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
Don Lemon Tonight starts with its big star, d lemon, right now. D is very familiar with this idea. You know, what do you want to own . Do you want to own that the vaccine was bad . I dont think so. Not long term. It is sketchy which is why trump doesnt own the vaccine, the way he could. He could say, hey, i brought it to you. Everybody, look how good everything is because of the vaccine. Take it, take it. He doesnt because he got booed in alabama and he knows there are too many in the base he doesnt want to upset. Do they want to own removing roe v. Wade and telling women from 8 to 80 you dont get to decide on your body . Lets say, from 18 to 80 because voting age. Yeah. You dont get to determine were talking about Freedom And Freedom of choice when it comes to the vaccine, but not for you, ladies. Yeah. Well, and do you want to own this sort of End Run around the legal system and what is should be constitutionally correct and possible. When if democrats, one day, want to do a similar
Nasty flood before everyone even gets their power back from the previous storm. Welcome to the lead. Im 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 dont 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 ready by the original
For the best. The fencing around the u. S. Capitol is about to go Back Up, days before a rightwing rally, as Police Today arrest an armed neonazi blocks from the capitol. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin today with our health lead. While President Bidens new Covid Vaccine or Testing Mandate on businesses continue to face fierce opposition from some republican governors, a new Cnn Poll shows that the majority of the american people support these mandates for workers, for students, and for everyday public life. And now were learning that the biden administration is expecting to make more announcements in the fight against the Delta Variant, as the Death Count keeps climbing up. Now averaging 1,600 covid deaths a day, 1,600 in the united states. And more than 100,000 Hospital Beds are currently filled with covid patients nationwide. Some good news, well, we are seeing Case Numbers at the lowest point in three weeks. In New York, today is the first Day Youll have to show proof
It does add in another layer of Information And Detail that we excuse me that we didnt have before. Omar al bayoumy, allegedly a student living in l. A. Who the fbi and other excuse me and other agencies believe could have been a Saudi Agent was handing money, helping with finances, with lodging, with transport, with flights for two saudi nationals who arrived in l. A. Who didnt have a command of english. These were two of the hijackers who went on to attack the pentagon. Hazmi and khalid al mithar. The details they are releasing about that are certainly giving encouragement to the families of victims who feel there are a number of Bombshell Revelations here that highlight the connections of the saudi government to this plot and attack. So my takeaway when we look at this and get that information, its perhaps some Solace And Help to the families. Its just something that the saudis are saying that they are happy to see. They are talking about, you know, they are saying there was no conn