To baselessly cast doubt and uncertainty about the legitimacy of the upcoming election and whether or not he will accept the results. And at a rally in virginia, he repeated his claims that the only way he will lose is if the vote is rigged. President trump will hold another Campaign Rally right after announcing his new justice nominee. So all of this coming as the u. S. Just surpassed two grim milestones in the pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases now exceeding 7 million and the death toll is over 200,000. And now Health Experts are warning of a major surge in cases in the next few months. We have a team of correspondents and Analysts Covering all of these developments. Lets begin with Sarah Westwood at the white house. The president is once again doubling down and sowing doubt about the election. Yeah, fred. President trump went much further this week in his efforts to undermine the supporters confidence in the Election Results. If they reflect anything other than a win for him.
More than 69,000 people infected in a single day. And experts fear it will get much worse in the weeks to come. Still, a defiant President Trump is holding his sixth days of rallies since he was diagnosed with the virus. Downplaying its dangers, threatening to lock up his political opponents and even suggesting hed leave the country if he loses . And his supporters taking their cues from him. Georgia state congressman vernon jones, a democrat, who has endorsed the president for reelection crowd surfs, maskless on a sea of mostly maskless people at a trump rally. The pandemic not stopping voters from turning in their ballots early. In fact, the pandemic may be largely galvanizing the record turnout. This is a live look at voters lined up in georgia. Across the country, already 21 million have cast their ballots. With just five days until lawmakers vote on the u. S. Supreme Court Justice nominee, thousands are marching to the Nations Capital in protest against the confirmation of Amy Con
Nurse megan ellenwood. Good to see both of you. Doctor rainey, you see this firsthand every day. What your dealing with right now as we see this new surge in cases . Fred, i wish i could take you behind the doors of the er with me. Were seeing day by day increasing numbers of patients with covid19, both those who are a little bit sick and those who are really sick. Were also seeing increasing numbers of patients who have survived their initial bout with covid but now are having longlasting symptoms that are making it impossible for them to work, to do their normal activities, that dreaded long covid syndrome. And as that happens, our hospitals are filling up. And our workers are getting sick. Our floors are short on techs, on respiratory therapists, on nurses. Our doctors are covering for each other both in order to cover for those who are out sick and to help us open our Field Hospital here in rhode island. And we are on the verge of being in a crisis state. So megan, as a nurse, how
Top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says some parts of the u. S. Could be forced to postpone elective surgeries as hospitals fill to capacity. And its not just sickness that has people in dire straits. Millions of americans are facing financial hardships. There are new hopeful signs that Congress May Finally be on the cusp of passing a new stimulus package with leaders from both parties now willing to negotiate over a bill democrats had previously said was too small to consider. But we begin with breaking news in california. The state is now poised to issue strict new stayathome orders for the two regions or for rather, two regions in the state. Regions populated by nearly 23 Million People. Thats more than the total population of new england. Cnns Paul Vercammen is tracking all of this from los angeles. One of the affected areas. Paul, walk us through this timeline here and whats meant by these regions. Okay. So if the basically the intensive care unit capacity in any of
Deadline. The government would also be forced to shut down on monday and eviction protections will expire on new years eve if the president does not act. Cnns Sarah Westwood joins us now. Sarah, President Trumps 2,000 proposal is getting a new key endorsement from senator Lindsey Graham, just days after he initially opposed it. So why the flip flop to saying 600 is no longer adequate . Reporter why, fred, is the Million Dollar question here. Its one republicans themselves are still trying to answer. Because the 600 amount for individual checks is what the white house brought to congressional leaders and said this is what we want to see in the bill. So when republicans, like Lindsey Graham, voted for that bill earlier this week, they believed they were doing so with the backing of the white house. Trump came out and opposed the amount for the individual stimulus checks after that bill had already passed both chambers of congress with a vetoproof majority, putting republicans right now i