when vicky baum's novel grand hotel came out in 1929 it was such a sensation that it sparked a whole new genre the hotel novel grand hotel is about the lonely battered lives of hotel guests whose paths cross in 1920 s. berlin and unhappily aging prima ballerina a con man a wounded world war one veteran a businessman about to go broke people on the way up or people on the way down the ladder of wife prosperity and disaster maybe separated by no more than the thickness of a wall where valving door turns and much that looks like chance after all really the law of cause and effect. going towards how was austrian author vickie baum's international break through the action packed story was quickly turned into a broadway play and 2 hollywood movies the 1st one with credit garbo won the oscar for best picture but all moved to california to help with the film and after hitler took power the jewish author stayed in the united states all in all vicki baum's fate in california turned out a lot better than some of her characters theft adultery and murder are all part of grand hotel and book the h

when vicky baum is novel grand hotel came out in 1929 it was such a sensation that it sparked a whole new genre the hotel novel grand hotel is about the lonely battered lives of hotel guests whose paths cross in 1920 s. berlin and unhappily aging prima ballerina a con man a wounded world war one veteran a businessman about to go broke people on the way up or people on the way down the ladder of wife prosperity and disaster maybe separated by no more than the thickness of a wall where valving door turns and much that looks like chance and after all really the law of cause and effect. greens hotel was austrian author vicki bounds international break through the action packed story was quickly turned into a broadway play and 2 hollywood movies the 1st one with credit garbo won the oscar for best picture but all moved to california to help with the film and after hitler took power the jewish author stayed in the united states all in all vicki baum's fate in california turned out a lot better than some of her characters theft adultery and murder are all part of grand hotel and bob's book t

when vicky baum's novel grand hotel came out in 1929 it was such a sensation that it sparked a whole new genre the hotel novel grand hotel is about the lonely battered lives of hotel guests whose paths cross in 1920 s. berlin and unhappily aging prima ballerina a con man a wounded world war one veteran a businessman about to go broke people on the way up or people on the way down the ladder of wife prosperity and disaster maybe separated by no more than the thickness of a wall to evolving door terms and much that looks like chance and after all really the law of cause and effect. grand hotel was austrian author vicki baum's international break through the action packed story was quickly turned into a broadway play and 2 hollywood movies the 1st one with greater garbo won the oscar for best picture but all moved to california to help with the film and after hitler took power the jewish author stayed in the united states all in all vicki baum's fate and bitter are all part of the grand hotel and book the hotel stands for the drama of life itself. well no end of sad news in 2020 and the

thanks for joining us here at 6 i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus 9 year-old michaela joy garrett disappeared 32 years ago. >>she was in the parking lot of the rainbow market in hayward she was with a friend they had their scooters when a man suddenly abducted her and today we learned the 59 year-old issue you see here has been charged with her murder occurred for his rob fladeboe was at the police press conference when it was announced this afternoon. >>that's right vicki can you imagine this all went down a few days before thanksgiving 32 years ago. since then the kayla's devastated family indeed, the entire community been searching for answers today at least some of those hard questions have been answered. here's more. this is the man arrested in connection with the 32 year-old cold case kidnap and murder. >>mckayla garrett of hayward he is identified as 59 year-old david misch who was already convicted of murder and is awaiting trial in connection with another double murder cold case out of fremont. then 9 year-old michela garrett was abducted on november 19th 1988 in the park

the first as you mentioned vicki. you know we know that a lot of the driving force of the pandemic currently in california is that in in the indoors. it's colder. any indoor facilities in the area then they don't have great ventilation that release makes it and we've had multiple occurrences of of those 5 contact tracing. the second consequences even it was scary which is that people shut down completely and they say well it doesn't make sense if i walk with. my uncle because my uncle is in a different households. but we've been together all this time but strictly speak and does make sense and it doesn't make sense that schools should be shots. so i think all of that makes people wonder what the messages but i think the message is definitely. pressing the breakdown street to the floor because we have no other choice. >>fair enough we'll have to leave it there because of timing doctor peter, chin-hong infectious disease expert medical professor at ucsf we thank you for shooting straight as always. >>always the yeah alw

