Victory came the vindication of a leader who wants to actually lead through hard times. His call to common concern. Bidens call to coming together. What beats deep in the hearts of the American People is this, democracy. The right to be heard, to have your vote counted, to choose leaders of this nation to govern ourselves. In america, politicians dont take power. People grant power to them. The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish that flame. It is my sincere hope we never genesee anyone subjected to the kind of threats and abuse we saw in this election. Its simply unconscionable. Even more stunning, 17 republican attorneys general and 126 republican members of the congress actually, they actually signed on to a lawsuit filed by the state of texas. Democracy prevailed. We, the people, voted. Faith in our institutions held. The integrity of our elections remains intact. And now its time to turn the page as we have done throughout our history, to unite, to heal. A sense of history and hope. Gone are the days of things that seem like they could only come from a dope. Biden was in his strongest voice to date, clearing the deck of b. S. Attempts to keep us off course, a promise of a stead can hand at the helm and best efforts to focus on getting us through calmer seas. And his call came as the country took another huge step toward getting better, we hope. Vaccines started today. The same day that we passed 300,000 dead. A painful reminder of the price we have paid. I know you are used to morbid milestones being ignored by the people in charge. But they are in the past. Biden today changed course from us versus them to just us. And he did what our leader should do in the face of so many lost. He grieved. 300,000 deaths due to this covid virus. My heart goes out to each of you in this historic winter of the pandemic. My heart goes out to all of you who have fallen on hard times through no fault of your own. Unable to sleep at night, staring at the ceiling, weighed down of the worry of what tomorrow will bring for you and equally important for your family. But we faced difficult times before in our history. I know we will get through this one. But together, thats how we get through it together. So as we start the hard work to be done, may this moment give us the strength to rebuild this house of ours upon a rock that can never be washed away. As in the prayer of saint francis, for where there is discord, union. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is darkness, light. This is who we are as a nation. This is the america we love. It is a blessing during these hard days, to hear we more than i from the person in charge. To hear his faith at least as a motivator of loving mercy, not as a separator. The best sign, though, of better days to come is that the news of progress and unity is at the top tonight. Not the noise, not the senators like Lindsey Graham. He is where he belongs, at the bottom, still refusing. A claim that is pathological. Trump chased out another min ontweeting that his attorney general wouldnt be back because he wouldnt back his fraud claims. So now hes stepping down before congress. That of course is ag bill barr. Lowered the bar on any notion of good service to you. He should be remembered for trying to squash the impact of the Mueller Report and other misfeasance. Just one time he sided with the truth and hes gone. The retrumplicans now call him a deep stater. Their last stand will be january 6th. That is the next day to watch. Thats when congress meets to certify the electors vote. If you need one final measure of biden against who he just ousted, we all know what the loser has been up to for the last few weeks, right . How did the winner handle it when it was his time to swallow a transition he did not like . We know because biden was the one who oversaw the count of trumps victory on january 6th, 2017. It was biden who quieted down democrats on trumps behalf and read the final numbers aloud. Remember this . Mr. President , the objection is signed by a member of the house but not yet by a member of the senate. Well, it is over. [ applause ] the whole number of electors pointed to vote for president of the United States is 538 of which a majority is 270. Donald trump of new york has received for president of the United States 304 votes. Hillary clinton of the state of new york has received 227 votes. The chair declares the joint session dissolved. [ applause ] he did his job. Biden got a standing ovation from republicans then when he did his duty. Will pence even show up . Will the retrumplicans do anything to salvage a whisper of dignity . On one level, who cares . But in times as hard as these, the more hands on deck, the better. Let me be very clear about something. Trump tweeted that barr isnt coming back after christmas. Im saying we dont know why from him, but i think we do know why, right . The only thing thats changed is that one thing that he said about there being no fraud. All of a sudden, all the knives were out and hes leaving. Trump didnt say, but all the circumstances do. Lets bring in power players about what today means and where we are going forward. Good news, both. The idea, michael, of a narrow path, that would have to be a manipulation on a