The coming weeks. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone, im kate bolduan, in for erin burnett. Welcome to a special edition of outfront. Tonight President Trump complains republicans are not helping him with his failing attempts to overturn the election while he fails to help the American People. President trump spending the only visible part of his day today on the golf course in west palm beach, florida. He spent 3 19 at his golf club. Despite his schedule for the day from the white house, reading this President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American People. His schedule includes many meetings and calls. Weve been told about no such meetings or calls. The only indication is this tweet from the president , at a meeting in florida today, he writes, everyone was asking why arent the republicans up in arms . And fighting over the fact the democrats stole the rigged president ial election . Of course, its not true, there is no evidence. Those republicans are are up in arms, but not about the president s unhinged quest to change the results of the election. Theyre up in arms about the president s veto of a defense bill, a bill his own party overwhelmingly supports and bill that includes providing pay raises for the military. Theyre also up in arms about the president throwing the covid relief bill into chaos. In a bill republican supported because they were assured by the president s own team he would as well. Republican senator roy blunt telling cnn today, we were assured the president would sign the bill. The best way out of this is for the president to sign the bill. And when asked about the second best way, blunt said, well, lets hope the best way works. Second best, the second best way is a lot more challenging. And the challenge couldnt be more serious for millions of americans, depending on the aid in this bill. 12 million americans will lose their Unemployment Benefits this weekend if this bill isnt signed, but the president doesnt like the bill, wants changes but isnt doing anything about it to help. He just keeps his laser focus on overturning the election. So much so hes becoming increasingly frustrated with his most loyal of loyalists, Vice President mike pence. The new reporting tonight is the two met for over an hour yesterday in the overaal office before the president left for florida. Then trump retweeted a call for pence to reject the electoral votes when he presides over a session of congress in january. Mike pence cant do that. Other than this, its not clear the president is doing anything. He hasnt taken questions from reporters in 16 days. The only time weve seen him over the past 12 days is walking to air force one or marine one or playing golf. A fact that is rich with irony. Ironic because of how much trump trolled obama for golfing while governing. Heres a good one from october 23rd, 2014. President obama has a major meeting on the nyc Ebola Outbreak with people flying in from all over the country but decided to play golf. Kind of like what trump is doing right now. There always has been, always will be a tweet for everything with donald trump. But, honestly, forget the tweet, when its really the lives that matter here. So far more than 328,000 americans have died from coronavirus under trumps watch. 3,359 deaths were reported yesterday alone. That is one american every 25 seconds. But the president decided to play golf on his christmas vacation, a vacation thats great, but a vacation that most americans wont have. Jeremy diamond is out front near the president s maralago resort. Hes joining us now. Jeremy, is there any indication the president did anything to clean up the mess he created and then left behind in washington . You would think after torpedoing or threatening to torpedo this des 900 billion Coronavirus Relief that americans desperately need this Holiday Season, the president would be on the phone, that he would be meeting with advisers, that he would be doing everything he could to try to salvage this relief for americans at a time when more than 20 million americans are currently unemployed. But instead what we saw from the president of the United States was him going golfing, as he has done so often, especially in these recent weeks since the election. If chaos is the objective, kate, then perhaps being part of the solution isnt necessary and isnt what the president wants to do, and clearly that seems to be what were watching playing out. Instead we saw the president not only golfing but im told by a person familiar with the matter, the president sent a warm welcome to the golf club, spent a lot of time chatting with members there and talked about how he plans to continue this election. According to reports, the president seemed, quote, very resolute in contesting this election and believing it is not over and clearly it is not. And making it clear the president does not seem to understand the constitutional responsibility Vice President mike pence has on january 6 to accept the results, valid and legitimate results of the Electoral College. The president meeting for an hour with Vice President pence and then tweeting, retweeting this message seeming to pressure pence into refusing to accept those results. Again, this is the president grasping at straws, looking for any way he possibly can to try to overturn the