. >> brian williams knows what the pictures are. >> he usually knows. maybe he can tell us. i was shocked that at a minimum once there was the kind of disruption there was that they hadn't begun to pull in buses to just do the zip tia rests and get people off the premises. if i were in the senate and the hearing was occurring in the homeland security room, those are the questions i would be asking, why wouldn't people be broken up in our beautiful building we should all revere. by the way, i've listened to you guys all day. >> go. >> there's a couple of other things. >> please, go ahead. >> one of the things that makes it a challenge, i heard -- i don't remember now which of our reporters was talking about the senators have three office buildings. i've got to point out that every single senator has an office in the basement of the capitol. that building is built, it's a labyrinth. so clearing that building is not like clearing an office building where every floor is the same. there are a hundred hide away offices scattered around the

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i think simple one from brian williams which ithink in simple one from brian williams which i thinkt is allowed, some churches and other houses of worship are continuing to offer services in person, many others have closed their physical doors and gone online so their physical doors and gone online so certainly check on that. obviously, if and when you do attend a worship service, it is important to stay socially distanced and are only physically close to those in your own household, and take all the usual precautions. charlie on twitter, peter, said to me how can places of worship remain open for communal worship, surely this is just an excuse to congregate and socialise? i don't know if i would call it an excuse, i think all of these restrictions are about balancing, protecting the public health with social value in the same way we made a decision to keep schools open as long as possible because of the important value for children. i think decisions were made to allow houses of worship to continue to practice so that's the reason the decision was made. understood. all, let's talk

senator brian williams joins me. talk about the competing efforts here. what's behind them?ank you for having me this morning. as you know, in speaking to a bill that would not only run over protesters is clearly nothing short of a political stunt that's meant to rile up the same base of folks that crashed and bombarded the capitol on january 6th. clearly, my colleague wants to be the next josh howland. >> no kidding. yeah, i forgot about that, josh holly from your state. the kansas star editorial board writes, they call it a recipe for murder, saying it would exempt the drivers of vehicles who injure demonstrators in public streets so long as the driver was executing due care and was not grossly negligent. it would release drivers who run over protest frers any liabilities. this almost sounds like, wink, wink, permission to drive into protesters. >> it's an awful bill. it would lead to violence. people will get killed if this bill becomes law. i'm going to work hard to defeat it in the senate. using extremism to make their base happy is clearly a political stunt and here in

i'll be back with brian williams,maddow, steve kornacki and more for coverage of elections. "the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> hi, nicole. >> what am i going to do in 30 minutes? >> i don't know. step out and back? a little coffee, maybe. i'll see you soon. >>> i want to welcome everyone to "the beat" on this big night of special coverage. we are, of course, one hour from polls closing in this pivotal georgia senate run off. two of them. as two democrats, jon ossoff and rafaphael warnock are trying to beat purdue and loeffler. the implications for president elect biden's administration are momento momentous. this can control the agenda in the short term and impact biden's cabinet picks and stimulus payments, things that affect our everyday lives in the united states. now the last time a democrat won a georgia senate race was back in 2000. ossoff and wernock talking to voters today. >> we need to pass $2,000 stem l -- stimulus checks for the people and surge vaccine distribution and make testing and vaccines free for every american to beat this virus. >> on the republi

join brian williams, rachel maddow, joy reid, and of course steve kornacki starting at 7:00 p.m.series of disastrous events. the debacle over getting vaccines to the american people. and the case for why this distribution outcome was somewhat predictable. >>> and we take you to california, where the pandemic is raging. frontline workers comparing their daily work to fighting a war under 100 feet of water. more "american voices" next. obs? all our techs are pros. they know exactly which parking lots have the strongest signal. i just don't have the bandwidth for more business. seriously, i don't have the bandwidth. glitchy video calls with regional offices? yeah, that's my thing. with at&t business, you do the things you love. our people and network will help do the things you don't. let's take care of business. at&t. so let me just ask you? this aveeno® moisturizer goes beyond just soothing sensitive skin? exactly jen! calm + restore oat gel was designed for sensitive skin. uh! it's incredible! we formulated it with a super nurturing ingredient. prebiotic oat. it soothes skin and

