Rising this weekend. The response from President Trump today, he actually played golf while g20 World Leaders held a Virtual Conference on the Global Pandemic response, the american president went to his golf club in suburban Northern Virginia outside washington and played golf, and he tweeted about voter fraud in an election that he overwhelmingly and fairly lost to joe biden. And yet, in another blow to the president s attempts to discredit the Election Results here in the u. S. , a federal judge just threw out the president s lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the state of pennsylvania. Its a major loss for President Trump this evening. Right now i want to bring in our justice correspondent, jessica schneider, our White House Correspondent jeremy diamond, and Arlette Saenz whos in wilmington, delaware, where president elect biden is. Jessica, tell us first of all about this major legal defeat for the president , some 48 hours before pennsylvania counties plan to actually officially certify the vote. Wolf, this is a 37page ruling from a federal judge, and it completely tears down the entire legal strategy that the trump team has been banking on. Now, this is judge matthew bran out of the middle district of pennsylvania. Hes a longtime republican, he was appointed by President Trump, but he completely rips apart the legal strategy by the trump team that was fronted by Rudy Giuliani. This is how judge bran put it in his opinion saying, like frankensteins monster haphaz d haphazardly stitched together. This was an hours long hearing. I listened in to it for several hours this week, and the judge in this case he expressed skepticism, but its really in this opinion that he tears this down. He says this in his opinion, he says one might expect that when seeking such a startling outcome a plaintiff would come formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant krumcorruption that has not happened. This court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative, unsupported by evidence. This is a major takedown of the trump strategy. This was a strategy that was promoted extensively by Rudy Giuliani all week long. He was in the courtroom making his case for several hours. He then held a press conference later in the week where he went on and on about the voter fraud that he said had run rampant in these democrat controlled cities like philadelphia and detroit. Wolf, the judge here in this case basically saying that they did not come forward with any evidence here, with any facts to back up their claims, and this was really the last major case in a major swing state that if it was granted could have actually affected any of these votes. So really, this was the last ditch effort by the Trump Campaign, and it has been completely knocked down by a longtime republican whos the federal judge in the middle district of pennsylvania, wolf. Very interesting indeed a major setback for the president. Any reaction, jeremy, from the president to this latest in a string of legal losses for his campaign all across the country. Well, wolf, the Trump Campaign has already vowed in a statement this evening from Rudy Giuliani and jenna ellis whos another lawyer for the Trump Campaign to appeal this decision, and perhaps in what is a novel reaction to losing a case and not just losing a case but essentially having your argument torn apart by a federal judge who says that you have no evidence in this case, they say that they are happy that this judge dismissed this case so quickly. They say in the statement todays decision turns out to help us in our strategy to get expeditiously to the u. S. Supreme court, although we fully disagree with this opinion, were thankful to the obama appointed judge for making this anticipated decision quickly rather than simply trying to run out the clock. And as jessica noted, while this judge was indeed nominated to the court by president obama, he is a member of the federalist society. He was a longtime republican, so by no means is this somebody who is acrimonious towards the president and his campaign. As for the president himself, he is tweeting up a storm as well this evening arguing once again that there are thousands of illegally cast votes, no evidence to back that up, and whats so interesting, wolf, is while the president continues to use his bull horn to make all of these Conspiracy Theory laden claims about this election, making these baseless allegations about widespread voter fraud in all of these battleground states, his lawyers have yet to actually present that evidence in court. Rudy giuliani made very clear in this very same case earlier this week that he was not making an allegation of fraud and clearly, what arguments they are making in court are being thoroughly dismissed as they are in this case by judge brann because they dont meet the bar. While the president and his allies have been making this case publicly with no evidence using these conspiracy theories, they cant make those same arguments in federal court, wolf, because they do not meet that higher standard that happens a court of law. Thats absolutely true. Arlette, youre covering the biden transition for us. Any reaction from the president elect . Well, wolf, president elect joe bidens team is welcoming this decision as they say it essentially backs up their arguments that there are no credible legal challenges that the Trump Campaign can mount to bidens win. A spokesperson for biden, Michael Guinn telling me yet another court has rejected trump and giulianis baseless claims of voter