thanks for reminding us of that, sam brock. sam brock in miami gardens, florida. >>> 53%, that was wisconsin's covid-19 testing positivity rate on saturday. that means 53% of people who were tested had covid-19. limited testing during the holiday week probably played a role in that, but it is one of the highest positivity rates the state has recorded since testing began earlier this year. now, health care officials there are bracing for a possible post-thanksgiving covid spike, which could strain the health care system. shaquille brewster is live in milwaukee, wisconsin. shaq, you'd never see numbers like that, positivity rate, if they were actually testing lots of people on an ongoing basis. when new york hit 3%, they started shutting things down. to have 53% is remarkable. >> reporter: yeah, ali. medical experts and officials are warning that those numbers will fluctuate over the next couple of days as more testing facilities come back online after the thanksgiving break. and there is the rush to get tested after the thanksgi

. >>> i'm sam brock in miami. if a picture tells a thousand words the images outside food banks all over america could write a novel on need. >> now due to the virus, you know, the money is not there. >> reporter: it is an ongoing pandemic putting a crisis into focus. in miami, people waiting online for hours. >> if it weren't for these sites, would you be able to get food on the table? >> not really. >> reporter: feeding south florida has seen demand double. >> we went from serving 706,000 food insecure to over 1.5 million families in need of assistance. >> reporter: at this food site in miami the line started at 11:00 last night behind me there are about 600 people i the parking lot waiting to come and get their meal once they hit that number, everyone els is redirected to another location an estimated 50 million people will be food insecure this year and 17 million kids or 1 in 4 a situation only set to worsen as federal dollars are about to dry up a real reminder. >> it will help you to at least go to the end

sam brock, nbc news. >>> up next for us tonight, christmas trees fit for 2020 and "inspiring america. >>> finally, a symbol of the season that captures perfectly how so many of us feel in 2020 here's kevin tibbles >> reporter: we're all a bit bedraggled stumbling into the holidays. >> it looked like it was totally falling apart and had holes in it >> reporter: pause a moment to celebrate cincinnati's 2020 christmas tree yes, this 65-feet norway spruce is misshapen and sparse, but it's here, loud and proud. >> i actually didn't understand how a tree could look like that >> reporter: even spruced up, no pun intended, it's the picture of pandemic perseverance. >> it is a late bloomer. maybe that's what 2020 is it's just a late bloomer. ♪ >> reporter: and it's a reminder of ou constant downtrodden pal charlie brown and his threadbare confer and charlie won the day. >> merry christmas, charlie brown! >> reporter: so as this year to forget stumbles towards its end, we can still celebrate, just six feet apart. >> we're going to have a great big tree for christmas. >> reporter: maybe this won

sam brock, nbc news. >>> a horrifying helicopter crash has killed five americans and two others in egypt. they were part of a peacekeeping force in the region there's no word yet on the cause of the crash. president-elect biden reacted to the crash on twitter offering his condolences. these new images this evening, a plane crashing into a neighborhood in los angeles hitting at least two cars and causing them to go up in flames. the pilot was killed. >>> tonight as the race for a vaccine rages on you might be surprised to learn scientists created one almost as soon as the virus broke out. richard engel now with the birth of a vaccine. >> reporter: in december 2019, in wuhan, china, the virus was spreading. >> a newly identified deadly virus from china. >> 45 cases have been reported in china including 2 deaths. >> reporter: the chinese government swooped in with all its authoritarian might but china did something else few noticed. it made a call for help written in genetic code >> you can identify a virus exactly on that kind of code. >> reporter: chinese researchers quickly cracked the c

