Q a reporters. Well bring it to you as soon as it gets under way. Meanwhile at the white house the Coronavirus Task force is expected to begin a briefing any minute. The president not expected to attend. Were not expected to see or hear from donald trump at all today if you dont count the disinformation hes sending out from his tweet feed. The National Daily death toll of coronavirus cases approaching 2,000. Donald trump has no public appearances scheduled for today. His lawyers, if thats what were calling them, are out in force today including whats being described as a dangerous press conference in washington rife with conspiracy theories and hair dye running down the side of Rudy Giulianis face. With trump still holed up in the white house, the narrow window we have as to how the president is spending his team, shows trump consumed by the vote, not the virus. In a revelation reported by the a. P. , shows how hes spent some of his time. Hes been calling local Election Officials on th
Held the first briefing in months but didnt take any questions. Kristen starts us off. Both dr. Fauci and dr. Birx were there. Even though coronavirus crase s cases are surging across the country dr. Fauci said we are not talking about shutting down the country if americans keep social distancing and wearing masks. Then we can hold things off until the vaccine comes. I have used that metaphor the calvary is on the way. You dont stop shooting. You keep going until the calvary gets here. The vicepresident pence wassa that briefing. President trump was not. He was not on camera since saturday. But hes been tweeting and letting his legal team do the talking. President trump tweeted about an Important News conference on the path to victory. Rudy giuliani was standing on stage next to a map of the United States with the title multiple pathways to victory. Over the course of the next 90 minutes, Rudy Giuliani did not explain a single path but focussed on voter fraud. There are other aspects o
Law the Trump Campaign can still request another recount. Trumps effort to subvert the Election Results has taken on a new and more dangerous and ominous turn. As the Washington Post puts it tonight, quote, the president is now trying to remain in power with a wholesail assault on the integrity of the vote. That gets us to today, and today may be remembered when all the craziness is over for one thing. Rudy giulianis hair dye started dripping down his face after an outbreak of sweat for a press conference. It was rambling, repugnant, reprehensible, hysterical. And as the man just fired by trump for protecting the security of our election said on twitter today it was the most dangerous 1 hour, 45 minutes of television in american history. Indeed the dark seepage almost overshadowed what we heard at that press conference with the last lawyers left in america willing to defend the president. Joe biden is in the lead because of the fraudulent ballots, the illegal ballots that were produced
Raging all over this country, the one that he still leads. The Vice President led a public Coronavirus Task force briefing yesterday, the first in months. And the message from the doctors is that we are in a dangerous moment that requires vigilance. The numbers underline the life or death stakes of the next few months. Thursday, 187,000 new cases, a record setting pandemic total, and 2,000 american deaths. 80,000 americans are in hospitals with the virus, and dr. Anthony fauci says that number will explode if americans dont rethink their thanksgiving plans. Take a look at your family and say do i have a person there who is an elderly person, a person with an underlying medical condition that might put them at increased risk of a severe outcome if they infected. Today, the drug maker pfizer says it will apply for an emergency use authorization for its covid19 vaccine. The hope is that some doses will be ready by december. But when the vaccine will be available for everyone is a top line
Enough nurses and doctors. School closing chaos protests over the return to Remote Learning in the nations Largest School district. Education is a right, and dining is not at all. Odonnell the terrible toll tonight on lowincome families. As President Trump loses more of his legal challenges, the strong words tonight from president elect joe biden. He will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible president s. Odonnell plus, the man once known as americas mayor peddles election conspiracies in a bizarre news conference. Breaking his silence Prince William speaks for the first time about his late mothers bombshell interview 25 years ago. And, music may be the best medicine. Tonight, the remarkable way one patient is saluting frontline workers from his hospital bed. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news, becau