The CEO of Feeding Texas, Celia Cole, joins MSNBC’s Craig Melvin to discuss the increased need for aid in Texas food banks. Aired on 12/28/2020.
Category: december 2020
CNN’s Phil Mattingly reports on why President Trump changed his mind and signed a Covid-19 relief bill after saying he wouldn’t sign the bill without changes just days earlier.
CTV science expert Dan Riskin says that researchers discovered a correlation between mass extinctions on Earth and the planet’s location in space.
Infectious diseases expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch explains why new data that shows Canada is lagging behind other countries when it comes to administering COVID-19 vaccinations needs to be taken in context.
This month the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek has topped rankings for air pollution on several days, overtaking Chinese cities which often lead the list. The central Asian city only has around a million inhabitants, but for several years now, it has been choked in smog for several months over the winter, when many in the city heat their homes with coal fires. And with the coronavirus pandemic hitting the country’s economy hard, the thick smog seems to hang even thicker.
A Saudi court has sentenced women’s rights activist and University of British Columbia graduate Loujain Alhathloul to almost six years in jail under a wide-ranging anti-terror law. Associated Press reporter Aya Batrawi spoke to CBC News from Dubai about what the conviction means.
President-elect Joe Biden criticizes the Trump administration for withholding national security information during the presidential transition.
Hundreds of migrants stranded in northwestern Bosnia have spent a fourth night in freezing temperatures and squalid conditions, after the camp that housed them burned down. The UN and other international aid groups are urgently appealing to the authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina to provide alternative shelter for the migrants. They say people could die if they don’t act soon. They were already living in misery. Then things got worse. Freezing temperatures, no heat in a big tent, and just plastic sheeting for a roof – One that threatens to cave in from snow piling up on top. Some people here say they aren’t even being regularly fed. About 12 hundred refugees were relocated because their former camp burned down a few days ago. The fire allegedly set by frustrated occupants. Located near Bosnia’s border with Croatia, the UN camp at Lipa was scheduled to be closed because Bosnian authorities allegedly ignored its appeals to help restore basic services. The cold weather froze showers and toilets weeks ago. Bosnia has become a bottleneck for thousands of migrants hoping to reach Western Europe. Those here try to get into the nearest E-U country – Croatia – though, Croatian authorities have been loath to allow them entry and usually push back. For now, there’s still no solution in sight for these migrants who are in dire need of help.
European nations launched a massive vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to take the first shots to see off the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. With surveys pointing to high levels of hesitancy towards the vaccine in countries from France to Poland, leaders of the EU27 are promoting it as the best chance of getting back to something like normal life next year.
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks with CNN’s Dana Bash about his estimated percentage of the American population that would need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country reaches herd immunity, and why his range has shifted.