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erielle. >> alex presha in washington for us. alex, thank you. >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton could be up for a job in the new biden administration. "the washington post" reports biden is considering naming clinton as his ambassador to the united nations. >>> five americans are among seven peacekeepers who were killed in a helicopter crash in egypt's sinai peninsula. an eighth person was seriously injured. it is being blamed on a mechanical problem. >>> the search for victims of the flooding in north carolina will resume. the weather is blamed for at least seven deaths. three people died at this campground in alexander county after it was submerged. a toddler among the missing. meanwhile, nearly 150 people had to be rescued from a school as floodwaters rose. up to ten inches of rain fell in some areas damaging roads and bridges. >>> time now for a look at your friday forecast. looking at the radar once after tropical storm eta is finally moving off the east coast, but a major storm is now slamming the west coast dum
erielle. >> alex presha in washington for us. alex, thank you. >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton could be up for a job in the new biden administration. "the washington post" reports biden is considering naming clinton as his ambassador to the united nations. >>> five americans are among seven peacekeepers who were killed in a helicopter crash in egypt's sinai peninsula. an eighth person was seriously injured. it is being blamed on a mechanical...
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abc's alex presha has the latest. x, good morning. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden has been receiving phone calls from foreign leaders all over the world congratulating him, yet abc has learned overnight the state department led by mike pompeo still hasn't received guidance in this transition. as of this morning, joe biden leads donald trump by more than 5 million votes nationally. it's the largest popular vote victory since obama in '08. still president trump refuses to concede and continues to make baseless claims about election fraud. now eyes are on georgia. biden is up there by more than 14,000 votes. a hand recount already authorized so the republican secretary of state telling cnn he thinks the ultimate results won't change. >> we believe that the ballots were counted accurately with the machine count. >> reporter: in arizona another state where trump's challenging vote counts the attorney general telling the local paper, if, indeed, there was some great conspiracy, it didn't work. but the president's ref
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alex presha, abc news. >> time now for a look at your monday weather. looking at the radar, eta is dumping up to a foot of rain across florida with winds near 65 miles per hour overnight. as the storm made landfall in the keys, eta is expected to meander around the gulf of mexico for several days before possibly hitting florida later again this week. it may even regain hurricane status. checking today's high temperatures, unseasonably warm across the eastern half of the country. some areas are 20 degrees warmer than usual, but it's chilly across much of the west. 38 in denver, 64 in los angeles. >>> coming up, the other big story this monday morning, we remember alex trebek. >>> the new tributes and how the "jeopardy" host wanted to be >>> let's have a real big welcome for duncan white. >> that's alex trebek from the early days in canada. this morning, we're celebrating his life. the tv icon was a guest in living rooms for more than half a century. >> in recent months he bravely shared his battle with pancreatic cancer. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >>
alex presha, abc news. >> time now for a look at your monday weather. looking at the radar, eta is dumping up to a foot of rain across florida with winds near 65 miles per hour overnight. as the storm made landfall in the keys, eta is expected to meander around the gulf of mexico for several days before possibly hitting florida later again this week. it may even regain hurricane status. checking today's high temperatures, unseasonably warm across the eastern half of the country. some...
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abc news reporter alex presha explains why health officials are so concerned. >> reporter: as americansead home from their thanksgiving destinations, health experts warn the holiday could become a superspreader. >> we may see a surge upon a surge. we don't want to frighten people, but that's just the reality. >> reporter: the tsa screening more than 8 million people over the past nine days. tens of millions more driving despite cdc warnings to stay home. >> the plane coming back this time was way more crowded than going up, so that made me a little nervous. >> reporter: november is now the worst month on record for the coronavirus. more than 4 million people infected. nearly 35,000 deaths. more than 91,000 americans currently hospitalized, a 93% spike since november 1st. >> we're exhausted. we are tired. i have nurses that in the middle of the day start crying because they keep on getting patients, and there's just not enough nurses that can help us. >> reporter: in new york the positivity rate at its highest level since may. the governor could soon announce new restrictions. but public
abc news reporter alex presha explains why health officials are so concerned. >> reporter: as americansead home from their thanksgiving destinations, health experts warn the holiday could become a superspreader. >> we may see a surge upon a surge. we don't want to frighten people, but that's just the reality. >> reporter: the tsa screening more than 8 million people over the past nine days. tens of millions more driving despite cdc warnings to stay home. >> the plane...