you are looking at a brian william there 82 years old getting that vaccine that was first approved by u.k. regulators. it is being delivered at a small number of hospitals for surveillance purposes there before the bulk of doses arrive. this vaccine is easier to transport, easier to store than pfizer vaccine which could make it easier to deliver outside of hospital settings. that one is not approved here in the u.s. that could happen towards the end of this month. back to you. >>> new this morning in the south bay at least 44 emergency room workers have tested positive for coronavirus. one employee has reportedly died in an outbreak. a staff member went to the emergency department on december 25th wear the air powered suit. that staffer had no covid symptoms and was only trying to lift other people's spirits tcht hospital is conducting contact tracing to make sure anyone who was exposed getting tested. >>> california currently has the highest covid-19 transmission rate in the country with nearly 100 new daily cases for every 100,000 residents. the state confirmed another 45,000 cases

i want to pull brian williams back into this. brian. >> and i in turn want to bring vaughn hillyard in. he is among our correspondents out there as well. we appear to be watching, in the center of the screen there, the archway doorway that has a couple of chandeliers visible in the distance. we've seen humans up there kind of breaching the entrance. we can see one exiting now over what was once glass windows. vaughn, where are you in relation to yasmin? are we correct that these are chemical disbursements and not any kind of fireworks, which were also used today? >> reporter: brian, i think that you may be looking at the straight-on shot that our photographer, paul, is shooting on here. we're just a little bit aways from where that photographer's podium is at, looking straight on towards that inauguration platform there. this is the first serious action we've taken or we've seen taken to move out this insurrection, essentially, here. over the course of the last hour, you have seen capitol police that you see in the bright green ve

the 11th hour with brian williams begins right now. >>> good evening once again as the first full week of a new presidency comes to a close, day ten of the biden administration, and ten days in, the nation is still battling infections. the threats from the coronavirus of course, conspiracy theories and lingering trumpism in politics. today, there was encouraging news in the fight against the virus. johnson & johnson saps its vaccine has been found to be 72% effective at preventing severe to moderate disease. it was 85% effective against severe infection. that compares to 95% efficacy rates, both of them, two shots already already approved. earlier tonight, dr. tony fauci was asked about the newer vaccine. >> even the numbers when you compare to mild to moderate, 72% versus 94 to 95, clearly 94 to 95 is better. but from a practical standpoint, what you want to do to keep people out of the hospitalle and prevent death, this is value added, not only in the united states but particularly in other countries. it's a singing dose. i doesn't have a cold chain. you can keep it in a refrigerator

i don't feel bad at all for brian williams because he's an adult.ean, he's obviously a liar, but -- i can understand what you call when you get optical illusions can trick you? you can be tricked by things and that thing was floating around forever. what's your problem -- okay, enough of the media, they suck. they're the worst things on the planet. do not trust them. all right. winners. let's go, carly, winners. >> i have a story. my first winner is dogs. [laughter] because of all the people time that dogs got and everybody being home. and also you got a dog, too. and shelters -- >> greg: did you get all those dogs? >> shoulders ran out of dogs because everybody is taking them and so a lot of dogs got homes, which is great. my second winner is palatine. remember last christmas, peloton was canceled because the -- >> greg: i trashed the ad! >> a couple months later and everybody's working out later and they want a peloton and my third winner is space. he got ufos, spacex, now acknowledging that it's a real thing. on top of the weird year, some folks

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again, day seven of the biden administration. this was the day they went big on vaccines. today the president ordered 200 million more doses, a surge in vaccines, a surge to the states, all part of what he described as a war time undertaking. >> we will increase overall weekly vaccination distributions to states, tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses. starting next week that's increase of 1.4 million doses per week. this can allow millions of more americans to get vaccinated sooner than previously anticipated. >> the president also had a few things to say about the trump administration's vaccine distribution program. >> we have recently discovered in the final days of the transition, and it wasn't until the final days we got the cooperation we needed, that once we arrived, a vaccine program was in worse shape than we anticipated or expected. >> again the headline is this, the president says he's directed his team to buy an additional 200 million doses, that would be enough

