As is tradition, two tiny communities in n hampshire cast their ballots after the stroke of midnight. The results were a sweep for biden, while in millsfield, trump won 16 votes to 5 for biden. The 2020 election is taking place amid the growing coronavirus pandemic and a risingocial divide in u. S society. The response to the coronavirus and the reopening of the economy have become Major Campaign issues. Johns Hopkins University in the u. S. Says the total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at nearly 9. 3 million. The death toll has topped the world with over 230,000. Restrictions on mailin voting were eased to address concerns about spreading the virus. Millions of people opted to cast ballots early. Turnout could be the highest in a century. There are concerns as voting gets under way. Trump has insisted mailin votes are prone to fraud, and the results could be contested in court. Some reports say trump may declare victory unilaterally before all the votes are tallied. T
President ial aide hold its also tested positive for the corona. Welcome to the program with just 4 weeks until election day u. S. President all trump and 1st Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus the president made the announcement on twitter shortly after it was confirmed that his top aide hope picks contract a covert 19 shes been traveling all week with the president who was seen on wednesday tossing caps into a group of supporters at a Company Event trump tweeted that he and his wife would quarantine immediately but his doctor said the president would continue to carry out his duties in the white house quote without disruption for more now joined by w. Of course one of my ass right in washington and our reporter william who crossed here in those covering the story for us here in berlin maya lets lets start with you youre close to the white house what more can you tell us. Well the facts are a basic right now gary had basically what youve laid out is that theyv
A 22 year old american who had the worlds first face and hands transplant talks about his surgery, saying he feels grateful for a Second Chance at life. And hundreds of players and officials at the Australian Open Tennis Championship go into isolation after a worker at one of the events hotels tests positive for the coronavirus. Event s hotels. A warm welcome to the programme. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. There s been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi, or deposed president win myint, since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, and the democratic process, and they called for the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day , protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the country s largest city. Our reporter Nyein Chan Aye filed this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration
Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, thank you for giving us another day. Throughout the country people mourn those whom they have lost. People lament the loss of businesses of normalcy. 100,000 have now died of covid19. They were democrats and republicans, they lived in urban areas and now more and more in rural areas. They were the desendents of men and women who were colonists or founding fathers, and immigrants who had recently become citizens. They were disproportionately people of color, but not only of color, and of every religion and culture in this nation. , when o lord, will we come to understand that we are all in this together . If we do not stand together we risk falling together. Heal the divisions within our body politic, within this chamber so that your healing power through our actions and good will can be manifest in our United States. May everything done this day and in the days and weeks to come be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro
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