Also the bidenharris team now has made contact with all federal agencies. In an exclusive interview with lester holt today biden described some of what is now taking place. Immediately weve gotten outreach from the National Security were already working now meeting with the covid team in the white house. I think were going to not be so far behind the curve as we thought we might be in the past. And theres a lot of immediate discussion, and i must say the outreach has been sincere. Have you had any conversations with President Trump postelection about, you know, paving the way for this transition to happen . No, i have not heard anything from President Trump. Now, earlier today the president elect formally introduced his nominees for those key National Security jobs in his cabinet and white house staff. The contrast with the Current Administration was clear and did not need to be spelled out. Biden hoping that comparatively the integrity and intellect and expertise on that stage in wilmington speaks for itself. Biden himself making a point of noting he does not want a team that just says yes. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back, ready to lead the world not retreat from it. Theyll tell me what i need to know not what i want to know. What i need to know. The nominees not only echoed bidens sentiments, there were strong signals thered be no hesitation in speaking the truth. Mr. President elect, you know that i have never shied away from speaking truth to power and i accept this nomination knowing you would never want me to do otherwise and that you value the perspective of the intelligence community. And that you will do so even when what i have to say may be inconvenient or difficult. We cant solve all the worlds problems alone. We need to be working with other countries. We need their cooperation. We need their partnership. The department of Homeland Security has a noble mission, to help keep us safe and to advance our proud history as a country of welcome. America is back. Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is back. Youve tasked us with helping unite america, to pull people together to tackle big challenges. In addressing the Climate Crisis president elect joe biden is determined to seize the future now and leave a healing planet to future generations. Now, most of those people on the stage today will require senate confirmation. Today one republican senator was asked about what hes seen thus far. What do you make of bidens cabinet picks . Do you think that youll have a hard time confirming them . Im glad hes resisting the far left. Biden says hell be giving a thanksgiving address of sorts to the nation tomorrow. Today two more states certified him as the winner of the election even as the Trump Campaign continues to make noises about legal challenges. Were also learning more about how trump came to his decision to allow the transition to move forward. Nbc news reporting allies told trump he, quote, needed to shift course to protect his brand. They also suggested he end his resistance to quell the protests within his own party. We did get an unexpected glimpse of the lame duck president today as the dow worked its way to record close above 30,000 which remember a whole lot of analysts attribute to the biden transition news and bidens naming of janet yellen as treasury secretary. Nonetheless in an oddly brief appearance in the Briefing Room the president tried to fit in a victory lap. The stock market just broken 30,000. Never been broken that number. Thats a sacred number, 30,000. Nobody thought theyd ever see it. And its the 48th time that weve broken records in during the trump administration. And i just want to congratulate all the people within the administration that worked so hard. And most importantly i want to congratulate the people of our country because there are no people like you. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Hasnt taken questions in three weeks, mind you. Hours later he was back in front of cameras for the annual prethanksgiving turkey pardon, which when you think about it is one of the few president ial customs he has maintained. It was simply too tempting for several headline writers in our trade. This was a layup shot really lame duck pardons turkey. In pardoning a giant bird trump chose to mention the china virus as he called it and appeared to take a swing at general jim mattis who suggested joe biden abandon the trump era America First approach to foreign policy. America first, shouldnt go away from that. America first. Biden has indicated containing the coronavirus surge and distributing the vaccine will likely need to be his immediate focus in office. Today our death toll rose over 260,000. Coming up on 13 Million People infected that we know of. One new forecast out of Washington University in st. Louis predicts there may be 20 million cases by the end of january, right around the nog raise. Today was another record for hospitalizations in this country, north of 88,000 now. As the virus continues to spread unchecked the Current Administration today said the first vaccines will be available as soon as the fda approves emergency use maybe early next month. If all goes well we could be distributing vaccine soon after december 10th. With that lets bring in our lead off guests on this thanksgiving week tuesday night. Robert costa, National Political