it is sunday october the 8th. we are 73 days away from inauguration day. i'm ali velshi. by now you know nbc news has declared joe biden the president-elect. right now nbc news has biden with 279 electoral college votes. donald trump has 214. alaska, arizona, georgia and

north carolina remain too close to call. 270, though, was all biden needed to win. a source shared with nbc news the story of how biden found out. quote, former vipt joe biden and jill were enjoying the warm fall weather on their back patio this morning when from inside their home a chorus of applause erupted. biden's grandchildren watching as his victory was announced on television rushed to share the news. "pop, pop, we won!" they told the then president-elect. he also received this special phone call. >> we did it. we did it, joe. you're going to be the next president of the united states. >> on the other hand, as results were coming in donald trump was playing golf and rudy giuliani was spouting nonsense in front of philadelphia's four seasons. not the hotel, four seasons total landscaping.

yes, golf at a literal landscaping company because maybe they picked the wrong place. not entirely clear why the press complains was happening at a landscaping company. if you were wondering about the merits and seriousness of voter fraud and lawsuits from the trump campaign, that's about how serious they are. that's all we're going to talk about them today. here is the soon to be 46th president of the united states. the new president-elect joseph r. biden. >> it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature. see each other again, listen to each other again. to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies. they are americans. they are americans. the bible tells us to everything there is a season, a time to build, a time to reap and a time to sow and a time to heal.

this the time to heal in america. >> the new vice president-elect kamala harris is set to be first female vice president, first black vice president, first south asian black american in history. >> protecting our democracy takes struggle. it takes sacrifice but there is joy in it, and there is progress, because we, the people, have the power to build a better future. and when our very democracy was on the ballot in this election, with the very soul of america at stake, and the world watching, you ushered in a new day for america. >> the congratulations from biden and harris came pouring in

from all corners of the globe. perhaps none said it better than belgium's prime minister who tweeted, a record number of people cast the vote in the election. this illustrates vibrancy of american political life and democracy. adding vp harris, quote, will be an incredible example and important role model for young girls throughout the world, unquote. the prime minister of slovenia in a bit of a bind. he sent his congratulations on wednesday to the election's ultimate loser, donald trump. oops. we'll dive into the reaction and ripple effect later in the show. richard engel joins me. the 2020 election had record turnpikout here in america driven by mail-in voting, a necessity giving the ongoing and growing covid-19 pandemic. yesterday we learned the united states set yet another record for daily new covid cases now topping 126,000 in one day.

that's the third straight day with more than 100,000 new cases. more than 238,000 americans have died during this pandemic. last night president-elect biden announced he's forming his own coronavirus task force, which refreshingly will be led by scientists and experts. it will be led by scientists and experts. this shows how seriously biden takes the most serious crisis involving our health and the deadly pandemic. it will come before he announces any of his senior staff, any of his cabinet appointments, any of his executive office orders. here again, the president-elect joe biden. >> that plan will be built on bedrock science. it will be constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. i will spare no effort -- none -- or any commitment to

turn around this pandemic. folks, i'm a proud democrat, but i will govern as an american president. >> as you've seen the jubilation stemming from biden's win poured into cities and towns across the country, including a celebration in front of what will be the biden residence in just 73 days, the white house. >> we just want to say congratulations. you guys did it. despite everything you've been through. >> it's wonderful to think of their being a woman in the white house finally. >> i hope they can do -- i know they will do a better job than the current administration we have. i'm hopeful for the future. >> i see kamala harris as something really big. i'm really excited there's finally a female vice president. >> it's big for me to see our issues elevated and be national

news. >> meanwhile while the current occupant of the white house has shown no signs of defeat, reports indicate he will not try to block biden from taking office. we have breaking news on that front. the biden-harris transition website build back better is live. nbc news learned biden planning executive orders which include having united states rejoin the paris climate agreement and the world health organization. repealing trump's so-called muslim ban and reinstating programs where dreamers can remain in america. all four of those major, major political issues over the last four years. joining me now my good friend and our remarkable nbc news reporter ee eer ali vitali, co the transition we'll call it. what has occurred since yesterday afternoon.

