Officials here. So this is a remarkable logistical achievement set against this background of extraordinary negotiations between the United States and the taliban. The two leading belligerents up until the Taliban Conquest Of Kabul with the exception, of course, of the afghan government itself. With Highlevel Meeting now that were going to hear more about with your guest just now, and ongoing fire fights. Last night until about 5 00 this morning from about 4 00 to 5 00, just off to the west here, there was very heavy exchange of small arms and mediumsize weapons fire. Went on for a long time. We dont know who was involved in that. We are also getting reports on the ground that the taliban have arrested five suspected isis members who were believed or alleged to have been filming possible targets in the capital city. And we are now seeing massive crowds of people trying to get to the qatari embassy downtown. Similar numbers of people not similar numbers, similar scale of people who had
15,000 voter signatures. Back then the repeated claims to the contrary by the president and his crew prompted this reaction from Georgia Election official sterling. The reason im having to stand here today because theres people in positions of Authority And Respect who have said the votes didnt count and it is not true. Theres a claim that 66,248 people below 18 voted. The actual number is zero. 243 people that voted without being registered. Lets be clear about this. You cant do it. Theres no shredding of ballots going on. Thats not real. No one is changing parts or pieces from Dominion Voting machines. This is all easily provably false. Yet the president persists. Here we go again. The audit in georgia is an expected to involve that sketchy company of Cyber Ninjas in arizona. Georgias review will be done under the supervision of a special master approved by the court. It cant change the outcome of the election obviously. Its been six months now but to get to the bottom of socalled su
Hugs, tears, a lot of pentup emotion finally being released and whats extraordinary, the headlines the same all over the country. Derek chauvin guilty on all charges and its not just a national story. It is a massive deal all over the world. The verdict made the front page in canada, the uk and spain. Chauvin faces decades in prison when his sentencing takes place eight weeks from now. It only took ten and a half hours for the jury to reach that verdict and the reaction from people in minneapolis and all over the country is at least, in this case the system worked. This is something beautiful. This is something different. Its finally some little piece of justice. I cried tears of joy. Tears of joy. It feels really, really good. Big victory for us. Weve got a lot to talk about today, and fantastic reporters are covering every angle of this crucial story and you know who i want to start with. Nbcs Shaquille Brewster and for the first time in weeks hes not in front of the courthouse. Hes
Yesterday. Omicron cases have now surged past the peak we saw from delta cases in early september. The january high point for this pandemic is a ways off, but were getting closer by the day. There is one piece of good news. Average hospitalizations are still flat over the past week. The bad news is, the u. S. Saw more than 3500 deaths on thursday. Thats the highest weve seen in some time. As we said, all of this is throw wrench into Holiday Plans. If youre flying, you probably want to check with the airline before heading to the airport. United cancelled more than 160 flights scheduled for today. Thats about 10 of their total flights. They just dont have enough crews to fly. Theyre not alone, more than 400 u. S. Flights and 1900 global flights have been cancelled, including flights on delta, jetblue, and allegiant. If you had your heart coming to new york city for new years eve, those plans are changing, too. The mayor said the celebration is happening but it will be scaled back. Just
A federal Appeals Court ruled against the former president in his bid to block the release of his white house records to the january 6th house committee, so these records, a whole heap of them that could reveal all kinds of things, could be out very soon. The d. C. Court of appeals did agree to pause its ruling for two weeks, so trump can seek an intervention from the u. S. Supreme court. And we have brandnew reporting revealing that trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are no longer allies. Saying that he no longer speaks with the israeli prime minister, adding ef him. He added, the first person that congratulated biden was Bibi Netanyahu, the man that i did more for than any other person i dealt with. He has made a terrible mistake. Pfizer adds 2. 6 million teenagers to the eligibility list. Overall, pace of vaccinations is up. The sevenday average of people getting their first shot is up 39 from a month ago, but it is a race against the virus. Covid hospitalizations are now up 40 over the p