Covid strain confirmed in three states now, Health Officials expect it is spreading nationwide. Youre going to be hearing about reports from other states and more cases in the states that have already had it. And unfortunately thats just the reality of the way these viruses spread. But President Trump virtually ignoring the pandemic focusing on overturning the election and new plans on fighting the Election Results even after congress certifies bidens win on wednesday. And lawmakers have their hands full this week as they hold leadership elections that could bring some drama in the house while the nations focus turns to the Critical Senate runoffs in georgia. Good morning, its saturday, january 2nd, 2021. Im joel friar in for when kendis gibson. We have a team of reporters and an lives following the latest for you at this hour. It may be a new year, but it seems as though President Donald Trump doesnt have any resolutions to rein in his attacks on democracy in this country. The president still wrapped up in the election he lost, while actively undermining the one thats happening tuesday in georgia. This coming on the heels of a major legislative blow after Senate Republicans overrode his veto on the defense spending bill. Shannon has more in washington. An overwhelming bipartisan rebuke, with the first time in trumps presidency, how did this play out . The president and Congressional Republicans really not leaving on the best of terms here as President Trump is only a few weeks away from leaving office. We had, as you mentioned, this override, this veto override in congress, where you had twothirds of the house, and twothirds of the Senate Voting to override the president s veto of this Defense Authorization bill, that would essentially fund the military for the next year. The president adds to the final hour, demanded that they include this provision, this section 203, that would get rid of this liability shield for tech companies, and republicans said they werent going to include that, and it had nothing to do with funding our military, and did not bend. It was, as you mentioned, the first of nine vetoes the president has issued that republicans broke with the president on, to override, and they also broke with the president this week, on his demand for 2,000 stimulus checks to be sent out, a demand that the president put in after the bill had passed, both the house and the senate, wanting to see 2,000 rather than 600 sent to most americans. Republicans also refusing to bend and follow the president on that lastminute piece of negotiating he tried to pull off there. So also, no 2,000 check coming like the president wanted to see. So both sides really not leaving on the best of terms with each other, and of course, republicans in congress, trying to think about their longterm future. Well, President Trump right now is the most popular person in the Republican Party, who commands large support, and it is unclear how long thats going to last, and many Congressional Republicans who dont come from deep red states have been trying to figure out, since the election, how to navigate their own future separate from the future of President Trump. Shannon, that could be put to the test this week. We know the president is promising a big protest wednesday, when congress certifies bidens win. He seems laser focused on this, returning early from maralago, whats this all about, whats he hoping for . This is sort of his last, last, last stand. We felt like weve seen a number of last stands here. There was the Electoral College vote certification. And even once the leElectoral College voted, to make joe biden the president elect, now weve got this final step, this ceremonial certification, which is typically in every year ceremonial, and the president is trying to throw in some lastminute theatrics to. He has found two republicans, one in the house, one in the senate, to raise issues with the challenge of the election and trigger two hours of debate about the validity of the Election Results but all reporting indicates that then the house and the senate, the majorities willing vote to certify the results of the election. But the president of course, as you mentioned, has been calling on his supporters to come to wal washington for what he calls a quoteunquote protest rally to create some dramatic in the final hour, and as we have seen in the past demonstrations in recent weeks, they have turned violent, so something again, people are concerned about, and caution be about, and i feel like ive already seen a little bit of uptick in Police Presence around the white house here in anticipation of that. Shannon, real quickly, we know the president is already basically attacking the election coming up in georgia, on tuesday. And what more can you tell us about what the president is saying about that . Yes, i mean calling the election in georgia outright illegal. And of course the concern from republicans there is that mentality could discourage republicans from turning out, that republicans may say, you know, well, why, republicans who believe President Trump and these allegations, will say, you know, why turn out, my votes not going to matter, this election isnt