>> much has developed. we've definitely transitioned from campaign to transition coverage. officially tomorrow. you laid out really well at the beginning of the segment why the first priority of the biden-hit-and-rbiden biden-harris transition will be the coronavirus. day after day making the case they were the people americans needed in a leadership position to put their plan into action. to that end we're told when the transitions work begins monday, not just the website here, not just the twitter but, in fact, 12 people staffing up on coronavirus task force led as you mentioned by experts. perhaps that was the point, a low bar to clear. we know the trump administration, at least donald trump himself has issued guidance of experts. biden throughout the campaign period drawing that contrast. now that he's the president-elect, really pushing forward with the message that the coronavirus is the first and most important issue to tackle even before he gets into the business of naming cabinet

members in other important positions. the other piece is making good on promises he can do day one. you ticked through but i want to reiterate. climate, one of the key issues for voters across the country, going back into the paris climate agreement. that's something trump pulled out of on his first day in office, something biden will get the united states back into. in addition, the world health organization something they want to rejoin as well. the other piece is starting to undo the trump policies he ran on in 2016. biden would peel back the muslim ban as far as reinstate the program allowing dreamers to stay in the country. all of those key issues for donald trump that now joe biden is going to come in and undo himself now that he's president-elect of the united states really hitting the ground running here. it was so striking even just hearing from him over the course of the last few days, both when he thought he was going to become the president and last night officially accepting that

new role that he has so long quested for. he really made sure to say pandemic was top of mind. the election has been so important for people like you and me. it's what we live and sleep and eat and breathe but at the same time the pandemic is still getting worse. the fact that biden is placing it such a top priority, it really says something about both the way he ran and now the way he's going to govern. >> ali, have you had any sleep, by the way? >> sleep is for the weak. >> sleep is for the weak. we'll sleep another time. good to see you, ali vitali. we'll speak a lot. i want to bring in valerie jarrett, chair of obama transition team, author of "find my voice:when the perfect plan crumbles, it begins." you have auld feels. i' -- all the feels. there's so much you're tweeting about. you've been tweeting things

biden said, tweeting things about kamala harris. then you have this news that by executive order, which is the way donald trump did it, joe biden will immediately undo so much of the damage. he will form a coronavirus task force with real experts. he will repeal the muslim ban. he will find a way for the dreamers to stay in america. he will get back into the world health organization, back into the climate accord. before he takes the presidency some of these things are under way. we may not have to wait the 73 days. >> good morning, ali. i have to tell you, i had my first good night's sleep in four years last night, so i am feeling terrific. yes, you're right. elections do have consequences and i am confident that president-elect biden doesn't it have a wonderful ring to it. vice president-elect harris or mvp we like to call her moving through with campaign promises,

restore the soul of america, protect our health and i think america is safer and healthier as a result of this election. it's a wonderful moment. >> i want to ask you about words joe biden used, these are not our enemies, these are fellow americans. he talked about compromise. he talked about compassion. he talked about coalitions, empathy. i think there are a lot of viewers and people on twitter who don't want to hear those words right now. they are kind of who he is. for better or for worse, that helped him win. he is a guy who does not see others as enemies. tell me how that translates into his ability specifically to deal with a senate that might not fall under democratic control. >>ening you have it exactly right, ali. that's who he is, how he lived his life. he has deep and strong relationships in the senate on both sides of the aisle. he agrees you can disagree without being disagreeable and he's going to work very hard with the american people behind him to try to move our country

forward and end toxicity in washington we've seen so long as people who put short-term interest ahead of what's good for the country. amidst the crisis of covid-19 and our economy and our stature around the world, he's going to call on congress on both side of the aisle to lead. i think his message last night was very consistent with what he said during the campaign. he campaigned as a democrat, campaign for president for all of america. that is refreshing. he has an amazing partner beside him who has shattered all ceilings as first woman, black person, indian american woman. the two together,ening, symbolize what is hopeful and inspiring and strong and resilient about america. >> let me just hit that last note. you were in the obama administration which shattered ceilings but also president

obama was surrounded by strong women, including yourself as one of his closest advisers. what changes? what really changes? we saw at halloween a lot of young girls, white and black, dressing up like kamala harris, looking like her. what does this actually change for people to have kamala harris as the next vice president of the united states? >> well, of course, there is a symbolism of it. she is a role model not just for our young girls, this is important. ali, as you know, my grandson is both black and indian american, and i want him to grow up thinking it's perfectly normal to have someone who looks just like him in a position of power. that will reinforce the message his parents are teaching him, not only should we respect women but treat them equally. i also think both president obama and president-elect biden appreciate when you are governing a country that is richly diversed you make more

