To good reason for this delay. Its time to focus on it. Has anyone heard of the flood of lawsuits that are hitting businesses so hard that we have to address it right now, with equal urgency as hunger, vaccine production, or any family pain . Well, Mitch Mcconnell has interest and he is arguing for exactly that. Be very clear. Mcconnell is talking about 1400 or so suits since march. They are against employers for workrelated illness regarding the covid. He says these suits are such a threat, such an emergency that they are Worth Holding up relief until theres a deal to hold these employers harmless from liability. So those Companies Getting relief, matter as much as anything else . Forget the fact that some of the suits may be justified. Maybe many of them, maybe all of them or that people may have been mistreated or that theres something called workers compensation. And other tools that are already in place to limit liability. Or the fact that litigation is how we figure out problems. Or, that you could address the problem of massive number of suits not 1400. When they really pile up. You know whats piling up . 60 million. We are close to that number of people who are hungry. Kids that need food. Schools that are desperate. Vaccines that need to be produced. Families who wont have christmas. Those are circumstances, those are now. These families needed help weeks ago. Months ago. But look at mcconnell because this is about him. And his visage betrays his demeanor. He always has the face on. He is about the goal. Theres no shame in his game. Theres never a trace of humanity or of concern. He is a pros pro, he does not care about the cost to anybody else. Lie about the garland nomination and then stack the court. Theres no principal. Only priorities. And he will let the pain pour down on this country because he has. Its not speculative. Ifhe doesnt get this protection, no deal. He said and does what he has to, when he has to like today. The Electoral College has spoken. So, today, i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. Same face. Electors were an echo, voters spoke six weeks ago. He knows transition matters. He said so when it suited him. He was silent because it worked for him. Despite what it meant to the country. Imagine, our own Senate Leader playing the same game as putin. Putin actually beat him to saying congratulations to the president elect. The retrumplicans could not sab taj t otag tempt election. They cannot tab sabotage relief. Now, everything is worse, theres no metric that is not worse. Is it as bad as we thought it would be . Thankfully in some ways no. Im not saying theres not pain. I know theres pain on just about every level you can manage. But im saying the expectations were worse. The projections. So, why is everything delayed right now . Why is a deal so hard to come by when everything is worse . Priorities have changed. So, who wins . A handful who are not in crisis . Or millions and millions again, who needed the relief a month ago. Christmas is ten days away. This is no time to take care of a special interest. But this is how mcconnell plays. And he will continue to do so, as long as in power. Thats why biden was back on the stump again today in the state, that decides mcconnells power. All of you, just taught donald trump a lesson. In this election, kgeorgia was not going to be bullied, georgia was not going to be silent. You know who did nothing while trump, and texas and others were trying to wipe out the almost 5 million votes you had cast here in georgia, in november . Your two republican senators. They fully embraced nullifying nearly 5 million georgia votes. You might want to remember that come january 5th. I need two the senators from the state. Want to get something done. Not two senators who are just going to get in the way. Send me these two men and we will control the senate and we will change the lives of people in georgia it matters. I would like to argue to you, it really doesnt. Its nice to have balance. Bipartisan ship is good. You get to a better kind of compromise. Balanced interests. But that doesnt really happen, does it . Not anymore. Not when mcconnell is holding hostage money to make the vaccine and the money that states need to get it to the needy. Are we going to squander the gift, because thats what it is of it coming as soon as it did, over politics . We need all hands on deck to make it work out, do you know how hard this is going to be . As amazing as it is that the vaccine was made and seems to be safe, that now turns out to be the easy part. This vaccine, this gift is going to be worthless if it does not get where it needs to go, when it needs to be there, to the people who need it most. We have never done anything like this. Biden is getting a bad start for bad reason that mcconnell enabled and now is extending. Every day theres no deal, the delay gets worse. Because until the inauguration, remember the situation we are in. The president is basically quit working on anything but fugazzi donations and his own political future. Theres no economic moves being discussed, theres no dialog. No details of how the federal government, the military, the states, the localities are all going to pull off the magic with fedex and u. P. S. , something they have never done before, let alone at this scale . And the rest of the world is not just waiting until we are ready. Just think about it. Retrumplicans are shouting about a legitimate election had, yet they have been ignoring the worst hacking by russia to date. Not a word from these patriots that russia may have just penetrated further ee eer fu in to our Government Agencies than ever before. You