results of the election, refusing to accept reality. And i think you will see a lot more of that this week, kate, as the president spent time hearing from friends and allies here. Too many of them, kate, are yes men are theyre going to be feeding the president s ego this week. Jeremy, thank you very much. I want to go to phil mattingly, who is in washington for more on this. Phil, do republicans have a plan of, i dont know, how to deal with the president s veto on the defense bill and also this suggested threat to the stimulus . Yeah, kate, on the former the answer is yes. They already teed up votes to override that veto. Senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell making clear the Republicanled Senate will definitely vote to override the veto as long as the house does first monday. Thats the plan there. On the latter issue is the answer is theres no plan. I want to focus on this because its important to note when the president has done this in the past, and weve seen it multiple times on other spending bills in the past, theres a way to thread the needle or perhaps things going on in the background that people were trying to do for a plan b. But you read off what roy blunt told our colleague today, theres no plan b or secret plan if the president vetoes the covid relief and spending bill passage, theres nothing. Thats the difficulty and frustration and thats why a lot of people on capitol hill are so unsettled. The bill itself is physically on its way to florida as we speak. It was enrolled today by the u. S. Congress, put on plain, heading down to maralago. What we dont know is what the president is actually going to do when he gets there. Right now when you talk to republicans and democrats on capitol hill, the biggest concern, one, is they dont know really who has the president s ear or what hes going to do, and also the timetable right now. You think about the fact 200 unemployment programs are expiring saturday. You think about the fact the government will shut down on monday if the president doesnt sign the bill, you think about the fact the Eviction Moratorium will run out at the end of the year as well. There are several crucial covid relief programs that are desperate at this point given where the economy sits that wont happen if the president doesnt sign the bill. And theyre running out of time. The new Congress Starts january 3rd. Everybodys looking around now, this is a hopeandpray moment, more or less, getting this out of our hands and into the hands of the president and we have to wait and see. That more than anything else given in the course of the last three, four weeks for both democrats and republicans, is what is most unsettling right now. Phil, thank you very much. Outfront now is david gergen, who served as president ial adviser to four president s. Alice stewart, communication adviser to four republican president ial campaigns and White House Reporter for the washington post. David, as phils laying out, time is really of the essence right now. The president , there is nothing from the president today, nothing on covid relief. Nothing on keeping the government open. Just golfing and enraged tweeting about the election. He did not need to insert himself into it. Thats the thing that keeps getting me. But he did, and now hes just sitting on it. How can he . I think were in the most dangerous period of the whole Trump Presidency here, these last four weeks when i think hes creating enormous harm for the country and exposing so much stress, making this a joyless christmas for so many americans, millions of americans. It just cant be stressed enough what were facing here. On saturday 12 million americans will lose their Unemployment Benefits. On monday the government shuts down. New years eve the ban on evictions, many people will be chased out of their homes, will be evicted from their homes, because this president barged into the middle of these tedious, long, hard negotiations, sat on his hands for weeks and months and then at the last minute when everybody was ready to have a bill signed, he throws a Monkey Wrench into the middle of the process and leaves no one with any understanding what will happen. Thats why so many people are upset today to and newsrooms across the country are being de deluged with calls if millions of americans. You make a good point, more stress is exactly what people need right now quite honestly. Yes. . Republicans are mad the president is not up in arms about the election and going after them still tonight, of course, in tweets. He wrote, i saved at least eight republican senators, including Mitch Mcconnell hes referencing from losing in the last election, that obviously is not necessarily true for Mitch Mcconnell especially, now they sit back and watch me fight against the democrats. I will never forget. Congress in virginia fought the republicans, sported a call about the covid relief bill, shes quoted as saying, i dont know if we recover from this. And thats according to the new york times. Im sitting here wondering, is she right . Her frustration is shared by many republicans in the house, kate. And many i have spoken with say theyre concerned and their fri frustration that this is President Trumps bill. Steven mnuchin drove this train and they walked the plank for the covid measure. And all of a sudden the king in the art