then also we heard a bit more in the last portion of his defense alan about the fact that president trant former president loves the police he loves his very much the nor in order president. and he's talked about his support for the police on many occasions and back the blue here's an interesting thing when donald trump put forward his budget to come to congress it actually called for a reduction in the amount of money that would be given to law enforcement he also didn't condemn the actions of people who were plotting to kidnap the governor of michigan in fact he said that the governor of michigan should be grateful to him and many times he of course has criticized the f.b.i. saying that there were corrupt people in the f.b.i. not least related to what he claimed was the fraud of the the russia investigation . donald trump's defense team out essentially giving a fig leaf to republican senators talking about the constitutionality over which was decided on tuesday talking about 1st amendment rights and whoa hold on a 2nd look at all these people many of them considered he figures by the ri

. >> hannibal trant is seeing his family on zoom. >> it is very difficult but we have to try our best. >> he will be alone this year and will not see his grandkids. >> this is of course i am sad but i don't know where else to go. >> what is going to happen at the buddhist temples this year? >> yes. that is the other big popular gathering spot the county has been doing outreach as well reminding them of the cap of 20% on indoor services. if you go the county says be prepared to stand and some very long lines. >> thank you. >> in san francisco today police and community leaders held a merchant walk along terrible avenue ahead of lunar new year. we would has a lot the local market to which the owners much past verity.>>> today's walk with aimed at highlighting local businesses and the issues of safety relating to recent attacks on members of the asian community. >> i also want to ask our non- asian businesses to watch out for our neighbors. be extra careful and have ice on the street. we are all in this community together. >> police are also urging community members that if they see some

what do you do with recals trant governors, republican governors so eager to claw their way to the topthe trump food chain, they have picked up his war and lack of respect for life itself. >> the defenders of democracy there. is there a way we can get around people like ron desantis? people meaning elected officials voted in state-wide? in other words, how can the federal government shut down the state of florida and overthrow its governor? the biden administration is considering its options. they have come up with a plan to punish florida and its governor. according to the maple herald, and we are quoting, the biden administration is considering whether to impose domestic travel restrictions, including on florida. anonymous white house source explained what's going on here, a quote for the anyones. listen, quote, this is a war and we are at battle with the virus. war is messy and unpredictable and all options are on the table. what? all options are on the table. this is war? who are you talking about, american citizens. a rare moment of honesty from an anonymous white house official.

the strikes destroying some border control points used by iranian backed mill trant groups.ouse says the strikes send a, quote, unambiguous message that president biden will act to protect what it calls, quote, americans coalition person the. the pentagon says the action aims to de-escalate the situation in both syria and iraq. >>> right now at 6:30, new headlines involving the pandemic. president biden announcing he is halfway to his goal of giving 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office. today the 50 millionth dose was administered. they even had a little ceremony for that frontline worker and several of them. vice president harris also spreading vaccine awareness. she visited a pharmacy in washington, d.c. today. her visit was an effort to promote more people to get their vaccines from local pharmacies. it comes as questions arise over a third shot. both pfizer and biontech are studying to see if a third booster will help protect against the new variants. moderna has said it has modified its vaccine to protect against the south african variant. the company says

>> chris, that's going to depend completely on what the pen trants and the prevalence are of this mutationve you some examples that i think could explain it. right now the 117 variant, namely the one from the u.k., is really becoming more prevalent in this country. and the modelists predict that by the time you get to the end of march, it might be the dominant one in this country. the good news about that, despite the fact that that is concerning, the good news is that both vaccines, the pfizer and the moderna, that we are distributing now are very good in protecting against that particular variant. but as you suggest correctly, the situation is not the case with the south african variant. fortunately, that's not dominant at all in this country. however, the fact is that it does not protect, the vaccines do not protect as well against the acquisition of clinically apparent disease with the south african. it looks like it'll be pretty good in preventing severe disease leading to hospitalization and death, but it's only approximately about 50% effective in getting the prevention from any dis

clear that while there's no question the state highway budgets have faced headwinds,st losses to the trant citizens have proportionately been far worse. and even so, we don't leave highways behind it to the contrary, the bill includes 300 billion in the system for state and local governments and any of which will use these funds to offset any gas tax revenuev loss whose . national governors association has indicated this is an exceptional way to help states deal. in the state devotees, remind colleagues they are the ones who built the highways. congress also provides $10 billion exclusively for state highway programs in the december relief package . makes no sense to put highways against transit, it's an old game and we should not engage in it. we needed all modes of transportation and we need them healthy. and have them get to the other side of thissi pandemic. we need to help both the highways and the transit operators marketed this relief package does this in a smart and says vote way. finally, stingrays that were somehow not supporting rural america. well rural and urban residents are