The question is, how many people has he exposed during his recent tour of battleground states . Plus, the president rallies in georgia, urging supporters to vote for the Republican Senate candidates in a state that he claims cheated him. The question is whether the president is actually hurting his partys chances of retaining the senate. And whats been apparent for weeks is now official, as california certifies its Election Results, solidifying joe bidens status as president elect. But the president losing case after case, the question is, whats left to fight . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that hopes santa is learning how to zoom and not just through the sky. Im kasie hunt on this monday, december 7th. Well start with the news. Despite President Trumps ongoing legal efforts to flip the results of the 2020 election, joe biden has officially secured enough electors to become president. California certified its Election Results on friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for biden, handing him the Electoral College majority. Tomorrow, december 8th, marks the socalled safe harbor deadline. At this point, states are expected to complete recounts, resolve any legal challenges, and certify results. Under federal law, Congress Must count the electoral votes from states that chose their electors by tomorrows deadline. And then on december 14th, one week from today, the Electoral College will meet to vote for the president and Vice President of the united states. Question is, how many republicans will, when these deadlines cross, actually acknowledge the outcome . Because now, one month after election day, only 27 Congressional Republicans have acknowledged joe bidens clear victory over President Trump. Those findings from a Washington Post survey of all 249 republicans in the house and senate also found that just two republicans consider trump the winner, despite all evidence showing otherwise, and another 220 gop members of the house and senate thats about 88 of all republicans serving in congress will simply not say who won the election. The survey began the morning after trump posted a 46minute video wednesday evening in which he wrongly claimed he defeated biden and leveled wild and unsubstantiated allegations of corrupt forces who stole the outcome from the sitting president. The results demonstrate the fear that most republicans have of the outgoing president and his grip on the party. Despite his new status as just the third elected president to lose reelection in the past 80 years. More than 70 of republican lawmakers did not acknowledge the posts questions as of friday evening. And in response to the Congressional Republicans who called biden president elect in the survey, trump tweeted in part, i am surprised there are so many. We have just begun the fight. Please send me a list of the 25 rinos. The post notes that just eight republicans 3 of all gop lawmakers voiced support for trumps current strategy of claiming victory and asking state legislatures to declare him the victor in states that he lost. Here we are. Meanwhile, rudy giuliani, who has been the face of that fight, is now the latest member of President Trumps circle to test positive for covid19. Last night, giuliani tweeted, thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes. Im getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything. In recent days, giuliani has crisscrossed the country to push trumps unverified claims of voter fraud. Giuliani traveled to three battleground states where he served as the lead lawyer for trumps efforts to overthrow the results of the election. On thursday, he attended a hearing at the georgia capitol, where he did not wear a mask. He also went maskless wednesday at a legislative session in michigan. And during that same meeting, giuliani asked his first witness, jessie jacob, if she would take her mask off. A lawmaker off camera noted, he could hear jacob fine and she ultimately elected to keep her mask on. Giuliani, though, was unmasked for the entire meeting, which lasted for several hours. In response, the Trump Campaign released a statement regarding the timeline of giulianis covid19 diagnosis, saying in part, mayor giuliani tested negative twice immediately preceding his trip to arizona, michigan, and georgia. The mayor did not experience any symptoms or test positive for covid19 until more than 48 hours after his return. We are wishing him a speedy recovery and hope that anyone who came into contact with him over the past week also doesnt get sick. Meanwhile, lawmakers are unlikely to make todays selfimposed deadline for releasing the text of a covid19 relief package, and its definitely not going to include another 1,200 payment to americans. President elect joe biden was among those hoping that negotiations would produce a second wave of the popular stipend, but the Associated Press reports the bills only going to provide an extra 300 per month in federal unemployment, as direct assistance. