Being interrupted. That was in boise, idaho, where the weekly Board Meeting for the Central District of health had to adjourn its Virtual Meeting after covid deniers showed up even at some members homes. Were going to take care of you. Can i interrupt you for a moment . My 12yearold son is home by himself right now and there are protesters banging outside the door. Im going to go home and make sure hes okay. I will reconnect in a few minutes. One day its over the election, the next its over the same part of the parasite of the same information. Theyre protesting in a state where more than half of covid tests came back positive yesterday. Icus there also stretched to the limit. The health board was going to vote on new measures to stem the rapid spread of covid19, something that is desperately needed nationwide. There are more than 2500 deaths reported. One of the worst days so far. A Record Number of Covid Patients in u. S. Hospitals, almost 105,000 americans fighting to survive. That
That is just one of many headlines in congress tonight. Were here to help you make sense of them. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york welcome to the week. 2021 begins with 11 senators and senatorselect calling for a commission to audit the election results. Thats despite there being no evidence of a national scheme. This Group Includes republican senators ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, James Lankford of oklahoma, john kennedy of louisiana, and Marsha Blackburn of tennessee. Today they released a statement threatening to vote against the results without an investigation. We already heard this week from republican senator josh hawley of missouri. He announced that he plans to challenge president elect joe bidens victory. The vote on that is set for this wednesday. In a Statement Released tonight mike pences chief of staff says the Vice President welcomes the efforts of members of congress raising those objections and that he shares the concerns of millions of ameri
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york welcome to the week. 2021 begins with 11 senators and senatorselect calling for a commission to audit the election results. Thats despite there being no evidence of a national scheme. This Group Includes republican senators ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, James Lankford of oklahoma, john kennedy of louisiana, and Marsha Blackburn of tennessee. Today they released a statement threatening to vote against the results without an investigation. We already heard this week from republican senator josh hawley of missouri. He announced that he plans to challenge president elect joe bidens victory. The vote on that is set for this wednesday. In a Statement Released tonight mike pences chief of staff says the Vice President welcomes the efforts of members of congress raising those objections and that he shares the concerns of millions of americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election. Lets be clear. This is nowhere nea
12021s first week will feature an election protest in congress to a joe biden win thats never been in doubt. More on that ahead. A sobering end to a sad year, 3,740 american deaths, a sing singleday high to close out 2020. More than 125,000 americans in hospital wards, thats another record. A new worry this hour. South african researchers say a new muleation of a virus is spreading and it could potentially impact the effectiveness of the vaccining. While vaccines are being administered, 2. 7 million in the arms is another disappointing number. Operation warp seed promised vaccinations would be quick. Instead, there are new calls today, including from dr. Anthony fauci, for the u. S. To rethink its u. S. Vaccine strategy. We know from the Clinical Trial that the optimal time is to give it on one day, and then for moderna 28 days later, and for pfizer 21 days later. But you can make an argument, and some people are about stretching out the doses by giving a singling dose across the board
This is a real threat to the democracy. What happens to donald trump is as important, but it is far less important than what happens to the country as a hole. Donald trump is a loser, how he must hate that. But he lost the election, he lost the pga things for his golf tournament. He wears a Scarlet Letter l of loser and how he must hate that. No amount of marble or golden toilets can erase that, thats where he is. But what happens to him, whether hes made to pay any kind of price for what he has deliberately done to the country is going to answer your question of what happens to the soul of the country, what happens to the very future of the country. I dont like to be a doomssayer, im an optimist as you know, don. We can get through this, but we have to wake up and understand we are being torn apart by extremes, an extreme right. Unless it comes to a pretty quick halt, we will be in very deep trouble. Well, you mentioned, you know, the price of anyone, if he will face consequences. The