About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for reading the refugees who are being moved to an island that aid groups say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of widescale abuse which the army turn on is. A National Sport as a bron james signs an 85000000. 00 deal with the l. A. Lakers and finally one driver raymond version or a chance in the bahrain sakit scene of his horrifying crash just 4 days ago. But we begin with the corona virus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture as you can see is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches and since the start of the pandemic there. The more than 64000000 confirmed cases coming quite close to 65000000 there and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died from the fire as well the United Nations is currently holding a special session of the General Assembly on covert 19 in his Opening Statements the secretary general antonio caet
These children are dying because society has yet to decide that their lives are worth saving. Woodruff and, its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the president s refusal to concede, and what a Joe Biden Administration could look like. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Fidelity wealth management. Consumer cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff covid19 set all kinds of records in the u. S. This week, and none was good. Just days after passing 100,000 new cases a day, the u. S. R
Security fencing erected around the capitol in the wake of the deadly insurrection stay up permanently. Also police say a man arrested near the cap towel was armed with a gun and 20 rounds of ammunition and a list of lawmakers names. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding to concerns about security by Members Of Congress saying the enemy is within the house of representatives. With all this, President Biden pushing for bipartisan support to pass his massive nearly 2 trillion covid relief plan. Lets get right to it. Cnns White House Correspondent john harwood and our cnn political analyst is john avalon. How will we distinguish ini guess ill have to say last names. Mr. Harwood President Biden trying to restore access to health care, pushing hard behind the scenes to get a covid Relief Package through on the heels of dismal economic news. Where do negotiations stand tonight . Well, theyve got a ways to go. Theres a lot of details that are going to get changed, and its unclear what the com
Scotfree is actually spelled with one two but two ts on that card. That one piece of evidence, an insight into the mans State Of Mind that he can get away with anything because of his skin color. His lawyer saying this to cnn. This was a guy simply following the advice and the commentary of the president of the United States. So tonight the acting chief of the Capitol Police proposing security fencing erected around the capitol in the wake of the deadly insurrection stay up permanently. Also police say a man arrested near the capitol was armed with a gun and 20 rounds of ammunition and a list of lawmakers names. The house speaker, nancy pelosi, responding to concerns about security by Members Of Congress, saying the enemy is within the house of representatives. With all this, President Biden pushing for bipartisan support to pass his massive nearly 2 trillion covid relief plan. Lets get right to it. Cnns White House Correspondent is john harwood, and our senior political analyst is joh
House task force and dr. Atul gawande now advising the biden team. Plus, former National Security john bolton. And former Homeland Security jeh johnson on the lack of white house conversation. With all eyes on georgia the Senate Majority hanging in the balance. We talk to Democratic Senate candidate jon ossoff. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and welcome to this week. 306 to 232. That is where the Electoral College stands with projections now in from all 50 states and d. C. Joe biden with the same number of electoral votes donald trump claimed victory with four years ago. At the time trump called it a landslide. As we come on the air this morning, after refusing to accept the results, the president seems closer to admitting he lost. Trump tweeting his opponent won because, quote, the election was rigged. He did use the word won. Although he has not conceded and the president continues to spread falsehoods without evidence. It comes