reporter with the washington post, host of Washington Week on pbs. Alexi mccammen, political reporter over at axios, and samstein, journalist, politics editor for the daily beast. Well, good evening and welcome to you all. Robert costa, whats with the big name republicans who are not yet willing to call joe biden president elect . Well start there and then work our way into tonights news. President trump once told bob woodward and i that real power is fear, and he has instilled fear in the Republican Party. Theyre in a preservation mode right now to hold onto their seats. Theyre afraid of their own voters in many respects. They see a possibility for gains in 2022, but they have to get through primaries first. And look at President Trump trying to hold control of the Republican National committee, keep his allies installed throughout the Republican Party. And they may wish him to go away in some quarters privately but hes here to stay. And now alexi, to the story axios broke tonight, the possible flynn pardon. I am guessing the reporting further goes onto say that the trump crowd sees only upside here. Yeah, just shadowed to Jonathan Swan time and again, right . But this is exactly what weve expected from President Trump especially during this lame duck session is to settle personal scores by either firing people or pardoning folks close to him. And they do see this as a political upside in part because a pardon of flynn would mean theyre taking this out of the hands of the courts and out of what will soon be a biden controlled, so to speak, department of justice which could handle Michael Flynn differently than the department of justice so far has under President Trump. We also know Sidney Powell has become an interesting character working with the Trump Campaign efforts to overturn the results of the election. When he started working with Michael Flynn last year lets not forget thats when his tune changed. Thats when the story changed from him pleading guilty twice to lying to the fbi to then saying he was being entrapped by the fbi. So we also heard President Trump say flynn has been treated unfairly, hes been the target of obama officials. So weve seen how President Trump has been talking about Michael Flynn. And a move to pardon him while of course it hasnt happened just yet, nothing is final until the president actually does it. A move like this is something weve come to expect from the president. And sam, every reason to believe the list will include bannon and manafort at this point. And the question to you is how much of this is shiny object, and how much of this is as trump sees it as this whole transition has played out, payback to the democrats . His enemies real and perceived, the fact his presidency has operated under a cloud of illegitimacy from the start . Well, i think thats a big component of it. For the past four years he has felt, trump has felt he was unfairly targeted, that people tried to delegitimize his presidency. A lot of those feelings that hes had have led him to his current predicament. I think some of this is trump using the tools at his disposal. Hes used the pardon power already to help political allies. He has shown no willingness to hold back on that. So before he leaves office why not do it again . I will say the impact of this is its not just the pardons that are being granted but its how we perceive the pardon power of the presidency which has been used controversial before. If you were to use it in this manner it would potentially prompt some challenges legally about how far and what kind of purview the president s pardon power actually does have. So we can expect that to be challenged trumps postpresidency as well. Thats an interesting point because institutionally these pardons would also reverse so much work, heavy lifting, years of creating files on these individuals. All of that, of course, institutionally at the federal Justice Department level. And thats true at the federal level, and one thing thats really a point of discussion inside the president s inner circle is whether hes going to pardon himself or attempt to do so in some way. And does he try to escape federal scrutiny . But theres still ongoing investigations in new york. Letitia james, state attorney general in manhattan district attorney. And so as much as the president may try to protect him and his allies in the coming weeks, there are ongoing investigations into his finances in the state of new york. And to alexi, to your superb interview on axios on hbo that aired last night with congressman cardenis that runs the Democratic National campaign committee. The democrats are just now coming to grips with how bad Election Night was, how thin their majority is in the house. Ill play this exchange which is selfexplanatory about how democrats can perhaps better speak to hispanic voters. What do you understand about when Latinx Community the Democratic Party doesnt get right now . I understand cultural competency is important. If we did a better message in spanish and english to a community that communicates in two languages we are going to get them to nod their head and say i like this democrat. I dont understand how its 2020 and were still having this conversation. Its frustrating to me. I would like to see the dccc change overnight literally to make sure we have culturally competent diverse staff, diverse vendors, Diverse