with 19 words it's good work is applauded by the international community china's cover up of the will han virus allow the disease to spread all over the world china and the united states stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation regretfully in addition to the raging corona virus a political virus is also spreading in the united states so this political virus is using every opportunity to attack and smear china. on january 23rd 2020 china announced that a new epidemic had begun to spread in the city of new hunger in the center of the country. the chinese authorities decided to impose a lockdown on tens of millions of people the 1st of many that over the next few weeks would spread across the world here on that same day in geneva the director general of the world health organization was urging for calm rather than caution. make no mistake. this is though i mean emergency in china. but. it has not yet become a global health emergency. over the next few weeks the daily reports coming out of china went from unsettling to allow me. the 1st cases seem to have emerged in ruhani a

will han will only see side of things and we'll all know that orbital wall is open up another look is in the on. the sensors that have been put on north korea are extremely strict i mean this for the nothing the country that has been saved and bore diversely him or worse tricky at the same time they're no longer working. there is a use for the north korea policy and using sanctions to try to have the regime modify as behavior. because we're not the world and that earns most of his money it gives you the flood for this thing that gives us a life. many high ranking defectors from north korea talk about a secret government department that said to administer the regime secret fund. allegedly kim is some and his son kim jong il set it up in the late 1970 s. and equipped it with wide ranging powers it's time securing an independent power base for the kims and raising money for the nuclear bomb and the leaders personal luxury its name bureau $39.00. only 200 kilometers to the southeast. south korea's hypermodern capital around 25000000 people live in the metropolitan area about half the popu

same time detaining them well health organization experts visited a market in the chinese city of will han as they continue their investigation into the origins of the coronavirus and amec live animal markets are thought to be where the virus was 1st detected. colombia argentina and peru are the latest countries to impose travel restrictions on brazil due to its covert 1900 variant and it comes as authorities in amazonas state say the health care system is on the brink of collapse and sources of hospital beds and oxygen. portugal's is running out of intensive care beds as it struggles with the world's highest coronavirus death toll per capita health ministry data shows there are only 7 intensive care beds left on the mainland out of 815 former u.s. president donald trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial that's according to u.s. media trump is accused of inciting the siege of the capitol building earlier this month is aides say they plan to argue the trial is unconstitutional because he is no longer in office israel's army has killed

we went to will han in search of facts what we found was a city in a state of emergency. there is still major skepticism over the official numbers for corona virus cases on deaths 2 days after we shot our footage the city was closed off completely leaving 11000000 people under law. among them young so he became a blogger during the pandemic posting videos of daily life for this family back then we interviewed him in his apartment via smartphone. my son is already forgotten that there are playgrounds outside. his 1st video picked up 30000000 views here young song is being disinfected by his wife as he enters their partner's . back then the world's focus was still launched. the virus seemed far away. we got 130000 more followers in a single night. we visit young song at his home a year after the corona virus outbreak he and his wife are still very wary of the virus the family voluntarily stay 2 months longer in quarantine and they do it again due to a lack of faith in their government the greatest concern now is how to survive financially. the pandemic has had may to konami

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as a tape videos smuggled out of china that show the earliest days of the covert 19 outbreak in will han they show police cracking down on journalists and hospital wards full of newly infected people. a security scare near the u.s. capitol building is tested washington d.c.'s extensive lockdown and security operations a fire broke out a few blocks away forcing rehearsals for joe biden's inauguration to be abandoned john hendren reports but it does not sound like this was actually a major threat the fire has apparently been put out but it was you just how frayed people's nerves are and how ready to respond all of these military and police forces are and they're doing that because they weren't prepared on january 6th when that capital was attacked so they're trying to make sure that nothing like that will be able to happen again and you can see the response at least 20 people have been killed in sudan's south darfur region off the fighting between rival tribes in neighboring west for more than a 100 died in violence on sunday. a russian court has ruled that opposition leader alexina valmy

