As covid winter grows darker by the day, president elect joe biden announced the key members of his team who will be responsible for getting us out of it, for getting the virus under control. You know, outside of a war or perhaps the economic crisis back 12 years ago, its hard to imagine a logistical challenge, a governing challenge in the midst of crisis being passed across from one administration to another at quite this level of difficulty. All while the Outgoing Administration is actively trying to sabotage the incoming administration. So here are the people who are going to have to figure that out to overcome that. The group is headlined by California Attorney general Xavier Becerra who will be nominated to lead up health and human services. Dr. Vic verdict murthy, who we have spoken to frequently on this program will be returning to his role as surgeon general. Dr. Rochelle walensky will head up the cdc, an institution once viewed as the envy of the entire world and Public Health
Republican party . And another vaccine heads for approval. Why estimates for hitting herd immunity are creeping upwards. I say between 75 and 80, 85 of the population. If we get that, we would develop an umbrella of immunity. All in starts now. Good evening from washington, d. C. Im mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. We still have 23 more days of donald trump as president. 23 more days where he will continue to do great damage to this nation, and that damage will extend well into the future. Just today, president elect joe biden said that trump and his political appointees at the department of defense and elsewhere are even now refusing to share crucial information with the incoming biden administration. Right now we just arent getting all the information that we need for the on from the Outgoing Administration in Key National Security areas. Its nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. Trump has spent the past four years flooding the zone with outrage after outrage, from praising n
Creeping upwards. Id say between 70, 85 of the population. If we get that, we would develop a umbrella of immunity. All in starts now. Good evening from washington, d. C. Im in for chris hayes. We still have 23 more days of donald trump as president. 23 more days where he will continue to do great damage to this nation. And that damage will extend well into the future. Just today, president elect joe biden said that trump and his political appointees at the department of defense and elsewhere are even now refusing to share crucial information with the incoming biden administration. Right now we just arent getting all the information that we need for the ongoing from the Outgoing Administration in Key National Security areas. Its nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility. Trump has spent the past four years flooding the zone with outrage after outrage, from praising neonazis to separating children from their parents to causing tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of american deat
Suggest 2020 alongside 2016 where the hottest years on record. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk has recorded the highest number of daily covid related deaths since the start of this pandemic. 1,325 more people have lost their lives. To add to that grim figure a Record Number of new cases more than 68 thousand positive tests recorded in the past 2a hours. It recorded in the past 2a hours. Comes as the mayor declared it comes as the mayor of london declared a Major Incident in the capital. Where he says the spread of covid is out his control. Our Health Editor hugh pam. Two brothers enjoying a swim on holiday exactly a year later one of them died of covid 19. Year later one of them died of avid19. Hes a big chat theres no denying covid19. Hes a big chat theres no denying that. But he could swim all day long. Was running on christmas day. James remembers his brother wh
Supposed to be a nail biter and instead a blow out for republicans. applause yeah, everyone seems to so the election is what president obama said it was. A referundum on his policies. Everybody saw that except for president obama who in a press conference on wednesday sounded more like president olivious. Maybe he reverted to the chum game and took off for colorado for highoctane weed and he blamed the blow out on twothirds of the voters that didnt show up. That is the point. Your voters were disspirited they didnt show up and some of those who voted for you. Notably young people and moirnities and women voted already and voted for their brains and rejected the failed Economic Program and weak policy. And lack of governing skills and you and your amtower hour not ready for prime time team represents. In what one hopes would be more than mere symbolism, the president had i meeting with incoming majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. It was so long, he had to goggle who mcconnell was. And my t