i'm phillip mena. the covid relief package desperately needed by millions hangs in the hands of president trump's. the legislation still awaiting the president's signature. house democrats tried to oblige but republicans blocked their effort house speaker nancy pelosi is calling the house back into session, on monday, to vote on a standalone bill that would boost direct payments to $2,000, per person nbc's garrett haake has more >> reporter: athena has been struggling to make ends meet for months she is one of millions desperate for help going into the dark of winter. >> we are going to have to pay taxes in april and it's like, for what? what -- what -- what have they done for us? nothing. >> reporter: the president, demanding congress boost direct payments from the $600 his administration had supported, to $2,000 now. >> to apply only to the minority leader >> reporter: a democratic effort to do just that, blocked by house republicans. >> merry christmas >> reporter: with federal unemployment insuranc

i'm phillip mena. >> >>> right now at 4:30, a new year's eve unlike any other. live look in times square where people are being asked to stay away and enjoy events from home. the steps bay area cities are taking to try to keep covid from spreading as many look to ring in 2021. >>> plus. >> we believe this is not an isolated case in san diego county. >>> a confirmed case of the contagious strain of the virus found in california. now the big question, can people who already had covid get the new strain? >>> the radar lighting up as we start out with light weather

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i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. have a great wednesday please be smart out there. >>> we leave you with ♪ ♪ life's more fun with a dog. and doglife is more fun with milk-bone. ♪ ♪ >>> right now at 4:30, a south bay surge. the concerning covid case that is have health officials sounding the alarm this morning. plus -- >> we're in survival mode. hopefully we can make it. >> restaurant owners are expressing outrage saying they need more help to survive the pandemic. we'll talk about the growing number that could soon be forced to close and what they're now planning to do. >>> and racing full steam ahead for funding. the move b.a.r.t. and other transit agencies across the nation will make as they deal with declining ridership. "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good wednesday mni

i'm michelle fisher. >> and i'm phillip mena. >>> "time" magazine has named its person of the year i should be people of the year because it's joe biden and kamala harris. >> they show for changing the american story, showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furries of division. >>> gretathunberg was in 2019. 2018 was dedicated to the journalist whose work cost them their lives. >> president trump graced the cover in 2016. >> mr. trump was a finalist this year but did not make the cut. one cut he did make was loser of the year that was according to a german magazine in a scathing article the magazine criticized his response to the pandemic and refusal to accept an election defeat. >>> approval for the pfizer vaccine could come within days or even hours. they voted toget the endorsement yesterday. pfizer plans to ship nearly 3 million doses in the first week once they get the go-ahead the need is growing more urgent. the u.s. just set new single-day records for new cases and deaths on thursday as the death toll inch

i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. havea great weekend. p ming u >>> right now at 4:30, the key deadline bay areas face to distribution plans. >>> plus, bracing for more restrictions. we are on the verge of a stay-at-home order for the second time this year. the impact businesses say it will have on their already struggling chances of survival. >>> and a live look outside in san jose. a chilly start this friday morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking when dangerous fire conditions return. "today in the bay" starts right now.

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i'm philipp mena. >> i'm michelle fischer. breaking this morning, president trump signs the covid relief bill avoiding a government shutdown. after calling it a disgrace last week, mr. trump reversed course sending a life line to millions. the president is demanding congress cut back on wasteful spending and renewing his call for increased direct payments. but here's what else is in that bill. 15 billion for performance venues. 12 billion for hard-hit farmers, 14 billion for transportation and 1.3 billion to expand internet to hard to reach areas. the standoff of stimulus payments could trigger a showdown. moments after the bill was signed nancy pelosi released this statement calling out house republicans and chuck schumer called out senate republicans. the financial fate is happening in the balance this morning. our jennifer johnson has more. >> reporter: after a day spent on the golf course and under immense pressure from both democrats and republicans, pr m president trump reversed course signing a bill with $900 billion in

