Eight months since the attack on the Nations Capitol, we are witnessings another assault on democracy. Its happening in todays Recall Election of californias governor. The polls in california are close at 11 00 eastern Tonight But Larry elder, the Prime Contender to replace Gavin Newsom is planning for his own loss by trying to plant doubt about the results. He says if newsom wins, its based on democratic cheating. Is that the new gop play book. Try to win and just claim Voter Fraud if you dont. Josh, how is Election Day going so far . Reporter we are inside city hall. This serving a dual purpose as an Election Processing Center as well as a voting center. I want to show you something that gives you a picture of how this mail in ballot is impacting things. These were Set Up to corral any crowds that come to vote at the last minute. You can see its almost completely empty. They think thats because two reasons. First, there were so many people that cast their ballot by mail and preparing
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
Even for fake news comedy anchors. i mean, it s my favorite part of that show when you get to the weekend update. and norm macdonald was one of the best. he will certainly be missed. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. it is a scarier time for children than any other time in this pandemic. the lead starts right now. cases in kids in the u.s. up 240% as they go back to school, and some states continue to fight against masks in the classroom. when will the fda approve a vaccine for kids? dr. anthony fauci will join us live. stripping the football. the top general s secret action to try to prevent trump from ordering a nuclear strike in those hours after trump supporters stormed the capitol. how the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff agreed with the conclusion that trump was, quote, crazy. plus, déjà vu all over again. new orleans bracing for another