Recall election. Don, this time Tomorrow Night well be getting to see the first votes, getting ready to fill in the map. Its a yes or no, yes, recall the governor, or no, the democrats believe that will be the answer, keep Gavin Newsom, let him finish his term as governor and keep his covid19 and other policies. Democrats are confident. The data tells us ballots are coming back with a two to one democratic advantage. This firm tracks the Mailin Voting and 52 of the ballots returned so far are from democrats, 25 from republicans. It doesnt mean all these democrats voted no but we know from public polling most democrats want to keep their governor. Democrats think theyre matching, maybe even exceeding, what they need to do to keep newsom in power. In 2018 when newsom was elected, this is a very blue state. 62 for Gavin Newsom, 38 for his republican opponent back then, john cox, one of those on the ballot this time around. 62 then. Fast forward to 2020, the shall election, Joe Biden wins
Due to so many millions of americans not getting vaccinated. Investors are afraid the surge in the virus will hurt the u. S. Economic recovery. Airlines such as united, delta, and american were hit especially hard today what else other companies tied to the economic recovery such as general motors and caterpillar. This brings us to our health lead and the dire warnings from public health officials, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths all up in the united states. 99. 5% of the deaths are among people who are not fully vaccinated. 99. 5% of them. The u. S. Surgeon general says he s still worried about what s to come. As well as lagging vaccination rates and misinformation, lies about the vaccine running rampant. And now we re learning american athletes are among those testing positive in connection with the olympic games in tokyo, including a member of the u. S. Women s gymnastics team just four days before the opening ceremonies. Now, we should note, this athlete is fully vaccinated and
Rescuers for the first time are combing through debris that until now is too dangerous to search. 27 people confirmed today. 118 remain unaccounted we are standing by with the latest on elsa s path. First to surfside and natasha live on the scene there. Natasha w we heard from the mayor of miami dade and the florida governor a short time ago. What s the latest? well, woboris, they found the more people since the demolition. We re told from the mayor the search and rescue efforts r resumed 20 minutes after that demolition. So really fast. They were able to clear the area, give the green light and get back to work. And that s something that the mayor said that the families really appreciated that type of urgency. The mayor of miami dade did say that just to explain how precarious the remaining structure was, it was being held up by a pile of rubble. So this really needed to happen to bring this down in a controlled way instead of letting the storm, perhaps, take it down the wrong way and
We ll keep an eye on whatever comes of his speech in greenville, for a crowd of 1,500 people. One thing we ll be looking out for is not his outrage over losing a legitimate election, but if he may give it another go in 2024 as republicans use his big lie to pass voter restrictions across this country. Is donald trump really the answer republicans? liz cheney says no, and we have new comments obtained by nbc where you ll hear the congresswoman addressing her thoughts on trump and the direction he s taking her party in. Trump is also suggesting he might be interested in nancy pelosi s job. In a new interview with a farrightwing radio host, trump seemed to the suggestion he could run for congress to become house speaker. He calls the idea very interesting. His effort to remain in office, new reporting from the new york times uncovered emails from trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows. The sometimes reports back in december meadows reportedly pushed the justice department to investig
12story building housing multiple media outlets, including the associated press, was leveled to the ground. We re shocked and horrified. That building provided the best vantage point for the world to see the events in gaza. And now that building is destroyed. Plus, growing concern over marjorie taylor greene s erratic behavior. Her latest treatment of alexandria ocasiocortez sparking new worries that lawmakers could be in danger from their own colleagues. Vaccine bar hopping. And an out of the box approach to getting more shots in the arms. You can do it while waiting on a different kind of shot? we ll explain a little bit later. As we say good morning on this sunday. It is may 16th. I m kendis gibson. I m lindsey reiser. The answer is always fireball. And then followed by regret. All right. We have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest. We have a lot to get to. Starting with matt gaetz associate joel greenberg set to appear in court tomorrow. He s expected to plead gui