Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with another day of disturbing new milestones in the Coronavirus Crisis while the country awaits approval of the vaccine. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded more than 217,000 infections and more than 2,900 deaths and over 100,000 hospitalizations. President elect biden said on his first day in office, he plans to ask americans to wear a mask for 100 days to help slow the spread of the virus. Debra alfarone is in washington. There is only so much the president can do. Is he can ask and he has some dominion over places where he can make it mandatory. Absolutely. We are talking federal buildings and any transportation that crosses state lines. Planes, buses and trains. The post thanksgiving surge predicted by Public Health experts has arrived with the coronavirus spreading out of control in much of the u. S. More than 217,000 positive tests reported on thursday. Shattering the single total set a day earlier. We dont want to scare
Updates. Nevada, pennsylvania, georgia still too close to call. Nevada and arizona, by the way, both say theyll announced updated results in the morning. In arizona joe biden is ahead by 47,000 votes. Hes hoping hell continue to lead in the new votes coming in from maricopa county. Thats the population base of phoenix. In nevada now, joe biden ahead by just 12,000 votes. Remember Hillary Clinton won nevada in 2016. Lets show you pennsylvania. Some new numbers now. The margin just narrow. President trump has the lead here by 18,000 votes. Ballots are still be counted in philadelphia. The Biden Campaign is hoping those ballots will tip the state in bidens favor. The race is closest in georgia. Trump is ahead of biden by less than 1,300 votes. As the counting continues people are growing more and more anxious. Were seeing a lot of anxiety, a lot of anger but also curiosity as we watch democracy at work. Reporter tonight ipphiladelphia more protesting in the streets urging officials to cou
Delaware putting joe biden over the top. He represented delaware and the u. S. Senate for 30 plus years. Tonight, he officially became the democratic nominee. Heres how it happened. Thank you to all of our delegations. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all. It means the world to me and my family and i will see you on thursday. Thank you, thank you, thank you that is how it unfolded. Alexi is joining us from wilmington, delaware. A very different convention tonight, a very different acceptance by joe biden. Tell us what your reaction has been so far. There are not many balloons or confetti falling from my hotel room or sitting on the floor behind me. I am stuck in this hotel until they give their live remarks wednesday and th
All know,t, as we this is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above a
Actually cared, that my life meant something to him. I knew that he would take my story there with him. Thats because joe biden has room in his heart for more than just himself. We have been through a lot and we have tough days ahead. Nominating someone like that to be in the white house is a good place to start. Thats why i nominate my friend, joe biden, as the next president of the United States. The new yorkt times as a Security Guard and thats where she met joe biden. There is a story in New York Times if you want to read about it. The democrats have officially nominated joe biden to be president. This is an incredible day. I am really excited to talk about health care, if we could. Please go ahead. Sure. That obamacare is currently an opt in model. I would like to see an opt out public option where people who are not using the Governments Health care will be able to receive tax credits based on the size of what did you hear tonight about health care that attracted you or did not a