Electors send votes to washington to pick a new president. Heres where it is unusual. Even if, unlikely, incredibly unlikely, joe biden won pennsylvania by more votes than donald trump did four years ago, even if they reverse that, joe biden is winning here, leading here, and leading here. President trump would have to overturn results in two, three, depending how it works states, depending which states win, at least two, maybe more than that. It is highly unusual because the math is the math and the math is irrefutable. Still the republicans standing by the president for now. Lets bring into the conversation the congressional correspondent, manu raju. Jeff zeleny with us as well. Manu, i get it. The president is the leader of the party, but what i found interesting, he brought the words Electoral College into the conversation, essentially trying to give the president more time. Many have said wait a couple days, if you have your suit, file your suit. Mitch mcconnell seems to be openin
Focus for president elect joe biden today. He, of course, helped usher president obamas Signature Health care legislation through congress. In just a few hours the president elect will be delivering remarks about the risks of overturning it. You can see from nbc news election exit polling, a majority of American Voters do not want the Supreme Court to overturn that law. 51 say keep it as is. Lets get to our reporters on this tuesday morning, mike memoli is following the biden team in wilmington, delaware. Sahil kapur is at the Supreme Court on a consequential day for millions of americans. Mike, lets start with you. What do we know about the message that president elect joe biden is looking to put forward today on obamacare . Reporter craig, ten years ago president obama had almost 60 votes in the senate and a bigger majority in the house than what biden will have when he takes office. It took every bit of effort they had to get the Affordable Care act across the finish line. The presi
Be patient, to treat all sensational and unverified claims with skepticism. President elect joe biden continuing to keep his focus on the coronavirus, speaking after today with front line workers, fighting the pandemic throughout the country. This hour, ill be speaking with former National Security adviser susan rice about chris krebs out offer and with admiral brett giroir, leading of the coronavirus testing effort, but the new home rapid test, the nationwide spike in coronavirus cases, and of course the latest advances in vaccines. Joining me now, weekend today cohost kristen welker, reporter ashley parker, and reporter january jonathan lemire. Whats the latest, kristen . Reporter andrea, i can tell you theyre reacting to the out offer of chris krebs, this coming from a spokesperson with president elect joe bidens Transition Team. Let me read it to you and we can do some analysis on the other side. He says chris krebs should be commented for his service in protecting elections, not f
It is the top of the hour. Im brianna keilar. As the u. S. Plunges deeper into the Coronavirus Crisis we are reporting more than 100,000 new cases for an eighth straight day. The president is trying to create another crisis by refusing to accept his loss to president elect joe biden, and his administration is refusing to start the transition process needed to keep the government going, to keep americans safe. His actions are causing alarm an panic at the pentagon, where top officials have been fired, including mark esper. At the state department, one official calls it scary that mike pompeo refusing to acknowledge the win. In the last 24 showers are hours alone, cases and hospitalizations have hit a new record. We begin with the president who maid his first appearance in six days with a visit to arlington cemetery. He did not speak. The quiet moment is in stark contrast to his fierce ballots to stay in office, refusing to concede the election. Kaitlan, what are you hearing from Adminis
Know, we lose people because and patients, because we cant get to them in time and we cant deliver the care they need. Its real. You know, i dont know how else to say it. Its just our reality every time i come into work covid is a major reality for so many families. Were all getting tired of this, but if we dont change our ways this is going to be endless. Going to be endless. No end in sight. Thats absolutely true. Absolutely true. We once again start the show with sound from the front line of medical workers who are battling this virus all across america. You can hear the exasperation. I mean, it is really frustrating to see so Many Americans decide to be selfish and not do what it takes to protect all of us. We all have rights. Your individual rights do not trump the rights of others to be as virus free as they can possibly be. Welcome to friday. Its meet the press daily and im chuck todd. Were following the convergence the chaos sewed by the president surrounding the transition as