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abc news reporter alex presha has a look now at how the candidates are trying to win votes on this final weekend before election day. >> reporter: president trump holding five rallies across five states on sunday, states he needs to win again if he wants to stay in the white house. beginning his day in michigan. >> we are going to win the state of michigan again. >> reporter: his second stop, iowa, where he holds a seven-point lead over joe biden in the latest des moines register poll. throughout the day, the president downplaying the coronavirus. >> and we're rounding the turn on the pandemic. we're rounding the corner. we're rounding the turn. >> reporter: joe biden continues to slam the president's response to the pandemic. >> if this president just wore a mask instead of mocked it from the beginning. >> reporter: the rice tightening in pennsylvania since last month. biden holds a slight seven-point advantage, down two points from october. >> two more days, we can put an end to this presidency that has from the very beginning sought to divide us, to tear us apart. >> reporter: with mi
abc news reporter alex presha has a look now at how the candidates are trying to win votes on this final weekend before election day. >> reporter: president trump holding five rallies across five states on sunday, states he needs to win again if he wants to stay in the white house. beginning his day in michigan. >> we are going to win the state of michigan again. >> reporter: his second stop, iowa, where he holds a seven-point lead over joe biden in the latest des moines...
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as alex presha tells us, he's starting to lose some republican support.upport. >> biden has 73 more electoral votes than president trump. and despite the president frequently tweeting baseless claims of voter fraud, two election security organizations said on thursday this election was the most secure in american history. still president trump refuses to concede or even offer biden key transition resources like classified intelligence briefings, something normally given to a president-elect. trump's pop spokeswoman on fox news. >> has the president considered that? >> i haven't spoken to the president about that. that would be a question more for the white house. >> reporter: she is the white house press secretary. in a new 60 minutes news interview, former president obama slamming republicans for not calling mr. trump out. >> i'm troubled by republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this. >> reporter: but there are new signs that the gop support for president trump is eroding. >> i would think on classified briefings, the answer i
as alex presha tells us, he's starting to lose some republican support.upport. >> biden has 73 more electoral votes than president trump. and despite the president frequently tweeting baseless claims of voter fraud, two election security organizations said on thursday this election was the most secure in american history. still president trump refuses to concede or even offer biden key transition resources like classified intelligence briefings, something normally given to a...
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alex presha, abc news, baltimore. >> quite the complicated thing to figure out. right. >>> let's get a check of the weather now which is no so complicated today, it's been pretty stable. >> and that's the problem, liz, some pollutants being trapped at the surface with light winds, not going anywhere. you're probably noticing the air quality, less than ideal, moderate in some areas. a weak system overmedicine m mhg us a few clouds, it passes to the north tomorrow, bringing down temperatures a bit. the actual storm track is well to the north in canada, and we're looking at no rain for the week ahead for the pacific northwest. a hazy bill from our east bay hills camera. temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50, 46 in gilroy, 55 in half moon bay. some high clouds in the city, coit tower with a lot of sunshine. 4:00 we'll see a few more clouds. right now, 41 in santa rosa. it's been really cold this morning, from the upper 20s from inland, east bay, to the north bay, now looking at mid- to upper 40s. livermore still pretty cool at 40 degrees. finally, in the south bay
alex presha, abc news, baltimore. >> quite the complicated thing to figure out. right. >>> let's get a check of the weather now which is no so complicated today, it's been pretty stable. >> and that's the problem, liz, some pollutants being trapped at the surface with light winds, not going anywhere. you're probably noticing the air quality, less than ideal, moderate in some areas. a weak system overmedicine m mhg us a few clouds, it passes to the north tomorrow, bringing...
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abc news reporter alex presha live in washington. >> goodern moi morning, reggie kumasi. no evidence right now to back up those claims of election fraud. meanwhi meanwhile, we know president-elect joe biden is set to address health care. supreme court looking at the affordable care act today. but on the coronavirus front, some good news. drugmaker pfizer announcing that its vaccine has a 90% or more than 90% effectiveness rate in some late-round clinical trials. as the u.s. passes 10 million covid cases president-elect joe biden is welcoming pfizer's vaccine breakthrough but warning more work is still to be done. >> the challenge before us is still immense and growing. we're facing a dark winter. >> reporter: biden is now trying to reset that conversation. >> i want to be very clear. the goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable. it's to give something back to all of us. a normal life. >> reporter: monday, he was briefed by his new coronavirus task force. biden planning to ramp up testing, contact tracing, get more ppe for health care workers and asse
abc news reporter alex presha live in washington. >> goodern moi morning, reggie kumasi. no evidence right now to back up those claims of election fraud. meanwhi meanwhile, we know president-elect joe biden is set to address health care. supreme court looking at the affordable care act today. but on the coronavirus front, some good news. drugmaker pfizer announcing that its vaccine has a 90% or more than 90% effectiveness rate in some late-round clinical trials. as the u.s. passes 10...