fraud and their appalling assault on our democracy. The judges ruling couldnt be clearer. Our people, laws and institutions demand more, and our country will not tolerate trumps attempt to reverse the results of an election that he decisively lost. The biden team has for several weeks now been arguing that the president s team cannot really mount any credible legal challenges to the outcome of this election, but they have also been warning that the way that the president has been handling himself, his refusal to concede and also this insistence on waging these lawsuits that that is a damaging and threatening democracy. We heard the president elect himself just a few days ago talking about how irresponsible of a president he believes that President Trump is showing himself to be in this moment. Weve also heard from one of bidens top senior advisers who has said this election is over and nothing that the Trump Campaign will try to do is able to change that, and they are getting some backup to that, at least today, with the dismissal of this lawsuit. You know, its interesting, jessica, the defeats are clearly piling up for the president and his legal team, well over two dozen so far nationwide. Is there any more hope in any of these other very, very remote long shot cases that theyre trying to pursue . All of the judges weve seen in these cases wolf, whether its the ultimate opinions or in court, these judges have been very skeptical, whether or not theyve been republican or democrat appointed. I think what were seeing from the trump team is a shift from the legal strategy to really the political strategy here. While theyre continuing to push these cases in court, you heard it from jeremy there, the campaign saying that they will be appealing this all the way to the supreme court. What were starting to see is movement on the political front. We have certification deadlines that are coming up in michigan and pennsylvania on monday, nevada on tuesday and then throughout the following week. What we saw or are seeing in michigan is perhaps some political pressure to stop the certification, and this is something that ive talked with election lawyers about throughout the day today, and theyre concerned that on monday when the state board of canvassers meets, this is a fourmember board. Two republicans, two democrats and the concern here is that they could deadlock when they go to vote on monday, and if they do deadlock, im told that democrats will run to court to try to get an order for certification that will mandate that these two republicans vote to certify. But theyre going to have to work through the courts on this. Its possible that the governor could step in. It appears that the strategy might be putting pressure on these political players to maybe not certify in states where thats still a possibility like michigan where were going to see that convening of the state board at 1 00 p. M. On monday, wolf. Very interesting indeed. Jeremy, we just got some more breaking news. The republican senator in pennsylvania, pat toomey has just put out a statement. Let me read a couple of lines for you and for our viewers. With todays decision by judge matthew brann, a longtime conservative republican whom i know to be a fair and unbiased jurist, to dismiss the trump campai campaigns lawsuit, President Trump has exhausted all plausible Legal Options to challenges result of the president ial race in pennsylvania, and then senator toomey goes on to say this. I congratulate president elect biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris on their victory. They are both dedicated public servants, and i will be praying for them and for our country. Thats a significant development, the republican senator from pennsylvania, jeremy, issuing a very strong statement accepting what is clearly the reality. It certainly is, woclf, and t tells you what a death knell this ruling by judge brann, he has these conservative credentials despite the Trump Campaigns attempts to attack his character and characterize him as simply as an obama appointee. It makes clear that this is a big decision in the federal court this evening, and that it essentially eliminates a pathway to victory for the president in the state of pennsylvania and therefore more broadly makes very clear that joe biden is the president elect. And that is something that pat toomey, who like many other republican lawmakers has been unwilling to call joe biden the president elect is now comfortable doing because of how significant this decision is. But wolf, the president has made very clear in tweets this evening, for example, that his strategy now is moving beyond simply the legal system. Its also moving to try and essentially overturn the will of the voters by pressuring these republican state lawmakers. The president in one tweet this evening saying that he hopes that legislatures in these battleground states have the, quote, courage to essentially overturn the results of the election, and its so stunning to hear those words, but that is what the president is trying to do here. Hes saying that, look, we cant get this done in the courts. We cant prove our case of fraud in the courts, but so what were going to try and do now is to pressure these state lawmakers. And weve already seen that effort essentially fail in the state of michigan. Yesterday the president hosted the House Speaker and the Senate Majority leader from the state of michigan at the white house yesterday, and both of those lawmakers afterwards said very clearly that they havent seen any