this comes as reuters is reporting the united states believes eritrean soldiers have crossed into ethiopia to fight alongside the ethiopian military in its battle against tigrayan forces. both ethiopia and eritrea have denied the reports. ethiopia and eritrea signed a historic peace deal in 2018, ending two decades of hostilities. a new study shows the number of afghan civilians killed in airstrikes led by the u.s. and allies has risen by 330% since 2017. the udy, pubshed by the costs of war project at brown

maybe on a reuters headline that just ran quoting sources saying the u.s.ot impose covid-19 screenings for flights from the uk. meantime, cdc saying there is no evidence to suggest this new var yent in the uk is any more deadly we'll watch. this meantime, the treasury department is the latest victim to disclose they were part of that massive solarwinds cyber attack joining us this morning is one trust co-chairman to talk more about what this may mean of course, sir, the cybersecurity needs of over half the fortune 500 just yesterday closed a $300 million funding round valued at over $5 billion. allen, welcome good to you have >> carl, glad to be here thank you very much. >> i mean, i guess at this point of the game, since >>> at this point of the game, there's so many headlines flying around about severity and breadth of the hack, what key answers need to be answered first as we move forward here? >> security is a tapestry of different products and the networks have been built over many, many years and we're finding we really need to operationalize security

spokesperson told reuters "these are alarming reports and we are engaging at the highest level with the federal government to express our concern and avoid incidents in the future." a humanitarian crisis erupted there after fighting broke out between ethiopian government forces and the tigray people's liberation front in early november. since thousands are feared dead or fled to neighboring sudan. molly hunter and the network social news gathering team are learning more about what amnesty

region told the reuters news agency he counted 82 dead bodies in a field another man said he saw 20 bodies in another location the ethiopian human rights commission confirmed at least 100 died it's the latest deadly violence between rival ethnic groups in the region well the gunmen struck hours after the ethiopian prime minister i've visited the region affirming his plans to stop the recurring violence there one of the recent deadly incidents in the area was an attack by gunmen on a bus last month which left so he 4 people dead. since the beginning of november the ethiopian military has been fighting the te great people's liberation front in the northern region that's raised fears of a security vacuum in restive areas elsewhere in the country elections due next year have further inflame the simmering tensions over land power and resources. tensions are high in central african republic before sunday's election a new alliance of armed groups calling itself the patriots coalition for change has threatened to march on the capital bangui the u.n. mission says it's pushing back the rebels to pre

according to a report that broke an hour ago from reuters, there was a breech of internal governmentems, treasury and a unit of the telecommunications and information administration. reuters saeting three people familiar with the matter, said it affected their e-mail system, 365 platform, they were backed by a foreign government entity. we don't know which one. there is concern within the government that there could be other agencies affected by the breech. reuters said the situation was serious enough, there was a security council meeting yesterday to discuss it a serious matter here. >> do we have any idea of the breech involved classified federal material? >> it will depends on the unit that is were affected. a lot of what the treasury department deals is not classified. there are units, such as those who deal with international sanctions, and commerce department, some of that would be sensitive, if not classified. whether or not what was accessed was classified we will have to find out. typically, they have a high side. e-mails that are classified are sent on a different system t

the call that related that are much higher than are officially reported this was count of the by reuters from the official statistics of the official body that gives of this it is russia are quite shocking because from the beginning of the pandemic sufficiently recorded that sarin the amount of some 55000 now there is excess mortality for the start of the been there mix of 2 till november which is around 240000 now reuters itself says when they were calculating and counting and looking at the statistic is that 'd some half of it can only be possibly contributed to that that's related to talk or that so some 110000 people still there is twice as much as of visually reported now there is another explanation for the excessive mortality here in russia of the ease at the same time also connected to the pandemics and that the hospitals are simply overstretched in their efforts to care for patients some patients with other chronicle the z.z. is a might be the same time officials are not denying that the statistics might be higher than they're reporting what they're saying is that not all day is