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is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the chinese government china's cover up of the will han virus allow the disease to spread all over the world instigating a global pandemic that has cost more than 100000 american lives and over a 1000000 lives worldwide. chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the world health organization and pressured the world health organization to mislead the world when the virus was 1st discovered by chinese or 30. 0 dummy from the united states is condemning china and the w.h.o. continuously without reason. they want to shift the focus of the american public as a distraction from the inefficiency in their epidemic response which is quite immoral and most disappointing sure. 180 kilometers from mainland china the island of taiwan is one of the most modern and highly developed countries in asia. beijing has claimed the territory since 949 thus its independence is supported and defended by washington. since the recognition of mainland china by the un taiwan has been isolated and practically excluded from the international community. un

on thursday after a long delay china is accused of covering up the virus when it 1st emerged and will han in 2019 it's not clear whether the team will be allowed to go there meanwhile chinese health authorities reported $103.00 new cases on monday the biggest daily increase in months most were and who bay province surrounding beijing elsewhere a top french expert who sits on the government's advisory panel is urging the country to close its borders to britain and other countries where a new variant of the corona virus has been found. brazil is trying to jump start its covert vaccine campaign after facing criticism for slow response the government announced that it will begin a nationwide inoculation program by february the country has the world's 2nd highest death rate from the pandemic making large public events like carnival impossible the festival has been postponed indefinitely but that's not stopping one man from celebrating in rio de janeiro. bringing the party to the people. every weekend and else in costa stages a mini carnival for residents in this hilltop village the legendary s

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beijing will han snow goes across north korea and then rain b.c. again returning to that southern part of japan no rain for india or even sri lanka to talk off but persistent fog still in the. 0. hello i'm montaner this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. u.s. reaches 25000000 confirmed cases as the biden administration seeks to ramp up the vaccination campaign. israel bans passenger flights in and out of the country for a week as clashes break out over covert lockdown measures. on the streets of the netherlands of the new nighttime curfew there. home less hungry and desperate for help tens of thousands flee fighting in central african republic many seeking safety in remote villages in the d.r. c. . and 11 miners a rescued in china 2 weeks after an explosion trapped them underground. and in sport manchester united have not little pull out of the english f.a. cup a british commanders freekick given united a 32 win in a place in round for. just over a year after it reported its 1st case of coronavirus the us has now recorded more

well on this edition of crossfire we talked with some interested individuals just against all the hans will they succeed. in. this hour's headlines stories follies or slashes deliveries alvin's covert vaccine in europe north america after production delays prompting threats of legal action from its only poland. serbia enters talks with russia to start its own production of this public beach we hear from barbara nunn serbian film director of white trust and i think. i'm very happy to be. exposed to. the russian rock scene because it's me.

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so hans brands will come back here in just a moment and head of that will take a look at this report. accessing this vaccination center in brandenburg in eastern germany it's harder than it might look to get an appointment for a covert 19 job you need staying power only those determined enough to get past the overloaded hotline will get an appointment like manfred in head to green bag both are over 18 when on to germany's number one high risk group. hope your mother got the appointment for us but it took you a long time to get through and arrange the time. as in other vaccination centers in germany things are moving slowly many birds remain empty because there's not enough vaccine. only 70 people a day can be immunized instead of the planned 600. the situation is even worse in other regions this center in cologne is not even open appointments are being made for february but it's not an easy process. is calling them to be kept on hold for hours and then you don't even get an appointment machine. to me my appointment was made online by my son right on the thursday morning. line in north

different class of subscriber that is not taking the bite bait or what's going on >> john, we will tackle with this hanstberg, who is joining us now that earnings beat not enough to prevent the stock from declining the morning. joining us now to exclusively discuss all of this and the year ahead is chairman and ceo of verizon hans vesberg >> great to be here, julia >> so, hans, we were just discussing you had top analyst expectation both top and bottom line the stock is down about 3% it seems to be because verizon added fewer mobile subscribers than expected. tell us about the trends you saw in the first quarter >> first of all, we are very happy with the call and the subscribers we have in the fourth quarter we came into the third from the third quarter with a good momentum we actually grew our wireless service revenue with over 2% in the fourth quarter which basically was negative due to covid so that's very strong. but i think the most important, we have another how we enlighten our customers with the best network and experience 60% of our commerce are unlimited. 90% of the new customers coming into

