Countrys diversity. Instead of balloons, fireworks, instead of a crowded convention hall, there was a parking lot packed with socially distanced democrats. Now officially the democratic president ial nominee drove home a stark message the u. S. Now faces a fundamental choice about its future. America is at an inflection point, a time of peril, real possibilities. We can choose a path of becoming angrier, less hopeful, more divided, or we can choose a different path and together take this chance to heal, to reform, to unite, the path of hope and light. This is a lifechanging election. This will determine what americas going to look like for a long, long time. Character is on the ballot. Compassion is on the ballot. Decency. Science. Democracy. Theyre all on the ballot. This is our moment. This is our mission. The history of american darkness began here and tonight as love, hope joined in the battle to resolve the nation and this is a battle we will win and well do it together. Joining m
Has accepted the democratic nomination for president. He capped off a Political Convention that looked like none before it. It was reinvented because of the deadly Global Pandemic that is now a major election issue. In his haccept is answe accep speech talked on many topics. This is our moment to make hope and history rhyme. With passion, and purpose. Let us begin, you and i, together. One nation, under god, united in our love for america and each other. For love is more powerful than hate. Hope is more powerful than fear. And light is more powerful than dark. This is our moment, this is our mission. History may be able to say, that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight. As love and hope and light join in the battle for the souls of the nation. And this is about a battle we will win and we will do it together. Biden and his wife jill and along with kamala harris, walked outside the chase center for a post speech fireworks show, and waved to the cars parked out
Says cases are falling but the continent is not out of the woods yet. We are live yet in paris. Good to have you with us, well, soaring cases, rising hospitalizations and now a u. S. Death toll from covid19 that surpassed a quarter of a million. A grim picture, as officials warn, the worst of the pandemic may still lie ahead. Right now, there are more than 11 1 2 million cases in the United States which continues to lead the world in both the number of cases and deaths. The assistant secretary of health and Human Services who spoke with cnns erin burnett anticipates the situation will deteriorate even further. This will get worse. We have had 1 million cases documented over the past week. Our rate of rise is higher than it even was in the summer. There are so many more cases that we have that deaths are going up, and unfortunately we do anticipate this to continue at least for the next couple of weeks. And that dire warning comes as the pandemic rages in many parts of the United States
Everyone. Aboutface from President Trump ditching the idea that he floated earlier on saturday on what he called a possible quarantine of parts of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. He raised the possibility saturday morning after talking with floridas republican governor. The governor said they discussed people from the hotzones around new york coming to florida, and possibly infecting floridians. Mr. Trump tweeted his idea of a quarantine and then spoke about it, twice, on saturday. Once, when leaving the white house. And, again, in virginia. Some people would like to see new york quarantined because its a hotspot. New york, new jersey, maybe one or two other places. Certain parts of connecticut quarantined. Im thinking about that right now. I am now considering will make a decision very quickly, very shortly, a quarantine because its such a hot area of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. Now, at that point, the president had, papparently not even spoken to the democratic gove