Moscow has kicked off a large-scale vaccination campaign with the Russian-made Sputnik vaccine against COVID-19. The country says it’s produced around 2 million doses to date, and will distribute the vaccine free of charge. Doctors, teachers and social workers are among those first in line to receive the jab. The roll out is going ahead even though clinical trials have not yet been completed.
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders discusses the need for Congress to pass a new coronavirus stimulus bill and the importance of the upcoming Senate race in Georgia. He tells Ali Velshi, “What’s happening in Georgia is going to impact the entire country.”
40% of the world’s land is threatened by desertification, due to a combination of humans mismanaging land and drought prolonged by climate change. It’s an issue that impacts the livelihood of almost 3 billion people.
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine explains that contrary to the claims of Ivanka Trump, evidence in his lawsuit shows that Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee knowingly overpaid to use the Trump Hotel. Aired on 12/4/2020.
Chris Hayes says Trump took the same approach to Covid and the election that he has taken to everything he’s ever done. “Sell people on the short term, get the investors in, take what you need from it, and then the whole thing falls apart after you are out and long gone.” Aired on 12/4/2020.
Lawmakers in the US Congress are preparing to block President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Germany. It’s a rare instance of the Democratic and Republican parties working together to pass legislation. The final version of the annual defense bill, which still needs to be voted on, voices support for the continued presence of US forces in Germany. And it would require an impact assessment before any troops are removed. In July, the Pentagon announced it would withdraw about a third of the 36,000 US troops based here.
Presidential historian and Vanderbilt University professor Jon Meacham explains how Biden’s transition will not be smooth sailing even after the president-elect is inaugurated, and the duty Meacham feels the American people have to maintain our democracy. Aired on 12/4/2020.
Chris Krebs, the former US election security official who President Trump fired, speaks to CNN and reaffirms the security of the 2020 election.
US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus.
Cities across Canada are prepping for what will be the largest immunization campaign in history. COVID-19 has stalled life as we know it but as Emanuela Campanella reports, the head of the largest immunization task force in Toronto says when the vials are in hand, cites must have their intricate logistics deciphered.