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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> thanks so much for joining us, history will be made today on capitol hill, with the house of representatives collected to deliver a second article of impeachment to the u.s. senate. no other former president has faced an impeachment trial and mitt romney signaled he is keeping an ep on mind. >> i believe what is being alleged and what we saw, which is incitement to insurrection is
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an impeachable event, if not, what is. a total of 25 million coronavirus cases, 1 in 14 americans in the u.s. has been reached. deaths top 418,000, the most in the world. dr. debra birx told cbs face the nation that the trump's administration's was hurt by conflicting messages. >> communication is absolutely key. so, every time a statement was made by a political leader that was not consistent with public health needs had that derailed our sons. >> to russia now where thousands took to the streets in more than 100 cities in support of
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opposition leader alexi navalny. >> he was arrested last week after returning to russia. he spent five months in germany recovering from a poison attack that say blames on putin. the super bowl is now set. patrick mahomes and the kansas city chiefs will take on tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers. >> the kansas city chiefs put an end to the bills cinderella season, pat ruk mahomes threw for 325 yards and three 38-wh hded back to the super bowl this time against tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers. to get there, the bucs scored early and often against the green bay packers. but brady's three interceptions
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helped to keep the packers in the game. the bucks held on for a 31-26 win and will be the first team in nfl history to play in a super bowl in this their home stadium. tampa, we are coming home! >> and of course, you can watch super bowl lv live february 7th, right hear on cbs. >> thanks. as president biden prepares for his first full week as president, ben tracy has a final look back at the previous president's time in office. >> i joseph -- >> when joe biden became president biden this past week. >> so help me god. >> what was extraordinary was how ordinary it all seemed. >> poll i itics doesn't have toa raging fire, destroying everything in its path.
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>> the pormer president, banned from twitter could not weigh in from afar. the disrupter if chief. >> what happened to me with this witch hunt should never be allowed to happen to another president of the united states. never ever ever again. >> who dominated every aspect of american life. >> i like real news, not fake news. you are fake news. >> was suddenly gone. >> is donald trump an intellec intellectual? trust me, i'm a smart person. >> it felt like an eclipse. leaving some to wonder if he could ever fit in at a gathering of the former presidents' club. the trump presidency was different. >> i'm an extremely stable genius. >> a lot of love in this room. >> he could be bizarre.
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>> person, woman, man, camera, tv. >> and at a other times -- >> i talk about the chinese virus. >> he was offensive. >> kung flu. >> and then there were moments that were simply shocking. >> very fine people, on both sides. >> of course, there were also the tweets. >> not only florida but georgia, could have, was going toward the golf. >> and the many untruths. >> all of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen. >> like a reality show. >> it's been determined this was no collusion. we will see what happens. >> it was hard to look away, even when it burned. >> the authority of the president of the united states having to do with the subject we are talking about is total. >> there were certainly -- >> neil gorsich. >> amy coney barrett. >> a major tax cut. >> it's not fancy but it's the
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oval office. it's the great oval office. >> and peace deals in the middle east. >> this is peace in the middle east without blood all over the sand. you i say it. >> covering donald trump for the last few years. >> if it keeps getting worse and americans keep dying are you responsible? >> the virus will disappear. >> the few left here are demolalized and trying to get through the next week. >> you called yourself a nationalist and some people are saying that -- >> it's a racist question. >> the one constant was that he always stole his own show. >> that's enough. that's enough had. that's enough. >> can which may be why the new president. >> that's enough. >> it's a great nation. >> seems so determined to counter program. >> and over come the challenges in front of us requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy. unity. >> now, is it possible that a
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president that demanded to be seen and heard. >> will you shut up, man. >> could really just fade? did the rioters who stormed the capitol in his name deal a fatal blow to the trump brand. >> this was a fraudulent election. >> and what about the article of impeachment expected to be delivered to the senate tomorrow? >> we have to have peace, so go home, we love you. you are very special. >> triggerering his trial on charges of inciting an insurrection. >> stand up, patriots schm. >> no one is above the law. >> i will always fight for you. i will be watching. i will be listening. >> after finally accepting his presidency was truly over. >> i wish the new administration great luck and great success. >> the 45th president left a weary washington, wednesday
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said goodbye to the white house. >> have a good life. we will see you soon. >> reporter: there's a chance he could be saying hello to a lot of legal woes. >> now that donald trump is no longer president, he is in the shoes of any other normal citizen. >> reporter: cbs newsly legal analyst said the former president a's legal jeopardy stems from two cases in new york. manhattan district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation of the trump organization. and has reportedly obtained some of mr. trump's long-sought tax records. court filings show vance maying investigating tax and insurance fraud and falsification of business records. new york attorney general laticia james is investigating trump and his company for tax fraud. >> my loyalty to mr. trump has cost me everything. >> reporter: michael cohen acknowledges that he is providing information to
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prosecutors and believes indictments will be coming soon. >> i do believe it will be the new york prosecutors that will be first online to bring donald trump and family to justice. >> reporter: what to you think the odds are that donald trump actually faces significant jail time or prison term? >> i think that on the state side there's a good possibility that donald trump will face significant president time if convicted. >> reporter: the former president has not been charged with any crimes. so, it's unclearer how likely a conviction would be. but there are also civil suits brought by two women, former aapprentice contestant and el magazine writer, who both excused mr. trump of sexual assault. >> it's a total false accusation and i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: after he denied their claims, they sued for defamation. attempting to force mr. trump to be deposed under oath. and finally there's a federal investigation in to the assault on the capitol.
