Been going on on forever. And its like do we have a new president yet . Good morning to you. Thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Thousands of ballots have been counted but still tens of thousands left across the country. The race is still too close to call but if fieden webiden were two own winning georgia put him one electoral collect short. Biden is catching up in the key states as they count mailin ballots. Remember, trump discouraged his supporters from using mailin ballots. Democrats did use them and because they are generally counted last these mailin ballots as the last few trickle in, postmarked, of course, by election day, we are seeing biden make huge gains. Take a look at pennsylvania this morning. Pennsylvania biden has 3,310,000 and trump has 3,296,000. They could not count the mailin ballots in pennsylvania until election day. They pointed out mailin ballots are arduous to count. We are counting hundreds of thousands of ballots in an in
Were back with breaking news from turkey. Another incredible rescue after fridays powerful earthquake. Earlier today, a young girl was pulled from the rubble. The child had been trapped in a building that collapsed. Several other people have also been safely pulled from the rubble. The 7. 0 magnitude quake killed more than 90 people. Wishing her a speedy recovery. Turning now to covid19 cases on the rise in 47 states. So far the virus is blamed for more than 231,000 deaths here in the u. S. And nearly 9. 3 million cases. There is growing concern in salt lake city, utah, where several thousand people attended a Halloween Party saturday night. A memo from dr. Deborah birx from the White House Coronavirus task force reportedly pleads for aggressive new action against the virus. It comes as millions of americans head to the polls today. So how can you stay safe while voting . I spoke earlier with dr. Patel. Good morning, dr. Patel. The wait is over. Election day is finally here. Of course
Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether theyre there in person or remote. As long as you have your web ex set to acti
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
Moment and a reflection of the part we all have to play when slowing the spread of covid19. In light of this remote format i also some reminders to the members about conduct of the hearing. Members keep their video feed on as long as they are present at the hearing. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting their microphones and please keep your microphones muted when youre speaking. And finally if members have documents they wish to submit for the record please email to the committee whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. Well, good afternoon, and well coom the First Virtual hearing of the committee on investigations and oversight. Today were discussing a critical issue. Research into repurposing existing therapeutic drugs for covid19 treatment as well as scientific basis for the federal governments evaluation of such drugs. I appreciate our witnesses being here under these unusual circumstances, but these are very important issues, and we look forward to your