To troops at fort bragg in North Carolina. A short time ago. Joe biden will make an appearance in the a drive and event in tampa, florida, and he spoke earlier today in brown county. This comes in the wake of dramatic news about the pace of the economic recovery in the midst of so urging coronavirus numbers and renewed lockdowns. A huge surge in the countrys Gross Domestic Product or gdp, the best measure of how the economy is growing. Thats where were starting tonight. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts leads us off from tampa. A good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. President trump has been predicting that there would be robust Economic Growth as the u. S. Economy reopens from coronavirus lockdown. The president claiming the demand would lead to a sharper vshaped recovery. For the moment, the prediction appears to be right on track. In tampa today, President Trump breaking on the new economic numbers, a staggering 33. 1 annualized growth in the Third Quarter. Presi
Getting wisconsin and michigan added to his win column today. President trump has 214. The winner again means 207. Martha continuing to count ballots this evening and they will determine the outcome and a handful of electoral states. And will decide ultimately who occupies the highest office in our land. A short time ago joe biden came before the microphone and said that he expects that he will be the winner when the count is finished. But he said he is not declaring his victory until he hits 270. President trump has yet to speak since very early this morning when he declared a victory both sides are deploying armies of attorney is ready to go to court over any irregularity in this counting process. So thats where we are. Bret we should put an asterisk, because the Trump Campaign is saying that they are filing lawsuits are joining lawsuits, counting recounts in a number of different states. We have journalists and experts ready to help you understand all that is happening and where thi
Bret baier. Martha good evening, i martha maccallum. Next couple hours we will set the stage for the finale of the 2020 election season. Two races that will shape the legislative picture in congress for the next two years. We will have interview with senator david purdue in a moment. Bret john roberts at the white house, lawmakers are saying about President Trumps phone call with the georgia secretary of state, peter doocy in atlanta with president elect bidens visit to the Georgia Capital but we begin with correspondent Steve Harrigan entailed in georgia where the president will host a rally for the republican candidate in about three hours. Good evening. Speak a good evening, three i was away from the president s appearance you can see the last of the crowd filing through. Theres people here overnight about two dozen people on the asphalt, 20 do 20degree weather to make sure they got in. And checked out before they go in and local officials are talking about at least 5,000 people com
Release by the attorney general. What we are essentially getting here a whole lot of holes filled in about the origins into the investigation into the Trump Campaigns alleged ties to the russian government. Chairman graham says in the release the fisa court was lied to exculpatory information was withheld on those being investigated. And the leadership of the fbi under comey and mccabe was either grossly incompetent or they knowingly allowed tremendous misdeeds. There is a blind eye turned towards any explanation other than the Trump Campaign was colluding with foreign powers. In these documents are Interview Transcripts from 11 government officials who worked on the russia probe as it launch you had. Interviewees talk about cambridge professor stephon halper and fbi confidential source who was in contact with Trump Campaign aides carter page and george paparazzi. One former doj Intel Committee says this about the fisa courts decision to launch surveillance operations targeting page in
Chunk of that gain happening after the News Conference started and continuing throughout. All of this comes on a day of more cancellations and postponements affecting major sporting events, Worship Services and educational facilities. As well as increasing strain on businesses and consumers. America has dramatically changed how it operates. In the span of just a few days. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with what the Emergency Declaration means and what comes next. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. Indeed, things have changed quite significantly in just the last few days. President trump was hoping it wouldnt come to this but with public concern growing and political pressure mounting on him to show that the white house is making maximum effort to deal with the coronavirus, the president today moved to get out in front of it. I am officially declaring a National Emergency. Two very big words. The declaration of a Nationa