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis health officials in santa clara county sounding a serious. >>and emotionally full alarm to cancel all holiday gatherings as the hospital system nears its breaking point doctor sara cody along with other county help the officials describing the grim situation in the county. 632 deaths due to coronavirus from first has made has more. >>santa clara county officials came to this pre christmas covid-19 update press conference to deliver an urgent message if you're thinking about traveling over the holidays. don't do it. >>celebrate with just those in your household. if you have plans to travel go home and cancel them. cancel your travel plans pick up your phones right now. cancel any gathering. >>that you were anticipating with anyone who does not live review. we now have. 630 2 deaths from covid-19 here in santa clara county county officials are warning more deaths are likely judging by the surge in people suffering from covid-19 a few weeks after the thanksgiving holiday. >>when we came to talk with all of you before thanksgiving, we were extrem

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when vicky baum's novel grand hotel came out in 1929 it was such a sensation that it sparked a wholenew genre the hotel novel grand hotel is about the lonely battered lives of hotel guests whose paths cross in 1920 s. berlin and unhappily aging prima ballerina a con man a wounded world war one veteran a businessman about to go broke people on the way up or people on the way down the ladder of wife prosperity and disaster maybe separated by no more than the thickness of a wall where valving door turns and much that looks like chance after all really the law of cause and effect. grand hotel was austrian author vicki bounds international break through the action packed story was quickly turned into a broadway play and 2 hollywood movies the 1st one with credit garbo won the oscar for best picture but all moved to california to help with the film and after hitler took power the jewish author stayed in the united states all in all vicki baum's fate in california turned out a lot better than some of her characters theft adultery and murder are all part of the grand hotel and bombs book the

>>i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis health officials are preparing for another wave of covid cases over the next few weeks is. >>counties enact stricter post holiday restriction to our top story tonight a mandatory quarantine for holiday travelers is now in effect in santa clara county. it covers anyone who traveled 150 miles or more over the holiday weekend. and this comes as the 2 week average of new daily cases in the county has skyrocketed since the middle of last month on october 17th, there was a 2 week average of about 94 new cases per day as of yesterday though that number more than quadrupled to about 424 new cases every day santa clara county's directive to local transit hubs including san jose international airport requires a 14 day self quarantine the deputy director of the san jose airport describes what to expect when you disembark the plane. >>normal rival process out with the exception of the signage and receiving a copy of the order you know that there's nothing. >>different about the experience. >>while officials from the santa clara county sheriff's office expect

thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 8 everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis much needed and long overdue help. >>for millions of americans could be arriving tonight. us treasury secretary steven mnuchin says $600 deposits could be hitting qualified americans bank tonight. mnuchin says that the direct deposits will continue over the coming days and paper checks will be delivered starting on wednesday, just like the previous payment, individuals making $75,000 a year or last will receive the maximum amount with the payments gradually decreasing for incomes up to $99,000 meanwhile president trump and congressional democrats have been pushing for bigger covid relief checks. $2000 instead of $600 but that effort stalled in the senate today with republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocking an immediate vote. he's now suggesting he'll play along if demands being made by the president are considered. they include removing some legal protections for tech companies. as mcconnell is talking about beginning a process to consider that act on demands. the next steps are

>>that's right vicki can you know for many restaurant owners and employees their worst fears seem to be coming true that outdoor dining could pause as soon as this weekend. now many of those restaurants are forced to make the tough decisions for their they transition to take out only were closed down completely during the restrictions. >>restaurant friends restaurant colleagues everyone that we all we all were you know very optimistic about you know potentially keeping outdoor been but i guess that's not the case manager at john's grill on ellis street in san francisco john constand junior says he got the call thursday night from friends in the industry and those close to planning in the city he says they learned him that the city would shut down outdoor dining on saturday stunt. >>stream lea extremely empathetic towards everyone at the everyone here is an extended family member i mean where would we have people who working with us for you know 3 decades and so i just think we know what what what are we going to do for them like many other restaurants con son junior says the restaura

