Coronavirus cases in the united states. Hello and welcome to axios virtual event, health care 21. I am sam baker coming from my home in washington, d. C. I would like to thank United Health group for making these conversations possible. I would like to welcome our audiences. You can follow along on twitter using the axios events. Over the next 30 minutes we will unpack the best way to unpack Health Insurance access and Health Insurance coverage in the united states, and what that path forward looks like both following the president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic that is getting worse every day. Our first guest today is senator thune smith of minnesota. Smithr, senator tina of minnesota. Thank you for joining us. Sen. Smith thank you, sam. It is terrific to be with everyone today. Sam i would like to start off to frame this conversation obviously, Health Care Access and Health Insurance coverage has been a very hot topic for a long time, but i think the pandemic has set of
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World. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by judy there are two major stories tonight, the postelection transition as President Trump refuses to concede or even allow for the traditional preparations that would normally have begun and the surging burden of covid cases in most areas of the country. The u. S. Hit a new daily record of covid19 infections with more than 144,000 reported yesterday. Hospitalizations top 65,000 for the first time, 22 states are reporting more hospitalizations than at any time says the pandemic began. Deaths are up by 22 from a week you. Ago. Lets look at how this is hitting a number of states especially hard no matter which region. In el paso, texas, makeshift clinics outside hospitals are opening up. Mobile morgues are moving in and a lockdown of nonessential businesses has been extended, testing lines are growing in wisconsin. Cases there have jumped from 700 a day to more than 6000 in two months
Customers across Northern California are a set to lose power this weekend under dangerous wind conditions. Every county except San Francisco is going to be affected. A new wild fire breaks out in napa county. Firefighters raced to contain the flames. There is just 10 days before the elections and Record Numbers have already cast their ballot. How to make sure your vote is counted before the rush. Good morning. I am emily turner. 1st, a red flag warning issued for the entire bay area beginning tomorrow morning. Pg e says it will cut power to more than 1 million customers this weekend. Huge portions of napa, sonoma and ran counties are impacted. Much of the Higher Elevations are also impacted along with thousands of customers in the santa cruz mountains. Some people are already gearing up. I am past and i have my camping gear in my husbands truck. We just get ready i chose to live in Sonoma County so i pack. Lets go straight to meteorologist, darren peck. The 1st thing about today is, no
Long line reflect newasm at the ballot include be in key battleground states. Wipe both candidates are making pimps to older americans. And another potential Covid Treatment is delayed. Trials of an antibody drug suspended out of an abundance of caution. How safety checks to push pack the timeline in the fight against the coronavirus. First, heres todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. They need one more trump judge on the bench. Judge amy coney barrett. I hope all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think i would allow myself to be used at a pawn to decide this election for the american people. In pennsylvania President Trump set his sights on suburban women. Suburban women, will you please like me. I saved your damn neighborhood. Okay . The Supreme Court is say lewing the crump administration to end the census count early. Civil Rights Groups wanted to continue until october 31st to prevent an undercount. Nearly 12 million americans have already