of the deal is trying to change the deal in the 11th hour and thats the frustration with them. Certainly the Republican Party will do the right thing and democrats because members of congress realize this is not about about the fact the president lost this election. This is about the fact that American People are losing their livelihoods and their homes and not having food on the table. This is about winning for the American People. Fortunately, members of congress will do the right thing and continue to move this legislation forward. We have to open up the economy. We have to give up but they cant do anything until he makes a move or he sits on this for ten days, and ten days is a matter of losing muchneeded benefits for people that are on unemployment right now. This isnt a casino in atlantic city. This is peoples lives. This is why it makes no sense when a lot hasnt made sense for a very long time in ermz terms s strategy. Thats why its so bananas. The bill is literally being flown down to florida for the president to sign, if hes going to. Is that some indication that they think hes going to . Well, theyre hoping that he will. They dont really have very much indication at all about whats going to happen because the president surprised even his own allies, even his own white house aides by deciding to come out against this bill so forcefully. Nobody knows what will happen and its something the president is keeping close to his vest and is saying i will keep you updated. I will keep you in suspense. Maybe there will be a christmas miracle and i will sign the bill at the last minute and saving all of these millions of people for having these benefits cut off in a matter of days. The president likes to be the center of attention. He likes the drama surrounding some of these things but even his aides do not know whether or not he will ultimately relent and sign this bill and thats part of the process, thats part of the drama he likes to surround himself with. And its pretty clear that theres not very much of a plan b within the white house. If he doesnt sign this bill, there will be millions of people who lose his benefits. The impact of a potential Government Shutdown, harming the question, theyre all kinds of ramifications for this bill getting pumped up and not passing and the president sort of keeping everybody in limbo while that plays out. David, something ta lou made me think, hes Holding People in suspense for like a christmas miracle. Is that the game at hand . Just looking at how all of this played out, is he just looking to like get a cheap win and expects people are going to give it to him . You know, its impossible to say, kate, for sure. But he said heis acting in such derange way, it looks like hes crackers at this point. I think he loves to be the center of attention, we all know that. He loves to hog the spotlight. He loaves to cause dramas he alone can then address. David, can i add one more thing on top of that, another unanswerable . Yes. How this played out, im wondering if this is all because of Mitch Mcconnell publicly acknowledged biden won the election, trump is just mad . Thats a darn good question. I imagine there must be republicans who think that, that hes trying to punish mcconnell somehow and say im in charge now. Ill drive this train, thank you very much, mitch. You just screwed me in a variety of ways. Thats the way hes acting. This man is capable of so many different grievances and feeling an grievance in so many different ways, you can hardly say that that alone is driving him. But i think its unbelievable, and from the tone of your voice, you share this view, its unbelievable that one mans sort of desire to please his ego is putting millions and millions of americans through hell on a Holiday Season. Its just unbelievable that he would do that. And thats why i think that this whatever happens here in the next 28, 27 days right now, one thing is very, very clear, hes demonstrating conclusively as he looks to 2024 to possibly run again, hes become totally unfit to hold that office. This is nuts what were going through now. Yeah, i mean, alice, so many republicans share this because get involved in the negotiation, make it 600, make it 1,200, make it 400. At this point, who cares . But dont come throw a wrench in at the end for literally no reason. It makes no sense. It does not. Look, conservative republicans, myself included, dont think we should have 2,000 on the table, paying people more to not walk than get out of work but thats besides the point. I also think a lot of conserve tv republica conservative republicans who are fiscal conservatives do not want to see this fiscal spending, pork barrel in the bill. But the problem is thats in the bill. This is what Steven Mnuchin sat down with nancy pelosi and they agreed to this and now were here christmas eve. I dont know if President Trump wants to look like daddy warbucks and be the one to save the day but its congress who has done the hard work and put pen to paper and what the American People need and that bill they put on the table needs to be signed because they need relief for the American People and that cant happen soon enough. As you say, a lot of people, not just because its christmastime, but they need money in their bank accounts, they need to get back to work, and that should be priority number