Since nbc news projected joe biden as the president elect. But donald trump has yet to concede. Today several thousand demonstrators gathered in washington, d. C. To protest the election results. The president drove down pennsylvania avenue, waving to his supporters, but only a handful were seen Wearing Masks despite the citys mandate. Meanwhile, the coronavirus surges nationwide. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 100,000 new cases a day, totaling nearly 1 million new cases in just the last seven days. Across the country we see full hospitals, exhausted Health Care Workers and new state restrictions. Coming up, well take you to el paso, a city that has more people hospitalized from covid19 than most states. But first a look back at the stories that made up the week. Refusing to concede. Thats how President Trump is heading to this first week after the election. Its an embarrassments, quite frankly. I think it will not help the president s legacy. President trump tweeted that he has
In the United States this week. Those grim numbers prompted the centers for Disease Control and prevention to put out new guidance on masks calling them critical to stopping the virus and saying, in some cases, masks should even be worn at home. President elect biden just took questions about the pandemic and said his team has not yet seen any detailed plan from the Trump Administration on how to, quote, get the vaccine out of the container into a syringe and into somebodys arm. He also pressed congress to pass a new stimulus bill to help americans whose benefits are about to run out and he is warning, im quoting him now, he is warning of a very bleak future unless there is more relief and more relief very quickly. Lets begin our coverage this hour with the unfolding Coronavirus Crisis which is getting worse and worse by the day. Our National Correspondent atina jones is joining us from new york. Athiena jones, we are along abot a stayathome order from millions of americans. What are y
I received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. So far, i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. Because i am still quarantined, i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. I have asked the vice chair to provide preside over this in his hearings. Over the last month and a half, the select committee has told the story of a president who did everything in his power to overturn an election. He lied, he believed, he betrayed his oath. He tried to destroy our democratic institutions. When he heard that the mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capital and he emphatically commanded the heavily armed mob to fight like hell. In the weeks before the election, donald trump was a force to be reckoned with. He glossed over the advice of his knowledgeable and printable advisors. Instead, he recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption, the cost of which democracy be damaged. Then he stopped. For 187 minutes on january 6, this m
The employ about the attack. He said only quote mike pence. Let me down. Was matthews, what was your reaction to president . Trumps 6 o one tweak at that point i had already made the decision to resign, and this tweet just further cemented my decision. I thought that kenny re 62021 was one of the darkest days in our nations history. And President Trump was treating it as a celebratory occasion with that tweet. And so it just further cemented my decision to resign. Others agreed with your assessment of their tweet. Lets look at what they had to say. Who asked you about this week before it was sent to the president. Tell us about that conversation and everything that you said and he said to the best of your recollection. Sure. So he said, what do you think of this . And i believe i saw the text message early on his phone and i remember saying to him the wording on the 1st sentence, i, i guess its one long sentence. What are the wording on the 1st sentence . What lead some the believe tha
Order, i now recognize the gemma from illinois the gentleman from illinois. We left at the recess just after 2 24 attacking the Vice President. The president had been in his room his dining room for over an hour. If you have the power to end the violence, you would have immediately and forcefully have told the rioters to stop and leave. And you heard, that is exactly what his senior staff had been urging him to do. But he resisted. And he kept resisting for almost another two hours. In the meantime, all the president did was supposed to tweets. One at 2 38 and one at 3 13. One said, stay peaceful. One said, remain peaceful. But the president already knew that the mob was attacking the police. Ed had dated the pat and had invaded the capitol. He told them how obvious it was a President Trump was not meeting this moment. It is helpful to look at the realtime reactions of his own son, don jr. , captured in a series of Text Messages with mark meadows. I want to warn that these messages inc