michael george reports from new york. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration is cracking downter incidents and confrontations on flights to and from washington last week. some are evolving around the riot at the u.s. capitol. administrator steve dixon -- >> this is not acceptable -- >> reporter: the policy skips coun >> i just want to make se that we're doin n to ensure the continued safety of the aviation system. inryros like airlis ppval fr r amera wh ome thfaa order to policy regardingulpassenr beha." dents gh he skyrocketed over the past year. like this one on delta in october. many have involved passengers who refuse to wear masks. >> passengers should be complying with crew instructions to wear masks. >> reporter: airlines have banned more than 2,700 passengers for refusing to wear masks since the pandemic started. in the wake of last week's attack, american airlines announced it has suspended alcohol beverages on flights to and from washington from january 16th to the 21st, increased staff at d.c. area airports, and revised crew member instructions about mandatory face

cbs correspondent michael george reports d.c. has been transformed into a fortress with check points, razor wire, and military vehicles. >> reporter: as a precaution, all u.s. federal prisons are under lockdown ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration on wednesday. no specific threat information led to the move, but with the nationwide threat level so high after the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol, authorities aren't taking chances. the u.s. government official tells cbs news that recent intelligence bulletins conclude the greatest threat to the inauguration is domestic violence extremists. on friday, district of columbia acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin said there's no direct evidence teams of rioters were looking to capture or kill during the capitol assault, but investigations are ongoing. >> that is a tier one top priority for both u.s. attorney's office and our federal law enforcement partners to see again whether there was this overarching command and control and whether there were these organized teams that we

reporter michael george joins us live from capitol hill tonight where calls for the president's removal louder. michael? >> reporter: well, ken, tonight we heard from an increasingly isolated president trump. he's got staff members resigning, close allies telling him to step down and as you said, for the first time he's admitting that come january 20th he won't be the president anymore. a day after the attack on capitol hill president trump says in a new white house video that he's outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. the president also acknowledged his time in the white house is coming to a close, although he did not concede the election. >> now congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to insuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. >> reporter: top democrats are demanding president trump's removal from office under the 25th amendment or for him to face a second impeachment trial on capitol hill. >> by inciting sedition as he did yesterday, he must be removed from office. >> reporter: p

we begin with cbs reporter michael george live on capitol hill. michael. >> reporter: michelle, as we speak, federal authorities are arresting several of the perpetrators from that attack on the capitol. we are learning much more about the police officer who died in that attack. flags have been lowered to half staff at the u.s. capitol for officer brian sicknick. capitol police say the 12 year veteran of the force collapsed after a confrontation with violent rioters. last night officers gathered at the capitol flashing lights as a show of respect. sicknick's death comes hours after the u.s. capitol police chief and senate sergeant at arms stepped down amid outrage over wednesday's security failures. >> national guard wasn't being deployed. we need to know why that happened. >> reporter: president trump is condemning the violence carried out by his supporters. >> to those who engaged in acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. >> reporter: in a video produced by the white house, the president had harsh words for the same p

michael george begins our team coverage on capitol hill. a lot of questions tonight about not just how this could have happened but what happens next. >> well come you know, what we saw the presidents video, just as important is what he said and what he did not say. he did say in the demonstration will be taking office he also would not say resident elect biden's name, and while he did condemn the violence he did not talk about his own role and perhaps inciting some of that violence. all this coming as many are calling for him to be removed from office. >> i like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capitol. like all-americans, i'm outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. we have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. but now tempers must be cooled, and called were stored. >> we have learned some cabinet officials are floating the idea of invoking the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office, in an attempt to scare the president into ensuring a smooth transition of power.