political level because i cant see any path legally. Even though i got to tell you that Wisconsin Supreme Court going 43. I had to ask for the dissent. It is hard to see how it went 43. I dont see how the three dissented. Even reading the dissent, it didnt make sense based on the record. But what is the path . There is none. The goal posts keep moving, right . It was november 3rd. And then it was today. Now its january 6th. Trust me, chris, when we get to january 6th, it will be well, you know, Steven Miller said this today. The only date referenced in the constitution is january 20th. There is no conclusion i can reach other than at this stage its a cash grab. It is a fundraising tool to provide him on his way out the door with enough of a Financial Base that he could continue to dominate the party going forward, influence elections, establish a shadow presidency, hire a staff, travel, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Right now its all about the money. Maybe not up until today, but from this point forward, it surely is. That special election also looms large, but thats obviously going to happen before the 6th day. But i take your point. Now, david, interestingly, havent heard biden going after the people going after him like he did tonight. However, he did not put a consequence on the 126. He did not put a consequence on the group i call the retrumplicans. He just said it shouldnt have happened. We should be better of this. What do you make of the play . I thought it was strong. I think that hes got to focus on a couple things right now, getting americas attention focussed on a better response to the pandemic. And hes got a Political Base to stand up for and a democracy to stand up for. Thats what he did tonight. The people voted. Democracy was protected. Our judges appointed by president trump. Other republicans and democrats, they did their job the way they were supposed to. They stood up as an institution for our democracy and for the will of the people. He had to come out there and defend that today, and i think he did that, and thats important. He probably remembers what former Vice President dick cheney said during a divisive time in 2000, which is, its go time. You have to lead like you mean it. Im paraphrasing here. But full steam ahead and thats what they did after that time after a disputed election. And that was a much different situation. There is room now for first of all, there is a special election. He wants to reach out to republicans over time. Hes got an obligation, i think, chris, to say to his own democrats, look, we have to stop delegitimizing people, too. We tried to delegitimize trump. I think hes got room to do that. Hes got time to do that. Now he had to stand up for the fact that we had a very successful election, that it was fair, it was free, it was during the pandemic. It ought to be celebrated, despite the interference that came from our existing president. It was an interesting celebration to use davids word. Arizona, the electors met in an undisclosed location. In wisconsin they met and used an unmarked location and used a Police Escort to get there. Offices were closed to the public after Credible Threats of violence. This is a tough situation biden is coming into, not to mention the pandemic. Yeah, sad the way it was carried out. But ill take solace in the fact it was routine. Werent we told there would be alternative slates of electors . None of that materialized. It was interesting to watch and observe. I paid close attention today. But in the end, there really wasnt any kind of a revolt that had been anticipated. So now its all about, i think for biden, its got to be all about the vaccine. Let me get your take on each of them. Michael, i will start with you. The vaccine starts going out today. That really is the main measure of progress for us going forward. He has to get ppe available. Testing is going to take a backseat. Hard to show success with it. Seems to be all about the vaccine. I agree with david in terms of the remarks that were made by the president elect today. I thought they were spoton. I dont think they will move the needle with people who didnt vote for them. Frankly, i dont think that any words are going to change the dynamics. What could change the dynamics, and the president elect, you know, spoke of a unifying moment. Distribution of that vaccine. Because, chris, in a matter of, what, 40 days now, the ball gets tossed into his lap and this distribution effort that needs to continue for the next six months is a massive undertaking. If it doesnt go well, you know were going to blame the individual at the top. He had to deliver through his actions and he will be presented with that opportunity. Biden is not going to be able to play every card that trump did. The guy is a master at getting himself out of responsibility. Biden is not. But you pointed to it chris earlier. There is no doubt im sorry. Go ahead. Go ahead, sir. David, make the point. I want to say go ahead, david. Now its a mess. Hold on a second. Now its a mess. Michael, make your final point and david well pick it up and end the segment. Go ahead, michael. My final point is you are not going to see the president elect holding rallies for 20,000 people getting his message out