On Jan 25, 2020, the first presumed case of the novel coronavirus was recorded after a Toronto man returned from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the outbreak. What followed was a fast-moving, global health crisis that saw the country, and the world come together to face the unprecedented challenges of a COVID-19 pandemic. Global’s Sharmeen Somani takes us through some of the key moments we saw in Canada since that very first case, and how daily life has changed.
MSNBC science contributor and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Laurie Garrett describes the rise in transmissibility with the new covid variants and the different efficacies among the vaccines. Aired on 01/25/2021.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the coronavirus task force coordinator under former President Donald Trump, said in her first interview since leaving the White House that Trump used data and graphs that she did not prepare.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he wants Trudeau to stand up to Biden over the Keystone XL as he did against Trump’s steel tariffs.
The new director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, admitted that she does not know how much vaccine supply the U.S. has, leaving governors frustrated. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain pledged a new level of accountability for the federal government under the Biden administration.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to send over the article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday evening. The trial would likely begin Feb. 9, and the Democrats need 17 Republicans to join them in order to convict.
With the date set for the second Impeachment trial of former President Trump, impeachment manager Rep. Diana DeGette tells Ali Velshi this trial will be especially interesting to argue because “these senators – they’re not just the jury. Most of them are also victims of this crime.” She added that the case is vital because, “we have to make sure that he never holds federal office again.”
International hostage negotiator Ali Soufan is the founder of The Soufan Center, a non-profit that has become the leader in studying how domestic extremist groups operate and assessing their threat level. This week, they launched the ‘Mapping Insecurity’ Project, to help track domestic terror in the U.S. He tells Ali Velshi that rooting out extremism won’t be easy because due to the wide and varied spread of disinformation, “one disengagement approach would not fit everyone…and government is not always the most credible messenger.”
The Fact Checker counted a total of 30,573 false or misleading claims made by President Trump during his White House tenure. Here’s what we learned.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully completed a mission to deploy 143 spacecraft and satellites into orbit on Sunday, after which the rocket returned safely to a sea-based landing pad.