for the first time this holiday season the truest test of love may be how much distance we keep sam brock, nbc news. >> a holiday like no other. >>> ahead of thanksgiving, a new recall has been announced for romaine lettuce distributed to walmart stores in 19 states and puerto rico more than 3,000 cartons of the lettuce may be contaminated with e. coli luckily, no illnesses have been reported so far. >>> we'll take a short break. then the 99-year-old vet who's still jumping and now on a new mission. >>> all this week we're honoring veterans in our series "those who serve." tonight the 99-year-old world war ii paratrooper still jumping into action. here's kevin tibbles >> reporter: just as on d-day 76 years ago jim "peewee" martin readies to jump. >> you stand in the door, you may have a little, little apprehension, but no fear no fear at all >> reporter: but instead of being a wide-eyed kid from ohio, peewee, now 99 years old, parachutes to honor all veterans for their service to country. in world war ii the lightest soldier in his regiment, hence peewee, was one of the first to land and

sam brock, nbc news. >>> in 60 seconds, the threat to older americans in isolation. >>> all right. we are back now with our series "americ under pressure" and the pandemic's impact on older adults. with more here's kate snow. >> hey, kenny! >> do you see us, kenny? >> say hi to granddaddy >> reporter: this is the only way betty and martel in jackson, mississippi, can see their daughter chloe and grandson cannon outside atlanta. >> you want to cry every day because you miss your children and if you got grandchildren you miss them. >> reporter: because he has copd martel is isolating in his apartment at a senior complex. what's the biggest emotion that you have been feeling >> mine is fear. >> he said he's about to cry don't cry. >> reporter: oh, martel, what makes you cry? >> because i can't go see my baby. >> see, that's my biggest emotion is sadness because i know that's how he feels. >> we are seeing really accelerated declines in -- >> reporter: dr. louise aronson, author and geriatrician, says the difference between what they hoped for and needing to avoid risk is affecting nea

kate and jose, back to you. >> sam brock in miami, thank you. >>> i am here in north carolina tonightecause this is one of the biggest battleground prizes this election. but it used to be a reliably republican state. that changed partly due to voters here in charlotte, which are reliably democratic and getting bigger by the day. just look at charlotte's skyline, and you can see the change >> if you had come here 25 years ago, you would have seen maybe one or two towers. >> reporter: everywhere you turn in this city another building going up. this constant influx of people, does it change this city >> we have a huge immigrant population here from all over the country. we also have boomers that come. but we're growing most quickly with millennials. >> reporter: tammy and darren bratt moved here from connecticut three years ago for work are you a north carolinian now >> i would like to think so at least. >> reporter: have you decided who you're going to vote for? >> i have. i've actually already voted. and i voted for joe biden. >> reporter: what about you? >> i also pre-voted for joe bi

here is nbc sam brock. >> reporter: as college campuses clear out for the holidays a daunting challenge lies ahead. reconnecting families during a pandemic. >> i don't want to risk getting my whole family sick. i have grandparents and i wouldn't want to be responsible for that. >> cameron mills plans on getting tested before heading home for thanksgiving. other students with less reason to worry. >> i actually got covid, so i got the full college covid experience! >> reporter: a crush of college kids about to trade dorm rooms for childhood bedrooms. >> i can't wait to go home and see my family and my dog. >> reporter: without rules, governing what schools do and don't have to require from testing to quarantining. >> we believe testing should be done prior to leaving campus and then, once again, when at home. >> reporter: the acha represents 1100 schools and has a set of guidelines that includes exit and arrival testing and students quarantining back at home for the first 14 days. advice that is all the more urgent as covid outbreaks disrupt college life at all levels. power house footba

. >>> david brock investigative writer for the american spectator, you have the cover story that shows of president clinton, his clothes are rumpled and he is going down the street. what is it about? >> the abuse of power. >> i was a writer for the american spectator, and the clinton beat was the sexy beat at the time. it was an effort journalistically to destroy the clintons and his presidency. you had republican role for 12 years and that was the way things were supposed to be as far as the republicans and the conservatives were concerned. >> mr. clinton said goodbye to a former president. >> really from the moment that bill clinton was elected the right wing decided what they would exploit were scandals. there was a premium ongoing back to arkansas. and trying to unturn every rock in their past. >> you had the american spectator that david brock worked for, mounting a conservative campaign, what they called the arkansas project. where they dug up every bit of dirt they could against bill and hillary clinton. >> i would chase every down right wing talking point, every right wing cons

