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In a few hours well hear from the president elect. Hes getting to ready name members of his team. Familiar faces and historymaking firsts. And were on the front lines of the coronavirus. Hospitals are running out of beds as the number of daily infections closes in on 200,000 a day. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson on this transition tuesday in washington. Along with our nbc news team Peter Alexander at the white house. Were joined by robert costa, National Political reporter for the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst. Peter, let me start with you. The president was reluctant, if you will, in his relenting when it came to the transition. This morning we have seen him over the past couple hours go all in baseless and debunked conspiracy theories. Talk to ....
Our nation has prevailed. While you were hopefully sleeping, congress did finally manage to count the electoral votes and officially affirm joe biden as the next president of the United States of america. As crazy as yesterday was, we cannot ignore the fact that lawmakers came back and finished the job. Of course, that came after mobs of Trump Supporters stormed the capitol, brandished weapons and forced those same lawmakers and their staffers to literally go into hiding and flee for their lives. The majority of those people who broke into the capitol simply walked out without getting arrested. Im Hallie Jackson in washington, where we are waking up to a different city this morning. I just got back from capitol hill which is now secure. Four people are dead after an insurrection incited by the president. Overnight he tr ....
Two is scranton, until a nip. Atwill have live coverage 4 40 eastern. Gopcruz will speak to a fundraiser in New Hampshire. Our road to the white house coverage gets underway at 7 00 eastern. Later, the southern christian Leadership Conference holding their convention, focusing on race, are pretty, and Voting Rights. We will have that at 4 00 p. M. , and eventsspan2 marking the 50th anniversary of the march on washington continue saturday. 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, and also on cspan radio. Majorws this hour that nip outs has been convicted in hassan has been convicted in the murder of 13 people and wounded more than 30 others at the Texas Military base. Also in news, a report that congress will hold a G ....
Unacceptable. Again, we are going to have a thorough and independent review of exactly what happened last night. Right now we are in the process of making sure we get these results out and that is what we are going to stay focused on. Reporter donald trump has suggested that the system is rigged. How do you combat that . How do you assure americans . We have said all along that we are going to make these caucuses the most transparent possible. This year we are reporting out more data than we ever have reported before. In addition to that we have paper trails that we have never had before. Were going to take the time we need to verify these results but these results are being based off what happened in the precincts last night. Reporter are you feeling pressure to step aside . When i ran for chair i made a commitment to see the caucus process through. That is what im working on, that is what i will continue to work on. Whatever happens after that is to be determined. Anyways, thank you ....
12. 3 , in theyre below that 15 threshold. Well look inside those congressional districts as well to see if they are above 15 , able to get some delegates. But with 54 delegates at stake, and weve already awarded 14 to joe biden, hes on a path to get more. What would the impact be in terms of the contest to date . Take a look at what this scoreboard shows us. Remember, you need 1,991 delegates to win the democratic nomination. That is the metric. That is what determines the winner of the nomination. Look at our scoreboard. Sanders at 45 delegates. Biden at 29. He was at 15 when the night started. He basically doubled his delegate take and we still have 40 delegates to award. Buttigieg fell from second to third in the delegate count at 26. Warren at 8. Klobuchar at 7. Keep your eye on sanders and biden because if this Biden Victory is as big as it looks like it may be, theres a chance he could come real close or possibly even overta ....