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Are off today. We begin 2021 with more than 125,300 people hospitalized with coronavirus, thats a record high. The u. S. Is set to pass 20 million confirmed cases today. That benchmark is a sobering indication despite turning the page to this year the u. S. Has not turned over a new laeaf. More than 10,000 deaths were reported in the final days of the new year. The worst is still ahead of us. More than 6 Million People boarded airplanes over the last six days as experts identify evidence that the new covid19 strain, that that originated in the uk is here in the United States. America is suffering as President Trump prepares to send and spend his final 20 days in office, pushing his effort to overturn the election results. Cnn has now learned that at least 140 House R ....
Massive stimulus deal after days of signaling he might not. But the delay means a lapse in benefits for many jobless americans. The president s final strategy is clear, create chaos as his time in the white house runs out. Also running out, 2020. But as we close out december, a tragic fact. This has been the deadliest month in this pandemic so far. And sunday was the highest day for air travel. Now Health Officials are bracing for case numbers to surge again. So lets start in washington, john harwood joins me now. John, the president is still pushing for a vote that increases checks to 2,000, repeals section 230 and start an investigation into voter fraud. Is this just falling on deaf ears at this point now that the bill is signed . Reporter just keeping it real here, what the president is actually pushing is the go button on his golf cart in florida. What he has written down on this piece of paper and issued in his signing stat ....
A constitutional formality is on track to become a fullblown political spectacle on wednesday when a joint session of congress meets to formalize the results of the 2020 election. And breaking this afternoon, 11 sitting and incoming republican senators now say they will join senator josh hawley of missouri in an unprecedented and unwarranted effort objecting to the certification of joe bidens electoral victory. Here they are. Ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, James Langford of oklahoma, steve days, john kennedy of louisiana, Marsha Blackburn of tennessee, mike brawn of indiana and senatorselect Cynthia Lummis of wyoming, Roger Marshall of alaska, bill haggerty and tommy tuberville. There is no major issue with the election. In fact, multiple court cases ....
Im paula newton, and this is cnn newsroom. So, two months after americans picked joe biden for president , more republican lawmakers are falling in line, behind an angry donald trump. In an extraordinary show of disregard for the democratic process, at least a dozen sitting and incoming senators say theyll object to the certification of the electoralcollege votes to confirm biden as the next president. The move, though purely symbolic, now theres been no credible evidence to suggest widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. The courts are, still, dismissing cases. On saturday, an Appeals Court rejected a lawsuit filed by representative Louie Gohmert and other republicans, after a federal court threw it out, just the day before. Now, they were seeking to force, if you can believe this, Vice President mike pence to interf ....
Political stunt. We want to show you the faces of these republican senators who join holly zukert. Ron johnson, James Langford of oklahoma, steve danes of montana, john kenedy of louisiana, Marcia Blackburn of tennessee, mike ron of indiana, as well as senators elect cynthia of wyoming, ronald marshall, big haggerty and Tommy Tuperville of alabama. Their objection doesnt change the facts and it wont change the outcome. Joe biden won this election. Dozens of lawsuits challenging the results have been thrown out by state judges, by federal judges including some trump picked himself. Even the Supreme Court. Election officials have done recounts in states like georgia. President trumps own Homeland Security a ....