into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic they've ended their 2 week hotel koren seen in han china and will be interviewing people from research institutes hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak of zeros katrina new reports now from. after 2 weeks of being confined to their hotel rooms members of the world health organization research team up beginning their investigation on their mission to find out as much as possible about how the current virus outbreak began. leaving quarantine team member at merion koopman spoke to al jazeera about the immense job ahead. try and get as good as. finding starting here in. primary on additional studies. trying to you know aggregate everything there is to learn from this initial phase of the mc but more than one year after the beginning of the outbreak experts say the team spines would be limited and discovering the pandemics exact origin will be difficult. and. i think realistically what we're looking at is mission is a narrowing. of. options include exploring the theory the virus was 1st transmitted from a wild animal such as a b

it will be a bumpy relationship, for sure. i think the russians believe that hanmucr of the biden administration then on the radar of the trump adminiration, and that will cause friction, even more friction in the relationshimosc. betty:tw biden comes into office, it just as a moscow has walked up the opposition leader for at least 30 days. there has already been eight rebukingtweet from the incoming national security advisor when that happens. what can joe biden and his administrationctually do to impact human rights there in moscow, in russia? reporter: it is a really good question. i cannot answer that. we have seen sanctions over the last few years from america, from the eu against russia, having had an effect? ford moowo make a u-turn and give the annexed thi haskr had a major effect on the way that putin does business. thinkhat rs believe they will see more western sanctions moving forth. the other thing to note personal chemistry is important in international relations. looking back about rezai lots of personal chemistry between the - -anreag chemistry betw

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will increase substantially. thank you d.w. political correspondent hans plant there. let's look at some of the other developments worldwide in the pandemic japan is considering a state of emergency to curb cases in greater tokyo the move raises fresh doubts about whether tokyo will be able to host the olympics this summer britain is to be the 1st country to begin backs nations with its own because shot the vaccine is viewed as especially promising pre-development countries because it's cheap and needs less complicated story and the u.s. is considering delaying 2nd doses of vaccine is to spread the initial jobs out to a wider population u.k. announced such a change just days ago. norwegian emergency workers have recovered a 7th body from a landslide buried homes in a village near the capital all slow last week rescue teams are still hoping to find survivors but their efforts have been hampered by wintry weather. after days of searching for survivors accessing the site is still extremely difficult i made continuous rain the initial search could only be conducted by air

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will take off and grow. and everything they're propose something the exact opposite of that. elizabeth: all right. hanst to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. elizabeth: next up, retired i.c.e. acting director ron vitello. we've got reports coming in, sources say more caravans heading to the border. the biden administration is easing up on border policies. texas is asking the pentagon to get military medical personnel down to the southern border to deal with covid-19 cases. we're going to break down the story next. like: just stop. get a hobby. you should meditate. eat crunchy foods. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run a marathon. are you kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette these days, it's okay to do some things halfway... but taking prescriptions shouldn't be one of them. so cvs has a proprietary search tool that looks for savings. plus free delivery. get a free prescription savings review at cvs. keeping your oysters business growing plus free delivery. has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed i

will finally bring stability. we want one president upon used to have a high on the han works and q. . just on lives. farms are. thrilled that there won't be any more corruption mafias or criminal structure as part of said he would punish that strictly local question where the every year things get worse and worse yes the president changes but nothing actually changes here now people in kyrgyzstan are hoping for a better future and that the upcoming elections and referendum will bring the right sort of change. all right to sports now and in the bundesliga an american teenager is the toast of show after scoring 3 goals and a victory that saves the club from equalling an unwanted record they beat hoffenheim for until the royal blues hadn't won any of their last 30 league matches bought to things looked promising in the 1st half when matthew hoppin scored his 1st wonderfully goal to give his side the lead it was a good start and things got all the better for the california he scored 2 more goals in the 2nd half and that means his club do not equal the league record for games played without a win. europe today's no

