As that social distancing and mask wearing were meaningless and would not have changed the course of the virus in several hard hit areas. And he advocated allowing infections to spread naturally among most of the population. While protecting the most vulnerable and those in Nursing Homes until the u. S. Reaches herd immunity, which experts say would cause excess deaths according to three current and former Senior Administration officials. Atlas also has the distinction of being at the helm of the white house itself becoming ground zero for a super spreader event that claimed among its nearly three dozen victims the president , the first lady and their son as well as many of the president s senior political and west wing advisers. The governments top pandemic expert wasnt surprised. Were you surprised that President Trump for the sigot s . Absolutely not. I was worried that he was going to get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded no separation good fw peop
President trump will be hitting battleground North Carolina today. Senator Kamala Harris also stumping in that state as you can see here. The Biden Campaign dispatching one of its most popular surrogates, president barack obama. President obama hitting the trail in philadelphia today for a drivein rally. Right now the former president sharing his message, this message with young voters. In times as polarized as these, your vote doesnt just matter, it matters more than ever before. To change the game on any of the issues we care about, joe biden needs your vote. Lets start with our reporters on the ground. Ali vitali is in nashville ahead of the final president ial debate, and Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is covering the white house on this wednesday. Ali, ill start with you. As joe biden focuses on the debate, getting a big assist from president obama. It is his first appearance on the trail this year. What should we expect today in philadelphia . His first appearance on the campaign trail and
To behave like an dictator, refusing to accept that the voters have spoken, erroneously declaring victory, bulldozing over our democracy and hunkering down in the white house, refusing to relinquish the reins of government or even to admit hes been fired by the American People. Trump is no longer an autocrat in the making, hes already there. In an election one has lost, an election that has zero evidence of fraud, thats what autocrats do. Trumps focus is on his power and his ego, and perhaps on that orange jumpsuit that may be waiting once he leaves office. His focus is nowhere near his duty to protect the American People from a raging pandemic which has now taken more than 251,000 lives. And behind every strongman is his supine party, the fixers and the kingmakers and the thugs who enable him. Trumpian mascots like mitch mcconnell, william barr and Lindsey Graham, seen here fist bumping Vice President elect Kamala Harris on the senate floor, despite his claims of voter fraud in the el
Flipped for joe biden. Arizona also called for biden last night. So joe biden is now projected to win this election with the exact same number of electoral votes that donald trump won in 2016. 306 in all. You might remember Kellyanne Conway four years ago called a landslide a blowout, she said, historic. No doubt donald trump will also face questions today about why he continues to make claims about widespread voter fraud when his own administration, his own administration, the dhs, department of homeland security, is calling this election the most secure election in american history. Why he and his republican allies continue to tout republican victories in the house and senate while claiming president ial votes on the same ballots were somehow fraudulent. Not to mention the questions if why hes so adamant about holding on to the presidency the president has not shown much interest in doing the job since the closing of the polls. With the pandemic shattering records across this country
11 more electoral votes to his total. Bringing him currently to 290. North carolina and georgia are now the only states left, but the race is still deemed too close to call. Just over 14,000 votes separate biden and trump in georgia where a statewide hand recount has been ordered. But most likely North Carolina will go to trump. Georgia to biden. And perhaps it was waiting on arizona to be called. Also breaking overnight, china congratulated president elect joe biden on his election victory. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry said, quote, we respect the choice of the American People. We congratulate mr. Biden and ms. Harris, proving once again, willie geist, the old saying that my god, you have heard in Political Science classes for the past 100 years, as goes scottsdale so goes beijing. And joe, beijing traditionally waits for the nbc decision desk before making a congratulatory phone call to the president. So keeping in form. No doubt about it. Jonathan lemire, as we said y