shenanigans. last night after the fact, he did let go of the big lie strategy. this is what he said. my opponent, governor gavin newsom [ booing ] come on, let s be gracious. let s be gracious in defeat. and, by the way, we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war. now, elder is already hinting at a run for governor in 2022, so let s bring in cnn white house correspondent phil mattingly for more on the results. walk us through this. brianna, look, going into the night there were a couple things that were very clear. democrats hold a major registration advantage in the state and, therefore, republicans who wanted to recall gavin newsom needed a bunch of things to happen all at the same time in a rather momentous manner. none of those things happened. take a look at where things stand right now. 70% reporting, obviously this race has been called. gavin newsom will remain governor. he s 2.5 million votes ahead. but look at the percentage. 63.9%. track ba
final pitch for gavin newsom. hurricane nicholas makes landfall in texas and bringing heavy rain and possible flooding. and the united nations steps in to help war-torn afghanistan warning millions of people could face hunger and poverty. good to have you with us. we are just hours away from the polls closing, or opening i should say, in california where governor newsom is fighting to survive the attempt to remove him from office pl early polling suggests the recall evident will fail but nowsoewsom is taking n chances. he compared his challenger to donald trump. you saw what happened on election night, the big lie. you saw what happened a few months later, january 6, the insurrection. you ve seen what has happened across this country and voter suppression all across the united states of america. you saw what happened in texas and the fact that we have other republican governors that hope to model that texas legislation as it relates to denying women s right to choice.
nasty flood before everyone even gets their power back from the previous storm. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our health lead. an alarming new coronavirus trends especially among children. new data from the american academy of pediatrics show infections are up 240% since july. to put that into context, more than 240,000 kids in the u.s. tested positive for coronavirus just last week. now, it is important, as always, to note that kids remain far less likely than adults to get seriously sick or to die from coronavirus. but that does not mean that some don t get seriously ill or worse. and either way, kids can still carry and spread the virus. with hospitalizations and deaths on the rise again among adults and with a quarter of the country refusing to get vaccinated, health experts say, once again, communities need to focus on slowing the spread. in just a few moments i m goin to speak with dr. anthony fauci and whether booster shots will be re
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