States biden prepares executive orders to undue a slew of orders and as President Trump challenges the vote. And Boris Johnson amongst the first to congratulate mr. Biden, while other leaders prepare to advance relations and biden prepares to name a covid19 task force as infections hit record daily levels while mark meadows tests positive joe biden has called for unity the win means that donald trump becomes the first one term president since george bush sr. In 1993. After four days of intense counting, biden was named the projected win winner in pennsylvania and nevada. He has so far claimed over 75 million votes, that is the most by any president ial candidate in history. Biden outlined the key issues his administration will face in the short term what is our mandate i believe it is this america has called upon us to marshal the forces of decency, of fairness and science and hope and the great battles of our time the battle to control the virus, the battle to build prosperity, the ba
To covering congress. Today in the Senate Lawmakers will debate the nomination of eileen cannon to be u. S. District court judge for the Southern District of florida. Votes are expected at noon eastern. Now live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we honor you for your glory and strength. Your glory fills us with reverence and your strength inspires us with courage. Bless our lawmakers. Inspire them to find fulfillment in the splendor of holiness. Lord, remind them that you expect people of faith to illuminate the darkness of this world with exemplary actions that prompt people to glorify you. May our senators remember that their conduct, particularly during times of adversity, has longterm consequences. Lord, we praise you that you continue to rule our universe. We pray in your awesome name. Amen. The president pro tempore p
Brennan i am not sure if the senator can still hear me, i think we just had an interruption on that feed, so hopefully we will pick it up. Standing by, though, in richmond, i am going live to virginia senator tim kaine. Good morning to you, senator. Good morning, margaret. And you and senator lee have actually found some common cause here, despite the difference in frustration, a lot of frustration regarding the president s lack of consultation with congress, and i want to dive into that. But lets start off specifically on what we learned, because you are on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which has oversight of the state department and therefore embassies. Were you aware that there was any kind of threat specifically to Embassy Baghdad and 3 other posts as the president has described . No, i wasnt, margaret. I was at the classified briefing because i am both an Armed Services and Foreign Relations member, that was not told to us in the classified briefing. Nor was there a sugge
People are getting sicker and its not just affecting the elderly and those with comorbid conditions, were seeing patients who are otherwise healthy come in with pretty severe disease. A lot of younger Patient Population are showing up, getting admitted to the hospital, theyre getting admitted to the intensive care unit. This disease has a longterm impact on your life and your loved ones lives. When youre in the hospital from covid, your family cannot visit. Youre alone. Thats such a hard and scary way to spend your time in the hospital. I understand that the general public, people that arent in the health care, they dont see the things that we see, so they dont understand fully, but its real. They need to wear your masks, you need to wash your hands. Dont go into large gatherings. Once again we begin the show with sound from some of the medical workers on the front lines of this pandemic, as you saw mostly southern date lines. It is friday. As cases continue to surge in the United Stat
Im chris cuomo in the cnn election center. We have a special edition of cuomo prime time. Countdown to super tuesday. There are big buckets of delegates to be had and now all new stakes. The big question for the democrats is can they come together. We saw some big moves in that direction on the eve of the big event. Were waiting for a Joe Biden Rally in texas as the former Vice President is getting key endorsements tonight. From who . Three former rivals, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. So what do we see in the state of play . Its now a fourway race. Youve got sanders and biden. Then the two other candidates looking to take them down, bloomberg and warren. This is dramatic lead up to primaries in 14 states all across the country. Youre going to have voters in all different types of time zones and socioeconomic slices going to give their verdict. Now, like i said, its not just about doing well at the polls now. Its about delegates. 1300 delegates on the line for super t