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that wraps up kron 4 news at 8 all right vicki and i will be back at the top of the hour. >>only a few hours left until a stay at home order goes into effect the entire bay area region the governor newsom is facing growing pressure to let restaurants reopen we'll have details on the bipartisan push in sacramento to classify them as essential business 6. >>plus san francisco ordering ansone who leaves the bay area to quarantine for 10 days when they come back coming up what sfo is doing to make sure everyone knows and hopefully follows these did you know that geico's whole 15 minutes thing... that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>from the bay area's local news station. watching kron 4 news. >>first pfizer and now that are not covid-19 vaccines from 2 separate companies could soon be o

so vicki, explain the process. the refrigerator, freezer is very close to where we're standing right now. they bring it down and put it in the vials and then it's delivered to you. what happens to the temperatures and how long can it be at an elevated temperature? >> it's in the subzero freezer in the core lab, which is in the main hospital right across the alleyway there and pharmacy brings it out and they thaw it. once they thaw it, it can be diluted to give five doses per vaccine, and it's good at room temperature for six hours. >> so that explains what a lot of people are worried about. so now you have to wait 15 minutes and it's kind of interesting. let me take you over here what they do. they gave everybody almost like -- there we go. i'm going to grab it and give it to her myself. they are using the exact same thing here. i did just use sanitizer on my hands so you know. i'm going to pass that to you there. and so she's now going to go over into this waiting area and you can see there's smotheome o folks sea

superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28, 2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they were saying of do

thanks brandon vicki. thank you have a >>going take a live look outside right now from our sutro camera looking downtown san francisco. humidity no precipitation on the lens of the camera up there yet but who knows what's happening in real life cameras can be deceiving our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here and. >>we do expect it to be wet coming up this weekend yes start look more promising, really need is this forecast has improved just about every day usually when you start seeing these forecast being pushed back day after day. when you really start to wear. this was gone the other way it's been moving forward effect by tomorrow afternoon way to start talking about some scattered showers pop up around the bay area you can see these kind of getting active out there in the pacific now storm after storm out there has been generating some swells along the west of course we've seen that we just haven't seen the rain but high pressure looking like it's finally beginning to break down a slide a little

how to protect your family >>> the fbi issued a new warning on popular home security cams vicky nguyen on the consequences that could become deadly. >> let me just put my dog -- >> reporter: police approach this home in florida for an emergency that doesn't exist. >> someone had called them and said they were my husband and said that they caught me having an affair and had murdered me. >> reporter: it's called swatting. someone calls in a fake emergency, so law enforcement sends a heavily armed strike force, often a swat team it can have deadly consequences >> yo, what the [ bleep ]? >> hello >> reporter: this video is part of a new twist on the dangerous prank. hackers are now breaking into home security cameras connected to the internet so they can watch the swatting unfold in real time. the fbi is investigating more than a dozen cases >> why is the fbi so concerned? >> this is a major safety issue we know a lot of these devices are becoming more and more prevalent, especially as christmas is coming around >> reporter: any device that can be accessed remotely could be vulnerable. doo

but again we don't know as you put it to vicki and grant could be back to the drawing board. >>all right well, let's hope i guess catherine thank you for that we are less than a month away now from inauguration day one south carolina congressman is taking the lead on planning our washington correspondent kelli meyer shares how this year's inauguration. look a little different than years before. >>no crowds or large celebration. next month's inauguration is going to be unlike any other not watch these for long long time then of us up. >>you get to cheer and yet in the middle of a pandemic was that love president elect joe biden's longtime friend to south carolina congressman jim cliburn is in charge of planning the inauguration during a global pandemic cliburn says he's had to tell his own family and friends asking him for tickets. >>to stay home there will be tickets for the there will be only one ticket. >>members of congress cliburn tells me he isn't just asking members of his family to stay home. he's asking all americans not to travel to washington dc you can stay at home