valid, and theyll stay home, giving democrats an advantage, and of course, for republicans, the other issue is it takes away from the key message they want out there, about this election being a republican fire wall against whatever the biden agenda is going to be, once he takes office. And so that is what is the most effective message and trying to encourage republicans to come out and vote to make sure they have control of the senate, even though they wont have control of the house or the white house. Not a good development, whats going on here for the president , but of course, he seems solely focused on his own issues, and his own concerns about the Electoral College, and the results and whats going to happen on january 6th, not whats going to happen on january 5th, when the georgia runoff is. Shannon pettypiece, thank you so much. Joining us is ben cardin of maryland, a member of the Foreign Relations committee. So senator, lets pick up right there with what were talking about with shannon. What are your thoughts on President Trumps continued attacks on the georgia runoffs . Do you think hes complicated his own partys efforts to motivate voters . Joe, good to be with you. President trump, its always about President Trump. Its always about him. If an election turns out the way he wants it to, its a Fair Election. If not, its not a Fair Election. So right now, hes raising doubt about the Georgia Election because he recognizes that democrats may very well win the Georgia Elections. Its not about our democracy. Its not about free and Fair Elections. Its about donald trump. Senator, the president also tweeted that there will be a big protest, he also called it wild, in dc, the day lawmakers meet to certify the Electoral College vote. At the same time senator josh hawley joined republicans with the results, what should we expect that day . What we expect is we accept the Election Results that have already been certified about but what the president is doing, he is supporting a legislative coup of the president , its about what it is, its about what it is, against the constitution and those legislators who support it, are basically supporting a legislative coup, its an attempt, its not going to happen, and certify the election, accept the election. It has already been certified. We will accept the election. And turning to trumps handling of pandemic, the New York Times interviewed aides close to the president and he cared about the virus and what it means for his political aspirations and the main reason that he would not institute a nationwide mask mandate was fear that his base would revolt against him and then the base may have supported more guidance from the white house. Was the strategy ultimately his own doing . Clearly americans have suffered as a result the way the president has handled the covid virus. So many have lost their lives. So many lives have been affected forever. Because the president did not take control of the virus. Instead, he used it, the best he could, for his own political advantage. Again, its about donald trump. Its not about protecting people of this country. Its not about using the office of the presidency to defend our constitution, defend our way of life, and defend our people, and instead, its all about how he used it for his own advantage, and i think historys not going to be kind to this president , as to the way he used the presidency during this pandemic. Senator, in your mind, what does the future of the Republican Party look like after President Trump leaves office . Do you think biden will be able to work with republicans . Or do you think for the next four years, the Republican Party is still going to be the party of trump . Well, joe biden is an experienced legislator, he knows how to work with the legislative branch of government, hes part of the senate for all those years, he has friends on both sides of the aisle, and as he develops legislation, it will be with consultation with both democrats and republicans. In an effort to move our country forward, and we run for office, whether democrats or republicans, in order to solve problems and i think joe biden understands that, and he will involve all of us in trying to move this country forward, in dealing with challenges that we have. All right, senator ben cardin, we appreciate your insight this morning. And still ahead, the super contagious covid strain spreading to more states across the u. S. The biggest concern here . That those who have been infected have not recently traveled. Our experts weigh in and tell us why. Nd tell us why. Ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Whoohoo great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. And nutrients to see every yikes. And even every awwwwwwww. Wait, where was i . Introducing self protection from xfinity. Designed to put you in control. 