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>> we are going to walk down to the capitol. >> reporter: the justice department has not ruled out charging mr. tru f potentially inciting in riot, an extraordinary decision that would be made by the biden nion merrick garland. >> since the american founding no american president has been legally indicted it will be something unique and that's why the biden administration will think very hard before filing any kind of federal or criminal charges. >> reporter: now president biden said his justice department will remain independent and make its own decisions. he was asked on the campaign trial if he considered pardoning mr. trump, and he said no. mr. trump, and he said no. >> that is ben (ringing) - hey kaleb, what's up? ing? mr. trump, and he said no. >> that is ben - 'm good, gue what, i just had my 13th surgery. - really? i just had my 17th surgery.
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analcoholic. >> reporter: he talked to so many people, maybe because they wanted to talk to him. nearly 60,000 interviews. just think about that. practically on air more than he was off of it. >> don't make him mad. >> sorry, larry. sorry. >> reporter: yet his name was a bit of a misnomer, larry king never considered himself royalty at all? >> yes. >> no bologne, i'm a guy who asks questions. >> reporter: he started in radio in the late '50s. he told charles osgood, that broadcasting cast its spell early when he was a boy growing up in brooklyn. >> i listened to the radio in my room and ran in the bathroom and imitate, now a tale well calculated to keep you in -- suspense. >> suspense.
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when a way to make a living. >> reporter: it was cable tv where he made conversation an art form and suspend ers a fashion statement. >> on do you ever own a jacket? >> i own a jacket. but i just like this look. >> fine, just curious. >> reporter: he asked the questions others wished they thought of, and didn't. >> is it hard to drive by the watergate? >> i've never been in the watergate. >> never been? >> no, other people were in there at once fncortunately. >> is that for you frustrating to do not remember something? >> yes it was frustrating. >> reporter: he could chat it up with anybody. >>pot is still a part of your life, right? >> seven days a week, it's my wake and bake, my breakfast of champions. >> wheaties. >> reporter: even serial murderers and dictators got the same larry king. >> what was it like to kill someone? >> reporter: he to be the
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hardest working person in broadcasting without a doubt. >> i don't think there was a day that he felt it was work. let me see the 2-shot please. >> reporter: she was larry king's founding executive producer. he got criticized for asking softballs and sometimes they were the hardest to answer. >> what larry did, he made people feel so comfortable that they would go beyond their talking points. >> what happened with the submarine? >> it sunk. >> reporter: his talent was more listening than asking questions. >> when the camera came on, his eyes lit up. and he would laugh, you know, that clucking laugh. and he would rub his eyes at a joke and it was just magical. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he could rival just about any red carpet with his parade of celebrity interviews. >> you are in another ballpark,
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frank. >> i agree with that. >> reporter: and yet he was only really nervous about one. frank sinatra. >> why don't you do more z interviews? >> nobody invites me. ♪ got an angel besides me ♪ >> reporter: his interview with marlon brando grabbed headlines not just because brando hardly talked to anyone and not because they sang together. but for how they ended their interview. >> darling. goodbye. >> goodbye. >> he just went right in for it and then he was proud of it. i kissed marlon brando. >> reporter: the list of those mourning his passing is as long as his career. among them, oprah, clinton and even the l.a. dodgers. a fan, king loved the dodgers almost as much as he loved getting married. at times, usually to younger women as the dali lama once
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observed. >> she is mhyounger. >> she is much younger, yes. >> looks luke your daughter. sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. >> heart troubles and other ailments doinged king for years. he said that the fear of of of losing the health battles can kept him up at night. >> what do you worry about? >> the only thing i worry about is tying. >> what do you worry about, you are a boy? >> a boy, this universe has been around a long time, and it will be here for a long time and i'm here for a blip of it and i want >>he'm so thrilled you are back. >> reporter: even after signing off cmn in 2010, he moved his conversations the to the sbrent to make sure he did not miss a beat. he kept asking questions, always looking for the next great gift.
