Theres a lot unknown about the vaccine. Side effects and distribution and whether theres enough to go around. It does mark a new chapter. In an american tragedy that destroyed far too many lives and still far from over. The daily death koint is among the highest in the nation history. Period. Take a look at this list. These are the deadliest events that occurred on u. S. Soil. Natural disaster. War, terrorist attacks and now covid. Deaths from december 4 alone exceeded the death toll from the japanese atake on pearl harbor. The death toll from december 9 alone exceeded the 9 11. Four out of the top ten deadliest events were all within the last ten days. Yesterday was the fourth deadliest day our country has ever seen. That day december 9 we lost more than 3,100 people. At the end of the terrible day, the president of the country the president of the United States hosted a packed indoor hanukkah party. Where as you can see, some were wearing masks. Not adhering to social distancing inside the white house. Time and again we are seeing two americas. That divide has never appeared as stark. Perhaps theres a reason why people in the smaller privileged side of america dont fear the coronavirus. Because now, we have seen trump and his pals christy and carson who admitted trump personally cleared him to receive the same therapy that trump received. And rudy giuliani. Received vip treatment when infected with covid. Rudy even admitted it. I had very mild symptoms. I think if it wasnt me, i wouldnt have been put in the hospital. Really . Sometimes when youre, you know a celebrity, they are worried if something happens to you, theyll examine it more carefully. And do everything right. When youre a star they let you do it. Compare that to the one in ten americans who per the New York Times live in areas where intensive care beds are full or fewer than 5 available. Trump and his pals have no interest in the muck and disorder of the under privileged and the sick and the poor flt those without healthcare. They are throwing superspreader events. Bragging about traveling to see family for the holidays. Harassing local leaders for implementing life saving measures and rejecting science. Until they need science to save their own skin. Joining me now new jersey governor. And internal medicine physician. Columnist for the New York Times. Ill start with you, governor. We have had a vaccine approved. But its not even clear everyone will have access to it. What we have seen so far is that elite americans people who are friends of the president get special access. Including former governor christy. Who got an treatment for it was approved by the fda. Ben carson saying trump intervened and cleared him personally. Rudy giuliani getting admitted to the hospital with mild symptoms. And still receiving one of the 108 treatments that they obtained for its residents. None of whom are rudy giuliani. He doesnt live there. Im worried that the rank and file ordinary people of your state in new jersey where you have seen 15,000 people die. Where you have 400,000 cases. Are you worried were having a rationing by the rich to get treatment and special care . Good to be with you, joy. That wont happen in new jersey. It hasnt happened as it relates to anderson coop to access with healthcare and it vaccine distribution. Well have with healthcare workers and drentzs and staff. And move on essential workers. Front line workers and vulnerable communities. Thats not to say the disadvantage communities have not paid a higher price. Especially brown and black communities they have. Its certainly laid them bare. Shame on us to have to live through what we have lived through every again. The bigotive in our state is learn from what we have gone through and make sure through the pandemic and including the vaccine and as we rebuild our state and economy, that we address those inequities once and for all. I want to put the numbers back up again from your state. Theres a spike in many parts of the country since thanksgiving. In new jersey. 5,300 new positive cases. You have 68 new confirmed deaths over 15,000 people have died. How are you communicating with the people in your state and how is that communication changed over time . It seems people arent listening. To the guidelines and doing whatever they want. In some cases insisting on their right to infect other people and not wear masks and not social distance. Youre right. Theres a lot of the combination of the things. That is lethal. Its cold. What we were doing outside three months ago. Its holiday season. Theres pandemic fatigue. Even from good hearted folks who are trying to do the right thing for the beginning. Theres a lot of private setting transmission. Theres no amount of enforcement that Law Enforcement or otherwise can get into every living room. And this has been politicized when it should be about science. That combination i think means that were in for a tough next probably six plus weeks. The vaccine news is great. Its real. Thats going to come. Thank god the weather will get warmer. The curve will run its course. Well pay a huge price. And we have to hope the folks bare down and dont let their guard down. I wonder if you have a message for the politicians in dc who are still not coming through with a benefits bill. Despite the fact our new weekly initial jobless claims hit 853,000. They expected 730,000. Do you have a message for the Mitch Mcconnell and Steve Mnuchin and the president . We need desperately federal stimulus. We need it at a very beg number. Whether or not ill take whatever they can give us. Whether you are unemployed or a Small Business person. Or running a restaurant. Or you have lost a loved one. Or trying to keep people employed at the front lines like firefighters and police and healthcare workers. Educators. Or a local government. There are many many reasons why we need a big statement out of the washington. That meets this moment. I personally think this is a 3 million need. If we get a billion of that now and the rest soon, we can live with that. I would say the longer this goes on, the bigger the price tag. The more the suffering. Sooner than later bigger than smaller. History will not be unkind if we over shoot. It will be devastating through human suffering if we under shoot and dont meet the moment. Indeed. Hopefully the folks in d. C. Are listening and not on vacation. Thank you. Stay safe. All right. Lets bring in our other two members. Dr. Roy. We are seeing this surge happening. Theres a hope on the horizon. You had a vote for a vaccine to fast track it and allow people to get it. 174 vote. One person ab stained. Are you concerned that this idea of the vulnerable getting it first wont hold and what were seeing in terms of the treatment for covid where you have seen the elite the people friends of the president be able to push themselves to the front of the line. That this idea of treating the vulnerable wont hold and the same thing will happen with the vaccine. Happy thursday. Its stories like that where you see the wealthy and privilege and powerful getting the specialized treatment that frankly the rest of the country isnt getting. Stories like that will reenforce the stigmatizing attitudes that