Growing numberoflawsuits from the trump administrations. Well start with the new lawsuits today, greg. Reporter gasia, good afternoon. We saw new vote counts released from states to determine who wins the president ial elect and the lawsuits you mentioned. Were starting to see rulings on those. The margins are razor thin when it comes to the vote counts and thousands of ballots remain to be counted. Lets go to the numbers. In georgia, a state that has not gone for a democrat since 1992, remains incredibly close. The secretary of state said despite the graphic there, that approximately 50,000 ballots remain to be counted, mostly from areas around atlanta and savannah. President Trump Holding a small lead over joe biden, 50 to 49 , less than 15,000 votes. Lets take to you nevada. Its six electoral votes could get biden to 270 and remains incredibly close. A big focus on clark county, home to las vegas and 70 of the population. 77 reporting. Biden holding a small 49 to 48 lead. In critica
That school is asking fraternities to pay more than 10,000 in fines for parties breaking covid guidelines. He calls that type of behavior disrespectful. They have people who work in their kitchens, people who come to clean and cook and youre putting those people at risk. Its not just greek life contributing to outbreaks. Its crowded bars an off campus parties as well. These students said 20 people were in their house despite limiting gatherings to ten. The occupants all have covid. Do you have other people here and youre positive for covid . Is that a problem . What did you think when you saw that video . Its a window into a larger epidemic in our society. The approach that we have toward living together in local communities and as a nation, its not very cooperative. Cooperation aside university of connecticut sociology professor matthew huey says its difficult for human beings to stay distant. Were more than six months into this pandemic vchlt we underestimated the human ability, espe
Dr. Faucis new warning to americans that the fight against the coronavirus is far from over and to brace for a difficult fall. Dont ever, ever underestimate the potential of the pandemic. The new study this morning linking covid infections and dining out. Abc news exclusive, the president and ceo of walmart live on the economy, jobs and what the retail giant is stocking up on ahead of a possible second wave and when will we see those popular disinfectants fully back on store shelves. Kicking off overnight social Justice Front and center at the nfl opener. [ booing ] why the chiefs and texans were booed by the fans in the stands. Plus, dak prescott speaking out revealing his battle with depression after his older brother died by suicide and the fallout after a fox sports host said his comments showed weakness. And on the loose, a Tennessee Sheriff Office on the hunt for a tiger outside knoxville. Im out with a tiger cub. You what . You heard correctly. Its a tiger cub. This morning the
Postpandemic academy dominated by americas big tech companies. This friday morning, stocks are going up somewhere, can you believe that, we dont know how were going to close the session but the opening bell the dow will be up another triple digit, over 100 points, s p coming up a series of records of another nine this morning and the nasdaq made 39 records and moving higher again as of right now. That is the market, that is financial history, cue the fireworks, spectacular way to close out the republican convention, they lit up the sky over the white house after President Trump accepted the nomination for second term. It was a long speech, 70 minutes, the president made his pitch, vote for me and ill keep the streets safe and restore prosperity. Joe biden would ruin the country. You will hear it all, and then there is this, senator rand paul and his wife leaving the white house after the speech into an angry mob of demonstrators. That was intimidation that bordered the very close to re
The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h