Begin with the latest on the corona virus as the World Health Organization says that the virus does have a higher death rate than the flu but is more difficult to transmit. While many people globally build immunity to seasonal flu strains ninetys a new virus to which no one. And that means more people out of susceptible to infection and. C. V. S. Diseases globally about 3. 4 percent of reported 19 cases have died. By computers and seasonal flu. That any queues trying to fewer than one percent of those infected. The so the mortality rate for covert 19 the disease caused by the corona virus is 3. 4 percent and that number is making headlines but what most media is not going to tell you is that that number is also pretty crude and poorly calculated number one its based primarily on the outbreak in china where the majority of the cases have been detected specifically and move on which has a higher death rate than anywhere else in the case of those cases were early and many of the victims d
comment for the story. wolf? thanks very much. erin burnett outfront starts right now. the breaking news. all eyes on the white house as biden vows to retaliate after three u.s. soldiers were killed by a drone strike and tonight, we hear from the parents of one of those soldiers. plus, trump s new target tearing into the president of the united auto workers, calling him a weapon of mass destruction and a dope for backing biden. tonight, the president of the uaw is outfront to respond. and inside kim jong-un s inner circle. women are elevated there now and men who pose a threat are ending up dead. let s go outfront. a good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, retaliation. president biden meeting with his national security team vowing to respond after three american soldiers were killed by an iranian-backed drone strike in jordan. 40 more were injured and of those eight are still in the hospital. suffering from their injuries. it is an attack in which we n
facing parents holding up photos of their children, some who took their own lives after bullying and exploitation on social media. and the stunning moment, mark zuckerberg is asked to stand up and apologize, and he does. selina wang on capitol hill. also developing, for the first time, the white house identifying the iran-backed militants behind the deadly drone attack that killed three americans. and tonight here, the heartbreaking moment. the phone call from president biden to one of the families. what the president reveals to them that moves the parents to tears. martha raddatz from jordan. here in the u.s., we re tracking two major storms. several states on alert at this hour for flooding, snow, and potentially damaging winds. rob marciano times it out. the horrific crime outside philadelphia. the son accused of attacking and killing his own father, that longtime federal worker, posting graphic video, which we will not show here. authorities tonight pointing to the
Thanks for joining us i. Im jessica doyle. Today retailers are hoping you will help burn off that holiday dibber by taking some dinnerly taking some laps around the mall. The day after christmas folks most often return those unwanted gifts. Delia gonsalves tells us about another postholiday tradition. Reporter the day after the holiday is traditionally a busy day for returns. But here at tysons corner, we found a lot of people cashing in on postchristmas sales. Tysons corner was unusually slow this postseason christmas. John and james drove to the mall, from manassas, a long way to get the sales. We negotiated getting here at 7 00 instead of 6 00, which jane was anxious to get the doorbuster deals. Reporter but the day was still a big one for the houstons. Jane walked away with deals and john swept out a lessthan desirable gift. We are here to exchange a neck tie. Reporter who gave you the neck tie . My motherinlaw. Reporter oh shes really good about it. She said its okay. Reporter ret
Waited on. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im laura jarett. Thrilled to be here. Its 4 00 a. M. In new york. And its 32 days until the iowa caucuses. After days of violent fprotest y iranbacked demonstrators at the embassy in baghdad. Thousands of angry supporters of an iranbacked militia tried to storm the embassy. They were protesting deadly u. S. Air strikes launched in response to the death of a u. S. Contractor in a rocket attack. The protesters did damage inside the embassy. Some of the rooms were left charred there. Iraqi Security Forces have regained control of the every ya. But a spokesperson for the group that organized the demonstration said america should have received the message. The embassy says all Consul Services are suspended until further notice. Arwa damon is live for us in baghd baghdad. Arwa . Reporter good morning. And what that group is saying, hezboll hezbollah, is these protests are openended. They have re