including reports done by reuters. bloomberg saying. they are involved but the government insists nor international there is a board in this conflict and it's insists it's only the killer and soldiers and ethiopian army that is involved trying to liberate trying to bring some kind of freedom to the people of so everything we hear contradict each other but again the conflict is on mourning and there are many many people heading to the sudan and we're hearing of different stories that just heartbreaking i'm sure i'm sure they are now if you just be mentioning it there so the. government says it's in control of tikrit and the conflict is isn't over or they're saying it is over but leaders of the people's liberation front say that they're still fighting on various fronts what's your assessment. there are segments of the t.k. left. my notes resources or a mine are or i should say person are but you know it's that of the segment of the t.p. left that's so passionate about what they believe in you know many of their population of to grow are y

this is a serious matter, according to reuters, lead to a national security council meeting yesterday news has not confirmed the details of that report. white house security council johnuliot said that the u.s. government is aware of the reports, and the u.s. government is taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues relating to the situation. the white house does seem to be confirming, there is something significant they are looking into, continue to look into all of the details and bring it to you as we have it. >> was the president briefed on this? i know he was at west point yesterday? >> we don't have that information, that is the kind of thing the national security council would have briefed him on. a very good bet the president is aware of this at this point in time. >> how serious is this? who does is it smell like? >> yes, obviously, i don't know who did it. i tell you what worries me, it is about cyber communication infrastructure. when you look at who is most interested in that kind of stuff, it is primarily china and russia. for china, we are in an

hackers have been monitoring internal emails at the treasury and commerce department, according to reuters. the commerce department confirmed there was a breach in its department, saying it has asked the fbi in the cyber security and infrastructure security agencies to investigate. in the reuters report, three people familiar with the hack say russia is currently believed to be responsible. the hackers may have deployed a vulnerability in my the used server software from a company called solar winds. the company provides tech services to large companies and several government agencies. the cleveland indians will be changing its name. it is the latest pro sports team to drop a moniker that many see as racist towards native americans. the baseball franchise had already phased out its former mascot. no new name has been announced. earlier this year, the washington football team dropped the name redskins. that is your cbs money watch report. at the cbs broadcast center, i'm diane king hall. >>> drivers in the sierra are facing some dangerous conditions this morning. at this gas station off i-8

—— wall streetjournal as well as reuters, she is discussing a possible deal with her lawyers to resolve to china from canada, but only if she admits to wrongdoing. this meng is due to appear in court on monday in her ongoing extradition case. it is reported talks will continue on friday regarding the possible deal. all right, mariko, thank you very much. as mariko mentioned, one of the questions was will video up tiktok be finally banned in the us as a last blow buying up going —— by outgoing president trump? but dance has until today to sell off its apple face a band from app stores. —— app orface a ban from app stores. the company has fought back against the deadline and the deadline has been repeatedly delayed. by dance has been in discussions for months to sell off its operations to oracle and walmart. is it the end of the line? ispeak walmart. is it the end of the line? i speak to amorite, technology director and lawyer at the institute of ai. thank you for coming on, mr tell us where we are at the moment with tiktok, because they wanted an extension, but what is going to happen wh

end of the year unless it's agreed by midnight brussels time and just a just a line to hear from reuters saying that a senior u.k. government source saying that the u.k. continues to explore every route to a deal and that trade talks are likely to continue. it's been 10 years since a young fruit seller internees yes set himself on fire in protest against police ruby tim and seized his cart and produce mohammed was easy died 18 days later triggering outrage. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to challenge the regime of the same lobby deemed benignly after trying to for years of course or tarion rule the 90 fled the country on january the 14th 2011 saudi arabia granted him refuge. was left in turmoil. eventually protests spread beyond its borders. people in different countries across north africa and the middle east the mom did regime change true. the movements became known the world over as the arab spring. he's internees young powell to magically fell into the hands of been ideas prime minister some of the new sheet but today later on january the 15th the constitutional

