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House news conference last Thursday, when he repeated his attacks on the country's electoral 
system and his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud." 
Politico (11/12, Cook, Orr, 4.29M) additionally reports that Chief of Staff Meadows 
"gathered senior aides on a call" on Monday "to plot the conservative policy moves they could 
push through in their final 10 weeks on immigration, trade, health care, China and school 
choice." Staffers "have compiled a list of roughly 15 moves they could make through executive 
orders, executive actions or finalizing agency rules that they plan to pursue in the coming days, 
according to interviews with three administration officials," and aides say Trump "intends to 
start issuing the orders as soon as possible." However, White House officials told the Wall Street 
Journal (11/12, Ballhaus, Restuccia, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) that Trump has not 
discussed what he wants to achieve over the next two months, and one official said little formal 
planning is taking place. 
The Washington Post (11/12, 14.2M) editorializes, "The pandemic has reached runaway 
speed in the United States, and the president has vanished. ... On Wednesday, 1,549 people 
died from the virus in the United States. Would the leadership of the nation be on high alert if, 
say, that many people were killed in three jumbo jet crashes? If a terrorist group or foreign 
attacker drew such an awful toll on a single day? Yet there was not a word from President 
Trump, so self-absorbed with his election defeat and the mirage of voter fraud that he seems 
unable and unwilling to deal with a supreme national crisis." 
Trump Campaign Continues To File Legal Challenges. Ben Tracy reported on the 
CBS Evening NewsVi (11/12, story 5, 2:20, O'Donnell, 4.06M), "The Trump campaign continues 
to file legal challenges, even as senior advisers tell CBS News there is no viable path to 
overturning the election results. Sources say President Trump knows this, but likes to be seen 
as a fighter." The New York Times (11/12, Haberman, 18.61M) writes, "There is no grand 
strategy at play, according to interviews with a half-dozen advisers and people close to the 
president." Trump is "simply trying to survive from one news cycle to the next, seeing how far 
he can push his case against his defeat and ensure the continued support of his Republican 
base. By dominating the story of his exit from the White House, he hopes to keep his millions of 
supporters energized and engaged for whatever comes next." 
The AP (11/12, Swenson, Seitz) reports the President on Thursday "falsely claimed on 
Twitter that an election technology firm `deleted' large numbers of his votes or `switched' them 
to count for Joe Biden." USA Today (11/12, Jackson, 10.31M) writes, "Intentionally or not," 
Trump also "re-tweeted several items Thursday warning about the prospect of a Democratic-
controlled U.S. Senate - something that can only happen if Biden becomes president and 
Kamala Harris becomes vice president." CNN (11/12, Bash, Borger, Klein, 83.16M) reports on 
its website that while Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump "are gung-ho, leading the charge for the 
President to stay in the fight," Ivanka Trump "has emerged as someone looking for a way for 
the President to save face as he considers his next steps." 
The New York Times (11/12, Feuer, 18.61M) reports, "Almost from the moment the 
election ended, President Trump and his allies have relentlessly attacked the integrity of both 
the voting and vote counting, a narrative they have sought to advance in nearly 20 lawsuits 
filed in the past eight days. While these suits have alleged systemic fraud in at least five states, 
the evidence they have offered has been different. At least so far, it has been limited, narrow 
and, according to several judges and experts, unlikely to affect - let alone to overturn - the 
outcome of the race." The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Ramey, Randazzo, Subscription 
Publication, 7.57M) reports the Trump campaign is pressing ahead with legal action in Georgia, 
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and on Friday, a Pennsylvania judge is set to hear a 
challenge to more than 8,000 Philadelphia ballots with minor errors. 
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox News' The Story (11/12), 
"Let's get to the bottom of this in an effectual way, in a truthful way, and be very careful on the 
information we are putting forward, which is what we've done." McEnany said on Fox News' 
Hannity that new affidavits from Pennsylvania show "one system for Democrat counties" and 
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"another system for Republican counties," amounting "to tens of thousands of ballots that were 
counted improperly." 
The New York Post (11/12, Bowden, 4.57M) reports the Trump campaign "was handed a 
minor legal victory on Thursday when a Pennsylvania judge ruled that a small number of ballots 
be tossed, from people who did not provide ID by a Monday deadline." The state appellate court 
ruling "bars counties from including in their final tally mail-in ballots from people who failed to 
validate their identification against state records by Nov. 9." The Daily Caller (11/12, 716K) 
says "ballots for which proof of identity had been provided between November 10 and 12 had 
been separated while the court decided what to do with them." The ruling "means that the 
segregated ballots will not be counted." 
The Philadelphia Inquirer (11/12, 347K) says "tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians are 
still waiting to see if their vote will be counted as officials continue the tedious process of 
verifying what is likely to be a record-breaking number of provisional ballots." And Reuters 
(11/12, Spiezio) reports that Jones Day, "the go-to law firm" for the Trump campaign, is "under 
fire for representing Republicans in a lawsuit over Pennsylvania's extended deadline to receive 
mail-in ballots, with law students threatening to boycott the firm and a prominent anti-Trump 
group targeting it online." 
In Arizona, the Arizona Republic (11/12, 869K) reports, "all counties that have conducted 
required hand-count audits of a sample of their ballots found no or minor discrepancies, county 
audit reports submitted to the state show." In Georgia, the AP (11/12, Brumback) reports, 
counties are preparing "for a hand tally of the presidential race." The New York Times (11/12, 
Hakim, Fausset, 18.61M) reports Georgia's "159 counties were poised on Thursday to begin 
recounting nearly five million ballots in the presidential election." The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution (11/12, 895K) reports that "the recount is open to the public. Anyone can watch 
from an observation area. Official monitors appointed by political parties will be able to get 
closer, but they're not allowed to talk to audit teams or touch ballots." In Michigan, Townhall 
(11/12, McCarthy, 177K) reports, GOP state senators "are requesting a full audit of the 2020 
general election after allegations of election improprieties and irregularities." 
USA Today (11/12, 10.31M) editorializes, "Two days after the election, [Trump) stood in 
the White House claiming he was cheated out of victory. 'It's a corrupt system,' he told the 
nation. 'We have so much evidence.' A week later, it's reasonable for Americans to ask: Where 
is it? The increasingly obvious answer is that the evidence does not exist. There is no proof of 
any widespread voter fraud, and surely not enough to overturn the results in a single state, 
much less the three or more states Trump would need to reverse the outcome." 
The Washington Post (11/12, 14.2M) editorializes, "Trump is attempting to overturn the 
lawful results of a free election by spreading lies and suborning local officials to abet his 
conspiracy. He is not likely to succeed, but the toxic effects on U.S. democracy will not soon 
dissipate. ... Though conducted by partisan officials, the mechanisms of vote-counting and 
election-certifying have until now been understood to be formalities based on actual vote 
counts. Vote counting cannot depend on which party can more effectively manipulate the 
machinery of government." 
Obama Says He Is "Troubled" By Republicans "Who Clearly Know Better" 
Supporting Trump's Claims. The CBS Evening NewsVi (11/12, story 4, 1:05, O'Donnell, 
4.06M), previewing a 60 Minutes interview with former President Barack Obama, showed 
Obama saying, "The President doesn't like to lose, and never admits loss. I'm more troubled by 
the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are 
humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden 
Administration, but democracy generally. And that's a dangerous path." 