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he wrote that there was really only one interview he never got. >> and he said god. >> you know, there's only one question he would ask. why? that's for sure. >> so god's in for it this weekend? >> yeah. god's in for it this weekend. >> let's hope he rolls up his sleeves and hunches over the microphone and take a vicks vapopatch. easy to wear with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you,
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to 2021, we may have already found our sales rep of the year. >> reporter: girl scout ali love-s selling cookies but when covid made door to door sales unsafe, her parents had to get creative. they recorded ali on a ring doorbell to send on to friends and family as a virtual sales pitch. >> would you like to buy some girl scout cookies. >> reporter: and her pitch was perfect. >> you can buy them, $5 and each, so, would you like one? or two, or three, or four, or five? or six or seven or eight or 9 or 10? i don't know, maybe 11 or 12? >> reporter: what did you tell her before she rang the door bell? >> that's the beauty of it, we told her to just sell cookies. >> reporter: after herid shared online, she crushed her sale goal. how many have you sold?
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>> 600 boxes. >> reporter: 600? but she delivered more than cookies. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you.
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beythe ongoing pandemic is making life difficult for americans and it's also bringing out the best in all of us. steve hart found this tasty story on the road. >> reporter: a pizza delivery man got a much bugger piece of the pie this month, when a customer here in tipton, indiana, tipped him way more than 15%. >> you know, i couldn't believe it. it's like it's surreal. >> reporter: robert peters has been delivering pizzas 31 years. pizza hut said he is one of the longest tenured delivery people, which robert admits. isn't something most folks aspire to. >> there are people in my family that were saying, maybe you consider something more financially stable.
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it's my purpose in life. trying to make people happy. when you are are delivering to somebody. you may be the only face they even see all day. >> it's good to see you again. >> you too. >> and it's that attitude. >> hey, how are you doing. >> reporter: combined with a obsessive devotion to customer service is that earned robert a reputation in the town. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: tanner langly is a regular. he said god forbid you call for a pizza and he cannot make exact change. >> he will drive three or four miles down the road to bring you $.15 in change. >> reporter: but you are tipping him anyway. why does it matter? >> it's the moral of it, he didn't want you to feel like you had to tip him because he didn't have the change. >> reporter: after so many experiences like that. tanner felt compelled to give him a tip equal to his job performance. so he reached out to r a newron
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three days the good people of tipton donated enough for this. a shiny red chevy malibu, and insurance and gas money. $19,000 total. >> reporter: tanner, how do you explain this? >> that's the impact he has on people. >> that makes me feel, really, really good inside. >> reporter: this week, we got a new president. but robert proves the most important job in in america, in fact the only job that you know can make the world a better place is yours. >> thank you, thank you, you too, see you later. >> reporter: steve hartman, cbs news, on the road. >> reporter: robert if you are delivering to manhattan. the crew wants a dozen pies, cheese, sausage, vegetable, check back with us later for cbs this morning and follow us on the any time at cbs news.com.
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reporting from new york city. ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> at the cbs broadcast center in new york city, thank you for joining us. history will be made today on capitol hill with the house of representatives expected to deliver a second article of impeachment against former president trump to the u.s. senate is. no former u.s. president has ever faced an impeachment trial and republican senator mitt romney signaled he is keeping an open mind. >> i believe that what is being alleged and what we saw, which is incitement to insurrection is an impeachable offense.