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said hell oppose any bill that doesnt include the 1,200 payment, but progressive congresswoman alexandra ocasiocortez said she still remains open to it. Nbc news has learned that sanders, along with several democrats involved in hammering out the bills text, opposed the republican requirement for a liability shield for businesses. While a continued republican Sticking Point is aid to state governments, which Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has referred to as bluestate bailouts. It does appear the pandemic has inflicted conservative states with those same revenue shortfalls. According to moody analytics, six of the seven states expected to suffer the greatest decline over the next two years have republican governors and were won by President Trump, including louisiana, west virginia, and alaska. Meanwhile, two sources tell the Hill Congress is considering a oneweek spending bill to avert a Government Shutdown on friday and to extend time for a relief package agreement. Joining us now, author of the Washington Posts earlymorning newsletter power up, jacqueline alemany. Jackie, good morning to you i want to talk about the Washington Posts survey of republicans. First of all, congratulations to everyone who really did the legwork here, because it does allow us to put a number on what we have seen anecdotally over the course of the last month, which is that its very, very difficult to get a republican who is elected to congress to say that joe biden is going to be the winner of the election. Is this the week we finally see the tide turn . I mean, were going to hit rob portmans deadline here for the first count of the electors, and then, of course, the final deadline next week for that vote. After that, i mean, i really struggle to see how they have any answer at all. Yeah. I think this could be that week, kasie, but you never know with this Republican Congress that really is beholden to President Trump. But i do really want to note here that at the end of the day, these are lawmakers who are acting at the behest of their voters, because their constituency for the most part supported this president and support his continued legal fight, however baseless and unsubstantiated it is. And the president s false claims, you know, have really resonated with a lot of these voters, despite, you know, how corrosive they are to our electoral system and american democracy. But i talked to a few sources over the weekend who were, you know, remarked to me on the Washington Post story, once the president tweeted at it, reminding me of, you know, lawmakers really carrying out what their constituencies want, which is to ensure that President Trump sees out this legal battle until that safe harbor deadline and until the Electoral College vote happens. So, jackie, i mean, they still have a lot to wrap up here, even as the politics of this, of what the president is doing, continue to, you know, dominate a lot of attention and focus. They have a big job to do in the next week, week and a half, which is to try and get this Coronavirus Relief package out the door. It seems to me that there still is now broad agreement that they want to do something, which is obviously incredibly significant, but it also seems like theyre going to need some more time to get it done. Do you see any significant roadblocks here or potential problems that would throw a wrench into the works at the last minute . You know, i think the roadblock remains what it has been this entire time throughout negotiations, which is that 1,200 Sticking Point that, you know, democrats have maintained is really essential, along with, you know, democrats being against the liability shield for businesses that Mitch Mcconnell has also pushed for from the very beginning. But look, you know, just last week, democrats were sticking to a 1 trillion package. Now theyre down to 908 billion. There is progress being made here, and i think you have people on the hill finally realizing that we have reached worsecase, doomsday scenario here with millions of people about to go off the eviction and benefits cliff, and that something really needs to be done in order to break this monthslong impasse. But as you noted earlier, you know, you already had Bernie Sanders come out against a package that doesnt include 1,200 in direct payments to americans, and thats something that the president and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin have been promising for months. So, it did previously have some conservative support or support from republicans, so well see if theyre able to sort of make a deal here on, you know, these targeted provisions, but you had republicans already say, you know, that 1,200 direct payment is going to be part of a different bill. So, tbd. Well see if theyre able to come down to something, but it is a really dire situation. I am still optimistic, and i wasnt this time last week that they actually can get something done here because of exactly what you point out. There are so many millions of americans who are facing just the most difficult Holiday Season that weve all faced in a while. The Washington Posts jacqueline alemany, thank you very much, as always, for being up with us on way too early. Still ahead here, the latest on the strained relationship between bill barr and President Trump. Were digging into reports that the attorney general may step down before joe bidens inauguration next month. Plus, President Trump holds his first rally since losing the election. Its an interesting sentence. And airs his grievances about the november results. Those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. Shes so beautiful. Janie, come here. Check this out. Let me see. She looks. Kind of like me. Yeah. 