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Reporter yes, good morning, here in california, this has become truly the epicenter for this virus nationwide, we just crossed 25,000 people here, people are dying about one person every three and a half minutes on average. Me meanwhile if we zoom in to los angeles, the epicenter in the epicenter, one person dying every ten minutes or so, where ambulances can be stacked as many as ten deep trying to get into hospitals where patients have to wait sometimes up wards of seven to eight hours and are treated in gift shops and Conference Rooms because there simply is no more space. This compounded upon the fact that you were talking about, that there is this new mute ant strain of the virus that Health Officials worry is more contagious than the original strain, discovered recently here in southern california, in colorado, and the most recent in florida. In all of the cases that Health Officials have discovered so far, there has been no interaction between the people that have come down with this new strain, and they have not found in interviews or through contact tracing, that these people had traveled at all, which is leading Health Officials to believe that this may be more widespread than they originally thought, that this may have reached a level of community spread, in their individual communities. Meanwhile, there were several warnings, basically every Health Department across the country, warning people, do not gather for new years eve, do not go out. Do not meet with friends and family outside of your household, yet were seeing videos emerge all over the country of those gatherings, which Health Officials now worry could lead to another surge on top of the surge, which we will see the results of, in the next possibly two to three weeks, especially here in hardhit los angeles county. Back to you. And steve, is there any word if this emergence of the new strain would help speed up vaccine rollout at all . You know, i think the hope is that anything will motivate Health Officials to get that vaccine rollout going but i want to be clear about what health firms have so far said about this new strain. That yes, it may be more contagious, that does not mean it is more impactful to the body, it does not mean so far that it is proven to be more fatal, or more deadly and so far, theyre saying that all of the methods theyre using to combat the original strain are the same methods that theyre taking to this new mutant strain, and so far, it has not been any more resistant to any of the vaccines that are out there and thats the u. K. Variant and the south african variant. So theyre hopeful that moving forward with the same precautions that theyve taken so far and with people social distancing and staying in, that theyre able to battle it with the same methods that theyve been using, but obviously, the hope is that the vaccine rollout will speed up to some capacity. Important distinction in the details there. Steve patterson, we appreciate it. Sure. Lets bring in dr. Paul opik from the Childrens Hospital in philadelphia where he serves as dre director of the Vaccine Education Center and on the vaccine advisory, good to see you. First of all, lets pick up what we were talking about with steve, california hospitals are overwhelmed with cases and San Diego County has to deal with the strain and the discovery of the additional cases leads county Health Officials to believe that the new strain in the virus is widespread in the community. So how many more cases like this should we expect . And can it be controlled before it worsens . We were already having issues the last few months with the socalled normal strain, and now we have this. The good news, if there is any good news in this, that this variant strain is spread by the exact same mechanism as the strain, small droplets from the mouth and nose and therefore, marching and social distancing works. And then looking at the spread strain, measles is spread by aerosolized droplets, which can hang in the air, and thats why measles is much more contagious than this virus and still spread by small droplets and marching and social distancing works and we need to be much, much better at this, were not. We just ignore. This and if you look for example at the cowboys eagles game this weekend, there were 30,000 people in the stand, what are we thinking about, we keep ignoring this nonvariant strain if we close our eyes hard enough it will go away and there is much we can do to save our lives and weve not been doing it. Some experts have been saying that maybe officials should consider allowing vaccines to be administered as a single shot for now rather than in the two dose, and the Covid Task Force head dr. Anthony fauci spoke on the today show earlier this week about this. Lets take a listen to what he had to say. Theres a lot of discussion about whether or not you want to spread out the initial vaccination by getting more people vaccinated on the first round. One of the problems of doing that is that if you dont then get the second dose in time, youre going to have a lag period, and we know from the Clinical Trial that the optimal time is to give it on one day, and then from moderna, 28 days later, and for pfizer, 21 days later. Thats what the data tells us is the best way to do it. You remember the fda vaccine committee, you are a member of the fda vaccine committee, do you agree with dr. Fauci trying to stick to the data right now . Completely. It is not a bad idea to get as many first doses as you can get to get it out there. 