Rather than his body was lying in state at the president ial palace. Some people in the crowds clashed with police when their visit to see the coffin was cut short. Ethiopias Prime Minister ive made, has ordered, a final assault on the capital of t. , great province after the expiring of a 72 hour ultimatum for local forces to surrender. Ahmed says he will open a humanitarian corridor for those who want to flee more than 40000. People have already left for eastern sudan, where aid agencies are struggling to feed, treat, and shelter them. Well have a morgan is in one of sudans poorest regions where many refugees have arrived with nothing where we are is the border and its where more than 15000 refugees have arrived over the past 3 weeks. All of them think that theyre escaping shelling that left family members behind and came here for their 50 and there they would be more than 200000. 00 refugees. And the next 6 months are going to be trying to step up so that no refugee is left in need.
The resume or via cspan who has asked to broadcast the keynote today. We are absolutely thrilled to reach so many colleagues wherever you might be. It took a whole team to get us here, team of colleagues with more than 17 campuses in broad expanse of our metropolitan region. They and others are volunteering their time and energy during those two days to ensure it goes smthly. We would normally ask them to stand and be recognized but that is not possible this year and if as you see them helping in various capacities please take a moment to thank them for their work. I would also like to take a moment to recognize the enormous effort taken by our assistant director jennifer and office of elearning director of instructional design henry for leading this years conference. These amazing women are so talented and creative im overcome with pride and i know them and get to work with them. Its incredible to see the creative [inaudible] we would like to personally thank the support of the univer
Senator david perdue refused to take part, so democratic challenger jon ossoff stood on stage alongside an empty podium. It is a strange situation to be asking a question of a sitting United States senator who is not here to debate as he asks for the votes of the people to be reelected. Amy the debates came a day after President Trump held a rally in georgia and called on georgias republican Governor Brian Kemp to overturn the election but kemp refused to do so. We will go to georgia for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Is heading towards 15 million confirmed cases of covid19 as daily cases are averaging close to 200,000. The reported death toll has topped 282,000 with hospitalizations now over 100,000. Experts warn the grim figures do not yet account for spikes related to thanksgiving travel. Hospitals and the 911 emergency call system are being stretched to the breaking point as Fr
His Economic Team to deal with the crisis. Item is hopeful, the nearly one trillion dollars package will pass, but says his team is focused on the next session of congress. Right now, before congress should come together and pass a robust package for relief to address the surge it needs. But any package passed in a lame duck session is likely to be at best just a start. My Transition Team is already working on what ill put forward in the next congress to address the multiple crises, refreshing, especially ergonomic, and called a crisis. Us center for Disease Control panel is recommending that frontline workers and nursing home residents should get a grant of iris vaccination fast and independent visor, a team made up of 50 medical and Public Health experts voted in favor of the guidance states and other local authorities will decide on the issue. U. S. Drug firm 5 earned its german partner, bio, and tech have said that they hoped their vaccine could be rolled out in europe within weeks
Heres stav da naos. Good afternoon. What a wet night it was for some others, Standing Water and localised flooding in places. The rain will be easing, snow in the north petering out, leaving a legacy of patchy, light rain and cloud. Some areas quite cloudy but sunny spells breaking out, like for the east, southeast quadrant, the southwest and northern scotland. Not as mild in the south as yesterday, a colder day for scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england. This cold air drifts overnight, showers for North East Scotland and north east england. This new area of rain pushing from the south west will bring persistent downpours, maybe localised flooding, increasingly turning to snow as it bumps into the cold air. Milder across the South West Verses across the north. This weekend, turning colder, we will see some rain, sleet and snow. Cold air across the north of the uk for the last few days will push southwards, we will have a low pressure pushing from the south west, like i