democrats are one senate seat away from a majority, which would give president-elect joe biden's agenda a tremendous boost with just one race left to call washington d.c. braces for today's electoral college, both inside the capitol and outside on the streets and no charges will be filed against kenosha, wisconsin police officers in the jacob blake shooting we'll have reaction and more and on the brink of rationing oxygen and more as

coronavirus cases surge to new heights. and lotto fever. no winner in last night's mega millions and the powerball with both jackpots reaching a combined $400 million. >> good morning to you all eyes this morning are on the senate runoff results trickling in from georgia. one winner so far. warnock defeating kelly loeffler in a special election. that puts democrats one seat away from taking control of the senate meanwhile, jon ossoff is making a -- but race is too close to call >> they fully expect he will have won and that outstanding vote is in parts of the state where he has been dominant however, david perdue is vowing

to exhaust all legal recourse. they believe in the end the senator will be victorious >> reporter: senator warnock is set to make history as the first ever black senator to represent the peach state. he vowed to represent all of georgia is not just those that voted for him. >> will we continue to divide, distract, and dishonor one another or will we love our neighbors as we love ourselves will we play political games while real people suffer or will we win righteous fights together standing shoulder to shoulder for the good of georgia, for the good of our country. >> he also spoke briefly overnight but did not concede this race. she told her supporters she will be in washington d.c. this morning, fighting for president trump.

>> there are still outstanding votes that need to be counted. about 9,000 votes are being manually scanned and fulton county wrapped up with about 4,000 absentee ballots left to be processed today and to breaking news out of wisconsin where a prosecutor announced no charges filed against the kenosha officer, who shot jacob blake the district attorney came the decision after viewing 40 hours of video and hundreds of pages of police reports. the shooting left blake paralyzed from the waist down. the d.a. says blake was armed with a knife the shooting sparked violent protests protesters gathered outside the kenosha court house calling for justice. others drove by honking their horns. da >> reporter: mounting outrage in kenosha, wisconsin, after no

police officers were chargedin the shooting of jacob blake. >> this is a slap in the face by wisconsin government and the d.a. >> reporter: he was shot seven times in the back. they say blake was armed with a knife and the officer could have successfully argued self defense. >> remember, these are uniformed officers they're called to the scene on a designated domestic abuse call when they get there, they know there is san arrest warrant for jacob blake and they take actions at that time . >> reporter: and the announcement the city counsel authorized an emergency declaration and the governor mobilized 500 national guard troops jacob survived but paralyzed from the waist down. he had been trying to break up an argument between young women and was walking back to the car

with his young child and 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse pled not guilty after he fatally shot three people and injured a third. the families of jacob blake, eric garner, spoke about social justice and police violence. >> when does not listening to the police when they tell you to stop walking justify seven shots to the back? anything they do to african-americans or brown people in this country is justified with freaking hatred >> reporter: blake's father told me although the family was disappointed with the d.a.'s decision, it was the one they expected they are not calling for justice at the federal level >> thank you one final vote in an election unlike any other. after two counts of recounts,

court challenges and twists upon twists, congress will tally the electoral college voeltes and certify joe biden's victory. the effort does not appear to have enough votes to pass. thousands of the president's supporters are already converging in d.c. to protest the certification vote police arrested six people at the ruckus rally yesterday on monday, they arrested the lead orof the proud boys after he was accused of vandalizing a black lives matter banner at a historic black church. they found henrik will w high u capacity issues. and tracie potts, plenty of drama around what's typically a ceremonial process >> reporter: plenty of drama for something that literally takes 30 minutes and doesn't get much attention at all big difference this year

here's how it's expected to happen those votes, elect torl votes will be counted alphabetically at the u.s. capitol. we're expecting 13 republican senators and about 100 republicans in the house to object but not necessarily derail certifying joe biden and kamala harris's winning this election when the law works, vice president pence announces the results but cannot change them now president trump is tweeting about in the "the new york times. they're reporting pence told the president over lunch that he cannot change these results. but the president, in a tweet, says if pence comes through, they will win and that he can send those results, those certified votes back to states to be changed. that is not the case but here's what president trump

is saying about what he expekct to happen. >> i hope mike pence comes through. of course, if he doesn't come tloour, i won't like him quite as much. >> come this wednesday, we'll have our day in congress we'll hear the objections. we'll hear the evidence. >> you have the president and these republican senators, essentially taking a flame thrower to our democracy, when it comes to public confidence. >> reporter: we're expecting to hear from president-elect biden this afternoon, making remarks about the economy. he may talk about this process at that point, it may well still be going on. they may be still counting and debating by the afternoon. >> a whole lot of what we can expect, thank you. the coronavirus continues to have a strong grip on the nation the united states is now reporting more than 21 million covid cases. and more than 355,000 americans have died, according to an note

net news count but the u.s. isn't the only nation being ravaged by the virus. in england, which entered its third lockdown, officials say more than a million people are currently infected adding one in 50 people contracted the virus last week this as some overwhelmed hospitals in california are expected to start rationing care soon here's nbc's miguel. >> reporter: with california's health care system in critical condition, at least one l.a. hospital is activated its crisis care standards, allowing the medical center to ration care, as covid cases cripple and overwhelm ers, residents in southern california are being urged to only call 911 in an extreme emergency. and now, in a stunning directive, ems teams in los angeles county are being asked to conserve oxygen as paramedics have been told not to transport

patients who can't be resuscitated did you think your first responders would be facinged in a situation like this? >> no, this is unprecedented for anyone in this bds >> reporter: california is reopening shuttered hospitals as the state lost nearly 4,000 residents in 14 days and now doctors expect a newly detected and highly contagious variant of the virus will trigger new cases and fatalities >> you give us a surge on top of that, we're done >> reporter: california is not the only state out of room for the -- >> it's tough. for somebody to tell you that you cannot get a hospital room for something that you desperately need >> reporter: the fight for health care, a life and death struggle, even for those that doubted the virus. >> i believed it was all going to go away

you don't want to end up like me >> reporter: the very place so many turn to help now in need of its own. let's take a turn and check in with nbc meteorologist. hi, jassa.ne >> we do have a developing storm syst in eme upper midwest. this transitions to the south and southeast as we head into this afternoon there's a severe weather risk and component with the storm from texas to louisiana where we have 7 million people with severe weather and thunderstorms popping up, where we could see one to two inches this system will quickly make its way to north carolina. the higher elevations could see one to two inches going

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they announced the 2021 grammy award show has been postponed due to california's staggering spike in coronavirus cases it has been moved to sunday march 14th and comedian trevor noah is set to host. called dry january some of us just refuse to participate. and some people go alcohol free for a month but there is a budding new alternative getting a spark. here's dan schenamen >> reporter: for many americans, this is dry january. putting down the bottle and perhaps picking up something else >> we did a recent survey and found a lot of patients, around 30% with were using cannabis instead of alcohol >> reporter: they say americans who have started using, or

increasing the use of cannabis , are using to deal with stress, relax and sleep and available in many states. >> there's been a sea change in cannabis use over the last few years. over half the united states has access to legal cannabis in some form. >> reporter: and a wide range of options for consumers. >> tinksures and mints and other things you wouldn't think of i think coming to a dispensary and talking to an associate that's really edge kaltucated is most important they may not know what ratios and doses are right. >> reporter: be careful and legal this new year. dan schenamen, nbc news. >> smoke it, drink it if you got it, whether it's january or not.

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