The facts. Hes not that smart. He doesnt know that many facts. Hes got a lot more experience. Hes got 47 years. Ive got 3 1 2 years. Look at that beautiful morning. Some lights behind the capitol. Welcome to new day on this sunday morning. Were grateful to have your company with us. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Good morning, marty. Good morning, chooristi. Were counting down to the first debate of the president ial race as a president ial battle looms. A tight timeline for republicans and theyre insisting to fill that seat before the november 3rd election. Sarah westwood is here with more. The timing is crucial. Good morning, martin and christi. The timing is crucial. Not a lot of room for error for Senate Republicans who will try to get this done for the white house in just a little over a month now. Senate judiciary chairman Lindsey Graham released a schedule for the confirmation proceedings after the president nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the va
On the night when joe biden and donald trump were supposed to share the same stage for their second debate, the two president ial candidates held competing town halls on rival Television Networks at the same time. Youll see the sharp contrast between them for yourself in just a moment. For biden, the format was familiar territory, to talk policy, although sometimes he avoided straight answers. When the event was over, he stayed to talk with voters off camera, and in contrast, that with the president , President Trump was much more combative, his responses to pointed questions about the pandemic, white supremacy, conspiracy theories and other issues were largely defensive and peppered with falsehoods. If voters were hoping to find out what President Trump plans to do if he wins a second term, they were proud disappointed. We get more from Cnns Jim Acosta from miami. Voters did not get a lot of straight answers from President Trump in the town hall that took the place of a president ial
Newsroo newsroom starts right now. 4 00 a. M. Here in atlanta. Thank you so much per joining us. We want to bring you the latest on the coronavirus as the pandemic surges around the world still. The mantra from Public Health officials is loud and clear stay home. One day after california ordered its residents not to go out, new york, connecticut, and illinois have followed suit, affecting some 75 million americans. For now the rest of the country does not face such restrictions, but people everywhere are urged to stay home as much as possible. And the reason, of course, is simple. Testing shows the virus is spreading quickly everywhere. The number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is now approaching 19,000. More than 250 people have died. The Global Pandemic shows no signs of showing. Johns Hopkins University has logged more than a quarter million cases and well over 11,000 deaths. In europe, italy bearing the brunt of the yooutbreak. It has the highest number of fatalities in a single d
Restart u. S. Operations. We look at the new Safety Measures theyll use. Good to have you with us. As almost every u. S. State begins to ease covid19 restrictions, the number of infections is still climbing by thousands every day. Johns Hopkins University reports more than 1. 4 million cases with the number of People Killed approaching 90,000. And new hotspots are emerging, especially in the west and south. But despite these sobering figures, the Trump Administration is pushing ahead with trying to reopen the economy. Here was the health and Human Services secretary on sunday. There should not be one size fits all approaches to reopening, but reopen we must because its not health versus the economy. Its actually health versus health. Azar also said that so far these states reopening havent seen a spike in cases, but there are still gaps in testing and of course no vaccine. Cnns natasha chan has this look at the difficult road to recovery. Reporter at least 48 states will have partially
Impeachment. The House Democrats turn is over. Mitch mcconnell wants to get moving on the Senate Impeachment trial. Now some democrats look like they agree with him. And a stunner in the u. K. Harry and meghan are stepping back from royal duties. The palace so caught offguard even the queen was surprised. Cnn is live this morning in tehran, riyadh, baghdad and london. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im laura jarrett. Thursday january 9th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. 25 days until the iowa caucuses. Well, the u. S. And iran seem to be backing away from Armed Conflict but today the house will take steps to ensure theyre involved. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi setting a vote on a war powers resolution that will limit the president s military actions against iran. Pelosi has criticized the president for not consulting with congress before the drone strike that killed top general Qassem Soleimani. A briefing on iran infuriated some lawmakers. Two key allies joined de