The senators first reaction came on twitter, writing shes honored to join the ticket and do what it takes to make biden the commander in chief. It was a fitting virtual reveal and reaction for a campaign thats been running almost entirely without inperson events for months amid the coronavirus crisis. Joe bidens Campaign Photographer posted this photo after the announcement, showing the moment that he told senator harris that he had selected her as his vp today over video chat from his home in delaware. But they are actually going to be together in person tomorrow. Theyll deliver remarks at an event near bidens longtime home in wilmington, delaware. A lot of americans were introduced to senator harris during her president ial Campaign Last year. She was born and raised in california. The daughter of indian and area macon immigrants. Her mother was a cancer researcher. Her father, an economics professor. She started her career as a deputy District Attorney. She went on to become the Dis
Bidens pick for vice. Senator Kamala Harris of california. The news broke about 4 15 eastern time with texts and email from biden going out to his campaign supporters, saying he followed up shortly with a tweet calling senator harris the senators first reaction came on twitter, writing shes honored to join the ticket and do what it takes to make biden the commander in chief. It was a fitting virtual reveal and reaction for a campaign thats been running almost entirely without inperson events for months amid the coronavirus crisis. Joe bidens Campaign Photographer posted this photo after the announcement, showing the moment that he told senator harris that he had selected her as his vp today over video chat from his home in delaware. But they are actually going to be together in person tomorrow. Theyll deliver remarks at an event near bidens longtime home in wilmington, delaware. A lot of americans were introduced to senator harris during her president ial Campaign Last year. She was bo
Congress that it intends to accept only 15,000 refugees this fiscal year. Thats a historic low for the country. They are calling it a move to quote prioritize the safety and wellbeing of americans. Also questions this morning about the message the president is sending by seemingly defying his own Covid Task Force and planning rallies. Two of them this weekend in wisconsin which is seeing a Record Number of deaths and hospitalizations. Right now, they have the third highest rate in minnesota and the task force is calling for increased social distancing in the state. Thats not stopping the president. Well get there in a moment. Lets begin with the rally in minnesota and our john harwood is outside at the white house. Good morning, john. What good morning, poppy. You know that open appeal that we heard from trump last night, it was so striking because it followed his remarks at the debate on tuesday night when he refused to condemn White Supremacy. In the white house driveway, he tried to
That ballots must arrive by election day. Not postmarked on election day. But they have to arrive by that date. Sooner. Many other states allowed ballots to arrive for days after as long as theray are postmark up until election day. Joining us to talking about is senior medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta and dane a bas lets talk about wisconsin first. That is democrats are scrambling to make sure that every single potential voter who is mailing in an absentee ballot has to do it by today. That is the assumption that they have to get in the mailbox by october 27th to get it counted by election day as the Supreme Court ruled. Whether or not this is going to be make a difference and leave a lot of absentee ballots not usable is an open question. More importantly it is an open question whether or not it is going to be a tight enough race for any of that to make a difference. It certainly was four years ago. The president won by like 20,000 votes, barely. I think, more importantly, the
Weeks of warnings from scientists and doctors to get the case number is down before flu season hits and cold weather drives people inside. Unlike past spikes, this one is happening as Colder Weather is upon us. Indoors is riskier setting for the spread. This outcome is predictable, preventable, but is it unstoppable . Top experts worry that yes, one saying the next 6 to 12 weeks will be the darkest of the entire pandemic. Moment ago, dr. Anthony fauci, the top Infectious Disease expert, says much of the country is at risk from having sickness from coronavirus. In the united states, 30 of u. S. Adults are susceptible to severe covid19 disease, on the basis of underlying conditions as well as aging in individuals, even those with overlapping compromised conditions. So the idea of being able to let this infection go through the community, only be concerned about those in Nursing Homes clearly is flawed. There are so many people generally in the community who are susceptible to severe dise