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Judy and its friday, mark shields and david brooks analyze the president s refusal to concede. And what a Joe Biden Administration could look like. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Announcer major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by [music] moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf. The engine that connects us. Consumer cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. Announcer and with the ongoing support of these institutions. Announcer and friends of the newshour. Announcer this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy covid19 set all kinds of recordin the u. S. This week and none was good. Just days after passing 100,000 new cases a day, the u. S. Reported 153,000 yesterday, more than 67,000 people are hospitalized. A record for a third raight day. The country has averaged near
The presidency has literally placed in the ballots this is a race that weve been ahead of the expected all lines these are 159 elections directors employees who are here to do the job of protecting democracy as we look at the data thats outstanding we see a number of democratic counties that are yet to report we want to be able to make sure that accounting that occurs and that the results that proper could be respected by everywhere it can voter across this where. These people are not involved in voter fraud these people are not involved in Voter Suppression. Also coming up the u. S. President ial election has become a global test of patience and nerves americas allies are hoping for a quick and peaceful resolution americas rivals are showing their shot in florida and devilishly. And because kate that out of the a shortcomings in the american electoral system and science which International Observers and pundits have pointed out many times this is pacitti to the archaic nature of the r
World. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by judy there are two major stories tonight, the postelection transition as President Trump refuses to concede or even allow for the traditional preparations that would normally have begun and the surging burden of covid cases in most areas of the country. The u. S. Hit a new daily record of covid19 infections with more than 144,000 reported yesterday. Hospitalizations top 65,000 for the first time, 22 states are reporting more hospitalizations than at any time says the pandemic began. Deaths are up by 22 from a week you. Ago. Lets look at how this is hitting a number of states especially hard no matter which region. In el paso, texas, makeshift clinics outside hospitals are opening up. Mobile morgues are moving in and a lockdown of nonessential businesses has been extended, testing lines are growing in wisconsin. Cases there have jumped from 700 a day to more than 6000 in two months