Today. 300,000. Were going to cross that mark on the day when the first people start getting the vaccines. This morning, more than 109,000 americans are hospitalized with coronavirus. We have also reached a critical day in the 2020 president ial election. 538 electors spanning 50 states and washington, d. C. Will come together to formally choose joe biden as the nations next president. Its typically a formality, but nothing is typical this year. President trump is still refusing to concede, even though joe biden got a recordbreaking number of votes. Even though President Trump has lost dozens of court cases and the Supreme Court found his argument so frivolous they refused to even hear the case. The Michigan House and senate offices, however, today, are closed because of Credible Threats of violence. This weekend saw protests and violence because President Trump wouldnt concede. In the face of all of this, president elect joe biden plans to address the nation tonight. So joining us now
CNN s John Berman was pretty happy about today s Electoral College vote. We wait every four years for just this moment. The first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, he said. You know what that means! it s Electoral College day. That bizarre constitutional quirk that lets 538 people officially choose the president. It s important this year, because it gives many Republicans a chance to stop lying about the election results. John Avlon here with a reality check. You probably thought Election Day was six weeks ago. You know, when Joe Biden won an unprecedented 81 million votes, giving him an electoral college victory of 306 to 232. But it turns out today is the real election, as far as the constitution is concerned, when 538 members of the electoral college meet in their respective states to ratify their state s votes, Avlon said.