So sunday will be a peak travel day in the United States. About 1 million americans flyig home after the thanksgiving holiday. And Health Experts fear that it will lead to a disastrous rise in covid cases in the weeks ahead. 13. 2 million americans have tested positive since march, and almost onethird of those cases, more than 4 Million People, have been infected this month alone. The toll has been absolutely staggering because hospitals are getting overwhelmed with covid patients. This is a key metric. A record 91,000 americans are now being treated in medical facilities right across the country. In a desperate bid to slow the rate of infection, Los Angeles County will impose a threeweek stayathome order. And that is beginning on monday. Its just one of the many u. S. Communities reimposing restrictions. The pandemic has left millions of americans out of work and struggling to feed their families. Compare that to President Trump. Youre looking at it there. Spent an enormous time golf
White houses think that through . Thats interesting and youve touched on this specific issue that i think is a tugofwar at the highest levels of this transition team, the wire circle team folks around the Law Enforcement and doj and fbi picks and there is a real divide is too strong but there is a tension between what you described and keeping someone like an fbi director because thats what you do. Because trump has ocho blib rabo many norms, do you hue to the norm out of the gate and i think that the decision to keep chris wray is a sign of a couple of things. One, that they viewed the tension between chris wray and donald trump as a sign hes properly running the building with integrity and two, that joe biden is going to lean and his impulse will be toward restoring those norms over anything else. Yeah, and i think you put your finger on it because it is you say it matters and yet, we could come up with hypothetical names and viewers could brainstorm some that worked in the Trump Adm
Welcome to inside politics. It was hard to imagine when this pandemic started some ten months ago that we would be ending 2020 still so deep in crisis. But that is where we are. Thousands of americans are dying every single day of covid19. Two deaths every minute. Just yesterday 213,875 new cases. 101,190 in the hospital. 2,254 more confirmed deaths and yes, this is the Global Pandemic, but things in the u. S. Are a lot worse than elsewhere in the world. One example, there were more than 440,000 new confirmed covid19 cases in the past two days here in the u. S. Thats more cases than canada has had ever. The numbers on that graphic are not a typo. According to the cdc, at least 25,000 more americans are likely to die of covid19 by christmas. December and january and february are going to be rough times. I actually believe theyre going to be the most difficult time in the Public Health history of this nation. Despite how grim things are now, there is good news on the horizon. Vaccines ar
Rafael warknock and john ossoff, the president will be there amid concerns about gop infighting in a state that is tilting blue. Stacy abrams has built a formidable get out the vote operation. The number of requests for mail and balances down the third from the general election, greater proportion appeared to be coming from republicans this time. Republicans concerned losing of the senate would give a Biden Administration to an weekly Progressive Agenda supporters of donald trump are worried about something else, the battle against establishment politicians would be lost, political strategist karl rove said rather than simply vent his grievances donald trump must remind supporters that no matter how frustrated they are with novembers results they must turn out for mister purdue admits leffler. Much of Donald Trumps legacy of the partys future may depend on his choice saturday and with that we begin with White House Correspondent kevin cork. We artie had a vote, and the recount, it is s
Hours, the president will be there on the ground in person. Concerns about g. O. P. Infighting in the state that appears to be tilting blue, failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has built a formidable get out the vote operation. They say a greater proportion of them appear to be coming in from republicans this time. While conservatives are worried losing the senate would give the Biden Administration the power to enact a deeply Progressive Agenda, supporters of President Trump are also worried about something else, the battle against establishment politicians will be lost if President Trump doesnt successfully help get those g. O. P. Senators over the finish line. Political strategist karl rove put it this way rather than bent his grievances, mr. Trump must remind supporters that no matter how frustrated they are with novembers results, they must turn out for mr. Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, much of the partys future may depend on his choice saturday. With that can we begin with