Announcer on thursday, joe biden spoke in wilmington, isaware, and he said he confident that he and senator Kamala Harris will be declared the winners of the election once the results are in. Mr. Biden good afternoon, folks. Senator harris and i just completed briefings on both covid and the economic crisis facing this national this nation. We are reminded again of the severity of this pandemic. Cases are on the rise nationwide and we are nearing 240,000 deaths due to covid. Our hearts go out to each and every family who has lost a loved one to this terrible disease. In america, the vote is sacred. It is how people of this nation express their will. It is the will of the voters that chooses the president of the United States of america. So each ballot must be counted and that is what we are going to see going through now. That is how it should be. Democracy is sometimes messy. It sometimes requires a little patience as well. But that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 yea
Some of the legal challenges that are continuing in several states to the election by the Trump Campaign. We will tell you more about those as we look for your calls and comments momentarily. Here is the reporting on the incoming Biden Administration. The headline biden plans to move fast on the pandemic and the economy. President elect joe biden and his advisers planned this week to demonstrate a far more assertive strategy against the coronavirus then President Trump. Biden may take a more proactive role in the coming weeks and congressional negotiations over an economic stimulus package. Bidens proposal, some of which were posted on his new transition website, include aiming to secure funds for ramping up coronavirus testing, requiring additional protective equipment such as masks and gowns, and investing 25 billion in vaccine and manufacturing and distribution. His aides say they recognize the United States has one president at a time, nonetheless, hope to seize on the momentum fro
Buts. Lawmakers are struggling to come to any sort of agreement. And President Biden wont rule out democrats acting alone to bring relief to millions of americans. This, as Johnson Johnson says its Covid Vaccine is 66 effect against moderate december but 85 effective against severe disease. Lets start with the latest on the Sprawling Investigation on the attack on the u. S. Capitol. Jessica sh insider is working the story for us. The manhunt for whoever planted those bombs is clearly intensifying. Reporter it is, wolf. The fbi does have new clues, but the suspect is still out there. Theres concern from Law Enforcement tonight that he or she might be plotting even more bombings out there. Now this comes as were getting a glimpse inside the Capitol Insurrection from a Police Officers perspective. But a warning here, this video is graphic and quite disturbing. A major mystery mounts tonight. Who planted the two pipe bombs blocks away from the capitol near the republican and Democratic Nat
Yeah, yeah, yeah gentlemen,ladies and please will come to the stage our senator, susan collins. Im Still Standing better than i ever did looking like a true survivor im Still Standing after all this time im Still Standing sen. Collins thank you so much. [indiscernible] and applause] sen. Collins i want to publicly thank sarah. We had a good talk. I very much appreciated her taking the time to call. Let me say what an extraordinary honor it is to represent the great state of maine and to know i will have the opportunity to serve all of maine for the next six years. [cheers and applause] sen. Collins as you know, during our great all of maine bus tour, we traveled to all 16 counties, but visited more than 80 communities, put 6500 miles a wonderfuland had time talking with people in their hometowns, their workplaces. It was a wonderful experience and one that i always enjoy. I feel this is an affirmation of the work that im doing in washington to fight hard every day. [cheers and applause
Pat toomey. Two senators from pennsylvania. First, the headlines. Georgia is heating up. Have announced a hand recount in the state. Biden is up to 14,000 votes in the latest Washington Post count. That is going to be a state that everybody in this country involved in politics will have their eyes on between now and the general area five runoff and the january 5 runoff. Speaker pelosi remains in charge. Challengended off no despite democrats losing seats in the house of representatives. It is a testament to her power. Its also a sign democrats were ambitious in the house and the probably going to waited out untils pelosi until pellucid the sets to retire at one point. There is a leadership challenge. Not this time. And primeiden minister Boris Johnson had a phone call that was productive. Boris johnson spoke to the house andommons in recent hours said it was a productive call. He also notably referred to President Trump as the former president. An acknowledgment from one of our top all