. >> and i'm phillip mena. a wave of relief this morning after president trump unexpectedly signed the pandemic aid package. after calling the measure a disgrace last week and sending the government to the brink of a shutdown, mr. trump reversed course signing off on the deal from his mar-a-lago estate and sending a life line to millions of americans he released a statement demanding that congress cut back on wasteful spending and renewing his call for those increased direct payments from $600 to $2,000 but the standoff could trigger a congressional showdown today joining us now to discuss from the nation's capitol is chris pollone. could the president be setting up the ultimate loyalty test from his party >> it certainly looks that way it looks like the president was looking for a way to claim victory after essentially blowing up this deal that his own team negotiated and then signed off on. the president was under increasing pressure from both parties toct and in signing the spending bill he said that bothous

la ampolleta de pfizer requiere ser almacenada mena 24 grados darÁ jaÉn, y la de moderna a menos cuatro grados anaheim. lo Único que tienen en común es que las dos de presentar posibles efectos secundarios. >> el paÍs podría contar con mÁs de una vacuna para combatir el coronavirus. se espera que pronto la fda apruebe la de moderna. >> similar eficacia, me principal diferencia es que una requiere una refrigeraciÓn de -80 grados. y la otra no pero en el bien es comprar un refresco una marca o un refresco de otra marca. reportera: se podrÍa dar luz verde para el uso con carÁcter de urgencia a la vacuna de moderna. si la vacuna de moderna es aprobada por la fda estaremos utilizando mÁs de 5 millones de dosis de ese producto. moderna anunciÓ que su vacuna tiene 94.5 por ciento de efectividad. y sus efectos secundarios son similares a la vacuna de pfizer. pero con moderna la mayorÍa de las pacientes lo experimentaron luego de la segunda dosis. los trabajadores de la salud tuvieron reacciÓn alÉrgica de haber recibido la vacuna de pfizer. la fda asegura que de los frascos de la va

at least 14 people have been killed in a bus crash in the brazilian state of mena. more than 2 dozen others were injured in the bus was traveling east of the state capital of bellowed at johns when it fell more than 50 needers from a highway overpass. venezuela will hold parliamentary elections on sunday bond to the opposition is boycotting the vote called by president nicolas maduro opposition leader and head of the national assembly one claims the polls will be rigged to strengthen windows grip on power as follows years of turmoil that have seen venezuela become increasingly isolated and desperate. an epic predawn line for gasoline in venezuela shortages widespread hunger broken down institutions all made worse by international sanctions yet despite it all president nicolas maduro has clung to power his nemesis speaker of the assembly and self-proclaimed president one guy you know now working from home 37 years old he's made a career out of denouncing maduro's policies he's organized the national referendum after the vote aimed at invalidating the upcoming electio

at least 14 people have been killed in a bus crash in the brazilian state of mena good nights where than 2 dozen others were injured of course but the bus was traveling east of the state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 meters from a highway overpass. cubes and now some news from space japan's high on both the 2 spacecraft has successfully released a capsule that's expected to land at a remote base in australia early on sunday japanese space agency officials cheered as the council carrying a rare samples from an asteroid detached from the spacecraft the capsule contains rock and soil fragments that scientists hope will provide clues on the formation of the solar system and the origins of life. or a mission to the distant asteroids or you go has taken 60 years of us. all right let's bring in still vicar of bonnie from science department for more on this story hello to you still vicar so the capsule launched by the japanese spacecraft is making its way back to earth as we speak what more can you tell us about the samples of carrying. well that basically rocks and dust fr

joining us now, picking up off "mena lori and -- off "mena lori mandalorian,"e this is the only woman with an imperial star destroyer on wall street. lisa: the only one? [laughter] tom: on radio, folks, she's got the john norma's -- the ginormous three foot model behind her. what is that? boys, and whatee you can't see is the other legos across the room. this was the most impressive, so i put it behind me. [laughter] lisa: that is awesome. great.t is let us get started. your framework for next year, given once again double-digit returns. you guys,eat to see and merry christmas and happy new year. we think next year on the fundamental side is going to be extreme to positive particularly in the second half. we are looking for a reboot and a restart and recover. i think that is really the theme for next year and this pent up demand because as you know, there's 1.4 trillion dollars of extra savings in u.s. households, so that is going to be spent. think of the conversations you have. has a wish list of what they are going to do. that is what markets are reflecting right here. how early ar

