And donald trump wants late arriving votes to be thrown out. The uk government will continue paying 80 of workers wages till the end of march as the chancellor extends the furlough scheme. A new four week lockdown begins in england with police saying they wont tolerate people breaking the rules. We thought wed be bringing you the us president ial election result today but all we can say is that joe biden, the democratic challenger, is edging ever closer to the white house. The bbc, in line with several other news organisations, is projecting that the democrats have won in wisconsin. That means, joe biden is currently projected to have 253 Electoral College votes, and donald trump, 214. The magic number is 270 to win the white house. And this is how the map looks now after the projected wisconsin win forjoe biden. Were still waiting for these battleground states pennsylvania, georgia, arizona and nevada. Although its the Electoral College votes that matter in the popular vote, joe biden
As pfizer covid19 vaccine is being delivered to hospitals around the country the New York Times citing fwo familiar sources with distribution plans. Reports that senior white house staff will be among the first to receive doses. And National Security official confirmed to us that senior officials across all three branchs of government will be priority for vaccination. Due to a president ial policy directed from 2016. In other news, the nations 538 ps president ial electors meet tomorrow to cast the vote for president. Voting begins at 10 00 a. M. In indiana, tennessee and vermont. Battleground states of arizona, georgia and pennsylvania will begin at noon. The wisconsin follows at 1 00 p. M. And michigan at 2 00 p. M. Each cast two ballots. One for president and Vice President. To be counted during a joint session of congress on january 6. The its doubtful the president will accept the results. Could it be called a coup . Whatever word, the effort alone is dangerous for democracy. Expe
Of the precincts. Of the rankings havent changed. Buttigieg is in the lead in the most important metric. Which remember is just like the general election. Electoral college parties. Delegates matter. Not the popular vote. Youll hear this, sde. State delegates. Sanders, right behind him. The lead is tightening. Its been just about like this since we started measuring. Worth noting sanders still does maintain this big lead in the popular vote. It matters but its not victory. The delegates are. Much of the story of who is on top is who is not. Mainly joe biden. Fourth place by a lot. He was doubled by sanders. Here is what the former Vice President said about the result there. And what it means Going Forward in our town hall not so long ago. I think what happened look there are total of 44 delegates come out of that. And it looks like it will break down between seven and 15. I expected to do better and i expected our organization would perform better. But the fact is im happy to be here i
Hawaii, and some passengers and crew have symptoms. California now potentially faces its own version of japans quarantine cruise ship some describe as a floating petri dish. We are going to be flying testing kits to the cruise ship, and we are going to be sending those quickly back to the state and primarily to richmond lab where well be able to test very quickly. Meanwhile in Washington State 10 people are dead, 6 of them were residents at life care nursing home in kirkland. Life care says it still hasnt been provided with coronavirus testing kits. One nurse who visited her mother at the facility has selfquarantined after she came down with a fever that has spiked as high as 104. Shes been told her mom does not have the virus but she has her doubts. I dont know what my options are. I cant go there to verify, but i have to believe them because shes in their care. The seattle area North Shore School district the latest to close all schools up to 14 days and facebook is closing one of it
Via live stream last night which was another great night for his campaign. Boy, you know, he really, mika, weve said before, we said over the last couple super tuesdays, the Democratic Party shouldnt push Bernie Sanders out until hes ready to go. But ive got to say, its going to be next to impossible for Bernie Sanders to catch up with joe biden with the states ahead, theyre joe biden states. Were in the middle of a national pandemic. Bernie sanders is needed in the senate to frame a lot of bills that are going to respond to this crisis right now from the is no doubt thats where he could do his most positive wor,. In the United States senate right now helping to shape these bills to represent the values and the beliefs that hes had his entire career. Not on a campaign trail, this race is all but over. Three states voted yesterday, florida, illinois, and arizona and biden walked away with decisive victories in all of them. In florida, yesterdays biggest delegate prize, biden leads by 39