Back that up, i cant in good countenance continue showing you this. Fox news abruptly cutting away from Kayleigh McenanysNews Conference yesterday when she tried to make explosive Election Fraud claims backed by no evidence, none at all. Yeah. You know, willie, remember the morning after the election we were telling everybody to take a deep breath. I think its time to do that again, like a week later, because i was i was we sort we dont watch a lot of cable news or any news after we get off the show in the morning. I think three hours is gracious, plenty for anybody. But i was walking through the living room and i saw Mitch Mcconnell. I thought oh, my lord, im going to be getting texts. And without turning up the sound i knew what he was going to do. He was going to do just like he tweeted, we have a right to count all the votes and then present any legal challenges that we have. And so i knew he was going to say that. Then i knew hed Say Something like, the democrats smell so bad, they got horse flies around their faces. He didnt say that. He didnt say that exactly but i knew hed provoke the press. He would provoke the democrats and i would be getting texts throughout the day. So its really important Everybody Needs to take a deep breath because you can put what youre hearing in two buckets. The first bucket is what youre hearing from most except in georgia, where youre hearing it from most republicans. Elected leaders and most are saying the same thing. Lindsey graham, Mitch Mcconnell, others who are provoking a lot of people. One, theyre saying the president has a right to count all the votes. You know what . You can say that about every election thats ever been held in American History and, two, the president has a right to present any legal challenges that he may have to the counting of those votes. Thats been said. You can say that about any election thats ever been. So thats what most republican elected officials are saying. And is it irritating that at the same time theyre declaring victory yes, its irritating. But theyre stating what is obvious. Then youve got the trump propagandists who are lying and cheating not cheating but lying and talking about cheating and Holding Press Conferences at lawn care centers outside of sex shops and also in the white house. Also in the white house. Guess what, theyre lying and that will be sorted out by the courts. There was a judge in michigan yesterday who heard one of the challenges that said, hey, you know what, you havent presented several things including any evidence of wrongdoing. You know, i was there for 5 for 38 days in florida in the recounts. I was there every day. And what we were doing as republicans, we were looking at votes. 537 votes. So if 14 votes changed in a county, that was really significant because theres 67 counties in florida. So it really was that recount was chaotic, but were talking about dozens of votes here and there. This morning, joe biden is ahead by 14,000 votes in georgia. Hes ahead by 45,000 votes in pennsylvania. More than donald trump beat Hillary Clinton by four years ago. Hes ahead by, i dont know, 17,000, 18,000 votes in arizona. Hes easily gotten his 270. There are no Court Challenges that are going to change that outcome. And Everybody Knows it. Now, its disturbing whats happening in georgia but that should be more disturbing to georgia republicans, because the fate of the United States senate and the entire government of the United States of america rests on those two seats and the two people running are i think stand apart as being extraordinarily reckless. Saying things that are total lies and theyre attacking, wait for it, wait for it, a fellow republican. Yep. Who laughed at the attacks and said theyre just theyre mad because trump lost and theyre afraid theyre going to lose their seats too. Its so important to remember, the rules of all of these elections were put together by republicans in wisconsin, in michigan, in pennsylvania, in georgia, in florida, in texas and in arizona. Every swing state republican legislatures put together the rules. And theyre being run in georgia, in arizona, in philadelphia, by republicans. So im just saying i know its maddening. I know we want this to all be over. But its obvious where this is going to end. No, donald trump is not going to steal any elections. Hes throwing a tantrum right now and republicans are trying to give him space. Should they give him space, no, they should put their ycountry ahead of the party, and theyre not going to do it. The courts will do it. The law firms like jones day should be ashamed of themselves if they continue this charade. Several law firms that have respected clients, but anybody that carries out this facade and does it for money when they know there are no unless they have a legitimate challenge. If they have legitimate challenges bring it up. But if youre acting for a shield for a president trying to undermine democracy and our elections, its time to slowly step away and tell the president goodbye. I was getting the same texts you were yesterday, joe, which i wouldnt call them panicked. I would say the concern was a little elevated. Is this really happening was the theme. Are we going to lose this thing . Joe biden remains the president elect of the United States. He just is. Theres a lot of noise out there. Theres a lot going on. As you say, the courts already have held up so theyll continue to hold up in the face of the challenges because theres not evidence being put forward. Even for the two georgian senators who asked the secretary of state to step down, he said im not stepping down thats a fantasy, didnt provide any evidence. They threw it out into the atmosphere and the argument as kasie hunt will tell us in a minute when she