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i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm michelle fisher. >>> breaking out overnight, the president granted 20 more pardons including a first for a family member and several more for longtime alleys convicted in the robert mueller investigation. nbc's chris pollone joins us with more on that. more crucial names on that, right? >> that's right. the president gave full part on the charles kushner. if that sounds familiar, that's the father of his son-in-law jared kushner who pleaded guilty in 2004 for making illegal campaign donations in another rebuke, president pardoned paul manafort he also gave a full pardon to longtime campaign adviser roger stone. you might remember the president commuted his sentence previously stone was convicted last year on charges of making false statements, obstruction, and witness tampering. on tuesday the president granted clemency to more than a dozen other people meanwhile mr. trump has taken action on one spending bill while leaving another in limbo the fate of that bill is uncertain. he left for florida without signing it he wants to see direct stimulus payments inc

symptom relief* gold bond champion your skin >>> let's get a check of the top headlines with phillip mena. >> much of the northeast will still be digging out after the powerful nor'easter. crews are still hard at work trying to make roads safer for drivers after the storm dumped more than 40 inches of snow in some areas at least seven deaths are blamed on the storm >>> russian athletes will have to compete under a neutral flag for the next two olympics and at any world championships the next two years. a sports arbitration court on thursday banneds ru the russiana and anthem as punishment for state sponsored doping and coverups >>> and finally, the buffalo bills had some fun in the snow on thursday. several players out there chucking snowballs at each other after practice that is tre'davious white on top of the mound he did not stay king of the month for very long. bills will travel to denver to play the broncos on sunday dom, back to you >> you know what is fun? being part of a team that is on top of the afc east right now. >> it is a great year for buffalo. i just wish the fans were the

. >> i'm phillip mena. >>> america's heartland has already been hit with a winter blast. this is only a preview of what's expected to hit the northeast over the next 48 hours let's get right to nbc meteorologist janessa webb she's got the latest on this stomp. >> good morning, frances and phillip. i was talking early afternoon. this storm system has take an change you can see from our satellite and composite radar, it's already in north carolina causing icing. it's going quickly make its way up to d.c., northern new york. you're going to notice the changes. our forecast has changed for d.c. and parts of pennsylvania, now forecasting only 1 to 3 inches that area will stay on the warmer side. wintry mixes, sleet mixed with rain impacting that area 8 to 12 inches for new york city i do think the metro area, if you're on the east side, you'll see a little rain mix in over time the higher terrain, that's where it's going fw a problem. we could see up to 14 to 18 inches in some spots, and then we still have to talk about the winds that are going to cause widespread power outage

"early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm paul gehrke thanks for joining us. >>> a republican congressman who wasset to take office next month has lost his battle with covid-19 according to his spokesman, the congressman-elect from louisiana has died on december 18th he announced in a tweet he had tested positive for the virus. in a facebook post his rep said he was placed in intensive care on the 22nd. john bel edwards expressed his condolences as well as josh edwards and nancy pelosi the louisiana governor has ordered the flags to be swosh half-staff he's survived by his wife and two young children. >>> so far more than 11 million doses have been delivered but ohm about 2 million people have gotten vaccinated. mr. biden is expecting to have 100 million vaccinated by the time of his first day in office. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shot down a democratic bid to increase payments to $2,000 nbc's chris pollone joins us now from our nation's capitol. good morning mcconnell has teed up a new way to pass $2,000 but with strings atta attached, right?

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. >> i'm phillip mena. today marks an historic moment in the war against the coronavirus. planes and trucks carrying the first covid-19 vaccine are delivering the potentially life saving drugs to the united states overnight, a batch of it arrived at lax as of today, more than 16 million cases of coronavirus and will soon meet and surpass more than 300,000 covid-related deaths before lunch today. with hundreds of thousands of batches of the pfizer vaccine being delivered, most hospitals are expected to kick off day one of their vaccination plans here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: the first doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine are on the move across the u.s applause marking the milestone v day. >> some people assumed i meant day of distribution. in fact, d day in military designates the day the mission begins >> reporter: this is a historic moment the first trucks carrying the vaccine pulling out of the pfizer facility escorted by marshals it's taken the lives of nearly 300,000 people across this country. the urgent work inside the plant began before dawn. this, a ra

. >> and i'm phillip mena. buckle up for a bumpy ride on capitol hill today in a stunning rebuke, the house voted to vote. as senate minority leader chuck schumer gears up to present it toward the senate floor, this is going to be a test for majority leader mitch mcconnell who is against overspending joining us is chris pollone. >> reporter: good morning. you never know what's going to happen on the hill, but you can be sure the democrats will do everything they can to get the stimulus check from $600 to $2,000 it's because the republicans are in a weird spot. most of them finding themselves on the opposite side of their leader president trump he wants to see the stimulus check raised to $2,000 from $600, but most republicans oppose the increase saying it's too costly and unnecessary now, you mentioned senate minority leader chuck schumer will try to pass this today by unanimous objection. after the override that passed the house yesterday of the defense authorization act, senator bernie sanders, the independen