evidence of fraud and that they expect the certification process to play out in a lawful and fair manner. All right, jeremy, thank you. Arlette, thanks to you. Jessica, excellent reporting as usual. Lets discuss whats going on, all the breaking news, our senior political analyst Ron Bronstein is joining us, a Senior Editor at the atlantic. Thanks so much for joining us. Another statement, i just want to get your reaction, senator pat toomey, republican of pennsylvania in a statement recognizing that joe biden, Kamala Harris have won this election. He adds this, to ensure that he is remembered for these outstanding accomplishments and to help unify our country, President Trump should accept the outcome of the election and facilitate the president ial transition process. What are the chances thats going to happen anytime soon . Pretty slim, and in part because so few republicans and even pat toomey himself waiting until this point to kind of, you know, acknowledge the gravity exists or the sky is blue, you know, we are in a position where the president is pursuing a Conspiracy Theory that is at once racist and is focused on largely africanamericans, the cities with large africanamerican population, even though his vote declined more in suburban areas around those cities. Hes not accusing oakland county, michigan, or montgomery county, pennsylvania, of manipulating the vote. Hes accusing the officials inside these heavily minority cities where he actually improved from 2016. Its a Conspiracy Theory that also has an enormous cost in the ability of Vice President biden, president elect biden to begin his planning for dealing with the pandemic that now has, what, 83,000 americans hospitalized, the highest number weve ever seen. And it really continues what has been an ongoing assault on our democracy. This is not the first step on this road. We have a president who openly extorted the government of ukraine using American Military aid to try to manufacture dirt on his opponent, who weaponized the post office, who has been the first ever to manipulate try to manipulate the census for the advantage of one party, and through it all it has proceeded in large part because so few republicans have been willing to step up against it, and i think its proceeding now largely for the same reason. Good for senator toomey to do what is clearly the right thing to do right now for the good of the country. Doesnt the president realize, you know, ron, that he has lost in the National Popular vote right now. Hes lost the election by more than 6 million votes. Take a look at this. Biden has 51 , trump has 47. 2 . Right now he is down by more than 6 million votes right now, and in the Electoral College 306 to 232. You need 270 to be elected president of the United States. Hes way behind in the Electoral College. Its been exactly two weeks today, two weeks since all the major news organizations, not just cnn, abc, nbc, cbs, fox, Associated Press all projected that joe biden is the winner of this election. Why doesnt the president recognize what is so abundantly clear that he lost and he becomes gracious and promises to work with the Incoming Administration for a smooth transition . Well, first, recognizing and acknowledging reality has never been one of this president s strengths. I mean, were talking about someone who, you know, kind of how do you know when theyre lying. Their lips are moving. He has said so many falsehoods that he has no one, i think, you know, is surprised that he is reacting in this one. I think the surprise, wolf, is that so many republicans have been reluctant to call him out on it and thus provided oxygen to it, and he feels as if he can operate within the closed circle of the Republican Coalition and pressure these republican legislators or other officials like the canvassers in wayne county that he did successfully pressure. Well see what happens on monday with the statewide canvassers, but it is kind of a form of succession, he is essentially saying i reject the idea that blue america can legitimately vote me out, and you have to wonder, our assumption has been that republican elected officials are reluctant to challenge him on this because they are afraid of him. They are worried about a tweet. They are worried about a primary challenge. I think we have to allow for the possibility that a fair number of them are okay with the idea of him overturning the election, if he can find any way to do so. A judge, judges or state legislators. Does anybody really believe based on what weve seen over the last few years that Mitch Mcconnell would throw himself on the pyre to defend american democracy if trump can find a way to convince legislators to overturn the results in enough states. I dont think so, its not going to happen, but i think its pretty ominous the signals that are being sent. Along with senator toomeys statements, which we just reported on, very significant state the republican senator from pennsylvania, republican congresswoman liz cheneys call for proof of the president s Election Fraud claims came through as well. She issued a pretty tough statement as well. Either show the evidence you got or move on and accept reality. Senator mitt romney of utah, he tweeted this week that the president has failed to make even a plausible case before any court. Given tonights latest legal defeat in pennsylvania, how much longer do you believe the bulk of the gop including the gop leadership in the house and the senate will continue to indulge in the president s fantasy, and congresswoman cheney is a member of