one. More than anything, theres certainly a lot of more important things to focus on, covid relief, getting these vaccinations out to the American People and we have an election coming up in just a few weeks. And those need to take top priority as opposed to trying to be an art of the deal in the 11th hour. The president is clearly very, very focused on trying to overturn the election. The reporting we heard today about how the Vice President and president , they met in the oval office for an hour or more before trump got on air force one and tweeted out this call for pence to not somehow i laugh only because its really absurd, to not accept the Electoral College votes when he presides over a joint session of congress on january 6th. And sources have said trump brought this up to pence since the election, and that trump is, quote unquote been confused as to why pence cant overturn the results on january 6th. Someone explain this to him, right . Its hard to know what the president is thinking inside his head, but he really places a high amount of attention on loyalty. Hes had loyalty from mike pence over the past four years. Theres very few things pence has been unwilling to sign onto or back the president on when the president has done something controversial. So the president essentially wants mike pence to do one more act of loyalty for him by upending the constitution, by upending the political process and essentially not allowing the will of the voters to be heard in congress. Mike pence does not really have that power. Hes more of a ceremonial role in the january 6th vote, which will be moving forward through congress, essentially a pro forma vote in which congress is just acknowledging the people selected joe biden to be the next president. But President Trump wants to step in and overturn the results of the election when theres no sense that that can happen. Thank you very much. Alice, and david, appreciate it. Up front for us next trumps pardon for allies in the Mueller Probe facing new questions and some saying he can now face obstruction charges. Plus, more than half a million coronavirus deaths in the United States now projected by april. Many of them preventable. But are americans willing to do what it takes to save lives . And the Senate Runoff race in georgia is now in the final days with the focus on one Influential Group of voters. Latino constituency can turn the vote and make a difference in this election. [darrells wife] uh, honey, isnt that the dogs towel . [dog sfx] hey, mi towel, su towel. Theres more gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze odor remover in every fling. Gain. Seriously good scent. Love the scent of gain flings . Then youll swoon for long lasting gain scent beads. Light it up like dynamite this is ah light it up like dynamite so watch me light the fire and set the night alight alright shining through the city. New tonight, Robert Muellers top deputy saying trump could face obstruction of Justice Charges for pardons. Andrew weissmann saying trumps pardon of key figures in the Mueller Probe like Paul Manafort and roger stone are, quote, his final act of an obstruction of justice. Pointing to note from interviews during the Mueller Probe that show team trump dangled pardons in exchange for refusing to cooperate with muellers investigation. A lot of food for thought there. Outfront now, former assistant special watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman and nely honig, a u. S. Assistant attorney for the Southern District of new york. Ellie, you think these pardons actually do make trump even more skpees exposed to prosecutors once he leaves office. Why so . I do, kate. Even after a year ago shortly after the Mueller Report came out i was over 1,000 career nonpolitical former federal prosecutors who signed a letter saying we believe the evidence even as laid out in Robert Muellers report was enough to charge obstruction of justice. The relevant part here is the fact the president went out in public, went out on twitter and constantly dangled, offered out there the possibility of a pardon in exchange for people remaining silent. He didnt say it quite that clearly but i think anyone with common sense was easily able to read between the lines. Whats changed since then . Hes now delivered on that potential promise. Over the last couple days, several people who started cooperating remember, Paul Manafort was cooperating with the federal government, with Robert Muellers team, and then he stopped. Now that donald trump has gone that last step and delivered the pardon, i think its even a stronger case. Now, the new doj has a very difficult decision to make but this should be high on their priority list to take a look at for sure. Nick, let me play some of what weisman has said about this the president used his pardon power during the investigation in order to thwart cooperation. In other words, for people who were thinking they should cooperate with us because otherwise they might spend a long time in jail, this president was saying, not so fast because if you hold fast and you dont do what Michael Cohen did, youll get a pardon, and hes made good on that promise. Do you think this means trouble for the president when he leaves office . Yes, it certainly should. This is, to my mind, a clear case of obstruction of justice. It was