Adelson-Owned Newspaper Urges Trump To Cooperate With Biden Team. The 
Washington Post (11/12, Izadi, 14.2M) reports, "In October 2016, the Las Vegas Review-Journal 
was the first major newspaper to endorse then-candidate Donald Trump for president. ... Four 
years later, the Review-Journal - owned by Trump supporter and Republican megadonor 
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Sheldon Adelson - is advising Trump that he did indeed lose the 2020 presidential race and that 
he should start cooperating with the Biden transition team." In a Thursday editorial, the 
newspaper wrote, "It is too fitting that the Trump presidency concludes amid a babel of bluster 
and bravado. But the president does a disservice to his more rabid supporters by insisting that 
he would have won the Nov. 3 election absent voter fraud. That's simply false." Politico (11/12, 
Niedzwiadek, 4.29M) and The Hill (11/12, Budryk, 2.98M) also cover the editorial, while in her 
Washington Post (11/12, 14.2M) column, Margaret Sullivan looks at the challenges media 
organizations are facing in covering the post-election machinations. 
Agreement Reached With Pharmacies To Provide Free COVID Vaccinations. 
The AP (11/12, Alonso-Zaldivar) reports that "federal health officials have reached an 
agreement with pharmacies across the U.S. to distribute free coronavirus vaccines after they 
are approved and become available to the public." According to the AP, "Thursday's agreement 
with major chain drug stores, grocery market pharmacies and other chains and networks covers 
about 3 in 5 pharmacies," and "looks ahead to a time next spring when yet-to-be-approved 
vaccines will start to become available beyond priority groups." HHS Secretary Azar is quoted as 
saying, "The vast majority of Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy," and the deal is "a 
critical step toward making sure all Americans have access to safe and effective COVID-19 
vaccines when they are available." 
State Health Officials Prepare For Vaccination Distribution Logistical 
Complexities. The AP (11/12, Choi, Smith) says, "With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, 
public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. 
history - a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, 
prioritize who's first in line and ensure that people who get the initial shot return for the 
necessary second one." According to the AP, "The push could begin as early as next month, 
when federal officials say the first vaccine may be authorized for emergency use and 
immediately deployed to high-risk groups, such as health care workers." The AP says state 
officials are "planning for the likelihood that the first shipments will not be enough to cover 
everyone in high-priority groups." 
Vaccination Distribution Requires Cooperation Between Governments, Drug 
Makers, Suppliers, Employees. The New York Times (11/12, Gelles, Robins, 18.61M) 
reports Pfizer, the US government, and "the public health community face a new challenge: 
quickly making millions of doses of the vaccine and getting them to the hospitals, clinics and 
pharmacies where they will be injected, two separate times, into people's arms." Before 
shipment, "federal and state governments must tell it where to send how many doses," and 
medical supplier McKesson "will have to provide hospitals and other distribution sites with the 
syringes, needles and other supplies necessary to administer the vaccine." Employees "will need 
to be trained to store and administer the vaccine" and "ensure that, four weeks after people get 
the vaccine, they return for a second dose." In addition, "millions of Americans must be 
persuaded to get the shots in the first place." 
Work On COVID Vaccine Began When Virus Was Spreading In Wuhan. On NBC 
Nightly NewsVi (11/12, story 11, 1:45, Holt, 4.9M), Richard Engel said that when the novel 
coronavirus began to spread in Wuhan, China in December 2019, "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. ... Chinese researchers quickly cracked the code and 
published it" online. Imperial College London COVID-19 Vaccination Lead Robin Shattock "fed it 
into a computer and came up with a prototype vaccine within weeks. Nearly all the work since 
then has been testing." 
Eli Lilly Antibody Treatment Aims To Speed Recovery Time For Vulnerable COVID 
Patients. ABC World News TonightVi (11/12, story 2, 2:45, Muir, 6.57M) reported, "Ely Lilly's 
antibody treatment receiving FDA emergency use authorization just this week, working to 
speed up the recovery in some of the most vulnerable patients." Correspondent Alex Perez said 
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researchers took "the most powerful antibody from one of the first survivors and [are] using a 
synthetically-made version to fight the virus." However, "only certain patients are eligible. They 
must be 12 years or older with mild to moderate symptoms and likely to develop severe illness, 
including many with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and obesity. It's not for people already 
in the hospital. Availability is limited. 88,000 doses ready now. 212,000 more expected by the 
end of the year." 
Fauci Says Working With Administration Has Been "Stressful." 
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (11/12, 99K) reports on its website that in an 
interview, NIAID Director Fauci "said controlling America's worsening coronavirus outbreak was 
not impossible but becoming more and more difficult." Fauci also said "working with the Trump 
administration on the coronavirus pandemic had `obviously been very stressful." Fauci said, 
"When you have public figures like [former Trump advisor Stephen] Bannon calling for your 
beheading, that's really kind of unusual. That's not the kind of thing you think about when 
you're going through medical school to become a physician." 
In Recording, Facebook CEO Defends Decision Not To Suspend Bannon. Reuters 
(11/12, Paul) reports Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg "told an all-staff meeting on Thursday 
that [Bannon] had not violated enough of the company's policies to justify his suspension when 
he urged beheading" Fauci and FBI Director Wray, "according to a recording heard by Reuters." 
Zuckerberg said, "We have specific rules around how many times you need to violate certain 
policies before we will deactivate your account completely. ... While the offenses here, I think, 
came close to crossing that line, they clearly did not cross the line." 
Fauci: Lockdown Can Be Avoided. 
The New York Times (11/12, Zraick, Perez-Perla, Grady, 18.61M) reports that on Thursday, 
NIAID Director Fauci "urged Americans...to double down' on basic precautions as coronavirus 
cases soared across the country and more Covid-19 patients were hospitalized than ever 
before." However, in an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America, Fauci "reiterated that a 
nationwide lockdown was unlikely, saying there was `no appetite for locking down in the 
American public.' But he expressed confidence that virus cases could be reduced without such 
drastic measures — if Americans `double down' on basic preventive steps, like social distancing 
and masks." Fauci is quoted as saying, "I believe that we can do it without a lockdown, I really 
do." 
Azar: Facts "Do Not Support" Lockdown Of Country. HHS Secretary Azar said on 
Fox News' The Story (11/12), "We should be driven by science and data and the facts here, and 
they simply do not support the notion of locking down the country, sheltering in place. You 
know, it's important the American people know the facts, and the simple facts are that our 
colleges," K-12 schools, workplaces, air travel, and healthcare settings "are not mechanisms for 
major spread of the disease." Azar added that lack of protection during "indoor gatherings" is 
"what's driving this" second wave. 
Birx Urges Tighter Restrictions, Guidance Adherence. 
WISC-TVVi Madison, WI (11/12, 2.66M) reported that White House Coronavirus Task Force 
Coordinator Deborah Birx visited Wisconsin and "said that what we are doing right now here in 
the state is not enough," urging the Badger State to take cues from other states' efforts to 
flatten the curve. Birx said, "Your absolute case number's extraordinarily high, your rate of 
hospitalization is extraordinarily high, and we know what follows that is a high rate of fatalities. 
... We're really asking people in this moment to do everything they can to save their own life 
and the lives of those that they love." 
Asked on WISN-TVVi Milwaukee (11/12, 87K) about potential restrictions on bars and 
restaurants, Birx said, "We know that anytime people take their mask off indoors, that it can 
create a spreading event...and it's very difficult to eat and drink with a mask on, and so 
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Wisconsin really needs to consider additional tightening, at least either close early, decrease 
capacity, and really, I don't know of a situation where at this point in Wisconsin that bars are 
safe." 