the Republican Leadership in the house. You would think this far after the election we would be reporting on the republicans who have not called on the president to abandon what is obviously an attempt to overturn the clear will of the voters, but so few have done so that were still reporting on those who have, and i think, you know, he feels as though he has enough of the party in his corner that he can continue to pressure republicans, i think, until the certifications are beyond legal challenge. You know, there is a cost to this for republicans. You know, what they are allowing here i described it in my column this week as kind of a murder suicide. Some of them may like the idea of poisoning the well for joe biden with Republican Voters, which will make it harder for him to build cooperation with republicans in congress. Thats kind of the murder part. Theyre killing his chances of doing that, but the suicide part is that by allowing trump to claim that the election was stolen from him. He didnt really lose, he only lost because it was zero tolerance stolen, they are ensuring that he remains the dominant voice in the party, and continues to be under his thumb, facing enormous pressure from him now that hes convinced 3 4 of the Republican Voters incredibly that this was stolen. They are locking themselves into him being the dominant figure. He will certainly dangle that idea for a long time. Well see what the impact will be on those Critical Senate runoff races in georgia in early january that could be the decisive moment, whos the majority in the senate and whos in the minority. 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Im not one of the voting members anymore, but i think this committee is, as you say, going to put the Health Care Workers first. Thats understandable, the first responders, people who work in nursing homes, people who care for patients who have covid, and then behind them, theyre trying to decide will it be this 80 Million People who are essential workers or will it be the 60 Million People who are 65 years and older plus a whole bunch of other people who have underlying illnesses. Obviously the latter group are more at risk for really severe infections, and those vaccine trials really do show that infections and illnesses, i should say, the illnesses are prevented. So i suspect theyll go with the latter. I think theyre going to go trying ttr trying to prevent the most severe illnesses. If you do the math, the people over 65, people with Underlying Health problems, youre talking more than 100 million americans, i think, right there if you just do the math. I know the committee and your consultant to the committee was supposed to start making decisions about this months ago but did not. Can you share any information about why there has been a delay . We could call it a delay or we could call it the most thorough discussion that i can recall having been associated with this committee now for over 30 years. We have heard from all corners, medical ethicists have come in. Weve had models to try to tell us which how often deaths would be prevented by working with one group or another, and weve heard from all quarters. Its time now, however, for the committee to make a decision. I certainly agree with that so further planning can proceed. This is a big logistical enterprise, and the Health Departments out there need to know what the plans are and which direction to go. Theres been a lot of discussion, as you know, dr. Schaffner on ethics. Everyone has a stake in this. Difficult questions, does a police officer, for example, go before a Grocery Store worker . How do you make those kinds of determinations . Because these are life and death issues, who might live and who might die. Yeah, thats why it has taken so long and why the discussions along with the medical ethicists have been so elaborate. We want to do the best for the most people as quickly as possible, and we want to make a particular effort to reach those populations that are at disproportionate risk of these infections, and thats communities of color, right . People who are socially disadvantaged, how do you reach them . Because they have a deep skepticism about this vaccine. You know, well have the vaccine, but now well have a lot of convincing to do. Vaccine in the refrigerator never prevented any disease. We have to get that vaccine in arms. It is so, so critical, dr. Schaffner, thank you so much for everything youre doing and have done over these many years. 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Because of the 3 positivity rate, theyre going to shut down. Good decision . You know, europe was willing to sacrifice restaurants and bars to maintain their schools. We ask College Students to sacrifice their college experience, and even the universities that were open, it was a different experience, but we asked them to change their behaviors, to wear a mask, to physically distance. We have 18 to 22yearolds doing the right thing, and were not willing to tell people that they really cant gather in public spaces or even indoors with their mask off with people that could have the virus because thats how it spreads, and you cant tell. And i think when this is all over, we need to look at our choices and really understand in a different way what choices is best for every american at the time. Some of this is happening realtime. I mean, there will be time to reflect, but you know, the new york city Public Schools based on their surveillance testing has about a 0. 17 positivity rate. 