Trump rails against election defeat as US Covid deaths top 250,000 – live

US hospitals face influx of patients and staffing shortagesClimate activists ramp up pressure on Biden with protestCuomo lashes out at reporters at Covid briefingSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 6.34pm GMT The Trump campaign turned off its live feed of the legal team’s press conference after the audio was briefly taken over by people offering running commentary on Rudy Giuliani’s dripping hair dye and other aspects of the presser.The Trump campaign live feed of this was briefly accessed by people who seemed surprised to be able to speak over the audio of Rudy, and were doing sort of running commentary on his hair dye and other things before they were no longer audible. 6.22pm GMT Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, criticized reporters for noting in their coverage that the Trump campaign has presented no evidence of widespread election fraud.The former New York mayor accused journalists of failing to do their jobs, seemingly complaining about major news outlets fact-checking the campaign’s false claims. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/nov/19/us-election-donald-trump-joe-biden-coronavirus-covid-19-live-updates #us_politics #donald_trump #joe_biden #coronavirus #us_news #world_news