That number, a direct response to rising number of infections. Of course, youre going to have more hospitalizations as you have more infections and more states are putting tighter restrictions, even in republican led states back in place. But heres the hope. Two very promising vaccines and experts will soon discuss exactly how they will be distributed. We begin this hour with Adrienne Broadus who joins us. Youre tracking the latest restrictions to go into effect and it has gone beyond politics you have some red states and red state leadership implementing them as well. Reporter poppy, absolutely right. And hospitals not only here in illinois are filling up, but hospitals across the country are filling up. Here in chicago its day 2 of the stayathome advisory. And chicagos mayor is encouraging residents to only leave their homes for essential services, talking about picking up medication if you need it, purchasing groceries and going to work. Some of the latest data from Johns Hopkins Un
Hes going to be just fine in the transition. Hes going to be just fine in the transition. It is most unfortunate that the republicans have decided that they will not respect the will of the people. And let me just say, it is like the house is burning down and they just refuse to throw water on it. Now so far theres zero indication the president is listening. He is again this morning tweeting, retweeting fantasies about overturning Election Results. A source familiar with the president s thinking tells cnn dont expect the president to publicly acknowledge that he lost, at least until georgia finishes the newly ordered recount. At the moment, the president is losing georgia by more than 14,000 votes. Math and context should matter, right . Even if the president should somehow come back, it wouldnt be enough. Biden would still be the president elect, period. There are a few more republicans today saying the president should green light transition cooperation, even if he wants to keep chal
On 10 . 44 states are going in the absolute wrong direction and death numbers will lag these records by weeks, the worst is yet to come. Still, trump hasnt spoken publicly in eight days. He has golfed twice but has only been seen once. At a ten minute veterans day appearance he was late for on a day it was hard to overstate the importance of being on time for an event, he refuses to begin the transition of power that keeps americans safe and he is watching, standing bias americans get sick and die. He is burning up twitter though, but instead of talking about the pandemic, its victims, families they leave behind or offering condolences to six american members of the military who died in a Helicopter Crash in egypt, he is slamming fox. Until recently when the is mad t fox, retweeting comments from the starve charles in charge, retweeting about widespread fraud that fact check isnt, and he stole an election that fact check wasnt, why . Because he is mad. He is standing idly by, screaming
Pushing against the government. Yes, its not only putting troops in harms way, but also putting nations in harms way. I think thats something hes laying on the lap of president elect biden. So what happens, vivian, if the Afghan Government is destabilized, is destabilized by this in the coming months . The Afghan Government has been struggling all along, and u. S. And other allies have been trying to prop it up and get it on its feel so it could return to some level of normalcy, but when you have Companies Like the u. S. Withdrawing, a lot of other allying will question their own roles in afghanistan, and then theyre left to their own devices. They may not be able to solely control the taliban levels. You have pockets of isis around the country that are starting to grow and become out of control. You basically reverse so much of the hard work and effort thats been put into the past couple of years, the Peace Process and Everything Else at this point when nobody is holding the taliban a
Today. Not with intelligence officials inside the government but outside of it. More on whats expected to happen inside that room just ahead as joe biden doesnt just move forward but he gets ready to move on. Coming up our new reporting on how he wants to put President Trumps political baggage in the rear view with our teams exclusive look at how he plans to handle potential investigations into his predecessor. Thats just some of what were watch as we get word on two more biden team staff announcements. One of them currently serving in congress. Comiing up, ill talk with the senator on the Armed Services committee whose name is reportedly in the mix. Plus the new data about kids that parents need to know about coronavirus and the new risk of misinformation around the pandemic. A startling story illustrating that as the president elect delivered his strongest warning yet about what could happen if the transition does not. More people may die if we dont coordinate. Im Hallie Jackson with