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Change the outcome of the election. This shows that they still fear trumps tweet. They still fear republican primary challenges. This is really setting on fire american institutions. Its going to end with a vote in the senate and a vote in the house against what theyre trying to do and well all move on with our lives and joe biden will get inaugurated on january 20th. Final push, joe biden, Kamala Harris, and President Donald Trump converging on georgia ahead of tuesdays highstakes runoffs, when...

Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has warned that coronavirus restrictions in england are probably about to get tougher in order to bring the virus under control. But borisjohnson also insisted Primary Schools should open as planned this week except in london and some areas of the south east, where the new variant of coronavirus is rising rapidly. Mrjohnson said there is no doubt in his mind that schools are safe. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Arriving in a hurry to deliver ...

But said he will ask his partys mps to back the deal to avoid a no deal. This morning, the European Commission president ursula von der leyen and European Council president Charles Michel signed the International Treaty ratifying the post brexit trade deal, due to come into force on january 1st. The agreement is on its way to london, where the Prime Minister borisjohnson will add his signature. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent nick eardley. He is at westminster for us. Just talk us thro...

Security of tens of millions of americans hangs in the balance. Remember, it was five days ago that the president took to twitter with this video calling the Coronavirus Relief bill a disgrace, blind siding lawmakers on capitol hill, blind siding officials and putting that relief into limbo. We know tonight that according to one source that a private ballroom in maralago has been set up now with a signing desk and a chair, ceremonial, ready to go for the president to sign this before he heads to...

The oxford jab will be used alongside a locally developed vaccine. And israel leads the world with the highest rate of vaccinations 1 in 8 israelis gets a covid jab. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Iam sean i am sean lowe, do stay with me for the very latest news and analysis from here in the uk and across the globe. The uk Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has warned that coronavirus restrictions in england are, probably about to get tougher in order to bring the...

Theres mounting pressure on the British Government to close all schools in england for face to face teaching for two weeks after the christmas holidays. Teaching unions say a move to Home Learning for most children is necessary to curb the spread of coronavirus. 0ne union is advising teachers not to return to school on monday over safety fears. Figures released in the past hour show a further 57,725 positive coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours here in the uk the highest daily total. There hav...

Republicans in particular try to navigate an increasingly bitter and unpredictable president whos in his final days in office. Republicans are arguably in a really tough spot here. Later today the house is going to vote on 2,000 direct checks for americans impacted by the pandemic, something trump wants but that many republicans dont. And the house is also going to vote to override the president s veto of the defense bill, a piece of legislation the president doesnt want but republicans sure do....

But we have hope in the form of vaccines. Rollout has been slow. A troubling example in arizona. Were learning four out of five doses that arrived in the state by early this week had not been used. Thats because there arent enough people qualified to administer the shots. We have reporters covering all angles of the pandemic. Ron allen, steve powerson in los angeles, and mike memoli covering the biden transition from delaware as the president elect prepares to take over the federal response to t...

Big final ploy on capitol hill to overturn reality. This afternoon we learned 11 more gop allies of the president will break from the mainstream view of their own party and stan stand willing to contest some of the results of the Electoral College victory that declared joe biden president elect. Here are the 11 gop senators. Senatorselect were talking about. They want a tenday audit of the Election Results before they will certify the results. The names include staunch trump defenders like ron j...

Covid19 to worry about. What we know about it, and what we dont. Also, tonight. New movements in the Breonna Taylor case. What Louisville Police did this week and why advocates say it is not enough. Welcome to a new hour of american voices. Tonight, we begin with the big, final ploy on capitol hill to overturn reality. This afternoon, we learned 11 more gop allies of the president will break from the mainstream view of their own party, and stand willing to contest some of the results of the elec...