. >> i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. >>> in pennsylvania, first responders just narrowly avoided being crushed after a truck speeds around an icy corner and slams into the back of their car. an important reminder to slow down and drive safe. >> that's just one of hundreds of crashes being reported. at least three deaths have been linked to these dangerous conditions, two in pennsylvania and one in virginia. >>> the storms are the biggest we've seen in years. let's get to the heart of it new york's times square where nbc meteorologist janessa webb is bracing the storm janessa, good morning. >> the winds are starting to pick up. they have subside a bit, but now we're in times square and they're starting to pick up. let's talk about this storm. throughout the day, you're going to hear people say this storm was an underachiever we've only seen 6 or 7 inches in the area of new york what happened is we had sleet, rain make its way in, and that's what's causing the less amount of snowfall we've seen it's the interior of new york where we're seeing overexceeding the amount of sno

i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera the next few months could be devastating. more than 13.5 million have been infected and fatalities have surpassed 258,000. officials expect to see new infections spike in the next five to ten days new york's governor andrew cuomo called the covid the grinch as they prepare for new restrictions meanwhile california is on the brink of new stay-at-home orders about 75% of the state's beds are occupied nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: the end of the month marks the most dire month of the pandemic with a grim 35,000 fatalities. now as tens of millions of americans return home from the holiday, the darkest days may be yet to come. >> as we go for the next couple of weeks in december, we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge we're already in. >> reporter: expecting to see new infections spike in the next five to ten days, in states like rhode island, there is no place to go. the state is urging residents to stay home. several regions are on the brink. >> at this point with covid, it's widespread. all bets are of

. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking this morning, this is a truly historic moment as the uk becomes the first western country to license a vaccine they'll now be able to start mass vaccinations for most at risk joining us live from london is chapman bell good morning how soon can we expect this vaccine to be rolled out >> reporter: well, phillip, this is great news for the uk and hopefully the catalyst to get it out to the rest of the world they expect 800,000 doses of the vaccine next week and they plan to start vaccinating the most vulnerable, those in nursing homes as wellascii frontline health care workers. there is a slight drawback to this vaccine in that it has to be stored at very cold temperatures, however, they seem to have plans in place to make this work and get this christmas present early for many people in the uk, particularly the most vulnerable now, they have bought 40 million doses of this vaccine. that's enough for 20 million people, and we'll see about 10 million of those shortly, and then t

. >> and i'm phillip mena. america is optimistic this morning as hope in the form of vaccine is being delivered to hospitals across the nation. on monday frontline health care workers were first in line to receive pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. but sadly the historic day also marked a grim milestone as the nation's death toll surpassedover 300,000 with more than 16 million infections gabe gutierrez takes us inside good morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. it was an incredible sight to see the u.p.s. truck pull in it was greeted by hospital stavgs ohio's governor, and this was something health care workers here have been waiter for for quite a while. this was much more than a special delivery it was history in columbus, ohio, nbc news had exclusive access as this life-saving cargo was loaded this morning, driven from u.p.s.'s hub in kentucky after flying from michigan here it was loaded onto this delivery truck rarely has cargo been this precious imagine being the u.p.s. worker driving this. >> some day my k

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the stage is set for a second covid virus vaccine to be approved for authorization they recommended the fda approve the moderna vaccine and it couldn't come at a more critical time. >> reporter: the vote nearly unanimous. just as it did with pfizer's vaccine, the fda is now recommending emergency authorization for moderna's vaccine. >> the evidence that has been studied in great detail on this vaccine highly outweighs what we've seen. >> reporter: both use message eer rna technology that instructed the body's immune system to attack the virus both are 95% effective after two doses. moderna reduces by 63% after a second shot. moderna's can be stored a typical refrigeratorefrigerator this week millions of medical workers and nursing home residents are receiving the pfizer vaccine the vast majority like dr. diane hall report no significant side effects. >> a little bit of a sore arm. >> reporter:after two medical workers suffered an allergic reaction, one of them serious, pfizer will iss

