Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team
The number of people at the thanksgiving table get smaller with fewer people traveling. Comedian Dave Chappelle goes to war with a Major Media Company over a popular show he says he never approved. And meet norbert the cat Tristan Flanigan is giving millions of hits early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. On whats normally a very busy travel day, the country is facing a pandemic and extreme weather. Dangerous thunderstorms rolling a i cross tacross the south ovet at least one Apartment Building was also ev evacuated there have been Power Outages after winds ripped down trees and power lines. Coming up, meteorologist bill karins will tell us what more we can expect from holiday storms president elect joe biden sat down with our lester holt. He revealed whats on the agenda in the first 100 days in the office. Tell us about day 1 in the white house and your first 100 days what are your priorities going to be . Some of it will depend on the
The cdc is worried that small get togethers could turn into super spreaders. There are 88,000 people in the hospital with covid19 in the u. S. Thats a record according to the covid19 tracking project. The number of deaths yesterday topped 2100. The most since early may. And Johns Hopkins says the u. S. Has recorded 22 Straight Days of at least 100,000 daily cases. We have a reporter in washington. Health officials fear its going to get worse. Yes, tom. Because even though thanksgiving travel is way down this year over last, still, a Million People a day packed airports across the country last weekend. Many americans are scaling back thanksgiving this year. Were going to do a zoom call or face time. Well make some type of contact and, you know, give thanks just to be over the phone. Health Officials Say small gatherings are the biggest spreaders of the coronavirus. The risk is high for families. There is just no way to sugarcoat that. Still, triplea expects up to 50 million americans to
Cloudy, a little foggy especially across the north bay as we expected. Thankfully this cold front has been quiet. The winds are starting to pick up in the north bay and the hills, the fog wont last nearly as long as it usually would. That wind will shove it out of the way heading through the morning commute. It will be breezy and cooler this afternoon. Yesterday, a lot of us were in the mid to upper mid to upper 50s along the coast. Well look at your thanksgiving forecast coming up. Now to the deadly toll the coronavirus is taking on the u. S. More than 2,000 people died from covid19 yesterday. That marks the deadliest day in more than six months. Right now more than 88,000 americans are hospitalized. For the 22nd day in a row, the u. S. Has reported more than 100,000 new cases. As those numbers rise, the cdc is considering shortening the quarantine period for people who have been potentially exposed. Currently it recommends two weeks, but they could change guidelines to 7 to 10 days.
Initiative. Senator nunn reflects on his experience during the cuban missile crisis, the leadership between truman and bush, foreign leaders who influenced the events of cold war years, as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war. The Georgia Historical Society hosted the interview and provided the video. We are here to talk about the cold war, at 75. This marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war, immediately after world war ii, in 1945. Just briefly, i want to introduce you. You are more in georgia, attended georgia, take served in the United States coast guard, came back to georgia and practice law and inserted the Georgia House of representatives. Then, if you are elected to the United States senate in 1972, and served for 24 years until you left office in 1996. Including, eight of those years, as chair of the Senate Armed Services committee, and since retiring from the senate, you cofounded the state turner now cochair of the Nuclear Threat initiative. As i m