As is tradition, two tiny communities in n hampshire cast their ballots after the stroke of midnight. The results were a sweep for biden, while in millsfield, trump won 16 votes to 5 for biden. The 2020 election is taking place amid the growing coronavirus pandemic and a risingocial divide in u. S society. The response to the coronavirus and the reopening of the economy have become Major Campaign issues. Johns Hopkins University in the u. S. Says the total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at nearly 9. 3 million. The death toll has topped the world with over 230,000. Restrictions on mailin voting were eased to address concerns about spreading the virus. Millions of people opted to cast ballots early. Turnout could be the highest in a century. There are concerns as voting gets under way. Trump has insisted mailin votes are prone to fraud, and the results could be contested in court. Some reports say trump may declare victory unilaterally before all the votes are tallied. T
County that wasnt there yesterday so we can be thankful that we are making progress albeit slow progress so far and as james mentioned still in the midst of a recordbreaking streak of spare the air alert days, 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with concord and pittsburgh each at 60 degrees. Oakland at 61 right now while San Francisco berkeley much of the north bay hanging out in the 50s to get things started. Robin. Thank you have some trouble spots and lots of heavy traffic to talk about crews are wrapping up a car fire on vasco road right now at one point we had all southbound lanes closed on southbound vasco at the south end of the last week Harris Reservoir but it looks like theyve just released traffic which is good news for people coming out of iran Discovery Bay brentwood trying to get south into livermore but still a lot of heavy traffic there are residual delays leading up to the scene we still have an overturned crash active in san leandro 80 south before to 38. Theyr
Ron klain was the evil Ebola Response cornu during the obama administration. He joint Health Policy experts for discussion on the use response to the coronavirus at the center for American Progress in washington, d. C. Good morning, everyone. My name is neera tanden and im pleased to welcome you to the center for American Progress. I am so glad you could join us for this critically important conversation. The death toll from the coronavirus now exceeds 3200 with more than 200 cases confirmed inside the United States. As Health Officials warn the coronavirus will ultimately become widespread in the United States, serious questions have emerged about have the federal government is responding. Around the world countries are beginning to take significant measures including restricting travel, closing schools, postponing religious pilgrimages and imposing quarantines. Critics say the Trump Administration has been slow to address this impending crisis. The present editing have said to downpl
Discussion on the corona virus, the former Ebola Response coordinator under president obama. Live coverage from the center for American Progress on cspan2. Im pleased to welcome you to the center for American Progress. Im glad you could join us for this critically important conversation. The default for the coronavirus exceeds 3200 people, with 200 cases confirmed inside the United States. As Health Officials warn the coronavirus will ultimately become widespread in the United States, serious questions have emerged how the federal government is responding. Around the world countries are beginning to take significant measures including restricting travel, closing schools, postponing religious pilgrimages and imposing quarantines. Critics say the Trump Administration has been slow to address this crisis. The president and his team are set to downplay the risks saying last night but everything was going to work out fine because the virus, quote, will go away by april contradicting the cdc
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