an breaking down barriers with an unprecedented kickoff. i owant to tell all the girl out there you can do anything you set your mind to. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. taking a look at miami this morning. good morning to you. a beautiful horizon, beautiful sky shot there. and we welcome you to the 7:00 hour here on the east coast of new day. listen, the numbers as it relates to the coronavirus, they re really bad. but there is hope that the vaccines, the approvals are coming. growing concern, though, about just how bad the pandemic will get while we wait. yeah. there s a record number of people battling covid-19 in hospitals across the country right now. it s putting a strain on health care workers, as you can imagine. they re risking their own lives, of course, to save these people. things are going to look very different in the spring and summer. we have to get through this year. so my advice is cancel your holiday travel at
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the governor of the us state of colorado has pledged to help residents who ve lost everything to rebuild their lives, after sudden wildfires destroyed 1,000 homes. tens of thousands of people were evacuated as the fires tore through suburban areas of boulder county on thursday. gary 0 donoghue has this report. winds of more than 100 mph drove the flames across more than 1600 acres of suburban colorado, which would normally have snow on the ground at this time of year. the fires spread quickly through homes and businesses, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. the emergency services did their best, but the sheer speed of the fire took everyone by surprise. coming down this road, the ditches and things and the trees, they re all up in flames. like, there s embers everywhere. packed myself, my cat and. just keep our fingers crossed. local officials declared a state of emergency, unlocking federal
homes. tens of thousands of people were evacuated as the fires tore through suburban areas of boulder county on thursday. gary 0 donoghue has this report. winds of more than 100 mph drove the flames across more than 1600 acres of suburban colorado, which would normally have snow on the ground at this time of year. the fires spread quickly through homes and businesses, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. the emergency services did their best, but the sheer speed of the fire took everyone by surprise. coming down this road, the ditches and things and the trees, they re all up in flames. like, there s embers everywhere. packed myself, my cat and. just keep our fingers crossed. local officials declared a state of emergency, unlocking federal funds to help fight the blaze, and the governor spoke to president biden. this was a disaster in fast motion, all over the course of half a day, nearly all the damage, many families having minutes, minutes to get whateve
families in our neighbourhood but have lost everything. that have lost everything. mourners in south africa pay their final respects to archbishop desmond tutu ahead of his funeral on saturday. and tributes are paid to the golden girls actress betty white, who has died just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. hello and welcome. countries around the world have been ringing in the new year. we are taking you to brazil. let s bring you some live pictures now from rio de janeiro s copacabana beach in brazil, where they are bringing in the new year with a bang. they were initially cancelled, the celebrations. the usual concert will not be happening but as you can see, some pretty spectacular fireworks displays on copacabana beach, but famous beach, scaled back but as you can see, pretty spectacular display in brazil. people have seen in the new year in towns and cities around the uk. in london, the usual public firework display was moved to a secret location t
mourners in south africa pay their final respects to archbishop desmond tutu ahead of his funeral on saturday. and tributes are paid to the golden girls actress betty white who has died just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the governor of the us state of colorado has pledged to help residents who ve lost everything to rebuild their lives after sudden wildfires destroyed 1,000 homes. tens of thousands of people were evacuated as the fires tore through suburban areas of boulder county on thursday. gary 0 donoghue has this report. winds of more than 100 mph drove the flames across more than 1600 acres of suburban colorado, which would normally have snow on the ground at this time of year. the fires spread quickly through homes and businesses, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. the emergency services did their best, but the sheer speed of the fire took everyone by surprise.