Republican electors in wayne county who initially opposed certifying to towards vote. You said the only ones that are at fault the city of detroit where 80 of the people who reside there are africanamericans. Shame on you. Shame on you. You are a disgrace as it relates to the ability to have a free and impartial election in the statio amy hen weook at how pfizer cid19 exits privateeavily on funding. We will speak to rob weissman of Public Citizen. Lcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Soared past 12 million confirmed covid19 cases this weekend as the number of new cases quickly approaches 200,000 a day. Over a quarter of a Million People in the u. S. Have died from the coronavirus. Despite warnings from Public Health experts, including that centers for Disease Control and prevention, who are urging people to skip travel and indoor gatherings, a surge in Holiday Travel has already started ahead of thanksgiving. The department of hea
Ultimatum, saying surrender or a military assault will begin on your capital. U. S. President elect, joe biden, announcing some major cabinet nominees for the top diplomatic post, secretary of state, he has picked antony blinken, who is deputy secretary of state under president obama. He also has a French Connection he went to high school in paris and speaks the language fluently. Another notable nominee, former secretary of state, john kerry, has been chosen to lead the effort to combat climate change. For more on how biden is filling out his National Security and Foreign Policy teams, lets bring in our washington correspondent. Tell us more about the pix biden made today. Reporter there are two words at describe these six pix. One is diversity and the second is expertise. Diversity because there are, as a first in these cabinet picks, if these people are confirmed, starting with errol haynes, who will become the first woman director of National Intelligence if she is to be confirmed.
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At tray Glen Astrazeneca on the defense after critics say it failed to give an update on patient data on the vaccine trials. Futures after markets were closed for the thanksgiving holiday, they are in the green as you can see, dow jones 54 in the premarket. Weve got a lot to talk about today with wall street. Were going to have a half trading day today, markets closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time some good news to show you, nice gains there, the nasdaq is in record territory as the dow is looking to crack 30,000 once more today after the index crossed the milestone earlier in the week. Ruling on religious restrictions, the Supreme Court telling new York Governor Andrew Cuomo he cant put a capacity limit on houses of worship. Were on this story today. Plus, it is black friday, its going to look a little bit different. Retailers going with the shift to online sales as brick and Mortar Stores are rethinking foot traffic this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Its a brandnew day.
Killed his wife and unborn son. It has been said that there is no honor among thieves. The Sacramento County da joined other top das in denouncing edd for failing to check inmate lists like its done and 35 other states. They also failed to check where the funds are going. There was money sent to prisons. Even names that were clearly phony were not flagged. Even names like john doe, in one case someone had the audacity to put their name as poopy purchase. Several people have been convicted but the da says even with clear evidence of fraud that edd could not take action. Under the regulations they were all bound by, they could not cut people off until we file the charges. The El Dorado County da said another cruel irony lies in the fact that those truly out of work are having problems getting through to edd. They are unable to get money because they dont know the system the way inmates do. Assemblyman Jim Patterson says he wants edd officials to testify under oath about their systemic fa