Im tired and not alone in feeling tired. We are trying to look at every single procedure we are, nonurgent, postpone those procedures. Some point soon our ability to do this will run out and then well be trying to decide who gets medical care and who doesnt. Start with the latest facts that the hour. Our country just recorded a devastating 162,000 new daily claims. Californias governor is pulling the emergency brake on virus reopenings putting some past restrictions back in place while l. A. s mayor is warning of a new level of danger. Iowas governor just made a 180 on the importance of wearing a mask. Kim reynolds issuing the states first mask mandate weeks after calling the coverings a feelgood measure and iowa senior senator 87yearold Chuck Grassley is exposed to covid19 and quarantining while he waits for test results so we have the reporters on the ground in hot spots all across the country right now. New jersey for starters facing a sobering new assessment of where things stand.
The last two weeks without social distancing. And then this morning, a stunning apology from joint chiefs chairman mark milley during a virtual commencement address. The general said he was wrong to follow President Trump through Lafayette Park to st. Johns church for a photo op after Peaceful Protesters had been forcibly removed from his path. As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And as many of you saw the result of the photograph of me in Lafayette Square last week, it sparked a National Debate on the role of the military in a civil society. I shouldnt have been there. My presence in that moment, in that environment, created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned, uniformed officer, it was a mistake i learned from and i sincerely hope we all can learn from it. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondent and 12krist welker, pbs news hours Yamiche Alcindor, and scott thompson, former police chief for new jerseys camden c
During a year-end wrapup segment on Face The Nation, CBS Senior Business and Technology Correspondent Jo-Ling Kent lamented that “the arguments and protections of free speech” prevent social media companies from engaging in further censorship and viewpoint suppression. Additionally, Kent took a shot at Elon Musk for his free speech reforms at X, formerly known as Twitter. Watch as Kent also bemoans Musk’s gutting of the fed-embedded Twitter Trust and Safety Team, as aired on CBS Face The Nation on Sunday, December 31st, 2023:
nbc news business and technology correspondent jo ling kent joins me. jo, it s great to see you. you have big new numbers for us in the billions in spending yesterday. right? reporter: jose, that s right. we just got fresh new numbers about thanksgiving day online spending. adobe reporting $5.1 billion were spent on thanksgiving. now, when you look at what was expected, it s actually on the lower range of what was expected. so this may be a cause of inflation. a cost of living going up, gas and food prices on the rise right now. but well within the range of expectations. we do expect to see a record amount of money spent across retailers on this thanksgiving weekend. but on an anecdotal note in virginia and across the country including mall of america and minnesota, we are seeing the traditional lines and door busting parades of people really come down significantly.