the bishop of brooklyn praised the ruling saying, i m gratified be the decision by the united states supreme court who have recognized the clear first amendment violation and urgent need for relief. i m proud to be leading the diocese of brooklyn and fighting for our sacred and constitutional right to worship. let s go to the justice department. david is live with more. happy thanksgiving. this ruling came down before midnight and the implications will last for decades long after covid-19 s in the history books. it s a win for religious freedom and amy barrett, a month already feeling her fate on a career that could span for decades. she was the key swing vote here, a 5-vote in favor of the conservatives. john roberts known to be a devout catholic sided with the liberal wing of the court on this decision. the majority, the conservatives decided that this was something that needed to be done so this is how they ruled. andrew cuomo announced various restrictions on gatherin
get us into even more trouble. the washington post reporting, quote, as daily covid-19 deaths climb to levels not seen since early in the pandemic, nine states have hit one more grim marker. more than one in every 1,000 people dead of coronavirus-related causes. on friday south dakota became the latest state to reach that unwanted marker, including new york, new jersey, and neighboring north dakota which currently has the highest covid mortality rate in the world. it s early morning here outside the badlands region of south dakota. we re traveling to key locations across the country, areas that have been hard hit by the coronavirus, even before the arrival of covid-19 native americans had the country s lowest life expectancy. now south dakota is reporting some of the highest deaths per capita. residents are fighting for their very lives. with a positivity rate of 24%, south dakota and neighboring north dakota have the highest incidence of covid-19 cases nationwide over the
already in. meantime of course the president refusing to concede the election repeating his baseless claims that the election was a fraud. let s go to carol lee standing by for us in washington. welcome to you. what did the president say today if anything on this? he made a number of very familiar being aing could yaccud that won t sound new to you, but he continues to make them. he also vented a range of frustrations on everyone from his own justice department to the governor of georgia who is a republican and ale lie. t ally. the president said he was ashamed that he endorsed him. and he took aim at the judicial system making unfounded accusations of unfairness there. take a listen. they don t want to take the affidavits. then they say we don t have proof. i wanted to file one suit, donald j. trump president of the united states against, you know and put everything into one simple suit and they say sir, you don t have standing. i say i don t have standing. you mean
good day, everyone, and welcome to msnbc headquarters in new york. there is a new timeline for the distribution of covid-19 vaccines once they are approved for emergency use, and some americans could be getting them before christmas. surgeon general drum adams said its authorization will submit its request on december 10, and some will answer within 24 hours of that request. the surgeon general will reflect on what might have gone wrong with president trump s handling of the pandemic. there are many different things we could have done differently. this virus has been challenging. i wish that, again, this hadn t been superimposed on top of an election. i wish we would have been able to come together as a nation and really talked about the science instead of the politics. hmm. well, this comes from new warnings today from dr. anthony fauci on what to expect after the busy thanksgiving travel weekend. there almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has ha
that. this is the layman s most people, which is relatable to our audience. the establishment, these are the rules we created ape it s and it s been this way a long time. regular guy, little guy, said times have changed, found a loophole, what you. according to your rules, you can t get mad at us. it s a reflection of what s happening in our larger culture, larger society right now as it comes to women s rights and me too and issues of race and equity and equality and all of that. it s like, people who have been there, the establishment who s been there for so long, the entitled, right, the people who, hey, look, we re the wealthy, these are the rules, we want to live by and continue, and the underdog is saying no, no, no, we deserve a place as well and now this is the clash. so, hey, the rule that s what s happened. what i find interesting about it is i love that these people came together to prop something up. now, you can say no, no, no, you re ascribing virtue whe