In an appearance on WFRV-TVVi Green Bay, WI (11/12, 28K), Birx cited superspreader 
events and a number of asymptomatic cases as major drivers of the state's spike. Birx said, 
"It's no one's fault. They don't know they're infected. I know it's difficult to comprehend that 
there's a virus out there that can cause no symptoms in some and hospitalizations and deaths 
in others, and long-term consequences in others." She "says to flatten the curve, Wisconsin has 
to stop superspreader events and...stay home." 
US COVID Infections Topped 150K Thursday; States See Surge In Hospitalizations. 
The CBS Evening NewsVi (11/12, lead story, 4:00, O'Donnell, 4.06M) reported, "America will 
soon be facing a coronavirus emergency more severe and potentially more deadly than when 
the pandemic first began. The country isn't just breaking records. It's blowing through them, 
reaching new highs again tonight in cases and hospitalizations. ... There are few words to 
describe the staggering size or depressing depth of the crisis. In just three weeks, the number 
of new infections recorded each day in the US has doubled," and "Americans are now dying 
each day at levels not seen since the worst months of the pandemic." ABC World News Tonight 
Vi (11/12, lead story, 4:50, Muir, 6.57M) reported hospitalizations also nearly doubled "in just 
two weeks." 
On NBC Nightly NewsVi (11/12, lead story, 2:30, Holt, 4.9M), Miguel Almaguer said, "As 
the US skyrockets above yet another astonishing single day record for new COVID cases, 
doctors tracking the pandemic since March are equally alarmed by the steady and seemingly 
unstoppable waves of infections, now surging off the charts. With 46 states seeing a rise in 
cases," on Thursday "the Chicago mayor issued a stay-at-home advisory," and "governors 
across the nation are also pleading for the public to take precautions." The Wall Street Journal 
(11/12, Al, Levitz, Ansari, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports the governors of New York, 
Utah, Maryland, Iowa, and Minnesota, among other states, are imposing new measures aimed 
at curbing rising COVID infection numbers. 
CNBC (11/12, Feuer, 3.62M) reports on its website that "average daily new cases are up 
by at least 5% over the last week in at least 47 states and DC as of Wednesday, according to a 
CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University." 
The New York Times (11/12, Smith, 18.61M) reports, "Eight days after 100,000 US cases" 
of COVID infections "were found in a day for the first time, the number topped 150,000 on 
Thursday." The pandemic "has risen to crisis levels in much of the nation, especially the 
Midwest, as hospital executives warn of dwindling bed space and as coroners deploy mobile 
morgues." Over "100,000 coronavirus cases have been announced nationwide every day since 
Nov. 4, and six of the last nine days have broken the previous record." Hospitalizations "also set 
a record on Thursday, climbing to 67,096, according to the Covid Tracking Project. It was the 
third straight day of record numbers, and the figure has doubled in just five weeks." 
Study Finds COVID Death Rate Down 30% Since April. The AP (11/12, Murphy) 
reports, "Deaths per day in the US have soared more than 40 percent over the past two weeks, 
from an average of about 790 to more than 1,100 as of Wednesday, the highest level in three 
months." This is "still well below the peak of about 2,200 deaths per day in late April, in what 
may reflect the availability of better treatments and the increased share of cases among young 
people, who are more likely than older ones to survive a bout with COVID-19." 
Reuters (11/12, Beasley) reports, "The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove 
fatal has dropped by nearly a third since April due to improved treatment, researchers at the 
University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said on Thursday." 
In the US, COVID-19 "now kills about 0.6% of people infected with the virus, compared with 
around 0.9% early in the pandemic, IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray told Reuters." He 
"said statistics reflect that doctors have figured out better ways to care for patients, including 
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the use of blood thinners and oxygen support. Effective treatments, such as the generic steroid 
dexamethasone, have also been identified." 
Redfield: IM New Cases Per Week Not "Unlikely." CDC Director Redfield said on 
WXYZ-TVVI Detroit (11/12, 151K), "It's really important not to underestimate this virus. The 
threat is really real. A number of us were saying back in September that we were on a course 
to get up from 30,000, 40,000 to 100,000, 150,000, maybe even 200,000 cases a day, and 
then see the increased hospitalizations a couple weeks later and then, unfortunately, increased 
deaths. This is a very serious threat. I don't think it's unlikely in the next week or two that we 
won't be having one million cases a week in this country. Clearly, we're likely to see significantly 
more deaths." 
Experts Warn About Trajectory Of COVID Infections In US. The Washington Post 
(11/12, Iati, 14.2M) reports, "Public health experts are sounding the alarm about the trajectory 
of the pandemic in the United States as the coronavirus spreads through the country largely 
unabated and officials muse aloud about the possibility of fresh lockdowns." The warnings 
"come amid widespread fatigue with restrictions, even as the virus is nowhere near finished 
rampaging across the country. Although several states implemented new mitigation measures 
this week, many people have been letting down their guards or, in some cases, vowing outright 
to ignore the rules." 
California Cities Reimpose Restrictions As State Reaches Millionth COVID Case. 
The AP (11/12, Melley, Taxin) reports California recorded its millionth known case of COVID-19 
case on Thursday, following Texas as the second state to reach the "grim milestone." 
The New York Times (11/12, Fuller, Arango, Hubler, 18.61M) reports, "Citing an alarming 
increase in cases, San Francisco this week banned indoor dining at restaurants and paused a 
plan to reopen schools." In Los Angeles, "thousands of residents have flocked in recent weeks 
to the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, one of the largest testing sites in the nation." In 
Sacramento, "the number of people hospitalized with the virus has doubled to 158 in the past 
two weeks." In San Diego, "where rising cases pushed the city to the most restrictive level of 
the state's guidelines, indoor activities will be banned as of Saturday in churches, gyms, yoga 
studios and movie theaters." 
The San Francisco Chronicle (11/12, Allday, 2.67M) says the "upward trend is especially 
concerning with multiple threats on the horizon. People will naturally want to come together for 
the holidays, and the cold weather will draw them indoors. Plus the flu season could further 
complicate the COVID-19 pandemic." The Los Angeles Times (11/12, Money, 4.64M) reports Los 
Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, during a briefing on Thursday, "emphasized that 
LA County remains on a knife's edge and that everyone needs to do their part to keep 
conditions from worsening." She said, "We all need to act now. ... The actions we take today, 
tomorrow and next week have tremendous impact on the health and well-being of many, many 
people across the county. If, collectively, we fail to stop the acceleration of new cases, we will 
have no choice but to look at additional actions." 
Upper Midwest, Plains States See COVID Cases Rising. 
The Washington Post (11/12, Al, Gowen, Bailey, 14.2M) reports, "Covid's long, dark winter has 
already arrived in the Upper Midwest, as cases and deaths surge, snatching lives, overwhelming 
hospitals, exhausting health-care providers and raising fears that the region's medical system 
will be completely overwhelmed in the coming days." Experts "say that cases are surging in the 
region as the weather has turned colder and more people are forced inside - into more poorly 
ventilated indoor spaces where transmission thrives - with the virus arriving even in remote 
areas in largely conservative states where Republican leaders have resisted mask mandates or 
business closures, asking their residents to rely instead on personal responsibility." In 
Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz (D) "has warned of more 'nightmare' numbers to come, even as the 
state has instituted new restrictions on bars, restaurants and social gatherings in an attempt to 
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stop the spread." NBC Nightly NewsVi (11/12, story 2, 1:40, Holt, 4.9M) reported that in 
Michigan, "officials warn the state's healthcare system could soon capsize amid a nearly five 
fold surge in COVID hospitalizations since just last month. ... Hospitals throughout the state are 
understaffed and overwhelmed, with cases and hospitalizations doubling every two weeks." 
