Blocking the commonsense multihundred billion dollars measure that republicans have been ready to deliver for months. Now come first, all of my colleagues had a fine a fine thanksgiving well know that across the country we celebrated a thanksgiving, all of us, every american, unlike any in recent memory. Too many loved ones spent this holiday alone unable to join with loved ones out of concern for their safety. As painful as it is to refrain from seeing family and friends, these are tough choices that we sometimes have to make it and we need to maintain a result more than ever while the hope of a vaccine shimmers on the near horizon, were living through the worst stretch of the pandemic right now. Last friday for the first time over 200,000 new cases of government were reported in ina single day. The United States is averaging over 1 million new cases a week. Some 20 of of all patients now hospitalized in the United States have covid19. The worst andpa most unalterable part of this pan
Relief for artists who have fled political persecution in their own country. And settled in berlin. What drove them to leave . What challenges do they face in their new home . What attracted them to the german capital . People in berlin are demonstrating for every bellow. Reuss, theatre director at smith. So charge who is one of the cold organizers of the protest. Hes glad that he can express his opinion freely in germany. And that he can send a signal from abroad. When the berlin is not indifferent to what is happening in the restored to the and in our homeland, in real citizens are doing simply saying were helping you not supporting you in their mass protests have been taking place in belo roost for months with the demonstrators calling for an end to the countrys authoritarian regime, police have clamped down on them heavily even if they are no longer there. Who in other bella ruse, ians in berlin, feel part of the wider protest the force our hand. We dont want that. We just knew thi
Decision to extend federal funding past the december 11 deadline to avoid a Government Shutdown. Your watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Bay black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who in your wisdom has so ordered our earthly lives that we must walk by faith and not by sight, increase our trust in your sovereign care. Remind our lawmakers that no problem is too difficult for you to solve. Lord, give our senators a faith th triumphs over despair, love that triumphs over hate, and courage that triumphs over faintheartedness. Empower them to be bold participants rather than timid spectators in meeting the daunting challenges of these times. We we pray in our powerful name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I edge allegiance to the fla of the United States of erica, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
Christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. Plus, reaction t a Supreme Court decision involving how many can worship together. To the rescue, the militarys new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. The effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. Black fridays best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. And thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and happy thanksgiving im kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, President Trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the First Time Since the election and saying hes not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the Electoral
A cheering crowd he feels great and the coronavirus will disappear. And closing early in early bars and restaurants in the german capital now have to shut their doors at 11 pm authorities are hoping to avoid a new lockdown despite rising coronavirus tractions. A mix by sir welcome to the program a ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan appears to have ended just hours after it came into effect both sides are trading blame for the renewed hostilities earlier the 2 countrys Foreign Ministers reached a deal after 10 hours of talks in moscow the accord stipulated that the ceasefire should pave the way for talks on setting the decades long settling the decades long conflict. Stepanek the capital of the embattled nagornokarabakh enclave little structure left by as i shot the army rockets is visible everywhere the residents mostly Ethnic Armenians and now leaving the sellers where they sought shelter during the attacks. You know. Good the silence frightens me. Too much silence is for. After