michaels: george carlin. benstein: and was he so funny in those days, you knew it would be a hit, or was he too complicated-- michaels: no. i know that he had monologues that would work, and i thought he was funny. the biggest controversy in that first show was, the network wanted him to wear a suit, a jacket and tie, and he didn't want to. he wanted to wear a t-shirt. i was-- it was not the biggest thing in my life. i let him wear what he wants, but the compromise, which took up a lot of time on show day, was, he wore a suit with a t-shirt, which was the perfect solution. rubenstein: so did you have to have a censor for words that might not be appropriate or-- michaels: there was a lot of discussions about what we could do and what we couldn't do and what you could do at 11:30 and what you could do at midnight. i think that we sort of-- we were, you know, all those phrases from the seventies, like "cutting edge" and "pushing the envelope" and all that. i think we were just trying to reflect life as we were li

there was a fan campaign in 2017 to get it to number one a year afterjudge michael's death —— george ight record. that has taken the wrong time to get to number one. —— eight recordm is going to carry on in the future. it isa is going to carry on in the future. it is a perennial song we're used to hearing generation after generation. tell us how it was written and where. it was written on the debris of that year in his bedroom, he was watching the football, had an inspiration, ran upstairs and wrote the hit then run down and played it to his band mate. in the memoir and you originally wrote, he said that george had come back down as if he had discovered gold and played it to him, and he knew instantly it was going to be a hit. it was at the height of their fame. it is a classic. christmas is not the same about that track. you hear it all over the radio, every christmas comes back around. it has such a timeless quality to it. this time it will have been streamed, no doubt, rather than being bought on a seven inch vinyl, which is how you would have bought it in 1984. streams rather than

michael. >>> george, we're going to turn now to what we're learning about the woman who was shot andl building by capitol police. let's go to rachel scott in washington who saw a paramedic trying to save her life. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: michael, good morning. d.c. police are not revealing her identity this morning, but there are several reports out there claiming that she was a u.s. veteran who was a big supporter of the president's. we were there. we saw her being rushed out onto that stretcher. we saw that she was severely injured and bleeding and we watched as paramedics fought to try and save her life only to learn later that she lost it. police are confirming that she was part of that mob that stormed inside of the u.s. capitol. they say one of their officers did fire their weapon. we are also learning that three others were killed amid those massive demonstrations here, and there's still so many questions about how this building, the united states capitol was left so vulnerable when thousands were taken to the streets. it took hours for the situation to get under co

michael george reports. >> reporter: even lines of body bags in los angeles don't show the worst of itwarned friday the nationwide death toll is expected to rise by more than 90,000 in the next three weeks, bringing u.s. deaths close to half a million. southern california, though, continued to be covid's epicenter. the governor took to dodger stadium to promote a large-scale vaccine distribution plan. >> our resolve is to get all of the existing doses that are in this state administered as quickly and efficiently as possible. >> reporter: the state plans were put in another bind after the federal government's promise to unleash vaccine reserves turned out not to be viable. >> we were lied to with plans of the administration to release reserve doses. >> reporter: colorado's governor, jared polis, was among a chorus line of governors lashing back. >> i am shocked and appalled that the federal government would set an expectation with the american people on which they knew they could not deliver with such grave consequences. >> reporter: the news broke in the same week officials lowered th

george michael and wham at number one, it should be a tradition.s bbc news. hello there. this cold weather isn't giving up anytime soon. it will stay for the weekend and most of next week. at least for the weekend there'll be quite a lot of sunshine around. mainly across western areas. it'll be cold and some further wintry showers, most of them across the eastern side of the country. the blue air mass indicates that cold air very much with us saturday. northerly winds pushing these showers into scotland, northern ireland and wales. plenty of them starting to go to the east coast of england. a few of them also pushing into the midlands. and there will be a covering of snow in places. but many places staying dry with the sunshine, though it will be cold. those showers start to spread a little bit further inland as we move through saturday night. further sleet and snow in places. probably the clearest of the skies in western scotland and northern ireland, so here the coldest to start sunday. elsewhere, cold again but with a risk of ice from all the sh

