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Concerns about a new strain of the virus that may be present but undetected so far here in the United States. Lets start our coverage this hour with jeremy diamond. Youre there in west palm beach, florida. The president is heading to maralago, his resort there. Hes going there for the 408 days. Jeremy, as you know, after causing major disruptions here in washington. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump is set to arrive here in palm beach within the next hour, and the president is arriving...

More than 3,500 americans. President trump holed up inside the white house, ignoring the worsening pandemic. Sources say hes lashing out and throwing temper tantrums, calling for two special counsels, one to investigate joe bidens son hunter and another to look into the president s false claims of massive voter election or voter fraud, or Election Fraud. Meanwhile, hundreds of trump allies have inundated the white house with requests for pardons. As the Trump Presidency comes to an end. I want t...

Peter doocy is live in georgia with the latest. Looks kind of miserable there. Hi, peter. This event with river and warnock just concluded, hes on his way to his next step. A payment from a chineselinked company to jon ossoffs documentary company is something that republican candidates here in georgia allege could create a conflict of interest for a senator ossoff in dealing with china. We saw the Chinese Government tried to make new roads with us. Young democratic lawmaker, Eric Swalwell. Are y...

The wings right now ready for distribution across the country, starting tomorrow. The new vaccine mailed by moderna just needs final approval from the director of the cdc to start shipping out. A Committee Gave its final recommendation for approval earlier today. The optimism from Health Officials about the approved vaccines is weighed against the heart breaking numbers of people in the u. S. Who are newly sick and dying from the coronavirus. More than 18,000 americans died from covid in just th...

Good morning. Its wednesday, the 30th of december. Our top story. Millions more people in england are expected to be moved into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, after a record rise in infections. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, will make the announcement in the house of commons this afternoon. Anisa kadri has more. The centre of southampton empty, after the toughest coronavirus restrictions came in on boxing day. Today, the government is expected to announce more areas of engla...

One that would eventually kill more people than the great war itself. It was the influenza pandemic of 1918, known back then as the spanish flu. And we wont come back till its over over there you said you cant understand how america with the influenza pandemic in 1918 without understanding world war 1 . Because everything about the pandemic was related to the war. And everything about the war at that time was related, in a sense, to the pandemic. Historian Kenneth Davis says an early outbreak of...

But there was another fight about to take place right here on american soil. One that would eventually kill more people than the great war itself. It was the influenza pandemic of 1918. Known back then as the spanish flu. You said you cant understand how america dealt with the influenza pandemic in 1918 without understanding world war i. Because everything about the pandemic was related to the war. Everything about the war at that time was related in a sense to the pandemic. Historian Kenneth Da...

Mcgee from the washington examiner. Aman amanda, ill start with you. Happy new year. What would it mean for the average american if democrats win control of the senate . Look, its very dangerous for the american taxpayer to have oneparty control, especially in the democrats are able to succeed in doing all the things that joe biden has promised he would do. He has talked about day one repealing the tax law that was passed in 2017. One of the most important provisions in there is that they remove...

With the second highest number of Coronavirus Infections in the world, india has begun testing its plans for a huge Vaccination Programme. A full scale rehearsal is now under way involving tens of thousands of Health Workers and volunteers. Our south asia editor, Anbarasan Ethirajan has more from delhi. Volunteers waiting for their turn in a massive rehearsal for the immunisation drive. It will be almost real, except that those standing here will not get the dose. The Indian Government wants to ...

A curious neighbor. It was scary. The look on his face was almost undescribable. What had she seen . Was this drowning really an accident . Shes got a huge gash on her head. Something like that is not consistent with just falling down. A husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. Hes crying and were crying. He said, they think i hurt mom. Three daughters stand by their dad. And one prosecutor stands firm. Hes holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. My job is to get justice...