informed decisions if you are surrounded by people who reflect that diversity. you will make more informed decisions. you will consider things you wouldn't necessarily know by your life experiences. so i think those are also important leadership strengths that president-elect biden will bring to office with president-elect harris by his side. >> valerie jarrett. thank you. you have been with us through important times during this campaign and we are deeply appreciative as are our viewers. valerie jarrett, former senior adviser to president obama. joining me now pulitzer winning -- try this again, pulitzer prize winning journalist nicole hannah jones. she is a domestic correspondent with "new york times" magazine covering race from 1619 through the president. this is the woman who has brought us the understanding of 1619, a date i did not understand until reading her work first. she's the co-founder of ida b. wells society and she's got

happy hair this morning. your hair is telling the story of you right now and how you feel? >> hey, ali, so great to see you. what a remarkable week it's been and what a remarkable moment we're in. as you know, this year is the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment that granted the franchise to black men and voters have overcome so many obstacles, pandemic, closing down of polling places, mail, make it possible to see the first woman, who is also a black woman, southeast asian woman elected by a multiracial coalition that speaks to america at its greatest potential. >> we think of dates as firm and solid, certain dates in america. i started the show saying it's october 8th, that's an error, it was november 8th. i wasn't trying to rewrite history. you actually have been rewriting history a little bit.

you started to occupy space in the president's head. they really hated the idea. i thought it was remarkable you introduced me to the date as 1619 when african-americans came to america and the net contribution they have made to our democracy. they hated you for it. i'm not understanding the fact that president donald trump and his people hated you for it. they wanted to make sure the things you wrote -- just things you wrote -- were not available to students, were not available in libraries, not available to be told to americans. that's over now. your material will be read by everybody. 1619 is a date that everyone will know. >> i think, yes. even as trump was tweeting about and trying to attack the project, every time he mentioned 1619, he was also spreading that date to his followers and marking that date as the beginning of american slavery for his followers. you know, the thesis of the 1619

project is that black people believed in our finding ideals even when our founders did not. that has bern borne out in this election. black people have once again saved this democracy to fight another day. i think about all of the organizers who have been working tirelessly over the last four years, black women like stacey abrams and latasha brown. these rust belt cities poured into during great migration, fleeing apartheid in the south same cities black people were segregated into that trump had looked down upon that saved this electi election. we were waiting in communities, some voting against trump at 90% to save this nation. that's the role black people play and will continue to play.

of course it to hug my own 10-year-old child and say this is the world where anything is possible. >> let's talk about barack obama, people thought it was a post race society we were moving into. people like you didn't see it that way. what it awakened was a remarkable anger, deep seated anger in america which exists today. 70 million people, more than 70 million people voted for donald trump despite possibly the most destructive presidency in recent history. what does this mean now? not just the involvement of black women and black people in this election but the election of kamala harris? does it mean anything changed or open the door that requires doing now? >> i certainly think it's okay for us to take a moment and feel

some joy about what happened but the fight continues. we should not make the same mistake so many people made after the election of barack obama in 2008 and think the work is done, somehow our country is no longer the country it been. of course it is. as you said, biden got the largest count in american history for president and trump got the second highest count. that means there's still millions of americans whose latent racism has been unleashed. we still have to grapple with that. i've been thinking about the 1865 speech frederick douglass made. it was about what black people want, after the civil war. something too mean looking on the negro when you're in trouble as a citizen. when you are free from trouble as an alien. what he was saying is when this country is struggling with

itself, it wants to embrace full citizenship of black americans and depend on black americans. as soon as that has past we want to treat black people as an outsider. when biden says black americans have had my back and i will not forget that, let's hope this is true and that we will continue now not to think that because biden is in office we don't have to deal with all of the harms that have been done and inequality that black americans and so many marginalized people have faced. >> he has said it openly, repeatedly. they have my back. they brought me to the dance. and we are going to see how that continues to play out, but it has played out at least with the first black vice president of the united states. nicole hannah jones, thank you again for all of your hard work. nicole is a pulitzer prize winning journalist for "the new york times" magazine, the co-founder of the 1619 project, which if you have not read, you should read, particularly because donald trump didn't want you to read it.

that's as good a reason as anything to read something these days. thank you, nicole. >> thank you so much. wearing suffragette white kamala harris broke through barriers as first vice president-elect. she's inspiring a nation, maybe a world of women and young girls. >> being able to see someone who looks like her, looks like him is going to really help them and other children to know how far they can go in this world. the last four years have been really hard for parents, and i feel like we've created a better opportunity and a better world for our children. d a better word for our children ith the ninja foodi power pitcher, you can crush ice, make smoothies, and do even more. chop salsas, spoon thick smoothie bowls, even power through dough, and never stall. the ninja foodi power pitcher. rethink what a blender can do. ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your humira experience even better... with humira citrate-free. it has the same effectiveness you know and trust,