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Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. Blue, 80, hut, hut free play, caught, into the end zone, touchdown travis kelce. Time now for sports after struggling in the red zone for much of last nights match yul against the broncos, chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes finds tight end travis kelce on a 20yard goahead touchdown at the end of the third quarter. Kansas citys kicker was perfect on five field goal attempts in the game, and denvers lastminute drive was halted by an interception to seal a 2216 victory. The chiefs improve to 111 and clinch a sixth straight trip to the playoffs. Meanwhile, out in green bay, wisconsin, a milestone performance from packers qb aaron rodgers, who tossed three touchdowns in yesterdays 3016 victory over the philadelphia eagles. Rodgers joins just six other quarterbacks in the nfl to throw 400 career touchdown passes. Now the fastest to do so after he hit the mark in his 193rd regularseason game. Its also now his fifth season with at least 35 touchdowns, the most such seasons in league history. Green bay improves to 93, one game behind the new Orleans Saints in the race for the top seed in the nfc playoffs. I really am looking forward to no longer having to read these scripts about the eagles losing. Meanwhile, the saints are headed back to the playoffs for the fourth year in a row after yesterdays 2116 victory over the falcons, and chicagos 3430 loss to detroit. The new york giants remain atop the leagueworst nfc east for at least another week after a fourth straight win in a surprise upset over the seahawks. The loss knocks seattle out of the lead in the nfc west. The team will hope for better luck in next weeks visit from new yorks other team, the jets, which was poised for its first victory of the season against the raiders yesterday, until las vegas quarterback derek carr closed the door on a goahead heave to the end zone with five seconds left to play. Well, my husbands a jets fan, so i guess if im the eagles fan, ive got better luck this year, anyway. Breaking it all down for us this is so cool last night was msnbc chartthrob, my friend, steve kornacki, who took his talents on the big board during last months election coverage to sunday night football the always khakiclad analyst appeared during the pregame and halftime shows of last nights broadcast with a look at how nfl seems saw their playoff chances rise and fall in week 13. If you missed it, it might not be the last time we see kornacki crunching the numbers for nbcs football night in america. Congratulations, steve. That was awesome. Time now for weather. Lets go to meteorologist bill karins to check in on the forecast. Bill, happy monday. Yeah, good monday. Hope you had a good weekend, and yeah, steve was genius last night. Youve got to see the whole thing. Its just great. All right, lets get into what happened over the weekend, because we still have 100,000 people without power in new england because of this noreaster that hit. The worst of it was by far in maine. There are still 87,000 people without power there. But the heaviest snows throughout the day on saturday were in connecticut and massachuset massachusetts, and thats where it was just a pasteheavy, wet snow. It did bring down some power lines and some branches, and we did watch as much as a foot of snow fall in some of the hill towns of northeast connecticut and also in areas outside of worcester. That is paxton, mass, which is beautiful, but its a pain to clean up. So, lets get into the forecast. Speaking of snow, if youre in virginia this morning, especially in western virginia, areas where richmond to norfolk, you dont get a lot of snow during the year. Look out the window this morning, because it is snowing in roanoke. There is snowflakes near richmond. It looks like norfolks a little too warm, but it looks like we could get a coating of snow out of this. Most of this is going to miss washington, d. C. I dont think youre going to see snow there. The accumulating snows will be in the Higher Elevations in the appalachia appalachians. The other story today, we just cannot get rain in california. The vegetation has dried out. Any day that its going to be windy, theres going to be a chance of fires. And look at this. This is the rainy season in california. Northern californias going to get a little bit, but zero in the next week from fresno to l. A. To san diego. So, the forecast for today, still chilly and brisk in the northeast, but at least its sunny. That rain in the southeast and in florida exits. Then the middle of this week looks pretty quiet, kasie. Everything gets active towards the end of the week with a possible snowstorm in the northern plains. But you know how it is, kasie in d. C. Down through virginia. Any time theres snowflakes, people get excited. Look