Former officer thao gave to investigators after the death of george floyd. I knew it was kind of a somber moment, especially for me and my heart kind of sank. Reporter the body camera video his lawyers believe helps prove that thao should not face criminal charges. Making her mark. Meghan opening up in her third speaking engagement since leaving the royal spotlight. Women understand that their voices are needed now more than ever. What she says about returning to the u. S. Wildfires raging. New evacuation orders this morning as nearly two dozen structures are destroyed north of los angeles. And an update on this amazing water rescue. The family saved by a group of Good Samaritans reunited. Their message this morning. Hello, good morning and we begin on this sa hello, good morning, and we begin on this saturday morning with the latest on the pandemic. While the number of Covid Patients in americas hospitals is falling, the number of daily deaths is unfortunately rising with the passing
Brief so a lot more to come on that front. Also on capitol hill, democrats are moving ready to move ahead with the 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package with or without republicans. President biden sat down with a group of republican senators last night for two hours to break the ice it appears on a potential bipartisan agreement. You see video from the Photo Opportunity in the oval office right there. But both sides level the room saying there wasnt a deal and no clear path really to what happens next. At the very same time, President Biden is pushing ahead today with more Executive Orders focusing this afternoon on reversing some trump era Immigration Policies. Well have more on that In A Momentch but let us start with the Impeachment Trial and donald trump and the breaking news coming from capitol hill. Manu raju has been combing through this brief, coming from the house Impeachment Managers and joining us right now. Manu, what is the case that theyre laying out against donald trump .
By mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, megan thompson. Thompson good evening and thanks for joining us. A day after agreeing to reach a ceasefire in syria within a week, World Leaders met today to end the fiveyear civil war that has fueled europes migrant crisis and may have cost half a million lives. Diplomats from the United States, russia, turkey, saudi arabia, and iran are among those attending an annual security conference in munich, germany. Secretary of state john kerry criticized russia for bombing raids during the past four months backing syrian president bashar alassad, who the u. S. Wants removed from power. The vast majority, in our opinion, of russias attacks have been
Disaster and an idiot. The president lashing out as he campaigns in arizona, forced to defend a longtime red state only 15 days before the election. A trump advisor telling cnn that time is running out for the president to turn things around and that attacking dr. Fauci is simply not smart. Well have an up to the minute look at the race at the state of the race. Thats coming up this hour. But first, i want to go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, tonight, the president has launched yet another line of attack, going after dr. Fauci and joe biden at the same time. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump has been blasting dr. Anthony fauci all day long. The president told Campaign Staffers today that fauci is a, quote, disaster, even though the doctor is much more trusted on the coronavirus than mr. Trump is. Some inside the campaign are questioning the president s decision to pick on fauci with one advisor telling me time is running out. Quote, time is running o
Theres a lot unknown about the vaccine. Side effects and distribution and whether theres enough to go around. It does mark a new chapter. In an american tragedy that destroyed far too many lives and still far from over. The daily death koint is among the highest in the nation history. Period. Take a look at this list. These are the deadliest events that occurred on u. S. Soil. Natural disaster. War, terrorist attacks and now covid. Deaths from december 4 alone exceeded the death toll from the japanese atake on pearl harbor. The death toll from december 9 alone exceeded the 9 11. Four out of the top ten deadliest events were all within the last ten days. Yesterday was the fourth deadliest day our country has ever seen. That day december 9 we lost more than 3,100 people. At the end of the terrible day, the president of the country the president of the United States hosted a packed indoor hanukkah party. Where as you can see, some were wearing masks. Not adhering to social distancing insi