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was historic. i'm not talking about one man defeating another for presidency. for the first time in our nation's history we have elected not just the first woman but the first black woman, the first south asian woman to the vice presidency. by the way, i got all sorts of tweets about caribbean background. she's a lot of firsts. kamala harris is used to being the first. her path to the white house starts at her roots. she's the daughter of two immigrants. an indian mother and a jamaica father. harris attended howard university making her the first graduate from a historically black college to be elected to the house. harris was the first black woman to serve as california's attorney general. in 2016 when she was elected senator in california, she was

only the second woman -- second black woman in the chamber's his. she's currently the only black woman serving in the united states senate. that will end soon. kamala harris has broken the glass ceiling of gender anderson race several times. it matters. little girls across america ditched halloween costumes traded them for pant suits and chuck tailers. a harris stoneham else. she wants young girls to know, they, too, can reach greater heights than they ever imagined. >> going president. >> you could be president but not right now. you have to be over the age of 35. >> that was harris telling her great-niece that she has a few more years before she can

actually become president. in this nation's 200 plus year history no woman has risen higher in leadership. kamala harris represents all the women before her who have been overlooked, underrepresented, underappreciated. it's apropos that the first black female vice president of the united states book ends a four-year era marked with misogyny, racism and civil injustice. america did not get the first female president so many wanted in 2016 and said in 2020 we got the first black south asian woman vice president. her future is bright and our future is bright. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

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too often overlooked but so often prove they are the backbone of our democracy. >> kamala harris has now broken one of the greatest barriers in history as she will become not only the first woman but also the first woman of color elected as vice president. the senator spoke about possibly the most important component of her and joe biden's coalition, black women who showed up in record numbers this election. we just got a look at this video from harris's ancestral village in india where they celebrated her win with biden shattering that glass ceiling for the first time in u.s. history. let's bring in the executive director of black pack, founder of she the people and columnist at "newsweek." the two of you have been my companions understanding how the election will go, including the role women will play and african-americans will play.

amy allison, you wrote in newsweek we called for a woman of color on the presidential ticket and we got one in kamala harris. she the people listening sessions and poll made it clear a black woman vice president candidate would energize voters and she did. amy, tell me what happened. >> the pride and the enthusiasm that i feel that women of color that were the differencemakers in battleground states, it's incredible. you know, this is the coming out party for women of color across the land who saw in kamala harris and her leadership the possibility to build a multiracial democracy, build a government that serves us. when she spoke on the stage and she called us by name, we black women, latinas, white americans

we showed up in droves. we saw her and she saw us. we can work together. it was an exciting moment last night and it just shows the power of this new political force of women of color and black women to set the tone and the direction of the country. >> adrian, i saw an interesting tweet from nate silver, the pollster, which he said, tweeted this yesterday, may be worth noting democrats are 3-0 on the ticket when they have a black person on the ticket and 0-for-3 when they don't. >> yes. well, that is certainly true. i think what's important here to remind ourselves that for the last four years black voters have had a singular focus, and that has been the removal of donald trump from office.

we know that because of ways in which black voters shall shown up in every election since 2017, whether that was governor's races in '17 and '19, whether special senate election in alabama in '17 or during the midterms. we've always known that joe biden's path to victory was going to have to run through black voters and that was also going to have to include black voters who did not show up in 2016. we know from three years of focus groups that those voters clearly understood their vote. they clearly understood what it meant to opt out, and they were also very clearly looking for a way back in. they were looking for a way to participate. we know from our work, because we chose to do a program that focused specifically on voters who didn't vote in 2016 and voters who voted third party in 2016. those voters showed up in this election. the 1.5 million voters we

focused on in the state like georgia, 25% of the people that we engage were voters who does not vote in 2016. that's really important. that was true in michigan, true in pennsylvania, true in wisconsin that those voters who chose to set out recognized the importance of the vote, recognized the importance of black votes and chose to show up in 2020 in order to sort of fulfill this mission of black voters to remove donald trump but also to make sure their voice was heard. i think to your earlier segment really will expect now for the biden-harris administration to deliver on some of the really key issues, key problems facing our country and facing the black community. >> i want to ask my director steve to put those pictures back up that he was just showing you of dancing and celebrating in atlanta. amy, i want to talk to you about the person whose name we've said a lot in the last 24 hours,