out the window this morning. Excited or they forget how to drive their cars. Either way. Bill karins, thank you so much. Well see you tomorrow. Still ahead here, the New York Times takes an indepth look at President Trumps final days in office and whats going on inside the white house following trumps election loss. Thats coming up next. And as we go to break, just a reminder that you can catch way too early and all of your favorite msnbc shows on the streaming platform tune in. Go to tunein. Com msnbc to listen commercialfree with tune in premium. Were back in just a moment. Frn premium. Wee rback in just a moment. We all have our own journey ahead of us. Our own hopes and dreams. Well pass many milestones. Moments that define you. And drive you. To achieve even more. So, celebrate every one. Because success isnt just about where you want to get to. Its also about how you get there the all new 2021 cadillac escalade. 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So far, barr remains the Top Administration official to publicly acknowledge the reality that trump lost, angering the president that the Justice Department hasnt been more aggressive in chasing his sofarnonexistent claims of voter fraud. Overall, though, barr has been one of trumps most trusted allies, from his memo on obstruction of justice that secured him the job to his misleading summary of the Mueller Report and, most recently, his constant attacks on voter fraud leading up to the election. Keep an eye on that. Moody and depressed. Thats how advisers are describing donald trump as he grapples with the reality that he has just 44 days left as president. The New York Times peter baker is out with an indepth look at how trump is barely showing up for work, ignoring the coronavirus even more than he did before, and has all but fixated on those he believes have wronged him. He writes, quote, the final days of the Trump Presidency have taken on the stormy elements of drama more common to history or literature than a modern white house. His rage and detachedfromreality refusal to concede defeat evoke images of a besieged overlord in some distant land, defiantly clinging to power, rather than going into exile, or an erratic english monarch imposing his version of reality on his cowed court. But baker warns that these last few weeks may just be a preview of whats to come, as trump tries to undermine joe bidens victory and do his best to shape the National Conversation from maralago. Its going to be an interesting year. Still ahead, two of georgias highest ranking elected officials rebuff President Trump after he suggests calling a special session over election concerns. Latest on whats happening in georgia ahead of next months Senate Runoff elections, coming up next. But before we go to break, why are you awake . Email your reasons to waytooearly msnbc. 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And in a joint Statement Released yesterday, kemp and duncan stressed that that would be violating the law. The pair also argued that trumps spreading of misinformation is extraordinarily problematic. I think were going to go now to greg lewstein of the atlanta journalconstitution, if he is with us. Greg, i apologize. Were going to have a little bit from the debate last night. Im not sure that we have that at this moment, but i want to talk to you about what you learned. We heard from Kelly Loeffler. I believe jon ossoff debated an empty podium because david perdue did not show up. But you were a panelist at this debate, and you asked Kelly Loeffler about voter fraud claims. Walk us through what you learned or didnt learn and what your takeaways frwere from the debat . Then well talk about the president after that. Kelly loeffler and Raphael Warnock tried to stay as much on script as they could without making any gaffes. And i asked senator loeffler as well as our moderator, russ benger, multiple times whether or not she agreed with President Trumps false narrative of the rigged election, and each time she basically said President Trump has the right to pursue all legal avenues that he can. So, she was very careful not to criticize the president , not to criticize him for bashing her top ally, who is Governor Brian Kemp, and not to echo not to say whether or not she echoes his call, President Trumps call, for a special session that would be illegal in georgia to overturn the results of the election. So, greg, this, obviously, is incredibly problematic if you are Mitch Mcconnell, if you are others who are trying to retain the Senate Majority. I mean, what is your latest reporting about how that is playing out on the ground . I mean, are you hearing from republican voters, rank and file people, who say they dont trust the election, so theyre not going to go out and vote for those republican candidates . Or do you think the message that i mean, President Trump did deliver at his rally in valdosta, is actually breaking through, and that there is a feeling that, okay, people will actually decide that theyre going to show up . I mean, how is this actually playing out on the ground . Yeah, it was a really interesting spectacle on saturday, because the president was coming out and saying come out