. >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera it's an historic day in the united states as the nation is set to begin rolling out coronavirus vaccines in just a few hours from now the long awaited moment comes as the country is close to crossing another grim milestone 300,000 virus-related deaths a mark we'll almost certainly pass later today the u.s. has already logged more than 16 million positive cases to date. the nation takes an ambitious step in the pandemic on a massive scale. at least a half million doses of pfizer's vaccine was packed and shipped. it arrived at thel.a.x. according to the twitter account. morgan chesky joins us from louisville, kentucky >> reporter: good morning, frances. hundreds of flights come in and out every single day it was one in particular on sunday that gave everyone pause, bringing the first dose of the vaccines to stop covid-19. the jet shuttered to silence at 12:54 p.m. making a perfect landing at louisville's airport. lifesaving covid vaccine the plane taxiing to a special hangar with precious cargo >> no di

i'm phillip mena. >> hi, there i'm frances rivera the fate of the pandemic lies in the hands of the fda today as a covid vaccine is up for review in the united states yesterday marked another grim milestone. the death toll topped the 3,000 mark as the country faces an average of 2,000 a day, the hospital faces an influx thanks to the thanksgiving holiday here's nbc's miguel alma gur. >> reporter: the thanksgiving surge is just now beginning and is crippling hospitals in california this medical center outside los angeles had to turn its lobby into a makeshift covid ward while another is using a triage center, the state recording so many new covid cases every day, the numbers rival the populations of small towns. >> the more terrible truth is that over 8,000 people -- sorry. over 8,000 people who were beloved members of their families are not coming back. >> reporter: as the u.s. faces 200,000 infections a day, the highest positivity rate is in idaho where like many other states, small hospitals are at a breaking point. >> you're not immune being in rural texas from the virus and the hosp

stories of 2020 that helped keep us going "early today" starts right now >>> good morning, i'm philipp mena. >> i'm michelle fischer. a wave of relief after president trump unexpectedly signed the pandemic package after calling the measure a disgrace last week and sending the government on the brink of a shutdown, mr. trump reversed course signing off on the deal from his mar-a-lago estate sending a life line to millions of americans. he demanded congress cut back on wasteful spending and he renewed his call for increased direct payments from $600 to $2,000 per person but the standoff over stimulus payments could trigger a congressional showdown today joining us now from d.c. is chris pollone. good morning, chris. could the president be setting up the ultimate loyalty test for his party? >> reporter: certainly looks like that, michelle. it looked like the president was looking for a way to claim victory after essentially blowing up a deal that his own team had negotiated on and signed off on. he was under increasing pressure and in signing the spending bill mr. trump said both houses of con

i'm phillip mena >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera it is d-day in the usa planes, trucks and automobiles carrying the nation's first covid-19 vaccine and they are expected to deliver the potentially lifesaving drug to states today overnight a batch has already arrived at l.a.x. according to the tweet from the official twitter account. the historic moment comes as the country sees a surge of infections as of today there have been more than 16 million cases and we are fast closing in on 300,000 deaths a grim milestone we'll likely pass in just the next few hours. and in a few hours, many hospital systems nationwide are expected to begin distributing vaccines nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from the pfizer plant in michigan >> reporter: the first doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine are on the move across the u.s applause marking the milestone d-day. >> some people assume that it meant day of distribution. in fact, d-day in military designates the day the mission begins >> reporter: this is an historic moment the first trucks carrying the vaccine pulling out of the pfizer plant e

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nato member states to in whist more in their security in the ricin e t in the western balkans in the mena region and also as regards ukraine so this would really be a step forward in our mutual friendship and interest oriented relationship. top. officials are warning that next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe as the longer term effects of the coronavirus pandemic become felt as speaking on the 2nd day of a special u.n. summit on covered 19 the head of the world food programme david basically said that for a dozen countries famine was knocking on the door the u.n. said this week that 40 percent of people now need humanitarian help because of the pandemic. let's get more by from spokes person yes sarah virtue welcome to day w what are you hoping will come out of the special assembly. well what we were really hoping to get. all our states. is that we were all together. to fight. not only. agree. but also importantly and here all his. followers. agree on a fair and equitable access. to all you know haitian protests that will help us. indeed just pick up about that point and