will silence the critics of its vaccine rollout. of more in this rejoined by our political correspondent hans brandt hans with all these problems in germany's vaccine rollout when would herd immunity be reached in net in germany. the government is saying that we can reckon on having enough doses available to 'd inoculate still vaccinate all those people that want to be vaccinated by mid year in other words in about 6 months time herd immunity in germany would mean vaccinating somewhere around $50000000.00 people there are enough doses for that on order but they are not being delivered right now and that is part of the problem that is the major part of the problem that there is enough vaccine basically available in the pipeline but it has not reached germany yet there is the hope that a further vaccine will become available will be approved by the european authorities within the month and once that has happened the number of doses that are available will drastically increase well the government has agreed to this preliminary deal to secure an extra $15000000.00 vaccine doses now does that undermine the e.u. commission's collective purchase s

will be safe healthy and relaxed maybe. i'll give it a try. this is a prototype and hans-peter clip in there is testing it he teaches at the university of southern garden in switzerland his work focuses on the future of mobility. oh why are you driving such a tiny car there's only room for 2 the range is small so why does it it's ok because that's the future. but i think we need them ability revolution i think and micro mobility the more intelligent use of cars cities and space is the only way to preserve mobility. what do tiny cars contribute to that. these are. only occupies one 3rd of a standard parking space that's one aspect of another is that it's electrically powered so it's more sustainable i don't think average car occupancy no days is $1.00 people out and they cost 93 percent of the time just standing around so this car is perfectly adequate for getting about in town. were bought instead if this thing would not have a better more ecological product although i don't even like saw an alternative but i live in the countryside so i have a long ride into what i see t

will finally bring stability. look like them. but we want one president han used to have a han the han works and kyrgyzstan lives congo like. that there won't be any more corruption mafias or criminal structure it's just part of said he would punish that strictly. president what the so every year things get worse and worse yes the president changes but nothing actually changes here now people in kyrgyzstan are hoping for a better offer the yeah. and you hear me now oh yes we don't need you and how it all stands german chancellor whimpering you uncle our mascot and you've never cut have surprise yourself it was just possible cold really what moves and want also to talk to people and follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us for metals last august. some in germany. for years it's been a departure point for long distance animal transports today its cards just separated from their mothers. very profitable here in germany young boys often go for export. are headed for northern spain. and another collection point. this footage was filmed by. the animal

the cdc predicts the death toll will reach more than 500,000 in february. this han has been the deadliest month since the pandemic began. the federal government's getting rid of its vaccine stockpile. >> we are passing doses directly along to states very much in real time as they order them. >> reporter: now, asking 10,000 troops to help. on capitol hill. >> why is it? >> reporter: republicans want to cut cyber security and the minimum wage hike out of president biden's nearly 2 trillion dollars covid relief plan. >> it has really nothing to do with covid relief. >> reporter: democratic leaders are pushing for a vote soon. tracie potts, nbc news. >>> in the wake of the capitol hill chaos, new alert from homeland security. it is warning domestic terrorists unhappy with the change in the white house are planning new violence, those likely not on the scale of the capitol riots. this is the first time dhs has issued a warning about domestic extremists. bay area trump support facing criminal charges. the fbi says ian rogers from napa built five pipe bombs and planned to