Campaign consultants, diverse candidates all across the board and let them know this is your house, esta su casa. If he does indeed get this job hes an engineer by trade hell be the guy that has to engineer preventing a Speaker Mccarthy in two years. Yeah, and especially in a Midterm Election which historically democrats are poised to get shellacked because its the first Midterm Election what will be President Bidens first term. So its a really tall order. But whats interesting, brian, we think about the Democratic Party kind of being in the wilderness right now. Different factions of their party publicly and privately speaking out against one another, blaming one another for the house losses they werent really expecting in this cycle. Obviously the senate, they did not do as well as they hoped even though they captured the white house. Were seeing this fractured party even though they have a leader like joe biden. Though of course hes not running unopposed congressman Sean Patrick Maloney is also running against him. But cardenis is a latino man. They need to be more culturally competent with hispanic voters, with the Latinx Community, looking at the fact donald trump not only increased his support to 32 this time around but in key states like florida and texas and elsewhere, and they know they cant keep having the same conversation about we need to talk in english and spanish. Like i said to cardenis, its 2020, why do we keep having his conversation . And theyre looking to leaders who can step up and help them lead to this specific types of voters in a way their current leaders havent really been able to help them with. Yeah, i didnt mean to prematurely award him to thankless job. Theres still an election that has to take place. And robert, this brings us to the struggle between the Democratic Left and the democratic center. There were already criticisms of the selection of all people of former secretary of state john kerry to run opposition and be the environment czar by folks on the left who thought it should be a young progressive. Biden clearly looked at kerry and thought this needs to be fought on the global stage, reengage in paris. And that needs a guy with heft and experience. Personnel is policy to a point. What youre seeing with these biden nominations is a move towards internationalism, establishment in a few days. They do want engagements with international institutions, collective action on climate change. What were going to have to watch is beyond executive orders can President Biden next year work to get some of the initiatives that the green side of the party wants, the more liberal side wants into a stimulus bill . Could be a two or three trillion dollar stimulus next year. Can he work with them to enact change not just on a surface executive order level but really with money, money allocated toward the kind of priorities that people like representative alexandria ocasiocortez want . This question may sound cynical. Hows the trump fundraising effort to overturn the election going right about now . Its not cynical at all, brian. So its interesting. Key donors in trump orbit have basically soured on this entire effort. They look at it as comical. They watch the press conference from rudy giuliani, jane alice and Sidney Powell and, you know, scratch their eye out. They thought there was no basis for it and theyre turning away from the president. But that hasnt hampered the president s efforts here. In part because theyre having an incredible grassroots donation incoming to the campaign. In the days after the election when they were fundraising for the recounts they were getting 10 million a day just online. But the grassroots loves this. They want to support it. This shows to some degree this is trumps party, this is trumps movement. Its going to be interesting to see what happens if he ever exits the stage. But theres intense grassroots support for what hes doing which is inturn not only allowing him to retire Campaign Debt but keep this Mission Going forward. Three journalists seemingly never tapped out. Our thanks. Greatly appreciate the three of you starting us off this tuesday night. Coming up for us the transfer of power is now officially under way. A closer look at the stark contrast between the outgoing and incoming administration. And later, nearly 100,000 americans are spending this thanksgiving week in a hospital room. Well check back with an er doc struggling to make sure his patients will be around and with us for christmas. All of it as the 11th hour is just getting under way on this thanksgiving week tuesday night. Thanksgiving week tuesday night. No uh uh, no way come on, no no nnnnono only discover has no annual fee on any card. And now your copilot. Still a father. But now a friend. Still an electric car. Just more electrifying. Still a night out. But everything fits in. Still hard work. Just a little easier. Still a legend. Just more legendary. Chevrolet. Making lifes journey, just better. [sighs] [whistling] this is the life. Rated everyone. The men have been taken wheres guy . I think im his new pet. [ whimpering ] we have to save them. Thunder sisters. Thunder sisters thunder sisters [ gibberish ] [ gasps ] [ suspenseful music playing ] [ screaming ] its a slow start, but its starting and theres two months left to go so im feeling good about for the ability to be able to get up to speed. And