dont hear about it, the hacking of federal agencies, including the departments of homeland security, treasury and commerce and you barely leader a word about it from the retrumplicans all the things that they said about things being made up. And real attacks they ignore. You know what happened, not going to do anything. Never forget, relief slowing, line towing, democracy doubting, putin pandering frauds. The question then becomes, how does a deal get done here . What are the le ha what is thy here to get relief when you have imbalanced power . Yeah, look, i think that the play is that theres enormous anxiety in the country and i think they are feeling it. I do think im not, im not privy to their negotiations, i feel like theres a lot of pressure on both sides not to leave. How do you leave and go home and celebrate the holidays knowing that you didnt do what you needed to do to try and bring some relief to people who are suffering . This is a story, you know, we have heard a lot and chris, you have shown a bright light on all of this. But we have heard a lot of the people who were suffering from the virus itself, but, you know, not everyone can sit home and zoom to make a living. Not everybody is free of that fear of lack of a paycheck, how do they keep their Small Business afloat. Theres a lot of ancillary damage that the virus has caused and for four months the congress has been talking about this. I dont think that these members can go home, republican or democrat without doing something on this this. And i suspect, even Mitch Mcconnell understands as a political matter, heading in to the special elections in georgia and beyond, he doesnt want to be the one who is assigned the blame for no aid going in to the holidays. But then how do you explain, michael, the play on corporate liability . I think he is protecting had those forces that are the ben factors of the republican party. The issue has been a dividing line ever since the pandemic arose between business interests on one side, trial lawyers on the other who tend to support democrats, representative of people who have been victimized. I liked what you said when you referenced those cases and the fact that we have no idea right now, you cant treat them with a blanket response and say, well, they lack merit or they are all meritorious, my own hunch is they have to be determined on a case by case basis. And to say none on them should be treated as if they have merit is fundamentally unfair. It seems like, i do not understand why the democrats are jumping up and down over one point. It was an easy point to win. Its not a exogency, the suits may be a problem. You may wind up having a batch of class action suits. Torte reform is something that everyone is familiar with. You dont have to do it now. You could argue for a separation bill. Give us the vaccine production money, you know, lets talk about checks for people. Lets get the things out the door. Im not hearing that that loudly am i just missing it or is it not there . No, i think that, that theres been some that argued that. Look the focus is on the people that need help right now. Its a complex issue in some ways the legal issue that you have kicked around here. The fact that people are going without paychecks and after the end of this month, the situation will worsen is something that is understood. You know, in the last jobs report, what we saw were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands more people giving up. And simply saying, i cant find a job im not going look for a job anymore. We have more Small Businesses going under. We know the next six or eight weeks will be very, very perilous and will promote more hardship had. Thats enough hardship. I agree, i think mcconnell is protecting special interests and there may be some who are deserving. And that should be taken on, case by case, because theres no case to be made that people dont need help in the country. And when you ask people to shut their businesses down, when you ask people to forego their paycheck becauses its in our interests as a country to protect each other, then we ought to be standing with them and making sure that they can weather the storm the economic storm that they are going face in doing the right thing. Smirk. Last word to you. Mitch mcconnell has an issue on his hands in trying to avoid a vote that may take place on january 6. If he cant keep everyone in his tent, im talking of one breaking free. And if that vote should take place, all of a sudden, he will have members of his caucus voting against now, still, incumbent president of the united states. Its a fascinating issue to follow in light of him today findly recognizing joe biden as the president elect. Yeah, he got beat by putin to the punch. Can mcconnell control the vote or not, michael . You know, its not only those who are there in washington today, and all eyes seem to be on rand paul, but also republicans who are coming in and are the exfactor, the unknown, all it would take is one to join forces with the house member and all of a sudden, you have now got a vote in both chambers and guesses who presides in the senate . That would be Vice President mike pence. Talk about an uncomfortable moment for him. Hmmm. Well, when you are betting on Mitch Mcconnell to make sure that biden gets safe passage, you know just how deep in the river stix you actually are right now in the political reality. Thank you both. Thank you for the points andthe context, appreciate you. Thanks. Okay, maybe a member in a senate in a done disaster scenario can do something positive. Can get behind the radio leaf holdup on the bill. And see what really is going to make a difference here. Democrat chris murphy has been loud on relief. And he is here next. 