. ♪ >>> david brock, investigator for the american spectator.ton. his shoes are off. he is tiptoeing down the street. what's this story about? >> abuse of power and corruption here. >> i was an investigative writer for the american spectator. and the clinton beat was the sexy beat, at the time. it was an effort, journalistically, to destroy the clintons, and to destroy his presidency. you had republican rule, for 12 years, and that was the way things were supposed to be, as far as the republicans and the conservatives were concerned. really, from the moment bill clinton was elected, the right wing would exploit scandals. there was a premium on going back to arkansas, and trying to unturn every rock in their past. >> you had the american spectator, that david brock worked for, mounting a concerted campaign. what they call the arkansas project. where they dug up every bit of dirt they could against bill and hillary. >> i would chase down every right-wing talking point, every right-wing conspiracy theory. >> that led to the publication of a great s

for possible violence as america's largest retailer changes its decision on selling guns nbc's sam brock reports. >> reporter: less than two days after announcing it would pull all firearms and ammunitions from its public displays, an about-face from walmart. in a statement the nation's largest retailer explaining its bankrupt reversal. as the current incidents have remained geographically isolated, we have made the decision to begin returning these products to the sales floor. the announcement following tense nights in philadelphia with this walmart ransacked after another controversial police shooting involving a person of color prompted fury, property damage and grieving parents to plead for peace. >> i don't condone no violence, tearing up the city, looting up the stores >> reporter: but businesses across the country are boarding up, preparing for a hurricane of protest ahead of tuesday's presidential election. from right by the white house to the streets of santa monica. >> hopefully nothing happens, but we're thinking about hiring security, putting five -- five people out there wit

well the brother oliver is milking the family got a highly price position brock but england. and now, jason hathaway the new fire, i need ever to light it. here is at the fox place. >> would there be a number in your fire for the careless battlers, john? >> -- there is little change. fever has not left him, he is many days. >> one day, when you are well again bloody, you can help me. >> fireplace does not always get adequate heat, especially when there are sickness in the house. sickness that might be very serious. today, as always, there is a full schedule of work ahead. for the bachelor's, and the entire community. it is time for mr. fox and all of her to set out for the fields. they are clearing is over be on this bridge of rocks. there is a good view of the ocean from the ridge. and mr. fox and all of our glad to see their neighbors hauling in a plentiful catch a fish. food from the sea? from the land. the settlement will need both when winter comes. the first corn crop is coming along well. thanks partly to the indians who abandons some clear lands in these parts, even b

crowns a long career in politics one that includes 2 previous failed presidential beds and 8 years as brock obama's 2nd in command here's a closer look at the man who will run the white house for the next 4 years it began half a century ago at 29 joseph biden was one of the youngest candidates ever elected to the u.s. senate his success though laced with sadness when just weeks later his wife and daughter died in a car accident he remarried and made his 1st presidential bed in 1908 and again 20 years later my grandmother would yell out spread the faith. he was chosen to be barack obama's running mate. the best vice president barack has ever had mr joe biden. and he was resigned to never quite reaching the nation's highest office until donald trump came along that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. and we have to with this decades of experience biden said he was the man to restore america's standing in the world but he was the man for the moment i'll be a president will stand with our allies and friends and make it clear to our adversaries the days of

sam brock is live at a testing site in miami for us. sam, what do we know at this point about who gets the vaccines first and how's it going to roll out? >> reporter: chris, good morning. we should preface this with the context that this is incredibly promising news, what moderna and pfizer reported. efficacy rates between 90% and 95%. that is really encouraging but the reality of the situation is there's not been fda emergency use authorization yet. that is expected in the coming weeks. once that happens, the national academy of medicine has a blueprint to suggest to be used in rollout. phase 1a is high-risk americans, health care workers, first responders. phase 1b is those with underlying medical conditions, seniors in nursing homes. phase two workers deemed critical, working in the food supply system, teachers, employees over 65. phase three is most young adults 18 to 30 and children and lastly 4 is everybody else but ultimately it is up to the cdc and a panel there to formalize the recommendations and as that is going on states lik

