Country if he were to lose. And his supporters, taking their cues from him. Georgia state congressman, vernon jones, a democrat, who endorsed the president for reelection, crowd surfs, maskless, on a sea of mostly maskless people at a trump rally. The pandemic not stopping voters from turning in early ballots. The pandemic may be largely galvanizing with record turnout. This is a look of voters waiting hours to vote in georgia and across the country already, nearly 22 million have cast their ballots. With just five days until lawmakers vote on the u. S. Supreme Court Justice nominee, thousands are marching to the nations capitol in protest of the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the u. S. High court. We have a team of correspondents covering all of these developments. Lets begin with evan mcmorrissantoro with the rise of covid cases in the u. S. The surge is frightening. What are Health Experts warning about . Reporter well, fred, what theyre basically doing is looking at the calen
Lost now. That number is going to go up. We have the highest incidence of coronavirus cases ever. This is a disease we didnt know about a year ago, and now a quarter of a million americans are going to be dead. Certainly, you know, were going to be most likely close to 300,000 by the time donald trump leaves office. He has by continuing to sit in his office and do nothing and not allow the transition of power to begin and not to keep the Biden Administration in to where they are on vaccines, on strategy, he is making sure that history holds him accountable for every last death that we have during this time frame. Wow. You know, and we have been patient on this show. I mean, i said time and again that Mitch Mcconnell when he tweeted out everybody had a right to count the votes and they have the right to do the legal challenges and then we move forward, well, were there. And, you know, willie, this is of course as you know when we get around the campfire, when we get into the ozarks by t
Thursday. There hes wearing a mask outside. Mark meredith lye at the white house with more live at the white house. Rudy giuliani is a formidable presence. I first started covering anymore 1982 when he was the mobbusting u. S. Attorney here in new york. He cut crime as new york city mayor two terms, changed the culture of this city, divided new york through 9 11, and he has put his heart and soul into everything he does, into his current mission, andeven on with Maria Bartiromo e this morning despite this diagnosis of coronavirus. What is the right newt the white house . Reporter eric, good afternoon. Im sure the president also sending his egg wishes to Rudy Giuliani, somebody who is known nationwide as a hero of 9 11 and, of course, most lately as the president s strongest defender when it comes to the election and legal challenges. The president broke the news less than an hour ago on where else but twitter. This is what the president had to saw. Quote Rudy Giuliani, who has been wor
Important safety checks remain in place. This vaccine met the fdas rigorous standards for quality, safety and efficacy. Science and data guided the fdas decision. We worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic, not because of any other external pressure. This decision was based on the strongest scientific integrity and i am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done. Next hour, another key step towards signing off on vaccinations begins, a Cdc Advisory Committee will be meeting to discuss and eventually vote on recommending the vaccine. Cnns health reporter, jacqueline howard, is with us now. Jacqueline, youve been watching the News Conference that just wrapped up. Tell us what youve learned, any new developments about the vaccine. Reporter yeah, well, again, this press conference just ended, and what we heard from fda commissioner dr. Stephen hahn is that the next steps are moving quickly. He said that, you know, they are working with federal partners to get sh
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says there has been significant progress. The exact details of the bill are unclear, but we will ask some lawmakers about it this morning. And we will also break down what we do know ahead. Overnight, President Trump turned on senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell for finally congratulating president elect joe biden. You know whats interesting . Vladimir putin acknowledged that biden won, but the president hasnt said anything about that yet. Cnn has also learned that mcconnell is urging Senate Republicans to not to stage any stunts when congress meets to count the electoral votes next month. Later today, president elect biden will formally announce Pete Buttigieg as his nominee to be transportation secretary. That will be interesting. And this morning, were also getting new details about who else biden is selecting. Meantime, more than 3,000 new deaths reported from coronavirus overnight. Hospitalizations again reached record numbers. Obviously,