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some really concern concerning images, as you can see here, from the streets of tampa. many people crowded together, this weekend, with very few masks. and there are concerns super bowl parties could lead to a spike in cases. this, as the u.s. has surpassed 27 million known cases of coronavirus. and now, the new worries about the covid variants, first identified in the uk. a new study finds cases of this variant are increasing, rapidly, here, in the u.s., and significant community spread may, already, be happening. now, president joe biden calls the pandemic a, quote, national emergency. and criticized his predecessor s handling of it. take a listen. a disappointment was when we came into office is the circumstance relating to how the administration was handling covid was even more dire than we thought. the trump administration. we thought that it indicated there were a lot more vaccine available. and it didn t turn out to be the case. so, that s why we ve ramped ....
an incredible 98%. the common cold also way down will it last a dozen republican senators now joined in a last-ditch effort to overturn the election results. as another effort gets thrown out by a trump-appointed judge. double hit the snowstorm snarling highways and the second storm coming right behind it. mystery at sea a boat carrying 20 people from the bahamas vanishes and the amazing moment this surfer sprinted across the beach into the water to save a swimmer from being swept away announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening, and happy new year the start of a year is often filled with hope, but for many public health officials it s filled with dread more than 77,000 people died in the united states in the month of december, more than october and november combined. and there is a new prediction tonight that january will be far worse. the vaccine rollout that should ultimately stop the surge is moving desperately slow these ar ....
who are already struggling with paying the bills. yeah, i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four blankets last week because i didn t want to turn the heating on. and novak djokovic is back in serbia following his deportation, as the australian open begins without him. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester after a british man took four people hostage in a synagogue in texas on saturday. greater manchester police said the teenagers are being questioned as part of the ongoing investigation into the attack. 44 year old malik faisal akram from blackburn was shot dead by police after a ten hour stand off in dallas. the four hostages who included a rabbi were unharmed. downing street has described the incident as a terrible and anti semitic act of terrorism . from texas, our correspondent, sophie long, reports. this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than t ....
and misinformation. on capitol hill senate democrats, they are in intense talks with both kyrsten sinema and show manchin to try to get them to agree to a filibuster carve out on voting rights. chuck schumer threatening a floor vote even today with no hopes of passage. nato and all its allies facing off against russia today. just a few moments ago i spoke exclusively with the head negotiator for the u.s., deputy secretary of state wendy sherman. vladimir putin s spokesman mr. peskov has threatened a walk out if they don t get what they want regarding nato, and you said that s a nonstarter. do you think there s a real chance they would not resume negotiations and just go ahead with military aggression? i think it s quite possible that president putin will make a choice not to engage in diplomacy, but i also heard the spokesman say there would be rounds of discussion. so i m not sure that choice has been made yet, and again, i would say it s a stark choice for russia. ....
signed a document acknowledging that the ussr, the union of soviet socialist republics was coming to an end. the baltic states had been first to bale out of the soviet union but by the end of 1991, 30 years ago, all the constituent parts of the ussr had been fighting for or declaring their status as independent nations and it was a landmark moment 30 years ago this week when russia, itself, acknowledged the game was up. the leader of the ussr mikhail gorbachev realized basically he would have to agree. and before the end of that month, on christmas night, december 25th, 1991, mikhail gorbachev stepped down as head of the soviet union. the hammer and sickle flag of the ussr was brought down at the kremlin. the three color flag of the russian federation was raised in its place. and on christmas 30 years ago christmas, 1991, boris yeltsin became president of the russian federation. he served as president for eight years almost exactly from christmas 1991 until new year s e ....