[ cheers and applause ] and that was it. Cnn is live at several locations where the first shots are being administered. This comes as the country nears a tragic milestone, nearly 300,000 americans have lost their lives in this pandemic and the crisis is getting worse. The next three months are tough. The u. S. Hit another record of hospitalizations yesterday, marking the 12th consecutive day more than 100,000 people in the hospital. Second event unfolding right now, the electoral voting to confirm president elect joe bidens win sealing President Trumps fate again no matter what he or his republican allies say. Electors from 50 states will follow the constitution and affirm what the voters decided november 3rd. You can see the tally in your screen, electors in indiana is expected, just sent their 11 votes to the president. And moments ago electors in New Hampshire put their four votes for joe biden and Kamala Harris. Lets listen. Would you now for joseph r. Biden, president of the Unite
Thank you for watching. Its time for the big show. Cnn to want, wicnn tonight, w star, d lemon. You are right. Big star. I put this on. It looks gray but i put this on. And i said, chris is going to say im stealing his blackandwhite style. But, look how i did it with class. I am the absence of style. Thats why you benefit so greatly from these sidebyside shots. I got to tell you something. So, i see chris in our town this weekend. I didnt know it was him. This guy in a truck. And tim and i are driving by in a car and i said, who is this guy staring at us, this weirdo . And we get closer, like, is that chris . It was you. You were creeping us out, man. Whats going on . First of all, i dont think thats how it went. But chacha wanted buddha berry, which is our local place. So, i didnt want to go in there. I was smoking a cigar. So, im sitting in the back of the truck with the dogs. And the little dog, you know, i have these two big dogs. And the little dog is a menace. Little dog jumps ri
Hit refresh on your browser. Apparently theres no limit on tickets, the event is 11 30 tomorrow and its the only one left, the last one im doing. That does it for me. Thank you for your indulgence. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Im hitting refresh on my browser here to make sure i get my ticket to the bag man show. Its one of two, only two. Its amazing what has happened to the giant world of your book tours reduced now to just two. But kind of more convenient for you, right . I will say doing this online event last night with magic city books, i was so scared. I was like how is this going to work . Theres going to be like a thousand people there, were all crowded together inside the same software. Its so like when youre dealing with people who are running these things, its so seamless and covivial and i kind of dig it. Id rather travel and see peoples faces but as the next best things, its kinda cool. Okay. Rachel maddows kinda cool book tour tomorrow night. Tha
And also breaking this hour the attorney general bill barr, hes out, gone. Resigned. The president announced it of course via twitter, of course. A few more weeks of that. Lets go out front. And good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, president elect joe biden about to address the nation. It comes just as the Electoral College reaffirmed his victory. Cnn learning the president elect will directly confront the assault on democracy that americans have witnessed in the days since the election. According to one excerpt of what we will hear momentarily from the president elect in this battle for the soul of america democracy prevailed and so now it is time to turn the page, to unite, to heal. Bidens speech comes as electors in hawaii this hour about to cast their ballots for president hawaii is now the last state in the entire country to vote. All four votes expected to go to joe biden. And then you will have the formal and final total, 306 total electoral votes for president elect
The Justice Department to help him get even with his political enemies, pushing extensively, we are learning tonight, for the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, to name two special counsels. And cnn also learning that the president is now asking those around him if he, himself, can appoint the special counsels. The answer is, no, no, he cannot, according to Justice Department rules, so he needs to have a plan with attorney general to do so. Facts and laws, of course, dont seem to matter to trump. He wants one special counsel to investigate joe bidens son hunter, and the other to investigate the president s baseless claims of Election Fraud. In the case of hunter biden, theres already an investigation. In the case of the election, the Justice Department, the department of Homeland Security, the supreme court, courts across this country, all the states, the list goes on and on theres no there there. Trump doesnt care about the truth. We all know that this is now about one thing and