alright brock was not the only one making the rounds as we can. on cnn yesterday or he tried to make the case for the united states of socialism, watch. >> when you talk about raging while wheezing the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. we tried but expanding healthcare to all people as a human rights. we talked about effectively taking on climate change, when you talk about making public colleges and universities tuition free, these are not far left ideas for these are commonsense ideas that that the majority of the american people support. we're going to fight to make sure they're implemented. before they support the wrong. very senior senator also said he had not met anyone he wanted to keep from the police witness that many got disinvited from the squad socially distant virtual effects potluck? [laughter] so camille let's talk little bit about this one. of course 15 dahlen art minimum wage sounds great. of course access for healthcare sounds fantastic. and of course free college would be amazing. but the problem is when you give all the sins aw

nbc's sam brock joins us from miami with the three things we need to watch. tripling of daily infections in the united states just in the last few weeks as you look over my shoulder right now, you see all the folks at miami beach going to get tested the united states on monday recorded 172,000 new infections. 13,000 plus in california. that is a record as the president-elect, joe biden, warning right now if there's not a cooperative and peaceful transfer of power, there could be fatal consequences >> more people may die if we don't coordinate if we have to wait until january 20th to start that planning, it puts us behind over a month, month and a half. >> reporter: with the federal government resisting any sort of national mandates, we are seeing state and city leaders filling that void with a wave of new restrictions oregon and new mexico right in the middle now of a two-week-long freeze or virtual lockdown in philadelphia, the mayor of that city has banned gatherings indoors and outdoors, public and private, ahead of the thanksgiving day holiday all of this

nbc's sam brock is in miami, florida.they try to work out how to celebrate next week's holiday safely? >> reporter: this puts so many families in a very difficult position, craig. good morning. this is an annual tradition. of all holidays, thanksgiving is so important. we talked to students here at florida international university, nearly 60,000 of them. students all over the country and the overwhelming majority that i spoke with told me they were conflicted, and the only circumstances under which they would be going home is if they tested negative. others say they weighed the risk-reward scenario and it's just not worth it. the cdc travel advisory was recently updated and said college students should be considered part of a separate household. haley is a sophomore from james madison university in virginia. she said she was laboring over the idea to go back to l.a. for the holiday. here is where she landed on that? >> i have to go across the country to see my parents. i can't get on a plane, possibly get covid, expose my

this year, well, it's looking like a landslide. 66% of masks sold at johnnnie brock's dungeon's are of president trump. 34% are former vice president joe biden. mr. trump's rubbery image also won the sales race in 2016. of course, we won't know the winner until the candidates -- we apologize in advance-- face off on tuesday. when we return, forget the haunted house. this drive-through is scary must enough. could not be more scary. it's halloween. there's a full moon, a pandemic, and a time change. wow. but as lucy craft shows us, it could be worse. >> reporter: it was just before halloween in an ordinary parking garage, somewhere in japan, things suddenly took a turn for the terrifying. ( screaming ) >> they're hanging out the windows. they're rocking the car. the zombies have arrived, and they're coming for us. it's the latest in creepy entertainment for the covid era. for 10 blood-curdling minutes, they stalk parked cars. but it's all good, clean, and coronavirus-free fun. vehicles disinfected to protest monsters and victims alike. a group called kowaragestai, which means "i want to

keep everybody safe, we're just not going to have a big gathering like that. >> that was nbc's sam brockding home does help, health experts warn that one test is only a snapshot in time and recommend more than one test before and after travel. and for anyone going home for the holidays, they also advise to add another layer of protection, the flu shot. >>> up next, the two runoffs in georgia that would make or break joe biden's ability to legislate. >>> plus, what happens to america when a sitting president refuses to accept reality. there is power in a peaceful transfer of power, as we'll lay out when american voices continues on the other side of this break. you protect your clothes from getting damaged in the wash. nah! that's why i use new downy defy. it helps stop stretching, fading, and fuzzing. that's what's up! we have an assistant locker room manager? help protect your clothes with new downy defy damage. -well, audrey's expecting... -twins! grandparents! we want to put money aside for them, so...change in plans. alright, let's see what we can adjust. ♪ we'd be closer to the twin

