We said yes to science, yes to vaccines, yes to ending this pandemic. We said yes to peoples right to vote without fear of fake fraud. Hello, Everyone Trace Gallagher in Los Angeles. Continuing live coverage of the Recall Election. It is 11 00 p. M. On the west coast, the polls closed three hours ago but it did not take long to recall what was once seen as highstakes political face of pure democratic Governor Gavin Newsom his job on the line over covert mandates wildfire management, homelessness, and rising crime. He emerges as the victor by a wide margin, but even in this overwhelmingly blue state, the voters remain largely divided over how to resolve the issues that plagued california. Over the next two hours, we will examine what now possibly lies ahead for the state. And the governor, Gavin Newsom. For the latest lets bring in Matt Finn live in orange county, california, with more, hey, matt. Trace come a short while ago Larry Elder took to the stage and spoke for a half an hour co
Californias election to recall democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. President biden just joined him at a Campaign Rally in long beach. Newsom needs a simple majority to hang onto his job and his nearterm political future. Tonight they offered this message to voters. Racial justice is on the ballot tomorrow night. Economic justice is on the ballot tomorrow night. The eyes of the nation are on california because the decision youre about to make isnt just going to have a huge impact on california, its going to reverberate around the nation and, quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. Republican Front Runner and conservative Talk Show Host Larry Elder seems seems already seems to be using, i should say, the trump 2020 Campaign Playbook trying to cast doubt on the integrity of the election even before its decided. Elders campaign is promoting a website thats already making the false claim that, quote, statistical analyses used to detect fraud in elections held in Third World nations such
And quite frankly not a joke around the world. Anne republican talked to Larry Elder already who seems to be using the trump 2020 campaign playbook. Trying to cast doubt on the integrity of the election, even before its decided. Elders campaign is promoting a website thats already making the false claim that quote, statistical analyses used to detect fraud in elections held in Third World nations, such as Russia Venezuela and iran, have detected fraud in california, resulting in governor gavin newsom, being reinstated as governor. Again, the Recall Voting is not even over yet. We dont know the results. Earlier today our own Jacob Silver off, asked elder if youd commit to accepting the results. Whether or not you win or lose, will you accept the results of the Election Tomorrow . I think we all ought to be looking at in election integrity. Whether youre a democrat, republican or independent. Lets make sure its fair. Lets all work together no matter what the results. Our to make sure the
arbitrarily and without a rational basis take them away from my sand from our kids. harris: absolutely and we are pushing back a little bit our time on outnumbered because i wanted you to be able to get the last of your words out. the things you are saying are so important because we were denied as parents those details from the beginning. and as a comom with you, lisa, i m on the page with you. sports, i have a gymnast, sports are so critical. that s going to make a world of difference. if you are the only one, am i making too much out of everything? but you are not. i don t want to interrupt you, this goes for the wider, all activities, band, musicals, plays, everything that the kids in high school do. all these things are so important to them, so important to them. they need to come back, the kids need to have these things. harris: i hear you. laura, one more for you because i am watching social media and people are asking this one question. what power do citizens
i m having a meeting with my medical team as i get back to the white house i ll have more to say. and while we wait for more information, a top u.s. health official says there s no evidence yet to suggests it causes more serious illness than previous variants. instead, it could cause milder illness. there is even a bit of a report from south africa that maybe people with this are milder than the usual case. but they re mostly young people who have mild illness anyways. we do think it s more contagious when you look at how rapidly it s spread through multiple districts in south africa. but let s be cautious about this. it is still early in this process. nothing is concrete. and we still do not know a lot. and that is whether or not our current vaccines can stand up to this variant. moderna say they expect to know the impact on their vaccine in a couple of weeks. in the meantime, many travel doors across the globe are slamming shut in hopes slowing the spread seven hour