need to remain isolated or get another test before returning to normal everyday activities. the agency has added that someone who has ac
one woman in her 20s died. what do we know about the people just arrested? reporter: fredericka, according to st. paul police, three men connected to this shooting are in the hospital. they are receiving treatment for their injuries. police have not told us if those three men were shot or how they were injured. police did describe the scene when they showed up this morning shortly after midnight. listen in. officers rushed to the scene. they got there quickly, and they walked into a hellish situation. there were gunshot victims lying in the street and outside the bar there were gunshot wound victims on the sidewalk and there were gunshot victims inside the bar. all told, 15 people were shot. 15 people shot, including a woman who was identified as a person in her 20s. that woman died at scene. 14 others transported to multiple hospital. at least two hospitals in st. paul and a hospital in the neighboring city of minneapolis. what led to this shooting is still unclear. in
delusions on the stolen election that never happened. a handful of them are running for election right here in arizona. according to the washington post, all but one of the republican candidates running for office or statewide offensive here in arizona have questioned or flat out deny the results of the 2020 election. among that badger some of the countries most ardent election deniers. including blake masters, the republican candidate for senate. back in the early days of november, 2021. he tweeted out a video with the caption, quote, america s most powerful institutions conspired to manipulate the 2020 election. donald trump should be president today. end quote. that is a lie and then there is taryn lake, a quickly rising star in the magasphere and the republican candidate for governor. she peddled baseless conspiracy series about so-called ballot mules. she has refused to say whether she faces the outcome of her own race whether she loses. to understand this we have to go
let s. keep. the firemen magazine. on d. w. . this is live from berlin tonight the eve of what will be one of the biggest political changes in germany as chancellor prepares to step down as chair of her party has led the conservative c.d.u. for eighteen years tomorrow there will be a new leader who may also want. as chancellor also coming up
yemen peace talks begin in sweden and government and rebel sides agree to an exchange of prisoners but the united nations is mourning not to expect too much from the negotiations and a shocking arrest a top global executive of chinese telecoms giant is detained in canada she now faces extradition to the united states for allegedly violating sanctions on iran. it s good to have you with us tonight in error is drawing to a close here in germany on friday chancellor will relinquish the chair of her conservative c.d.u. party she ll continue as chancellor for the time being but delegates at the party conference in hamburg were elected merkel s replac