Cheers, michael. Welcome back to the weekend, everyone. Election day is 66 weeks i gave early voting kicks off in pennsylvania in just 16 days. To win, vice president kamala harris knows democrats need to grow their coalition and part of that means reaching out to conservative leaning voters. In her first major interview as a democratic nominee, she promised to welcome republican voices to her administration if she wins in november. I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it is important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. I think it would be to the benefit of the american public to have a member of my cabinet who was a republican. Joining us now is olivia troye, former homeland security and terrorism adviser to mike pence. When i heard that i was like, that michael steele for commerce secretary. I could put on a tie. I would be happy to do that. It would be an honor
Mae jemison. Thank you and thanks very much for my sons question. Thanks for joining us. The news continues here on cnn hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States, canada, and all around the world. Im Christina Macfarlane, On Max Foster just ahead. Mike on or off the trump and harris teams, Squabble Over whether to leave microphones muted during the president ial debate, just two weeks out from the highly anticipated event russia unleashes a new wave of deadly strikes on ukraine a day after moscow launched one of its largest drone and missile attacks of the war so far and cited, fined, or even jailed San Franciscos aggressive approach to dealing with the citys Homeless Population cnn newsroom, with max foster and Christina Macfarlane exactly ten weeks from today, americans will head to the polls to pick their next president , democratic nominee Kamala Harris, was off to the Campaign Trail monday, but later this week, she and running mate tim walz will begin a b
The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
Is detected in the United States just as there are new predictions of a much higher potential death toll. Donald trump left the white house, but many republicans are refusing to leave him. We have the latest as some Party Members swear their loyalty to the former president. And the sub reddit page that has wall street in a spin. The latest on gamestops Crazy Ride On wall street. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. A new forecast warns that more contagious strains of the coronavirus could cause an additional 85,000 deaths in the u. S. By may. The first two cases of the variant first detected in south africa have now been confirmed in the u. S. Its already circulating in at least 30 other countries. Two americans who have it dont know each other and havent traveled abroad. Now this variant may make at least one potential new vaccine less effective. Drug