Word with lawrence odonnell. Ill see you in that 8 00 to 10 00 hour from whatever Camera Position they find for me. Sort of a tech rehearsal for election night. Rachel, your weekend between now and sunday night, just fully relaxing, get your mind right . Just get your mind off this stuff, right . Can i tell you what im actually doing . Please. First of all, im, you know, im building my Research Binder and stressing out and printing out 7,000 pages of paper, like i always do, but ive also committed to susan that im going to decorate my pickup truck for a halloween car parade. We bought a 6 1 2foot wide furry spider that i have to figure out to put on the vehicle with spooky lighting, and im not very handy, and so i have a feeling thats going to take a significant number of the hours between now and midnight on halloween, which i figure has to be the deadline for that sort of thing. Instagram cannot wait for the pictures, rachel. Instagram will not get them. I know. I know. Thank you, ra
For the country. Good evening im erin burnett. Out front tonight, the most secure election in American History. These words are from President Trumps own department of Homeland Security. The statement breaking just moments ago. Trump himself at the white house, not coming out, clinging to power and the department of Homeland Securitys cyber unit issuing a stunning and powerful statement. The november 3rd election was the most secure in American History, period. There is no evidence that any Voting System deleted, lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised. While we know there are many unfounded claims for misinformation about the process of our elections we can assure you we have the most confidence in the security of our elections and you should too. I just want to take a pause here. If youre at home think about what i just read. That is from President Trumps own department of Homeland Security. This sentence the november novemb3rd election was the most secure in history.
Begins today in oklahoma. The final state to allow early voting. Well, the road to 270 Electoral College votes runs through tampa today. Joe biden and President Trump are making appearances in the battleground state of florida. Trump also has a stop in North Carolina where absentee ballots can be counted up to nine days after the election. We have more on that in a moment. A worsening pandemic hangs over the final days of a bitterly contentious race. Biden keeps hammering home the contrast between the candidates as the reality of a dark winter ahead sets in. Another 79,000 coronavirus cases reported yesterday in the u. S. The three worst days of the entire pandemic have all come in the past week. 41 states are headed in the wrong direction. 0 states are seeing a decline in cases. Dr. Anthony fauci now warning the u. S. May not be back to some version of normal until 2022. And he went further than hes ever gone advocating for a National Mask mandate. Do we need a National Mandate . You
Loser of the election and entered this lame duck period. Were not playing a single excerpt or sound byte from the remarks in the lead of this news program because frankly, we reviewed it and there was very little news. Trump did not concede or address his loss directly. He made a passing reference to the future. Well play that for you a little later. The other news reinforcing the reporting weve been bringing youall week. Donald trumps mounting losses in the courtroom today. A michigan judge ruling that trumps attacks on the Biden Victory in that state are simply quote incorrect and not credible and thus, green lighting the standard road towards the certification of the Biden Victory there. In other states, Donald Trumps legal efforts are doing worse. Now, if youre listening, you may think wait, what could be worse than losing to a judge about what i just showed you. Surrendering all on your own before you get to that later stage, which is exactly what team trump is now doing in arizon
Wasnt the kind of transfer of power that the president has at times said he would be a participant in, a peaceful transfer, its none of those normal things, but it seemed to be the truth slipping through the cracks. When he caught that and saw the reaction to it, he then in all caps mode began to send additional tweets saying he was not conceding, that, again, asserting a rigged election and all of those kinds of things. A big part of this is about preserving some things for President Trump. Now, he may get to a point where he will acknowledge the known fact now that joe biden will be the next president , perhaps thats when votes are certified, perhaps it will be some other point, but in the intervening time there is some other things happening and you know this well, jonathan. There are emails and Text Messages seeking funds for the litigation part of this postelection period, but included in those solicitations for donations to Trump Supporters its clear that some of that can pay for