12 million doses distributed, give those doses out and dont hold any in reserve and you can only do that if youre guaranteed to have a second dose in a period of time as was done in the studies. For pfizer, moderna, that was three or four weeks, so its fine to do that as long as you know you will have the second dose, because there is a significant lag period, that is two months, three months, six months and a lot of people will think theyre protected who werent. If we do stick to the data, are there ways to get more people vaccinated at a faster rate. We know we fell well short of the 20 million goal by the end of the year so what can we do . Right. I think we have to have a mass vaccination strategy. At our hospital in philadelphia, we vaccinate 12 people every 30 minutes and 350 a day, and we vaccinated roughly 4,500 people in less than two weeks. We just turned it out. And thats the way you do it, you line people up and vaccinate them and the same way as the polio vaccine in the 1950s, whether in schools or churches or synagogues or stadiums, you have to have these mass vaccination efforts, you cant have to have people wandering into the pharmacy when they can get it then. We have to have that. We havent done that before in any measure similar to this during a pandemic, and its doable. And its just going to take money, and we spent the money, we spent 24 billion making this vaccine, that was an amazing effort, we have to bring the same level of effort to vaccination, and we havent done that, we have sort of said okay, heres the vaccine, good luck and the administration points to the states and says theyre failing, and im tired of the fick finger pointing. Theres a way to get it done. Lets do it. Doctor, thank you very much. Appreciate it. President trump suffering more losses at the hands of his own party yesterday. 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Were just 18 days away from the inauguration and President Trump joe biden is and president electo biden is close to completing his cabinet, planning to name the remainder of the cabinet picks soon and attorney general remains unfilled, and considering outgoing alabama senator doug jones and judge Merrick Garland among others for a. G. , msnbc reporter Miranda Sotomayor has the latest. Reporter we are starting off the new year and not a fully filledout cabinet yet but as you mentioned we should expect the seats to be filled by the end of the month. The incoming press secretary said during a Virtual Press briefing just last week that we should expect some announcements in this upcoming week. As you mentioned, the biggest missing spot is attorney general. You mentioned some names there at the top. And biden has said, theres still not an obvious choice for him to pick. One of the big things that he is definitely waiting to really just discuss and understand from these picks is he wants someone that is very different from what weve seen during the Trump Administration. That being, making sure that whoever he taps serves the american publics interest and does not serve as his own personal lawyer. Two other cabinet picks are also missing. That is commerce and also labor. Labor really being a personal choice for biden. You guys recall, even when he ran for president , in that Campaign Announcement video, he list listed three reasons why he was running, to empower the working class and he has constantly felt like he owes it to the working class community, Union Workers who have recently been by him, not just in this campaign but previous ones and he feels like he owes it to them, that they are part of his administration, and any time he has actually travelled to rural america, delivering economic speech, he has made it a point and told Union Workers in those union halls that they will have a seat at his table. That is one of the big reasons he is taking time and making sure he makes not just the right pick for that seat but also the other two that are missing. Thank you so much. The Trump Administration promised that 20 Million People would be vaccinated by the end of 2020 but so far, of the 14 million vaccines distributed, fewer than three million doses have made it into the arms of americans but there is god news this morning, as some front line workers are receiving their sec dose of the pfizer vaccine. Sam brock joins us from myanmar florida. Sam, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is Memorial Health care system in broward county, where in just a matter of hours, Critical Care workers right here are among the first in the country to get their second dose of the pfizer vaccine. It comes of course, as concerns are wor this morning, the National Urgency to get the covid vaccine, captured in the form of vaccine lines snaking for blocks, in st. Johns county florida, out of sight. We dont have four hours to sit in a car. And thats what were talking about doing. These cars goes back vaccines. A full days supplies of vaccines in some places gone in hours. There were people in front of me, in their late 80s and they could hardly walk, and they were sitting out there the whole time, too. And its not just florida. But also areas like chattanooga, tennessee. Where the