distancing stop it from spreading. and as the pandemic has gone on, there has been more and more proof that masks work. the cdc releasing data today that says masks a mask mandate reduce covid-19 case counts and deaths. that s what makes all of this so frustrating. with over half a million americans dead, more than any other country in the world, expert as agree that mask wearing needed to be the major tool to stop the spread. we have a way to stop the virus, and we still need to stop it. vaccines alone will not end this horror. you know what will? wearing one of these will. okay. so we re not taking a break. all right. so we re going to keep going here. sorry about that. so let s move on here. senate democrats moving ahead tonight as you saw late tonight trying to get the covid relief bill passed after breaking the day-long stalemate with one of their own, democrat joe manchin, over the extension of unemployment benefits. also tonight, good news in the battle against covid
phoenix, before it could even take off. what other passengers witnessed. some trying to stop the fight. all of this as the acting head of the faa is grilled on capitol hill today over the disturbing number of airline-related incidents. and gio benitez asks him, what s going on? we re tracking two major winter storms tonight. more than a dozen states on alert from california to wisconsin for heavy snow, flooding rain, and high winds. the system reaching the northeast by friday s commute. and rob marciano timing it out. the tragic new details tonight in the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. two of them shot and killed. the mother of one of the survivors on how the gunmen opened fire on that minivan. one of the survivors witnessing the two victims being shot and dying. matt rivers in mexico. tough questions on the hill tonight about the origins of covid-19 and will americans ever get an answer? what the former cdc director from the trump administration said today, an
speech on democracy, it s not on my time or yours. the riot on january 6 was dangerous and tragic. but americans are smart enough to understand the real threats to democracy are coming from the left. without her first amendment, art of thought stomach democracy is likely to survive. we know now that biden and his intel services conspired with big tech to censor opposing political views. how is that honoring cherished norms? how is it living up to our democratic ideals to use the most toxic and most vicious smears as political weapons? what we seen from brian kemp is a continuation of 12 years of racist behavior. domestic terrorism, rooted in white supremacy, is the greatest terrorist threat to our homeland today. individuals like ron desantis and greg abbott pedal in hatred and xenophobia. hannity: [laughs] laura: how are they upholding our system of government when they threaten a supreme court justice like schumer did? and then they proclaimed the illegitimacy of
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. the u.s. will cross 100 million vaccine shots since joe biden s inaug inauguration. that s 42 days ahead of the biden pledge. the u.s. is averaging 2.5 million coronavirus vaccines a day with 35% of americans partially or fully vaccinated. now, there are plenty of folks that noted that 100 million was a very low bar to begin with, but if you do the math going forward, at the pace we re going, we ll cross 200 million vaccinations within the first 100 days, and honestly, you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone that optimistic. but and this is hugely important there is concern this morning the u.s. may be on the verge of a new surge. the drop in hospitalizations, i want you to look at that graph. you can see it was going down steeply for weeks and weeks and weeks, but that decline has stopped. it s completely stalled right now. hospitalizations static and may be ticking up slight
A fireplace store owner in Great Falls, Virginia, is under fire for his racist behavior toward an Asian woman after bumping into her car. What happened: The woman, who filmed the altercation, accused Aspen Green Gasworks owner Charles “Chuck” LaGoe of hitting her car while she was at a red light. When the woman called the police and asked LaGoe for his information and insurance, he started yelling at her and said he had to leave to pick up his daughter.