On conspiracy theory, not the survival of the American People. Take a look at your screen. 11 million cases, it reveals the depths of the u. S. Failure to control the coronavirus. Tonight, michigan is implementing new restrictions to avert a winter disaster. But already, pushback from the president s preferred medical advisor, dr. Scott atlas. And today, a revelation about how little the president has been engaged fighting covid behind the scenes. Dr. Anthony fauci said its been five months since the president met with the Coronavirus Task force. Its been eight days since the election was called and the president still refuses to concede. But this morning, the president tweeted the quiet part out loud. At least to him. He won. Are the first two words of the president s 7 47 a. M. Tweet. He is joe biden. The rest is a hodgepodge of unsubstantiated allegations from an alternate universe. The president suggested the election is still up for grabs. It isnt. In fact, delaying could create N
We learned president elect will nominate tony blinken, all but held the job before to be the next secretary of state, what does that nomination tell us . What does the rest of the National Security team we know about so far tell us . Well, first off, john, with these nominations that president elect joe biden is expected to announce tomorrow, he is trying to make it clear that he is moving forward with all of his transition and planning work, even as the Trump Administration has tried to put up road blocks, but by naming someone like tony blinken to be his secretary of state, biden is making it clear he is relying on people with a lot of Foreign Policy and diplomatic experience to help guide his administration in these early days. Blinken is a long time adviser to biden, and has crafted a lot of his Foreign Policy stances during the course of the campaign, and something that when you talk to sources who are close to biden, he has really wanted to make sure that that person who is secre
From covid in just one day . We hear nothing from him about that. The president played golf and typed out baseless claims, lies on twitter about how he was cheated out of an election win and how much the media doesnt like him. More from the white house in a moment. We have other breaking news were following. Were just learning nasa says weather is a go for todays launch to send a crew to the International Space station. Well head back to Kennedy Space center in just a moment. First to the white house and jeremy diamond. More than 11 people in the u. S. Confirmed to have contracted coronavirus. President today so far silent on the pandemic but not silent about other things. It is remarkable, the number of times where we have seen situations like this, breaking records with the coronavirus pandemic where the president is focused entirely elsewhere. It is all the more certain now as you look at six days with a million cases and breaking new records for daily coronavirus cases every single
Im amara walker. We begin this Holiday Weekend with a grim reality. The u. S. Has surpassed 13 million coronavirus cases. This following a thanksgiving day that saw more than 100,000 new infections and over 1200 deaths despite 20 states not reporting any data on the holiday. One of our nations top Infectious Disease experts now warning that the postholiday case surge will be destabilizing for the u. S. Health care system, economy and homeland security. Nearly 90,000 people are spending this holiday in the hospital. And wheres the president . On a golf course for the 307th time during his presidency while still focusing on the election he lost. Today marks three weeks since the race was called for joe biden, but President Trump has yet to formally concede defeat. Meanwhile, a member of bidens coronavirus Advisory Board says the president elect will stick to the science and let Health Experts decide who gets the vaccine first. This as the cdcs independent Vaccine Advisory Committee sched
Donald trump is using the powers of his office to try to reverse the results of the election, orchestrating a farreaching Pressure Campaign to persuade republican officials in michigan, georgia and elsewhere to overturn the will of the voters. To recap, the first trump tried telling people that he won on election night. When that didnt work because all the voltes hadnt been counted. Now hes calling on republican state lawmakers in michigan to change the Electoral College volts to subvert the will of the michigan voters, even though he lost the state by more than 150,000 votes. We wont know anything until the state board of canvassers meet on monday to certify the michigan vote. They said theyve seen no evidence to warrant reversing the outcome of the vote in their state but whether or not trump can successfully steal a president ial election and subvert democracy, the effort itself is dangerous. It threatens the basic premise of our democratic system for years to come. Heres former pre