will be released in may and a senior u.s. health official has called on china to provide evidence linked to the outbreak in one han including samples taken from that wet market at the center of the investigation the team which funnily road as we will be will only be successful who cleans google with the following information conlan possession of chinese authorities 1st all stories produced in china on the presence of sars school the 2 related genetic sequence sequences in arms. removed certain results. problems. holes in the markets. even our service. circles the trumpet ministration has issued an order lifting an entry ban imposed on travelers from brazil and most of europe because of coronavirus but joe biden's incoming team says it won't go ahead the bans were imposed in early 2020 they barred most non-u.s. travelers entering the country from the european union the u.k. and brazil the restrictions are due to be lifted in the week after joe biden takes office a new requirement for a covert negative test will also be required she have returned he is in washington he says the balance to lift restrictions are based on firm corp betw

will be possible again. for more i'm now joined by devious political correspondent hans braun welcome the german chancellor asking for more patience there this comes as the incidence rate dips but restrictions are going to continue in a travel ban from certain countries has been imposed how has her appeal been received so far. well obviously this is not the 1st appeal of its kind of. government issued and whenever there are official polls. you will find that up to 80 percent 70 to 80 percent of people respond by saying that they support government restrictions and some of them even plead for stricter restrictions on the other hand if you look at society in general and people behave at the fact that infections are dropping not dropping as quickly as everyone had hoped and it seems that in their daily lives people are not sticking as closely to these rules as one might have hoped there is a sense of fatigue in the society and this is why i'm renewing these appeals because there is a real danger a real fear that the progress that has been achieved in recent weeks pushing dom the infection rates could be destroyed by

health organization have arrived in the chinese is your woo hans to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic the international team will spend 14 days in quarantine before they start researching how the virus may have moved from animals to humans early on it was traced to this west market which has since closed where it was under most was sold as food the delayed trip followed months of diplomatic wrangling china initially barred of the scientists arguing that the virus may have originated elsewhere. meanwhile the w.h.o. is holding an emergency meeting to discuss new variants of the corona virus there are concerns that they may be more infectious than the 1st strain that emerged in china it's also unclear if the new variants could potentially reduce the effect and effectiveness of current vaccines at this london hospital doctors are treating 3 times the usual number of patients in the intensive care unit. they say they are struggling to cope this is going to be with you in in the form that they live with and this is. something very good. stuff either way it's that. way for the holiday wherever they work you know for a

will be possible again. well for more i am now joined by political correspondent hans hans now the german chancellor has asked for more patience this comes as the incidence rate is coming down here in germany for restrictions are going to continue and of course this travel ban from certain countries has been imposed how is her appeal going down here in germany. well if you look at recent polls on this the support for stricter measures in germany is still somewhere between 70 and 80 percent of the population so on paper as it were there is a lot of support for continuing with these kinds of measures if you look more at tall people actually behave one sees that the infections are not going down as quickly as everyone had been hoping that the dissatisfaction and the restlessness in the society in amongst people is increasing and that is why this appeal from macro and from other members of her cabinet for continued patients for continued this supply and basically is very important after all there is a real fear that these more infectious viruses that were 1st discovered in the u.k. in south africa and brazil coul

ability to host the olympic games this summer after a delay china will allow a team from the world health organization to travel to the city of han on thursday to begin investigating how the pandemic started there and indonesia has begun its vaccination campaign president djoko we doto received the 1st covert 1000 jab as the world's 4th most populous country faces soaring infection rates. sports news now and the handball men's world championships starts today in egypt germany enters the tournament as underdogs the organizers initially planned for the event to go ahead with spectators despite the pen demick but that changed after a number of players voiced concerns. horace the god of the pharaohs the mascot of this handball world championship he stands for strength power and in durance characteristics that matter in this mammoth trying to mint. but with the covert pandemic raging not everyone is on board. i'm definitely looking forward to the world championship i realised the situation isn't the best at the moment to host a world championship though. i just wouldn't feel right travelling there in january my priority is my family a

