I love you. And thank you. From cbs election headquarters in times square, this is a cbs news election update. 2020 america decides. Reporting tonight, norah odonnell. Odonnell and good evening, and welcome once again to our special coverage. It is hard to believe it is already friday night, and still the country continues to wait and wonder who will be the next president . With each hour, more ballots are counted, and tonight the path to the presidency is becoming clearer. Tonight, joe biden, the former Vice President , is now leading in four states, though still not decisively enough for cbs news to project a winner. Were standing by to hear from mr. Biden tonight in this hour. He is expected to speak to the nation from wilmington, delaware. So we will bring that to you live. And like most of you, we have spent the day mesmerized by the democracy. We want to show you the live pictures of volunteers carefully opening and counting mailin ballots in maricopa county, arizona. And weve se
Back to normal until 2022. So hang on to your hydroxy if you still have the. [ laughter ] remember when we were kids and we all thought wed have flying cars by 2022 . Now its like, maybe in the future well be able to go to a movie without killing our grandma. [ laughter ] cases are going up and up about. I think they had the thirdhighest report of infections so far today. Much of that is attributed to what they call pandemic fatigue. People are sick of being careful, so they relax, they start doing risky things. Which i get it. But thats not the way it works. You cant just stop because its annoying. Its a virus, not glee. [ laughter ] you know . Heres a map that might be of interest to you if youre curious as to whether this masking and lockdown works. You see all the red . Thats the United States. Those of the covid outbreaks here. Up above that, that is canada. Doesnt look too bad up there, does it . Even adjusted for population, theyve had onefifth as many infections as we have, but
Theyre getting robbed right now. The push to get kids back in the classroom tonight. The bay area parents who say home schooling isnt helping. And the cold continues but for how long. Were tracking the chilly temperatures. And a not so smooth transition of power. I think it will not help the president s legacy. President elect joe biden breaks his silence about President Trump refusing to concede. We have a lot to get to tonight. We begin with Health Officials sou sounding the alarm. In the first ten days of this month alone more than a Million People tested positive for covid19 in the united states. In california cases are also spiking here. The state pushed two of our local counties into the most restrictive tiers. Contra costa county and santa cruz moved back to red. What does this mean and what counties are next . Reporter california covid cases are rising. The state announcing 11 counties will be forced to add more restrictions including contra costa and santa cruz. And more other
Welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webx. Some members are appearing in person. Let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the attending physician, all individuals attending the hearing in person must wear a face mask unless you are speaking. Members not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for these members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as webx as active speaker view. The timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with webx by now, but let me remind you of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webx set to active speak
End of the first quarter. This is why people are boarding up stores. Hes b planted the seed that the election has been stolen from him. Its in the place to declare who won this election. Thats the decision of the American People. But im optimistic about this outcome. A close race for the control of senate. It seemed so promising. Tz senator rowed. Its not vanished, but it has narrowed. In arizona, montana, new jersey and south dakota. All that and becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected to that position. This is me on drugs. That seems like a good time. By drugs i mean water. In all honesty, it doesnt look like were going to know anything for sure this evening. Thats the cbs news promise. We wont know anything. Stick around. Please enjoy this brief montage of things that feel as satisfying as you want this to be. This mornings eye opener brought to you by progressive. Thank you, Stephen Colbert for that. I love the puppy getting his tummy rubbed. A great dad point of