Million confirmed cases with more than 141,000 deaths. But there is a small sign of a bit of encouragement as of today. New cases are now steadier falling in as many states as they are rising. Still, lets not forget hundreds of americans are still dying every single day. Lets get the latest on the pandemic. Our National Correspondent athena jones is joining us right now. First of all, athena, were getting some very troubling new numbers coming out of california. Reporter hi, wolf. As you mentioned youre absolutely right. There are some positive signs, more States Holding steady than in recent days. But there are a lot of reasons for concern depending on where you look. Mississippi reporting a Record Number of cases for the second day in a row. Arkansas setting a new record for hospitalizations. And california now on track to surpass new york in total number of covid cases, just in the next matter of days. Encouraging signs, the tally of new daily coronavirus cases nationwide falling be
And he is even promoting a doctor who said, you dont have to wear a mask. Who said there is a cure for covid and dna from space aliens is being used in medicine. Watch. I just saw her on make a statement, a very respected doctor. She was not alone. She was making a statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that swear by it. They think it is great. I happen to be a believer in hydroxychloroquine. I used it. I had no problem. I happen to be a believer. Many, many people agree with me. Again, study after study have disproven this and the nations leading Infectious Disease expert, dr. Fauci, rejected these claims this afternoon saying that we need to follow the science. Im very explicit and unambiguous when we say weve got to follow the science. If a study that is a good study comes out and shows efficacy and safety for hydroxychloroquine or any other drug that we do, if you do it in the right way, you accept the Scientific Data. But right now, today, the cumulative Scientific
Packing maskless people close together in a state with soaring numbers of people who are already infected. And at one of those stops in tampa, the president of the United States said something that we want to let you hear, for yourselves, because it is so shameless and cynical. And is such a lie that, even for this president , its remarkable. This is the president in a rally with large crowds. Most of whom, are, as always, not wearing masks. The people behind him, as you will see, have been given masks because theyre going to be on tv and the Campaign Want you to think hes being responsible but hes not. Here is the president s new claim. We know the disease. We social distance. We do all of the things that you have to do. If you get close, wear a mask. Always, controversial. Its not controversial, to me. You get close, you wear a mask. Social distance. Social distance. Wow. I mean, this guy has no shame. He is telling a crowd, of largely unmasked people, who, as you see, are Standing S
People close together in a state with soaring numbers of people who are already infected. And at one of those stops in tampa, the president of the United States said something that we want to let you hear for yourselves because it is so shameless and cynical and is such a lie that even for this president its remarkable. This is the president in a rally with large crowds, most of whom are, as always, not Wearing Masks. The people behind him, as youll see, have been given masks because the campaign knows theyre going to be on tv and they want you to think the president is being responsible but hes not. Most in the actual crowd are not Wearing Masks and are crammed together as close adds possible. Heres the president s new claim. We know the disease. We social distance. We do all of the things that you have to do. If you get close, wear a mask. Always controversial. Its not controversial to me. You get close, you wear a mask. Social distance. Social distance. Wow. I mean, this guy has no
Tonight in some key swing states that show a tightening race. The impact of 93 million early votes, soaring covid numbers and reporting the Trump Campaign is prepared to declare victory on Election Night if the president is close to 270 electoral votes whether or not the president has won them. Theres a lot going on. Its unfolding as we speak. In a moment of what joe biden had to say of a previctory declaration. Jim, you have reporting about what the president s plan is for Election Night and the president s response to the reporting. Thats right, anderson. What the president and his team will do is watch the electoral night on Election Night. They plan to be aggressive. I talked to an advisor who said, if the president is on the verge of clinching the votes needed, then its possible if it looks like the election wont be resolved on Election Night, they might declare victory. Thats a big might. It hasnt been determined 100 the president or his campaign will actually do that. The presid