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World. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by judy there are two major stories tonight, the postelection transition as President Trump refuses to concede or even allow for the traditional preparations that would normally have begun and the surging burden of covid cases in most areas of the country. The u. S. Hit a new daily record of covid19 infections with more than 144,000 reported yesterday. Hospitalizations top 65,000 for the first time, 22 states are reporting more hospitalizations than at any time says the pandemic began. Deaths are up by 22 from a week you. Ago. Lets look at how this is hitting a number of states especially hard no matter which region. In el paso, texas, makeshift clinics outside hospitals are opening up. Mobile morgues are moving in and a lockdown of nonessential businesses has been extended, testing lines are growing in wisconsin. Cases there have jumped from 700 a day to more than 6000 in two months
president putin warns the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war. a fresh election for the northern ireland assembly is likely to be called in december after the latest efforts to form a new governing executive end in failure. and prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life as a senior member of the royal family. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. the united nations says there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been this a new report says governments around the world have been woefully inadequate in their actions to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prepare to gather for cop27, the global climate conference taking place this ye
quickly than anywhere else. president putin warns the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war. and prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life as a senior member of the royal family. in the past hour, elon musk has completed his $41; billion deal to buy twitter, after months of legal battles. earlier this year, mr musk attempted to back out of the purchase. but he announced it would go ahead shortly before the dispute was due to go to court. the tesla boss has said he wanted to acquire twitter to help humanity, rather than make money. let s go live to san francisco now and talk to our north america tech correspondent james clayton. this correspondent james clayton. has taken a while bu has this has taken a while but he has finally done it. has finally done it. that s what s being has finally done it. that s what s being reported.
is officially the chief tweet. elon musk s twitter takeover now in effect. then, the midterms closing message. democrats making the case that they are the best party for the economy. 12 days from the elections. and, thankful with the big lie, a deep dive into the corporate leaders donating millions to election denier, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are going to get to the political news and a few minutes but we want to begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news. elon musk now officially in charge of twitter the takeover is complete. with us tonight to discuss, elizabeth dwoskin, the silicon valley correspondent for the washington post. she broke the story tonight. and cara swisher, all things on elon musk. my friend kara, it is official, musk is in, top executives are out on the far-right is rejoicing. what are we in for? that kind of says it all, i think it is going to be very difficult. he ha