Clearly hasnt. Its good to see that rachel is staying in shape and is ready to go as soon as shes clear from quarantine. Thank you for that. That was great. I have to thank you for Something Else because something very special just happened in your interview with andrew weissmann, and it shows us one of, i think, the benefits of the way this work has changed. Most things are worse because of the pandemic, but one thing that i think is better is that the guests on these programs get to stay at home, which leads to yep. Questions like, is that an animal over your shoulder, which, ali, thats the best question that is the best question of the night here at msnbc. Its not going to get me an emmy, lawrence, but it was a fun question. You got tonights emmy with that question, and ive got to say ive been doing this for a few years. I have yet to ask, is that an animal over your shoulder . So that was a first for me. Have a good night, lawrence. Ill enjoy the show. Thank you. Well, the breaking
Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off as he often does on the north wall on. Growing calls tonight from democrats and some republicans for the president to concede the election and allow a transition to begin. For the moment, the president and some very powerful allies are saying patients. President trump stink out of public view again today but making his president tromped staying out of public view again. Like the early vaccine. Remember i told you so. Vice president mike pence brushing off questions as to whether President Trump should concede. Is it time to concede . Overturning the vote count might be a big hill, his efforts are getting support from senior members of his party. I think we ought to quit the handwringing. Not like act like its extraordinary. We will get through it and we will swear in the winter just like we have every four years since 1793. The Trump Campaign collecting affidavits and sworn declarations from election workers detailing what it i
Good evening once again. Day 1,399 of the Trump Administration, 63 days until the inauguration, 15 days since the president ial election, and 11 days since joe biden was declared the winner of the race. Yes, we have a president who refuses to concede. He loses his power of office at noon on january 20th, the rest of it is politicals and paperwork. It is all happening against this god awful and uncontrolled pandemic that today reached another awful milestone. The death toll today went over a quarter million americans. People with us at the start of 2020 wont be here to see another new years eve. This map shows just how widespread the virus is. Where the cases are. This was put out by the government. Take a moment. Look at the area of red. Find where you live and friends and family live. This is a snapshot of our country as of tonight. Also, as of this evening there are nearly 80,000 americans hospitalized with covid19. That is another alltime high. Today was another day of radio silence
On the 20th of january. Today again, though, our nation set a new and dark record as the coronavirus is now moving and multiplying and escalating at an alarming and deadly level. The experts, many of them on this broadcast, warned us for months that we would see exactly this as the Colder Weather set in, and they were right. Another oneday record for new cases has been shattered. Over 144,000 of them just today. According to nbc news. We lost over 1,500 people in just these last 24 hours. The spread is uncontrolled in virtually every state. Thats according to data from the covid exit strategy. And now indeed the president is surrounded by it. Two more people at that white house Election Night party have tested positive. One of them trumps political director. President elect joe biden has already taken steps to focus on containing and mitigating the virus and tonight announced his senior hire will be ron klain as chief of staff. Klain is a longtime biden aide who also worked with the fo
Secretary of state mike pompeo declined to say whether he was joking when he said there would be a peaceful transition to a second trump administration. We will see what the people decided when all of the votes are cast. The constitution lays out how electorates vote. I am confident that we will have a good transition. We will make sure whoever is in office on noon on january 20th has all of the tools available so we dont skip a beat. Harris Chuck Schumer fired back at pompeo for his official comments. Secretary pompeo, joe biden has won he won the election. Now move on. Lets bring this country together and get things done. We have a covid19 crisis raging. We dont have time for games. Harris john roberts is live at the white house. President trump was out in public for the first time in a long time today at the Arlington National cemetery laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. Nothing from the president in terms of speaking about his appearance there or anything to do with the ele