North Dakota Nurses Association Reject Policy Allowing COVID-Positive 
Employees To Continue Working. The Hill (11/12, Weixel, 2.98M) reports that in a 
statement on Wednesday, the North Dakota Nurses Association rejected "a policy that would 
allow COVID-positive nurses to continue treating patients at coronavirus units of hospitals and 
nursing homes if they are not symptomatic." They association "said the policy does not address 
the root of the problem and called for a statewide mask mandate and other public health 
measures to be implemented first." On Monday, Gov. Doug Burgum (R) announced the policy 
"as a way to ease pressure on hospitals that are short-staffed and nearing capacity, as COVID-
19 cases surge uncontrollably throughout the state." North Dakota "is currently the worst-hit 
state in the country in terms of coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents, but is one of 15 states 
without a mask mandate." 
Chicago Mayor Issues Stay-At-Home Advisory. 
Reuters (11/12, Caspani, O'Brien) reports Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) "issued a stay-at-
home advisory and Detroit stopped in-person schooling on Thursday to staunch the coronavirus 
outbreak as more than a dozen states reported a doubling of new COVID-19 cases in the last 
two weeks." Lightfoot "on Thursday issued a 30-day advisory calling upon residents to stay at 
home and have no visitors, even during Thanksgiving festivities." According to Reuters, Illinois 
"has emerged as the pandemic's new epicenter in the region as well as across the country." 
Bloomberg (11/12, Singh, 4.73M) reports Lightfoot's advisory urges "residents to avoid 
leaving home except for work, school and other essentials as new Covid-19 cases and 
hospitalizations surge." The restrictions "will take effect on Monday and stay in place for 30 
days, or until the health commissioner changes it. If the city continues on the current path, at 
least 1,000 more Chicagoans could die from the virus by the end of the year, Lightfoot said 
during a press conference on Thursday." 
CNN (11/12, Parks, Jones, Jimenez, Asmelash, 83.16M) reports on its website that 
Lightfoot said in the release, "The gains we have made this past year have been the result of 
our willingness to work together. Even in this difficult moment, we will continue to unite as we 
always have for our city in order to halt the rise we're seeing, shake out of the fatigue we've 
been experiencing, and make the crucial difference in what our future is going to look like." 
The Chicago Tribune (11/12, Munks, Pratt, 2.65M) reports that at a coronavirus briefing 
on Thursday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) said, "If things don't take a turn in the coming days, we will 
quickly reach the point when some form of a mandatory stay-at-home order is all that will be 
left. ... With every fiber of my being, I do not want us to get there. But right now, that seems 
like where we are heading." 
The Chicago Sun-Times (11/12, 875K) says "more people have contracted the virus in 
Illinois over the past 15 days - nearly 140,000 - than during all of summer." Of "all 536,542 
people who have tested positive in Illinois so far during the eight-month pandemic, almost half 
of them have been diagnosed just since the beginning of October alone." 
NYC Schools Seen As Likely To Close Again Amid Resurgence Of COVID. 
The New York Times (11/12, Shapiro, 18.61M) reports New York City's school system - despite 
having coronavirus transmission being "strikingly low, with a positive-test rate of just .17 
percent according to the most recent data, prompting one of the city's top health officials to 
declare that the public schools are among the safest public places around" - is expected to shut 
down by Thanksgiving, if not earlier. The move "would be perhaps the most significant setback 
yet for the city's recovery since the bleak days of spring, when it was a global center of the 
pandemic and all the schools were shuttered." 
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Meg Oliver of the CBS Evening NewsVi (11/12, story 2, 1:30, O'Donnell, 4.06M) said New 
York City's COVID positivity rate was at 2.6% on Thursday, "closing in on the 3% threshold that 
would trigger a move to remote learning in all public schools." 
Health Officials Encouraging Extra COVID Precautions For Holidays. 
The Washington Post (11/12, Brulliard, 14.2M) reports the "record-breaking surge in US 
coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions that may feel 
deceptively safe, officials and scientists warn - dinner parties, game nights, sleepovers and 
carpools." The White House coronavirus task force "has been urging states that are virus hot 
spots to curtail maskless get-togethers of family and friends, saying in reports that 
asymptomatic attendees 'cause ongoing transmission, frequently infecting multiple people in a 
single gathering." 
On NBC Nightly NewsVi (11/12, story 14, 1:30, Holt, 4.9M), Stephanie Gosk said, "The 
safest thing to do this Thanksgiving, health officials say, is stay home. The reality is a lot of 
people aren't going to stay home." NBC's John Torres said, "By far the safest thing is to not to 
travel, but if you do travel, take those steps you need to take to stay safe. That means wearing 
a mask, social distancing, washing your hands." 
Asked on Fox News' The Story (11/12) about New York City's Thanksgiving restrictions, 
HHS Secretary Azar said, "We've got real practical suggestions" for managing the risks, 
including opening "your window if you can to increase ventilation," turning on ceiling fans, and 
using "single-serving" utensils for food. Azar said, "The most important thing is, even if we 
sacrifice this year for Thanksgiving and Christmas, we want to make sure that everyone in your 
family is available next year for Thanksgiving and Christmas so you can celebrate fully." 
Birx Encourages Mask Wearing To Stem Fall Surge. WFRV-TVVI Green Bay, WI 
(11/12, 16K) reported that White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx 
touted the effectiveness of mask mandates and "said other countries have already had success 
in stemming the tide of the virus when they get aggressive with prevention." Birx said, "Even 
though this fall surge is more rapid, resulting in more hospitalizations, we already have 
countries that are successful in flattening the curve, because they put in a mask mandate, they 
told you not to gather and take your mask off, and they closed bars and restaurants." Birx "is 
asking Americans to hang on for another four to six weeks when it comes to limiting contact." 
Clinical Laboratories Warn COVID Testing May Be Delayed. 
Politico (11/12, Lim, 4.29M) reports the American Clinical Laboratory Association, which 
"represents private labs, including LabCorp and Quest," warned that labs may soon be facing 
processing delays for COVID tests amid the surge of infections nationwide. Quest Diagnostics 
"this week said its average turnaround time for PCR testing is two days, but private labs say 
results will take longer to process once the number of new samples begins to exceed testing 
capacity." Association of Public Health Laboratories CEO Scott Becker said, "Labs are doing 
everything they can to eke out whatever additional capacity they can, but they are limited by 
supplies and in some cases test kits." 
Lewandowski Tests Positive For COVID. 
USA Today (11/12, Fritze, Santucci, 10.31M) reports Trump campaign adviser Corey 
Lewandowski "has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest member of the president's inner 
circle to contract the illness in recent weeks." Lewandowski "was present on election night at 
the White House for a gathering after initial results showed Trump ahead in several states." 
Chief of Staff Meadows and HUD Secretary Carson, "who were also present at the gathering, 
also tested positive in recent days." The Hill (11/12, Samuels, 2.98M) says the "White House 
election night party has emerged as the latest super-spreader event inside the building." 
CNN (11/12, Acosta, Collins, Vazquez, 83.16M) reports on its website that Lewandowski 
"said he is feeling fine and will stay home as a precaution." He "joins a growing list of 
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individuals close to the President to have tested positive for the virus this week after attending 
campaign events in the lead-up to and days after the election." In addition to Lewandowski, 
Meadows, and Carson, Trump adviser David Bossie and White House Political Affairs Director 
Brian Jack "all tested positive for the coronavirus this week." The New York Times (11/12, 
Haberman, 18.61M) reports similarly on this story. 