here is what reuters wrote. "he worried some members of his congregation could view his participation as joining forces with the system to use african-americans as guinea pigs for vaccines that have been developed in record time." so how is nih and other facets of the government addressing this trust gap right now? >> and it is a really serious trust gap. and we are doing everything we can to try to enlist the voices of those who are trusted by those communities, especially african-americans, because yeah, just hearing it from me is probably not going to do it. i hope people notice, in fact, one of the first people to get the vaccine was the surgeon general, who is an african-american and a wonderfully dedicated public servant. i hope they notice more and more that leaders from places like the national urban league and black churches are stepping forward to say, by stepping back we're depriving ourselves of an opportunity to deal with the pandemic that's having a bad effect on the african-american community. thi

much for joining us on this reuters report.omberg news has yet to confirm this but the report is saying about 80 companies, mostly in china, will be added to this blacklist. futures took a leg lower on this news. we were down at one point more than 0.2%. hiterday, after the s&p 500 another record high. asian equities under pressure. the company that is hit the hardest, smic, also underweight this morning. coming up, we are going to look at the stimulus deal in the u.s.. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: good morning from bloomberg's european headquarters. i'm annmarie hordern and this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." modernity vaccine wins the backing of fda advisors. u.s. lawmakers continued to debate over bipartisan stimulus deal. reports from writers suggest the united states is set to blacklist scores of chinese companies. u.s. futures are lower. talksjohnson said brexit -- officials in brussels are confident of a breakthrough. good morning. happy friday. we start with breaking news from a reuters report saying the u.s. is potent

solar wind software and it is said that others were hacked this is reuters reporting.st finding out about it the fbi and other agencies have scheduled a classified briefing for members of congress tomorrow back to you. >> thank you eric, this is shocking news in that solar winds, the reason why it was so shocking in terms of that incident is that solar winds is used by 400 of the 500 fortune 500 companies. guy, we have been trading the big hack for a long time there is news that the department of energy was breached, specifically where they keep the nuclear secrets. at what point does this wake up wall street? >> it should have been a wake-up call when we first started talking about this karen was concerned. rightly so market doesn't care. that goes back to the conversation we had earlier in the show with steve. first of all, if make soft sells off on the back of this, you buy it with every announcement is more and more reason to -- vindicate is probably the wrong word -- but to vindicate fire eye and saying everybody is in the same pool and i think you stay with that

reporter joel told reuters joel welcome to the show as we've seen there in the report and we've heard before on sunday the german government's going to be getting together going to be discussing the situation which is worrying to say the least we know anything about their plans but the question really now is when and rather if they introduce hotter lockdown measures some cabinet members are saying that such measures should start immediately other newspapers are reporting that wednesday is more realistic and some states are bringing in their own local restrictions such as not time curfews you have to remember that up until now germans had thought that might be a christmas as usual meaning that shops would stay open and that they could go and travel and visit their family members in fact authorities had previously approved a plan to relax measures over the holidays and allow people to meet in bigger groups but now experts have told the government they have to lock down hard and fast medical herself gave an emotional speech last week in the buddhist tog urging people to have a restricted

israeli commercial flights, heading to the united arab emirates to cross its airspace according to reuters white house senior adviser. jared cushion is reported to have brokered that deal while visiting saudi arabia. he is also expected to travel to qatar in the coming days. a trip believed to be aimed at resolving the dispute between the neighboring countries. iran's top nuclear scientist has been laid to rest in teheran most in fact, his other was assassinated on friday. iran's leaders blaming israel for the killing and have vowed to retaliate. the u.s. secretary of state is urging the ethiopian prime minister to end 5 thing in the north and to get a region told ethiopia's parliament. the federal forces are now in full control of the regional capital nicolay, the people's liberation front says the fighting is ongoing. turkey tightening its coronavirus restrictions after a record number of deaths for the 8th consecutive day. full lock downs will be imposed over the weekend and curfews on weekdays and deforestation. in brazil's amazon region surged to a 12 year high. the area destroyed has

