Early today starts right now. Thas for joining us, everyone. Im betty nguyen. There is finally some is relief on the way. At least 21 people have died as the polar vortex blanketed the u. S. Shattering the record books with negleative temperatures. It was below freezing at least somewhere in each of the 50 states on tuesday. Yes, even in hawaii. An estimated 190 Million People faced the icesy blast headon. But, so did pets. And its a reminder to not leave them outside in this weather. This little guy, peanut, was frozen to the ground in mississippi when had it reached minus 4 this week. Thankfully hes okay. The record shattering cold even caused hell to freeze over. Hell, michigan, felt like 36 below zero with the windchill. Reporter the view from above captured it perfectly, chicago, a city frozen in place. In minnesota dramatic video of a car careening off an icy bridge. The driver walking away, amazingly, with minor injuries. Else with where, workers put in long hours to bring fault
This country had ever seen before. This is how the New York Times reported on his first rally three and a half weeks after the election. Quote. Kicking off what was built as a thankyou tour, mr. Trump was incendiary, and prideful, hopeful and indicting, vengeful and determined. His staff said the rally was the first of several he will hold before his inauguration next month. His tour is an unusual move for a president elect. Most of whom do not return so quickly to the campaign trail, especially while cabinet positions remain unfilled. So the whole idea of this thankyou tour is classic donald trump. I dont know. But, in any case, the tour was only for his voters. Part of how you could tell was that he only traveled to states that he won. The first rally was in ohio. Then, there was another in north carolina. Then, he brought the tour to louisiana. And he did it all again, in alabama. The president elect spent his whole transition celebrating with only the people who voted for him. Ther
The president elect decided to spend the period between his election and inauguration, he held a whole bunch of campaignstyle rallies. This is something that literally no president elect had ever done before in the runup to his inauguration, because if youve just been elected president of the United States, especially for the first time, theres just too much to do. There are tons of vital briefings. You have to staff the whole federal government. You to plan how to govern. But this president elect, he held a whole bunch of selfcongratulatory rallies in which he relived the glory of Election Night over and over. He bragged about his victory, attacked all the politicians he had beaten and all the media who he said had done him wrong. It was simply unlike anything that this country had ever seen before. This show the New York Times reported on his first rally three and a half weeks after the election. Quote, kicking off what was billed as a thank you tour, mr. Trump was incendiary and pri
Spend the period between his election and inauguration. He held a whole bunch of campaignstyle rallies. Now, this was something that literally no president elect had ever done before in the runup to his inauguration because if youve just been elected president of the United States, especially for the first time, theres just too much to do. There are tons of vital briefings. You have to staff the whole federal government. You have to, you know, plan how to govern. But this president elect, he held a whole bunch of selfcongratulatory rallies in which he relived the glory of Election Night over and over. He bragged about his victory, attacked all the politicians he had beaten and all the media who said had done him wrong who he said had done him wrong. It was simply unlike anything that this country had ever seen before. This is how the New York Times reported on his first rally 3 1 2 weeks after the election. Quote, kicking off what was billed as a thankyou tour, mr. Trump was incendiary
Lead the u. S. Intelligence community and the first latino to lead the department of Homeland Security. As well as the firstever special envoy for climate. Also breaking right now. A new defeat, a very important defeat for President Trump as he seeks to overturn the u. S. Election. A michigan board has just voted to certify the states results, despite a lot of pressure from the president to try to overturn them, making it even clearer that the president , right now, has no path forward. We are following breaking pandemic news. The u. S. Death toll has now topped 257,000 people. The number of cases here in the United States is growing at an alarming rate now past 12. 3 million with 225,000 confirmed just this month and its only november 23rd. Lets get to the breaking transition news first. Jessica dean is joining us from wilmington, delaware. Some very, very important posts being filled on a very speedy rate by the president elect of the United States. Reporter yes. They are moving at a