State of washington. Weve been in touch with the governor. Today i spoke with a man i happened to like. I spoke with phil in new jersey and were going to be doing something very meaningful in new jersey. Were doing something i spoke with jp called me today. Were doing a lot of things in florida. Were doing a lot of things. Between fema and the army corps of engineers and the admiral in your group in terms of purchasing thats what he does. Hes supposed to be great. Ill tell you in about two days. We have an incredibly group of people. While at the same time, though, were going to be watching very closely the hot spots. Were going to be taking care and watching closely our senior citizens, especially those with a problem or illness. Were going to be watching them
very, very closely. And we can do that and have an open economy, have an open country. And we have to do that because that causes other problems, and maybe it causes much bigger problems than the problem were talking about now.
Supreme court could respond to a widely ridiculed texas lawsuit seeking to overturn president elect bidens victory. Tonight the top House Republican has joined more than 100 lawmakers in the house and 18 red state attorneys general in backing the effort to throw out millions of certified votes. Were also awaiting word from the fda. It is expected to finalize emergency use authorization for pfizers covid19 vaccine very soon. Could do it at any moment now. Thats a move that would allow vaccinations to begin here in the United States within days. The urgency is clear as the u. S. Coronavirus death toll now tops 294,000 tonight with more than 15. 7 million confirmed cases and covid19 hospitalizations hitting yet another record high. Lets start our coverage this hour with our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, the u. S. Supreme court could deliver another major blow to the president s bogus claims about the election at any moment
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Americas longest war. And welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Were coming to you live from atlanta. Im natalie allen. Im George Howell. Newsroom starts right now. Thank you for joining us. Our top story, surging coronavirus cases are prompting a new warning from the World Health Organization. It says the global outbreak has reached the highest level of risk. That is meant to be a wakeup call for governments around the world to prepare. Listen. Do you have the xats capacit have you got the ventilatoventi have you got the backup teams because your staff will get exhausted. Is the training in place, are the laboratories ready, do you have big teams that can do surveillance, all these are the questions that need to be asked and answered right now. Families, governments, communities are talking about this, he fe fears calling the w week for the u. S. Stocks since the 2008 financial crisis. Meantime there are new concerns over how the virus may be spreading in the Unite
Second case with an unknown origin. Also breaking President Trump has announced his pick for director of national intelligence, republican congressman John Ratcliffe. This is controversial. Much more on that coming up. Lets go to cnns nick watt. Yet another case confirmed in california today. Thats right, wolf, in santa clara county, and as you say, the Washington Post is reporting that Officials Say that no known origin of that infection. The reason that is important is that if this person hadnt traveled overseas, hadnt had contact with somebody known to have had the virus, this virus could be out there in the community. And authorities a couple of hours north are still trying to figure out how another woman up there caught the virus. Also no travel overseas, no known contact for somebody with the virus, so the fear there is that the virus is out there, and one official in Northern California actually said you know what, there could be many more of these people out there and we just d
That new normal of mass School Closings and social distancing. Six feet away from somebody else. But the president reassures us that this, too, shall pass. Were all in this together. Its something that nobody expectedment we all will solve this problem, well solve it well. I think the American People have been incredible in the way theyve acted. Eric and we have Fox News Team coverage for you now. Jacqui heinrich is in yonkers, new york, on the latest for people scrambling for stuff at stores, lets begin with steve heir gain outside the centers for Disease Control in atlanta. Hi, steve. Reporter eric, the latest numbers from the cdc show globally more than 145,000 people infected z. As far as the u. S. Goes, that stands at 2,000 confirmed cases at least and 50 people dead. Administration officials have been clear to say that the shift of this pandemic has moved. Its moved from china now to europe, that is the epicenter. And we are seeing more shutdowns as well. Apple announcing all Ret