off of that electoral college when, joe biden is headed to the peach state of georgia -- this is a reuters story, noting the trip coming ahead of the january 5 elections that could make or break his domestic policy agenda is what they write. noting that his narrow win in the southern state completed his transformation from republican stronghold to one of the country's most competitive political backgrounds. republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler are facing raphael warnock and jon ossoff respectively in twin races. that is where president-elect joe biden is headed. write about the same time -- when joe biden was crossing the 270-vote threshold, president trump making some news out of the white house yesterday, announcing that his attorney general, bill barr, will leave his administration next week. this was the president's tweet at about 5:30 p.m. eastern yesterday, with the president saying "just had a very nice meeting with attorney general bill barr. our relationship has been very good. letter,y the job as per bill will be leaving just before christmas to spend the holidays

chinese regulators are probing equity investment according to reuters. there is a number of things going on. yesterday we had the e.u.-china agreement. we'll be talking about that today. we also have a new chinese vaccine although as they have very few coronavirus case, i fage fail to see the massive benefit of a vaccine there. china also is tapping banks lending to the real estate sector. the government may be worried about overheating in that area. e a.n.t. group has been an ongoing saga throughout the month since the i.p.o. reuters is reporting regulators are looking into a.n.t. equity investments. we'll continue to keep you updated on what is going on flfment coming up, nothing to sugarcoat. angela merkel uses her last new year's address as chancellor to urge discipline in the harsh winter ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ you can go your own way it's time you make the rules. so join the 2 million people who have switched to xfinity mobile. you can choose from the latest phones or bring your own device and choose the amount of data that's right for you t

well to discuss this more i'm joined by d w reporter joel told reuters joel welcome to the show as we've seen there in the report and we've heard before on sunday the german government's going to be getting together going to be discussing the situation which is worrying to say the least we know anything about their plans for the question really now is when and rather if they introduce hostler lockdown measures some cabinet members are saying that such measures should start immediately other newspapers are reporting that wednesday is more realistic and some states are bringing in their own local restrictions such as night time fuse they have to remember that up until now germans had thought that might be a christmas as usual meaning that shops would stay open and that they could go and travel and visit their family members in fact authorities had previously approved a plan to relax measures over the holidays and allow people to meet in bigger groups but now experts have told the government they have to lock down hard and fast an anglo-american herself gave an emotional speech last week in

and just -- and as you mentioned what reuters discovered was one of their passwords was solarwinds123. so we're talking about a company that had just a stunning amount of breadth and depth inside our federal government, 425 of the fortune 500, inside the cdc, the nsa and we're only finding out now just how poor their security was and what a major, major incredible access point russia had into our systems. >> single points of failure will get you every single time. one company, lots of places. nicole, thank you for your great reporting. i really appreciate it. >> thanks, chris. great to be with you. >>> ahead, more good news in the fight against covid as the fda gets ready to okay another vaccine for emergency use. what it means for some of the hardest hit areas coming up. t a. looking to save money this holiday season? look at allstate. drivers who switched & saved, averaged $718 dollars. saving is easy when you're in good hands. call a local agent, or 1-800-allstate for a quote today. ♪ ♪ heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. a

reuters is reporting president trump is expected to sign the bill.om mackenzie joined this from beijing. tom, last-minute push to keep the pressure on beijing? [no audio] back: we will try to get to tom mackenzie, talking about tensions between china and the u.s.. we will have more of that and hear exclusively from the chinaan of the u.s. economic review commission, robin cleveland. first, vaccine news, the u.k. is the first western country to approve a covid-19 vaccine. it has approved the pfizer and aheadch shot i hear that of decisions in the u.s.. we got an idea of when to expect the first doses. >> including the 50 million from this year, we anticipate 1.3 billion in total. i don't think we can disclose what we will be providing in the first half, but i can say we are ramping up production extremely quickly so we can get the vaccine to everyone as quickly as possible. care: bloomberg health reporter michelle cortez is on the line. michelle, how does the fact that the u.k. has approved the shot owed for other governments and regulators approving

