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Scott atlas out at the white house resigning from the Coronavirus Task force one source calling his resignation welcome news saying atlas was controversial and pushed discredited theories. Also today president elect biden for the First Time Since his victory getting the president s daily brief, a round up of classified intelligence information. Vice president elect Kamala Harris also receiving the pbb as it is known. I want to bring in the former White House Communications director mr. Anthony scaramucci and the democratic president ial candidate dr. Andrew yang. Not doctor but i just thought id say that. Good to have all of you on this evening. Thank you so much. I hope you ate too much and had a great time. Anthony, i want to start with you. Wisconsin and arizona both certified bidens wins today. Two white house advisers telling cnn despite what trump is tweeting he understands that he has no chance of winning. So what is he trying to accomplish by continuing with this farce . Well, he is trying to appease those supporters of his so 25 to 70 million people. He knows by linking all of them to this Conspiracy Theory and sticking with that narrative and lie about a fraudulent election r. Theyll have a grievance that theyll share with him. Many people will believe that and hell go on to make money off of them, don. That is the ultimate goal. John avlon, take a listen to what senator Lindsey Graham said today. The chael i think hes focused on the challenges he has and trying to, you know, deal with mailin voting and im very worried about it too myself quite frankly. Do you think he should go to bidens inauguration . If biden ends up winning yeah i think so. Why is that important . I think its good for the country. Itll be good for him. Well know in december. I hope biden will come to his. It is shameful. It is embarrassing. This is what passes for a profile in courage of november of 2020. It is just pathetic. They cant bring themselves to say what they know to be true. They keep coddling the president with this offering him a couple bread crumbs about fictitious mailin voter fraud. They know its false. Theyre just feeding it. What they are doing instead of standing up to the president and standing up for the rule of law they are giving credence to that Conspiracy Theory that grift anthony just described. It is disgraceful. He was the one who called joe biden as good a man as god ever created and then he said the nicest person i think ive ever met in politics. That was then this is now. Hum. Interesting. So much for honor. Yeah. Andrew yang, more than 96,000 people in the u. S. Are hospitalized with the coronavirus. That is tonight. 50 million americans could face Food Insecurity in the next month according to feeding america. Is anyone in washington trying to deal with these massive crises right now . Well, you have gridlock thats seizing up any attempt to get cash relief or relief for Small Businesses out the door where the republicans and democrats have been hundreds of billions of dollars apart for quite sometime i dont think anyone can hear me anymore i can hear you. A problem with the network . John . Andrew . So lets talk more about that. Because an official with operation warp speed you know who that is, anthony, says that 100 of americans who want a Coronavirus Vaccine will have it by june u the former congressman president ial candidate john delaney is proposing giving americans 1500 if they take the vaccine. What do you think of that idea . I like the idea because itll increase the likelihood of the herd immunity. Theres a lot of antivaxxers, a lot of misinformation about vaccine out there, don. I also think people need the money. I know andrew is not on with us but i know hed like the idea because it is a form of universal, basic income. In generally think incentivizing people will help us get out of the crisis faster. Are you there . Andrew yang . Yeah, apparently i was here the whole time. You were. I was telling you i could hear. What do you think of the proposal . The proposal to give 1500 to people who take the vaccine . I think we should be getting money into peoples hands right now but certainly it would increase adoption of the vaccine and were going to need to do something to stimulate trust and Widespread Adoption if we are going to be able to resume any kind of public gatherings, indoor dining, or really any form of normalcy. I love it. I think john is on to something very important. Its common sense. If youre going to revive a 22 trillion economy, spending a few hundred million on getting adoption of the vaccine up makes perfect sense. Since the quarantine, everybody is used to these technical problems. They expect them now. I think it is sometimes the only time people actually look up at the tv at our ugly faces is when we go oh, we lost theyre listening but not necessarily watching. That is when they look up and go whats going on there . It all depends on how you handle it. You just, you know, keep going. Let me ask you this, john. President trump is also falsely attacking georgias election since he lost the state. His lies now about the election, about election fraud, it is putting republicans in sort of a circular firing squad, threatening their chances to win, which is a really critical place they need to win for the senate. Two things. Hes attacking Governor Kemp in georgia, attacking governor doocy of