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abc news reporter alex presha live in washington with also new information about pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. hi, alex. >> that's right, reggie. so, some good news in the fight against the coronavirus. a drugmaker pfizer announcing that its vaccine has more than 90% effectiveness in some late-round clinical trials. this is coming as president-elect biden is trying to pave a path for this country to get past a pandemic. as the u.s. passes 10 million covid cases, joe biden is welcoming the vaccine breakthrough but warning more work to be done. >> the challenge before us right now is still immense and growing. we're still facing a very dark winter. >> reporter: mask wearing often politicized by the president, biden is trying to reset that conversation. >> i want to be very clear. the goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable. it's to give something back to all of us. a normal life. >> reporter: monday, he was briefed by his new coronavirus task force. biden planning to ramp up testing, contact tracing and get more ppe for health care workers and assess the racial disparitie
abc news reporter alex presha live in washington with also new information about pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. hi, alex. >> that's right, reggie. so, some good news in the fight against the coronavirus. a drugmaker pfizer announcing that its vaccine has more than 90% effectiveness in some late-round clinical trials. this is coming as president-elect biden is trying to pave a path for this country to get past a pandemic. as the u.s. passes 10 million covid cases, joe biden is welcoming the...
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abc's alex presha is in philadelphia. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. so pennsylvania, the keystone state, could very easily be the key to victory for either campaign, and both these candidates know it. joe biden will be here in philly later today. president trump had four rallies across the state yesterday. the first lady was here, and then both campaigns will be here again in full force tomorrow, and here's why, pennsylvania's critical 20 electoral votes, joe biden looking to build back the blue wall that democrats lost in 2016 when the president won this state by just over 44,000 votes. to do that women and independents are critical here. biden is leading with both by double digits. now trump's campaign is focusing on mobilizing more white working class voters in factory towns, farming and mining communities but it could be difficult to get a read on the state on election day. 2.3 million have already returned their mail-in ballots here. multiple counties won't start counting them until after tuesday and a supreme court decision allows mail-in ballot
abc's alex presha is in philadelphia. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. so pennsylvania, the keystone state, could very easily be the key to victory for either campaign, and both these candidates know it. joe biden will be here in philly later today. president trump had four rallies across the state yesterday. the first lady was here, and then both campaigns will be here again in full force tomorrow, and here's why, pennsylvania's critical 20 electoral votes, joe...
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abc's alex presha has the latest from wilmington, delaware, headquarters of the biden transition teamgood morning, alex. >> reporter: erielle, good morning. so some democrats are accusing president trump of preventing a peaceful transfer of power as the white house reportedly makes preparations for another year of the trump administration. this morning, another sign of president trump's refusal to accept the results of last week's election. "the washington post" reports the white house budget office is now telling federal agencies to move forward with their budget proposals for the next fiscal year. those proposals would typically be issued next february. weeks after president-elect joe biden is set to be sworn in. and now secretary of state mike pompeo is brushing off criticism after making this comment when asked about preparing for a smooth transition. >> there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. >> reporter: president trump retweeting that video with the caption, that's why mike was number one in his class at west point. but during a new interview, pompeo
abc's alex presha has the latest from wilmington, delaware, headquarters of the biden transition teamgood morning, alex. >> reporter: erielle, good morning. so some democrats are accusing president trump of preventing a peaceful transfer of power as the white house reportedly makes preparations for another year of the trump administration. this morning, another sign of president trump's refusal to accept the results of last week's election. "the washington post" reports the...
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abc's alex presha joins us live from wilmington, delaware, with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: mona, good morning. so that order from attorney general william barr changes how and when prosecutors can look into allegations of voter fraud and now the man who oversees voter crime at the department of justice is stepping down from his hole. this morning, a shake-up at the justice department. the head of election crimes resigning overnight after attorney general william barr issued a new policy to u.s. attorneys telling them to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities. investigations of voter fraud would typically begin after state certified results weeks after an election. the career official richard pilger writing, having familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications, i must regretly resign from the role of director of the elections crime branch and now president-elect joe biden's team is threatening legal action if the general services administration fails to formally recognize the election result
abc's alex presha joins us live from wilmington, delaware, with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: mona, good morning. so that order from attorney general william barr changes how and when prosecutors can look into allegations of voter fraud and now the man who oversees voter crime at the department of justice is stepping down from his hole. this morning, a shake-up at the justice department. the head of election crimes resigning overnight after attorney general william barr...
