Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
Going out now. All vote by mail ballots in california come with prepaid postage and you can return your ballot at any time to and including election day. November 3rd. The envelope must be sealed, signed and dated. It can be turned into your county elections office, a ballot drop box, a vote center or any polling place. And if youre mailing it back, there is more time this year for it to arrive because of the concerns about the u. S. Postal service. Now, a ballot with a postmark no later than northern 3rd can be received as late as november 20th and it will still count. You can track your ballot online through the secretary of states website. And earlier today on abc 7 news at 4 00, we spoke live with the secretary of the state alex padilla about the benefits of voting by mail. Its convenient. You get to vote from the comfort and safety of your own home and it is proven to be secure. So any suggestion otherwise is, frankly, not true, and only seeks to undermine confidence in our electi
What was behind the deaths of hundreds of elephants last one. Im going to richardson welcome to the show the u. S. The death toll from cove at 19 has passed at the grim milestone of more than 200000 people according to Johns Hopkins university its the highest number for any country so far accounting for more than one in 5 coronavirus deaths worldwide the u. S. House of representatives held a moment of silence for the victims led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi rise for a moment of silence and remember its of those more than 200000 americans who have passed away from the coburg 19 virus. Palosi has a blames at the deaths on of the does information and negligence of the white house the president on all trump insists the United States is rounding the corner in the pandemic the high death toll is putting his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the spotlight as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office. Well on this a dark day for the u. S. Lets speak now it to our correspondent Stephanie Simons in
Meanwhile the w. H. O. Reports a surge in the spread of the virus worldwide at the u. K. Battles a 2nd wave of coronavirus Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on britons to do their bit either adhere to new restrictions or risk a 2nd lockdown. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program more than 200000 people in the United States have now died after contracting the coronavirus it is the highest number for any country in the world even though the u. S. Accounts for only about 4 percent of the global population in the capital washington the u. S. House of representatives held a moment of silence for the victims led by speaker nancy pelosi. Rise for a moment of silence in remembrance of those more than 200000 americans who have passed away from the cobra 19 virus palosi has blamed the deaths on the disk in formation and negligence in tackling the pandemic by the white house President Donald Trump insists that the u. S. Is rounding the corner in the pandemic a claim that he has been making for
Blocs most politically sensitive issues plus more than 200000 americans have now died after testing positive for coated 19th highest death toll in the world what does that mean for the president ial election just weeks away and an environmental disaster looming in the right seat for the 200000000 liters of oil are on this leaky tanker stranded off the coast of yemen but the cleanup is locked but the ship now a bargaining chip in the ongoing civilian. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with the breaking news doctors treating russian Opposition Leader alexina vali they say that he has been treating him after an alleged poisoning attack say that he has been discharged from the hoss. Spittal in berlin doctors say that a full recovery may be possible involvement was airlifted to germany last month after becoming sick during a visit to siberia german chancellor Angela Merkel has described the case as attempted murder after lab analysis showed that he was poisoned with a novi chuc