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delivering your
down the middle explanation of world
events. I'm Carl Azuz. We hope you're
doing well despite all of the challenges
facing the world today
there have been some new developments
concerning last week's events in
Washington D.C.
several arrests were made over the
weekend in connection with wednesday's
riot at the u.s capitol building
charges include entering a restricted
building without lawful authority
violent entry and disorderly conduct
there have been five
deaths related to the incident a
supporter of president donald trump who
is also an air force veteran
was shot and killed by police as she
tried to enter the capitol building on
wednesdaya capitol police officer who was
attacked while trying to stop some
rioters
died of his wounds the next day and
three people died from medical
emergencies they had while they were at
the capitol
the u.s capitol police chief has
resigned from his job
he was in charge of the main law
enforcement agency that protects the
buildingthe justice department says 300 agents
and officers from other groups
like the fbi and u.s marshals were sent
to help wednesday
but by the time the additional officers
got there capitol police had already
lost control
the people who were serving as the house
of representatives sergeant at arms
and the senate sergeant at arms the
chief law enforcement officers of these
chambers
also resigned after wednesday's events
this week house democrats plan to
introducearticles of impeachment against
president trump these are formal charges
of wrongdoing
as he spoke to hundreds of thousands of
supporters before the capital riot took
place
president trump outlined what he said
were examples of how the november third
election was
unfair though in dozens of lawsuits u.s
courts have ruled that there's not
enough evidence to overturn election
results in any state
the president also said the
demonstrators would march to the capitol
to quote
peacefully and patriotically make their
voices heard
but president trump's critics say by
repeating his election complaints
and encouraging his supporters to quote
show strength
he incited the demonstration that became
violent at the capitol
if the house votes to impeach the
president again it did this before over
different charges in 2019
it'd be up to the senate to decide
whether to convict him but
president-elect joe biden is set to be
inaugurated on january 20th
so there are a lot of questions about
whether enough lawmakers will have the
time
or the desire to try to remove the
sitting president before then
and the white house says doing that
could further divide the country
president trump says he doesn't plan to
attend the inauguration
this could make him the fourth u.s
leader to do that for political reasons
he's also been banned from facebook and
twitter the social media organizations
say they're concerned the president's
posts
could encourage more violence but
critics call the bans
censorship that limits free speech in
america so there's tremendous political
strife in the country as one presidency
winds down and another one gears up
what's changed about what we know about
how coronavirus spreads
the virus that causes cova-19 is a
respiratory virus
someone who has cova-19 and is coughing
or sneezingexpels droplets if you're close by and
breathe in these droplets
or if the droplets land on your nose
your mouth or your eyes
you could be infected with coronavirus
you could also contract cova-19
if someone coughs or sneezes into their
hand then touches your hand
and then you touch your nose your mouth
or your eyes
over the last several months scientific
studies have shown that this coronavirus
is also transmitted through aerosols
these are microscopic particles that
people exhale just by breathing
and speaking these tiny aerosols can
linger in the air
and if you breathe them in they can
transmit the virus too
this is why wearing a mask is so
important if someone is ill and doesn't
know it
the mask helps to trap their droplets
and prevent them from spreading in the
air
the mask also protects those who aren't
infected by stopping the droplets from
entering their nose and mouth
physical distancing is also important
six foot is a rule of thumb
with the exact precautions you follow
depending on whether you're outdoors or
indoors
outdoors there is very good air
circulation that will quickly diffuse
the virus particles
when you're outdoors it should be safe
to keep six feet away from others
indoors where there is less air
circulation microscopic aerosols could
linger for longer in the air
people could be infected beyond the six
foot distance
especially in poorly ventilated spaces
if they're not wearing masks
that's why indoors you should try to
maintain at least a 10 foot distance
and wear a mask at all times ventilation
also helpsso open the windows and doors and run a
fan
what about services in the beginning of
the pandemic
everyone was worried about wiping down
everything there have not been
documented cases of transmission through
surfaces
so it's not necessary to wipe down
groceries or wear gloves when opening
the mail
however it's still good practice to wash
your hands often
and use hand sanitizer after touching
frequently used surfaces like door
handles and faucets
this coronavirus is highly contagious we
need to keep up the measures that we
know work to prevent its spread
wear a mask keep physical distancing
avoid indoor gatherings
and wash our hands
ten-second trivia which of these
countries has the largest population
pakistan nigeria brazil or russia
though it's far from the largest country
on this list pakistan has the largest
population with more than 233 million
people
and unless they had backup power
generators their lights went out on
saturday night
blackouts aren't unusual in pakistan but
what the nation saw over the weekend was
its
most widespread power shutdown since
2015.
an engineering problem at one plant in
southern pakistan
reportedly caused the nation's other
ones to shut down because electricity
can be unreliable here
all of the nation's major airports as
well as many of its hospitals and some
of its homes
do have backup generators the residents
say there were some very long lines at
gas stations
where people waited to get fuel for
those generators by dawn on sunday
morning pakistan's energy minister
said power had come back on for major
parts of the capital city of islamabad
but there were still large parts of
karachi pakistan's biggest city where
power was still out early sunday
polar vortex is so much fun to say
forecasters say there could be some
movement in the polar vortex
and if this system which normally swirls
cold air around the earth's polar
regionsdoes move off the north pole it could
release some very cold air throughout
parts of north america
and europe when could this happen within
the next week or two
who will be affected forecasters don't
know yet they've detected some
instability in the vortex that can spill
cold air south
but they're in a wait and see mode for
the moment
polar vortex was one of the most
trending terms we heard it all the time
and in fact it's not something that's
going to come and get you
it's not something you can be inside
it's not analien it's not a monster it's not it's
not something that's going to invade the
us in fact the only way to be inside the
polar vortex
is to be in an airplane it lives in the
upper levels of the atmosphere
it's a low pressure system that's
basically locked
into the north pole so it's not a
hurricane it's not a tornado it's just
an air mass that's locked
right around the north pole and it stays
there all the time the frequency
of the winter outbreaks these cold
outbreaks is dependent upon the weather
patterns across the u.s depends on we
have these large
dips in the jet stream placement of the
high pressure and low pressure
so it all depends on mother nature
extreme temperatures can be very
dangerous it all depends on
the temperature though bottom line a lot
of areas can have if you're
windy outside you'll have a really low
wind chill if you find yourself in the
midst of one of these winter outbreaks
just remember
just try to stay warm put in as many
layers as you can bundle up
have a good jacket and try not to stay
outside for very long periods of time
when 91 year old dean conklin was told
that a sledding park was going to be
named after him
he had just one thing to say what
conklin is a business owner
town councilman and former teacher in a
small town of minnesota
he once gave this plot of land to a
student and people in the town loved
conklin so much that they dedicated the
park to himand named it conklins hill he recently
joined more than a hundred others in
testing out the new slope
and it's easy to ski he's got slope
style there's no question about it
now some people might have buildings or
monuments or streets named after him
but your own hill is a mountainous
accomplishment that may be worth
alpining away for because only a loser
would let that slide
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I'm Carl Azuz for CNN.
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