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Just now, as time is running out, leaders from both parties are meeting on capitol hill, the question is, will there be a deal . Im joined by senator chris murphy, democrat from connecticut, senator, welcome back to prime time. Thanks for having me. We get a deal . We have to get a deal. We cannot go home to our states, to our constituents if we dont get a deal. It is good news that Mitch Mcconnell after seven months of refusing to negotiate finally came to the table today. But, how much time was wasted by his refusal to negotiate. How much misery did he create by sitting outside of that negotiati negotiating room . We could not get agreement without Mitch Mcconnell. His caucus is split, he has to deliver enough republican votes to get it through. It feels like we might be closer than we have in a long time. Listen, im willing to set aside the perfect and accept the good. We desperately need money in connecticut to distribute this vaccine, we have testing sites closing midday because they are running out of money. We have to pass along a massive tax increase in the middle of a massive recession because our government is going bankrupt, we need relief in connecticut, i will settle for three quarters of a loaf, i guess its good news tonight that mcconnell is finally talking. Finally talking but is liabilities for companies on covid lawsuits something you have to give on . Listen will, Mitch Mcconnell carries kstreets water. His number one operating principal is do what is right for Corporate America and that is what this Liability Protection is all about. Its an attempt to you know, try to avoid liability for truly irresponsible behavior that happened in the companies. Nobody wants frivoulous lawsuits. Dont say nobody, the retrumplicans love theses lawsuits. I cant believe theres not been sanctions for the lawsuits. Theres clearly a way to protect companies that are playing by the rules here without shutting every worker out of of court to leave them with no reit widress, as you mentioned, it does not have to be settled now the emergency is that folks are going to go hungry and thousands of Small Businesses in my state are going to shut down. Isnt mcconnell thats not what he is saying. Its not yeah, he says that the liability question is a emergency. Of course, theres no evidence that theres a flood of lawsuits being filed. All of that being said im willing to do a deal on liability. You can not close the doors of the courthouse to millions of americans. Im willing to look at provisions that would offer more certainty to companies out there. Do you believe that mcconnell is balancing the interests of his caucus in terms of the potential vote on january 6th . That he is afraid if he makes the wrong kind of deal with you guys it mayen courage rand paul, et al, to join on the vote, to certify on the electors that he cannot control. Is that real . I dont know that thats the calculus here. Ted cruz and rand paul, they are not going to make decisions on what to do, based on the deal and what gets cut. They will do what makes sense for their president ial goals eight years from now. Its too cute for mcconnell to think he is going to avoid a fiasco on january 6th. They are sort of looking out for their best political interests in the long run. That is what will dictate their decision of whether to blow up the certification of electors. What is the chance of the republicans or retrumplicans derailing the certification on the 6th . I think theres a chance that one republican senator will join a Republican House member in a contest, but that only gets you so far. You then ultimately have to have both the house and the senate vote to essentially decertify a delegation of electors and that is not going to happen. So, they will make headlines, if they choose to do it, they will raise money online. It will not result in donald trump being president of the united states. Joe biden will be president. What is your on the scene understanding of what i have been told, which is not only is mcconnell saying i have to get the liability the way i want it. I am not giving states like connecticut the money they are asking for. Its a bail out, its not my fault that murphy and the governor there cannot balance the budget. Im not going to take care of them. Hey, listen, if mcconnell wants to have a conversation about rightsizing the amount of money that connecticut sends to the federal government compared to what we get back. We will be happy to have that conversation. Because every year, we subsadize kentucky, every year, we subsadize florida, every ever now and again theres a kai si s theres a crisises that whacks us. But its rich that Mitch Mcconnell or any other republican from the states that are subsidized by other states are lecturing us on bailing them out. Strong point. Senate chris murphy, thank you for joining us. I will be coming to the office as we are trying to aggregate on data where the vaccine is going, any help is appreciated. All right, thanks. Be well. Good news, doesnt have to be all dark. The vaccine is out there. A second Covid Vaccine is about to get fda approval, it seems. How likely . What does it mean . Why does it add to the stew . Theres a difference between the moderna and pfizer. Its not just storage. We have the good doctor, chief the doctor, sanjay gupta, dropping science. Next. From your walmart store. Really fast. Really perfect. Lets end the year nailing it. Lill be eating chicken tikka. Masala with garlic naan. 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