emergency funding appeal for 6400000000 dollars to reach 300000000 people it says 39000000 children in the mena region have been impacted by war poverty and the coronavirus the u.n. agency says the highest number of children in need of critical humanitarian assistance or in yemen syria lebanon. most of the funds requested by unicef would go towards education nutrition as well as health benefits as unicef's regional advisor of emergencies for west and central africa she says it's a crisis that will reverse years of progress made in advancing children's rights. i think we all know that the 2020 has been a year on like any other in the history of unicef. and we see rising humanitarian needs as a result of preexisting emergency situation as collating conflict situations also here in sub-saharan africa across the central sahal region in south sudan and the lake chad basin mozambique and ethiopia now also heating up and on top of that we now have the coverage crisis coming in both in terms of the direct impact of that it has of course on on the health and well being but also the social economic impac

well, it would, if he does much good enough for the mena composer goodman, who would come it is, it would take you out of mere sight of the moment. you can put some thought of someone going to think that what they're going on with all the jobs and all that others of the young to them all they need to get on. and the most important, i don't know what's going to come back. i'm no one and all that a loved one or you'll get one if you and it's a meeting of the divine even if you don't make it some of the so we were raised that question. what if we could get every kid to follow 3, simple graduate from high school. get a job and continue work and don't have still room till you're 21. and right now we've worked out that the entire country and we classified people according to whether they broke all those rules or they followed one or 2, or all 3 of the rules. the results are astounding. so i started talking to judges and lawyers and doctors and health providers and interviewing people and literally asked thousands of people, how many of you had the course istria, part of the united states, and w

international with mena caring. for less than $10.00 for covert immunity that's the price for russia's sputnik the vaccine internationally as it was presented to the un general assembly on wednesday well it was the job to be available to the whole world and has already agreed supplies with foreign countries . we will be producing bands of millions of dollars as of the week seeing already starting from february in 4 key jogger in brazil china korea and argentina will radiate reach supply agreement and production agreement rizzo's countries will in 40 countries have expressed interest in buying sputnik 3 however western media under stop seem to have written off the russian vaccine without even giving it a shot daniel hawkins asks why. the media today is full of big headlines pfizer's covert 19 vaccine is officially the 1st to be approved in a western country with the united kingdom leading the way there's a sense of excitement that lives can be saved on the 1st steps towards codewords final defeat have been taken i wo

the miracle baby, approving the best surprises come in small packages >> good morning, i'm phillip mena >> and i'm paul gurky. thanks for joining us. health experts are once again pleading with us to avoid holiday travel, as nbc news confirms a staggering loss yesterday. more than 3,300 covid deaths that's a new single-day record and there are new concerns about the highly contagious strain that's emerged in the uk here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: flight after flight from the uk continued to touch down from the kentucuk, hundred travelers arriving from london, where a highly contagious version of the coronavirus is spreading like wildfire, while some 40 countries put a stop to the arrival of similar flights, the president-elect weighed in >> one of the things i'm waiting to get a response from my covid team is whether or not we should require testing before they get on an aircraft to fly home, number one and number two, when they get home, should they quarantine >> reporter: new york's governor, who insist all uk travelers be screened and isolated if necessary, says state hospi

concessions at the moment because they want to look what is a constructive player in the gulf and in the mena region to the new biden administration in the united states but they now have also the pressure to bring in up with rb into the fall which is going to be significantly more difficult because the actual parties to the conflict ideational ideologically speaking it is this is qatar and the u.a.e. these 2 parties are not aligned and it's too kind of bring these 2 together is going to be the biggest challenge that's why the 1st step needs to be a resolution which in saudi arabia and qatar all 30 talk about the timing of this then do you think this is an attempt to define a diplomatic win for the trumpet ministration to try to perhaps leave a stronger and to run legacy here how do the gulf countries actually view about. well it's not about how the country's view by and really this is still about the trump administration the pressure has been put by the truck ministration and cushion on all parties to come to the resolution to come to a resolution but obviously you know there are mixed views

there's a vast area of afterwards very quiet she wrote expects to surprisingly more interesting to mena but lagos is back down to the average stew with a few showers on the coast of nigeria. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or 2200 people informed opinions how big this foreign policy in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge lot more experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like good live get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of the rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. i know again you what you know is there has remind you of our top stories this hour the 1st batch of the files a current of virus vaccine is being dispatched across the u.s. a vaccination of health care workers and the elderly begins on monday as the nationwide death toll approaches 300000. there's been an explosion on an oil tank a different cargo at saudi arabia's jet a port shipping company said the b.w. brian had be

