Each term aches landfall in the u. S. State of florida after killing dozens of people in Central America. Where the transition to a joe biden presidency in the United States is gathering pace with some key decisions already made the president elect has announced this task force to tackle what he says this is top priority the coronavirus pandemic is cochaired by dr David Kessler who served on the bush and clinton administrations on sunday biden visit a Church Cemetery where Family Members are buried including his late son donald trump spent the day playing golf and side washington and is still refusing to concede defeat his campaign is planning legal challenges and states vary hes dismissing the counting of votes where World Leaders including israels Binyamin Netanyahu and saudi Arabias Mohammed and sound man have congratulated joe biden while former u. S. President s and republican george w. Bush also sent his. Swishes well heres some more of what george bush had to say in that notes p
Infections and deaths. More than 9. 9 million americans have been infected and over 230,000 have died, according to a survey by Johns Hopkins university. This media report that hes considering candidates for top cabinet posts. But biden may face legislative road blocks. After last weeks election, the democrat cans are still three seats short of a senate majority. If the party can win two heated contests in january, there will be a tie. Meaning the Vice President could break potential stalemates. Former republican president george w. Bush and Economic Council director under President Trump has extended congratulations to biden. Other prominent republicans like mitt romney have also joined in. But the most powerful republican, trump himself, has not followed custom and congratulated biden or acknowledged defeat. They demand ed a recount in several states. But many of them have been dismissed on the ground that those claims lack concrete fd. U. S. Media reports a say some of trumps closes
Set to move in later today. Good friday morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well check in with mike in just a moment. The wind advisory also in effect ahead of that storm. Yeah, we are seeing some high winds picking up this morning out ahead of this cold front thats moving through, and we are tracking the storm as it approaches on storm ranger now moving into far Northern California as we go into this morning. Yes, the first storm of the season moving in and its really great to see although were not seeing a lot of rain with it, its going to be spotty. Were starting out dry as you get ready to head out the door. Were going to see some gusty winds throughout this morning into the day. And those high winds and chilly temperatures continuing. By this afternoon well start to see some spotty rain around the bay area and then another chance of showers on sunday, so ill be talking all about this with the time line coming up in a few minute
Coronavirus measures after being closed for 8 months. And Tropical Storm as it makes landfall in the u. S. State of florida after killing dozens of people in Central America im joining us roscoe with the sports as the last neighborhood of 8 schools in stoppage time to rescue a similar line becoming at least top scorer in the lead. The transition to a biden presidency in the United States is gathering pace with some key decisions expected in the hours ahead the president elect is due to announce a task force to tackle what he says is his top priority the coronavirus pandemic on sunday biden visited a Church Cemetery where family members of buried including his late son meanwhile donald trump spent the day playing golf outside of washington and still refusing to concede defeat his campaign is finding legal challenges in states where hes disputing the counting of votes they does including Israels Benjamin Netanyahu and saudi arabias my. Had been selman have congratulated biden on the form
The u. S. Iowas governor is now reversing course issuing a statewide mask mandate. Stricter Public Health orders are also being imposed from philadelphia to california where governor gavin newsom said the state needed to pull the emergency brake on reopening. The action comes as the u. S. Faces 14 Straight Days of new cases surging past 100,000. Yesterday more than 166,000 new infections were reported in the u. S. , the Third Largest in a single day. Ian lee has the latest developments. Ian, why are Health Officials most concerned about next week . Reporter annemarie, we talk about super spreader events where a lot of people congregate in one place and the virus spreads. Doctors are worried about a super spreader holiday. As we know, next week is thanksgiving and its typically one of the busiest travel periods of the year because folks are visiting friends and family, but doctors warn if that happens this year, we could see a further spike of coronavirus cases on top of the current one