Andrew cuomo, over his coronavirus restrictions. Well have more on that later this hour. I want to begin with my colleague, rosa flores, live outside Jackson Hospital there in miami and ed lavandera working this holiday as well in dallas. And rosa, i will begin with you. Happy thanksgiving, friend. Nice to see you. So tough to have to talk about what we are covering on a day like today, but what are hospitalizations like where you are . Reporter brooke, happy thanksgiving to you, too. Look, hospitalizations not only here in miamidade but other areas are increasing. Thats what we are hearing from coast to coast, rhode island to washington state. Here in miamidade where i am, according to the last data released by the county, hospitalizations increased by 25 in the past two weeks. Use of ventilators has increased by 44 . And also use of icus have increased by 43 . Medical experts had warned about this. They had said that if americans werent wearing masks, not social distancing, we were g
Under mines brian kemp for certifying the results and suggested he could undo the results and cancel the states runoffs which are scheduled to be held in five weeks. Fact check, kemp has no authority to do that. His campaign also filed a lawsuit in wisconsin appealing the result theres, one day after that state certified its election for joe biden. The state attorney general tells the ap the state seeks to create twotier election system to disenfranchise voters in milwaukee and madison. 50 days before being sworn in as President Joe Biden introduced the leading members of an Economic Team that he said understand whats it is to struggle. From the most unequal economic and job crisis in history we can build a new American Economy that work for all americans. My message to everyone struggling right now is this, help is on the way. Joining us now nbc News White House correspondent Peter Alexander with the Biden Transition Team and Washington Post White House Reporter and msnbc political an
Joining me now. Tell us why biden is picking these folks for these roles chlts. These are coming in a speedy way here. This is faster than former president barack obama filled his cabinet. Theyre clearly moving in expedited fashion to fill the space they see, given all of what we are talking about going on in michigan. When you look at the roster of names as you said, familiar faces, longstanding experience in their areas of expertise, john kerry, former secretary of state, long time massachusetts senator, one of the authors of the paris climate accords is coming back into the administration, special envoy for climate change. This is something that doesnt need approval by the senate, he does not need to be confirmed. This is someone that will be on the National Security council. That is one of the bigger surprises on the list of names. It is a whos who of who worked inside the obama government, also for joe biden for a long time. Tony blinken, nominee to be secretary of state, widely e
Out if elected officials wont do it themselves. If state and local policies do not reflect the seriousness, all Public Health officials must alert the state population. 2600 americans dead yesterday. That is the secondhighest, but there is good news on the horizon. The head of operation warp speed says 100 million americans may be vaccinated by february. The uk just became the first nation in the west to approve the Pfizer Vaccine. The fda is expected to take up possible approval of the Pfizer Vaccine in the United States at a meeting next week. The head of the governments operation warp speed says once approved the vaccine will be available within 48 hours to Healthcare Workers and to people in assisted living facilities. Our sarah murray is joining us now. Sarah, this is a huge undertaking. Talk to us about whast challengchallenge s are. This is a very big undertaking and its all moving quickly. The Fda Advisory Committee will concern the first vaccine on december 10th, and the hope
I mean, it displays and it shows it well, but you really dont need a split screen to see the contrast in the two styles of the president elect and the president , the current president of the United States. And for that i bring in laura coates. Laura, am i wrong . No, youre not wrong. Theyre about as stark stylistically as we are tonight in terms of whats going on. The idea that one is saying theyre going to look forward and be uniting people and thinking about the division. The other one seems to just think you can beat a dead horse, the horses ashes, the skeleton. Theres really nothing stopping him from continuing to avoid the inevitable, and that doesnt bode well for unity, frankly. It just doesnt. We have to move on at some point. But im smiling, don. We do have to im smiling. You know why im smiling. World out there, you dont know that don lemon can sing. You dont know if he can actually sing. He just did. I told him. I heard cuomo say the whole shaft thing. I saw Donny Hathaway w