i fully expect based on what ive heard so far well get full cooperation with each of the agencies in question. The Biden Transition Team finally getting the resources they need to take office on january 20th, 12 00 noon. After a weeks delay his team is now coordinating with the outgoing administration, and we learned intel briefings will start as soon as tomorrow. Here with us again tonight Eugene Robinson, pulitzer prizewinning columnist for the washington post, and a. B. Stoddard political journalism, current associate editor and columnist over at real clear politics. Good evening and welcome to you both. A. B. , i have a bit more of joe biden to play for you tonight then well discuss. This is not a we face a totally different world than we faced in the obamabiden administration. President trump has changed the landscape. Its become America First. A. B. , are people conflating the appearance on that stage of integrity and expertise with the appearance of a third obama term . Well, i think its interesting because joe biden ran often, you know, harkening back to the obamabiden presidency. And hes having a lot of people fill top posts who worked in the obama administration. I think its easy for people to say, look, thats just what hes doing, and its a third obama term. I dont see it that way as the former Vice President the president elect subscribed. This is layer and layer of crises that while president obama inherited a deep recession, near depression joe biden is going to have to navigate a once in a century pandemic with a very battered economy that could likely deteriorate in very scary ways this winter while hes dealing with our retreat from the world. What he was talking about the policies of America First and what it has done to our alliances and to our adversaries. And so this is just a really different set of circumstances. The one thing i noticed in his rollout is that is similar is sort of the leadership style president obama used which is that people are that theres no drama and that people are going to stick together as a team. Though in joe bidens case its much more its much more profound. These are literally a team of trusted friends and allies and coworkers. It is not a team of rivals. It is not a team of controversial people. It is a team of competent and qualified people who are so steeped in this policy and in the consequences of the last four years and a crises that were in, so prepared to Work Together. Theyre not celebrities. Theyre not looking out for number one. They will not be kneecapping each other. They will not be leaking to the press. And joe biden is not going to be a big part of their day the way President Trump had to be the center of everyones universe in the trump administration. So from style to substance to the actual threats facing this new team, i do think that its very different from the last four years and the eight years before that. Yeah, i said this last night i dont even know if biden considered an oil company ceo for secretary of state. But if not, thats his loss. Eugene, can you assure us that there will be a time in the foreseeable future when we will walk around and live our lives and go days without thinking about who the president is . Boy, i think im going to get there. I hope everybody else does. What were going to see over the next two months is a split screen just like you had me and a. B. Up on the split screen. And well have donald trump saying and doing crazy things over here and joe biden preparing to take the reins of power. And the biden half of that screen is going to get gradually bigger and the trump half of that screen is going to get gradually smaller as we approach Inauguration Day because thats the way it works. Thats the way it is. And were going to be more focused on the new administration. And when donald trump is no longer president still make a lot of noise. Hell still have a big following of the true believers. But what he says just wont matter as much. It cant possibly matter as much as it matters now because hes the most powerful man in the world right now, and he wont be at 12 01 p. M. On january 20th. And that will make a big difference. A. B. , ive got Something Else for you. Here is Tucker Carlson from fox news tonight. What is emerging so far as of tonight looks a lot like the h. R. Department at a large left wing multinational. Heaps of woke authoritarian social policy mixed with a corporatist economic agenda. So the rest of us will get stern lectures about our moral failings, those never end. While a small group of connected people will get even richer. So a. B. , is that fox news going to the mattresses . Is that how the resistance is going to sound for four years . Well, its very it was very similar the criticism across the board today if you look at the tweets from senator josh holly and senator marco rubio in addition to what tucker was criticizing there. Its all sort of a piece, which is that these are career elitists, too welleducated who have just been in the government too long, too friendly to corporations because now the Republican Party, of course, is not friendly to big corporations. And its going to be very interesting to see as they navigate the georgia runoffs with the Business Leaders now threatening to not play ball in that Runoff Election should the transition not go smoothly and the president not move on, where the Republican