arizona. Youre reminded of what churchill once said about appeasement like feeding the crocodile hoping he eats you last. It is not a good strategy. You cant placate this cat. The second thing of course rnc chairman the other day took a question from somebody who said why should i bother voting in georgia . Everything is rigged. Everything is a fraud. Thats what happens when you indulge these conspiracy theories. You cant do it. It is an argument for just having the politics of principle and telling the truth. Otherwise youll get that ironic blowback which they could very well see. Anthony didnt you tell me it was going to backfire a bit ago . Yeah. I love it, because it is exactly what donald trump would do to these people, this is what sort of demi gogs do. They turn on every person. You have to support the person 125 and if you dont he or she rips you to pieces. It is usually hes. I love it. Hopefully it will ring the bell for every one of these republicans to realize how sinister the guy is. You see Lindsey Graham doing and saying what he is doing today which is basically repulsive but at some point there will be a reckoning in that party and a deep dive in that party, don, and hopefully a process to rebuild something new that wont look like the current republican party. I want you guys to respond to this. This is new reporting just sent from the Washington Post that trump raises more than 150 million, appealing to false election claims, and says President Trumps political operation has raised more than 150 million since election day using a blizzard of misleading appeals about the election to shatter fundraising records set during the campaign according to people with knowledge of the contributions. You called it a grift. Ill get your response anthony and then go to andrew. Anthony first and then andrew. Oh, me first. Im sorry. Listen, i told you a few weeks ago in the fine print thats all Forward Operation money and to pay down debt. They dont need that kind of money for the legal bills. I think that is also tipping the president off he may just announce he is running for president so he can keep this perpetual fever going and this fundraising which hell use. Im not saying hell actually run or be a candidate in 2024 but hell raise a big war chest of money and it is disgusting. You know, more people should call him out on it. Andrew, imagine if that money, if it went to people who actually need it, raising money for people who need it. Go on, andrew. My organization has put about 10 million into the hands of struggling American Families and were just scratching the surface of the need, don. 150 million and more could certainly go a long way in small towns and communities around the country that are struggling. Here in georgia i will say if you turn on the tv youre seeing a lot of ads come in on the republican side and the democratic side to a lesser extent but money is getting spent here and i know that in theory at least some of the money donald trump is raising could be heading this direction as well. The stakes are very high here in georgia. John, what do you think . This is the most sinister grift you can possibly imagine. This is the president trying to run down our democracy, trying to destroy its credibility among citizens in the eyes of the world solely so he can pocket more cash from his supporters. Who are being exposed or treated as useful idiots. It is so disgusting to see a president diminish the office this way to try to profit off it by propagating conspiracy theories and compromising our democracy. It is historically awful. I just have to get this note in that andrew has been spending a lot of time in georgia knocking on doors for john ossoff and reverend warnock and is seeing the disinformation up close and personal the president and republicans are sowing there. Thank you. On the day dr. Scott atlas walks away the pandemic death toll in this country passes 268,000 people. Dr. Anthony fauci says being vaccinated is the solution to this crisis. If you want to be part of the solution, get vaccinated and say im not going to be one of the people that is going to be a stepping stone for the virus to go to somebody else. Im going to be a dead end to the virus. Tonight. Ill be eating a falafel wrap with sweet potato fries. doorbell rings thanks splitsies . Oooh. You meant the food, didnt you . As a barber, nothings gonna especially for guys who tend to get razor bumps from ordinary razors at home. So when they cant see me, theres gillette skinguard. A razor thats made different and designed just for men with skin thats easily irritated. It flattens the skin and lifts the blade for a shave that is closer than a trimmer, but not too close for comfort. I mean, its just right. Tonight the u. S. Passing 13. 5 million coronavirus cases a staggering 4. 