He though he disallowed president obama to fill a seat more than 200 days before the election. So far two republican senators have come out against confirming someone before election day, and a new National Poll finds that 62 of americans believe the winner of the november election should appoint ginsburgs replacement. This morning, we have brand new reporting on the president s short list of potential nomin nominees. His enthusiasm for one perceived leading candidate might be fading. We have much more on that shortly. Other major news this morning, data that clearly shows the number of daily coronavirus cases is rising, again, look at the tail end of that graph. You can see the sevenday moving average above 40,000 again. This is of enormous concern to scientists across the country. Cases are rising in 28 states, thats all the states in orange and red there, and within the next day or two, the United States will pass the horrifying number of 200,000 People Killed by coronavirus. Well b
Weve seen that when you have situations of conjugate settings where there are a lot of people without masks, the data speak for themselves. It happens. Joe biden also with a Campaign Swing through states this week, florida, ohio and pennsylvania. Also breaking overnight, Johnson Johnson pausing its phase three Coronavirus Vaccine trial because of an unexplained illness with one of the studys participants. Its the second major vaccine trial now on hold in the u. S. We are an hour away from senators questioning president Trumps Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. We have a live report from the capitol coming up for you. We will begin, though, with the pandemic. Clearly heading in the wrong direction. Joining us now cnn political commentator van jones and andy slavin the author of preventable the inside story of how leadership doomed the u. S. Coronavirus response. 215,000 americans now dead from coronavirus. Andy, the hospitalization rate around the country is rising and those are
Justin timberlake is going to be on the album. Its his first album since 2006. Hey, quick thank you to the l. A. Bureau and Golden Globes crew for hosting me here in los angeles. Im back in atlanta tomorrow. To washington, joe johns at the helm of the situation room. Happening now, president obama draws a line, which republicans already insist theyre going to ignore. Welcome to a new year of washington gridlock. Lance armstrong is apologizing. But what exactly is he admitting hes done wrong . And suzy ormans joining us to explain why youll have to spend less money this year, and what you need to do to make up for it. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im joe johns. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com we begin with washingtons latest standoff. During a white house News Conference today, president obama told Congressional Republicans they will not, in his words, collect a ransom by demanding spending cuts as a condition for raising the debt ceiling. The house of repres
Contributes to the challenge. But this my friends is of immediate danger and were going to have to use our best capabilities and senses in order to prevent what could be a catastrophic event because they do not think like us. Finally china is the only country in the world that has a significant influence on north korea. We should expect the chinese to break the activities of the roe fund ruler in pyongyang. I would tell the chinese to tell the north koreans, if you go to developing a missile that will hit north america, youre going to regret it and were going to stop it. Do you know anything about north korea . This guy is nuts. Killed half brother. Shot uncle with antiaircraft gun. Plenty of family issues. Grandfather claims to have beaten the thats where they lost me as a regime. Heres what i think. I think we would be nuts to allow a crazy man the ability to develop a missile to deliver a bomb he already has to your homeland. I dont want conflict any more than you do, but best way t
Income . And then as the white house goes into this tax reform debate later in the year, its interesting to know how someone of trumps wealth, what deductions did he take . How did he use the tax code . Youve probably polled on this during the election, do you have a sense of whether it moved with people . Twothirds of the people today say he should release his tax returns. People do want to know. Now, bltsds enough . If philips right and its just what he made and what he paid, its interesting, but what i want to know, russia. His son, in 2008, said, quote, we see a lot of money pouring in from russia. If we have the whole return, which im sure for a man as wealthy as trump with all his complex Business Enterprises its that thick. I want to know, theres a form called 8938, which is a statement of specified foreign financial assets, another form that you have to disclose if you have foreign bank accounts. That kind of stuff is what i want to know. Does he have financial ties to russia .