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Reporter wolf, you talked about that dramatic jump in cases, this horrifying boomerang in california. About a third of those cases in los angeles county, so they are still undergoing very, very, very extensive covid19 testing and tracing campaigns including here at dodger stadium, up to almost 10,000 people tested friday alone. Along with that, new rules in california. They are now forbidding anyone to cluster up in restaurants, bars, or anywhere else in large groups, a curfew from 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Now, this does not mean that you cant go to the Grocery Store or walk the dog, maybe grab some gas, go to a friends house. This is aimed at younger people who are gathering in large groups in the late night and Early Morning hours. Thats what its come to in california. Also, we are talking about lines. Well, here in los angeles today, as we see these Economic Impacts of the pandemic just raging on, long, long lines to get a box of free food. This is the unitarian church, its in korea town. More than a thousand people walked up and grabbed their food, many of them so grateful saying that they are either out of work or their hours had been reduced so much that they just could not make ends meet. Volunteers on the ground saying theyve never seen this much anxiety, uncertainty in their community. Reporting from los angeles, im Paul Vercammen, now back to you, wolf. All right, paul, thank you very much. I want to bring in someone whos advising the biden transition team, the former acting labor sect tear under the president obama, mr. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. It is so heartbreaking right now all around the country to see so Many Americans desperate for food. Its hard to believe this is going on in our country. Do you think, mr. Secretary, a relief bill will be passed before january 20th when joe biden becomes the president of the United States . I hope it will, wolf. The economy is really stuck in the mud, and millions of families, particularly low and middle income families are suffering terribly. We still have more than 20 million americans collecting Unemployment Benefits, more than a million americans are applying for Unemployment Benefits every week. Thats been true back through march. We have accelerating rates of businesses closing and going into bankruptcy, so our economy is not out of the woods, and the American People are really suffering because of it, so Congress Needs to act. They need to act in a very substantial way to give aid to families, aid to businesses, aid to state and local governments so that the basic services that we all depend upon will be able to continue. They should have been doing this months ago given the crisis thats going on. Is relief, mr. Secretary, going to be the biden administrations, do you believe, First Priority either passing a new stimulus deal or potentially on any lame duck deal that may go forward in the next few weeks . I dont know if theres going to be a lame duck deal, but clearly this has got to be a priority to make sure people can pay their rent, people can put food on the table. I agree with you that president elect biden has spent most of the time during this transition period talking about defeating the covid pandemic. The first focus is on trying to crush the disease, crush the coronavirus, and thats going to require a nationwide coordinated effort, and so my expectation and im not speaking for the transition or the president elect tonight but my expectation is that that will be the first focus, and a part of that will be beginning the process of economic recovery. Weve made a slow kshaped recovery that the wealthy are doing just fine. People who can work from home are doing okay, but a lot of people have lost their jobs. A lot of people are at risk of losing their houses, their cars, folks are having to leave the labor market to care for kids who are home from school. Theres really a lot of economic risk right now, so early action both on the pandemic and on the economics of the pandemic recession, i think is going to be a priority. How big, mr. Secretary, of an economic stimulus package do you believe the president elect will be looking for . What does he hope to deliver to americans, 1 trillion, 2 trillion, 3 trillion, weve heard all sorts of numbers over these past few months. Well, im not privy to the discussions that the president elect is involved in, but we certainly hear publicly that theres a fairly substantial gap between where House Democrats would like to go. They factually already passed two packages, one of 3. 2 trillion, one of 2. 5 trillion, but the senate led by the Senate Republicans have only passed a 500 billion package. That in my view is going to be inadequate. That number is going to have to come up, essentially the deal that we get is the most important thing, right . We have to get to some kind of a deal that gets money flowing. I dont expect that were going to try to make the perfect the enemy of the good, and you know, the lucky thing for america is that joe biden is one of the great legislative deal makers of this part of our history, so my hope is that once he takes office and maybe even before, were going to see some kind of relief for the American People. That would be so, so critically important. Seth harris, thanks so much for joining us. Im not going to ask you if youre going to be in the new administration. Well discuss that down the road. Appreciate it very much. Thanks, wolf. 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