and just a few mention ago, reuters pushed a news alert that joe biden the president-elect has selectedbuttigieg as his transportation secretary. we reached out to our contact with the transition team and the biden campaign and the pete buttigieg campaign and tried to confirm that reuters report. that is popping right now in the time since biden left delaware. and while he is just before he got into the air, he very briefly spoke to reporters and revealed that today, for the first time in his transition, he spoke to a long time colleague that that person called joe biden the president-elect that is mitch mcconnell. >> i had a great conversation with mitch mcconnell today. we talked -- i called him to thank him for the congratulations. told him while we disagree on a lot of things there are things we can work together on. we have always been straight with one another. and we agreed we would get together sooner than later. and i'm looking forward to working with him. i just want you to know i spoke with him. >> well, biden is not going to need to work as mitch mcconnell as much if democra

government spokesman told the reuters news agency that $321.00 students are still missing but it's not clear if they've all been abducted or if they've gone to other parts of the country. and supporters of pakistan's opposition parties have defied coronavirus restrictions to protest in the city of lahore and demand the resignation of prime minister in one can accuse them of mishandling the pandemic finding him incompetent or in that news hour in about half an hour's time i see them. november 2009 and the president of the united states issues a stern warning to north korea over its nuclear program. north korea behaves in a provocative fashion. then. is willing to return to talks talks for a while and then leaves the talks seeking further concessions and there is never actually any progress on the core issues. while in pyongyang north korean officials insist that talk about nuclear weapons depends on resolution of the 58 year old claims that america used to biological warfare in the korean war and. be. coming on. your own egypt saudi money korb you will be. as you told you didn't dance o

reuters new agency reported the airport had been hit by mortar shells.o more information was available. yemen has been plagued by a civiwar between the iranian backed government and the houthi militia group. the conflict has gone on for four years. the separatist group has cooperated with the president in the fight against the houthis. the government is stepping up vigilance as it sees the explosions as an attack targeting ministers. >>> china's market regulator has fined three online retailers for allegedly manipulating prices during the country's singles day discount sales campaigns. the state administration of market regulation announced on wednesday it had taken the decision, following complaints from consumers over the companies' pricing strategies. november 11th is known as singles day in china, because the number "1" symbolizes people with no partner. online retailers hold sales campaigns to mark the date. tech giant alibaba group reported its singles day sales totalled about $74 billion. the regulator said the e-commerce retailers raised prices b

this is according to the reuters news agency. not clear if the state of california would be involved in this. the suit would allege that facebook violated anti-trust laws when it brought smaller rivals like instagram and what's app at higher prices to stymie competition. as "new york times" reports facebook denied these allegations and points out it doesn't have a monopoly on the social media market when you consider other platforms like tiktok. the ftc leading this probe and allow the group of states as i mentioned to join in. reuters reports that the states are not expected to list what it is they want facebook to do to remedy the alleged harm caused by their anti-trust behavior. google being taken to court. cnbc reports the national labors relation board filed a complaint against google and its parent company alphabet for spying illegally on its employees and firing employees in retaliation for them trying to unionize and for blocking employees from sharing work grievances with each other using general work tools like e-mail.

and just -- and as you mentioned what reuters discovered was one of their passwords was solarwinds123. so we're talking about a company that had just a stunning amount of breadth and depth inside our federal government, 425 of the fortune 500, inside the cdc, the nsa and we're only finding out now just how poor their security was and what a major, major incredible access point russia had into our systems. >> single points of failure will get you every single time. one company, lots of places. nicole, thank you for your great reporting. i really appreciate it. >> thanks, chris. great to be with you. >>> ahead, more good news in the fight against covid as the fda gets ready to okay another vaccine for emergency use. what it means for some of the hardest hit areas coming up. ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. donate now at redcross.org >>it's shiori. what? >>shi - or - i adam, emily and then... s-uh um... >>it's shiori. sh-ori. thank you, that's great. shiori (in japanese) there you go. >>yeah. (in japanese) wow, it looks beautiful! >>(in japanese) really?! i really like

