It is the last day of whats feared to be a superspreader event in missouri as more than 200,000 people died from covid in the United States. Expanding evacuations near l. A. A nerveracking night as wildfires explode in size spreading in different directions. Plus, its the final stage of the Tour De France and todays winner could be the youngest in more than a century. Where were you the day he was born . That is not the question i expected to wake up to this morning. Ill ponder it later. Well go live to paris and champselysees. As we say good morning as well to norfolk, virginia, a beautiful start to the morning there on the east coast. Early voting started in virginia. It did. It is under way right now. Long lines already even though theres plenty of time. It is a good sign right there. We begin right now in washington, d. C. , where President Trump says he intends to name a nominee to the Supreme Court as early as this week, and it sets up a massive battle on capitol hill. Already we
And you may recall the senator from such events as this one, that would be the white house rose garden event on september 26th, that dr. Anthony fauci described as a super spreader event for Amy Coney Barrett where senator lee was seen hugging people. And here is lee maskless three days later with judge barrett. He is one of at least 12 people who were at that super spreader event diagnosed with covid. And while he wasnt hospitalized he has had and maybe still has a pretty serious case by his own admission. I had fatigue, i had some fevers, and sometimes i felt like it might feel to be 98 years old and in a boxing match. Mike lee is not fully out of the woods. His doctor today released a letter that acknowledged that while lee is improving, he is basically still experiencing symptoms selfreported, and yet there he was the hearing room today, speaking without a mask, so committed to ramming through a justice, to giving trump and conservatives a 63 majority on the court for a generation
Vote. Were voting like our lives depends on it. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. I want to show you tonight some video from earlier today that embodies the priorities of the party of donald trump three weeks before election day in the midst of a pandemic that is now entering its third wave. That is utah republican senator mike lee speaking in person in the room at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett today. As you can see senator mike lee, though speaking, is not wearing a mask. And you may recall the senator from such events as this one, that would be the white house rose garden event on september 26th, that dr. Anthony fauci described as a super spreader event for Amy Coney Barrett where another lee was seen hugging people. And here is lee maskless with judge barrett. He is one of at least 12 people who were at that super spreader event diagnosed with covid. And while he wasnt hospitalized he has had and m
President trump who took questions from the press pool for the First Time Since election day yesterday. The chaotic back and forth ended the longest stretch of time in his presidency that he didnt engage with reporters. 23 days, four hours and three minutes. Here was the most notable part. Just to be clear, if the Electoral College votes for joe biden, will you concede . If they do they, there is a mistake but will you was a fraud. The Electoral College does elect President Joe Biden will you not leave this building . Certainly i will. Certainly i will. You know that. But i think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january. Well, to the surprise of nobody, the president contradicted his own statement when he tweeted this morning on his way to, hope youre sitting down for this, the golf course that joe biden can only be president if he can prove that his votes quote were not fraudulently or illegally obtained end quote. That is, of course, plainly no
Hello there, im associate a and her with the headline here on al jazeera, growing anger at unity as political and economic crisis has spilled over into huge protests with thousands tanning out as rival opposition groups held rallies against president chi, isiah. Interrogating me has the story, ah, crowds gathered in the center of tunis ne keith, president high side of corrupting Democratic Institutions and wanting absolute power. Hi lainey. I came here today because of the queue and the miserable conditions the country is in today. There is no water or milk, no sugar and no petrol, and we have a president who is only interested in power. Oh, the 2 parties organizing the protests have long been bitter rivals. Now both are focused on the fight against the age leaders of the national salvation. Front coalition and the Free Constitution Party urchin indians to boycott decembers parliamentary elections. I the tunisian people who fought 50 years for democracy will not allow the school to set