gm disagrees sam brock tells us the government had the final word recall. >> reporter: general motors forced to pump the brakes on 6 million of its suvs and pickup trucks from 2007 to 2014 including models like the cadillac escalade and chevy silverado that use takata airbags at the center of the largest recall linked to 18 deaths. the nonprofit center for auto safety opposed gm's four-year fight against this latest recall. >> they said we think our set of takata airbags that use the same dangerous explosive as all the other recalled airbags, we think they're slightly different. we don't think we need to recall them. >> reporter: the federal government found otherwise. general motors says safety and trust are at the forefront but we believe a recall is not warranted based on the factual and scientific record. we will abide by nhtsa's decision the recall coming with a hefty bottom line. more than a billion dollars. if you want to find out whether the recall affects your car you can just enter the vin number on the nhtsa website. lester >> all right sam, thank you >>> in just 60 seconds

and 960 pledges a new front chair and 12 years ago when brock obama made history told us yes we can. afford it but. we stand at a luncheon for you we have an opportunity to defeat despair to build a nation of prosperity and purpose we can do it i know we can i've lost talked about the battle for the soul of america we must restore the soul of america our nation to shape by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses and were present to say in this battle matters is task for our better angels to prevail tonight the whole world is watching america and i believe that our best america is a beacon for the bros we will not lead we will lay not only by the example of our power but by the power of our example. a 55 hours wait a minute you heard me say i've always believed we can define america in one word possibilities. that in america everyone should be given an opportunity to go as far as their dreams and god given ability will take you saying i believe in the possibilities this this country we're always looking. ahead to what america is freer and more just had t

the former deputies of obama's team, of course, how easy, i'm really starting to get that joke that brock's got himself a 3rd term. let's take a look at the collective portrait of a deputy dream team. one squad member clearly thinks it was the meddling russians who god, donald trump, elected in the 1st place. jake sullivan biden speak for national security advisor. this was a moment where we realized that the russians had decided that they were going to actively interfere in the u.s. election. that they were going to intensively work to undermine the pillars of u.s. democracy. and that they were going to try to defeat hillary clinton. if it wasn't for the russians, if you know what i mean, this career boost would have come much earlier. after all, mr. sullivan served as an advisor for the hillary clinton campaign. and yes, he worked as a national security advisor to the vice president biden. and here we're looking at someone who was all for upping u.s. involvement in syria. tony blinken, the new man taking care of america's foreign relations in syria. it's tougher, it's longer. it's going t

peter de brock, thank you very much for talking to us about this. thank you. as lots more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour, including frustration grows in latin america over the economic devastation caused by the calling of endemic vast. he was known as the bling bling president. but now france's nicolas sarkozy is facing corruption charges in courts. and in sports, this 39 year old swedish strike, every manes and stoppable family have the story coming up in the israeli public broadcaster has reported that prime minister net benyamin netanyahu has made an unannounced visit to saudi arabia to meet with the crown prince mohammed bin solomon. the saudi foreign minister has just tweeted, denying such a meeting has occurred. let's bring in harry fossett live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank. so the saudis are saying the meet and it didn't happen. what are these ready say? that's right. it's curious and curious of this secret meeting which was not very secret and is now being denied ever took place at all by the saudis were all read you a tweet. this i