Ivanka Trump, Kushner Withdrew Children From School After White House Outbreak. 
The New York Daily News (11/12, Crane-Newman, 2.52M) reports Ivanka Trump and Jared 
Kushner withdrew their children from school "after fellow parents complained about the 
president's top aide and his daughter failing to follow pandemic protocols amid a COVID-19 
outbreak in the White House." They "withdrew their three children from Milton Gottesman 
Jewish Day School in Washington, DC, three weeks after a coronavirus outbreak in the Oval 
Office and two weeks before Election Day," and enrolled them at a Maryland school. 
Alaska Congressman Tests Positive For COVID. 
The AP (11/12, Thiessen) reports Rep. Don Young (R-AK) "announced Thursday that he has 
tested positive for COVID-19, a day after the 87-year-old won his 25th term in the US House." 
On Twitter, Young wrote, "I am feeling strong, following proper protocols, working from home in 
Alaska and ask for privacy at this time." The AP says Young's "positive test came after he was 
campaigning for re-election in Alaska, which is experiencing a surge of cases." 
The Washington Post (11/12, Itkowitz, 14.2M) reports Young "downplayed the coronavirus 
in its early days, calling it the 'beer virus,' a seeming reference to Corona beer." Young said in 
March, "It attacks us senior citizens. I'm one of you. I still say we have to as a nation and state 
go forth with everyday activities." Reuters (11/12) says Young is the latest of the 17 Republican 
and nine Democratic members of the House and Senate to "have tested positive or are 
presumed to have had COVID-19." 
WSJournal: Delaware COVID Settlement Allows Churches To Be Treated Neutrally. 
In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal (11/12, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says the 
decision by Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) to settle with a pastor alleging the state's 
emergency orders discriminate against churches means Carney has agreed to treat houses of 
worship neutrally. 
WSJournal: Biden's COVID Team Would Push For Lockdowns. 
In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal (11/12, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says Joe Biden's 
coronavirus advisory committee members believe lockdowns are beneficial, but in fact they 
would have negative economic and public health consequences. The Journal advises Biden to 
diversify by calling the Great Barrington Declaration authors to join his committee. 
Administration Leaving Stimulus Talks To McConnell As Pelosi, Schumer Signal No 
Compromise. 
Bloomberg (11/12, Mohsin, Litvan, Wasson, 4.73M) reports the Trump Administration is 
"stepping back from negotiations" over a coronavirus stimulus bill and "leaving it to" Senate 
Majority Leader McConnell to "revive long-stalled talks." According to Bloomberg, "While the 
White House probably would consult with GOP lawmakers on details of a Covid-19 relief bill, it's 
now unlikely to take the lead on talks," and "would only take over if negotiations have to be 
restarted completely." 
Meanwhile, the Washington Post (11/12, Werner, 14.2M) reports that on Thursday, 
"Congressional Democratic leaders accused Republicans...of refusing to confront the 
dramatically worsening coronavirus pandemic and instead acquiescing to" President Trump's 
"false insistence that he won last week's presidential election." Trump "tweeted incessantly 
about the need for an economic relief bill before the Nov. 3 election, but he has been silent on 
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the matter ever since, and initial signs that congressional Republicans wanted a deal also have 
cooled." House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer "said that [Joe] Biden's 
election win constitutes a mandate for their demands for a new multitrillion-dollar relief bill, 
particularly given how coronavirus case numbers are jumping." 
The AP (11/12) says Pelosi and Schumer "adopted a combative posture on COVID-19 
relief on Thursday, pressing their case for a $2 trillion bill that's a nonstarter for Republicans 
and faulting the GOP for dragging its feet on acknowledging Biden's victory." According to the 
AP, "The message...was that Republicans should concede Biden won and immediately return to 
negotiations on COVID relief, with the Democrats' $2.4 trillion `HEROES Act' as the starting 
point." Pelosi told reporters: "It's most unfortunate that the Republicans have decided that they 
will not respect the will of the people. It's like the house is burning down, and they just refuse 
to throw water on it." 
According to Politico (11/12, Everett, Ferris, 4.29M), "Prospects for a new stimulus bill this 
year just about hit rock bottom on Thursday" as Pelosi and Schumer "said they have no plans 
to budge from their position of demanding a $2 trillion coronavirus relief measure, and no less." 
Politico adds that McConnell "rejected their approach," and "said that he still believes a bill of 
about $500 billion is the way to go, even though Senate Democrats have repeatedly rejected 
his proposal." Reuters (11/12, Comwell) quotes McConnell as saying, "I gather she and the 
Democratic leader in the Senate still are looking at something dramatically larger. That's not a 
place I think we're willing to go." Reuters reports that although "a senior official in Trump's 
administration said it was leaving any negotiations about a coronavirus relief package to 
McConnell and Pelosi for the time being," there is "no sign such talks were imminent." 
The New York Times (11/12, Smialek, Cochrane, Fandos, Rappeport, 18.61M) says "in 
holding firm to their respective positions - Democrats demanding $2.4 trillion as a starting 
point, with Republicans proposing a fraction of that amount - congressional leaders appeared to 
be closing the door on the possibility of a year-end compromise." 
The AP (11/12) reports that Biden's transition team announced on Thursday that he has 
spoken with Pelosi and Schumer "about `intensifying' the country's coronavirus response and 
coping with the economic fallout the pandemic has inflected." According to the AP, "They also 
discussed the `urgent need' to use the lame duck congressional session to approve bills on 
slowing the spread of COVID-19, as well as economic relief for `working families and small 
businesses, support for state and local governments trying to keep front-line workers on the 
payroll,' expanded unemployment insurance and expanded access to affordable health care." 
Federal Judge Schedules Conference On Trump Defamation Suit. 
The Hill (11/12, Budryk, 2.98M) reports that Judge Lewis Kaplan "on Thursday signaled 
columnist E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against President Trump can move forward, 
scheduling a telephone conference in the case for Dec. 11." The conference scheduling follows 
Kaplan's earlier denial of the Justice Department's attempt to "take over the case." Carroll's 
lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement to ABC News, "We look forward to finally moving 
ahead with discovery in the case, which has been on hold since Trump filed his motion for a 
stay last February, and look forward to the initial conference in E Jean Carroll's case on Dec. 11, 
if the parties cannot agree on a schedule." 
At Least Four Dead As Eta Moves Through Southeast. 
The CBS Evening NewsVi (11/12, story 3, 2:00, O'Donnell, 4.06M) reported, "At least four 
people have died and dozens rescued after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall. Tonight, the 
devastating storm is dumping heavy rain on the Carolinas and Virginia." On NBC Nightly NewsVi 
(11/12, story 8, 1:05, Holt, 4.9M), Sam Brock said, "A nightmare in North Carolina: a deadly 
November storm steam rolling through the Southeast, forcing water rescues across the region." 
The AP (11/12, Anderson, Frisaro) reports Eta "raced off the Southeast Atlantic seacoast late 
Thursday, spreading heavy rains and gusty winds around the Carolinas only hours after 
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blustering across north Florida. ... The storm system triggered flash flooding, multiple water 
rescues and road closures, and at least one collapsed bridge in South Carolina." 