reuters white house kpan correspondent jeff mason and danielle pletka. mr.thing "the wall street journal" editorial board said on thursday. here's what they wrote about the president in georgia. at least for now he can say with justification he helped the gop gain seats in the house and avoid a route in the senate. but that narrative changes for the worse if the gop loses in georgia. mr. trump divided his own party to serve his personal political interest. they wrote this thursday. i don't think anyone r anything changed watching this event last night, steve. >> yeah, i think there's a real risk here for republicans in georgia. it works on two fronts. i think you mentioned one of them there and that's simply the core trump base in georgia, with everything president trump is saying about republicans in that state and integrity of elections in georgia, everything he's alleging there, does that repress that core republican base in any way? i think the other big concern republicans have to have, it's clear when you look at results since november, there are split

that's according to internal who documents seen by reuters, which reports the countries most at risk are mainly in africa, asia and latin america. we will have more on global vaccination equity after headlines. back in the united states, an advisory panel to the food and drug administration is scheduled to vote today on whether to recommend emergency use authorization of moderna's covid-19 vaccine. if approved, moderna expects to ship enough doses for out 3 million americans in the coming days. this comes as the fda says it will allow healthcare workers to squeeze extra doses of pfizer's new coronavirus vaccine out of vials after shipments contained more vaccine than pharmacists were expecting. the unexpected windfall could boost the number of available doses by up to 40%. vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence say they will publicly receive a shot of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine on friday. president-elect biden says he plans to get a shot, too, as early as next week. the white house said president trump would not get vaccinated until it's recommended by his medical team.

reuters reports that the states are not expected to list what it is they want facebook to do by theiravior. google also being taken to court by the federal government. cnbc reports the national labor relations board has filed a complaint against google and its parent company alphabet for allegedly spying illegally on its employees. firing employees in retaliation for trying to unionize and for blocking employees from sharing work griefances with each other using general work tools like e-mail. in a statement, google defended itself and they write in part the rights of their employees and the right to have open discussions and their respectful debate and proud of the culture and committed to defending it against by individuals to deliberately undermine it. reporting live here in menlo park, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> new overnight a cliffside rescue along highway. a high angle rescue of someone who fell over the side. all of this unfolded late last night. firefighters say the victim is now in stable condition in the nearby hospital. we don't know what injuries they suffer, but

according to reuters there says it will have a new battery that could radically diminished the cost of batteries and increase the vehicle's range of the project will likely be a consumer vehicle, not of self-driving taxi. they say did see tesla's stock go down when this news broke live from new york, i'm jane king back to ok we'll have see what happens with that car. thank you >>now is 7.20 and from frontline workers to lawmakers to the elderly hundreds of people have gotten there covid-19 vaccine as you wait to get yours some scammers are also trying to take advantage as well. kron dc correspondent alexandra le mon explains. >>you have the chance to avoid anticipated long lines to get a single dose of the pfizer covid vaccine so to your home for a one-time payment of 7999, whenever there is a demand for something it will be enough areas people who produce counterfeit products the u.s. surgeon general says that now includes counterfeit covid-19 vaccines. the department of homeland security says over the past 9 months, it's received tips about criminal organizations trying to sell fake

political correspondent steve kornacki, kimberly atkins, senior opinion writer for "the boston globe," reuters white house correspondent jeff mason, and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running showe in television history. this is "meet the press with chuck todd." i >>> good sunday morning. consider what has happenedg. ov the past week.cor hospitalizations in the u.s. for covid-19 exceeded 100,000 for the first time. daily cases of covid-19 exceede 200,000 for the first time, and the second, and the third, and the fourth. the confirmed daily death toll fromy covid-19 exceeded 2,000 r the second time, and the third, and the fourth, and the fifth, and the fisixth. this past week, covid was the leading cause of death in america. if only that were the worst of it. robert redfield, the head of the centers for disease control, says december, january, and february will be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation. >> i do think, unfortunately, before we see f

anchor: according to reuters, saudi arabia has agreed to allow israeli commercial flights to cross itsn route to the united arab emirates. jared kushner is reported to have brokered the deal while visiting saudi arabia. he's also expected to visit qatar in the coming days. each of public prosecutor is suspending an investigation into the killing of a student in 2016. the student was found dead on the outskirts of cairo four years ago but the identity of his murderer remains unknown. ejection authority say they will continue the search. turkeys tightening coronavirus restrictions after a growing number of deaths for the eighth consecutive day. 188 people have died in the last 28 hours. curfews will be imposed on weekdays. the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. public schools in iraq every open their doors after being closed its march because of the coronavirus pandemic. the number of new infections has fallen to about 1500 infections per day. many students fear they will be unable to catch up on lost lessons. reporter: the first day of school in times