previously. Just because the president has the power to pardon, and he can pardon whomever he wants, doesnt mean that there arent limits with respect to our criminal justice system. The key question on obstruction of justice is whether or not donald trump in pardoning roger stone and Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn did so with a corrupt intent. That is he improperly, improper purpose and improper use of his power, and if that improducer use was to keep these people silent, to deliver on a promise he made previously with respect to pardons, as long as these people didnt cooperate, yes, thats obstruction of justice. Just like i as a lawyer, i can advise somebody to take the fifth amendment in a criminal case. But if i advise them to do so in order to protect myself because i dont want them to reveal facts that might incriminate me, that would be an improper purpose that would amount to obstruction of justice. If you just look at the two people in the russian probe that have not received pardons, Michael Cohen and rick gates, those are the people that actually cooperated, and neither of them have gotten a pardon. So i would say that the case is fairly strong here for obstruction of justice. And i agree that the new attorney general, the new head of the criminal division, has got a tough decision to make on this one. Yeah, and ellie, youre writing a book right now about the Justice Department under trump. What do we know about Jeffrey Rosen, the man coming in the man now that is in and acting attorney general since barr just stepped down . Yes, heres the most important thing to know about Jeffrey Rosen. Until he became Deputy Attorney general under the trump administration, the number two job in the whole Justice Department, the man had never worked a day in his life as a prosecutor. By the way, same goes for bill barr. He had been attorney general back in the 90s but he also has never tried a case on the frontline as a prosecutor. And in my view, that is a serious hindrance, because when you go through that process as i did, as nick did, when youre on the frontlines doing cases, learning, you learn to respect and have a deep respect for the independence of Justice Department. It gets pounded into your brain from day one and you learn to live it. I think that was one of the reasons bill barr failed to protect dojs independence. I hope Jeffrey Rosen does better. I hope he has more independence than weve seen from bill barr, and i guess well get a look at that over the next several key weeks. Stand by to stand by. Good to see you both, thank you. Outfront next, new and staggering figures about projected coronavirus deaths in the country. This as millions are traveling for the holidays. And latino voters being courted by candidates in the critical Senate Runoff in georgia, will they decide the balance of power in washington . 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Tonight the influential ihne coronavirus model, cited often by the white house, is projecting more than a quarter million more americans will die between now and april. The model showing if mask wearing increased to 95 , 49,000 of those lives could be saved, which the model says is more than will be saved by the vaccine at that point. Outfront with me now is dr. William shafter in, professor of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt Medical Center and dr. Ronald winer, director of the cath hospital and also adviser to president george w. Bush. Dr. Shatner, this data is so important coming out. What sticks out to you in this new model . What is it telling you . Kate, what it tells me its so stunning and yet so simple, simple mask wearing can avert an enormous number of deaths. We have known that but when you put a number on it, it becomes much more real and overwhelming. It just reinforces my determination to go out and ask, plead, educate people to wear their masks, do the social distancing. Its a new years resolution. Lets start it at christmas. Its the best holiday gift you can give not only your family but everybody around you, wear the mask. Dr. Reiner, this data is also more clear evidence of what Health Officials have all been saying going into the holidays, which is dont get together with other people outside your family, maintain distance and wear a mask, of course. Dr. Anthony fauci says he, for one, is staying home this christmas. Listen. I really feel strongly that i need to practice what i preach to the country. This is the first Holiday Season of christmas and my birthday that i have not spent with my daughters since they were born. Dr. Reiner, that is not the example the president is setting yet again. No, and its so frustrating, kate. If you look around the country and look at regional numbers, there are signs of hope. Cases are dropping in the midwest, starting to drop in the northeast and earliest signs maybe starting to crest in the west, although california is still in deep trouble. So there are signs of improvement. What we really need at this time is for people to shelter in place. Instead what we have is we have the president golfing in florida, and we have the Vice President , the kit u lar head of the Coronavirus Task force, skiing in colorado. Skiing in colorado. So instead of modeling the behavior that could really start to break the back of this surge, which is