Just hours after flipping the calendar to 2021, the u. S. Hit 20 million total infections. All indications are, of course, that it will keep on rising. In fact, the coronavirus is racing so quickly through the u. S. Population that another 1 million new cases are being added every five or six days. And theres a more contagious variant that could certainly greatly complicate the global crisis. Was recently detected in the uk but has now been found in at least 30 countries, hong kong and taiwan. Turkey is suspending flights from britain after finding 15 cases in passengers arriving from the uk. The cdc says its been in the u. S. Earlier than first believed after the variant was found in a florida man in middecember. For the latest on the pandemic here in the u. S. , nick watt is in los angeles. Nick . Reporter from wuhan, where all this began, to new york, not much fondness in the farewell to a terrible year. And 2020 is gone. 2020 is freaking gone reporter 2020 was tough, but we are sti
Way, too. Back in washington, different scene. President Trump Supporters holding a rally at the moment as Congress Gets set to count electoral votes tomorrow. Some republicans say they plan to challenge the results that will be an interesting time. A packed hour ahead. Matt finn on the vote counting in atlanta. Alicia acuna is live in atlanta and rich edson at the protest in washington d. C. Stand by, yall. Want to go over to the big board. Well show you a little bit on the board over here about the contest in georgia. Weve been waiting for these now for 60 days going back to november 3. Kelly loeffler is a republican. Shes 50 years old. She was appointed to her position a year ago this january trying to win the seat back. Fun facts she coowns the atlanta dream team. Shes in the ring up against Raphael Warnock, a pastor. Hes 51 years old from savannah, georgia. He would be georgias first black u. S. Senator if he is able to beat Kelly Loeffler. That is in that corner. The other corner
Hear from Election Officials in what has turned out to be a Beautiful Day in the south. Big hour. Bret baier and Andy Mccarthy standing by. First to brian kemp. Good afternoon to you. I want to get a sense of the two races. How tight are they, governor . Good afternoon, bill. Im sorry. What did you say . Bill how tight are these two races, sir . Well, i dont think you can believe any polling at this point. What ive been telling everybody is dont get distracted, dont believe what is in the media, dont believe the polling. The only thing you need to believe is going out to vote. Talking about the republican turnout tomorrow. I dont think theres any doubt the republicans got to have a huge turnout on election day to win these two races. David purdue and Kelly Loeffler have done a great job representing our state, the United States senate. Look, bill, were the fire wall to stop socialism, to keep from handing the keys of power over to pelosi, schumer and aoc and bernie sanders. Tomorrow qu
Prediction that this is going t be close. Great show, we will see you tomorrow night. Im Laura Ingraham and this is ingraham angle from of course a pivotal night in washington. Its not an exaggeration. I said this last night. The fate of the nation rests squarely on the results of thes two Senate Runoffs in georgia. I said liberty versus lockdowns prosperity versus punishment, and common sense versus critica race theory. All these concepts, all these battles hang in the balance. The races between senator perdu and jon ossoff and senator kell loeffler and Rafael Warnock are as close as we predicted them t be. Well bring you every significant update throughout the hour. Just over 500 miles to the north , in washington, dc president from supporters have been fanning out across washington, d. C. Muriel bowser has actually called in the National Guard to keep things peaceful. She didnt want to do that necessarily when things were really violent not so long ago in may and june, but neverthel
And david perdue in a state where they have not they will flip the senate blue and gain control of congress. A republican victory by contrast will impede president elect joe bidens ability to make headway on his agenda. All this Political Drama reaching a climax as a joint session of congress meets later today for the final count of Electoral College votes, the last step in officially confirming joe biden as an expresident of the United States. But Many Republican lawmakers are planning to block his certification while outside the capital Trump Supporters rally in protest, calling for an urgent request of the national guard, the outcome remains in limbo at this hour but its clear for now that the battle for power will continue far beyond the peach state in the coming days. Lets get right to it for the latest updates in the ground in atlanta, we turned out fox news correspondent Charles Watson. Charles . Good morning, john. In atlanta where the absentee ballots are being tabulated for F