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if not, what is? >> the impeachment trial is set to begin, monday, february 8th. the united states hit a staggering tally this weekend. a total of 25 million coronavirus cases, that is about 1 in everier 14 americans. u.s. deaths linked to the virus now top 418,000. the most in the world. doctor debra birx, the former white house covid response coordinatorly tells cbs "face the nation" that the trump administration's response to the virus was hurt by about miscommunication. >> communication is absolutely key. every time a statement was made by a political leader that was not consistent with public health needs, that derailed our response. >> to russia now, where thousands took to the streets in more than 100 cities in support of opposition leader alexi navalny, the biggest was in
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moscow, reports say more than 3,000 people were detained nationwide. navalny was arrested last week after returning to russia. he spent 5 months in germany recovering from a poison attack he blames on putin. the stage is now set is for super payroll lv, pat maholms and the defending champions the kansas city chiefs will take on the immortal tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers. we have the highlights of the championship games. >> reporter: the kansas city chiefs put an end to the buffalo bills season. chiefs quarterback, pat mahomes showed no signs of last weak's conconcussion, throwing for 325 yards and three touchdowns. the chiefs beat til btime, against tom brady and tampa bay buccaneers. to get there, the bucs scored early and often against the green bay packers. butbrady's three second half
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interception helped to keep the pack in the game. brady ended up throwing for 280 yards and three touchdowns. the bucs held on for a 31-26 win and will be the first team in nfl history to play in a super bowl in their home stadium. >> tampa, we are coming home! >> yeah! sglo. >> reporter: and of course, you can watch it live february 7th, right here on cbs. thanks, naomi, as president biden prepares for his first full week as president, ben tracy has a final look back at the previous president's time in office. >> reporter: when joe biden became president bide inthis past week, what was extraordinary was how ordinary it all seemed. >> politics doesn't is to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. >> reporter: the now former president trump exiled himself
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from the ceremony, banned from twirt he could not even weigh in from afar. the disrupter in chief. >> what happened to me with this witch hunt should never be allowed to happen to another president of the united states. never, ever again. >> reporter: who dominated every aspect of american life. >> i like real news, not fake news. you are fake news. >> reporter: was suddenly gone. >> is donald trump an intellectual, trust me, i'm like a smart person. >> reporter: it felt like more than a transition, it felt like an eclipse. leaving some to wonder if he could ever fit in, to a gathering of the former president's club. the trump presidency was different. >> i'm been extremely stable genius. maybe i have a natural ability. maybe i should have done that instead of running for president
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a hot of -- a lot of love in the room. is. >> reporter: he could be bizarre and oth i'ms -- there were the moments -- that were simply shocking. >> very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: of course there were the tweets. >> not only florida, but georgia, was going toward the gulf. >> reporter: and the many untruths. >> all of on us here today do not want to sea our election victory stolen. >> reporter: like a reality show. >> it's been determined there was no collusion, so we will see what happens. >> reporter: it was hard to look away even when it burned. >> the authority of the united states having to do with the subject we are talking about is total. >> reporter: there were accomplishments to tout, three supreme court justices. >> amy coney barrett. >> reporter: a major tax cut. >> it's not fancy but it's the oval on office.
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it's the great oval office. >> reporter: and peace deals in the middle east. >> this is peace in the middle east without blood all over the sand. i say it. >> reporter: covering donald trump for the past few years. if it keeps getting worse and americans keep dying are you responsible for that? >> well the virus will disappear. >> reporter: was both addicting and exhausting. the few white house aides left here are demoralized and trying to get lou the next week. >> some saw you as emboldening white nationalists. >> that's such a racist question. sfw . >> reporter: the constant was that he stole his own show. >> that's enough, that's enough, that's enough. >> reporter: which may be why the new president seems so determined to counter program. >> and over come the challenges in front of us requires the most elusive of all things in a democr democracy. unity. >> reporter: and now, is it possible a president who always
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demanded to be seen and heard. >> will you shut up, man. >> reporter: could really just fade away? did the rioters that stormed the capitol in his name deal a fatal blow to the trump brand? >> this was a fraudulent election. >> reporter: and what about the article of impeachment, expected to be delivered to the senate tomorrow. >> we have to have peace, so go home, we although you. you are very special. >> reporter: triggering his trial on inciting an insurrection. >> no one is above the law. >> reporter: not to mention those criminal investigations and lawsuits mr. trump still faces in new york and beyond. >> i will always fight for you. i will be watching. i will be listening. >> reporter: after finally accepting his presidency was truly over. >> i wish the new administration great luck and great success. >> reporter: the former
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president left a weary washington wednesday morning. >> goodbye, we love you. >> reporter: while leaving us wondering, if the show. >> have a good life. we will see you so
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. ♪ ♪ this is the ccbs overnight news. thanchlgs for staying with us. president biden has a familiar face as his chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. the country's foremost expert in infectious diseases is serving his seventh president. he discussed this with ted kopel. >> reporter: when we first met on camera, remote interviews were something of a novelty and the nation was fix ated on a global epidemic called hiv aids.
