The grave of his son beau, that is how he started off the day, and now hes just flown into an area near scranton where apparently he has brought i think he said two of his grandchildren. 100 Million People have already cast their ballots before the polls opened today. That is a record. Right now polls are opening in six more states, you can see them there, long lines, voters are standing in lines at polling locations across the nation. This is the scene at one polling site in philadelphia. Theres certainly anxiety, theres excitement, theres uncertainty with the nation auto divided and the coronavirus pandemic surging, it is one of the most critical developments in our nations history. We could see President Trump head to the rnc annex offices in virginia this morning. Joe biden is spending part of his day in pennsylvania he has just arrived there now to make a final pitch to voters. We have correspondents in positions to bring you the latest. Polls in florida opened a short time ago, t
Reporting that just came out. All right . The story tonight from tthe Washington Post is about whether or not we could have been ready for the pandemic sooner. Specifically, that back in january, intelligence officials were trying to get the attention of the white house. And they were not being taken seriously. That the white house and staff didnt want to listen to the information that a pandemic from china was likely. Now, this is not about going backwards. Our focus is forwards. But we need to know how we got here. To understand what lessons must be learned Going Forward. One of the reporters on this is josh darcy from the Washington Post. Josh, thank you very much for joining us. What do you know . So in january and february, chris, the Intelligence Community was presenting the president different global threat reports that showed ominous symbols of this pandemic. That the chinese were not telling the truth about how many cases there were. They were not telling the truth about how b
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