The countrys Positivity Rate closing in on 10 . 44 states are going in the absolute wrong direct here, and death numbers will be lacking these records by weeks, which tells us the worst is yet to come. And theyre now endangering the very people who protect them. A source telling cnn that several dozen secret Service Agents are either selfisolating or selfquarantining after being in contact with someone who is positive. Kay lan co Kaitlan Collins has more. Reporter the president has been on the road an awful lot lately, i believe 50 rallies, so every time the president goes somewhere, they go with him. They go in advance of the president to scope out where he will be. Theyre there while, of course, hes there, any of the other attendees, including the first family, the president s children. They remain long on the ground after the president is gone. Theres a lot of travel for these officers. Now we have learned that several dozen are having to quarantine or isolate, because they have contracted covid19 or came into contact with someone who did. These officers put their lives on the line essential for the president to protect him, but now also putting their own health at risk traveling with the president for all these political rallies tried to recreate what he did in 2016. The secret service did not comment, but we heard from someone family with the way it works. They said they are tested on the road and not having staffing shortages, but it does give you an indication of the level of risk theyre at when they are simply doing their jobs. You know, its telling right now, were looking at the president s legal team, you have some reporting on this or teams, i might say, stepping back in a few states. Whats going on there . Reporter the president and his aides have continued to deny reality, but were seeing how the legal a. Are disintegrating in front of our eyes in some places. In pennsylvania theyre trying to get recounts, trying to change the outcome of the election by which votes are counted there, one legal team representing the president s claim, and withdrawing, then in arizona weve seen the Trump Campaign withdraw the lawsuit that it filed there, because county officials determined that the number of votes that they were disputing was about 200. That comes, of course, as joe biden leads donald trump in that case by about 11,000 votes, and cnn has projected joe biden will win the state of arizona and flip it. So theyre seeing that its not being backed up in any progress. Kaitlan, thank you so much for updating us on both elements. Thank you. Right now election workers in georgia are recounting millions of ballots, doing it by hand. The race is incredibly tight. President elect joe biden leading by 14,000 votes. Amara walker is inside a Vote Counting Center in gwinnett, the second largest county in georgia. Do officials feel confident they can meet the deadline to complete the process by midnight on wednesday . Reporter county officials tell me they will do whatever it takes to meet this deadline six days from now. Its a tall order, but i can tell you u. Just observing this full hand recount thats been going on since about 10 00 this morning by the way, this has never been done before in georgia. Things have been going pretty smoothly. Take a look, election workers are hard at work. Theres about 50 audit teams that are working. This is supposed to be the most slowgoing part. Its the absentee ballots, brianna, that are being examined. Thats the more complicated part, because these are human marked ballots, where the president ial choices are bubbles. Now fulling county, which is the largest county in the state of georgia, is saying that its goal is to be done with the hand rye count by monday. We no theres a tiny count in northwest georgia, they finished recounting, but theres about 1500 to be counted. Those results should be uploaded this afternoon. All in all, state officials are say overall the objective is to build and boost voter confidence in the election system in the Voting Machines, and theyre confident on the other side of this, it would show that the Voting Machines were accurate, they were fair, we have monitors here on the ground as well, also from the carter center, all of this is important building voter confidence. As you know, the Trump Campaign, the president himself, has been spreading false claims of widespread voter fraud which we have seen no evidence here, and we know the team leadinged recount, along with state republicans, they are already objecting to how this audit is being carried out. They wrote that letter to the secretary of state yesterday before it even began. We see how its being carried out behind you, with so many folks putting in long hours and hard work. Amara, thank you. Amid the rhetoric, the voices of policy wol workers arg unheard. One official set hiss personally insulted by the vitriol, because poll workers are villainized unfairly. He is a registered republican and now works as a consultant to Election Administrators across the country. Thank you so much for being with us. In fact, you helped some counties in georgia preparing for this election. Explain to us why it would be so difficult for widespread voter fraud to exist. Thanks for having me. Its difficult for most voters to understand for seeing processes in realtime on livestreams, and see numbers that are not complete in real time. Its difficult for the common person, who does not have an elections background or may not have served as a poll worker in the past to see things as they actually are. Its really easy to misinterpret, or if you have an agenda, its very easy to interpret things the way that you are hopeful they would be. Youve kind of been given people a glimpse to the folks really serving the country. You say you were offended to hear a close friend imply that Election Administrators coordinated and allowed voter fraud. Why do you think that that opinion has become so pervasive, including among people you know, who theyre obviously friends oar family, and they know the work you do. Why has this become so pervasive . Its unfortunate i think for many reasons you should not need to say, but the integrity of election officials, the probate judges, your circuit or county clerks, or registrars, their positions are being called into questions because of outcomes. These are vote counters, Community Lead respect. These are people who have careers that depends on the outcome, and these people should be applauded, and you should try to join their team. If you ever have a question about election integrity, the best thing to do is reach out to that particular office or election administrator and ask them directly. Dont use alternative sources of media for your to be your source. These people have stories, the real people. Ive been in their office. I sieve the photos of their children on the wall. I hear six months away from a career