first released in december 1984, george michael and andrew ridgeley‘s song was famously held off thereturned to the top 10 a further six times. richard blade is a dj with sirius xm. he's in los angeles. thanks for coming on the programme. hey, my pleasure! thank you for having me. so here we go then, 36 times lucky, what was your reaction when you found out?|j lucky, what was your reaction when you found out? i was thrilled, it's a great song. we play it a lot on sirius xm and i was really shocked actually it had never been to number one on the uk chart. 36 attempts, i suppose! it is quite the weight and given what we know of the huge part of the cultural landscape wham! and that song is here in the uk every christmas, what about where you are? same here. it's played on so many channels. sirius xm has been playing it on multiple challenge, on first wave on the big 80s, on our christmas channels, and it's one of those songs that people request all the time because they love wham and they love george. and you had quite a good close relationship with the band?|j did,i relationship with

george michael and wham! at number one — it should be a tradition.ion fans have logged on to an online concert by some of the biggest names in k—pop. people in more than 180 countries watched the special new year's day concert, which was streamed on a variety of websites. acts including superjunior and tvxq took part in the free gig. the record—breaking band bts also held an online concert on new year's eve. that's just about it from me. 20 more online and on the bbc app. "— 20 more online and on the bbc app. —— plenty more. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. this cold weather isn't giving up anytime soon. it will stay for the weekend and most of next week. at least for the weekend, there'll be quite a lot of sunshine around, mainly across western areas. it'll be cold and some further wintry showers, most of them across the eastern side of the country. the blue air mass indicates that cold air very much with us saturday, northerly winds pushing these showers into scotland, northern ireland and wal

because, i mean, they have got the movie behind it, last christmas, they've got the song, why not george michael and wham at number one? it should be a tradition. # last christmas, i gave you my heart # but the very next day, you gave it away. # but, thankfully, we have left the home perms behind. a uk ticket—holder has started the new year by winning the euromillions jackpot of nearly a0 million pounds. one ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on friday night. the winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48 with the lucky stars 01 and 09. now it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. with the cold weather remaining for the rest of the weekend at least, the showers that are coming along are falling as snow over the hills, but even at lower levels, and so ice is a real concern because it is bitter out there. even with the sunshine, temperatures are barely reaching more than 3—4 degrees above freezing, and we have seen quite a number of showers around. so, under the cover of darkness, once again, temperatures will plummet. and it looks as if the showers

george. really quite a list of very key players in his campaign in 2016. >> jon karl, thanks very much. michael. >> all right, george, as we know there is a massive security effort out for the inauguration and it is out in full force at our nation's capital following the violent riot just two weeks ago. our chief national correspondent matt gutman is there with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we've talked about the 25,000 national guard troops but on top of that there are over 30,000 federal security officers, police officers from around the country, more than 2,000 of whom were sworn in just on monday. now there's security you see and don't see. we are told there are snipers on the rooftop, drones in the air, plainclothes police officers milling around and designed layers of security here. the outside, that's the softer layers, the closure of the airspace, bridges and the farther you go in towards the capitol, michael, the tighter the security gets. michael. >> all right, thank you so much, matt. >>> we turn to our chief justice correspondent pierre tho

michael. >> yes, pierre. thank you. doesn't even sound like reality. thank you, pierre. we'll have the latest on the manhunt for the capitol rioters in our next half hour. george? >>> right now, michael, we turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. there's a grim record overnight, more than 4,300 american lives lost in a single day. the race to vaccinate is ramping up with new megasites popping up across the country. more than 9 million doses have been administered. that's just one-third of the 27 million that have been distributed. kaylee hartung reports from long beach, california. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: george, good morning. here in california, the goal is to get a million more people vaccinated by the week end but those shots won't provide the immediate relief this area needs. doctors, nurses, and first responders, they're preparing. what they call a perfect storm. hospitals are already overwhelmed as this post-holiday surge continues to rage. this morning, the u.s. reporting more than 4,000 deaths a day. for the last ten days on average, one person has died of the virus every 30 seconds. >> i don't know that it can get much worse for us.

