Abuse but the army says theyre making it up. Thank you for joining us we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to pull vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic have been more than 64000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there are the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher iran introduced tougher restrictions to counter a 3rd wave of infections which included closing nonessential businesses russia has reported more than 28000 new infections. On thursday the highest spike yet the 2nd largest city St Petersburg has announced restrictions around the new Year Holidays indonesia meanwhile is seeing a record daily rise in cases reporting more than 8300 on thursday and several
A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister
We may have some rain by the end of the week. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is the commute rolling . Well, kari, its not rolling so smoothly or quickly i should say at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is moving smoothly when you get to move there. The metering lights turned on just before 5 30. This may be in part due to lower visibility. Low clouds here. Theres fog across the span. Just a little closer to the middle of the screen circled west 580. The bridge from richmond to san rafael. A disabled vehicle there. A little toyota could be causing a bigger problem as the backup starts to form. The rest of the bay as you would expect. Back to you. We begin at the Walter Reed Medical Center where President Trump is being treated for covid19. Live pictures now. Also at the hospital today in the bays tracie potts. Tracie, we just heard that the decision to discharge the president will be made later on today. What will that entail . Reporter well, the president
Me jimcramer. You have a pessimist you have the camp that believes the latest covid outbreak is no big deal because the mortality rate is lower and then the super pessimist that say spiking cases mean no sports, no going out and millions of job losses these four camps, i have to tell you, they are going to they are at war every single day. Including this one, the dow gained 557 points, s p advanced 1. 34 and nasdaq inched up 4. 9 one can win because there is so much money going into stocks the recovery plays dont go up as Fund Managers need to sell one group to swap into another and thats why the dow stocks did much better than the s p that did better than the one scorching nasdaq this is highly unusual but it makes sense if you think out market in terms of competing camps. So who is winning . Or who won today i like to use the sore thumb index as in which stocks stuck out like a sore thumb today . Let me give you todays examples first tell is mccormick. The big spice maker roared to a
Education and Budget Committee assignments that she holds. Moments ago democrats said this about House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer . The last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. And Kevin Mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. But greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. Wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former President Trump in his second impeachment. She has been shoring up support behind the scenes. That includes from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Republicans are facing a critical reckoning. Will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to get away with