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the reuters stories were often sacked in germany. and i think that it was in some mysterious way my destiny always to write about germany in one way or another the writer often made cameo appearances in the film versions of his brother will show a lot of speaking parts in the b.b.c. series time. but sometimes it was blink and you'll miss him. the master of spying fiction john kerry has passed away at the age of 89. on topic we could all do with a bit more escapist literature these days so our series on german language novels in english is timely if you need to complete your christmas reading list all strain author vicki balm was born in vienna and after stints as a musician and boxer became one of the 1st modern bestselling authors best known for her revolving door of a masterpiece a grand hotel. the hotel lobby is great so many people passing through who knows what they're really like what filthy secrets they're hiding what they'll be doing when they're in their rooms so many stories to tell you could fill whole books with them. whe

. >>> reuters says more than 2 million people have voted early in georgia's critical pair of senate runoff3 million people have cast early ballots at in-person polling places. another 721,000 sent ballots by mail. the outcome of the january 5th races will determine which party controls the u.s. senate. >>> and the associated press reports notre dame cathedral in paris hosted a concert for the first time since last year's devastating fire. ♪ "jingle bells," "jingle bells," jingle all the way ♪ ♪ oh, what fun it is to ride -- >> the choir sang inside the medieval landmark for a special christmas eve concert. singers wore hard hats and protective gear since the cathedral remains a construction site. the concert, which did not have a live audience, was recorded earlier this month and broadcast last night. the public is not expected to be allowed inside notre dame until at least 2024. >>> up next, michael jackson's neverland ranch has a new owner. who bought it and how the price of the property plummeted over the years. the years. up at 2:00am again? tonight, try pure zzzs all night. ununlike o

according to reuters, apple wants to build a passenger vehicle in 2024. >> the plan relies on a new batteryradically cheaper than today's batteries. >>> next a new holiday treat has hit mcdonald's menu. >> behold the spam burger, and if that's not enough it's topped with crushed oreos and mayo on the menu in china. >> no word if they'll ever make it here in the u.s. >> yum. >>> next a santa who might want to stick to his sleigh. >> santa had to be rescued from high above the ground in a sacramento suburb. he got tangled in power lines while gliding in an aircraft described as a flying go-kart. >> but he did walk away without a scratch. >>> and finally a simple thank you can go a long way. >> neighbors in richmond, virginia, lined up to honor anthony gaskin, a u.p.s. driver who delivered nearly 200 packages every day despite covid lockdowns and the holiday rush. >> hundreds expressed their appreciation with signs and cheers. his supervisor also surprised him with a gift. >> we thank you as well. top headlines are next. not for people with certain inflammatory conditions. because there are op

100 people one farmer in the town of bouillon in they've been shouting google news region told the reuters news agency he counted 82 dead bodies in a field the ethiopian human rights commission confirmed at least 100 dead store owners in the central african republic are shutting their doors or span express in the capital bangui a new alliance of armed groups calling itself the patriots coalition for change has threatened to march to the capital ahead of sunday's elections the u.k. is now facing the threat of 2 kovan 1000 mutations with a new strain reported in 2 people who have recently travelled from south africa the u.k. is also reported the highest think recent cases since the pandemic began with 31237 new infections the government also recorded another $744.00 deaths on wednesday we are quarantining cases and close contacts of cases found in the u.k. 2nd placing immediate restrictions on travel from south africa and finally and most importantly. anyone in the u.k. who has been in south africa in the past fortnight and anyone who has a close contact of someone who's been in south africa

