Oppa goal dreop oppa Bianna Golodryga in for fred whitfield. We begin with new fears of a holiday coronavirus surge. As americans gather with family and friends during the holiday weekend. You are looking live at Jacksonville Beach in florida where many people are socially distanced. Thats a good thing. This as a new model predicts the u. S. Will surpass more than 410,000 coronavirus deaths by the end of the year. That means between now and january an additional 224,000 americans could die from covid19. On friday alone, the u. S. Added more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases. This as we are seeing flareups in at least 15 states. While the president and his Administration Try to paint a rosy picture that the country is, quote, rounding the corner on the virus, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, is encouraging americans to remain vigilant this weekend and to keep gatherings small. Dr. Fauci is also disputing the president s claim that a vaccine could be ready in
Welcome to thursday. Its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Worried, alarmed, afraid, panicked. Just 33 days to go, republicans are once again forced to confront their awkward embrace of President Trump and the wake of this weeks debacle of a debate performance which, among other lowlights provided violent far right groups with a president ial rallying cry. As the republican worries intensified, President Trump was given multiple opportunities to directly and unequivocally condemn the violent right wing neofascist group the proud boys. But he seemingly just couldnt bring himself to do it. I dont know who proud boys are, but whoever they are, they have to stand down. Let Law Enforcement do their work. Mr. President , did you misspeak when you said stand by . Thats my question. Just stand by. Look, Law Enforcement will do the work. Theyre going to stand down. They have to stand down. Everybody. They have to whatever group youre talking about. Let Law Enforcement do the work. Now, antif
Are arising every day. That context that the president is choosing to go back on the campaign trail and be filmed proudly in front of thousands of people who probably wont be social distanced, many not wearing masks. Why is the white house doing this . Whats the political calculation . Look, i think that john as we discussed many times, it is often not a political calculation and simply desire to do what the president wants. He wants to be back on the road for the final three weeks. What theyre saying theyll have him do is for seniors, he battled with covid, they had an ad with a misleading quote from dr. Anthony fauci in the middle of it or the end talking about work of coronavirus months ago, made it sound like he was talking about the president. Thats going to be their strategy, to try to sell it as a Success Story on the issue that he is behind joe biden on how to handle coronavirus for many months. Is it way too late to turn it around . Probably. I think again, i am not a doctor,
Joining a slew of g. O. P. Senators who have been campaigning in that stage. Senator perdue says next months runoffs are crucial. We know whats at stake. This is the last line of defense against their radical liberal agenda. Once they do this, we wont get it back. Chuck schumer said this a few weeks ago. Take georgia, change america. Two days later, aoc says we need georgia because we do not want to negotiate. We want the Green New Deal without compromise. We know that they will move to a oneparty system system. Schumer has told us that. Harris live at the state capital in atlanta. Harris, i think georgia may be the epicenter of the election right now because you can see right here the march for trump bus tour that began on november 29th and south florida near maralago, made its way here to georgia. They are just chanting stop the steel. They want pressure on Governor Kemp to intervene in the selection. They believe that it was indeed stolen. You can see them here starting to rally. Ta
The bailout was worth it for the country. As we take you through arguments on both sides, we want to hear from you and our phone lines are open. Democrats can call 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. Ndependents, 202 5853882 you can catch up with our social media pages on facebook and journal cr email at spanwj. We will take you live to the floor of the washington auto show. The auto bailout issue, something Vice President joe biden talked about last week when he was at a Detroit Auto Show. A quote from Vice President biden we bet on american ingenuity, we bet on you, and we won. His visit to the show follows the u. S. Treasury sale last month of its remaining stake in General Motors. The exit ended the socalled government motor zero that sllowed the u. S. Government 50 billion bailout and reorganization of that company. The vehicles on display reflect the sacrifices made during the industrys restructuring during the session. The story goes on to note what a difference five years ma