And here to help us with that throughout the morning is john. Good morning, pedro, viewers should know were going to be using the Associated Press numbers for calls and results. So viewers may hear about different numbers being reported but were always going to be coming back to the Associated Press numbers. So lets start off with where the president ial contest stands this morning. The key state of wisconsin there on your screen, a state thats being watched closely this morning, its 49. 4 for joe biden, President Trump, 49. 1 . That number has been flipping back and forth throughout the day. That is just one of six key states were watching this morning. The other one, michigan this morning in the wolverine state. The numbers in michigan, President Trump 49. 8 , joe iden, 48. 6 . And then the third state in the Northern Industrial midwest area , once known as the blue wall for democrats. That blue wall that President Donald Trump broke through, pennsylvania, the other key state, 55. 7
After several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again only 2000 more people were reportedly effect infected on sunday the virus has now claimed 1770 lives on chinas mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even further south than a city with more than 2500 cases of the virus has gone into a complete lockdown it comes as the u. S. Is getting back to waiting hundreds of people from the diamond princess cruise ship and japan 14 of those evacuated or put in containment on the flight to the United States after they were confirmed to have the virus and hong kong or spend reports of panic buying and one instance Armed Robbery stole hundreds of toilet paper rolls starr clark joins us now from hong kong so sara days 14 cases that i mentioned 14 u. S. Citizens that reported to have coronavirus what else can you tell us about that. Yes an extraordinary and unfortunate situation for those passengers on board that chartered aircraft the u
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