and vote in a rigged election, right . The conflicting message is there. The vast majority of republicans i talked to said theyre going to vote, the people who showed show up at these rallies, but there are republicans who continue to say they are conflicted about whether or not their vote will count, and they say theyre genuinely confused because theyre hearing all sorts of misinformation that mailin ballots arent being counted, theres problems with the dominion voting machines, all of these false narratives that are seeping into the Republican Base in georgia, and its going to be hard to overcome that for some of these voters. And of course, the challenge for state officials is enormous. I want to show everyone a little bit of what the Lieutenant Governor of your state had to say about all of this over the weekend. Lets watch and then well talk about it. I worry that this continuous, you know, fanning of the flames around misinformation puts us in a negative position with regards to the january 5th runoff, you know. The mountains of misinformation are not helping the process. Theyre only hurting it. Trump, i campaigned for him, and unfortunately, he did not win the state of georgia. On january 20th, joe bidens going to be sworn in as the 46th president , and the constitution is still in place. This is still america. Greg, what do you think or what are your democratic sources telling you about this . I mean, do they feel much more confident . I mean, do they believe that they have a shot to win both of these seats, or are they still kind of downplaying expectation . I mean, democrats think they have a shot, of course. You know, republicans have a builtin advantage in a state like georgia because and theyve won every statewide republican sorry, statewide runoff in georgia history. But at the same time, democrats are united and republicans are warring with each other. And as you just heard from Lieutenant Governor geoff dunc n duncan, hes been one of the few republicans in the state to acknowledge joe bidens victory and hes gotten all sorts of grief over it from fellow arent who want to keep on fighting this fight, rather than focusing on the january 5th runoffs, and there is truly internal, i dont know if you want to call it civil war or just internal feuding, but it has gotten even louder in georgia, especially with President Trumps visit here on saturday where he essentially invited a primary challenge to Governor Kemp because he wouldnt call this special session. And of course, kemp had previously been one of President Trumps probably most loyal state officials. And i think its important to underscore just how much these state officials in georgia, but also elsewhere ras the country, who are standing up and saying, no, were following the laws in our states, and thats whats holding all of us together right now, because were not seeing it from republicans in washington. The atlanta journalconstitutions greg, thank you, we appreciate you getting up early with us. And still ahead, well look at the best moments from saturday night live, including the casts take on the efforts by the president s legal team to overturn the Election Results. Way too early back in just a moment. N results. Way too early back in just a moment did you know that some aluminum free deodorants only mask odor . Secret aluminum free helps eliminate odor instead of just masking it. And is made with 3x more odor fighters. With secret, keep it fresh every day. 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That poll book why dont you look at the registered voters on there . How many registered voters are on there . Do you even know the answer to that . No, i guess its im trying to get to the bottom of this. Zero. Zero. Theres zero. How exactly did dominion cheat . Well, for starters, they cheated me out of my cheesy bread. I think youre confusing dominion with dominos. Either way, my vote took longer than 30 minutes, so its supposed to be free. Toots, maybe you want to pull it back a little. Im worried youre making us look foolish. That was saturday night lives Cecily Strong providing a pretty perfect impersonation of the Trump Campaigns michigan voter fraud witness, melissa caron, who went viral last week for her outlandish testimony. Snl had been on a short hiatus following its election coverage. Jason bateman returned to host the show for the First Time Since 2005 and stepped away from politics, instead telling a story of how a trained monkey used in a sketch almost mauled him the last time he hosted. Pete davidson, a native staten islander, also took time on weekend update to criticize the anticovid lockdown protests there, claiming the protesters made staten islanders, quote, look like babies. Oh, boy. And Morgan Wallen was finally the music guest. The Country Music star was slated to perform back in october, but after a video of the singer partying without a mask went viral, he was disinvited for violating nbc covid protocols, something he chose to reference on this weeks show. It is, of course, the Holiday Season, my favorite time of the year. And with many traditional celebrations being replaced with video chats, as we all stay home, demand for Real Christmas trees this year