Police Department was forced to tweet, major traffic backup by a vaccine site. Saturday, houston will go beyond hospital walls and offer its first public covid19 vaccine clinic. But overall, distribution has fallen flat. Federal officials promise 20 Million People vaccinated by the end of the year. The reality . A government dashboard shows more than 14 million doses distributed and fewer than 3 million vaccinations. One immediate boost, some front line workers like dr. Paula echard are about to receive their second dose today. The population is very fearful of new things, and new vaccines, so i wanted to show that its okay. Round two, arriving for u. S. Health care workers, as the u. K. Unveils a controversial plan to delay second vaccinations while more people in the general population get their first. You could debate either way on that. One of the problems of doing that is if you dont then get the second dose in time, youre going to have a lag period. Pfizer responding to the u. K. s dosing decision. Noting, although partial protection from the vaccine appears to begin as early as 12 days after the first dose, two doses of the vaccine are required to provide the maximum protection against the disease. And the u. K. Health Officials Say the second dose for some 500,000 people will now be pushed out from about 21 days to somewhere in the range of 12 weeks. Joe and corey, back to you. Sam brock in florida, thank you. President trump is refusing to back down, telling advisers he wont stop fighting the Election Results, even if Congress Votes to certify joe bidens win. The daily beast reporter behind that report joins us next. 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So january 6th is the ceremonial date on capitol hill, when Vice President pence and others on capitol hill are set to certify a very clear and decisive Electoral College win that joe biden had against in donald trump in the 2020 president ial election, and trump and many croneys and many of the fervent supporters have been messaging in the last week, or the few days or whoufr long, that january 6th is going to be essentially the waterloo in washington, d. C. For a mass protest to Push Congress to basically cancel democracy so they can keep donald trump in power and happy. The problem is, this isnt going to be a waterloo. It has roughly around a zero percent chance of succeeding on january 6th and for donald trump behind the scene, even though he is talking about it, and echoing the worlds of some of most diehard supporters that this is a last stand, its just another day for him to publicly complain. Maybe hell appear there. Maybe he will send a video. Maybe he will do something close to nothing, except just tweeting about it. But he has been clear to his legal team and some of his top political aides that he wants the legal fight to continue in court, even after the date of january 6th and the stop the steal rallies pass, because much of this to him is just a messaging ploy. Hes kind of adjusted the fact that okay maybe im not going to be in power any longer on january 21st, but im not going to give my enemies the satisfaction of them hearing me saying those word, i concede. And you should expect the legal fight to be of President Trumps legal, led by Rudy Giuliani to continue past january 6th. Rudy giuliani himself has said that he doesnt see any date as particularly legally significant to him, except for january 20th. Which is of course inauguration day. And i wouldnt all be surprised, long after trump is done beng president , he continues to sow doubt in our Democratic Institutions and falsely claim that this was stolen from him. In your reporting, you also mentioned that the fact that there is disturbing web traffic being picked up but by Trump Supporters who say they will call for violence on the day of protest, stopping lawmakers by any means necessary. Is there any indication that dc police are flagged for this or secret service taking these threats seriously . I havent looked too much into that yet, and when these rallies have been held in washington, d. C. , over the past few weeks, there has been some sporadic violence here and there caused, in terms of scuffles with protesters, counerprotesters and what have you, but i mean i dont want to downplay some of the potential danger, but these guys who come out in support of donald trump in the street does have a tendency to talk a much bigger game than theyre capable of delivering. I dont think this is going to be the massive coup that they would want it to be, and i wouldnt be surprised if the ceremony were to be disrupted by these guys in any meaningful way and by meaningful i mean keeping joe biden by getting into office. And when youre reporting that the president is fearing that his influence is waning among republicans and he is planning retribution. Has your reporting uncovered anything about what his plans might be . How he plans to push forward eve after january 6th . Well, hes been getting it out there through his own channels, by working the phones, or getting to know through the top political advisers, republican interlocutors, he wants them to know that he is intensely dissatisfied to the level of which