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abc's alex presha looks at the league's latest challenges and joins us from baltimore, maryland. reporter: whit, good morning. that situation with the broncos is really something. for all the challenges the nfl has faced this season, it's yet to have to completely cancel a game. there's an outbreak here with the ravens that is threatening to end that streak. >> the situation with the denver broncos might be the single most unique, strange story i've seen in season in 30 plus years in covering the nfl. >> lock to throw. >> reporter: it's gameday for the nfl, but the toughest opponent any team will face is the coronavirus. the league out of caution is now taking unprecedented action ordering teams close their facilities monday and tuesday. the only exception for ones with games already scheduled those days. >> so we can hopefully identify anyone that's been exposed. and make sure we get them out of the team environment. >> reporter: dr. alan sills is the league's chief medical officer. >> we said all along, alex, we expected this to get harder during the season because we know that
abc's alex presha looks at the league's latest challenges and joins us from baltimore, maryland. reporter: whit, good morning. that situation with the broncos is really something. for all the challenges the nfl has faced this season, it's yet to have to completely cancel a game. there's an outbreak here with the ravens that is threatening to end that streak. >> the situation with the denver broncos might be the single most unique, strange story i've seen in season in 30 plus years in...
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alex presha, abc news, williams, delaware. >>> president-elect biden's covid-19 advisory board includesrom ucsf. dr. david kessler will serve as one of the three co-chairs. kessler was the fda commissioner in the '90s first appointed by president george h.w. bush. dr. eric goosby is an internationally recognized expert on infectious diseases during the obama administration he was the founding director of the largest federally funded hiv/aids program and dr. robert rodriguez is professor of emergency medicine at ucsf where he works on the front line in the emergency department and the icu of two major trauma centers. >>> former democratic presidential hopeful andrew yang tweeted over the weekend that he is moving to georgia to support democrats trying to win two u.s. senate runoffs in january. yang currently lives in new york. the 45-year-old ent ra nreprene says the best way to help joe biden is to secure a democrat a majority in the senate. >>> kamala harris leaves open a senate seat for us and governor newsom is set to replace some wonder if he'll go with another bay area leader. juli
alex presha, abc news, williams, delaware. >>> president-elect biden's covid-19 advisory board includesrom ucsf. dr. david kessler will serve as one of the three co-chairs. kessler was the fda commissioner in the '90s first appointed by president george h.w. bush. dr. eric goosby is an internationally recognized expert on infectious diseases during the obama administration he was the founding director of the largest federally funded hiv/aids program and dr. robert rodriguez is...
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alex presha reports that the biden team is not allowing the roadblocks to slow them down. >> good morning, president-elect joe biden has been fielding phone calls from foreign leaders all over the world congratulating him. abc news learned overnight that the state department led by mike pompeo has not received key guidance in this transition. as of this morning, joe biden leads donald trump by more than 5 million votes nationally. it's the largest popular vote victory since obama in '08. still president trump refuses to concede and continues to make baseless claims about election fraud. now eyes are on georgia. biden is up there by more than 14,000 votes. a hand recount already authorized so the republican secretary of state telling cnn he thinks the ultimate results won't change. >> we believe that the ballots were counted accurately with the machine count. >> reporter: but the president's refusal to concede and allies backing him has frozen the transition process. two state department sources confirm that the department has given no guidance to all diplomatic posts about how to discuss
alex presha reports that the biden team is not allowing the roadblocks to slow them down. >> good morning, president-elect joe biden has been fielding phone calls from foreign leaders all over the world congratulating him. abc news learned overnight that the state department led by mike pompeo has not received key guidance in this transition. as of this morning, joe biden leads donald trump by more than 5 million votes nationally. it's the largest popular vote victory since obama in '08....
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abc's alex presha is at the raven's m&t bank stadium in baltimore with the very latest. , good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning to you. this is a mess. those four players that tested positive include one of the nfl's biggest stars, the reigning mvp and star quarterback lamar jackson. sources telling espn's adam she she shefter now the ravens had at least 12 -- 12 players test positive for the virus this week. the team issued a statement on wednesday saying that a staff member has been disciplined for conduct -- for conduct following the recent covid-19 cases that have affected players and staff at the ravens. but this postponement of their game against their division rival, the pittsburgh steelers, adds to more than a dozen times that the nfl has had to either delay or move a game because of the coronavirus this season. >> and, alex, that ravens game against the steelers now scheduled for sunday. what are the chances that will actually be played? >> reporter: janai, it's really hard to tell right now because the nfl hasn't commented, but if you take your cues fro
abc's alex presha is at the raven's m&t bank stadium in baltimore with the very latest. , good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning to you. this is a mess. those four players that tested positive include one of the nfl's biggest stars, the reigning mvp and star quarterback lamar jackson. sources telling espn's adam she she shefter now the ravens had at least 12 -- 12 players test positive for the virus this week. the team issued a statement on wednesday saying that a staff member...