michael. >>> george, in washington tensions are running high as supporters of president trump gatherga with more on the joint session of congress convening to certify the results of the presidential election. good morning again, cecilia. >> hey, michael, good morning again. these republican challengers do not have the votes to overturn the will of the american electorate. let's be clear about that. critics say what is about to happen today amounts to sheer political theater. overnight clashes erupting on the streets of washington. this after president trump called on hit backers to show up in droves. today as many as 30,000 people expected to gather outside the white house including the president himself and right wing extremist groups like the proud boys. the president is still falsely claiming the results of the election now rest in the hands of mike pence who will preside over the session when electoral votes are formally counted. still sources tell abc news president trump made it clear to pence that he expects him to deny biden victory but behind closed doors at a white house ru

because, i mean, they have got the movie behind it, last christmas, they've got the song, why not george michael and wham at number one? it should be a tradition. # the very next day you gave it away.# that snow takes us neatly to the weather forecast. now the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. with the cold weather remaining for the rest of the weekend at least, the showers that are coming along are falling as snow over the hills but even at lower levels, and so ice is a real concern because it is bitter out there. even with the sunshine, temperatures are barely reaching more than 3—4 degrees above freezing, and we have seen quite a number of showers around. 50, under the cover of darkness, once again, temperatures will plummet. and it looks as if the showers will continue, as well, so that's obviously going to cause a hazard on the roads with the damp surfaces leading to ice. even in southern and eastern areas, we pick up a few more showers, so the widespread frost meaning it will be icy. quite harsh again in the north, perhaps a little lighter, the frost, further south, but neverthe

.# first released in december 1984, george michael and andrew ridgeley‘s song was famously held off the times. richard blade is a dj with sirius xm and he's been telling me how he felt when he heard the news. i was thrilled, i mean, it's a great song. we play it a lot on sirius xm and i was really shocked, actually, it had never been to number one on the uk charts before. yeah, 36 attempts, i suppose! it is quite the wait, and given what we know of the huge part of the cultural landscape wham and that song is here in the uk every christmas, what about where you are? same here. it's played on so many channels. sirius xm has been playing it on multiple channels, on first wave on the big 80s, on our christmas channels, and it's one of those songs that people request all the time because they love wham and they love george. and you had quite a good close relationship with the band? i did, i was very, very lucky to know wham from their earliest days. when they first came over in 1982 i had them on my radio show, they did their first—ever live gig with me at the beginning of 1983 and i took t

challenging we are sewn under going to be more divided since reconstruction we have heard from michael chertoff george. bush national security homeland advisor, tell us that we have homegrown extremism is our national security issues not hostile nations right now. we have a lot of work to do. first of all what is being done, joe biden is setting the right tone, he is talking about unity, he is talking about cooperation we will not be able to get anything done without bipartisan cooperation wendy's looking for ways to reach across the aisle large and small and the idea of inviting senator mcconnell and senator schumer was a small gesture but significant. he is going to do a whole new tack. >> who will joe biden turned to on the republican side to begin this process? >> i think he has earned the trust and respect of senator mcconnell, that is huge and enormous, schumer and mcconnell are negotiating what that power-sharing will look like, they are looking to have it like it was in 2001 under george bush when trent lott was there. it's still not done but hopefully they will work it out and he will look to

first released in december 1984, george michael and andrew ridgeley‘s song was famously held off theop 10 a further six times. millions around the world have been seeing out 2020 and marking the start of 2021 with lockdowns or other and restrictions in place. many would be new year partygoers, that they were told to have a quiet night in. thousands of spectators watch fireworks in taiwan to mark the beginning of 2021. in new york city, just a handful of people were allowed into times square to watch confetti rained down on the traditional crystal ball drop. scotla nd traditional crystal ball drop. scotland celebrated behind closed doors and they stage a drone show with a series of videos, titled farewell. symbols of animals and have more stunning. you're watching bbc news. hello, good evening. there is no real sign of things warming up anytime soon. this cold weather certainly with us for the next few days but probably for the next week or more. there will be some wintry showers at times. on the earlier satellite picture, you can see speckled shower clouds being brought down on the n