national security council is looking into another potential intrusion at the treasury department reutersal government emails and the washington post first reported the attacks were carried out by russia's foreign intelligence service sources told "the wall street journal" that hackers gained access through a security flaw in solar winds the homeland security department cyber security agency issued an emergency directive overnight for all federal civilian agencies to review solar winds products for signs that they were compromised. >>> a big day ahead for investors as wall street wakes up with their first day of trading on confirmation that pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is being distributed to patients in the u.s. today here with an early read on the street is cnbc's geoff cutmore geoff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's the main consideration for investors. the early look at the u.s. futures is that we could see the dow up anywhere between 160 and 180 points on the fact that these pfizer vaccines have been shipping from the michigan facility so keep your eye on that story tw

the reuters news agency has condemned the arrest of one of its cameramen in ethiopia commander going to chew was detained in a desert of on thursday night he's not been charged and no reason was given for his arrest but a judge ordered him to be held for 14 days while police investigate camero covered the 2 great conflict but reuters have been unable to determine whether his arrest was connected to his work. the months of lock down regulations of slum south africa's economy one prolonged recession the government was struggling to reverse before the pandemic hit boutique hotels and high end restaurants of folded and thousands of people are out of work but small township businesses seem to be thriving as people take advantage of lockdown measures including door to door through delivery operators we hear from one bakery owner in sweater. my name is refill in the last 21 years old running a company called the enterprise located way to teach about was always who. has affected most of the business in the township bike has also helped out of business is like us the production has doubled i

reuters report foreign hearkers accessed internal government emails the "washington post" said the attacks were carried out by a russian intelligence service >> the 538 electors will start casting votes at 10:00 a.m. eastern. once mr. biden passes the 270 mark, he will officially be president elect. with president trump's baseless claims of election fraud, the process is under more scrutiny than ever this year. officials are on high alert. michigan is closing its legislative office buildings during the vote today because of, quote, credible threats of violence to electors nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest >> reporter: president elect joe biden will be one step closer to the white house monday when the electoral college makes results in every state official. ensuring biden becomes the 46th president. in an interview with fox news, president trump says he won't concede. >> they say we lost the election we didn't lose >> reporter: remaining defiant even after the supreme court rejected a lawsuit by the state of texas challenging four battleground states biden won. some republicans questio

the reuters stories were often sacked in germany. laughing clicked it was in some mysterious way my destiny always to write about germany in one way or another the writer often made cameo appearances in the film versions of his books if you plot it will show a lot of speaking parts in the b.b.c. series the time. but sometimes it was booming and you'll miss. the master of spying fiction john the carry has passed away at the age of 89. on topic we could all do with a bit more escapist literature these days so our series on german language novels in english is timely if you need to complete your christmas reading list all strain author vicki balm was born in vienna and after stints as a musician and boxer became one of the 1st modern bestselling authors best known for her revolving door of a masterpiece a grand hotel. the hotel lobby is great so many people passing through who knows what they're really like what filthy secrets they're hiding what they'll be doing when they're in their rooms so many stories to tell you could fill whole b

reuters reports the tech giant is targeting 2024 as the year it built a passenger vehicle.ining comment. the report says the company aims to move ahead with its own version of self-driving car technology including a breakthrough in battery design following a project that began back in 2014. apple is likely to team with an outside partner to help with the manufacturing process but there's also a chance it may scale back the scope of the project as well. cupertino could be motoring, speaking of the south bay, back over to you. >> vroom, vroom. very interesting. thanks, dominic. >>> we want to turn now to a case that went cold for more than three decades. next on "today in the bay," hear from 9-year-old michaela garecht's mother in the disappearance and murder of her little daughter. hi, i'm mike. jack hired me to tell you about his bagel breakfast sandwiches with bacon or sausage. jack i thought you hired me to be the spokesperson! why choose one when you can have two? my 2 for $5 bagel breakfast sandwiches. ♪ birds flyin' high you know how i feel ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by yo