Good morning everybody. God to have you with us on a tuesday morning. Really picking up in the southeast this morning. No question about it. The further camera crews and reporters get into these areas, the worse it seems to get. Absolutely. The death toll rising. At least 11 People Killed by the storm in the u. S. And 29 in the caribbean. Heres a startling number. 8 million customers without power. Overwhelming majority, nearly 7 million in florida. At least one official is warning this morning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the florida keys. An Aircraft Carrier and other navy ships are being rushed to help with search and rescue. City of jacksonville flooding. Mayor says this could take days for the water to recede. Were going talk to him live. Lets start our indepth coverage with dillen dryer good morning. Good morning, savannah. This is the st. Johns river behind me which overflows its banks like never before. Its incredible that irma impacted all of florida, from key west to
Ensure that all of us who use the facilities are safe. Thursday night, in her state of the city address, mayor goodman shared what las vegas accomplished, and what city leaders continue to work on in whats been called the master plan. We know we need more parks, especially in the downtown area. And we are looking at ways to bring green spaces to fit in with our existing developments. They mayor highlighted a few of the 50 new projects completed and under construction in downtown las vegas. A project value of 305 million where more than 2,100 permanant jobs were created. Part of that plan, transportation. Project neon is on the immediate horizon to un spagetti the spagett bowl in the core of our city. And to open the flow of traffic from the north and the south and the east and the west for the ultimate commuters paradise. And mayor goodman was proud to announce that the mayors faith committment to end veterans homelessness was a success in 2015. Mayor goodman also called out state lead
Pennsylvania. President trump still refusing to concede, refusing to drop baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Hes also refusing to do anything to ada smooth transition to the biden administration. We are starting to see daylight between Trump Officials, former and current, who are reaching out on their own to biden counter parts, some quietly because they fear reprisal. Today, president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris hear from members of the National Governors Association Executive committee. These are governors on the frontlines of the fight against the coronavirus. And while the biden team formulates plans to battle the virus, President Trump largely ignores it, even as the u. S. Is crossing a grim milestone here. Take a look. A quarter Million People dead. There are no tweets from trump about that. Theres no sympathy for the dead or for families. In fact, the president s twitter feed presents as if were not even in a pandemic. We are hearing from the V
Coronavirus is 70 effective. The british Prime Minister calls the results fantastic, and we will have the details for you. yet but its reportedly 70 effective and we will have more on that in just a moment. But despite the pandemic, the current u. S. President remains focused on his election defeat. And Donald Trumps legal team is in disarray after a string of courtroom losses. Joe biden, meanwhile, is moving forward with his cabinet selections with several names set to be announced on tuesday. We are told one of them will be antony blinken, a longtime Foreign Policy adviser in the obama administration, who will be nominated to serve as secretary of state. Details now from cnns arlette saenz. Reporter president elect joe biden is set to roll out his first cabinet picks on tuesday and the announcements are shaping up to be Foreign Policyfocused. Cnn has learned that secretary of state is expected to be among the first jobs that biden announces for his cabinet. An
This protection is versus free trade and the dangers he sees with tarrifs. I think its good to be attention all the way through Boris Johnsons how does the uk balance its table between its friends across the atla ntic between its friends across the atlantic and that will be a real tension for them. Its also a bit of irony in that speech for a lot of people listening. The Prime Minister a standing making this big, eloquent classic speech littered with metaphor and comedy, depending on your flavour. But banging the drum for free your flavour. But banging the drum forfree trade, your flavour. But banging the drum for free trade, having just won the argument to take the uk out of the biggest free trading lock in the world, that has a very deep irony and what hes putting forward wont be easy to get the eu to agree with. There was a little bit of uncertainty on whether that be the case. Whats an australian style deal with the eu . Is that no deal 2020 . If you are as nerdy as me listening to