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Historical precedent . 1918 is the one that comes to mind. And we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 than my good friend christopher nichols. He is a professor of history at oregon state. Hes also director there. Oregon state center for the humanities and founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. He also studied at harvard, waysleyan and at the university of virginia. Chris is an expert on, i would say, earliest parts of the 20th century. Of course, is he expanding out. He and i,...

Need symbols of unity and one of. The iran threat. A grandmother doing a life for murder was released from prison yesterday after 17 years when i judge said she did not do it susan mellon recently filed a lawsuit against the detective who arrested her for hiding evidence that detectives the same one who arrested reggie. We know as a society we see the bad guy in the good guy well thats cops and robbers but when the cop becomes the robber the game is over the game is over s. Corruption it was a h...

Nigerian farmers murdered by armed men on motorcycles. And the mass resignation of hong kong opposition lawmakers means there is no longer any resistance in government to beijing. We will hear from one make our who joined the stand of defiance. And in sports, a frightening crash leaves racing fans breathless. But the formula one driver escapes with his life, look at this walking away from a great all of fire ball of fire. I am brent goff in berlin. To our viewers in pbs in the United States and ...

This is widely expected. This is the vaccine that was found to be 94. 5 effective in the primary analysis. There is discussion about possibly having some sort of meeting later in the month with the fda to make the approval. We heard from officials over the weekend that they are going to try to approve it in fast order. If you take a look at markets, not the response you would think, at least not much. Jonathan it has been the diminishing marginal rate of the additional vaccine news in this marke...

Lockdowns. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is dismissing the Supreme Court ruling giving okay for large religious gatherings. This escalating debate, is the media too soft on team biden. I break it down in my latest wall street journal column, notice how the fawning media behave like lapdogs when it comes to looking at the biden camp. The vast and rising power of big tech. Facing backlash from the United States to the united kingdom, from claims to anticonservative bias to anticompetitive busines...

Their parents in 1918. People of all cultures struggled with the same terrible threat. And within a matter of months as many as 50 million would be dad. In the United States, the death toll reached 675,000. Five times the number of u. S. Soldiers killed in world war i. What was that deadly threat . There were many people who died, who had just come from before from mexico where we were living. On account of the mexican revolution. I was about ten years old. I was the oldest, and my Four Brothers...

Dangerous and she was going to be keeping him in jail as he awaits trial, anderson. Have there been any updates from the fbi . One of the things theyre most concerned about talking to sources is for lawmakers, as they start to leave d. C. , as they start going home, weekends, things like that, theres a lot of concern over their safety. So theyre trying to work with them to see how Law Enforcement can step up security for some of these lawmakers. Shimon prokupecz, thank you. News continues lets h...

Administration. President trump still refusing to concede but suffering more devastating defeats in court over the weekend, admonished by a judge he appointed, and the lifelong republican who ran Election Security for his administration now calling his claims of a rigged election farcical. Also, president elect biden suffering a fracture in his foot. How it happened. Major storm on the move. The big travel alert as millions head home after thanksgiving. Plus, the tornado threat from North Caroli...

Martha teichner looks into it. uptempo music reporter snacks is one pampered pig. Is she just a little spoiled . I have no say in these things. A little bit, yes, but he says that, but then for christmas he bought a leopard print robe with a magenta boa and a big rhinestone s. Reporter and another human sized one with a big d on it. So they match. Reporter tim taylor and dana boyle, snacks pet parents thats what they call pet owners these days dont care if people think theyre nuts. I generally f...

Joe biden. One of the most talented journalist of his generation the first part is first in the Chicago Tribune shortly after graduating from harvard then three years later to report from iraq and other countries. And then to join the new yorker before moving to washington to cover politics and foreign affairs. In the 2014 National Book award and was a finalist for the 2015 pulitzer prize. The new book has adapted from the articles written over the past decade most recently the profiler biden la...