scientists have arrived in the chinese city of han to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic the international team will 1st spend 14 days in quarantine before researching how the virus may have moved from animals to humans early on it was traced to this market which has now been shut down and used to be a place where wild animals were sold as food this delayed trip follows months of diplomatic wrangling in china initially barred the scientists arguing that the virus may have originated elsewhere. or earlier we spoke with our china correspondent mike he has berlingo and we asked him what we can expect the science is to discover. scientists themselves that they're not likely to come up with an answer to the question where the virus originated how it crossed from animals into humans but what they're going to do is mostly trying to track back the patients the cases they're going to talk to people on this seafood market this wet market where the 1st clusters the 1st known clusters appeared and they're going to talk to medical personnel in old chew find maybe unaccounted cases off pneumonia. then the 1st kno

hans if you can hear me germany's biggest newspapers and our writers as well are reporting that the lockdown will be extended what more can you tell us . well that just confirms what we've been hearing over the last couple of days leaks from the prepared to discussions that have been going on for days and various reports that it seems almost certain that the locked all will be extended to the end of january obviously there have been meetings going on between various officials today for instance the education ministers of all the 16 regions in germany met to discuss what should happen in schools i'm going to makeovers morning meet with what she calls her corona cabinet that has a select group of ministers together with various aspects who are just experts who discuss various aspects of the corona situation so all of these discussions going on head of what's going to happen tomorrow this meeting between angular malco and the regional leaders from germany 16 federal states and only then will be a final decision taken and those meetings have been characterized in the pause oh as long as the bates so

. >>> in marin county, the search for a han jose man pulled into the ocean will start again this morning. the national park service says the man in his 30s got caught in high surf off the point. a dozen children thankfully are safe this morning after rough water toppled the boats they were on off the coast of santa cruz. four to five small sailboats overturned outside the harbor. one witness says the waves tumbled over them, quote, like dominos. the fire department had extra staff on hand yesterday because of the small craft advisory in effect warning about the dangerous surf. thankfully all 12 children were rescued without any injuries. >> we could see fresh local crab return to the market as soon as this week. crab pots are stacked on boats waiting to head out for the first catch of the season. it usually starts in november, but crab fishermen and wholesale buyers had trouble agreeing on a price. the crabbers are expected to bring in their first catch early wednesday. that means you could have it fresh by wednesday night. >> a lot of people looking forward to that. >>> one of californi

hans franz thank you so much. well meanwhile the european union has approved astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine it's hoped the 3rd shot will boost sluggish vaccination efforts across the block but brussels is already accusing astra zeneca of slow deliveries and violating its sales contract the drug maker says it's working hard to overcome production problems that it's deal with the e.u. requires it to make its best efforts to supply vaccines with no clear delivery timeline or exact copy of the contract has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and purchased swedish pharma company astra zeneca over the laysan vixie in deliveries the e.u. has made the contract public but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out by astra zeneca a scandal so members of the european parliament. you're simply not it's up to the pharmaceutical companies which gets a lot of your mom. i'm not really. it's those who although. last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hu

well as hans just mentioned france has also announced international travel restrictions so starting sunday people arriving on non-essential travel from outside the e.u. will be barred entry to that country the french government says it's responding to the very virus variants 1st detected in britain and south africa france is also increasing its internal restrictions non-essential shops are to close and police checks and rule breakers are being increased and nightly curfew comes into force at 6 pm. well in vaccine developments the e.u. commission has now approved astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine for use across the e.u. this comes after the european medicines agency gave the go ahead to allow inoculations for people over the age of 18 this is the 3rd vaccine to get approval from the e.u. following shots from biotech pfizer and. the e.u. is facing a storm of criticism for this slow pace of its vaccine rollout. well that e.u. approval comes amid a bitter dispute between the e.u. and astra zeneca over delays to the delivery of vaccine supplies brussels accuses the pharmaceutical company of failing to fulfill its contractual obligations all the companies sa