stacey abrams. there are a lot of people saying we've got two competitive senate races in georgia that have not been cold yet. jon ossoff and raphael warnock now competitive, possibly, for the united states senate. could actually put united states senate into democratic hands. but that turnout amongst people generally, african-americans more specifically, and black women, stacey abrams has emerged as a nonelected leader in this count country. >> she was a visionary and she showed she could get it done. my best advice for democrats is give her the reins and let her run the show in georgia because we can win it. she demonstrated by expanding the vote and focusing on those who had never been talked to and engaged in elections, building a multiracial coalition, giving people a reason to come to the polls, supporting down ballot races and leaders in state

legislatures, building a coalition that can turn people out. she has the infrastructure and machinery and she knows how to get it done. in fact, what stacey abrams championed in terms of the win strategy in georgia has parallel strategies in arizona and michigan and pennsylvania and the places where the biden-harris win was critical. so we can win. i've been telling people -- we had our own celebrations in oakland, california, kamala harris's hometown last night. i told a lot of people, look, we can win georgia. we can win georgia and people all over the country are saying what should we do? it's not spending a ton of money on commercials and things like that, it's putting stacey abrams in stephanie choen and all thos georgia organizers, give them resources to put organizers on the ground. get people like adrian who don't

normally vote, get them to get mail-in ballots and get them throughout the holidays. we know it can be done for both senate seats because stacey abrams showed us what can be done. >> you two have showed us what to be done and we appreciate it. adrian, executive director of black pack, amy allison, director of we, the people. they have been our allies in this historic election and i'm grateful to both of you. thank you. another black woman breaking barriers in politics, the first woman of color to be elected to congress in the state of missouri. i will speak to her next. e statf missouri i will speak to her next water? why?! ahhhh! incoming! ahhhahh! i'm saved! water tastes like, water. so we fixed it. mio. water tastes like, water. alice loves the scent of gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. say hello to your fairy godmother alice.

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america that treats every single person with respect, that recognizes health care as a human right, that believes every person deserves food to eat, a home to live in and a dignified life. >> that was missouri's first black woman congresswoman lake-effect cori bush giving her acceptance seat after unseating a 20-year in dumb bent. the congresswoman elect is a nurse, activist, won her district overwhelmingly on a night democrats took a hit in the house. joining me to discuss her historic race, congresswoman elect cori bush. it is something to call you that, ma'am. i appreciate you being with us and your hard fought run. i want to talk about specifics with you because you have lived those specifics. you have lived what it's like to not have health care. you have lived what it's like to be a single mother. most importantly you are a

nurse. 125,000 people contracted coronavirus yesterday. the highest day yet. the third day above 100,000. this election has consumed us and yet people are getting this disease and they are dying and you are ready to go to work before you are sworn in. >> yes, absolutely. the sad part is that people -- our government, you know, our high up government, our president made it seem like this was no big deal. this would go away. it's only like the flu. you all will get over it. our governor locally, oh, kids go back to school. they will get it and they will be okay. well no. when we have people who are looking to government, people looking to their leaders, looking to medical professionals to help them to take care of them, to keep them safe, that's what you get paid for, we expect that. i think about what's happening in our own state in missouri. we haven't seen these numbers since april. we're back in a place where

people, hospitals are at 90% capacity, our intensive care units are over capacity. we shouldn't be here. our country is better than this. our government should be better than this but we haven't seen it. >> we have a country -- by the way, florida passed an ordinance in this election to raise minimum wage to $15. minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a wage which amounts to $15,000 a year. $ $15,000. we have people who think that's thievery, a giveaway to people. you understand on a certain level what it's like to make certain choices, choices about your children eating or you eating, what you buy or where you get your food. >> yes, i've had to live -- it's one thing to know that i can't eat today but i'm making sure my children eat. it's another thing, it does

something to your mind, not only am i not eating today, i don't know how i'm going to eat next week. i'm trying to pay my bills, reaching out to family and friends to help you. your family and friends, that network, in the same boat as you. being poor is so expensive. that's something that i saw when we talk about, you know, $15 an hour minimum wage like it's some huge deal. let me tell you, when you have to pay child care, pay bills, take care of yourself, have money left over to save. you look like me and you want to add wage inequality, add that racial wage gap into that, you are allowing people to struggle unnecessarily in this country. $15 an hour. we're not talking about making anybody rich, we're talking about taking people from starvation to living. that's all we're asking for. >> here is the thing. your story is not unique.

