But there is still a path to victory for both biden and President Trump as Battle Ground states continue to tally votes. Here is where we stand. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is needed to win. Were waiting on alaska, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. Voter turnout is expected to be high in this unusual Election Year but how high in comparison to past president ial elections . Abc 7 news Leslie Brinkley looked into that question today in Contra Costa County that could be a micro cost m for the rest of the bay area. Reporter here in the east bay, there was a big push to register new voters. They received more on the roster than four years ago but no so much the sheer number of voters but the percent of those voters who actually vote. This machine takes pictures of signatures on ballots. First step in the process of counselling a vote. There are ballots dropped off at the polls and those that arrived in the mail today.
Within minority communities toward the medical industry. Thank you to all of our witnesses and, of course, my colleagues for joining us. Todays reading is about the extraordinary effort underway to develop a vaccine to prevent covid19, safe and effective vaccine could hasten the end to this disastrous pandemic. But the herd immunity that would in covid19 once and for all requires all of us, all of us to get vaccinated. For that we need public trust in this entire vaccine project. Around the globe nearly 200 vaccine candidates are being developed and over 20 have entered human Clinical Trials. In the United States, five entered human Clinical Trials with large Clinical Trials that begins later this month. With a historic all hands on deck effort underway around the globe, the timeline to develop a vaccine may be compressed from several years down to just 12 or 18 months. However, moving with this amazing speedos not and must not allow for getting any corners. Today we will how we must p
Good afternoon, bill. Mitch mcconnell is in the drivers seat, we expect to hear from him shortly. He is the one who wants to do a narrow coronavirus bill sometime during the lame duck session of congress. It appears as though the opportunity for nancy pelosi to do her own bigger version of a coronavirus bill may evaporate. Here is the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. 6. 9 unemployment is a stunning indication of a dramatic comeback of the econo economy. That ought to affect what size of any rescue package we additionally do. Congress must also either lift or suspend the debt ceiling this session and approved the defense policy bill. The deadline to fund the government is december 11. Everyone will be looking at how mcconnell gets along with biden. This is mcconnell bidding farewell to his friend as biden presided over the senate for the last time as Vice President in late 2016. Youve been a real friend. Youve been a trusted partner. And its been an honor to serve with you. We ar
The inauguration. But federal officials are saying there is no direct evidence right now that lawmakers directly are under threat. Some good news there. Steve harrigan is here, hi, steve. Gillian, well give you a look at what its like im on 17th and h. Its ordinary will i ordinarily a busy intersection, six lanes this way and four this way. If you look either way, you see nothing. This part of the city is entirely shut off. Theres some buildings boarded up and thats really the only sound you hear are hammers, nails, people boarding up buildings with plywood. Theres all kind of barricades set up. Physical barricades, cars, dump trucks and fencing. The closer you get to the white house the closer you get to the capitol, the fences get higher and razor wire comes out. You mentioned the numbers up from 21,000 to 25,000 National Guard, so there will be more National Guard here than troops in afghanistan and iraq combined. And probably more National Guard on the street here than there will b
Right now, washington, d. C. And all 50 State Capitols are hardening their defenses. Theyre bracing for large, possibly violent armed protests leading up to inauguration day. These images here arent what youd expect to see around the seat of americas government, and its not just around the u. S. Capitol building. Much of official washington is sealed off in all directions by trucks, barricades, troops, armed security. The National Mall is closed. Up to 25,000 National Guard troops are pouring into washington from all over the country. Authorities say the immediate threat appears domestic extremists upset by Donald Trumps election loss and emboldened by the deadly capitol siege. The fbi warns all 50 State Capitols could be targets. Most of them have greatly enhanced their security. For his part, the president elect has readied about a dozen executive actions as soon as hes sworn in. Well have more on that in just a moment. But we begin with cnns shimon proc ewe pes and the scene right n