will be safe healthy and relaxed maybe. i'll give it a try. this is a prototype and hans-peter clip in there is testing it he teaches at the university of southern cal and in switzerland his work focuses on the future of mobility. oh why are you driving such a tiny car there's only room for 2 the range is small so why does it it's ok because that's the future. but i think we need them ability revolution i think they look at that and micro mobility a more intelligent use of cars cities and space is the only way to preserve mobility. what do tiny cars contribute to that. only occupies one 3rd of a standard parking space that's one aspect another is that it's electrically powered so it's more sustainable and average car occupancy no days as $1.00 people and they can spend 93 percent of the time just standing around so this car is perfectly adequate for getting about in town. were bought instead if the whole thing would not have a better more ecological product although i don't even like sarin alternative but i live in the countryside so i have a long ride to what i see the f

in this lengthy american election process and it will fall allies joe biden selection as the $46.00 president of the united states bucks as particle han explains and this era of donald trump is expected to be controversial and unprecedented. this announcement of the state of the vote it's supposed to be a formality. the u.s. vice president along with members of congress receiving the certified votes from the states donald trump of new york has received for president of the united states 304 votes and declaring the election over by president al gore did it george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes and he just lost the election to george bush by just over 500 votes the vice president votes but his vice president my pence prepares to take the gavel he is under pressure to throw out joe biden's win and i hope mike hex comes through for us i have was was crazy was a great vice president comes through for us he's a great guy. for us if he doesn't come through a lot like a quite as much according to the constitution the vice president doesn't have the power to do what the president wants b

china was your handling of the corona virus outbreak in wu han at the beginning of the year and the shocking way in which local officials in willand tried to silence the one doctor who sounded the alarm i wonder what it says about your society that when officials of the communist party are faced with bad news their 1st response is to try to cover it up that tactic lost both you and the rest of the world valuable time in dealing with this pandemic in the. you're sued or have all the very negative a question but but what i tried as is that i think that you know the coven died when they 1st discovered what han. chinese authorities as the report that to the show as a report out of the united states and all the other countries of course the doctors that who was of find the disease at the very beginning but but you know this is a disease never never happened in the history of mankind nobody knows about that and that should not send a false alarm as well you should really be proven and tested and also verified by x. birth that is really that only lethal disease and if that is actually it was that they reached that point where they com

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will finally bring stability. we want one president upon care to stand used to have a high on the han works and. just on lives. that there won't be any more corruption mafias or criminal structures part of said he would punish that strictly because the war the so every year things get worse and worse yes the president changes but nothing actually changes here now people in kyrgyzstan are hoping for a better future and that the upcoming elections and referendum will bring the right sort of change. last year much 2016 is the hottest on record according to the a use climate change agency that's despite a dip in emissions in 2020 caused by the lockdowns of extreme weather events likely to become more intense and more frequent as temperatures rise scientists say the need for action is more than ever. the fine is eat up large swathes of the straightly and bush land in areas left tended dry by drought dozens of people and millions of animals died in the blazes at the turn of last year. but these images were no peculiarity in 2020 month after month other parts of the earth burned all melted in record breaking heat. th

will miss out members of a w.h.o. team investigating the origins of the pandemic in china have visited a market in han it distributes food across a city where the virus was 1st detected the team has also already visited 2 hospitals at the center of the outbreak peru is beginning a streets down for the 2nd time in 10 months to ease pressure on hospitals a shortage of medical oxygen is forcing people to buy it on the black market the lockdown will last until mid february danielle china has more. it's going to be very difficult they've had lock downs before very tight lockdowns this one will affect about a half the country's $32000000.00 population including the capital leiber and the surrounding areas it's only going to go to people to stay at home if they can only essential business is the trouble with something like 70 percent of the population of the workforce work in the informal economy if they don't work lee simply don't have enough money to feed their families so they resisted previous lockdowns they're likely to resist this one russian police have warn people not to take on the nationwide rallies on sunday in suppo

