Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com coronavirus pandemic ravaging the u. S. More than 3,000 americans reported dead from the virus just today, making this the single deadliest day since the pandemic began. Tonight a Record Number of americans across the country are in the hospital fighting for their lives against the virus. While most of thes rest of us stay home trying to stay safe the president is ramping up his attacks on our democracy, holding a party where he falsely declares victory and pushing bogus lawsuits attempting to overturn the election he lost fair and square. Joining us is john harwood and ron brownstein. Good evening gentleman. John, you first. We got new video in from the white house. A hanukkah party. Take a listen. People with wisdom and courage. Thats all. Because people are here, very important people, if they have wisdom and if they have courage were going to win this election. [ crowd chanting ] well, seems like the deeper the hole gets for the president , the mor
Good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, georgia or literally bust. After last nights spectacle in the peach state, it is abundantly clear that Gop Senate Candidates david perdue and Kelly Loeffler are effused to the trump train. And they will either ride it back to washington or just get run over and dragged behind it. Of course, its also fitting that President Trumps first rally since his election loss was in the heart of the old confederacy because it played like a civil war reenactment of grievance. Were all victims, everybody here, all these thousands of people here tonight, theyre all victims, every one of you. The president did what Republican Leaders wanted him to do, asking his supporters to elect loeffler and perdue. But as i predicted yesterday, he did so by making the race all about himself, making their elections about avenging his defeat. And possibly overturning the results, which was flawed but could somehow be rectified with time travel. I dont want
Country with covid19. Thats a record number. And this week the virus was the leading cause of death here in the United States and while so much help has been invested in a vaccine that could be available in just a matter of weeks, state Health Departments from around the country are now warning that those initial doses ween p wont be enough to vaccinate everyone in socalled top priority groups. As the country is living through some of the darkest moments in our recent history with millions of americans facing Economic Uncertainty and hunger as a result of the pandemic, President Trump is absent, largely absent in this fight. Instead, he is focusing in on debunked conspiracies, looking to overturn an election he lost by more than 7 million votes nationwide. Cnns ryan nobles is on the scene, where the president s scheduled later tonight to appear at a rally that many republicans focused on two senate candidates. Ryan, tell us more about a phone call today between the president and the re
Prices plummeted. She never faced criminal Insider Trading charges but served five mopts in prison for lying to authorities during an investigation with the sale. Enter senator perdue. He was scrutinized for possible Insider Trading for his sale of more than 1 million worth of stock. The system must work differently for perdue. Of the Justice Department declined to bring charges. Now were learning perdue is a senates most prolific stock trader. According to the New York Times he sometimes made 20 or more transactions in a single day. And nearly 2,600 trades in a single term. Most of which are in companies that stood to benefit from policy and spending matters that came before the senate as a whole, but before the committee and sub committees on which he served. When did he have time to pass bills . We know that almost none of the Trumps Campaign promises came true. But in particular his vow to drain the swamp was clearly a joke. Perhaps he and his family are that swamps main artery. Th
Coronavirus response coordinator. Plus, after months ofus discord, help o from congress m finally be on the way. There is momentum. There is momentum. Compromise is within reach. But it be enough . Democratic senator joe manchin of West Virginia joins me. And President Trump holds a rally for the two republican senators in georgias january runoff. They cheated andor they rigg our president ial election, but we will still win it. Focusing more on his own personaln grievances than in helping the actual candidates. It has to stop. Someones going to get hurt. Someones going to get shot. Someones going to get killed. Ill talkme to georgia Elections Official Gabriel Sterling. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news Political Correspondent steve kornacki, kimberly atkins, senior opinion writer for the boston globe, Reuters White House correspondent jeff mason, and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in w