Shepard smith will introduce you a blustery weekend for many. Welcome to monday, november 16th early today starts right now grad youlad youre with uss monday. The country reaches yet another grim coronavirus milestone as state officials scramble to contain the amendment. The virus is spreading at alarming rates we have now surpassed 11 million infections that took just seven days to add a million. Before that it took ten days for the country to go from nine million cases to ten million and two weeks to go from eight to nine million these are the scenes playing out across the country as hospitals are overloaded with Covid Patients at least 15 states have increased restrictions our Megan Fitzgerald has the very latest. Moelggen, good morning valerie, good morning to you. Acrosby the count across the country we are seeing states scrambling to contain the virus. The u. S. Adding a million new infections in the last week alone, pushing total cases to 11 million and forcing more states to cr
Meanwhile in texas, a caravan of Trump Supporters tried to run a Biden Campaign bus off the road. One truck swerved into a car full of Biden Campaign workers. Trump responded by tweeting, i love texas. Joe biden condemned the political intimidation. Mr. Biden we have never had anything like this. At least we have never had a president who thinks it is a good thing. Amy plus, we will go to the key battleground state of florida to speak with haitianamerican writer Edwidge Dandicat to talk a milliona quarter of u. S. Born children born in the u. S. Could be separated from their parents should trump win reelection and terminates temporary protected status for migrants. We will also speak to a 13yearold u. S. Born girl who is the daughter of tps recipients from haiti. Can make au vote, difference in what happens to me and all those other children. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. One day ahead of election
Evidence emerges that the government ignored warnings. On the growing dispute between greece and turkey of oil and gas drilling rights in the mediterranean sea. And mexicos former president in the eto get sucked into a major scandal in latin america involving brides from a brazilian Construction Company. That after much anticipation joe biden the presumptive u. S. Democratic president ial nominee has chosen his running mate for novembers election Campbell Harris is the 1st person of color to be nominated for the post of Vice President in a tweet confirming his pick biden praised senator houses record on social justice i have the great honor to announce that i picked harris a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest Public Servants as my running mate and this is what coming out harris tweeted joe biden can unify the American People because he spent his life fighting for us and as president he will build an america that lives up to our ideals im honored to join
And remembering the victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bombing that killed 140000 people. Welcome to the program a dire humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beiruts port which is the main route for supplies coming in now the country imports up to 80 percent of its food the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will lead International Help several countries are already dispatching emergency aid from suited fuel to mobile hospitals and medical personnel zealot hotter is in beirut with more on the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid much of the lebanese capital the people behind me these are family members de
Remembering victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb killed 140000 people. And under the shadow of the Pandemic Police in argentina are tightening a rise in crime. Welcome to the program a dying humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beirut support which is the main route for supplies coming in the country imports up to 80 percent of its food and the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will need International Help several countries are already dispatching about agency 8 including food and fuel to mobile hospitals a medical personnel senator is in beirut with more the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid muc