The wearing of masks as one way to get the virus under control. So, i want to get to the candidates paths to 270 electoral votes. John king is at the magic wall to lay it all out for us. John, what do you have . Don, here we go in to the final sprint the debates are behind us. Did the final debate change the map in any way, a map that is leaning in bidens favor. The Trumps Campaign feels that what the former Vice President said about fracking helps him. He is obsessed with this map and he thinks he got help there. What if that were the case . We will see in the next few days. What if that were the case . Ohio comes back in the fold, he keeps texas, that would get him back in to play and joe biden down to 270, because pennsylvanias twenty are so important. And thats not enough, etven tht would not be enough for the president. The campaigns are polling all the time, they have data operations and they are in contact. They have ways to track voters. Watch what they say in the ads, the form
That guy doesnt even think twice about what he did. It may have made him sick. Hed do it again, hes going to work. Chris, the idea, heroes go on autopilot, when the rest of us run. Im here, im going to fix this, i can help, and they do. And its astounding. A lot of people would walk away, they dont want to have the risk, they dont want to get themselves sick. He thought, someone needs help, i can help him, and did it. I cant believe it. It makes you feel like, in a time when half the time you can never 90 of the time, you dont see peoples mouths or noses. The whole face is not there. But he saw a human being in spite of it, and just took, you know, did what he could. Its beautiful. Thats a beautiful observation. I just wish i had made it. Laura coates, i will be watching you as always. Ill write your next show. Done. Thats what i want for christmas. I take it back never mind. This is cnn tonight, im laura coates in for don lemon, not chris. Breaking news tonight, growing concern inside
By whitney wild and it says is that these extremists that officials are monitoring are looking at that event, they see that as a win. This is now fueled them and what their fearful of is there could be follow on attacks by those extremists here in the United States. Im read a portion, the violent breach of the u. S. Capitol building is part of an ongoing trend in which extremists hold rallies and demonstrations to carry out violence and criminal activity. It goes on to say that with the perception among some extremists that the breach of the u. S. Capitol was a significant advance toward achieving their ideology goals they may be inspired to carry out more violence. What is striking in this assessment as they look at motivation of the extremists is how closely some of the grievances mirror what weve heard from donald trump. This intelligence bulletin said the most factors of the extremist is there is a deep state inside of government that is control ing things and trying to undermine d
Iraq and afghanistan combined. Tens of thousands of National Guardsmen are assisting the secret service with preinauguration security. The capitol is surrounded by ninefoot fencing and barbed wire. Meanwhile, were continuing to learn more about a breaking story tonight. Yesterday a virginia man was arrested at a security checkpoint near the capitol. He had an inauguration pass that is being described as unauthorized. Also an unregistered gun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition. Well have more on that in just a moment. This week donald trump became the first president to be impeached twice. Some of his congressional allies may well play a role in defending him during his next senate trial. The details are still in the works, but his team could include ohio congressman jim jordan and florida congressman matt gaetz. Well explore the constitutional issues at question in his upcoming trial. And well answer some of your questions as well. Lets begin with the latest on that man arrested ne
Saw a week and a half ago and concerns over the violent that could come in the coming days before and around the inauguration. I do want to show you some of this absolutely stunning, almost war zonelike security that has sprung up here in washington. This is some of the fencing that goes around the entire length of the capitol complex. It is generally about 8 feet high. You can see some of that razor wire looping around the tops of that fencing over there. We see this all over the city, including around the national mall, which, as you mentioned, has been closed down now until after the inauguration. That is normally where tens of thousands of people would gather to hear the incoming president give his or her speech. There is a massive security presence in terms of personnel. Mainly, as you mentioned, the National Guard presence, the pentagon authorizing up to 25,000 National Guard troops from all across the country. Every state from different territories as well as from washington, d.