3 million of those cases added just this month. That as a record 96,000 americans have been hospitalized with the virus. Today the fda is scheduling an advisory meeting to discuss an emergency use authorization for modernas Coronavirus Vaccine and an official from operation warp speed now saying that by june 100 of americans who want the vaccine will have it. But with critical months to go how can officials make certain that the process goes smoothly while limiting risk to americans . Joining me now to discuss is a former Veterans Affairs secretary under President Trump also served as under secretary of Veterans Affairs under president barack obama. So good to see you. I appreciate you coming on. You have been critical of how the pandemic has been mishandled so far. But there is a chance to get it right with this vaccine. How difficult is it going to be to roll out these vaccines and do you believe the Trump Administration can handle the task until biden takes over . Well, don, first of all, great to be with you. I do think this is a critical time for the country but there is a lot to be hopeful for. The vaccines, themselves, i think, are really surpassing peoples expectations about how they may perform and of course we certainly hope that they do get the authorization that all of us expect. But it is going to take a very coordinated effort to be able to see the distribution happen and get those vaccines to the people that need them as soon as possible. This type of coordination is not something that the Trump Administration has done well but i do believe that theres been ample time to have the states involved and at the level of the Health Systems that are being contacted by the states i know that theyre well organized and planning to have a successful distribution so i am optimistic about this, don. What is the Incoming Biden Administration needing to do to hit the ground running . Talk to us about the logistics involved here. Of course, don, ive been involved in a transition between the Obama Administration and Trump Administration and thats why i think it is such good news that theyre finally beginning to talk directly because the Biden Administration of course is focused on this Distribution Plan and was going to have to come up with a parallel plan if there wasnt this type of coordination. Now that were beginning to see the task forces talking together i think we will see a smooth transition happen on january 20th and there should not be bumps in the road. By inauguration i expect the majority of Health Care Workers and the majority of those who are in the Skilled Nursing facilities in the Nursing Homes will already be vaccinated so that we can now then start moving on to the next tier of priority people to be vaccinated in the country. As i said in the first question you have been critical of how the pandemic has been handled so i have to ask you do you think so much would be riding on this vaccine if the Trump Administration had done more to control the virus . I think the vaccine was always going to be a part of how we would bring this pandemic under control. Its only one part of it and of course thats the piece that i do think has gone the best allowing industry to be able to come up with this type of solution with government help in the premanufacturing of this and the funding of this. But i think that its taken us a long time to put the other pieces together. Of course in the beginning the administration did not do a good job on biosurveillance. It did a poor job getting diagnostic testing available. As you know, even today we still dont have enough diagnostic testing. And testing as well as the vaccine will be the onetwo punches that bring this under control. The inconsistency of the messaging, the overall undermining of confidence in information from scientists in our Government Agencies i think all contributed to a situation that led to this virus, unfortunately, getting away from us and getting out of control. And i think we could have been in a far better situation waiting for the vaccines than we find ourselves now. You held top positions in Veterans Affairs department. You served there under two president s. Who would you like to see joe biden choose to run the v. A. . Listen, i think im so pleased that theyre looking at very capable candidates here. I think you want somebody that has a track record of being able to manage a very complex organization. This is an agency that is 400,000 employees, 220 billion budget. You want somebody who is mission focused. This is an agency who really has a mission unlike any other in government. This is to care for those who have raised their hands to sacrifice for the rest of us and i really consider it one of the Noble Missions of government so you want to see somebody who is in it for the right reason, who has the experience and the ability to handle the complex Health Issues that our veterans face both physical and emotional. And i know that Vice President biden, president elect biden understands this very well. His son served. Ive spent time talking to him about this. I believe he is prepared to make a really good choice. It is a really important job so no names specifically and not a sholkin in the names. I think whoever the president elect asks to do this will be honored to serve and should be prepared to serve nobly but im not going to get into the guessing game and try to get in front of the president elect on this one. Secretary, youre a fine man and i thank you for joining us here. Appreciate your time. Thanks so much. Thank you, don. President elect joe biden moving quickly to build an administration that looks like america. Well discuss the Women Joining the administration plus former president barack obama on bidens hurdles in healing a divided nation. I dont think joe biden is going to fix racism in america any more than i was going to fix racism in america. Im happy to give you the tour, i love doing it. Hey jay. Jay . Charlotte oh hi. He helped me set up my watch lists. Oh, hes terrific. 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