Fear of a Holiday Season surge the critical next steps and the plans being put in place certified one month after the election, all key battleground states have signed off on the results. President elect biden building his new White House Team President Trump still making baseless claims of fraud this morning our interview with the fired head of elections security, weighing in on the voting, the president s failing challenges and what every american should know about the safety of our ballots. Al is tracking the first significant snowstorm of the season in the midwest and massive Power Outages from another nasty storm that hit millions on the east coast. Fact versus fiction. The British Government calls out netflixs show the crown over its depiction of the royal family those stories, plus seahawks soar hes trying to stay on his feet and hell get there seattle takes down philadelphia. The nfl covid troubles mount, forcing the league to ask fans, are you ready for some wednesday afternoo
Task force and we have continued. We have continued to be on the same mission we have been on throughout the course of this year that is to save american lives and work every day toward that day that we put the coronavirus in the past. Im joined today and youll hear in a few moments from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including those that are leading the effort of distribution, vaccinations under operation warp speed. I think you will be as impressed as i was at fema earlier today when i heard the detailed plans for the virtually Immediate Distribution of vaccines when they become approved and available to the American People. From very early in this pandemic had the presence direction we have followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally supported state managed and locally executed and to that end this past monday we completed our 41st Conference Call with all of the nations governor, every state and every territory. There we spoke about our current circu
Crisis continues to worsen at an alarming rate. For the second time since the pandemic started, the number of daily cases topped 200,000 yesterday. More than 3100 people died from the illness, the singleworst daily death toll. And hospitalizations are also at an alltime high, passing the 100,000 mark for the first time. California has the highest number with just over 9300 covid cases. The state could run out of i. C. U. Beds by christmas. Debra joins us from washington. There is a disturbing prediction for death tolls in the coming months. Reporter yeah, annmarie, its heartbreaking to even say this. A top Government Official says 450,000 americans could die from the coronavirus by february. A dire warning from the head of the cdc. 200,000 americans may die from the coronavirus in just the next two months. I actually believe theyre going to be the most difficult time in the Public Health history of this nation. Reporter the number of americans currently hospitalized has passed 100,000
A Government Expert says its a big step forward. It means that we can spread the vaccine around, it means that we can really start to impact on this pandemic notjust here but right the way across the world. Some Primary School children in wales could be back in the classroom after half term, if Infection Rates continue to fall. And the trailblazing African American actress cicely tyson has died at the age of 96. And coming up in sport on bbc news, Dina Asher Smith makes a winning return to International Athletics as she storms to 60 metre victory at the World Indoor Tour event in germany. Good evening. The Prime Minister says the European Union must urgently clarify its intentions over its decision to temporarily override part of the brexit deal as the row intensifies with astrazeneca over a shortfall in supplies. The eu has introduced new controls giving Member States the power to block exports of the Coronavirus Vaccine to countries including the uk should they want to. Under the bre
Plus resilientence for four astronauts that blast off on a historic mission. At the masters a spring time class classic, its a new fall winner. And a new museum tells the u. S. Soldier story. Im looking at everything from the past to the present. Good evening, this is cbs overnight news. Today. Nearly two weeks after the election President Trump acknowledged president elect joe bidens victory in this tweet, he won, and quickly took it back in following tweets. America now confronts two dilemmas a president who refuses to accept his defeat and and out of control. New infections surging, on saturday more than 163,000 new cases were reported and deaths totalled more than 1300 yesterday. First breaking news from Kennedy Space center. Ignition. Lift off. There you go tonight four astronauts lifted off aboard a spacex rocket on a historic mission. What an experience. Got to tell you, that was really something to see, it was especially spectarin killed both his dad and mom. He wishes he can b