and 960 pledges a new front tear and 12 years ago when brock obama made history told us yes we can. we stand that inflection for you we have an opportunity to defeat despair to build a nation of prosperity and purpose we can do it i know we can i've last talked about the battle for the soul of america we must restore the soul of america our nation to shape by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses and what presidents say in this battle matters it's time for our better angels to prevail tonight the whole world is watching america and i believe that our best america is a beacon for the close. we will not leave and we will live not only by the example of our power but by the power of our example. the 5 who i've always been way too many of you heard me say i've always believed we can define america in one word possibilities. that and america everyone should be given an opportunity to go as far as their dreams and god given ability will take to you saying i believe in the possibilities this this country we're always looking. ahead to what america is freer

was a huge brock royal palace in the middle of damaged in world war 2, and then finally demolished in 1958. now it has been controversially rebuilt, and the newly named forum will become a cultural center housing, a number of museums bringing together artifacts from all over the world. it was reconstructed with money, partially from private donors who were thanked in a special ceremony on sunday. i was the musical, thank you for the private donors who raised over 100000000 euros to the new berlin city palace in the heart of the capital. a labor of love for the friends of the berlin palace association, headed by businessman behind funding bodies and purses the lives of god. it's been a task of a lifetime. i'm unbelievably happy and grateful, and also humbled by the support we received that sellout us to reach our goal is to charge. on july, the 4th 2002, the german parliament approved with a resounding majority the reconstruction of the palace originally built by the horn, silent in a city. subsequent years saw the project become more divisive, not least regarding its purpose as a home

the latest on the pandemic, and we'll have more world headlines for you at the top of the hour on my brock on behalf of our entire team here. thank you for spending this part of the day with us in the fight against the corona. virus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say information and context? the coronavirus up to 19 on t.w. . that is for me, is for beethoven is for beethoven is for a friend on the beethoven 2021, fiftieth anniversary here on while parts of the medical community are on the hunt for a vaccine against the corona virus. others are on the hunt for its origin. well the 1st confirmed case was in china, the exact steps of the virus is very progression still unknown. the current working theory is that the virus originated in rouhani, but there's still more to learn. sequencing the viruses genome is key for the ongoing medical forensic investigation. and scientists hope, by pinpointing where the virus came from and how it jumped to humans. they'll be able to develop the tools to fight the future evolution of coffee 19. it's a bit li

nation's top experts say the country's worsen covid crisis is tied to close gatherings here is nbc's sam brock>> reporter: for the second straight night halloween partying putting halloween at risk new york's sheriff's deputies shutting down a nearly 400-person affair in brooklyn only to crash this bronx bash only 24 hours later. officials say 557-plus people all in violation of emergency stay-at-home orders. an annual west hollywood street party cancelled. but revellers showed up anyway forcing officers to break things up >> you're a little worried, but you know if you take the proper precautions, you're going to be okay. >> reporter: the nation's top experts say not so fast. a surge in new outbreaks is tied to close gatherings. even the u.s. surgeon general tweeting about a heartbreaking talk with his teenagers. he doesn't understand how his actions will affect people he doesn't know why i won't let him go. >> once covid is in your home it spreads fast and to a lot of people. >> reporter: the cdc recently updating its guidance, concluding it takes less than 15 minutes of close contact to bec

brock obama was an extraordinary president. he was also the deporter in chief, and joe biden stood by and let that happen. the notion that one man, one older white man can be the savior of everything that is happening in the united states is problematic. and so i watching very closely at how the journalists are responding to that particular narrative that the democratic party right now is pushing if there was a clear majority in this election, it was in the number of a stablished news outlets on the air and in print united in their conclusion that donald trump was unfit for office. still more than 70000000 americans took that consensus and rejected. one half of the country is choosing to see and hear one message, the other, another chance. and even as fox news slowly distances itself from trying other online elements in the right wing media bubble are still hard at it. president trump the cavalry's coming. conspiracy theorists like alex jones in for calling on trump's true believers to descend on washington this weekend to stop