the reverend dr. william barber reminds us all the time, there are something like 50 million people as food insecure. you described not knowing where your next meal is coming from, that's food insecurity. 50 million people in the place that's supposed to lead the world, 50 million are in that position. 500,000 slept outside or did not sleep in their own homes or own beds last night. more people will be put out of their houses because of coronavirus because they have been out of a job. this is not a weird, one-off thing. there are more people food insecure in america than people in the country i come from, canada. >> my goodness. you know what, it's going to continue this way until we have radical change. people push back when we talk about the things we need. look, locally we decided we're tired of seeing people hungry, we're tired of seeing our unhoused population on the street. that's our community. you know what, if our local government won't do it, our

state won't do it, they don't understand it. i slept in my car. i know what it's like to move my car around so the police won't stop me and take my kids from me. i know what's that's like. 0 degrees, 20 degrees we're out in the streets, 100 degrees, making sure people get to a safe place, making sure people have food to eat. you can't just tell people to get food, if you give me money to get food and i walk into the store and they push me back out because i have a disheveled look, i smell, did you offer me a shower. you have to think about that, wrap around people. you can't just say, i'll give you food. if you've been in a session where you have to go to food pantries, i've been there. you can go once a month. you have to shop around to find different food pant rice. then you go to some food pantries and the food is old,

expired. we have to do better taking care of our own people in the communities. >> your fire is going to warm people in this country. you don't talk like a member of congress, don't start. cori bush from missouri. she is the country's -- that states first elected black woman. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. this world was watching the election and how it played out in the united states. the mayor of paris promptly tweeting yesterday, welcome back, america. can a biden administration fix america's fractured reputation on the world stage? we're going to richard engel after this. stage we're going to richard engel after this and most important is the ability to transform the smallest of businesses right in our neighborhoods. we created the 5g business impact challenge to give them the tools for them to come back stronger. the things that folks are doing today to survive during the pandemic will help them become more resilient into the future and technology like 5g is whats really going to enable that.

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you've seen scenes from america celebrating joe biden's victory in the most consequential election of our time. it wasn't just in the united states. the world is celebrating biden's win and the final moments of trump's presidency. for more on that i want to go to my friend nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel in london. the question, richard, is the world a stable, safer place today than it was before the declaration that joe biden became the president-elect? >> there is a sense that democracy has been saved, that democracy is stronger today than it was a few days ago, that the american model holds once more. there was a real fear that another four years of president trump would do enormous damage

to the international community, would do enormous damage to nato, could encourage more divisions within the eu, would encourage strongmen, that the men model, a model that for hundreds of years and certainly decades has pushed human rights, has pushed the cause of freedom and democracy, that that was over, that president trump made everything transactional, made everything about him. so there is certainly a sense that the world is ready, the world is ready to welcome america back. you quoted the paris mayor. but that has been a consistent message coming from world leaders who have been flooding messages of congratulations to president-elect biden. and also describing what a sense of relief they're feeling, that this was a near-miss. one italian magazine, just to give you an example, had a picture on its cover today

showing president trump surrounded by flames like he was some sort of demon, and it said on the cover, "fired." so there was a sense that president trump was a clear and present danger not just to the united states, but to the world, and that this crisis has been averted. >> richard, my friend, i have 30 seconds. i want to ask you, whether it's north korea, russia, china trade, the world health organization, coronavirus, iran, and joe biden can chew gum and walk at the same time, what's the priority? >> probably the environment. reengaging with the paris accords and then coming up with a coalition to continue to keep pressure on china as a geopolitical rifle fgeo political rival for the engagement. so engagement in the environment and engagement on china. >> richard, my friend, thank you for joining me. don't go anywhere, we have more coverage of this historic election coming up. i'm going to speak with

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other knew the outlets officially declared joe biden the president-elect. on january 20, 2021, at noon, the former vice president will become the 46th president of the united states. his running mate, senator kamala harris of california, set to become the first woman, the first african-american, the first person of asian descent, the first child of an immigrant, to attain the office of vice president. folks across the country broke out in spontaneous celebrations over the biden/harris victory. on the streets of washington, atlanta, new york, and philadelphia, just to name a few. the commonwealth of pennsylvania, the boyhood home of joe biden, propelling the pair over the top to the historic outcome. at last count, the biden ticket has 279 electoral college votes to donald trump's 214. alaska, arizona, georgia, and north carolina still too close to call. last night, biden and harris addressed theat