Joe biden wins, again, as the Electoral College votes to affirm his victory. With donald trump still refusing to concede, the question is, will more republicans now recognize biden as president elect . And he was one of the president s staunches allies, until he was unwilling to help him overturn the election. Now, as attorney general bill barr prepares to step down, the question is whether the damage is already done. And frontline workers are now receiving the first Covid Vaccines here in the United States with the u. S. Death toll now surpassing 300,000. The question is, how long before everyone can get it . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show thats got a cool announcement coming up for all of you pet people out there. Stay tuned for that. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, december 15th. Well start with the news. We begin with the United States reaching another grim, new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. The death toll from covid19 has no
O win abuse of power on its face and concert tickets, thats how you the more you learn, the worst it have to call unemployment. Gets, david, thank you so much. That is all in for this evening. Tomorrow morning the Labor Department releases the april the the 11th hour starts now. Monthly employment numbers. As this New York Times headline puts it, expect a portrait of devastation. Well, good evening on this day 1,204 of the trump then theres the other major administration. Development today. A stunning reversal in a signature case that was part of the russia investigation. As all president s know, the the Justice Department is asking white house ushers and the u. S. To drop its case against Navy Stewards who serve the President Trumps First National president often perform the most security adviser Michael Flynn. Remember he pleaded guilty to private functions behind the lying to the fbi in january of 2017 about his conversations with then Russian Ambassador to scenes at the white house
Early voting. And long days for president ial candidates. We have campaigned so many places i cant see straight. They actually put they put a little sticker on the table by the door when i come out that says what city i am in just in case i cant keep track anymore. We begin this hour with democratic president ial primary candidates campaigns, and maybe those who cover them perhaps a little bit weary but pushing forward because we are just getting started, everybody. The nevada caucuses are a mere five days away. Early voting is under way. And the Nevada Democratic party says more than 18,000 people voted on saturday alone. Senator Bernie Sanders has the largest Field Operation in the state. Hes also considered the early frontrunner in the primary so far. Many of his rivals are taking aim at him. If his supporters are attacking Culinary Union members, who is responsible for that . If any of my supporters did that, i would disown them. Flat disown them. Senator sanderss plan, by definiti
The white house, the president was asked a simple question and he answered and a way that revealed to build a message and negotiate on the world stage pretty listen to this closely, then we gotta great team of experts or to break this down. Watch. Did you authorize it . Everyone knows exactly what happened. What i do as i authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world and done the job as usual so we have given them total authorization and thats what were doing. Frankly, thats why weve been so successful lately if you look at whats happened over the last eight weeks and compare to whats happened over the last eight years on, youll see a tremendous difference. We have incredible leaders in the military and we have incredible military, and we are very proud of them and this is another very, very successful mission. I dont know if this sends a message, it doesnt make any difference if it does or not. North korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of. I will say
Light of the kind of opposition he had where they are trying to protect her from criminal prosecution. Reporter and just last week, the president tweeting that comey was the best thing that ever happened to clinton. The white house says the president acted on the recommendation of newly appointed Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who made the case for the firing in alert to his boss Jeff Sessions. Asserting that the way the director handled the conclusion ever t of the email investigation was wrong and the fbi is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust. The attorney general pledged just two months ago that he would recuse himself from any russia investigations after it was revealed he did not disclose contacts with a russian ambassador. Despite that, sessions joining his new deputy in recommending that a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the fbi. Despite this praise of comey six months earlier. Director comey did the right thing when he found no evidence, he had