Americans have now fallen victim to the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Thats onefifth of the worlds cases and 1 million more than just three weeks ago. More than 132,000 cases were confirmed in the past few days, it is an alarming rate of infection. Hospitals in several states report numbers and u. S. President donald trump apparently recovered from his own bout of the disease insists that the countrys, quote, rounding the turn on the pandemic. He continues to hold crowded rallies as you can see there across the country without any precautions. But there is at least one glimmer of hope, at least one vaccine might be ready by the end of the year. The National Institutes of health say it is a big if. Here is what dr. Fauci said before the election. Thats extremely unlikely to be happening until sometime late in the middle of winter. Its too bad this has gotten tangled up in other calendar issues. This is the kind of the way science is supposed to go, you do the work, you do the an
We have seen the president apparently duped by a satirical site into tweeting to block a favorite news story of his. A story we learned authorities are actually investigating for ties to a russian disinformation campaign. We also learned governor larry hogan has cast his ballot for ronald reagan. Deceased, former president , not the living, breathing, leader of his own party. We watched Chris Christie single out what he calls the white houses cavalier attitude toward coronavirus. Some of the people most vulnerable to the virus. Seniors. And late today, we learned this from new reporting by cnns jake tapper. General john kelly has told friends donald trump is, quote, the most flawed person hes ever met. Here is the rest of what he said. Quote. The depths of his dishonesty is astounding to me. The dishonesty, transactional nature of every relationship, though its pathetic more than anything else. He is the most flawed person i have ever met in my life. That is just part of the picture to
Singleday coronavirus case totals since the start of the pandemic, including wisconsin where the president will hold a rally later tonight. In fact, the infection rate, the positivity rate, is somewhere up above 20 right now. Hes also in michigan today, a state thats also reporting a Record Number of cases. In fact, take a look at how those cases are climbing in michigan. Also on the rise, the number of early ballots cast in this election. Americans are voting early in Record Numbers. More than 22 million have voted so far, and while requests for mailin ballots are in high demand, in part due to the pandemic, President Trumps sustained attacks on vote by mail, plus the overhauls to the postal service, have inspired so many people to vote early inperson. Let me take you to georgia. These images from this morning where some people lined up for three or four hours to cast their ballots. Well have much more on the ground there in georgia in a moment. But first, cnns joe johns joins us from
Breaking into houses using explosives and handtohand combat. Officials did not say which group he trained with. Two months into the militarytype camp a cleric told mohamud to return to the United States and carry out an act of terrorism according to the indictment. In june now back at ohio the 23yearold allegedly told others that he wanted to kill american soldiers executionstyle at a military base in texas. And his backup plan was to attack a prison, specifically wanting to target armed forces including police officers. Its not clear just how far along any such plans were. Mohamud expressing support for isis a full year prior to leaving for syria. Uploading images of the terrorist group to his facebook page. As long as isis remains, as long as they are not defeated theyre going to continue to inspire individuals like that to go join the jihad, get trained, come back and pose a threat to west and to america. Now, i spoke to his defense lawyer and he says he plans to plead not guilty to