Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a trump sitdown with mueller. One, why trump fired fbi director james comey. Two, what trump said to comey about the investigation of former National Security adviser michael flynn. Tonight, bloomberg has also spoken to giuliani and also reports that those two topics are off limits. According to bloomberg, giuliani said, quote, if asked the president would tell the Special Counsel that he didnt urge comey to stop Investigating Flynn and Didnt Fire Comey to cut off his investigation into russian int
It was a total game changer. Learn more about the condition at factsonhand. Com tonight, several developing tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The cdc and what theyre now urging involving thanksgiving. Urging americans not to travel. It comes as nearly 200,000 new cases and nearly 2,000 deaths reported in just the last 24 hours. The cdcs alarming new prediction about the death toll by mid december. Authorities in New York City and across the country taking new action. In california, issuing a new curfew tonight. Ohios governor Warning Hospitalizations are reaching critical levels. Dr. Anthony fauci at the white house podium for the first time in months and what he said late today. Reporters asking where is the president on this virus. What were now learning about a third vaccine tonight showing promise. Late today president elect Joe Biden Warning American lives
are at stake with the president refusing to work with him on any transition, on any plan for vaccine
tonight a special counsel that had been appointed by former president trump indicting the attorney for allegedly lying about who he was representing and making those claims. pierre thomas standing by. the growing mystery tonight, the prominent lawyer surrendering to authorities today accused of attempting to plan his own murder. in an alleged insurance plot for his son. and all of this comes months after the mysterious deaths of that lawyer s wife and son. and history in space tonight, the extraordinary images coming in only civilians on board and their remarkable view. good evening. great to have you with us on a thursday night. we begin tonight with this crucial meeting coming, the fda and their critical decision on booster shots in this country. the pfizer booster is being considered first. this is an outside advisory
good evening. great to have you with us on a thursday night. we begin with the new warning from the cdc. it s blunt. they re urging americans not to travel this thanksgiving. with the nation having lost more than 250,000 american lives to this and given what they ve seen in the last 24 hours, nearly 200,000 new cases, the numbers are accelerating too fast. they fear thanksgiving will only make it worse if we all don t pitch in. we took note of this map from the new york times showing the nation s hot spots. the deepest red there. this virus is all across the country. after passing the 250,000 mark, this cdc projects we could see 298,000 lives lost by mid december. governors across the country saying this is dire. pleading for the public s help. louisiana s governor saying his state is in the third surge of this pandemic. ohio s governor reporting hospitalizations are at a critical state. the highest so far in the pandemic. new hampshire imposing a statewide mask mandate. california w