Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. David plouffe is a member of a really tiny club. Its the kind of club that begins with the adjective living. The number of living, successful, democratic president ial Campaign Managers. Its a very tiny group. And thats why im always taking notes when he speaks. Thats why hes joining us tonight because its just a week left and, you know, there is a certain nervousness out there. You know whos great at dealing with that . David plouffe. I watched him do it twice as a president ial Campaign Manager. Yes. And so hes here. Hes here to bring a kind of calm, professional look at whats ahead. That no drama obama energy brought forward to 2020. We could all use a little taste of that. Thats what we need. We need a little less drama. Thank you, rachel. Well, the final week of the president ial campaign has come down to a contest between a candidate who has a plan to control the coronavirus pande
This is as they unveil restrictions and guidelines to help flatten that curve. And philadelphia announced a ban on all indoor gatherings. That city, neighboring new jersey, announced that it will reduce the size of allowed gathering indoors and outdoors. And chicagos stay at home advisory threatening a more restrictive order could be coming if numbers do not improve there. Biden has put the pandemic front and center since the election but he is not president until january 20th. The current command sere reportedly indifferent. One senior official says the president is no longer regularly briefed on the pandemic by his team of doctors and he railly reads the daily virus reports prepared by dr. Debra brooks. This as dr. Fauci warns that the period of transition between administrations is crucial as we inch closer to an available vaccine. Listen to this. I know that vaccines are very important to get a smooth passing of the baton. You want it to go smoothly. It will not stop and call a tim
Months or so ahead away. Im in front of a Field Hospital. I was here just two weeks ago and now im here and this Field Hospital is wide open. A few weeks ago, there was nobody inside here. Now you see cars coming in and out. 300plus beds in the Field Hospital behind me. They opened up this filed hospital because stahospitals i the state of rhode island were overrun. The largest hospital having just over 700 beds. They had certain hospital beds designated for covid. Those hospital beds hit capacity. So they had to move those patients from those hospitals to this Field Hospital. Theres one Field Hospital here just 15 minutes or so away from here. Another Field Hospital opening up today as well. As of now, they only have one patient inside but theyre anticipating more patients will be coming in throughout the day. I want to bring in dr. Laura foreman who is heading up this Field Hospital here and has been the director of this Field Hospital for some time and preparing for more patients to
Surpassed 14 Million People infected with coronavirus and, right now, a Record Number of hospitalizations, too. More than 100,000 people with hospitals running out of space. And as cnn erica hill reports its only going to get worse from here. We are at high tide, and the hurricane is hitting. New cases wednesday topping 200,000. More than 100,000 americans sick enough with covid are now in the hospital. Just over 2,800 deaths reported in a single day. Records that, sadly, may soon be shattered. Im so terrified and very anxious about what is going to happen in the weeks ahead. Many hospitals already reaching critical levels. Currently there are zero staffed icu beds in our states southwest region. Its not just kansas. More hospitals in this country are right on that edge of not being able to provide that care. Thats when the number of deaths will really go up. The cdcs forecast now projecting up to 329,000 americans could die by december 26th. We shouldnt expect something different. Wer
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com breaking news, President Trump announcing another slew of pardons, 26 just tonight alone. It includes big names like his former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, longtime trump ally roger stone, and charles kushner, the father of trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner. Republican senator ben sasse summing up trumps pardon spree as, quote, rotten to the core. The president is becoming increasingly i radic in his final days in office, vetoing the defense spending bill, upending the spending package, and even threatening iran. I want to bring in cnn White House Correspondent john harwood, kim whaley a former federal prosecutor, and cnn president ial historian, timothy neff tally. Im glad to have you all here tonight. This is chaos. The president s behavior is becoming increasingly erratic. Should we expect more of this insanity over the next few days while he is at maralago . Of course. Look, this is what is going to define the end of Donald Trumps presidency. There