vast area of afterwards very quiet she won't expect still surprisingly more in place to khartoum and mena but lagos is back down to the average stew with a few showers on the coast of nigeria. true confessions were never a big cleanup or clinic or a cynical example of communist propaganda i wanted to play to the base in your logical warfare no i wouldn't do it all in 2010 al-jazeera access to north korea to investigate the alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the korean war rewind revisits dirty little secrets on al-jazeera. the is the. the a. comeback a quick look at the headlines this hour now on the united states is racing to distribute its 1st shipments of the pfizer vaccine as it is its covert $1000.00 death toll rises steadily towards 300000 operation more speed officials are hoping to immunize 14000000 people this month and as many as a 100000000 by the end of march. italy has now overtaken u.k. to become the country with the most coronavirus related deaths in the europe after reporting another $484.00 deaths and then germany is imposing a strict a knockdown to curb r

is all it's use of humor that i don't think that we've always seen through things like mena culture mediated now is arising and it's been used by you know people on the left and right he said we're going back all it takes bloomberg campaign in the united states isn't necessarily we're right it was like we're going to hire a bunch of white young 20 somethings to create a bunch of means to try to create and get this message out there and so you are seeing this change in terms of how some of that humor is executed but in general comedians yes i think are the great philosophers and you're seeing it like you said in the news programs a lot of people aren't getting their news necessarily at least younger people aren't getting any and they're getting it from every now and that l.a. show they're getting it from these comedians who are going more comedic shows and brainy on and part of the you know continuing my conversation with bag but they're here also compare the current situation and the role comedians playing are alive today with the orchestra of titanic which continues to play while the ship i

a russian court has given to you a 2 year suspended sentence to opposition activists gallium mena violating rooms on public gatherings in moscow councillor held rallies outside recent constitutional reforms against reached regional constitutional reforms rather than benefit president vladimir putin a lawyer says the sentence is designed to prevent her from running for parliament yes yes. it's christmas eve here in germany and one of the festivals most popular traditions is buying and decorating a christmas tree millions of young pines are cut down every year to adorn living rooms around the country but there's growing criticism over the damaging environmental impact so some entrepreneurs are creating more sustainable alternatives. a tree is cut down. and another. every year we cut down millions of trees just so that we can have one for christmas in germany alone around $30000000.00 trees are sold over the festive season i benedict is selling christmas trees with a difference to make a difference well the idea of the regions of christmas trees is that we develop a system where we only cut th

grassroots do not want this then people would say yes, but once they start associating being a part of the mena category with benefits in hiring, they will love it. host: you are pushing back less against the groups that identify with various minority categories and more with the groups that sustain or claim to represent those people, organizations that benefit as you pointed out from government funding or grants. is that your charge? host: that is -- guest: that is one of the arguments i make. that is not the only argument i make. a group that is supposed to represent the views of asian americans now supports affirmative action, which hurts chinese-americans. they are not responsive to the huge wave of rejection of affirmative action we see amongst chinese-americans across the country. the people who make up these ethnic affinity organizations like unidos u.s. they are the ones who benefit the most because they have a job for life. these are members of network organizations. it they are more plugged into what is happening in washington dc than they guard to what is happening in the individual

folks came out and jackie kennedy made a deal -- i don't mean a financial deal, but allowed william mena chester -- william manchester to write a book about what happened on the death of the president, but later tried to stop that book from coming out. she herself gave a very long oral history about her time as first lady for the kennedy library in boston, and in one way or another, she helped out ted sorensen, chief speechwriter , and arthur/and or, the schlesinger. she remained good friends with schlesinger john kenneth , galbraith and stewart udall, the secretary of interior when was trying to heal, she went on rafting trips out west in the grand canyon. went to kind of get away, and eventually re-found herself , helpingrs of mourning bobby kennedy's political career but returning to her love of books and becoming an editor for doubleday. david: people forget how young she was when she was first lady. she was 31. president kennedy died when she was 34, but she tragically died at the age of just 64. dr. brinkley: i thought about that today, too. looking at her birthday, because this is