The Washington Post (11/12, Cappucci, 14.2M) says "after a 3,000-mile journey, an 
impact on seven countries, four landfalls and two bouts as a hurricane, the two-week rampage 
of Tropical Storm Eta was progressing through its final destructive act." ABC World News 
TonightVi (11/12, story 6, 1:05, Muir, 6.57M) and the New York Times (11/12, Vigdor, 
Paybarah, 18.61M) also report. 
Appeals Court Upholds Harvard Affirmative Action Ruling. 
The New York Times (11/12, Hartocollis, 18.61M) reports, "A federal appeals court on Thursday 
ruled that Harvard's admissions process did not violate civil rights law, but the victory for the 
university could be short-lived should the case be taken up by the Supreme Court." The case 
has "elevated efforts by conservative activists," who have sought "to reach the Supreme Court, 
where an increasingly conservative tilt because of three justices appointed by President Trump 
has made it appear more likely that they could prevail despite more than 40 years of 
precedent." 
The Washington Post (11/12, Anderson, 14.2M) says that "Students for Fair Admissions, a 
group opposed to the use of race in admissions decisions, sued the university in 2014 in an 
effort to halt what it alleged was unlawful discrimination" against Asian-American applicants. US 
District Judge Allison Burroughs "ruled in 2019 for Harvard on all counts" in the case, a decision 
that appellate Judges Jeffrey Howard and Sandra Lynch upheld. Students for Fair Admissions 
president Edward Blum said while the group is "disappointed" in the ruling, the suit "is now on 
track" for a ruling by the Supreme Court. 
The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Korn, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports that 
Howard and Lynch said in a 104-page opinion that Harvard has targeted measurable goals in 
considering race and that variances in admission rates for minority students invalidates 
arguments that the university used quotas, adding that the school's subjective criteria does not 
indicate bias toward Asian-American applicants. 
WS.7oumal: Harvard Ruling Signals Need For Definitive Supreme Court Decision. 
In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal (11/12, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) argues that 
cases around affirmative action like the Harvard case continue to surface because the Supreme 
Court has failed to offer clear definitions of how or how much race should be considered as a 
factor in admissions. The Journal says that an appeal presents an opportunity for the Supreme 
Court to offer clarification in accordance with the majority opinion of Americans who reject the 
consideration of race. 
Deputy AG Rosen Reportedly Blocked Charges Against Zinke. 
The Washington Post (11/12, Eilperin, Zapotosky, 14.2M) reports that Deputy Attorney General 
Jeffrey Rosen "deferred a bid from line prosecutors to move forward with possible criminal 
charges against former interior secretary Ryan Zinke, saying they needed to gather more 
evidence and refine the case." According to the Post, "The move late last year by 
Rosen...angered some career prosecutors in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section 
and has delayed for months the release of an Interior Department Office of Inspector General 
report about Zinke's conduct." At issue is whether Zinke "made false statements to Interior 
investigators who were looking into his decision not to grant a petition by two Indian tribes to 
operate a commercial casino off reservation land" in Connecticut. 
INTERNATIONAL NEWS 
Chinese Government Stopping Taiwan's Participation In WHO Meeting. 
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The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Deng, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports that opposition 
from members of the Chinese Communist Party is stopping Taiwan - which has not recorded 
locally transmitted infections in approximately seven months - from participating in a World 
Health Organization meeting to address the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Prime Minister Says Japan Does Not Need To Declare COVID State Of Emergency. 
Reuters (11/12) reports Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that Japan does 
not need a state-of-emergency declaration over the coronavirus pandemic, "adding that experts 
backed that view." Speaking to reporters, "he said the government's initiative to boost domestic 
tourism with subsidies also did not need to be revised." 
Germany, France See Slowing Of COVID Cases, But Hospitals Remain Crowded. 
The AP (11/12, Moulson) reports, "The surge of new coronavirus cases appears to be slowing in 
Germany and France, generating hopes that the two European heavyweights are beginning to 
regain control over the pandemic." However, "authorities said Thursday that hospitals are 
crowded and are likely to face further strain in the coming weeks." German Minister of Health 
Jens Spahn "told his compatriots to brace for a long winter, regardless of whether a partial 
shutdown succeeds in bringing down the caseload," while Lothar Wieler, head of Germany's 
national disease control center, said there are "already more cases in intensive care than in 
April, and the cases have doubled in the past two weeks." 
Germans Protesting COVID Restrictions Becoming Increasingly Violent. The 
Washington Post (11/12, Morris, Beck, 14.2M) reports there is "a growing violent undercurrent 
at large-scale street demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions" in Germany. The Post says 
the "developments point to an increasingly radicalized movement of virus skeptics in Germany, 
embraced by the country's far-right extremist groups and energized by global conspiracy 
theories, notably those put forth by the US-born QAnon movement." Last weekend, "far-right 
groups marched alongside the demonstrators...stoking concerns among security officials that 
they will gain recruits and draw more demonstrators to violence, with bomb- and weapon-
making material already circulating in coronavirus-skeptic circles online." 
South Africa Opens To Foreign Visitors. 
The AP (11/12, Magome) reports, "In an effort to revive its tourism industry, South Africa has 
opened up international travel to visitors from all countries, President Cyril Ramaphosa has 
announced." South Africa "will now admit foreign visitors providing they produce negative 
COVID-19 test results, Ramaphosa said in a broadcast address Wednesday night." According to 
the AP, the step makes South Africa "one of the world's countries most open to international 
travel" and "comes as cases of the disease are slowly increasing in the country. Ramaphosa 
said his government will closely monitor any signs that international visitors increase 
transmission rates." 
US Allies In Iraq Said To Fear Targeting By Iran. 
The Washington Post (11/12, Loveluck, Ryan, Salim, 14.2M) reports, "Iraqis who have worked 
closely with the U.S. military in their country have grown increasingly alarmed that they could 
be targeted for attack, fearing their personal identifying information has been obtained by Iran-
backed militias." According to Iraqi officials, the US military provides personal information, 
"including names, addresses and license plate numbers...to secure permission for...translators 
to move around Iraq." While a US military spokesperson said the US-led coalition "does not 
share personally identifiable information about the translators with the Iraqi military or 
government," The Post says three documents "show that such information provided by the U.S.-
led coalition has been circulated by various elements of the Iraqi security forces over the past 
year" and Iran-backed militias "have recently been escalating their attacks on American 
interests in Iraq." 
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NYTimes Analysis: Syrian Refugees Resist Return Under Current Leadership. 
The New York Times (11/12, Hubbard, 18.61t1) reports that "the Syrian government hosted a 
lavish conference in the capital, Damascus, this week aimed at trying to get the more than six 
million refugees who fled the country's civil war to come home," but "many refugees say they 
are not ready to return" as long as President Bashar al-Assad "and his government remain in 
power." While al-Assad "appears to be secure and the big battles have subsided" since protests 
calling for his ouster, "Syria is a shattered country, with Mr. al-Assad ruling only part of its 
territory" and "on top of material concerns, most of the refugees fled violence committed by Mr. 
al-Assad's government, and they now fear that going home could mean arrest or forced 
conscription into his army." al-Assad largely ignored such concerns in this week's conference, 
blaming "an international conspiracy" for the war and accusing "Arab and Western countries 
of...preventing [refugees] from returning." 
NYTimes Analysis: Afghan Officials Do Not Expect Biden To Stop Trump's Troop 
Withdrawal. 
