From there. John, good afternoon. Reporter sandra, trace, good afternoon to you. Talking with folks on the Trump Campaign and on his legal team in the last couple of hours, and the case that theyre making is, you know, first of all, theyre saying we shouldnt be calling this because the legal challenges are still out there. And they believe there are a lot of votes that could potentially be in question, and they plan to mount legal challenges beginning on monday. Clearly, though, this was something that the Trump Campaign knew was likely going to happen because they had a statement that was ready and was sent out moments after the call was made earlier today in the 11 00 hour. Through the campaign the president saying beginning monday our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to insure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated. The American People are entitled to an honest election, that means counting all legal ballots and not counting illegal ballots
Worry that the virus can spread so easily. The latest numbers show nearly 12 million americans have been infected with coronavirus so far. This led to more than 255,000 deaths. However, there could be some hope on the horizon. Drug maker pfizer yesterday asking u. S. Health regulators for emergency use approval for the new covid19 vaccine. We have coverage on all of this. Alex hogan with whats upcoming, the thanksgiving holiday will look like a across the country. Christina coleman has the latest on the vaccine and where were seeing the worst outbreaks right now. Hi, christina. Reporter hi, eric. Well, cases are surging all over the country right now, but the upper midwest is getting hit particularly hard. States like north dakota, south dakota and wisconsin are seeing massive increases in infections right now. Covid daily deaths nationwide are lower than they were during springs peak. On thursday, there were more than 2,000 covid fatalities in the u. S. , making it one of the deadlies
Mike. Reporter and jon you can see the security preparations behind me some of this expanded metal fences in fronts of the capitol, in fact, this fencing all over town as we take a look around. As well as this security point. Now you can see some of the guardsmen with m4 rifle at the ready some of the guards men are armed with lethal weaponry this time around a guideline at least for one unit is those who have Police Training in their blgd. Either military or civilian, will be armed. Meantime a joint threat assessment from multiple federal and local Police Agencies has determined that threat if it will present itself is going to be dmes oirk at least most likely threat. Parts of the assessment read, we assess dev domestic violent extremist post threat to the president ial inauguration or associated prevent particularly those who believe that the Incoming Administration is illegitimate following the storming of vandalism of the capitol of january 6th there are now 2475 open investigatio
Toll is rising topping 700 with an american now added to the list for the first time, the u. S. Embassy in beijing saying unidentified 60yearold died in china which is the epicenter, you know this comes as two flights arrived yesterday, they evacuated it, about 300 americans from wuhan, those passengers now quarantined by military bases or nearby hospitals for at least and trying to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, here is how President Trump handled the outbreak. We had a good talk with president xi and we talked mostly about the coronavirus, they are working really hard and i think they are doing a very professional job, we are working together but working with them, cdc is working with them. Christina coleman with the latest there. The First American to die from the virus was a woman with Underlying Health conditions, embassy in beijing says the 60yearold died this week, officials did not identify this person. As the death toll continues to rise, the Chinese Government is now
Gillian turner. Leland well see the president later in the show. And im leland vittert. One third of infections are in new york state alone. And keeping an eye on the next hot spot and detroit, and Steve Harrigan is in atlanta. And they are 1. 51 . Thats significantly lower than the world average that number will likely continue to change as more testing continues. As you mentioned new york hit hard and 40 of all cases in new york state about half in new york city. New york state has five times as many cases as the next highest state of new jersey and they are bracing for potential spikes in detroit with 900 cases up until now. Chicago where theyre warning there could be 40,000 hospitalizations next week alone and louisiana there are now 57 dead from the virus and they are warning that the jump in louisiana was 40 in one day. Here is the governor. We have cases on all, but nine of our 64 parishes now and nobody should think that they dont have the resident virus. The Novel Coronavirus