i feel hopeful today, relieved. i feel like healing is coming. i hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history. i want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe. we re in a pandemic, and so we all need to do our parts. how about that? and the virus has tightened its grip on this country. indeed the outgoing president ignored the crisis again today while keeping up his campaign to deny his defeat at the ballot box and overturn the election. today the electoral college cemented joe biden s victory after weeks of legal challenges that went all the way to the supreme court. the effort was focused on six battleground states that have now all affirmed the will of the voters. the electors of the commonwealth of pennsylvania have cast 20 votes for the honorable joseph r. biden for president of the united states. the electors have unanimously cast 16 votes for joseph r. biden. madam secretary, we have 16 votes for joseph r. biden
democracy prevailed. it certainly wasn t stopped, theft, it was a victory for you personally. and america, politicians don t take power. the people granted it to them. so thanks for the civics lesson, joe biden. he wanted you to know that he doesn t crave power or because he seeks to hold and which has relatives or because he has a vast empty space inside that only the adulation of strangers can fill. no, not at all. he ran for president because he deeply cares about you. joe biden is a paternal figure, really. you might even call him the father of this nation. of course, that would make kamala harris the permanent stepmother which doesn t quite have the reassuring ring to it. but whatever, details are not important right now appeared what matters, joe biden wants you to know, is that this is a democracy. always has been, always will be. by electing biden and the small secretive group of billionaires that choreograph his every move, this country has become even more democra
is our ticket out of this and we re anywhere closer to being in the clear. but that journey started with a single shot today when an icu nurse in new york became the first person in our country to get the vaccine. and afterwards spoke with more emotion and more understanding of public health than we heard from the president today. i feel hopeful today, relieved. i feel like healing is coming. i hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history. i want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe. we re in a pandemic, and so we all need to do our parts. how about that? and the virus has tightened its grip on this country. indeed the outgoing president ignored the crisis again today while keeping up his campaign to deny his defeat at the ballot box and overturn the election. today the electoral college cemented joe biden s victory after weeks of legal challenges that went all the way to the supreme court. the effort was focused on six b
it is the top of the hour. covid relief negotiations continue. although, the senate has gone home for the night. so can congress finally reach a deal? i m joshua johnson, and this is the week. we are headed for what could be a rough christmas with millions of unemployed people at risk of losing their benefits at the end of the year. congress is running out the clock, and we face the possibility of yet another government shutdown tomorrow night because, no, we just can t have to just deal with the covid extension. lawmakers approved a two-day budget extension before last night s shutdown deadline. buys them a little time. but now republican senator pat toomey held up small and medium sized businesses. maine senator king has said it has nothing to do with covid. he added it would make it harder for the biden administration to deal with a recession. for more at a look at the congress that president-elect biden will be working with, let s bring in our political panel. the a
we are headed for what could be a rough christmas with millions of unemployed people at risk of losing benefits at the end of the year, congress is once again running out the clock, and we face the possibility of yet another government shutdown tomorrow night, no this week can t just deal with the covid extension approved before last night s deadline, buys them a little bit time but republican senator is holding up passage involving annish an issue over the federal and lending for businesses. and adding it has nothing it do with covid but would make it harder for the biden administration to deal with a recession. more on the status covid relief and look at the congress president-elect biden will be working with, let s bring in our political panel including the author of power up newsletter of washington post a democratic strategist of founder of northern star strategies and project seeking to rename the bridge after late congressman john lewis. good to have you all with u