Electoral vote in the 2nd district. Tomorrow hes heading to arizona, a trump state in 2016, now leaning towards former vp biden. The former vp is on offense, campaigning in georgia, a state that has not voted for a democrat in almost 30 years. This year, the polls there are neck and neck. Georgia is one of many states that has already seen record turnout in early voting. The secretary of state there warning there will be long lines all week long. Were seeing the same story in maryland where people are lining up at 4 00 in the morning. And in new york where we are, lines are still stretched for hours, even on day three of early voting. In all, 62 million americans have already cast their ballots. Roughly 45 of the total we saw back in 2016. The president hits the trail from washington where he hosted a swearing in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett last evening. Not only could that give him a boost in the polls but it also means barrett will be on the Supreme Court just in time to rule on a
Commenced, a Trump Administration official tells cnn today that some staffers at the department of health and Human Services were actually instructed to ignore and report anyone from the Biden Harris Transition Team if they try to contact the federal agency. Its an outrageous act of obstruction that places the president s feelings ahead of the lives of the American People. To be clear, president elect biden will be sworn in on january 20th and he will be in charge of trying to lead the nation out of this deadly pandemic. Outgoing President Trump is focusing instead of the pandemic on trying to overturn the results of the president ial election. He is trying to undo the clear and convincing victory by president elect biden. Trump is doing this not with so much evidence as he is with tweets of wild and unhinged lies that he won the election. He has been pushing discredited conspiracy theories and false claims, and purging anyone he deems disloyal to him. Even if that is only because the
Now on track to be the deadliest of the pandemic. More than 328,000 americans have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Total cases now top 18. 5 million. The numbers keep rising and rising. Lets begin with our white house correspondent, jeremy dimon covering the president down in florida. Theres no sign at all that hes done anything to clear up the turmoil he left behind in washington. Thats right, wolf. After threatening to blow up this 9 900 billion Coronavirus Relief bill you would think the president would be trying to salvage this desperately needed relief for americans. Working the phones, needing with advisers, especially on this christmas eve, millions of americans are out of work, slipping into poverty. Yet the president was doing none of those things. Instead the president was back on his golf course working on his putt. Reporter after throwing Financial Relief for millions of americans into limbo, President Trump decamped to his mare lag go resort and set his sights on his
Outcome of this election. What these lawmakers do next week will be etched into history, and the only thing theyll accomplish is causing a spectacle. Cnns Boris Sanchez joins us from the white house. Boris, President Trump and some of his most fervent supporters still seem to leave the election can be overturned but anyone with political sense knows this is over. Whats in it for josh hawley and ted cruz and these other senators . Reporter well, specifically for josh hawley, hes a rising star in the republican ranks. It is widely believed that he is anticipating a run for president himself in 2024, and this elevates his profile with Trump Supporters who still remain the bulk of the republican base. You could say the same about ted cruz. He has made a number of moves in a recent year in anticipation of a potential 2024 run, but for many of these other lawmakers, its simply about survival, ana. President trump has gone after republicans who have said they will not object to the Election R
Millions of americans on hold. House republicans voting against the president s demand to increase payments to most americans from 600 to 2000 and since the package is tied to a massive Government Spending bill a veto could trigger a shutdown. The president is spending the holiday in West Palm Beach amid a stimulus stalemate. Reporter we still do not know whether the president will or will not sign at 900 billion stimulus package, the bill that Congress Already approved, the president is not happy about this, lawmakers are trying to other disaster with millions of americans wondering if they are going to get a check or not. Reporter House Democrats tried but failed to approve the latest demand to increase the amount of money some americans would get indirect stimulus payment. The American People need to know with certainty that democrats are trying to get them higher stimulus payments. This is Christmas Eve. House republicans are not on board giving lawmakers scrambling to figure out i