Court the republican controlled chamber voted 52 to 48 mostly along party lines them across or against the nomination and wanted it to happen after next months president ial election alan fisher is on capitol hill the democrats have tried everything they possibly could divide argued that this is being rushed through one senator saying its going so fast it would make you seen the olympic sprinter jealous that they have tried Public Opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting theres more than 30000000 people that have cast their early votes in the u. S. President ial election and therefore they should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that its going to be a threat to the Affordable Care act because the Supreme Court will be holding a hearing on that one week after the election but the reality is they simply didnt have the power to stop this. The World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new
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Secretary says the government is preparing for a mass rollout of a Coronavirus Vaccine in the 1st half of next year there are reports that some hospitals are preparing to receive their 1st batches as early as next week meanwhile us present donald trump is being accused of giving up the fight against covert 19 after his chief of staff conceded that the u. S. Is not going to control the pandemic a White House Correspondent Kimberly Hockett has more. This is something thats been seized on by the rival of the u. S. President the democratic president ial nominee joe biden who has really accused this administration of waving the white flag if you will certainly throwing up its hands in terms of trying to contain this is a really stark contrast to what the biden. Says he would do as president that he would make it mandatory for people to wear masks he himself has been wearing a mask and has been having social distancing in vans that hes been holding in contrast to the president s very public
They voted to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. Greg lee is in the newsroom with the latest developments. Greg. Reporter good afternoon. The house voted to impeach President Trump on december 18th. Now, nearly a month later they will deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate. It will pit his defense team against these seven managers and this is the third trial in history. The yeas are 228. The resolution is adopted reporter the house voted to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the senate, approving the house managers. The seven democrats will argue for his removal in the third Senate Impeachment trial in history. We invited for interference into our elections. Heat jeopardize national security. He did this for his personal political gain. The only emergency here is that there is a 2020 election in which the democrats cant stand to see this present is going to with again. Reporter this morning, House Speaker nancy pelosi revealed the manage
Again back in business. And excited to welcome doctor chris fourmac. And for those of you in the know, is of course secretary of state for international. It previously done a tour on President Trump. He worked previously in capitol hill brent naval reserve, but most important link all around great guy. And through these conversations going to be a lot of fun. He held from cincinnati. Home of finley market i might add. Not bad. [laughter]. Will give a few framing remarks and then give you a little time to ask clarifying questions. That went out, chris, welcome back. [applause]. Thanks ryan, its great to be back here. I applaud your assistance. After last time in rescheduling this of the explosion. Its actually not that bad. Those of you have been around washington the long remembered there was a series of exploding mantles in georgetown in the mid 1990s are so afraid thank you for cheaping at it and thanks to all of you are wheeling to come back. It is been nearly ten years since the la