Biden. But there are still voters up for grabs. I want to vote for somebody other than donald trump, but i dont want to vote for biden. Welcome to inside politics. Im dana bash. John king is off this weekend. And to our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. As the u. S. Approaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths, President Trump held a rally in an airplane hangar in nevada last night, where he boasted about the size of his packed crowd. And said this about the trajectory of the virus. Now, having a vaccine is good, but were rounding the turn regardless. Were rounding the turn. And it is happening. It is happening. You see. Floridas way down. Tex is now way down. Arizona, governor has done a great job. An influential pandemic modeler predicts u. S. Deaths doubling by the end of this year. People think that because the case numbers are sort of going down in the last three, four weeks, deaths are sort of being pretty flat, that the epidemic is ov
But that wasnt all. There was also this pretty odd exchange over the simple question of whether the president ever received any oxygen. The president this morning is not on oxygen, not having difficulty breathing or Walking Around the white house medical unit upstairs. The last saturation we had up Walking Around, he was about 96 . And he has not received any supplemental oxygen. He is not on oxygen right now, thats right. He has not received any at all . Hes not needed anybody any this morning today at all. Has he ever been on supplemental oxygen . Right now he is not on you keep saying, right now, he is not but should we read into the fact yesterday and today, he is not on oxygen. So he has not been on it during his Covid Treatment . He is not on oxygen right now. Were going to be talking to a medical expert about that. We also have some more people in the president s orbit testing positive with former new jersey governor chris christie, the latest to add his name to that list that n
Supporters to make plans to vote as the state is now in that inperson earlyvoting period. Biden spoke for around 20 minutes, where you had people attending in their socially distanced spaces, sitting in cars, some people atop their cars as they listened to the former Vice President. He once again honed in on the coronavirus pandemic, trying to present this contrast for the division he would have for hasnting the virus. He urged everyone on hand, supporters in the states, to make sure theyre ready to get out to vote and tres the need for bipartisanship, as he is seeking to ease the division thats currently in the country. Take a listen. Folks, as my coach used to say in college, its go time. Im running as a proud democrat, but i will govern as an american president. No red states, no blue states, just the United States. I promise you, ill work as heart for those who didnt support me as those who did. Reporter that was a bit of the former Vice President s message. As you mentioned, the c
Singleday coronavirus case totals since the start of the pandemic, including wisconsin where the president will hold a rally later tonight. In fact, the infection rate, the positivity rate, is somewhere up above 20 right now. Hes also in michigan today, a state thats also reporting a Record Number of cases. In fact, take a look at how those cases are climbing in michigan. Also on the rise, the number of early ballots cast in this election. Americans are voting early in Record Numbers. More than 22 million have voted so far, and while requests for mailin ballots are in high demand, in part due to the pandemic, President Trumps sustained attacks on vote by mail, plus the overhauls to the postal service, have inspired so many people to vote early inperson. Let me take you to georgia. These images from this morning where some people lined up for three or four hours to cast their ballots. Well have much more on the ground there in georgia in a moment. But first, cnns joe johns joins us from
Hello again. Thank you for joining us. We begin this hour with growing pressure on President Trump to come to grips with his reelection defeat. That pressure coming from his own family members, a sort tells cnn Melania Trump has advised her husband to accept the loss. Cnn has also learned that Senior Adviser and soninlaw jared has kushner approached him to but he continues to falsely claim in all caps the election was somehow rigged against him. Meantime both the president and preside president elect are facing a intensifying pandemic. A new record was set, the Third Straight day of more than 120,000 cases. Globally the pandemic has surpassed another grim miletone. More than 50 million infections and counting. In his victory speech last might president elect joe biden pledged to name a new Coronavirus Task force by tomorrow, biden making it clear that the pandemic will be his top priority when he takes office january 20th. Our work begins with getting covid under control. We cannot rep