certain Republican Leaders have not in his mind standing up for him and try to overturn democracy for his benefit. So he wants them to know that even if hes no longer leader of the free world, hes campaigned against republicans before and he would be willing to do it again, and hes sitting up litmus tests that could be useful to him in the future, if he decides to the route of a republican, or potentially a disrupter in 2022 or 2024, major republican primary, where he can make it clear that these are grudges hes going to hold and hes going to take it into account, if hes going to be put out any work for the u. S. As a republican candidate and stick by him. We hear that he apparently has a list of republicans and many more are making that list as the day goes on. Thanks for your reporting. So we know President Trump is not giving up on trying to overturn the results of novembers election but now hes trying to discredit the one in january next week. The president took to twitter to launch a new assault on the integrity of the election, with just three days to go, before the Georgia Senate runoff. Saying that both the president ial election, and georgias runoffs, are illegal and invalid, while further reiterating his false claims of massive corruption. Msnbc reporter julia jester is in georgia with the latest. Julia, good morning. Reporter good morning, joe. Youre absolutely right. President trump is putting senators perdue and loeffler in a bit of a pickle as they tow the line between staying in lockstep with the president so as to not alienate his base and also convincing constituents that their vote not only matters but it will be counted fairly and accurately, and were already seeing this dynamic play out in the early vote numbers here. A recordbreaking three million georgians have already voted. And turnout is especially strong in democratic areas of the state. While its lagging in more rural republican one, especially northwest georgia, where President Trump is set to visit on Election Night eve, hoping to juice turnout on election day. Now, senator david perdue was asked explicitly, yesterday, do you believe this will be a Fair Election, and heres how he responded. If we get our vote out, on monday, im convinced now, with 8,000 poll watchers, and weve got cameras on all of the drop boxes, were going to have as Fair Election as we, can but we got to make some changes in the state of georgia. We have a double standard. If you vote in person, like most republicans do, you have to have a photo kooichi. D. But with an absentee ballot mailed in there are ways to get around there and quite frankly there are a lot of questions not answered. Its worth noting that these questions are answered, georgia counted thei Georgia Election ballots three times and conducted a simple audit of the signatures which found a 99. 99 accuracy rate in that county where they did the audit. And this is not the only area election integrity, where the senators are being put in a bind by President Trump. He was also tweeting last night about the 2,000 stimulus check, which both senators support. However, trump said quote, our Republican Senate is to blame for why these checks have not passed. Which robs them of their argument, theyre providing sufficient relief for georgians. Joe . Thank you so much. A group of broadway stars coming together to get out the vote ahead of the Georgia Senate runoffs. The old sweet song georgia on my mind theres a chill factor this morning. We will talk to Tony Award Winning actor about this effort and why he got involved, next. Y. Want to sell the best burger in every zip code . Add an employee. Or ten. Then easily and automatically pay your team and file payroll taxes. That means. World domination or just the west side. Run payroll in less than five minutes with intuit quickbooks. Intronew advil dual action. The world of pain relief advil targets pain at the source. Acetaminophen blocks pain signals. New advil dual action with acetaminophen. 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Fingers crossed, it is a happy new year for sports. Come on. We saw bubbles go up so we could play basketball. The olympics actually be postponed. And in football, they had folks trying to figure out how to defend against covid. All of those strategies likely carrying over into the new year to keep 2021 on track. In 2020, the super bowl in miami gave the Kansas City Chiefs a championship and for us, one of the last normal sports moments. The league evolving with new rule, testing players and staff and rearranging schedules and this year the super bowl is in tampa bay but with the pandemic, the big game will look different. A lot of the festivities, a lot of the celebrity, a lot of the nfl players, the corporations who make up that super bowl atmosphere just arent going to be there. The nfl announcing that the fans will be mainly vaccinated first responders. We are still going to have fans there, and as we see during the football season, the games have been going on, and when you watch on tv, you can get immersed in just the game. And for brief time, forget the stadium is not full and for a prefer time forget whats going on around us. The virus too. Game