Documented. So much seems to be hanging in the balance, but the gravity of Election Night changes a bit because of the covid19 pandemic. Voting is happening by mail or by early vote, and it means were starting to notice some trends coming in. Abc 7 has a complete voter guide that you can pull up while you watch with us, its on our website with the california proposition information as well and your voting questions answered. Lets get right to it. Were getting those answers on the election trends were starting to see. Joining us is paul mitchell, the Vice President of Political Data ink which analyzes californias trends and polls, among other thin things. Glad to be here. What do your numbers show . We just passed the 2 million mark, meaning 2 million voters have already returned their ballots. For a frame of reference, by this time in 2016 we were about 500,000 people had voted. So its really just an order of magnitude larger turnout so far this year. The real question is, is this a si
The coronavirus pandemic continues to loom large. Addressing the crowd in pennsylvania, trump again touted an experimental treatment he was given while hospitalized with covid19. The drug that they gave me, im going to were going to be distributing it all over the country to hospitals and everything else. A day earlier, Health Authorities said 19 people who attended two trump rallies in minnesota last month tested positive for the virus, but they say it is unclear if these people werere infected at the rallies. The u. S. Governments top Infectious Disease expert, anthony fauci, has warned that holding large gatherings is asking for trouble. Meanwhile, biden held a rally in florida where he criticized trump for his handling of the pandemic. So many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about, you know, wellbeing of seniors. Biden also plans to visit pennsylvania later this week where he is likely to continue his focus on
Violent rioters . A judge throws the book at alleged rioters in lancaster, pennsylvania. Three protesters in pittsburgh hit with charges for harassing diners at a restaurant. Retired nypd Police Officer John Cummings is with us tonight. He sick and tired of the violence. He is challenging alexandria ocasiocortez for her house seat. Also with us, house judiciary Ranking Member jim jordan on the vote by Senate Homeland security tomorrow to subpoena 41 former Obama Administration officials to testify about their role in the fbis botched trumprussia probe and the unmasking of trump team members. Weve got the names of who they want to subpoena and who they want to testify. Also with us former independent counsel ken starr joins us as President Trump now demanding that, quote, action must be taken against prosecutors and team members of the Robert Mueller trump russia team after they were found to have wiped clean dozens of government phones used during the russia investigation. The debate,
Allocated but hasnt gone out to anybody yet. So this bill will pass with basically democrat support, so reconciliation that allows them to squeak it by on 51 votes. And the compromise and unity that we heard so much about are not a priority at this white house so far. Republicans say this is a liberal wish list. President biden says that he will be the most progressive president in history. He told us that on the Campaign Trail and a promise that hes making good on and progresses are thrilled with it. Heres one progressive senator that said biden has been very good at the ending the garden so far. So are these passages about covid or about expanding the government here in the United States over the longer term . As this plays out, in the background of all of this about the money, theres a shift going on in the country. Take a look. Cases have dropped 47 since the daily average peak january 8. Very good news about where this virus is headed. Think about this. The governors that have rea
After her extremist views on qanon and suggesting part of 9 11 didnt happen. What she said about the pentagon. Also suggesting the parkland and Newtown School massacres were staged. What the congresswoman said today to try to explain why she said all that. But no formal apology. And rachel scott on the hill tonight with new reporting tonight. The Senate Impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump just days away and tonight, House Democrats now calling on the former president to testify under oath. Tonight, the president s response to testifying and jon karl is here. The growing debate tonight over opening more of our nations schools. The new head of the cdc now saying the science shows that we can open schools without vaccinating all teachers first. Shes asked to explain this, and many teachers and teachers unions now fighting this. A former Police Officer now under arrest, facing a murder change. Authorities say he fatally shot andre hill, who was holding a cell phone. Also cha