because, i mean, they have got the movie behind it, last christmas, they've got the song, why not george michaelay you gave it away.# ticket—holder has started the new year by winning the euromillions jackpot of nearly £40 million — that's around $55 million dollars. one ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on friday night. the winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48, with the lucky stars 01 and 09. time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. with the cold weather remaining for the rest of the weekend at least, the showers that are coming along are falling as snow over the hills, but even at lower levels, and so ice is a real concern because it is bitter out there. even with the sunshine, temperatures are barely reaching more than 3—4 degrees above freezing, and we have seen quite a number of showers around. so, under the cover of darkness, once again, temperatures will plummet. and it looks as if the showers will continue, as well, so that's obviously going to cause a hazard on the roads with the damp surfaces leading to ice. even in

because, i mean, they have got the movie behind it, last christmas, they've got the song, why not george michaelmy heart # but the very next day, you gave it away. # don't pretend you don't know every single word. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. it looks as if the cold weather is with us for a few days yet, which means that the showers, when they come along, are falling as snow. mostly over the hills, but at lower levels as well. and ice becomes more of an issue, of course, after dark and when the surfaces are below freezing. and they could well be quite damp the surfaces where we have seen the frequent showers today — across northern and eastern scotland, northern england, wales, the midlands, southern and western parts of england, too. but we'll start to pick up some showers elsewhere, as well, because temperatures have barely risen 3 or 4 degrees above freezing by day. 0bviously, overnight they will plunge below freezing quite quickly once again. and the showers just keep coming onto those surfaces, and so damp surfaces with temperatures below freezing means ice i

first released in december 1984, george michael and andrew ridgeley‘s song was famously held off the top 10 a further six times. and andrew ridgely has tweeted that he is amazed that it has reached number one. hello, good evening. there is no real sign of things warming up anytime soon. this cold weather certainly with us for the next few days but probably for the next week or more. there will be some wintry showers at times. 0n the earlier satellite picture, you can see speckled shower clouds being brought down on the northerly wind. some slightly more widespread cloudy weather that's been affecting parts of england and wales today, bringing some spots of rain, some bits and pieces of sleet and snow as well. that will tend to clear away southwards, although it will stay quite misty and murky, i think across parts of the south—east. and some showers still in that northerly wind, northern ireland, northern and eastern scotland. down the east coast of england, some of those showers will be wintry. where you see clear skies for much of the night, it's going to be very cold indeed, —7, m

because, i mean, they have got the movie behind it, last christmas, they've got the song, why not george michael day you gave it away.# that snow takes us neatly to the weather forecast. now the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. with the cold weather remaining for the rest of the weekend at least, the showers that are coming along are falling as snow over the hills but even at lower levels, and so ice is a real concern because it is bitter out there. even with the sunshine, temperatures are barely reaching more than 3—4 degrees above freezing, and we have seen quite a number of showers around. so, under the cover of darkness, once again, temperatures will plummet. and it looks as if the showers will continue, as well,

michael. >> all right, steve, a lot of eyes on georgia today. thank you so much. george? michael, thanks. >>> let's bring in jon karl for some analysis right now. let's begin with georgia right there. we saw the president last night spent as much time talking about his own race as he did about the senate races. today that led some to speculate on whether the president really wants these republican candidates to win. >> reporter: well, the president's conflicted here, george. if these republican senators win, he is left as the only republican in this cycle who lost in georgia and it also undermines his argument that the election system is rigged there. prominent republicans have been urging the president to get more involved there. they say they've been telling him that if those republicans lose, that he'll be blamed for it, and his response has been consistent. if they lose, it's because they didn't support me strongly enough. >> meantime, he is focused on tomorrow when the congress is going to count the electoral votes. some republicans putting out those objections. it's