The New York Times (11/12, Gibbons-Neff, 18.61M) says, "It is a desperately difficult time for 
Afghanistan. American troops, honoring President Trump's deal with the Taliban, are still on 
their way out of the country, despite the stalling of peace talks between the insurgency and the 
Afghan government, and a wave of intensified Taliban offensives near important cities." The 
limes adds, "Officials in Kabul are very aware that Americans are tired of the war - a fact made 
clear by a near absence of the issue in presidential debates, and by [Joe] Biden's seeming 
agreement with President Trump's desire to get out of Afghanistan." However, according to the 
limes, "in Mr. Biden, Afghan officials said they hoped to gain a less capricious and more 
communicative ally, though they know he is unlikely to stop the troop withdrawal." 
Five Americans, Two Others Killed In Crash Of Peacekeeping Force Helicopter In 
Sinai. 
NBC Nightly NewsVi (11/12, story 9, 0:15, Holt, 4.9M) reported, "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." ABC World News TonightVi (11/12, 
story 5, 0:25, Muir, 6.57M) reported, "Officials say the helicopter went down in the Sinai 
Peninsula during a routine mission. The Blackhawk [is] believed to have suffered a mechanical 
failure. One American survived." David Martin said on the CBS Evening NewsVi (11/12, story 8, 
1:15, O'Donnell, 4.06M) that it is "the single worst loss of American life in the nearly four 
decades US troops have patrolled the Sinai. About 450 Americans are part of an international 
force set up to monitor the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel." 
The New York Times (11/12, Kershner, Schmitt, 18.61M) reports that the Multinational 
Force and Observers peacekeeping force "consists of 1,154 troops from 13 countries, including 
Australia, Britain, Fiji, the United States and Uruguay." The Washington Post (11/12, Raghavan, 
Hendrix, 14.2M) reports that in a statement, the MFO "suggested there was no indication that 
the event was terrorism related. 'At this point, there is no information to indicate the crash was 
anything except an accident,' the force said." The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Youssef, Malsin, 
Subscription Publication, 7.57M) also reports. 
Pompeo To Visit Golan Heights, West Bank Israeli Settlement. 
Axios (11/12, Ravid, 521K) reports Secretary of State Pompeo "is planning to visit the Golan 
Heights and an Israeli settlement in the West Bank next week, both firsts for a U.S. secretary of 
state." Since 1967, "all previous U.S. administrations have treated the West Bank and Golan 
Heights as occupied territory." Axios says the trip "seems intended to highlight the Trump 
administration's policy shifts on Israel. For Pompeo, it also has domestic political significance 
ahead of a possible presidential run in 2024." 
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Wolf Planning To Visit Several Latin American Countries In Early December. 
The Washington Post (11/12, Miroff, 14.2M) reports Acting DHS Secretary Wolf "is making plans 
to travel to several countries in Latin America next month, a proposal that has raised concerns 
about the necessity of such a trip in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The trip is 
tentatively scheduled for the week of Dec. 7, and it could include stops in El Salvador, Panama, 
Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, according to three people with knowledge of the plans." 
Russian Military Operations Off Coast Of Alaska Impact Private US Ships. 
The New York Times (11/12, 18.61M) reports on Russian military operations "inside the U.S. 
economic zone off the coast of Alaska" in August, "the latest in a series of escalated encounters 
across the North Pacific and the Arctic." Private US fishing ships received warnings "in a mixture 
of Russian and accented English" to leave the area. One captain told the Times, "It was 
frightening, to say the least. The Coast Guard's response was: Just do what they say." 
Hong Kong Legislature Opens Without Pro-Democracy Lawmakers. 
The New York Times (11/12, Wang, May, 18.61M) reports that on Thursday, Hong Kong's 
legislature opened after lawmakers from the pro-democracy opposition were either ousted by 
the Chinese Communist Party or resigned to protest the ousters. The Times adds, "Unfazed, the 
remaining pro-Beijing camp got to work, reviewing a bill on parking spaces and discussing flu 
vaccines." According to the Times, the opposition "could only stand outside for one final protest, 
hanging two banners criticizing Hong Kong's chief executive - and then taking them down just a 
few minutes later before security could do so." The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Khan, 
Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports senior Chinese officials have rejected international 
criticism of the terminations and the mass resignation. 
EU Plans Pro-LGBTQ Policies In Response To Hungary And Poland. 
The New York Times (11/12, Pronczuk, Novak, 18.61M) reports the European Union has 
"unveiled policies intended to strengthen the rights of L.G.B.T.Q. people, proposals that appear 
aimed particularly at right-wing governments in Hungary and Poland that have promoted 
discrimination." The European Commission moves "would classify hate crime, including 
homophobic speech, on a list of 'E.U. crimes' that also contains offenses such as drug trafficking 
and money laundering. ... The proposal would also protect same-sex families in all 27 of the 
bloc's members, and promises more funding for organizations promoting equality." 
Researchers Conclude World "Already Past A Point Of No Return For Global 
Warming." 
USA Today (11/12, Rice, 10.31M) reports, "Even if human-caused greenhouse gas emissions 
can be reduced to zero, global temperatures may continue to rise for centuries afterward, 
according to a scientific study" published in the British journal Scientific Reports on Thursday. 
The authors write, "The world is already past a point of no return for global warming." The only 
way "to stop the warming, they say, is that 'enormous amounts of carbon dioxide have to be 
extracted from the atmosphere." 
NYTimes Analysis: Nobel Peace Prize Repeatedly Awarded To Dubious Winners. 
The New York Times (11/12, Gladstone, 18.61M) writes that "at least six times in recent 
decades," the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to "recipients whose actions and behavior -
either before or after the honor was given - have been viewed as unworthy or in some cases 
even absurd." Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 laureate, has moved "to violently 
suppress the Tigray region and risk plunging Africa's second most-populous country into a 
disastrous civil war"; the peace agreement pushed through by then-Colombian President Juan 
Manuel Santos, the 2016 winner, largely collapsed; "even (Barack) Obama himself questioned" 
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his 2009 selection, "given that he had yet to achieve any significant result for the cause of 
world peace"; then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung was honored in 2000, and two 
decades later, "the prospect of peace between the two Koreas seems even more remote"; 
efforts at peace between Israel and Palestine "have repeatedly faltered" since three statesmen 
were honored for their work in 1994; and Aung San Suu Kyi, honored in 1991, has rejected 
evidence that Burma "has systematically and brutally persecuted the country's Rohingya Muslim 
minority." 
THE BIG PICTURE 
Headlines From Today's Front Pages. 
Wall Street Journal: 
US Backs Down On TikTok 
As Covid-19 Surges To New Levels Across US, States Impose Flurry Of Measures 
China's President Xi Jinping Personally Scuttled Jack Ma's Ant IPO 
Deposit Interest Rates Are Taking A Pandemic Nosedive 
World's Explorers, Hemmed In By Pandemic, Offer Tips For Coping With Lockdown 
New York Times: 
Election Officials Directly Contradict Trump on Voting System Fraud 
N.Y.C. Schools May Close Again, a Grim Sign of a Global Dilemma 
Wrong Again: How Polls Misread 2020 Voters 
Republicans' Wall of Support For President Begins to Crack 
'Are We Getting Invaded?' A 21st-Century Cold War in the Arctic 
Washington Post: 
"We're The Ones Who Won": A GOP House Guarantee For 2022 
Democrats Renew Calls For Expanded Virus Relief Bill 
As Trump Tweets, Many Duties Of His Office Languish 
Upper Midwest Faces A Reckoning 
Iraqis Fear Work For US Makes Them Militia Targets 
A Blueprint For Back-To-School 
Financial Times: 
Central Bank Chiefs Upbeat On Vaccine Boost To Global Economy 
Covid Vaccine Presents Pharma With Shot At Redemption And Profits 
Republican Resistance To Biden Victory Starts To Crack 
Washington Times: Photos Show China Expanding Nuclear Arms Plants 
First Vaccines Will Go To Select Groups 
Trump Supporters Start To Give Up On Legal Challenges 
Obama-appointed Judges Get Fraud Cases 
Trump Bans Funding For Chinese Military 
Story Lineup From Last Night's Network News: 
ABC: COVID Surge; Eli Lilly Antibody Treatment; GOP-Election Results; Trump-Pandemic; 
Egypt-US Troops Killed; Tropical Storm Eta; Ahmaud Arbery Case; California-Small Plane Crash; 
Minnesota-Vehicle Pile-Up; Biden-Pope Francis; Country Music Awards. 