is very high. While National Sales data have yet to be reported, Christmas Tree grower associations are saying that retailers are blowing through their Tree Inventory quickly and growers are reporting a big increase in sales. In michigan, farmers are reporting a 50 increase in sales. And even artificial Christmas Tree suppliers are reporting an aboveaverage year. Balsam hills ceo says there was a huge increase in demand and sales have yet to slow down. Im not going to lie, we went the week before thanksgiving for our tree for this very reason, and it turns out, we are not alone. It is also, of course, that time of year for holiday cards. And many families, im sure many of you, know the struggle of getting your whole family to smile just for that one picture, all together . And celebrities, theyre just like us. This even happened to the legend family. Chrissy teigen posted a hilarious photo of 2yearold miles, saying family shoot went right as i thought it would, actually. Teigen followed up with another snapshot after the photographer left, saying and then this happened on my phone, of course. Many fans tweeted in solidarity with their own holiday card mishaps with one fan tweeting, of course, doesnt get much better when they get older. Good luck to all of you trying to pull that off. Meanwhile, legendary singer Dionne Warwick took to twitter over the weekend to get some of her pressing questions about current music culture answered. Chancellor bennett, better known as chance the rapper, was first on warwicks hit list when the star tweeted, hi, chance the rapper. If you are very obviously a rapper, why did you put it in your stage name . I cannot stop thinking about this. After recovering from the shock of being known by the legend, chance tweeted back saying, ill be whatever you want to call me, ms. Warwick. God bless you. Warwick ended her quest by asking the weeknd why his stage name isnt spelled correctly, to which the singer replied i just got roasted and i feel honored. You just made my day. Indeed. Still ahead here, with time running out, weekend negotiations failed to deliver a final brexit trade deal between the uk and the european union. Well get a live report from cnbc on that. Dont go anywhere. Way too early is coming right back. Anywhere. Way too earlyis coming right back welcome back. Time now for business. Its crunch time for a postbrexit trade deal. European stocks fell today after weekend talks did not lead to an agreement between the uk and the european union. For that, lets bring in cnbcs joumanna bercetchie, live from london. Good morning to you. Great to see you, as always. When do we expect a deal . Good morning. I have to say, you know, sitting around tables trying to explain whats been going on in brexit has been a very difficult parlor game for a very long time, but it seems like, hopefully, were nearing the end. Yeah, you know, weve been saying that for such a long time. And for anyone who actually lives in the uk, it cant come soon enough. But just to give you a little bit of context here. The deal is about 95 done. So going into the weekend, investors assumed that we would get a deal over the line. Looks like there hasnt been an agreement. There is currently a stalemate going on between the uk and eu, a lot of daylight between the sides when it comes to things like level playing field, governance, and even fishing rights. So, theres a very highlevel blame game going on, but neither side appears to be willing to compromise, which certainly raises the specter of a Nodeal Brexit come december 31st, yet again. On the back of that, well seen the pound drop about 1. 5 percentage points, also worth bearing in mind that some of the uk domestic stocks like homebuilders and banks are also suffering today as investors are getting a bit nervous. But hopefully, well get more color as the week evolves. But speaking of crunch time talks, it could also be a very big day in the u. S. Today with the congress set to unveil a 908 billion stimulus plan, and this had been in the works for a long time. Certainly a lot of discussions going on between the two sides. Good news for markets, especially because one part of the stimulus plan includes an extra 300 in weekly unemployment benefits, so that will help benefit at least some of the people who need to tie over from this side of the year to next year, at least before the vaccine is in widespread use. But as far as markets are concerned, the weak poy roll numbers on friday highlighted the need to get a stimulus package crossed over the leaned, and that is certainly happening. Stock markets, as ever, near record highs. Yeah, i know. I think also all regular folks who have been waiting for them are done waiting, so i think theres a lot of people who are grateful for that. So, this actually i love chickfila, i have to say. The popular they have sued major poultry producers, apparently, accusing them of p apparently, accusing them of price fixing. I had no idea that was a thing. How is this impacting them, whats going on with this . Yeah. Not good. So chickfila has indeed filed a lawsuit against some of the poultry producers saying that they coordinated together to increase prices and reduce production. As