michael. thank you very much. >> i'm with you, george. up there. >> thanks, t.j. >>> coming up, we have just an amazing story. we'll hear the firsthand accounts from some of the courageous police officers who rushed to protect the capitol. >>> and a celebrating a las vegas icon. tributes pouring in for siegfried from siegfried & roy but first let's head back to ginger. >> reporter: sell cecelia, it was a warm and dry day with some gusting winds, and you had this. thousand oaks, california, the herbs fire, 250 acres burned. they did get it under control in thousand oak, california but relative humidity down 8% to 15% and see red flag warnings today. watch for that. let's get the weekend forecast sponsored by target. >>> good morning. we made it to friday. with the holiday ahead of us, it is going to be a record-setter. today partly cloudy. dangerous surf through tomorrow. chance of record highs saturday through monday and then gusty winds monday with cooler weather hitting tuesday. today about 64 to 68 is our range. tonight, a little bit m

first george bush winning over michael dukakis.hat was an election where bush got 53.6% of the vote, higher than any president has gotten in any popular vote percentage since 1988. bush carried in metro boston, metro new york, metro philadelphia, metro cleveland, metro detroit, metro los angeles. that was because affluent areas, the suburbs to put it in demographic shorthand, were voting for him by large margins. that affluent support has changed. bill clinton started making gains for democrats in the 1990's, even as democrats were losing in the south and in particular in the rural south. those changes that happened over time. trump's appeal to non-college-educated voters and his repulsion to many college-educated voters has amplified or increased those trends, but they have been part of the political landscape now for a considerable amount of time. the regions have been going on for 50 years. now you have states like arizona and georgia suddenly starting to look more like northern areas because those affluent voters who had been u

. >>> gma host michael strahan has coronabin robs, george instead nominees and amy aerobic redealing e news on gma this morning. so michael strahan is at home in quarantine right now. we're told he is feeling well and looking forward to being back at work when he's cleared. it is not clear how strahan contracted the virus. >>> the entertainment world is mourning the death of oscar and'em award winning actress cloris leachman. she gained a new generation of fans when she became the oldest contestant on "dancing with the stars" in 2008. her bubblist says she died of natural causes at her home in san diego county. she was 94. >>> barry bonds is helping feed hungry people in the bay area. presenting a check more a 15,000 second harvest food bank. to the and helped hand out food in san bruno yesterday. he said now it is especially important to help those this need. >> we're in a world crisis. it is not just in this community but we're in a world crisis right now. and i think it is just important that we all do it. and if we're capable of getting back and we're capable of doing it just s it

i have the very distinct honor of officially welcoming a major general michael collins to the george washington university. 50 years ago, our nation and people all around the world to and then to watch the first images of apollo 11 reaching the moon. michael collins was on that mission, representing the very best of the united states and of humanity. as much of foreign relations achievement as and a technological marvel, apollo 11 was a story soft power victory for the united states. the white house, the state department, nasa, that u.s. information agency, all work very closely together to shine a light on apollo 11 as the american led global effort that united the world. voice of america broadcast live coverage of the lunar landing in 36 languages, for not inseparably 750 million. another 650 million watch the lunar landing on television. it was the first live global broadcast in history. clearly, the space diplomacy mission had been successful. as -- when we return, major general collins and his crew embarked on a worldwide tour. visiting over 20 countries in 37 days, as true ambas

george. >> what a remarkable moment in history. we'll see how much pressure that puts on republicans to vote for impeachment or not. mary bruce, thanks very much. michaelncy. and for the first time the u.s. reporting more than 4,000 deaths in a 24-hour period. we're going to go back to kaylee hartung in hard-hit los angeles with more and some new vaccine hope, kaylee. good morning again. >> reporter: good morning, michael. it's like throwing jet fuel on an already dangerous situation. that's how one official is characterizing things when you put that rising death toll in perspective with the fact that more cases of that highly contagious variant of the virus are being detected. there are now cases identified in eight states across the country. but overnight we did get some potentially good news on the vaccine front. a new study that hasn't yet been peer reviewed says pfizer's vaccine has been found to protect against the two variants of the virus that are circulating out there and moderna's ceo, he is now saying they believe their vaccine could protect us for a couple of years. look, the risk of infection is higher than it's ever been before and the st

