That were in the worst of it right now. One day after setting new records for daily deaths and new cases, unfortunately, we have done it again. 3,110 americans died from this virus on thursday. We are days away from surpassing 300,000 deaths. Cdc director Robert Redfield has this alarming message about the loss of life we could see in this country. We are in the time frame now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days well have more deaths per day than we had at 9 11 or pearl harbor. This is really as i said, this is a real going to be a real unfortunate loss of life, as all that weve had so far. An absolutely grim reality there. It underscores how important these next few months will be even as vaccines are being rolled out across the country. All of us at nbc news and msnbc want to meet this important moment head on. Today nbc news is devoting its home page to a special collection of reports that show the pain of this pandemic and the path forward. All day long, msnbc will be highligh
Deaths of young people this year. More on that in a minute. There are also developments on a stimulus deal on the much needed help for americans with weekly jobless claims set to be released within this hour. Were going to begin with the pandemic. Joining us now cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, with he talk about record deaths. More than 3,500 reported overnight. I think i hope people had a chance to watch alisyns interview in the last hour to get a sense of what one death means. One death is a tragedy and were talking about record numbers that just keep on growing overnight and you have the White House Coronavirus task force really warning us that it could get even worse. That states are not doing the things that they need to do to stem this tide. What do we need to know this morning . Yeah. I mean, that was a really powerful interview and im so glad that you did it because, you know, i think these numbers sometimes i know that they are just washing over peopl
President elect biden make stops in the peach state. Griff youre right, 48 hours to go. Georgians will make their voices heard. You have already got some three million early voters that have done so. That is about 60 of the general voting population. Now in the first runoff race incumbent republican Kelly Loeffler facing democrat reverend Rafael Warnock. Both hit the campaign trail yesterday. Here is what they had to say. The future of the country is on the line. We are the firewall stopping socialism. Chuck schumer wants to raise taxes on every hardworking georgia. My open pent, radical liberal Rafael Warnock will be a for these ideas. Kelly loeffler should stand for the people of georgia. Instead she is with those who would unmine the voices of people of georgia. Griff in the other race, incumbent david perdue faces challenger jon ossoff, who says if you send him to washington he will deliver on the 2000 checks. If you send me and reverend warnock well deliver the direct covid relief
Visibility being affected in pockets of the coastline. While most of the rest of us really not tapping into too much of that fog early on now, as we make our way later in the morning, you may notice some spots, a dense fog within the bay itself. That is going to be a cooling effect that a lot of the bay area sees today, especially towards the coast in the bay shore. Keeping us a little cooler than yesterday. And the spots. Current temps range anywhere from the low 50s at the coast and in the north bay to the low 60s in areas like berkeley, brentwood, pittsburgh, as well as a couple spots. Further north like cloverdale and kelsey, though, later on, temps will still be warm. Its our second hottest day of the forecast. That means not as hot as yesterday was inland areas into the upper 80s base shore cities in the upper 70s. Well, coastal spots mostly hanging out in the 60s today. A few passing clouds, but all in all another comfortable and warm day to be venturing outside. And if you are
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