will because the museum was 180 from don't. even tell you a lot truth you lose money you can push. yang's next task is to find out how would hans hospitals are coping. i'm trying to find out how the main hospital is taking in and treating infected patients. young fears he will be turned away if. identifies himself as a journalist. he pretends he has a fever too into the hospital. business and it will be your real. rationale now i've heard him say i need my help . i'm sent to an isolated zone for patients with fever separate from the rest of the hospital. i think it's for screening patients infected with the coronavirus. in the waiting area over here is a doctor speaking to a patient she has been ill for 10 days easily no ocean of us is however not a monday when he posted up that this was. and is obvious that all staff actually want to follow that she has changed she suspected patients are sent for further testing only then is an infected patients eligible for the isolation treatment as the hospital. this arrangement means all patients and staff are exposed to the virus. he walks around the hospital grounds but can't get into th

atlanta, georgia, converts a convention facility into a field thohospital to han a sharp new rise in cases. >>> plus, georgia voters will controls the senate this week. just a day later, congress is set to certify the election. it's all part of a big week in american politics. that's also ahead. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it's 30 minutes past the hour. i'm robyn curnow. you're watching cnn. the u.s. is beginning the new year with more than 20 million total cases of covid since the pandemic began. that's far more than any other country and the u.s. death toll is now approaching a mind-boggling 350,000 americans. a more contagious variant of the virus has now been detected in at least 30 countries, hong kong and taiwan. it was first confirmed in the u.s. just before christmas in the u.s. state of colorado. the governor spoke to cnn about the challenge it presents. >> we are screening more and more samples for this strain, but the good news is the same exact techniques work to control the spread of this strain than the already very transmissible strain. the normal fo

will happen. ok let's begin in the chinese city of new han where investigators from the world health organization who ended the hotel quarantine and begun the task of finding out how the pandemic started they'll be interviewing people from research institutes hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak for a long delayed inquiry comes after months of negotiations between the government in beijing and the world health organization. katrina you reports now from. well the debate has said that plan for the next few weeks is yet to be finalized but since they arrived in china 2 weeks ago they've already been gauged in frank discussions with their chinese counterparts and others involved in the management of the outbreak here in han they've got a mammoth task ahead of them they're investigating a lot of theories and among them is one that covered 901st originated in a wild animal potentially a bat secondly they're also going to go into the 100 black market where the 1st cluster of the current virus was 1st identified and see how the virus might have spread from there and also they'r

they are committed to providing relief to americans, and they will take every avenue they probably can to get to that destination. kasie? >> hans governing this way after it was hard for obama found out hard to work with congress. aren't there limitations here? while on the one hand they can say and they can underscore priorities with these orders, they can't go as far as actually making law. . >> i think that's a very fair point. it's a point they internalize and understand from inside the biden administration. they saw limitations during obama. there are two main limitations. one, the next administration can undo it on their day one. there is no way the changes will be durable, lasting. you need to get the senate and the house along. in some cases you need 60 votes. it is more substantial when you have two branches of government and agree on something, this is the united states policy. this is what we're glowing to do for nutritional assistance. officials will acknowledge this. it inflates -- that might be the wrong word. some of the decisions you make by executive action get reviewed by the court. that pumps up a lot more te

will not delay the second dose in order to administer more initial shots. paul han n claire hannon is with us. >> thanks for having me. >> of course. i want to get to this. just about 2 million vaccines have been administered out of 10 million, 10 to 12 million. >> right. >> in fact, 20% of the shots that have been given in the last couple of weeks. what needs to happen to expedite the process? >> well, i don't think it's caution for alarm at this point. i think there are a number of contributing factors. states are setting aside doses into the long-term care facility program. a little over 2 million doses there, and that's just getting off the ground. it will really hit the ground running next week. there's also the holidays. vaccine gets shipped out monday, tuesday, wednesday and then we had back-to-back weeks where thursday and friday were holidays so it will be really good to see what happens next week. we've got the allocation system really going strongly now. it's week to week, steady and consistent. it looks like hospitals are moving at a more deliberate pace