. >> announcer: robin roberts, george stephanopoulos, michael strahan. us. wake up with america's number one most watched morning show. abc's -- >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >>> good morning, thanks for being with us. i'm julian glover. happening today, a large covid-19 vaccination effort for underserved and vulnerable communities happening in east palo alto. ravenswood family health center plans to vaccinate 800 to 1,000 people that include the registered patients that are older than 65 and health care workers. a valid i.d. is required to be vaccinated. that clinic running in east palo alto. >>> look at the bay area forecast on this saturday morning with meteorologist lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> from east bay hills you can see a little sunshine and 47 san francisco and a lot of clouds in the north bay and look for highs in the upper 50s and more sunshine east and south. julian. >> all right, thank you, lisa. >> all right, thank you, lisa. >>> that does ♪ ♪ are you ready to join the duers? those who du mor

northeast and northwest and metropolitan areas going back to the 1988 election the first george bush winning over michael dukakis and that was the an election where bush by the way got 53.6 percent of the vote is higher than any percentage since 1988 bush carried in the metro philadelphia, cleveland, chicago los angeles those were affluent areas with that demographic shorthand will by large margins and bill clinton started to make gains in the 19 nineties even as democrats were losing in the south and in particular the role south. so those changes happened over time. trumps appeal to non- college-educated voters in his report shouldn't too many college-educated voters amplify thosee trends. but they had been part of the political landscape now for a considerable amount of time. and the united states like georgia starting to look like northern areas because of the affluent voters who were hugely republican. texas is moving in the same direction but not as much to go democratic this time. staying with trump by basically the same margin as four years before but look at president bush in 1988. in texas his b

michael? >> okay, rachel scott, thank you so much. george? chael, tackling the pandemic, the top of the president's agenda, one year ago the first case was diagnosed in the united states. 25 million more since then, more than 405,000 american lives have been lost passing the number sacrificed in all of world war ii. the cdc announced the total will climb past 500,000 next month which ask is why president biden is urging new action today. whit johnson is in new york. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the biden administration takes over on one of the deadliest days of the pandemic, nearly 4,400 lives lost in the u.s. in just 24 hours and all of this only adding to the sense of urgency in the vaccine rollout. here in new york, governor andrew cuomo saying that the state will likely burn through its remaining supply of doses in uspend shotss. 23,000 vaccination appointments had to be postponed. moderna and pfizer reportedly producing nearly 10 million doses weekly nationwide as about 1 million people are getting the sho

george w. bush, michael levitt. mike, so much, well governor mike, i guess i should call you. governor, thank you so much for joining us. do you think, and i recognize your face from all the way back then, do you think the president 's goal, president biden's goal of 100 million doses in 100 days is realistic? >> it is, but we need to have all hands-on deck. the expansion of the private sector, the use of every public assets, this needs to be a war time effort but it can be done. ashley: do you support the private sector like as i was just reporting, we got amazon, we got walmart, i know the publix supermarket chain in the florida in the south has been very successful in setting up appointments and getting people vaccinated and running very smoothly. how critical is that? >> we learned when we did pandemic planning clear back in 2006 and 2007 that in order to get this kind of response, you have to deploy all assets. you have to call on the private sector who already have assets in place. you have to use public assets. this is a robust response required if we're going to achiev