joins us is that Mitch Mcconnell is so focused on the two senate seats he is trying to fire up the base so he can keep the majority in the senate. Well, at what cost is he doing that . Hes firing up the base to hold on two seats at the cost of creating the confusion and the doubt about the electoral process. The margins are so much bigger this time than in 2000 when it was 537 votes. It is not comparable, but there are a lot of republicans, there is an attorney general, who are indulging this tantrum. I dont think three of us or any parent watching this show would allow the tantrum to go on like this or allow the toddler to scream at the top of their lungs and say, what more can i get for you . Its the way that Mitch Mcconnell is doing it, its the way that some republican senators are doing it. Its the way the gsa, the office that ensures a smooth transition is handling it. Its the way that President Trump is handling it by firing the secretary of defense. Its on us to stay focused and know the truth and tell the truth about whats happening in a fair electoral process as republican secretary of states and electoral boards have told us again and again and again, there is nothing shady here. In fact, this was a smooth election that joe biden won. The sound and fury signifying nothing. The only thing i will say, yes, Mitch Mcconnell will whatever he has to do to remain the majority in the United States senate but right now what hes seeing in the state of georgia where democrats and independents are going to be united to actually put democrats in charge of the senate, and to run Mitch Mcconnell out of the majority speaker majority leaders office, what hes allowing to happen right now is a civil war. Happening in georgia. The people of georgia elected the republican secretary of state and they know him very well. And, you know, hes run a Fair Election. Yeah. And its obvious because the there were no specific charges against him at all. It has been a clean race. And what so lets say, for instance, this republican civil war where republicans are attacking republicans, which is just so idiotic. Lets say it peels off 5 of the vote. Well, youve got senator ossoff if thats the case. Lets say it peels off a little more than that. Well, maybe. Just maybe you have democrats in charge of the United States senate. It sure seemed like a long like a long shot on election day when we found out about these runoffs. But if the republicans are going to be fighting republicans in the state of georgia leading up to this election, then suddenly anything is possible including Mitch Mcconnell losing the majority. Yeah. And joe, you mentioned jones day. Thats not the only, you know, law firm thats dealing with these things. But some of the senior lawyers there are expressing concerns. Theyre pretty embarrassed actually that their firm they have taken on a lot of controversial cases. Theres a piece in the New York Times that reached out to these law firms. Theres another one Porter WrightMorrison Arthur one lawyer has quit in protest. Theyre so embarrassed. Even the firms that have such an incredible reputation and law firms, you know, often, you know, relish taking on controversial clients and really exploring the limits of the law to make sure that due process is there, theyre looking at this and just saying, please, are you kidding me . Youre going to take this . Whats happening now is this is what totalitarian regimes do and stay with me. Take a deep breath and stay with me. Your hair is not on fire. What totalitarian regimes do, they the side what the legal result wants to be. Then they work back from that and try to find evidence. Try to make up evidence to lead to that conclusion. Thats the phone line, you know what i mean . So thats whats happening here. So again, let me say it again. Every republican, every democrat, every person that runs for office has the right as Mitch Mcconnell said to have all the votes counted and to present my legal challenges they may have. But here we are, six days into this. And theres not been one credible claim put forward by one republican. You have Rudy Giuliani in front of sex shops and lawn scape places, just blabbering, talking generalities. You have generalities coming from the white house. Again, Nothing Specific at all. Its really embarrassing. The few people that make up specific things, i wont even say their names because they dont deserve to have their names mentioned on this show, they present no evidence of it. Its all just allegations and theyre just looking again, theyve got their conclusion and now theyre desperately searching for any evidence that will lead to that conclusion and its not there. So the only thing i would say to law firms, the only thing i would say to elected officials is if you have the evidence, bring it forward. If you dont have the evidence, stand down and let this country move forward. Yeah. Youre only hurting yourself. Youre not hurting joe biden for gods sake. Theyre choosing a cabinet right now in delaware. Youre not hurting them, youre hurting yourself. The only kind of freakout area is here i mean, this is dead serious that we just the country does not need more of this. It needs less of this. We do need to do some better at some point and let me finish. Not following transition traditions is bad for the country. But we knew this was going to happen. Thats true. Theyre probably not even going to cooperate to the bitter end. No, theyre not. Trumps not. And if republicans dont, theyll ultimately pay the price. Lets not be shocked by what we knew was going to happen. Instead, look at the data. Yeah. Look at the votes. Let me say it again. Right now, donald trump is losing pennsylvania by more votes than Hillary Clinton lost it by. Donald trump is losing