. >>> back now with that not so secret weapon for holiday shopping vicky nguyen on how to safely buy and save big on gift cards. >> reporter: ever popular with procrastinators, gift cards are expected to rake in $27.5 billion this year with consumers planning to purchase at least three. sales of gift cards are up 28% compared to last year. you can always buy directly from the retailer but sites like gift card granny raise and card poo offer discounts on popular gift cards t stretch your dollar further, some selling for 20% off face value but guard those gift cards carefully. security firm mcafee says both physical and electronic gift cards are a top target for hackers. how can you tell if it's a real or fake gift card phishing for your information >> when you get any gift card what we suggest is one make sure you know the sender. >> reporter: don't be fooled by brand names and make sure yo protect your account with strong passwords. when getting an email or text claiming to offer an e-gift card never click on a link from someone you don't know lester, if you are sending an e-gift car

nick no vicki at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> house members who will not serve in the next congress have been getting farewell speeches in recent weeks. coming up, remarks from public oregon, walden of walden announced he would not seek reelection after serving his eastern oregon district since 1999. democrat joe cunningham of south carolina lost his seat after only serving one term. republican mark walker of north carolina is retiring after serving three terms. missouri congressman william lacy clay was primary out of office after 20 years of serving his constituents in st. louis. here is congressman greg walden. the speaker pro tempore:

thanks for joining us at 6 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and vicki liviakis doctor sara cody along with other county health officials describing the grim situation in the county is 632 people die due to covid-19 kron four's haaziq madyun has more. >>santa clara county officials came to this pre christmas covid-19 update press conference to deliver urgent message if you're thinking about traveling over the holidays. don't do it. >>celebrate with just those in your household. if you have plans to travel go home and cancel them. cancel your travel plans pick up your phones right now. cancel any gathering. >>that you were anticipating with anyone who does not live review. we now have. 630 2 deaths from covid-19 here in santa clara county county officials are warning more deaths are likely judging by the surge in people suffering from covid-19 a few weeks after the thanksgiving holiday. >>when we came to talk with all of you before thanksgiving, we were extremely concerned. about a surge of cases from travel from gatherings and that surge occurred. 631 people right now with covid-19. in

. >>> i'm vicky nguyen. just days before the holidays tonight long lines for covid tests in california. nbc news producers from coast to coast found wait times varied widely. >> today it is a very long line. >> reporter: at public testing sites tests are free in florida - >> there's still about a half hour wait >> reporter: but in l.a. >> packed. >> reporter: no wait at this new jersey urgent care. >> just come on in. >> reporter: but in dallas - >> minimum of three hours right now. >> reporter: in almost every region, we found private testing centers offered tests without a wait but it was costly. >> equipment costs $250. >> reporter: health care experts say that's because the centers are usually out of network or don't take insurance one survey found that 1 in 6 out of network covid tests costs in excess of $400 >> so important to check with the health insurance provider make sure where you're getting tested is part of your insurance network. >> reporter: doctors warn against travel but say if you do a neg

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis to more santa clara county hospitals have reached capacity fullp. >>that brings the total now to 3. our kron four's rob fladeboe has more on these grim numbers now he is live from san jose with more on that rob what have you learned. >>that's right vicki, the pressure is on south bay hospitals and officials say it is getting worse every day here at regional hospital icu beds are completely filled in other hospitals were told are not far behind. here's a closer look. >>santa clara county owned and operated o'connor hospital in san jose and st. louis hospital in gilroy along with regional medical center now have no icu beds available for patients with covid-19 county wide or just 31 icu beds available across the system 403 people are now hospitalized with covid-19 including 10 children painting a grim picture of the pressure on hospitals is the county's doctor ahmad come last. >>my future is if we continue to rate of transmission. we may see the worst case scenarios that were realized in italy in new york and texas and other countries hospital capac

