Because of a cough related to her diagnosis. More than 40 states and washington, d. C. , are experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases over the last 14 days, alone. There are over 500 deaths in just the last 24 hours. And on the economic front, the deadline is nearing for House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin to hash out terms of a possible covid relief deal. The markets, though, are currently up and we could know something as soon as their 3 00 p. M. Call is over. Well bring that to you once we get word on it. A new national poll, though, says 72 of voters actually support a new 2 trillion stimulus bill. Congressional republicans including Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, though, oppose a large package, but the president hopes to forge ahead, anyway. Would you pass it with mostly democratic votes . Id take all the votes you could get. Whether its democrat or republican. But we want to begin in pennsylvania, joining us now is nbc news political repo
Who might need early treatment. Government borrowing jumps in september as the uk continued heavy spending to support the economy during the pandemic. Gunfire witnesses in nigeria say a number of protesters have been killed by Security Services in the countrys biggest city, lagos. Nasa says its space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid in an attempt to bring rocks and dust back to earth. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. In the last hour, its been confirmed that South Yorkshire will be moved to the highest coronavirus alert level in england from saturday. It comes as government ministers say the door remains open about a Covid Support deal for Greater Manchester. Barnsley, sheffield, doncaster and rotherham local Authority Areas will move to the tier 3 alert level which includes tight restrictions on household mixing and the closure of pubs and bars. The £41 milli
Of covid 19. Joe biden has made tackling the pandemic is first priority. 50 that tackling the pandemic is first priority. So that we can reopen our business is safely and sustainably. Resume our lives and put this pandemic behind us. Donald trump meanwhile is still refusing to concede the election for seven said he has announced the sacking of the defence secretary mark esper, we will talk to Anthony Zurcher about that. Its nice to bring you some good news. A Covid Vaccine has been announced. Pfizer and biontech say first results from their final vaccine trials show theirjab is highly effective in preventing people catching covid 19. Heres pfizers chief scientific officer. There are more steps that need to happen, but we feel that we are on the cusp of one of the biggest medical advances for society and mankind in the 100 years that have passed here. Plenty of caution is needed, but the preliminary results of the vaccines trial are highly promising. Here are the details. Pfizer is a Us
We are keeping an eye on the senates end of the year legislative business. Reporter centers have a lot of work to do but not much time to do it. Two major funding bills are in limbo and those senators hope to come to agreement before the new senate is sworn in sunday. Lets talk about covid19 relief. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell on the floor just hours ago announced he will move forward with the covid19 relief package that includes 2,000 direct payments but theres a catch involving the president s wishlist. Mcconnell says to get the 2,000 checks democrats must repeal section 230 of the Communications Decency act which protect Big Tech Companies who censor speech online, donald trump says company like twitter and facebook unfairly censor republican perspectives that have been for years. The majority leader wants a bipartisan study examining the integrity and security of the 2020 president ial election. The senate will not split the issues donald trump linked together just because democrats a
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