Democrats hold the gavel this time. Monica alba is in charlotte, north carolina, and Geoff Bennett at the white house. Hes been covering the u. S. Postal service for us. Monica, any way you slice it, the rnc has a tough act to follow, following last weeks democratic performance. How are they going to do it . Exactly, steph. You could argue they also have an advantage because they were able to see what the democratic counterparts did and modify based off that. Were here in charlotte where you may see what resembles the most normal convention in an unconventional year. There will be delegates gathering in person later this morning to do an official roll call to renominate the president and Vice President. No word on whether well have calamari but youll have speakers from each individual state taking a couple of minutes to talk about why they feel that way. The president and Vice President are expected to be in charlotte. Its unclear whether theyll exactly come to the Convention Center bu
And into the white house. Here is where we stand at this moment. Biden now just 17 electoral votes away from victory with six states left on the board. Here in pennsylvania, the mailin ballots are going for biden over trump by about 80 to 20, cutting deeply into the president s lead in the state and shrinking by the hour. We expect an update from nevada at this hour where joe bidens lead in a state Hillary Clinton won is still small, less than 10,000 votes at last count. In georgia officials expect to be finishing their count this hour as joe biden continues to gain ground from President Trump with votes from heavily democratic counties in and around atlanta coming in. Arizonas secretary of state says there are still hundreds of thousands of votes to tally there and a call may not come tomorrow, with the president s team hoping there is enough republican vote in Maricopa County to jump ahead. And it could take another week to count the remaining votes in north carolina. There are 15 el
From the white house. We knew President Trump was planning to do this, we just didnt know when and about two hours ago he made it official a. He often does on twitter. He said it is my great honor to announce general Michael Flynn has been granted a full pardon, congratulations toam general fln and his wonderful family, i know you will have a truly fantastic thanksgiving. He pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with then russian ambassadorad sergey kislyak, it was one of the first courtroom victories for special counsel robert mueller, about a year ago he tried to withdraw the guilty plea, his attorneys argued he had been entrapped by people t like fired fbi agent peter strzokr and then in sprin, attorney general bill barr tried to have the case against him dismissed. He accused peter strzok of setting up a perjury trap, a charge at the time peter strzok dismissed as ludicrous. Democrats are furious, congressman adam schiff said in response donald trump has repeatedly
Secretary alex azar kicks off our hour. Welcome back. A good afternoon to you. Good to be with you, bill. Thanks for having me. I saw a couple of interviews. The shots go in the arms monday or tuesday. I think thats fantastic news. What is wrong with yesterday . Well, we have to get the fda approval done. Today is a historic day for the American People. At 7 00 a. M. Today, the fda announced they had communicated to pfizer that we will be approving their emergency use authorization as a product of fdas independent scientific review process. So we should be getting that approval signed at some point today, tomorrow as soon as fda can get everything worked out with pfizer. Were already shipping the kits bill lets do it. Im hering todd beamers voice here. Lets roll. Lets go. Listen, amazing work. Operation warp speed has succeeded in ways that no one could imagine in january and february of this year. Heres the question. You broke down walls of bureaucracy that nobody thought about. Did w
Prosecutors say they are considering charges. Lets pray begin with Jonathan Perry live in atlanta. Hi, dana, he lost his life in the fast food parking lot you see behind me, just a couple of hours ago family members held a very emotional News Conference in part of it they called on protesters to remain peaceful in their efforts to bring about social change. Lets take a listen. If we stand together united as one in, there be no more cases similar to rayshard. How many more protests will it take . Today th the dash naacp calld for equal justice, something District Attorney paul howard says he is mindful of as he continues to investigate the case. The d. A. Says that he expects to reach a decision by midweek on whether to pursue criminal charges against the Police Officers involved in friday nights confrontation. News of friday shooting prompted mass protests over the weekend which blocked a major interstate and thick crowds preventive firefighters from reaching the wendys where brooks wa