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what degree of optimism do you have of some kind of vaccine? >> two vaccines are in phase one trial to determine safety, but it won't be until well in to the 1990s if we are lucky enough to have a vaccine. it will not be at least until 1995. >> reporter: even 33 years ago, tony fauci had a wide national following. but mostly among aids activists who were often highly critical. and to the best of my recollection, he not yet inspired any videos, t-shirts, coffee mugs or suggestions of impending saint-hood. >> oh, my goodness, my nones in lady of guadelupe in brooklyn would turn over in their grave >> reporter: then we have the other kind. if you can see it over there.
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>> i believe dr. are fafauci ha manufactured the corona virus. a tucertain part of the country believed the hoax aspect. the fake news ask pictpect the half was longing for facts and truth. for better or worse one ren or the other. i was a symbol that was unrealistic that was st. anthony. that was great, that was not reality. on the other hand, i have had people who threatened myakg pub health measures. >> reporter: we have got some video, tony, of you and your
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wife walking with a security detail. it came to that? >> yeah, yeah, it came to that. it triggered such animosity, i have to have armed federal agents with me like all the time. >> reporter: your children have been threatened. >> i have to tell you. i'm not afraid for myself, but the thing that really is disturbing to me is the harassment. continual harassment of my three daughters know who they are, where they live, their telephone number and where they work. it infuriates me. >> reporter: let's talk about us, america. here we are, we have 4% of the world's population e have been two million fatalaties worldwide. if we had our share that would have been 80,000.
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that is a lot. we have 5 times that number. >> yes. >> reporter: we have been an abject failure, tony. >> yeah. the reasons for that, ted, i don't think i can articulate all of them. some of them stand out to me because i've lived through them. you can't have mixed messaging. you cannot have the politicization of public health messages. the idea that wearing a mask or not became a political statement, that makes it beyond difficult to implement a good public health measure. >> dr. fauci said is there's no magic drug for coronavirus right now. >> reporter: you have a very expressive face and there's a
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moment you will no instantly what i'm talking about in the press room at the white house. i want you to reveal finally what was going through your head during that briefing. >> well, the one i think you are referring to is when we were in that situation where we were talking about hydroxychloroquine. >> it may work, may not work. i feel good about it. it's all it is. it's just a feeling. you know, i'm a smart guy. >> and he was up there talking about it and i just, i think i went like that. >> reporter: yes. >> i like them to go back to the state department or as they call it the deep state department. >> i instinctively did and thought oh, my god. unfortunately that was the picture that rocketed around the world. >> reporter: people have come to a point where they don't understand this about president
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trump. he can actually be an extraordinarily charming man. >> yes, you are right. he is a maon i got along very well with him, but i took no pleasure in misrepresentations in the sphere of medicine and science. i'm not sure what the president is referring to. that annoyed, i think, his staff, his loyal staff. in some respects more than it annoyed him. so, that's when things started to go the wrong direction. >> he has this high approval rating. why don't i have a high approval rating with respect to the virus. >> so the relationship became a bitfrayed. when i saw him in the oval office, he would act like everything was fine.
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then we had the famous time when people were chanting "fire fauci" and he said, well, that's not a bad idea, i i will that. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election. no, he has been wrong a lot, he is a nice man. he has been wrong a lot. >> reporter: with more consistent leadership. we could have saved a lot of lives. is that a true statement? >> i believe so. i think if we had the public health messages that from the top right through down to the people in the trenches be consistent that things might have been different. in fact, i think they would have been different. i will spend a couple of minutes summing up the status of where we are with. it's a measure of tony fauci's durability that at the age of 80, he has taken on a new title. working for joe biden.
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