you know, folks, these are tough times, were all staying home, maybe having Congress Actually pay people to stay home for a couple weeks over the holidays, break the back of the pandemic . No, theyre modeling entirely the wrong behavior, theyre pretending like nothing is going on. And were going to see another surge in two to three weeks after the Christmas Holidays, just the same as we saw after the thanksgiving holiday. Its so frustrating and so disrespectful for my brothers and sisters around the country who are working these holidays trying to save the lives of record numbers of people hospitalized with the coronavirus. Its just mind boggling. Now, on the vaccine dr. Schaffner, pfizers ceo spoke up today about this new covid strain that weve been discussing thats been seen in the united kingdom. Let me play for you what he said. Im cautiously optimistic, but we have seen some data already, but these new strains, it is equally sensitive to convalescent serum of people who have the disease. Hes cautiously optimistic the Pfizer Vaccine can handle this uk strain weve been talking about. What do you think that hes already been able to see, albert bourla, to be able to go that far with his language . These are tidings of great joy, right, and theyre very seasonally appropriate. What he was saying is, some of his Laboratory Scientists have already taken blood specimens from people who have recovered from covid and that those are the sorts of antibodies that are produced by the vaccine and have tested them against this new viral strain and the antibodies bind up the virus and dont let it do its mischief. So it looks as though the vaccine is very likely to work. Perhaps not as well as against the regular strain. Well have to see that. Lets not get ahead of our proverbial skis. Let the lab torrians work on this for another week, week and a half, and well have much better information. But so far, so good. And, remember, beyond anything else, we just talked about the masks, they work against this new strain also. Masks work. Thats right. Dr. Reiner, the cdc is reporting that just over a Million People have gotten the first shot in the last 11 days. Nearly 9. 5 million doses have been distributed. All of that is great news. I heard a lot of different explanations over why theres this gap between distributed vaccines and shots in arms. Is some something that you think we need to be concerned about . Im not concerned about it but it does show we have a lot to learn about how to give an enormous number of vaccine injections in a short period of time. We never really tried to do that. We vaccine people for influenza in much lower numbers over an expanded period of time. We have to learn how to do this. We have to learn to do innovative things, drivethru injections, drivethru vaccination centers. The other thing i think were also starting to learn, even amongst folks who work in the health care setting, is there is a surprising amount of vaccine hesitancy. I would never have called this operation warp speed because that sounds to people like its been rushed. I would call this Operation Safe vaccine, which is what it is, a safe vaccine. But we have to educate the public that it is so. And were learning theres a lot of vaccine hesitancy, so we need to get on with educating folks. Thank you both very much for being here. And with millions of americans out of work in the pandemic, weve also seen so many lining up for hours and hours and miles and miles in need of food. And ahead of christmas, the need can be even greater. Outfront with me now for more of this is pacquaio bells, the president and ceo of florida food bank. Thank you for being here. What have you been seeing in terms of the need at your Food Bank Locations right now . We continue to see the need as cars and families flow through our Distribution Sites, we have more than 40 Distribution Sites across south florida, the four county service area, and its mimicked across the country in the feed america network. Along with that we have over 300 nonprofit organizations that we partner with that are continuing to distribute to our families. Weve seen that need grow from 706,000 to almost 1. 5 million just here in south florida and over 50 million individuals who are struggling through this pandemic to put food on the table across our country. Paco, those numbers are kind of hard to wrap my mind around. Have you seen anything like this before . How does this compare to the need youve seen in the past . Ive been in food banking over 20 years. Gone through the economic downturn, gone through many hurricanes here in south florida and florida. The Government Shutdown and now this pandemic, and never have i seen this much need, this many families desperate and struggling to put food on the table, wondering where theyre going to get their next meal. Its really pretty dire for our families. One our cameras visited one of your locations earlier this week, they saw people lining up even before dawn. Let me play for you what one woman told us. For people who have been here since 4 30 in the morning have got to be desperate to come sit for almost five hours to get a box of food for their family. I would say for the first to be to get the last of something and the person behind me being in worse position than i am. What other stories are people telling you about