tonight has been postponed. Reporter basketball canceled right when the pandemic began and getting creative. Nba and allstonbrightwnba with. Playoffs in a bubble. Lebron and the lakers brought a title back to l. A. The ball is still up in the air for 2021. March madness may play out. Im not confident it will play out. If it does, it will look different. Not spread around the country. Happening in the smaller venues in indianapolis than we are used to seeing with crazy games all over the country. Reporter on the world stage . Tokyo summer olympics postponed to the upcoming july. If anything can come off successfully in sports, i think it is the Olympic Games because you already have the parameters for a bubble in the olympic village. Reporter and the olympic spirit bringing the world together. The olympic Opening Ceremony could be one of the great celebrations the world has seen because it will be the first time folks from all over the globe gather in one place to celebrate. That is something all of us, every corner of the world, is looking forward to for 2021. Reporter and i dont know about you, savannah, but july 23rd is circled on the calendar. That is when the opening ceremonies kickoff in tokyo. The super bowl is one month away from now and fingers crossed everything goes as smoothly as possible. I am so excited now for 2021. Morgan, thanks. With three day s until the runoff, georgia is in the spotlight and there is a big ambitious get out the vote program. Keeps georgia on my mind all their arms reach out to me all their eyes smile a special recording of georgia on my mind with idina me menzel and other faces you see there. It is aiming to increase voter turnout. With us now . Is the Tony Award Winning actor b. D. Wong. First of all, we miss you guys. We miss broadway. We cannot wait for it to return. Tell us about the effort. Four years ago, we made a video called what the world needs now and we sang at the Democratic National convention. That same group masterminded the whole thing and developed a mechanism for broadway stars and performers to put together the video. To me, my involvement is because of this fascinating i dont think i have ever been so invested in an election and actually voting in. To call attention on this little Runoff Election and i think my excitement to be involved in any way came about through the whole election process where i was more involved than i usually am. There is something in the pandemic world a connection the performers have with one another although we have not seen each other in the same room which is fascinating and interesting. One of the alltime great tunes. They had a really good start choosing this particular song. B. D. , what was the experience like for you . Your teaming up with the star studded performers and actors to highlight the battle. It was own zoom. You are not in the same room, but it was powerful. Very powerful. You get to know you have the new way of feeling the energy that you normally feel in person and it is mostly through zoom. There are for these projects a big zoom collective meeting where everyone actually does meet on zoom. That is really exciting. People seeing all these people you know and admire zooming in and checking in and popping on to your screen. You know, the whole thing as a pandemic performer, you learn how to kind of vocabulary of things you do with making videos at home and making sure your back ground is the way you want and doing all of the things you need to do. These have become very natural. So this is calling on these many, many people. I dont know how many, 60 or so people, to do that in their house and put it together. When you put it together, there is a homemade feeling to it, but also this loving sense. Everyone has really honed these skills really well over the last few months. I dont think we realize how many squares can go into one screen on zoom. The important thing here is do you feel this issi having an effect . I feel it is a part of the energy that is in the country now where there is a real understanding and real excitement over voting and a feeling of how the voting really all these people lining up and the whole early voting idea of it. I think many people dont even experience it in the way we have this election cycle. I think that little efforts like this add up to the wave of energy which gets people to understand the value of it and then to participate. B. D. Wong, thank you so much. We appreciate you joining us. Happy new year. Thank you for watching. Im joe fryer. Im cori coffin. We appreciate you being with us. We are back tomorrow at 6 00. Up next, ali velshi talks about the continued attempts to overturn the free and Fair Election. He also looks back on the year of racial injustice. Velshi starts after the quick break. Justice. Velshi starts after the quick break. This is the sound of better breathing. Fasenra is a different kind of asthma medication. Its not a steroid or inhaler. Fasenra is an addon treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. Its one maintenance dose every 8 weeks. It helps prevent asthma attacks, improve breathing, and lower use of oral steroids. 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