CBS: COVID Surge; COVID-New York City; Tropical Storm Eta; Obama-Election Fraud 
Comments; GOP-Election Results; Biden-Cabinet; Biden-Pope Francis; Egypt-US Troops Killed; 
California-Small Plane Crash; Alex Acosta-Epstein Case; Thanksgiving Day Parade Changes; 
National Museum of the US Army. 
NBC: COVID Surge; COVID-Michigan; Trump-Pandemic; GOP-Election Results; Biden-
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Transition; Georgia-Stacey Abrams; Obama-Memoir; Tropical Storm Eta; Egypt-US Troops 
Killed; California-Small Plane Crash; COVID Vaccines; Grocery Stores Restricting Items; 
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree; Holiday Travel; Tribute to Veterans. 
Network TV At A Glance: 
COVID Surge - 14 minutes, 30 seconds 
GOP-Election Results - 5 minutes, 40 seconds 
Tropical Storm Eta - 4 minutes, 10 seconds 
Egypt-US Troops Killed - 1 minute, 55 seconds 
Story Lineup From This Morning's Radio News Broadcasts: 
ABC: Georgia-Hand Recount; COVID Surge; Alex Acosta-Epstein Case; UN-Al-Shabab 
extremists. 
CBS: COVID Surge; Biden-Pope Francis; Trump-2024; Tropical Storm Eta; Egypt-US Troops 
Killed; 
FOX: COVID Surge; Pennsylvania-Absentee Ballots; COVID-Student Athletes. 
NPR: COVID Surge; Georgia-Hand Recount; Trump Campaign Staff; Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency-No Evidence of Voter Fraud. 
WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE 
Today's Events In Washington. 
White House: 
• President Trump — Receives an update on Operation Warp Speed. 
• Vice President Pence — Keynotes Council for National Policy Meeting. 
US Senate: 
• No public schedule released. 
US House: 
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds weekly press conference 
Location: HVC Studio A, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC; 10:45 AM 
• House of Representatives on recess from 2 Oct - 16 Nov 
Cabinet Officers: 
• Secretary of State Pompeo begins France / Turkey / Georgia / Israel / UAE / Qatar / Saudi 
Arabia trip - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins trip to France, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, 
the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, with agenda, respectively, including 
meeting President Emmanuel Macron, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and other senior 
officials in Paris; meeting the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, in 
Istanbul; meeting President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, Foreign 
Minister David Zalkaliani, and the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II in 
Tbilisi; meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel; meeting Abu Dhabi Crown 
Prince Mohammed bin Zayd in the United Arab Emirates; meeting Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al 
Thani and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman 
Al Thani in Qatar; and meeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia 
Visitors: 
• No visitors scheduled. 
This Town: 
• OAS Permanent Council High-Level Virtual Dialogue - Organization of American States High-
Level Virtual Dialogue: 'Water and Strategic Partnerships for Integration in Central America'. 
Speakers include Guatemalan Vice President Guillermo Castillo Reyes, Honduran Vice 
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President Ricardo Antonio Alvarez, El Salvadoran Vice President Felix Ulloa, Central 
American Integration System Secretary General Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, Global 
Environment Facility CEO and Chair Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, World Bank 2030 Water 
Resources Group Global Program Manager Karin Krchnak, Inter-American Development 
Bank Water and Sanitation Chief Sergio Campos, and Nestle Chair Paul Bulcke; 10:00 AM 
• CSIS / U.S. Naval Institute online Maritime Security Dialogue - 'Information Warfare: From 
A Supporting Role To A Leading Role' online Maritime Security Dialogue online event hosted 
by Center for Strategic and International Studies and the U.S. Naval Institute, with Deputy 
Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare/Director of Naval Intelligence Vice Adm. 
Jeffrey Trussler; 10:00 AM 
• CSIS online conversation with U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon - 'Lebanon's Challenges' Center 
for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Strengthening America's Health 
Security online event with U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, who discusses the 
evolving humanitarian, health, economic, and political crises in Lebanon, the aftermath of 
the 4 Aug Beirut explosion and evolution of U.S. policy since; 10:00 AM 
• Chilean President Pinera speaks on CFR event - Council on Foreign Relations hosts Chilean 
President Sebastian Pinera for an online event, to discuss short term and long term 
economic recovery after coronavirus (COVID-19), Chile's new constitution, global 
governance, and the shifting geopolitics of Latin America; 11:00 AM 
• Hudson Institute event on 5G in the U.S. - 'Creating an American SG Advantage' Hudson 
Institute virtual discussion, with Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering 
Principal Director for 5G Dr Joseph Evans, Oracle Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives 
Cheryl Davis, AT&T Vice President of Security and Technology Policy Chris Boyer, Parallel 
Wireless CEO and President Steve Papa, and Hudson Institute's Bryan Clark, Dr Dan Patt, 
and Tom Duesterberg; 12:00 PM 
• BPC online discussion on 'telehealth' with Independent Sen. Angus King - 'What's Next for 
Telehealth: Sustaining and Expanding Access After COVID-19' Bipartisan Policy Center 
online discussion, on the benefits of telehealth during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic 
and what things look like for the future of telehealth in Maine and throughout the country. 
Featured speakers include Independent Sen. Angus King, Stratis Health President Jennifer 
Lundblad, Bipartisan Policy Center Associate Director of the Health Project Dena 
McDonough, Western Maine Health Family Medicine Physician Dr Lisa Miller, and Northern 
Light Acadia Hospital President Scott Oxley; 12:00 PM 
• Axios hosts virtual event on the future of health care with Dem Sen. Tina Smith - Axios 
hosts 'Health Care: 2021' virtual event on the future of health care in America, including 
how to expand health insurance access and the path forward to universal coverage following 
the presidential election and amidst another wave of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic 
concerns. Speakers include Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, The Foundation for Research on 
Equal Opportunity President Avik Roy, and UnitedHealthGroup OptumHealth Services CEO 
Heather Cianfrocco; 12:30 PM 
• Progressive Caucus Center 'Meeting the Moment' summit day two, with Dem Members of 
Congress - Progressive Caucus Center holds 'Meeting the Moment: Building a More Resilient 
Nation' event, day two, with speakers today including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and 
fellow Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan, Ilhan Omar, Deb Haaland, Jamie 
Raskin, Chuy Garcia, Veronica Escobar, and Jared Huffman, actor and activist Alyssa Milano, 
Be a Hero Fund founder Ady Barkan, Poor People's Campaign's Rev. Dr William Barber, 
United We Dream Executive Director Greisa Martinez, Demos President Sabeel Rahman, 
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Schuler, Data for Progress Vice President Julian Brave 
NoiseCat, People's Action Institute Executive Director George Goehl, home care worker 
Brenda Williams, and Center for International Policy President and CEO 
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