and working the twitter account. I think thats why so many did vote for him. Good point. Go ahead. What do you have . I think Anthony Fauci talks about uniformity in the response. We havent had that. And we havent had it for a number of reasons. One of those reasons has been the guy at the top, the president who was only talking about the vaccine being around the corner and a bunch of happy talk and not doing what biden did, which is to talk about the darkness people feel if they lost someone. I think thats what can move the needle, if we slide back into something that looks more like normal government. And this is going to be a big test, how well we roll this out, how fairly it is rolled out, the access to it and the messaging around the safety of the vaccine so people take it in large numbers. Here is what we know for sure. Biden has to do what is easy to do because this vaccine is going to be a bear. It is a amazing that it exists. In our next segment, we will go through all the things that need to happen for it to be something short of a disappointment and it is fairly disappointing. Thank you, fellas. Be well. Thank you. So this is it, man. And we are all over the vaccination effort. We have to be, just like we were with cases, man. We showed you where we were on the way down with this, and we needed to because you had to be aware, especially with the person at the top lying to you and saying it was a hoax. But now we have to start showing what this vaccine does, showing the distribution, where is it right . Where is it wrong . What states are being made . What choices are being made . Whos getting it . Who isnt . Is the distribution right . Is enough of it being made . Is the money getting where it has to be . 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But the ray of light of the vaccine some in some hell of a shadow. 300,000 covid deaths now. 300,000. And there is no sign of that rate slowing. Cases new high to be tnight. Hospitalizations new high. More than 110,000 are now in hospital beds. Daily cases just broke the record again. 250,000 for the first time. Doctors, nurses fighting this. The vaccine finally gives them something that feels that they have a chance to keep fighting. I would say this is a very exciting moment. But for us who are in the front lines taking care of these patients, it is such a moment of hope because we can see the light. This is hope. This is hope that we can start to really flatten the curve and really turn things around for us. Most of our staff including me as director of the icu are fearful. You know, we are exposed to it every minute of every day. So i cant tell you how much this means to me. You know, and it is so sad on one level that they need to have this kind of dispesperation. Can you imagine the people who do that job and the families that love them and have to watch that people not wear masks as a sign of defiance. Hope is good, but it can be defined arizona yet experienced disappointment if we dont do things we need. That involves how you roll out this vaccine, which is a bear, and the things that you need to keep doing, in fact, more than ever or the vaccine wont do what it can. Dr. Beser joins me now. No better guest to have on this. Always good to see you, doc. Get to be here, chris. Big day. Give me a sense of what you think this means. Well, this is a monumental day for us. Its something i never would have imagined that within a year of identifying a new Infectious Disease and a new virus, we would have a vaccine administered to people that is safe and effective and it gives up hope on one of the darkest days of this pandemic, we finally have a ray of hope towards the way out of this. The big threat, and im already hearing it. I do a radio show. I do the show here at night. There is so many people who believe it is over, the vaccine is here. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief and not worry so much about all these crazy restrictions. I hope the restaurants will stay open now. None of that is living in the reality that were actually in, is it . Yeah. I mean, we have to drill home the message that this vaccine, as wonderful as it is, is not going to change the trajectory of what we experienced this winter. It is not going to change what we need to do. It will not change the need for us all to wear masks and social distance and wash our hands and it is not going to change the reality that if congress doesnt put money in peoples pockets, doesnt provide the means for people to stay home if theyre sick or they have been exposed, we are going to continue to see the devastating impact of communities of color and see hundreding of thousands of people lose their lives that could have been saved if congress had done their job and the American People had come together. Now lets take the tail end of that, which is the money that they are going to give out, assuming they ever make a deal. It doesnt look like they will break out as a one off the money for the vaccine. So there are two bundles of cash. One is money for manufacturing. They have two competing issues for relief. There is no stand alone for that money. The second is they dont want to help local governments and states. They see it as a blue state bailout. How important are the lo