communities of color already have. That will marginalized communities have. We in the Healthcare Community and we have to work the more harder to combat the those ideas. That only the wealthy are going to get the evidence based treatment. Right now we need to focus on the three preventive measures. Mask and physical distance. Hand hygiene. And the vaccine. This is good news. The task is going to be make sure that we get we use evidence and tried measures to make sure communities get the vaccines and how do you do that . It will be a collaborative effort. Partnership between the most trusted and most knowledgeable. My opinion thats three groups of people. Identifying the most trusted in the communities. Could be clergy or pastor. Community activists. As well as the most trusted professional in the world. Nurses. Could be nurses or Community Healthcare workers. Public Health Professionals that are trained and third, we need celebrities that are trusted and admired and respected in the communities. Theres a wonderful conversation with lezly jones. They are funny and talented and very smart. They know people are deeply suffering now. It will be a collaboration. A multiapproach in order to reach the vulnerable communities and continue beyond covid19. We have to make sure they get treated for Breast Cancer and heart attacks and strokes and sickle cell. That needs to happen. Indeed. The challenge is we spoke yesterday, experts are saying there may not be enough vaccine for everyone. The Trump Administration already under ordered what was available. What they could have ordered. And theres a global demand. You know how this goes the rich will shove themselves forward. And shove the poor people on the ground and stomp them. Saying this is for us. The nba will get it. And the union make sure the families get them. There is a hierarchy. I want to play this, a United States senator playing holiday music in the rotunda. The rich and the privileged free to play Christmas Music in the capitol. While people are dying. Instead of passing a damn bill. And i worry. Do you worry well have an oligarch response to distributing the vaccine. I think that we will always have vip getting work arounds. One of the they thinks that giuliani did in terms of getting access to the antibodies. That ordinary people if you show up in the emergency room you are very unlikely to get. And he shouldnt have gotten just because the emergency use authorization specifically says theyre not for use in hospitalized patients. They are patients that could be sick enough to be in the hospital. Already we know that somebody was bending the rules to give this to him over and above the other special privileges that he was boasting about on the radio. I was talking to doctors today. I have a column. They make the point that hospitals are multibillion dollar businesses. Even when theyre nonprofit. They have a bennett line. Their finances are hit hard because the cancelling elective surgery. And having to treat Covid Patients that are uninsured. Its a position they have to do favors for the rich and well connected. We have already had the system with the pathology add to that covid19 where we have to be basically ration care. And life saving drugs. It increases the corruption. 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Texas attorney general delusional lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to throw out all the legal votes in georgia, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. From 17 red states. Filed a brief in support of loony tune texas lawsuit. Trump himself personally warned Georgia Attorney general not to rally support against it. Today trump met with several ags. All but two states signing onto the texas lawsuit. Asking senator cruz to argue the case. If the court hears the case. That most say is hopeless. Two dozen states filed motions against it. Pennsylvania attorney general call it abuse of the judicial process. Im joined by reverend al sharpton. And editor at large of the bull work. This is nothing short to me of white nationalism. In action. In our political system. Its antidemocracy. Its antia specific kind of democracy. The guy who is leading the newest lawyer involved is a guy named john eastman. Professor at chap Man University and a birther. A birther attack on kamala harris. Going after cities where the prominent black voters. And saying theres a fraud. Its a direct war against black voters. Youre right. When you lock at where they have methodically gone off black voting areas. Theyre not questioning all the votes in the city or state. Certain areas. They are directly trying to disenfranchise and criminalize black voters. And we need to call it for what it is. This is a clear racist attempt to disenfranchise black voters by people a that celebrated the nuking of the Voting Rights act and the fact we have not been able to pass the john lewis act. The state attorney generals that would have been subject to national clearance. Judicial clearance. Had we kept section 4 and 5 in the Voting Rights act. Can sit up in the white house and plan what is amount to the disenfranchisement. It would have been barred if the voting act was in full effect. That is true. You have these republicans including half of the caucus and the house. Essentially saying negate tens of millions of votes. Take them off the vote. If they took place in cities that have black voters voting for biden. If youre black and vote for trump. Just to back that up. Rush limbaugh called President Trump and said it was a version of reparations. And other ways he tried to trigger white voters against obama in the day. Here he is today talking like an old successionist from the 1860s. We are trending towards succession. More and more people are asking what in the world do we have in common with the people who live in new york . We cant be in this dire a conflict. Without something giving somewhere along the way. Youre right. Theres not a lot in common. Blue states pay all the taxes and red states eat them. Blue states pay in more than they get back from the federal government. And happy to do it. We have taxes in blue states. Red states are nine of the ten takers. They have to take. Because they refuse to tax the rich in the state. They want to be little banana republics. That talk is when lincoln got elected. It is 1850s. By the way, if the Texas Attorney generals lawsuit were to be successful which is ss not. Its clownish and frivolous. And abuse of due process. My vote would be suppressed. I live in wisconsin. This is part of the evolution of the Republican Party and the right wing from being a Political Party and be a cult. They are willing to put trump, trump needs over the constitution. Over democracy. Over the needs of the country. Rush limbaugh is denying he was in favor of the succession. Hes playing with fire. 17 states say lets disenfranchise millions from other states. Its interesting how quickly on the right during this trump era we have moved from conservatives being about patriotism. And flag waving and mandatory stand lg for the pledge of allegiance. To maybe we tear the country apart. Engage in sedition. And dont want to be part of the america. What do you have in common