the need and why they need the help . Well, first of all, this is obviously very heartwrenching to hear and to see when we have these distributions. Its one of the reasons so many volunteers come out and help, and were so grateful for them. Our families are coming up to us and theyre extremely grateful in that moment of time for that food. But we know when they go back home, theyre going to have to make these decisions. How often do they eat versus how off and do their children eat . And always their children are going to eat every day versus the parents eating every so often. The we see we hear stories about the families not having enough food in their cupboards, refrigerators and on their tables. Its very heartbreaking to see so many families, especially with broken spirits during the holidays, just hoping to get food and hoping to get some more hope, and hopefully our leadership in washington can deliver that soon. Look, i am not wanting to draw you into politics, but when you see that relief money is being held up by politics in washington right now, that could be going to help these people who are coming to your food bank, what do you think about that . Its infuriating. Most of these families, through no fault of their own, are in these lines. They havent had dmiepd any kin resources since march, most of them. They dont have the funds to keep roofs over their head or food on the table and having to make a decision to stay home with their kids and going to work because childcare is so expensive. Its truly frustrating that our leadership our leadership struggles to be a leader, especially at a time like this, when so many families are hurting and are desperate and really are at the end of their rope. So being south florida, the food network is here to provide that food and ensure our families know were here for them and they can always count on us and hopefully our leadership does come through pretty soon because not having gone this far without these resources is just way too long. Thank goodness you are at least there. Thank you very much, paco. Yes, maam. Outfront next spending in the runoff races in georgia is through the roof. Millions have already cast ballots but do latino voters hold the key to the victory . May your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. Visit your local mercedesbenz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedesbenz winter event. And my water broke. At only 23 weeks. 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Ryan nobles is out front reporter the hotly contested georgia Senate Runoffs. David perdue [ speaking spanish ] reporter providing another test of the political clout of the rapidly growing latino vote in the state. Overall, there are more than 1 million latinos in georgia. Nearly 10 of the states population, according to the pew research center. But there are more than 400,000 eligible latino voters in georgia, just 5 of the exit. Just last month the exit poll showed up latino voters made up 72 of the voters with 72 supporting joe biden and 7 backing donald trump. Part of why democrats are actively working to make sure latinos participate in the runoffs. I think its going to make a big difference, as we be important to show that the Labor Department consistency can turn the vote and make a difference in this election. We just need to get them out to the polls. Mobilizing the latino population, a diverse constituency with divergent concerns involves crafting an array of messages. Im from a venezuela community, which kind of voted more for mr. Trump in the past. But i want to let people know that not all venezuelans are the same. Reporter republicans are targeting some latino voters by warning that a Democratic Senate would result in radical policies that would push the country towards socialism. You dont have to look at history. Just look at venezuela today. Cuba, north korea, iran, how many people do you know trying to break into venezuela right now . Thats what theyre trying to perpetrator on our dear beloved america. Reporter democrats are focusing their message to latino voters by calling for comprehensive immigration reform, and emphasizing equal access to health care and treatment for the coronavirus. For me, the Latino Community is important. Brown community is important. The black community is important. White sisters and brothers, we need a Multiracial Coalition to push this country closer toward its values. Reporter and after georgias razorthin margin in the november president ial race, latino voters say they are aware of the impact they could have in the january runoffs, and how those results could shape the direction of the state and the country. Its been a long time coming. You know, the passion that the latinos have, i think its starting to generate more excitement with going to the polls and having them be on the map. I think its really important. Reporter and these republican attacks linking democratic policies to socialism, and then by extension, latin american dictators, there is some evidence that it is working. Take south florida, for instance that is a state that Hillary Clinton outperformed joe biden when you compare 2016 to 2020. Thats part of what has democrats nervous about latino turnout here in georgia and why they are making a special effort to reach out to latino voters in this state ahead of