Party is going to land once President Biden is actually in office with a very slim majority in the house. Likely not a senate majority, and even if he has a 5050 senate no power to push progressive legislation. So the threats theyre trying to frighten people with now about what is going to happen is not really likely to arrive. Those are the things that, of course, you know, the Progressive Left was hoping a blue wave would produce. But they are going to be as disappointed as senator holly or people on the right and conservative media who are looking down at these picks and promising its going to lead us to ruin. Yeah, leave it to senator holly. He of stanford and Yale Law School to call out that elitism where he sees it. Both of these nice guests have agreed to stay with us over the break. Coming up, how the Republican Party may try to move forward in this posttrump environment. Brings the question will there be a posttrump environment to eugenes point. More when we come back. Eugenes point more when we come back 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. Heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. Another lifechanging technology from abbott, so you dont wait for life. You live it. Before the plague came in, i had it made. I wasnt coming to erie. I have to be honest there was no way i was coming. I didnt have to. I mind have called and said, hey, erie, if you have a chance get out and vote. We had the greatest economy ever, greatest jobs, greatest everything and then we got hit with the plague. And i had to go back to work. Hello, erie, may have please have your vote . An unbelievable moment late october in the waning days of the campaign. Still with us are Eugene Robinson and a. B. Stoddard. Eugene, two points. Number one, there is polling out today. I am not going to show it on the screen, that shows that man the favorite for 2024, which is also why people hate us. But number two, my second and final point is if hes talking that way about erie, p. A. , in this cycle how is donald trump four years older going to take to the rallies in the erie, p. A. s of the world in another four years . Well, look, my honest opinion is that hes not. You know, i think he is look, four years is how long in trump years, right . Thats like 25 years or 50 years in trump years, i mean. And so many, many things will happen around this guy in the next four years. But it is really hard for me to imagine him actually running. Its easy for me to imagine him trying to dominate the conversation, dominate the Republican Party, to hamstring the other president ial hopefuls, republicans who want to run in 2024. And the interesting dynamic will be how those people like tom cotton and nikki haley and pompeo and mike pence and rubio, how do they deal with the literal 800pound gorilla called trump who has control of their party. And theyre going to have to fight back against that at some point. And a. B. , let me name another prom independent republican by way of putting this tweet on the screen which we saw and chose to highlight tonight. It reads, has portman called biden president elect yet . This brings us to a man invited on this broadcast for life, rob portman, classic bushera republican, senator from ohio. Now, about him calling biden president elect, all i know is they told ray leoda in good fellas when youre in the Witness Protection Program you cant communicate with the outside world, so lets give portman the benefit of the doubt. But seriously, a. B. , at some point hes going to need to ask the voters of ohio to reelect him. He took a dive for donald trump his pedigree notwithstanding politically. What is he going to say, oh, i never really liked the guy . This is what is so incredible is what gene was talking about, can the Republican Party posttrump reset or reboot or reframe . Can they if they go along with the election was stolen with conspiracy fraud on a National Level . If they have to carry this bag for President Trump and they do not tell their voters in december or january or february or some other month in 2021 this was all a complete con on them for the president to raise money and soothe his hurt feelings if they dont tell the truth they have to go along with the fact this was stolen and they really cant move on from President Trump. Whether youre rob portman running for senate again in 2022 or youre cotton, holly, cruz, rick scott, mike pompeo or mike pence and youre trying to run in 2024 at the president ial nominating level. So this is really beyond a big foot. This idea whether or not you call for the transition or youve congratulated president elect biden really has nothing to do with and does not exonerate you from the burden of coming out and saying the president has trashed the greatest democracy in the history of the world by pretending, by lying about conspiracy fraud that, quote, stole the election and none of this is true. So whether its a primary challenge, whether its the general election in a senate race in ohio, everyone has to either tell the truth or continue with the fraud. And its going to be a tough choice. Brilliant stuff. Could not have asked for two better guests on this night of all nights on this topic. A. B. Stoddard, Eugene Robinson, two veterans. Friends of this broadcast. Thank you both so very much. Happy thanksgiving to you both and your families. Coming up, the Covid Vaccine could be rolling out in weeks were told. Weve got an er doctor standing by with a stern reminder it will not save us from ourselves in time for thanksgiving. Es in time for thanksgiving. For over 30 years, lexus has been celebrating driveway moments. Heres to one more, the lexus december to remember sales event. Lease the 2021 rx 350 for 419 a month for 36 months and well make your first months payment. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. When you see docs and nurses and folks in health care on twitter that seem like were complaining it has nothing to do with being busy. That is not the point. The point is we have people waiting hours. We have ambulances driving all over west michigan taking people to different hospitals because everywhere is full. His exhausted post like that one on social media are how we first got to know dr. Rob davidson, descriptions that detail the dark and grim and really grinding reality on the ground in hospital corridors as hospitals overflow now with virus patients. Back with us tonight indeed is dr. Rob davidson. Hes an er doc in western michigan, the executive director of the committee to protect medicare. Dr. Davidson, thank you very much for joining us. Youre in western michigan for our folks who dont know. So that makes you red on two maps, the political map, yes. But now the covid map bright red through your region and through the west and on up to the plains and rockies. Give us the situation where you are as of tonight. Well, its exactly like i said in the video. And the folks i want to highlight are our paramedics, our ems providers. Theyre our true heroes keeping the entire system going right now. Because every shift when i go in or i live our hospital is full, the big hospitals in our region that normally will take our overflow on busy weekends, theyre all full. So we are sending paramedics around western michigan, an hour, hour and a half in the back of a tin can essentially with Covid Patients bringing them to other hospitals that have a bed or two until we fill them up. And thats the reality now. Its been that way for two weeks. It will be that way into the foreseeable future if people dont change their behaviors. And did i read correctly that Health Care Workers in your part of the world have been told even if theyve had a close contact with a case they know to be positive theyre still needed as long as theyre asymptomatic . Yeah, that is true and its been true. And honestly, the number of close contacts we all have on a regular basis it would be impossible to staff hospitals and ambulances if the criteria was anytime youre in contact you go home. So thats true. Now, that brings us to thanksgiving. And i want to play this from dr. Redfield, head of the cdc. Well discuss it on the other side of his comments. The real driver now of this epidemic now is not the public square. Its really driven by the silent epidemic, the asymptomatic infections largely in individuals between the age 20 to 35. Its really being driven by household gatherings. So doctor, that brings us to thanksgiving. And this sounds just gruesome to discuss, but is it axm attic and assumed in your line of work and in your region that because of Human Behavior in thanksgiving week were going to be looking at a bump in hospitalizations certainly and maybe even death toll right around christmas . I think its almost an absolute. Our system is modeling for twice the number of patients we currently have across the region as a best Case Scenario about three or four weeks from now. Worst case sthCase Scenario co two, three times that. Stay within your community. Were begging people to wear masks. I had a republican state representative step out today and announce his support of a mask mandate supporting our governors, supporting doctors and nurses and health care providers. Those are the kind of people we need to step up and just all get together without politicizing these issues and do it for each other. Because a vaccines great. Its coming, but we need to do the Work Together now. If your caseload increases by that factor arent you going to be into like pentagon Field Hospital territory . Well, we have surge plans. You know, first well be filling up the er or at least half the er with inpatients in all of the hospitals in the region, but there are constitchancy plans for Field Hospitals and other spaces we can convert into hospital beds. Again, we can have all the beds in the world, but if we dont have the staff to staff them thats when the patients will suffer. So thats the concern. Here here. I hope youre allowed a couple minutes off to have some semblance of thanksgiving safely with those you love. I join our viewers in thanking you for the work you do. We will continue to follow you and your story and that region on social media. Dr. Rob davidson has been our guest tonight. So that is the perspective from the front lines. And coming up, how americans are responding to this still uncontrolled, still exploding Health Crisis during this heavy travel of all things holiday week. F althl ings holiday week oculus. Whoa someone please help of course. Youre tenacious, ill give you that its ok, im ok. [heavy breathing] where are you . Coming lets do this yeaahh its on woooo whoa. [heavy breathing] rated rp to t. Damom, look get sare you okay . . Head home this holiday with the one you love. Visit your local