And that is not all. On the very same day, we learned that over 221,000 americans have lost their lives from coronavirus. President trump called dr. Anthony fauci and other scientists idiots and said people are tired of hearing about the disease. He also criticized joe biden for listening to fauci, something biden called a badge of honor. The former vp is off the trail for debate prep and will not be back until friday at the earliest. Kamala harris is campaigning virtually. By contrafrkst, President Trump will be campaigning in pennsylvania today and is pushing to do as many rallies as possible. All of this comes with more than 26 million ballots already cast. And we should note, people are sick and tired of hearing about covid, but we dont have an option. It is still with us in a very big way. I want to bring in nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house and ali vitali in d. C. , peter baker for the New York Times and yamiche alcindor. Mr. Alexander, to you first. Lets cut through all th
For the country. Good evening im erin burnett. Out front tonight, the most secure election in American History. These words are from President Trumps own department of Homeland Security. The statement breaking just moments ago. Trump himself at the white house, not coming out, clinging to power and the department of Homeland Securitys cyber unit issuing a stunning and powerful statement. The november 3rd election was the most secure in American History, period. There is no evidence that any Voting System deleted, lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised. While we know there are many unfounded claims for misinformation about the process of our elections we can assure you we have the most confidence in the security of our elections and you should too. I just want to take a pause here. If youre at home think about what i just read. That is from President Trumps own department of Homeland Security. This sentence the november novemb3rd election was the most secure in history.
Policeinvolved shooting that led to the killing of donte wright, a 20yearold young africanamerican male. My heart goes out to dontes family and to all those impacted by this tragedy in our community and the world over. While we await Additional Information from the bca, which is leading this investigation, we continue to support members of our community as they gather peacefully amid our calls for transparency and accountability. Let me be clear. We will get to the bottom of this. We will do all that is within our power to make sure that justice is done for donte wright. We are going to continue to meet with Community Leaders and to hear their voices. In fact, we did that this morning. The chief and City Council Members and other elected officials from the state and city staff, city manager, we had a meeting earlier with the community to hear their voices in this time. We are also going to have continue to conduct press conferences and share information with the public. As i stated, we
And the world over. And while we await Additional Information from the bca, which is leading this investigation, we continue to support members of our community as they gather peacefully amid our calls for transparency and accountability. Let me be clear. We will get to the bottom of this. We will do all that is within our power to make sure that justice is done for dante wright. Were going to continue to meet with Community Leaders and to hear their voices. In fact, we did that this morning. The chief and city council members. And other elected officials from the state and city staff, city manager, we had a meeting earlier with the community to be able to hear their voices in this time. And were also going to have continue to conduct press conferences and share information with the public. As i stated we do plan to show the body camera footage. Were going to conduct a Community Press Conference Following this as well. So that we can talk directly with leaders of our community and orga
Why it smells so bad there. Theyve been dealing with over 2 months. Yeah. Officials believe its coming from a wastewater plant and it may even be making people sick out for sarah actually in Contra Costa County with more on whats going on, sarah. Im live at the Health Department, which is not in crocketts. Im not smelling it. But why im here is to tell you that theres a Health Advisory in effect due to Hydrogen Sulfide in the air in crockett. And that smells like rotten eggs or even sewage. And it can cause symptoms if you have long enough exposure. Now, this has been going on for weeks and people have been extremely concerned over this. Take a look. I mean, there was even a protest at the sewage plant where you see if someone holding a sign in it. And it reads time to fix the smell for crockett. Last night a town hall was put on to discuss the matter many residents of crockett spoke with frustration sent in. By the way, if youre not familiar, kraken is in the unincorporated part of Co