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Trials, about the delay and about what happens next? >> i am one of those parents. i understand the frustration. this has been a long time coming, and we were so close. and i thought the conversation we were going to have today would be different. i think its important for people at home to know that science takes as long as it takes and that you want the steps to be followed. you want enough data to be accumulated. you want all of the data to be accumulated and the experts who are making recomm...

Arizona n. nevada, only 5% of the vote is in. trump has a lead of 32,000 or so, 73.4% to 23.9%, 6 electoral votes in nevada. in georgia, 82% of the estimated vote is in. trump still maintains an impressive nearly 300,000 vote lead over biden in georgia. 52.9% to 45.8%. 16 electoral votes in georgia. lets go back to john king whos watching all of this oh so closely. right now the race to 270, 215 for biden, 171 for trump. >> so, were waiting. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. you heard joe biden...

Thats the average. it is interesting to me though, that people who are being paid higher up, $150,000, they actually used more of their days off, only leaving three on the table. maybe they feel a little bit more secure in their jobs. >> a little bit more comfortable. maybe they have a little more flexibility with the money they can spend. i dont see why anybody objects to a little staycation. just stay home. an interesting point that i saw here is that people dont use their vacation. people who...

Attacks and carbon monoxide to make sure things are cleared to get things back to normal and keep the family safe. >> gregg: good important note. molly, thanks very much. >> heather: we are getting new information on historic snowfall totals. portland, maine, 23.9 inches breaking the record. take a look at this. amazing time lapse video, from connecticut showing the storms building in a hurry. first a few snowflakes and then the skies open up the snow rising fast and look at that. reducing visib...

Capital gains taxes going up. connect all the dot, and youve got -- megyn: those are taxes people pay on the money they make from their investments. >> yes, okay. if i buy a stock for $100, i sell it for $200, that is a a capital gain, and im taxed on it. next year it might be 20% or even 23.9%. megyn: and the argument is if the tax goes too high, then you decide not to invest, you decide to put your money maybe in real estate or in the mattress or someplace else, and that hurts the economy not ...

National prayer breakfast but it got us thinking about religion and the presidency. we wondered if a non-christian would ever get elected to the white house. first lets look at rng eligion this country. 78% of of americans are consider ed christian. 23.9% catholic, 1.7% jewish, 0.6% muslim, then agnostics and atheists. were putting the questions to our stream team. today we are asking, would a non-christian, agnostic or atheist ever be elected president of the united states? on the team today is...

Money and they use it to speculate, which doesnt help the economy. when you go to the 2,000s, george bush has the giant taxes. record breaking, historic tax cuts. and what happens? in 2008, a terrible recession. the two times the richest 1% in the country have the highest percentage of our nations income were in 1928 when they had 23.9% of the nations income and in 2007, when they had 23.5% of the nations income. so they have a giant percentage oe of the nations income. next year, 1929, crash de...

That will raise the dividend tax and raise the income tax. all taxes are negative as far as creating jobs in the economy; particularly, during a recession. why in the world they would allow the tax cuts to expire is beyond me. this is idiotic economics. this is not -- when you say most economies, in all due respect, youre wrong. you dont even recognize chicago school of economic friedman. you think every guy following keynses was a genius and most were morons. >> actually, most economists do agr...

So, people could be without power for a long time. we just got our first big city at two feet of snow, baltimore now reporting in at 24 inches of snow. incredible. still waiting for more updates out of the philadelphia and d.c. areas. i bet you youre probably over 20 inches because its been snowing hard. i have to update this graphic. this is now the third largest snowstorm ever to hit baltimore, maryland. officially just about 23.9 inches. your all-time record is 28.2 and its still snowing hard...

I wou i want to take you to north carolina. polo sandoval, youre in an area that is notorious for flooding, an area people are very worried about now, right, polo? >> reporter: thats right, martin. the rain continues to fall here in lumberton. the rainwater continues to flow into the river. those are two reasons why city officials have been going door to door. weve been with them as theyre pleading with residents who are not in shelters, who are still near the river, to get out. that river is cl...