this important runoff. Kate . Ryan nobles, thank you very much. I want to bring in right now harry enten, Senior Writer and analyst. Good to see you, harry. Where does this race stand right now . Would you say its tight . I would say its as tight as it possibly could be. Remember, in november no one got above 50 , and no one is above 50 in the polls right now. Look at this. You got a one point race in the regular. You got a tie in the special. Those races are within the margin of error. The one thing thats good is if there were one state where the polls were good and they werent good overall is was in georgia where very tight races in the senate and the president ial level. Thats interesting. The last time we had a Senate Runoff in georgia was in 08. And turnout dropped by a lot, like nearly half. Thats clearly not happening this time, is it . No, its not happening at all. You know, as was pointed out in the last piece, turnout, over two million already. If we compare that to where we were at this point 12 days out before the november election, the turnout is basically equal at 2. 1 million, 2. 1 million. That may change over the Christmas Holiday where that there wont be early voting say tomorrow. But the overall fact is that the turnout right now is tracking with what we saw in november in terms of the overall numbers. And democrats were concern turnout was dropping. But at this point in the runoffs, were not seeing it. That is interesting. We heard from ryan on how both campaigns are targeting latino voters, but talk to me about black voter turnout. What are you seeing now . And how does it compare to the past . Yeah, if you go back that 08 runoff the turnout dropped from the november election to the december runoff. What were seeing now is the black share of the electorate for the Senate Runoff, again, through the 12 days before the election is at 32 . In the november election, it was only at 29 at this point. So what we actually see is that the black vote is making up a larger portion of the electorate. Again, well have to see what occurs with more days of early voting, what actually occurs on january 5th. At this point democrats are hoping black voters would turn out for the special election, and so far, kate, they are. Fascinating. Great to see you, harry, so much for coming in. Thank you. Outfront up next, President Trump spending the day on the golf course as millions of americans are worried about food, rent, and jobs. Oh, and now a covid relief bill in limbo. And 12 states are seeing record coronavirus hospitalizations. Were going to talk to two doctors treating patients on the front lines about what worries them the most right now. But how do we make sure the direction were headed is forward . At fidelity, youll get the planning and advice to prepare you for the future, without sacrificing the things that are important to you today. Well help you plan for healthcare costs, taxes and any other uncertainties along the way. Because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction youre moving is forward. Come on over here kids laughing upbeat tempo sanctuary music its the final days of the wish list sales event sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Good evening, everyone, im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Welcome to a special edition of outfront tonight. President trump is focusing on sand traps on the golf course in florida while president elect joe biden is sounding the alarm on what he fears are the land mines that trump is leaving behind for him in washington. The president spent his day playing golf on his christmas vacation, his tenth time playing golf since election day, something the white house seems sensitive to at this point as they put out a schedule claiming that today, quote, President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American People. His schedule includes many meetings and calls. The only thing he appears to be working tirelessly on is his futile quest to overturn the election, though. He apparently had another meeting on that today too, tweeting this. At a meeting in florida today. Everyone was asking why arent the republicans up in arms and fighting over the fact that the democrats stole the rigged president ial election . Theyre not up in arms because they understand something that the president still does not accept, that the election was not stolen. He lost fair and square, but he, of course, is refusing still to accept it, even complaining recently that his loyal Vice President mike pence isnt doing enough to help him overturn the election. Perhaps that is because there is nothing that mike pence can actually do. We are learning now that the two men met yesterday for over an hour in the oval office right before trump left for florida. And then trump retweeted from air force one a callout that pence should reject the Electoral College votes when he presides over a joint session of congress in january. Something mike pence cannot do. But while the president focuses on his fantasy, the reality is the American People desperately need a president who is who in fact will work tirelessly on their behalf, not on his own behalf. Because right now 27. 4 million American Adults dont have enough to eat. Nearly 8 million more americans are in poverty since june. More than 20 million americans are now dependen