good evening, everybody thanks for being with us on kron 4 news at 9 i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis the plan is a phased approach at first primarily targets in person teaching for elementary school students and younger. >>the administration also promised increased efforts to provide personal protective equipment. frequent testing and contact tracing. the governor confirmed that teachers are set to be prioritized in the next phase of vaccinations in california running through spring of 2021. newsome promised his administration will also provide a website where parents students and staff can see their schools reopening status case outbreaks and state funding. the administration is hoping to have most schools open all across the board by early spring of 2021 with distance learning still an option. but everyone is not sold on this new timeline kron four's gayle ong spoke with some parents who. >>say they're not quite ready to send their kids back to campus yet. >>i spoke to parents with older kids who say they will keep them in distance learning until they get vaccinated or i'm not sure

>>i grant and vicki a very important day and this all start to unfold. first thing tomorrow morning at 9.30. those front-line workers here at zuckerberg san francisco hospital are going to be getting that shot. >>with 2000 doses now on hand the pfizer vaccine for covid-19 will be offered to those front-line workers at sucker berg san francisco general hospital and trauma center. it couldn't come at a more critical time. doctor colfax san francisco's public health officer warning the virus continues to ravage san francisco and the region was soaring positivity rates and shrinking available icu beds and obviously it's incredibly important that we vaccinate people quickly as possible. >>and we will be keeping or a public updated on progress in that regard. >>alameda county also giving a lifeline to its vital healthcare staff vaccinations scheduled to roll out tuesday as well street where we've been planning for a couple of months now our leaders have been instrumental in helping determine whether it's education isn't ready to go lisa shelling with stanford

everybody, i'm vicki liviakis grant has the night off so here's where the state stands. so far as of right now the bay area and northern california regions remain above the 15% threshold, but the bay area is inching closer and just 16.7%. the greater sacramento region fell below the threshold, it's now at 14.8% san joaquin valley, southern california both under 10% capacity. here in california more than 35,000 people have tested positive. in just the past 24 hours. 159 people have died. statewide are total is now more than one 0.4 million cases with over 20,000 deaths. health care officials they're painting a pretty grim picture of they are facing at hospitals all around the bay area for the latest on this we go now live to our conference theresa >>she's in marine county right now. theresa. what are you learning. >>all they have been looking at the numbers all over the region all day long and we have been able to put together some day that right now i'm here in marion county are and how and that situation here very dire. the public health officer was giving an update ear

thanks for joining us at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lodes vicki though this is a big representationl win for the latin x community. >>not everybody is happy with the choice or capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala joins us now live to explain ashley. >>vicki and grant yeah, many former and current elected officials in california are celebrating this decision but not everyone is celebrating today. >>i'm honored looks by the emotional as governor gavin newsome officially asks him to be california next united states senator you got to say yes, absolutely absolutely by spent the last 6 years serving as california secretary of state will finish out vice president elect kamala harris's us senate term which ends in 2022 the son of working class mexican immigrants will be the first latino to represent california in the u.s. senate what i try so hard to make sure that our democracy is as inclusive in california is the bill. >>and to important perspective to bring into washington newsom's decision comes after months of political pressure to fill harris's seat with either a or black woman, not

here is nbc vicky nguyen. >> reporter: this third grader lollie is taking classes from home in seattle, washington. she loves gymnastics and she misses real school and her classmates. >> i miss hugging my friends and giving them a fist bump and high five's. >> reporter: the mother says holly struggles with score because of adht and add in the amend and things are more challenging. are you concerned about her learning progress? do you worry she may have fallen behind in reading and math? >> absolutely. like a lot of parents around the u.s., i've heard parents saying they are calling this year a wash. that is incredibly sad. there is a lot of children that are not online and not engaged in zoom. >> reporter: new data out today from nwea founds scores in third to eighth grades have slipped in matt down five to ten points compared to this time last year. >> we are definitely seeing evidence that students have learned less since march than students normally learn in a norm school year. >> reporter: megan is the senior research scientist at nwea. what do we do with these results? >> math is

