Today, the president elect will make his way from wilmington to washington where he will lead the nation at the Lincoln Memorial in remembering those who have died from covid19 and the timing could not be more somber. Our nation just crossed 400,000 covid deaths overnight, almost a year to the day the first case in our country was detected in seattle on january 21st, 2020. Lets start with our reporters on the ground, Geoff Bennett in delaware where the president elect is spending his final hours before being sworn in, Allison Barber a few blocks from where im standing at d. C. s Union Station. Allison got rare access to a place that has historically played host to inaugural balls a major transportation hub, not this year, Garrett Haake following the confirmation hearings behind me on the hill. Geoff, were learning more about president elects bidens plan for today and tomorrow as well. What more can you tell us about that . Hey, craig. Just hours to go before joe biden is sworn in as th
But we start with a newly emboldened President Trump going on offense. An hour from now the president expected to address the nation on the senates vote to acquit him. Nbcs Geoff Bennett starts us off from capitol hill. This has been an incredibly divisive time in congress, geoff. What can we expect to hear from the president roughly an hour from now . Reporter well, we expect, craig, that the president will take that victory lap that hes been aiming to take ever since the senate trial started. I know my colleague kelly o odonnell can tell us more about that. We expect to hear the House Speaker brief the press shortly. The big question for her substantively as it relates to impeachment is when or whether House Democrats will subpoena john bolton as a way of ferreting out what he knows. Our colleague told Rachel Maddow refused to submit a sworn affidavit after the senate refused to admit the evidence into the senate trial. Impeachment is now over but it would be one way for House Democr
A good wednesday morning to you. Craig melvin here. We start today with that dire new assessment of where things stand in this pandemic. Right now there are more than 189,000 known cases in our country. Thats up 24,000 since i reported it at this exact moment yesterday. As of now, the virus has killed roughly 4,000 people. President trump just told the nation to prepare for an even more painful few weeks ahead. His task force now predicting that, even if we do everything right, even if we adhere to those social distancing guidelines, we could see more than 200,000 deaths by the time this whole thing is over. Even as we do everything in our power to fight the virus, theres a different massive task at hand for our government right now as well. The u. S. Census starts today. It hapts jupens just once a dec. It gives us the critical information that our government uses even in times of crisis like this to figure out how much help each state needs. In a few moments, Stacey Abrams will join
These crises, pressure brings out the best and the worst in people. I believe that, individually. You get to really see how a person responds at a time of crisis. You get a little snapshot of their character and of their foundation. Its also true of the collective, also true of society. And when i say we have to move to help western new york, yeah, there will be some places in the state where you hear a voice that says no, no, no, we have to worry about ourselves. We have to take care of us and theyre on their own the way were on our own. Not in new york. Thats not how we operate. Nobody is on their own. We are one state, we are one family, we are one community, and were there to help one another. So whatever erie county needs, whatever western new york needs, you have my word that the rest of the state will be responsive. Hopefully were on this plateau, and on the other side of the plateau is a descent. So we can manage it. I know its a granular topic, but its important. Were also goi
Hes firing back at his former National Security adviser, john bolton, over explosive criticism in that new book. A series of interviews, as well. The president also ready to hit the road again for the next Campaign Rally in a key swing state. This time, its arizona. Well go live to yuma and talk to that citys mayor. How he is preparing for a president ial visit to the border, while also seeing a surge in coronavirus cases in his state. And about the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization just reported its biggest jump in global cases ever. It comes as were seeing a spike here in this country in the south, and an alarming trend in the number of people in their 20s who are dealing with this virus now. Well start this monday morning at the white house. Because the west wing is dealing with the political fallout on two fronts this morning. That stinging, new criticism from john bolton. And the president reportedly fuming over his underwhelming reelection rally in tulsa, oklaho