michigan by more votes by a good number of more votes than Hillary Clinton lost it by. Right now, joe biden is up by 14,000 votes. Over 14,000 votes in the state of georgia. Correct. Thats not going to be overturned by any recount. Wisconsin, scott walker said it, its not going to be overturned by any recount. What is concerning is the lack of respect for the transition and for example, the news were about to get to. The firing of mark esper and other things that could hurt the United States and the coronavirus, which again, is running rampant and this president is sitting here, you know, curled up in a chair trying to figure out how to win an election he lost. Well, listen, is it terrible that the Trump Administrations doing this . Is it terrible that donald trump himself tried to get his attorney general to arrest joe biden two weeks yes, it is. Is it terrible that donald trump spent four years saying that article 2 gave him yes, its terrible. Lets not be shocked. We knew this was going to happen. So lets call the republicans bluff. Go ahead. Take it to court. Youre gonna lose. Thats lets get to real news now, because again, thats all smoke. A lot of smoke. We have the host of way too early, kasie hunt. Associate editor from the Washington Post, david ignatius. In a moment well be talking to david about the president s move yesterday to fire the secretary of defense fired via twitter. While the nation is in transition what it means for National Security. This is where you look for concern about what is happening here. But first, the coronavirus and the United States reporting yet another record high for daily cases yesterday. According to an nbc news tally, there were nearly 134,000 new infections and the first its the first time that cases have crossed 130,000 in one day. And it marked the sixth day in a row that the u. S. Recorded more than 100,000 in a day. The country also reported 729 deaths yesterday. Willie . Meanwhile, the Donald Trump Administration is trying to take credit for pfizers success in vaccine trials and mike pence tweeted yesterday, claiming it was thanks to the Public Private partnership, but pfizer made clear they did not take money from the operation warp speed. Pfizer has agreed to sell the United States 100,000 doses and waiting until after the election to announce the vaccine news for political purposes. Here is reaction to that from dr. Anthony fauci. What the company will be doing, its putting in soon within the next week and a half or so, for an emergency use authorization and for ultimate approval of the vaccine. If that goes along smoothly that we may have doses that were able to give to people by the end of november, the beginning of december. Probably well into december. Now, again, you have to go through the hoops of making sure all of the is are dotted and the ts are crossed, but we would be giving vaccine to people very likely before the end of the year. That is good news. Lets bring in dr. Vin gupta, a pulmonologist and nbc news medical contributor. Great to see you. So lets start with the headline, the big news about the pfizer vaccine. 90 successful at least in this trial. What are the implications of that and are you as optimistic as dr. Fauci is about the possibility of getting some doses it to the public before the end of the year . Good morning, willie. Great to see you. You know, i think just to clarify something for the American Public because i think its you know, again, disinformation is never helpful for trust, especially when it comes to the vaccine. Pfizer just published via a press release data one week after administration of a second dose of this vaccine. So they didnt even have the data before election day. Their enrollees received the first dose the day before the election day and the big criticism was wow, this is really early data on just 94 people. If you had to find a criticism here. So this notion theres any politics here, its wrong, its not true. And especially with vaccine and trust, we cant be talking like this. I want the naysayers out there to stop that. I will say, if this bears itself out this is exceptionally early data in a press release. If it bears itself out to be true over the long term, give it 28 days, end of this month, early december, and we still see efficacy of the vaccine in the high 70s, high 80 percentile range, this is along the lines of a measle vaccine, that would be great. We know we have a pathway to hopefully end this pandemic once theres broad distribution. That brings up the distribution. We know this requires a fridge that reaches minus 100 degrees fahrenheit and theres not enough of them across the country. And Anthony Fauci is talking about the high risk individuals, over 65 cohort and 20 million maybe by the end of the year. A long way to get to two for every american doses. The lead in the Washington Post frames where were at right now. Quote president elect joe biden sought to protect the authority of an incoming president monday as he dealt with matters domestic and international. Even as the defeated incumbent continued to balk at turning over the reins. One of bidens first courses of action was the announcement of his Coronavirus Task force. Biden addressed the nation from the headquarters in wilmington, explaining how to task force plans to deal with the pandemic. Theres a need for bold task to fight this pandemic. Were still facing a very dark winter. This group will advise on detailed plans, build on a bedrock of science. And to keep compassion, empathy and care for every american at its core. Making Rapid Testing widely available. More widely available, much more widely available. And building a core of contact tracers who will track and curb this disease while we prioritize getting vaccines firs