pension, and i have a hard time i hope my goal is to bring this to light, that these are real people, the fix isnt in, their integrity depends on this as well, and they have a story to be told as well. The president , though, james, is saying the fix is in. So how difficult does that make it as you are trying to shed light on what really happens . Well, if the fix is in, they sure didnt tell the fixers. Our election have a long, extensive track record of things going right i will probably lose business s. By more relationships of mine may be hurt by saying that. The truth is the truth. These people are people of integrity. Theyre certainly not willing to risk going to prison for fixing an election for one candidate or another. Party does not play a role in how an Election Administrators, whether its ten voters or 10 million voters, the process has to be executed, and integrity of the process has to be upheld. Are you proud of this election, the way it was conducted . I know hundreds and hundreds of eElection Administrators. I have seen the training of thousands of poll workers during a pandemic. I think everything that could have possibly been done has been executed to the best that they could have done it, with the resources, and theres never enough money to help fund elections. They have done an incredible job. Voters should be proud of the job their Election Administrators that their poll workers have done to conclude the election. And as you point out, and thank you for doing so, these are extraordinary times. James young, thank you for being with us. Thank you. 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More people ever are in the hospital with covid, more than 67,000 people right now. More people than ever are getting infected each day. Thats an eyepopping 153,000 cases reported. The rate of positivity is so high in south dakota and iowa that a test is more likely to be positive than negative. Once again the nation is recording on average about 1,000 people dying each day with a new death projection, the u. S. Could see 2200 deaths a day by midjanuary. In utah the situation is so dire, that the head of the Hospital Association says theres no more space in intensive care units. Lucy kavanoff has more republican hospitals are already at capacity. The Positivity Rates are passing. Hospitals are bracing for the worst. Reporter we spoke to one woman who tragically lost her grandfather and mother last month. Minutes later, a phone call saying that her grandpa was also going to die. Take a listen. We called my grandpa. I put him on speakerphone so he could talk to my mom. He called my mom kiddo, called us all kiddo, kiddo, im not doing good. She said, dad, im not, either. He said, im dying. She said, dad i am, too. And he said, ill look for you in heaven. Reporter this tragic story is a microcosm of whats happening. Lindseys message said, this isnt about politics this isnt an infringement. Its basic human decently. Brianna . Lucy, thank you. From the west to the east, where today new york citys mayor is preparing parents schools should be shut down as early as monday. Joining me is new York City Council member mark levine. Thank you for coming on to talk abou this. The mayor saying the sevenday average is 2. 8 , and when you hit the 3 mark, that shuts down schools. What is the city doing now . Can the city really do anything now to stop the jump . Yes, the rise in the Positivity Rate is alarming. The rise in every metric we have is alarming. After months of stability, cases have now doubled in the last week. We just got the statewide number for today at 5,400 so this is serious s being driven by people traveling to and from other states, being driven by people going back into office spaces, and being driven by indoor dining, which resumes at a limited level in september. We have to act immediately on every one of these fronts, or were going to get outofcontrol spread in new york city with real dire consequences. So theres also this warning about schools, which are very close to having to shut. Yes. This is on the same day theres a new 10 00 p. M. Curfew going into effect. This would close all inperson service until 5 00 a. M. You have a lot of Restaurant Owners saying they cant take much more. Lets listen. As you gradually move forward, you think you see light at the end of the tunnel, you only find out the chair is underneath you, youre one step forward, three steps back. This is going to hurt, especially on a saturday night when you tell people at 8 30, you have to be out of the door by 10 00. What are you telling constituents. This is a real hardship in northern manhattan, hanging on by a thread. This will be a serious blow, but honestly we have no choice. We need to do further than a curfew. We need to hit paw on indoor dining, brianna. This is a known venue of spread. People who are not able to wear masks while theyre eating, close contact, talking, laughing, this has been documented around the world to be highly risky for the spread of coronavirus. We have to take this step down to a full pause, not just an evening pause, a full pause to stop this virus, which is spreading rapidly. Or well need more serious action in the weeks to come. We dont want that. The Business Owners are suffering. Government has an obligation too help them now with direct financial assistance. Essential we need to pay them to close. The federal government should be there, we should have a stimulus package now, even in this lameduck session. If it doesnt happen, the city and state has to find money, even if it means borrowing. Public health is at stake, and doing nothing now is not an option. Council member, you have a lot ahead of you. We appreciate you coming on to talk about it. Thank you so much, brianna. We got through this once before, and well do it again. No doubt, sir. Thank you. It has been ten days since the election, six days since cnn called the race for president elect joe biden. There are still two states until called until now. Stand by for a cnn projection. Cnn can now project that joe biden has won the state of georgia. Donald trump has won the state of North Carolina. A major, Major Development in this historic election. David, take us through this. The final two states we were able to project, because the counties in those states are certifying the county vote totals, sending them into the state. We know in georgia theres a hand recounseled under way, but joe biden is the winner of georgia, 14,152 votes ahead of donald trump, 49. 5 to 49. 2 . No democrat has won georgia since 1992. This is a huge victory for the huge democrats, a state they have long eyed, like a tenyearlong project, and joe biden did it with explosive growth in the atlanta suburban area, big turnout among african americans, women, this is a big prize for the democrats. You noted in North Carolina, donald trump is going to hang on to North Carolina, 73,0602 vo