noon eastern with our guest author and chair of african-american studies at princeton university any brock junior. >>. >> my name is peggy clark and i'm the codirector of absent global innovators group. i want to thank you all for joining us here today for what will be a fascinating conversation . and while the pandemic has prevented us gathering in person, we are so excited to continue those informative and inspiring conversations for advocates, artists, scientists and innovators. we're honored to be hosting this fascinating conversation with doctor lisa mosconi and natalie morales about her new book "the xx brain: the groundbreaking science empowering women to maximize cognitive health and prevent alzheimer's disease" and her research on women's brain health . she's made it her life's story to study the female brain and her new book provides a roadmap for using the risk of dementia. if you don't have the book and you're interested in buying a copy we will put a link in the chat and find more information and i would certainly recommendit . so as we begin to dive into this conversation let

after the takata air bags were linked to 17 deaths our sam brock has details. >> frances, good morningkata air bag recall was the largest in u.s. auto history with more than 60 million cars taken off the streets here in the u.s., about 100 million globally there was a small section of gm cars that were potentially eligible but still out there, until now. >> reporter: general motors forced to pump the brakes on 6 million of its suvs and pickup trucks from 2007 to 2014, including models like the cadillac escalade and chevy silverado that used takata air bags at the center of the largest recall in u.s. auto history, linked to 18 deaths the nonprofit center for auto safety opposed gm's four-year fight against this latest recall. >> they said we think our set of takata air bags that used the same dangerous explosive as all the other recalled air bags, we think they're slightly different, we don't think we need to recall them. >> reporter: the federal government found otherwise general motors says safety and trust are at the forefront, although we believe a recall of these vehicles is not wa

air force lieutenant colonel and doctor brock miller has been deployed to afghanistan, his medical unit now on the ground in el paso where covid is exploding. >> even compared to any experience i've had in my training or since deployment, it's also the busiest i've ever seen a hospital. >> reporter: one of that very hospital's covid patients is taylor soderberg. can you describe that feeling of, you know, what it's like to try to walk and get into the emergency room when you can't breathe? >> the feeling is like you're drowned. you know, you're just grasping for that breath. sorry. >> reporter: tonight, every state in the nation seeing hospitalizations, icu admissions and ventilator use on the rise. in oklahoma, hospitals are overwhelmed. >> our worst nightmare right now is having to choose between a patient in a car accident and a patient with covid. >> reporter: but the governor resisting a mask mandate. and in south dakota, where the positivity rate is nearly seven times the national average, the city of sioux falls voting down a mask mandate. >> so, my official vots thhi t 5-4. >> r

best exemplified in the refusal of the republican senate to consider the president for rob brock obama's choice for supreme court vacancy after antonin scalia died didn't even get a hearing. it's similarly when. when justice ginsburg died the republican senate just really raced through a macone barrett so they've got they've shown historically in experience that when they have the power they use the power and so this has implications for all of those promises that that we've been talking about that joe biden made on the campaign trail to extend obama care to. to forge some kind of compromise legislation on immigration reform to. impose taxes on the wealthiest earners in america a lot of these things are not going to fly in the senate and i think joe biden maybe he believes that the senate is you know war like it was when he used to be a senator which was more than. 12 years ago and it's changed since then it's gotten a lot worse in terms of 5 part in terms of partisan division so i think it's going to take all of biden's powers of persuasion to try and get a lot accomplished with republi

just when i was his democratic challenger joe biden told michigan with the helpful former president brock obama a white house correspondent kimberly how it was warm in the campaign trail. with less than 72 hours until election day president trump started early for a full day of campaigning 4 different stops in the northeastern state of pennsylvania in just 10 hours trump narrowly won pennsylvania in 2016 and on tuesday he's hoping to do it again and if we win pennsylvania it's over i mean this is one of a handful of states the trump campaign considers a must win for reelection what i didn't expect from such good friends leading in national polls former vice president joe biden skipped pennsylvania on saturday instead he joined former president barack obama fighting for votes in another election battleground michigan i believe the most is going to be loud and it's going to be clear it's time for donald trump to tack is brag sandro you were don't have to carry our us but treats they are eager to hate the fair here refuse to take any responsibility the pair blame trump for the rising cases o