Fighting fight now erupting in washington. In his pointed remarks biden now going after Senate Republicans by name calling them out for their hypocrisy as they rush to name a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg before the election. Jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. I dont believe the people of this nation will stand for it. Even if President Trump wants to put forward a name now the senate should not act until after the American People select their next president. Their next congress, their next senate. Bidens speech coming as the country nears a devastating milestone nearing 200,000 people who have died from coronavirus. Our correspondents are standing by with the very latest on all of these developments. Lets begin with jessica dean in philadelphia where joe biden just wrapped up the remarks. We heard biden mentioning the pandemic as another reason why he believes a justice shouldnt be rushed before the election. Repor
Warning from dr. Anthony fauci that we havent even entered the expected post thanksgiving surge. We have not yet seen the post thanksgiving peak. Thats the concerning thing because the numbers in and of themselves are alarming. Then you realize it is likely well see more of a surge as we get two to three weeks past the thanksgiving holiday, and the thing that concerns me is that abuts right on the Christmas Holiday as people start to travel, shop, congregate. Now in florida where there have been more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, newly elected miamidade mayor has a grave warning about the Hospital Systems as cases continue to surge. Rosa flores is in nearby ft. Lauderdale covering this. Tell us what is the mayors main concern . Reporter you know, brianna, shes very concerned about miamidade reverting back to where we were back in the summer, during the summer surge. I can paint the picture for you. There were more than 2,000 people hospitalized, t
States and cities banning large gatherings, more schools closing with millions of students sent home around the world. Other changes, the nba has suspended its season after a player tested positive for the virus. March madness set to play out in empty arenas. And movie legend tom hanks and his wife test positive in australia. And that all happened overnight. Thats how quickly this is changing. Our teams are covering this all around the world. Lets begin at the white house with john harwood. John, it is notable and this is not criticism, or a partisan statement that the white house, the president had to correct multiple things that he said in his address to the nation last night, leaving many people very confused this morning. Very confused. And what happened last night was the white house aides persuaded the president he needed to do something dramatic to signal to the American People who see all these events cascading around them that he was taking it seriously. He went on National Te
The house had their briefing starting at 8 15. It has since wrapped. Now the senators are having their own briefing, but the issues, the frustration about testing and the rate of testing is on both sides of the aisle. I asked how would you describe what youre hearing . She said one word. She said, kwoequote, frustratio. Another member who was in the house briefing said you should have seen the line of lawmakers lining up to ask questions to these cdc officials, trying to get answers, especially to some members going home to districts who are really strapped with this issue of coronavirus and are struggling to get testing. Remember, if hospitals cant get test kits, theyre calling their members of Congress Demanding answers. There is a lot of pressure on members of capitol hill, not to mention the concern about their own personal safety. You have seen multiple members now announce that they are closing down their offices for the foreseeable future. Mitt romney says he has asked his staff
The federal government should national i nationalize splib izize medical acquisition. The states simply cannot manage it. When the states are doing it, were competing against other states. In some ways, were safvaging other states. Were all competing against each other. Its a wild west, i would say, out there, and indeed, were overpaying, i would say, for ppe because of that competition. And the numbers are truly staggering. There are now more than 318,000 infections globally. That includes over 29,000 cases and 376 deaths here in the United States. Lets begin in new york, where Governor Andrew Cuomo now says he expects between 40 and 80 of the people in new york state, he says, eventually will contract the coronavirus. Cnns Cristina Alesci is in new york for us. Christina, the governor also had a pointed message for President Trump. Thats right. He is not sugar coating the message for new yorkers and hes also being very clear with the president that the state needs federal help and it