a consequence of that, chickfila paid billions of dollars more than they should have in procuring this chicken. So they have now filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages and some legal losses recoup. The producers are set to push back though. They plan to contest the lawsuit. All in all, not a good look and has certainly eaten into chickfilas finances. All right. Well, well be keeping an eye on that very important story. Cnbcs joumanna bercetche, live from london, thank you. Earlier on in the show, i we asked, why are you awake . We want to say first our thoughts are with mike. He tweeted, up way too early watching the show spending the last hours with my best friend of 13 1 2 years. Today will be a sober day. Losing a beloved pet is so, so hard and we are thinking about you, mike. We got this from cheryl. This left coast news junkie watched three consecutive hallmark christmas movies. Yes. My kind of me kind of viewer. Yikes. May as well stay up for morning joe at this point. Hey, i dont see why not. A great idea. 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When you said million millions of lives . Yeah, dr. Birx and dr. Fauci said if we hadnt taken the steps that was as if nothing had been done by anyone. That was health and Human Services secretary alex azar speaking with the cofounder of axios, mike allen. He joins us now to talk a little bit more about this. Mike, clearly i know you guys talked about that vaccine as well, and that obviously is very good news for science, for all of us, and is something that this administration focused on, but its clear if you compare to what we have done with other countries in trying to handle this pandemic that the point that you were making impressing the secretary on is an absolutely critical one. What were your takeaways . Kasie, thats right. The administration in this interview pushing the idea that normalcy is right around the corner. Were rounding the curve into normalcy. The secretary of health and Human Services told me for this axios on hbo interview that by the Second Quarter of 2021, so by june, he said that every american would be able to get the vaccine. But wait, kasie, as you know, the reporting that were getting out of states shows that theyre not getting what they hoped to. Cnn found that more than half the states were short of the vaccines that they would need. Washington post, front page, similar findings that states are not getting what they hoped for. And kasie, i think people are starting to realize it will be longer than they want. So there was that calculator in the New York Times where you could see where you are in the vaccine line and kasie, there are 268. 7 million americans ahead of me in line based on where i live. My health, my age. So its going to be a wait for most people despite what officials are out there telling us. We still have several incredibly difficult months at the very least ahead of all of us. Lets talk about the changeover in the administration which is of course the next thing that were looking ahead to or at least most of us who acknowledge that joe biden won. We are going to be looking at that, but obviously the inauguration itself is going to be a lot different because of coronavirus and also because of joe biden has a notably different style than the outgoing president. What are you learning about what we might see on Inauguration Day . So its looking like amtrak joe is going to come into the capital by rail. Of course, then senator chairman Vice President ial biden taking amtrak home to wilmington. This time hell take it down to the biggest job of his lifetime. Interestingly enough, president obama also came in by rail and so this is going to add some splash and panache to an inauguration that otherwise would be so scaled back. Kasie, were told no balls, dont look for a big parade. Theyre building the reviewing stand out there, but the president elect said on camera said dont expect a big parade. Were told behind the scenes, rather than balls well have virtual celebrations. Nothing liked the packed mall. So well be trading the holiday parties that we have seen from the Trump Administration for socially responsible distant celebrations and no inperson inaugural balls. Thank you as always. Great to have you on way too early. And this week, im looking at tuesday, tomorrow, is december 8th. Thats the safe harbor deadline for electors and one of two possible deadlines that republicans have set for themselves to acknowledge that joe biden is the president elect. After that, Washington Post survey we know where they all stand. Lets see if it changes. Thanks for getting up way too early on this monday morning. Dont go anywhere. Morning joe starts right now. The poll book is completely off. Completely off. Off by 30,000 . I would say that poll book is off by over 100,000. That poll book why dont you look at the registered voters on there. How many registered voters are on there . Did you do you know the answer to that . No, im trying to get to the bottom of this here. Zero. Theres zero. Please just talk. Youre going to regret saying that. Because i personally saw hundreds if not thousands of dead people vote. You saw them . Yeah. Basically, yes