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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
Making water drops, retardant drops over the burn zone. Just minutes ago, still happening life to the fire broke out in the area, we appreciate the viewer email, giving us the correct pronunciation here. Lower Childs Valley in Childs Valley road. The fire prompting road closures. In the flames of course no word on the cause of this, how it got started but we will continue to stay on top of this firefight and bring you the very latest. Now within the past 15 minutes, we learned that marin county is preparing for a potential pg e power shut off because of the extreme weather and the fire conditions that are coming. The watch what is in effect starting sunday afternoon for approximately 20,000 customers. And those of the higher elevations. Our special coverage of campaign 2020, President Trump speaking live right now in florida, the postdebate blitz, the Battle Ground states. The critical voting resource comes to the bay area neighborhood, residents dont have their own mailboxes. Making s
Latest from moving. Closer to some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just marian she said that shes feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and shes going to get to this is doing what it can but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is only the very beginning of what is a deep dive into the origin of the war in a virus and to expect any conclusive finding in the next few weeks is unrealistic this could in fact take yes. The u. K. Is tightening Coronavirus Travel restrictions arrivals from 20 to red list countries will have to hotel koren team for 10 days its an effort to stop the influx of new strains of covert 19. Health authorities in the brazilian state of amazonas set up 2 field hospitals to handle a large number of coronavirus patients many seeking treatment from across the state have been sent to the regional capital mouse but its hospitals are already overwhelmed the new u. S. Secret
Kamala harris also delivered remarks. This is under two hours. Tens of thousands of children are living in poverty and going hungry because their parents lost their jobs and cannot afford to buy food. Hundreds of thousands of Small Businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focused on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during the pandemic. But these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been clear about what he is doing, he has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will , and byown the aca nominating judge ba