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.oon, the changee five, touched down in a volcanic area. it'll spend three days scooping up samples to send back to earth. it's the first mission to take samples from the moon in over a0 years. china's had two successful landings — but this will be the first to come back with moon rocks. let's talk to someone who's been following this very carefully, australia's official astronomer—at—large, fred watson. fred, let's start with the technical feat here. this is pretty impressive for a country like china which hasn't been in this race too long. you are absolutely right, tim. it is staggeringly impressive actually. the complexity of the mission, we look at it, as to what are aiming to achieve, it really speaks of a very high level of space technology. we have already seen that to some extent with the formation which was the first mission to land on the far side of the moon and that is still active. —— chang'e four. but what is planned for this mission, so far it is going very well. it is st

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.o come: scientists in the netherlands fill a football stadium with aerosol sprays to see how cheering crowds might spread covid—19. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil, and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: us pr

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vicki young, bbc news, westminster. let's get some of the day's other news. says the country has reported a record daily number of new coronavirus cases. according to the yonhap news agency — chung sye—kyun said there had been more than 1,200 cases — the highest daily count ever recorded. the outbreak had been largely contained over the summer — but has seen a recent surge. authorities in south africa, say hospitals in the western cape, are under severe pressure from a rising number of covid—19 cases, which are possibly linked to a new variant of the coronavirus. the country is experiencing a surge in infections, with more than 111,000 new cases recorded on wednesday. and here in the uk, levels of covid—19 are still on the rise, with one in 85 people in england infected. while in wales, the virus is infecting one in 60, which is a sharp increase. infection levels are also up in northern ireland. 0ne one in 0ne infact one in fact did. while in wales, the virus is infecting one in the which is a sharp increase. infection levels are also up in northern ireland.

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ustoms union and having the ability to strike independent trade deals with other nations was of paramount importance. at the top of the list was the us, with many arguing that britain would have more of a chance of striking a deal outside the eu. well, earlier, ispoke to someone who knows what it's like to be in the room negotiating deals — former us trade official and managing director of the berkeley research group, harry broadman. here's how he described the experience. they are usually pretty tense. but some of the tension is as much on the side for whom you are negotiating because you have to represent to the best of your ability and balancing the national interest and what the various stakeholders want. for instance, in the case of the uk, mrjohnson obviously uppermost in his mind was the fishermen, but there are other interests that he had to deal with as well, vis a vis eu, so he was not able to get probably everything vis a vis the eu, so he was not able to get probably everyt

here's our deputy political editor, vicki young.e things run more smoothly for businesses. since leaving the eu, britain has agreed dozens of them, but the one that's arguably the most important of all has run into trouble. for decades, the uk and the rest of the european union have bought and sold goods across borders without checks or taxes known as tariffs. but if there's no deal, then companies will have to operate under rules set by the world trade organisation. that means that most of the food imported to the uk from the eu would attract an extra tax. the british retail consortium has calculated that it will mean 48% on beef mince, i6% on cucumbers and 57% on cheddar cheese. when it comes to exports from the uk to the eu, it will mean a tariff of 10% on cars and 35% on dairy products. both sides are putting measures in place to reduce disruption from the start of january. in key areas such as transport, the eu said today that it would allow things to carry on broadly as they are but only if the uk continue to follow existing r

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. now on bbc news: the travel show.ming up on this week's travel show... from the heart of hollywood... ..to the shipwreck capital of the world. that was quite literally breathtaking. and from the streets of cuba... beautiful car, beautiful. can we go for a drive? ..to the canadian wilderness. yeah, keep pushing! sit back and enjoy some of our favourite adventures in north america. hello and welcome to the programme. with all this good news about possible vaccines, we are getting so excited that at some point next year we will be able to return to doing what we do best, but in the meantime, here we are, still grounded in london. so this week, we are going to take a look at the vast, diverse continent of north america and starting with a touch of glamour, the time we sent mike to drop in on hollywood. building work is well under way for a new museum from the team behind the oscars, the academy. they have been busy gathering objects for exhibits to tell the story of the art and also the science of the movies, from old cin