mercedesbenz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedesbenz winter event. A test thats negative today doesnt mean youre going to be negative tomorrow or the next day or the following day. Im a cajun. Wed have 12 people in the kitchen cooking for 12 hours. Youve got to stop doing those kind of behaviors, have smarter choices whether your test is negative or not. That negative test is not a free pass. There is a simple truth here that needs to be said. Its not meant as a scold or to be preachy but this is the truth. What we choose to do over this thanksgiving break could decide the future course of the virus in this country. In this next report youre going to see three types of lines of people in three different places. And this is happening all over the country. People are lining up in airports, at food banks and at testing locations all in the same week. And that pretty much sums up this thanksgiving of 2020. The story tonight from nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight as covid cases surge across the nation so does the number of americans traveling since the start of the pandemic. Despite the cdc warning for families to stay home facial coverings must be worn at alltimes. Reporter these are the scenes at airports from coast to coast. Full flight. Reporter some of the busiest are in states where the virus is exploding. Im in the medical field so i needed a little break, just trying to mind my ps and qs. Reporter when you hand here at lax outofstate travelers must fill out a covid awareness form. California wants them to quarantine for 14 days. Though many hard hit states are implementing restrictions on private gatherings, enforcement is nearly impossible. Were having a family thanksgiving, having all of our family over. And we would welcome anybody that wants to join us including any kind of state agent that wants to come in. Reporter while many are worried about catching the virus a growing number are more concerned about their next meal. At food banks around the nation americans like connie need a helping hand. Very grateful. I dont even have a car. My car broke two weeks ago, and i asked my daughter to please, you know, bring me. Reporter tonight americans are lining up at food banks, testing sites and airports amid a pandemic that rages on. Miguel almaguer, nbc news. Coming up, during the election the president made a prediction over and over again to rally audiences, something he was sure would happen right now if biden won. Well, biden won and were back in a moment with a necessary fact check. A moment with a necy fact check were all finding ways to keep moving. And at fidelity, youll get planning and advice to help you prepare for the future, without sacrificing whats most important to you today. Because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction youre moving is forward. Late word into us tonight there are tentative plans for a trip tomorrow for trump and rudy to fly to gettysburg, pennsylvania, to join a republican event designed to discuss the Election Results in pennsylvania. Again, not on the president s official schedule but it is being considered for tomorrow, this trip by the president and his personal lawyer. Something to watch. Well keep an eye on it as well. Now, last thing before we go tonight. As we reported earlier the president walked into the Briefing Room today. A statement so hastily planned reporters werent all yet in their seats. Some missed it entirely although its also true if you blinked you missed it. The president who hasnt taken a reporters question in 21 days walked in. He was with mike pence who looked for all the world as if his arms had just been installed today. Then the president spoke for 1 minute, 2 seconds. Ostensibly he wanted credit for the stock market hitting 30,000, which might have launched a whos going to tell him moment backstage because as we said most of the financial analysts we heard today credited that 30,000 mark with the market reacting positively to the transition to biden formally getting under way and bidens naming janet yellen as his treasury secretary. The markets like stability. The markets like what they see so far in biden. And we offer this reminder that this is not what the president predicted would happen right now. They say the stock market will be boom if im elected. If hes elected the stock market will crash. How are your 401ks doing, huh . You want to see them crash vote for sleepy joe. You want to see them drop like a rock, if you want to have some fun with your family explaining why is it down 80 , dad . We dont love you anymore, dad. And the chance biden got in, you will have a stock market go down like you wouldnt believe. If he got elected this thing will crash. If biden wins youre going to have a stock market collapse the likes of which youve never had. The outgoing president to take us off the air this evening. That is indeed our broadcast for this tuesday night of this thanksgiving week. It comes with our thanks to you for spending this time with us. On behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. Back in august in the second week of august democratic president ial nominee joe biden announced that he had picked a running mate. He had picked california senator kamala harris. That announcement was greeted very positively across the spectrum except by the president. So, that seems like a good sign