we have team fox coverage across the state as we await the results of this recall. remember, california democrats outnumber republicans 221, nearly 2 million people needed to sign on to a petition to set this recall into motion and some of the top issues for all california families have been rising taxes, rising crime, rising housing prices and exploding homelessness problem, draconian lockdown measures, and an immigration surge among other things. all of these things clearly have a governor on his heels. he had california democrats were so concerned about the recall they spent more than $80 million and brought in both president an end vice president to campaign. the question is, will it work? we re on it. for the last hour, for the next hour will bring you breaking information. claudia cowan is in sacramento. good evening. the polls of closer now we wait to see if gavin newsom will keep his job at the state capital. or in what would be a huge political upset, conservative
much room for vote fraud. there s now in the 21st century concerted effort to roll back voting rights and state legislatures across the country. i think showing an i.d. to get on an airplane, yeah, i can do that. i can also show an i.d. to vote. early voting is the next front in the war against voters. we need one election day, not 45, 30. martha: so you get the idea. the 2020 election saw major charges. many slipped through because of covid. and in georgia senate races and the january run-offs were ground zero for the heated fight. in moments, my exclusive interview with former senator david purdue who is speaking out here for the first time since that january run-off race that cost him his seat to jon ossoff. he said he won t run in 2022. we ll ask him why. now the fast and furious action over the covid election changes is underway. democrats want the vastly expanded mail-in ballots and longer voting times 15 days mandatory in every state to vote. that s what they
highest of the entire pandemic. and many experts warn it will only get worse. in only one state, maine, cases are down. in iowa, well, it s holding steady. but the vast majority of the country seen in dark red on this map is struggling with a surge of 50% or more in new infections. hospitalizations and deaths are lower than their 2021 peaks, but the avalanche of new cases has the cdc predicting that more than 44,000 people could die of covid-19 in the next four weeks. let s start with polo sandoval on the big picture. reporter: the u.s. is shattering records this week with ab average of about 356,000 covid infections reported every day in the past week, according to johns hopkins university. as the world rang in the new year, the latest surge is sweeping across the u.s., pushing cases and hospitalizations to unprecedented levels. experts warning a turning point could be weeks away. given the size of our country and the diversity of vaccination versus non-vaccination, it
with covid. as for adults, hospitalizations are nearing the peaks we saw in september. the spike is in undating medical staff overwhelmed for months. now health officials fear that it will show up at new year s celebrations. tom foreman has the latest on how omicron is derailing holiday plans and travel and much more. reporter: the crowd in times square will be held to about a quarter of the usual. masks and proof of vaccination required. latest surge has new york city once again an epicenter of the pandemic. with statewide cases up more than 80% since monday. and the man who becomes mayor tomorrow is vowing to shut the surge down and keep the town open. we must learn to live with covid, adjust and pivot at the right times and we re doing that in new york and i m extremely optimistic on how the city is going to respond. clearly new york and washington, d.c. are ahead of the curve. but not by much. and so expect that in the next three to four weeks we ll see everyone rea
this is happening and there is no danger at this point to people there in the vicinity outside of the venue itself. the venue, country music hall, 2500 ft. , a massive space, paramedics, sheriff deputies, all of them working the scene. we will continue to follow this as it continues to develop. we continue our breaking coverage. jillian: we continue this fox news alert, breaking news coverage of the mass shooting in california. rob: a look at the scene live from above. 11 people confirmed at last check have been shot inside this bar and restaurant. that includes a sheriff s deputy after a gunman storms this pact california restaurant and bar overnight. here is a live look at the borderline bar in thousand oaks
40 miles northwest of los angeles in the san fernando valley. jillian: it is not clear anyone has died. 11 people have been shot, hundreds were inside at the time of the shooting. officials say the suspect is contained inside but the suspect is not a threat to the community ou