of our former presidential speechwriters who have now had some time, michael gerson, who wrote speeches for former president georgebama. michael gerson, you have had a little more time now to think about and maybe look at what joe biden had to say. what is-- what's staying with you? >> it's staying with me that he has made an accurate description of a deep divide in america, a divide not just a political divide, but a cultural one, and people living in different universes of truth. and he realistically describes that. you know, he-- you don't want this to be become-- you know, he said, "is this a foolish fantasy?" i think a blunt analysis. and if you look at franklin roosevelt's first inaugural, he talks about the terrible depression. but he comes to this moment and says, "our difficulties, thank god, concern only material things." and you look at our situation now, and our difficulties don't just concern material things. >> woodruff: ye. >> they actually concern very deep things about america, the character of our country. so i'm-- i'm encouraged that he sees the problem. i think coming to solutions is a tremendo

. >>> michael bishop is the former director of george washington's university national churchill library and center. he looks at the february 1945 yalta conference between winston churchill, franklin roosevelt and joseph stalin. the national world war ii museum hosted the event. >> our final speaker of the day is mr. michael bishop. he's a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. he served as the director as the national churchill library and center at george washington universe in d.c. and served as the executive director as the international churchill society. many of you know that the museum has had a long-standing relationship with the local branch of the churchill society, the churchill society of new orleans, and with him being half american, we can cover winston as much as we want. but we enjoyed watching michael and his affiliates do great works around the country. michael was in charge of putting their 34th and 35th churchill conference together and we're not quite caught up to that with your international conferences. being involved

jean covered the 1988 election, one in which george bush defeated michael dukakis. barbara bush took a liking to her, which is not surprising. she invited jean to serve as her deputy press secretary. jean spent four years in the white house from 1989 to january 1993. george, obviously, took a liking to her as well. he made her his chief of staff, a job she held until he died. it's safe to say that nobody knew george and barbara bush better than jean, and i think i would include the bush family in that. the birthday parachute jumps, the humanitarian collaboration 's with bill clinton, she was a party to all of it, if not orchestrating all of it. she was one of the handful of people by his bedside when he died. the beautiful memorial services that we saw back in december, they were planned and executed by jean. you might not know it. you probably don't. jean has written or edited five books? as she points out, not with her name on them. one was barbara's memoirs, published in 1995, another was a book of george bush's letters and other writings released in 1999. she is

. >>> michael bishop is the former director of george washington university's national churchill library and center. next, he looks at the february 1945 yalta conference between allied leaders winston churchill, franklin roosevelt and josef stalin. mr. bishop focuses on churchill's role at the meeting and how yalta impacted the british prime minister personally and politically. he also talks about the legacy of yalta and its role in the dawn of the cold war with churchill becoming one of the leading cold warriors of the era. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. >> our final speaker of the day is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that he served as the national director of the churchill library center at george washington university in d.c., and he also served as executive director of the international churchill society. some of you, many of you know that the museum has had a longstanding relationship with the local branch of the churchill society. the churchill society of new orlea

michael? >> all right, thank you, george. >>> the nation is on high alert after that siege as thousands of nationalrd troops patrol the capitol. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas joins us now with more. in the battle ground state, authorities are more -- most concerned about right now, good morning, pierre. >> reporter: michael, good morning. the new intelligence assessment is blunt. last week's mob attack on the capitol appears to be inspiring far right radicals to plan more violence. this morning, nation on alert. with authorities fearing the potential of violence is rising, not only at the inauguration in the nation's capital but in all 50 states. >> there's a major security threat and we are working to mitigate those threats. >> reporter: along with d.c., a most concerned, statehouses in minnesota, michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. the fbi also warning that right wing radicals see the january 6th capitol assault as a success and now different groups are coordinating. abc news has learned that the fbi is tracking two men who were part of last week's capitol mob who are allegedly

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. >>> michael bishop is the former director of george washington's university national churchill librarynd center. he looks at the february 1945 yalta conference between winston churchill, franklin roosevelt