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This year especially, and with the pandemic, its been more challenging than most. >> reporter: the retail giant says it has increased the number of ports of entry it uses by 50%, doubled its capacity to process containers at ports, and will expand its fleet of amazon cargo planes to 85 later this season. >> weve added airplanes. weve added trailers. weve added trucks. we added vans. and so it allows us to see kind o how do we optimize our network for customers. >> reporter: the u.s. postal servi...

Vaccine. moderna showing its vaccine at half the adult dose offers a strong immune response for children 6-11. the biden administration says its ready to vaccinate 22 million children possibly as early as next week. news about the deadly shooting on a movie set in santa fe. production now on hold. what were learning. facebook under fire. leaked internal documents raising more questions about the company and whether its fueling hate and violence. americas supply chain crisis in need of a so...

Increase in hate crimes in 2020. overall the number of reported hate crimes rose 30% in 2020. thats the highest number in two decades. the majority of attacks targeted african-americans up 63% in 2020. hate crimes against asian americans surged 76% last year and many attacks may have gone unreported. next, the race to find new solution toss the supply chain crisis with the holidays quickly approaching. amazon is adding more planes, fedex and u.p.s. is hiring more workers. will that all be enou...

In a certain group, theres discrimination. i was never a fan of john mccain and i never will be. >> alongside the trump of the tropics, the president airs his grievances and stands by, as brazils president lashes out against gays and the free press. medicare for all is two talking points for the democratic field. the white house trying to brand it as a socialist plan destined to end in bankruptcy. fedex was a misrule there. >> right. ed fedex warning because of the trade war. thats what were t...

Employees have volunteered to come in and take time away from their families. the tide is turning a bit. we are blaming people for the last minute gift purchasing and gift giving. now this morning after all the outrage yesterday maybe it isnt so bad. >> woe heard the tweets yesterday saying fedex is a disaster. danielle says i would rather have a package from ed fedex late another two days than interest shows employees out there delivering today. on oously not wanting them to work on christmas. ...