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.g each other‘s attempts to amend a vital coronavirus stimulus package. attempts to amend a vital coronavirus stimulus package. president donald trump has urged congress to increase direct covid relief payments to americans from $600 to $2,000. republicans, however, are refusing the increase. but democrats in the house of representatives are against republican attempts to cut foreign aid from the federal spending bill. so what's the future for this bill? julia manchester, a political reporter at the hill, explained why so many republicans seem to be against president trump's demands. it was a very surprising turn of events earlier this week. president trump, it would seem — before he made that announcement, calling the legislation a disgrace — it appeared that he was on board and that he had his own negotiator, treasury secretary steven mnuchin, negotiating on his behalf. however, i think this all shows that president was in fact very absent—minded from this, now that he's calling for t

vicki young there. 0ur europe editor katya adler gave us her assessment of the pause from brussels. or a glass half—empty kind of way. 0n the glass half—full side, both sides still say they want a deal and they want to work toward a deal, so it really depends what steps they now take and how willing they are on both sides to compromise to get a deal. don't forget, these compromises are difficult and they are political, so you could cynically say this crisis is quite useful for both sides to show to their domestic audience we have fought to the bitter end before they then agree a deal. 0n the glass half—empty side though, there are clearly very big differences and it makes sense because the eu and uk have approached these trade talks from very different directions. the eu — the priority has always been the single market. they worry about uk competition. they hope to bind the uk in a kind of common rule book, like on government subsidies, for example. but the uk after brexit wants to be competitive, it wants to be nimble, it doesn't want to tie its hands, and wants to hold onto as muc

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ch normally protects major companies and governments around the world from data theft, says its own systems have been hacked. the chief executive of fireeye says sophisticated cyber attack tools had been stolen and that he believes the hacking was state—sponsored. the fbi is investigating. william beer is general manager of the cyber security firm mitiga and he's in new york. thanks very much forjoining us. thanks very much forjoining us. if this is the company that corporations and governments turn to when they have been hacked, this sounds like a pretty big hack. it is, equity was very high in the security industry and considered the gold standard so it does beg the question that if a company like this can be hacked, what sort of possibilities are less mature organisations. i get you have been speaking to some of your contacts in business about this hack. what have you been hearing? the security sector is definitely buzzing with regards to what happened today. i spoke to what happene

vicki young, bbc news.83. she was best known for her roles in the soap eastenders and the carry on films. dame barbara was diagnosed with alzheimer‘s disease in 2014 and made the news public in 2018. her husband, scott mitchell, says she died on thursday night at a london care home. i‘m joined by our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. when you look at the how do you some corrupt? you're absolutely right, she was tiny in stature but had that bubbly personality, and incredibly infectious laugh with me her perfect for the many comedic roles that she performed in some of the serious roles as well. it was a long career which started in the late 19505, which started in the late 1950s, appearing on stage, a fixture on british television for several decades and she made her name on eastenders but also the carry on films. her husband said she will be remembered the love, fun, friendship and brightness she brought to all of our lives and thatis brought to all of our lives and that is a perfect way of describin

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ization has warned that the global fight against the pandemic is also a fight against disinformation on a massive scale. with a number of vaccines set to be delivered in the months ahead, experts say that misleading information could dissuade some from being vaccinated, while others are likely to be confused by the sheer amount of information being made available, on social media and elsewhere. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has more details. ever since this pandemic started, we've all been faced with a barrage of information about covid—19. it can lead to confusion, distrust, and in some cases, protests against proven public health advice like wearing masks. now, with vaccines well on the way, there's a fresh push to separate fact from fiction. i spoke to trainee solicitor oscar, who's taking part in vaccine trials at imperial college london, and production designer, nina. i would like to be vaccinated because i think it's one of the only ways out of this situation. i

thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 9 everybody, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis where the money is certainly a welcome sight for so many families struggling to get by many say it's just not enough president trump congressional democrats along with a handful of republicans are still pushing for those payments to increase to $2000 but as joe khalil reports for us tonight, the odds of that happening are slim. >>it's now increasingly unlikely that americans will get a $2000 stimulus check despite growing support for them in congress donald trump says he wants to $2000 check my belief is that if we have this pope on the floor of the united states senate it will house but the vote senators like democrat ed markey will likely take won't beyond just a bigger check late tuesday evening senator mitch mcconnell introduced an entirely new $2000 stimulus check bill which would also create a commission to study voter fraud and repeal section 2.30 a law that shields social media companies from some lawsuits, those 3 important subjects the president has linked together. >>this week se

vicki, go ahead. there we go.stopped the stop watch and it reads, guys -- it felt like seven seconds. six seconds. there we go. did it hurt? >> no, sir. >> reporter: you in your unit have sadly not only seen covid patients die, but you've actually told me that you've had some co-workers who have worked here at the hospital who have had loved ones die emotionally what has this been like for you not only seeing strangers die, but really friends and relatives die? >> it's been very, very different than any other year in my career. >> reporter: 40-year career. >> 40 plus years it is draining emotionally, not only for our staff but for myself. >> reporter: so this shot represents >> hope. and that we are going to decrease this pandemic. >> reporter: okay, great thank you so much. i know that you now have to sit over there for 15 minutes. they'll check for whether there are any kind of aftereffects vicki will continue. one of the things that's so interesting is they have this vaccine just a short distance away so that t

vicki young is at westminster.minister will want to talk about the vaccine but it is a big day. we have been hearing about schools and the new tier structure as well. that's right. we know that borisjohnson likes to focus on the positive and i'io likes to focus on the positive and no question it is incredibly good news that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is ready. and they will be asked a lot i think about the logistics of rolling that out and getting people vaccinated and whether all the plans are in place to do that as quickly as possible. but it really does feel today as if in england we are going back to almost where we were in march, with that more widespread lockdown. there are 110 that more widespread lockdown. there are [10 areas that more widespread lockdown. there are no areas of england that are going to be in tier 2 come midnight, just one in tier 1, the isles of scilly, everywhere else in tier 3 and tier4, with scilly, everywhere else in tier 3 and tier 4, with huge restrictions oi'i and tier 4, with h

our deputy political editor, vicki young, reports.n be changing for this distribution company and thousands of others. injust four weeks, goods going back and forth across the border with the eu will need extra paperwork and checks. some fear that could lead to widespread disruption and congestion. it's difficult enough getting in and out of the uk at the moment with the delays at the border crossings and ferries. if you're adding eight, 16, 12 hours — whatever that may be — going forward, who's going to pick up the costs? if our wheels aren't turning, in effect, we're not earning any money. in kent, they're preparing a park for 10,000 lorries. a trade deal with the eu would mean businesses can buy and sell goods without paying taxes or tariffs, but there will still be more checks whether there's a deal or not. reporter: will we get a deal? the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier has been in london all week. important day, determination. but the uk has accused the eu of making last—minute demands. we want the eu to recognise that the

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. let's get some of the day's other news.he election results in pennsylvania. the lawsuit argued that the state's general assembly exceeded its power by allowing universal mail—in voting. the justices offered no reasoning in their order, and there were no noted dissents. the case was just one of many brought by mr trump's supporters as they try to reverse joe biden‘s election victories in a series of key states. prosecutors in the trial of french ex—president nicolas sarkozy have called for him to be sent to prison. they're seeking a term of four years, of which two would be suspended. mr sarkozy is accused of trying to bribe a judge in exchange for inside information on an inquiry into his campaign finances. a european champions league football match in france will have to be completed on wednesday, after both teams walked off the pitch, accusing a match official of racism. 1a minutes into the game, players from paris st—germain and istanbul basaksehir refused to continue. basa ksehir accused the romanian fourth official of