. >> alright, i actually feel bad for the reporter i don't feel bad at all for brian williams becausee's an adult, i mean he's mostly a liar, but i can understand, what do you call it commit lake possible illusions can trick you. like you can be tricked by things, but that thing was floating around forever.ng enough of the media, they are the worst things on the planet. the media is the worst thing on the planet do not trust them. winners, let's go. >> i have three. >> is so my first winner is our dogs. because of all of the people time that dogs got with everybody being home, and also, and shoulders. >> did you get all of those dogs ? >> shelters ran out of dogs because everybody was taking them so a lot of dogs got home. my second winner is balaton. >> member, last year christmas, they were canceled the ad because it was as sexist christmas. g >> i trash the advert. >> at couple months later, and everybody's working at home and everybody wants one. my third winner is space. there was a lot of space storie and the ufos that the pentagon now acknowledges is a real thing . so on top of

. >> laura: brian williams will do that.hy judge an outbreak of covid deaths at one nursing home coincide with an explosion of vaccine distribution? what is behind the story? dr. hervey dives into this mystery next >> laura: a massive covid outbreak at one new york state nursing home a skilled 24 residents and infected 137 since december 21st. what is striking is that all of this happened at the same exact time that 80% of the residence and half of the staff began getting vaccinated. joining me now is dr. harvey h, you say there areepidemiology some things that we need to understand about who these vaccine are actually protecting. and what they are not protecti protecting. >> good evening, laura. these vaccines are good but they protect the people who take them. they don't protect the people around the people who take them. so like the flu vaccine, the flu vaccine keeps you from dying from the flu by large and these vaccines will protect you from getting really sick or dying with covid. that is the aim. but they don't protec

what's next here on msnbc is "the 11th hour with brian williams." >>> well, good evening once again. this was day two of the biden administration. and now comes the hard part, and there's no practice round. president biden's first full day at the helm comes exactly one year -- one year after our country recorded its first coronavirus case. we are now well over 24 million cases, 400,000 dead. that is because of a toxic year of malpractice and malfeasance. today biden signed a string of executive orders, rolled out a national agenda to combat the pandemic while delivering an honest answer to the tough times ahead. >> let me be very clear -- things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. the death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. for the past year, we couldn't rely on the federal government to act with the urgency and focus and coordination we needed. and we are seeing the tragic cost of that failure. our national strategy is comprehensive, it's based on science, not politics, it's based on truth, not denial, and it's detailed. our national plan launches a ful

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ good evening once again. nape of the biden administration. the state of our nation is such that the fortress of the capitol building following the january 6th insurrection may soon be made permanent. and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning, the enemy is within. today the acting chief of the capitol police department recommended the fence remain around our capitol building indefinitely, and that there be a back-up force always stationed nearby to bombed to any such violence. this violence follows the warning about the potential of attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. an attack even donald trump's former defense secretary now says was, quote, fomented by the former president. all of it in service to the big lie. since january 6th, a lot of members of congress are reporting, 32 members of congress have now asked house leadership for more protection. >> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,449 of the trump administration, leaving 13 days until the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president. and what a uniquely dark time in our modern history. this was, of course, the day after our humiliation on the world stage, an embarrassing, violent spectacle of american citizens looting and defacing our own capitol, which they overran and entered with ease. tonight donald trump in something of a hostage video recorded remarks written for him on a teleprompter. he denounced the violence that he incited. and in a shocker to his base, he admitted he's out of there 13 days from now. >> i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capitol. like all americans, i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. i immediately deployed the national guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. america is and must always be a nation of law and order. the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled th

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. ♪ >>> well, good evening once again.ay 1,450 of the trump administration. 12 days remain until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. the effort to stop donald trump from doing anything over the next week and a half is gaining momentum inside even outside the nation's capital. tonight the worst fate of all has befallen the president. his cellphone has been rendered mute and ineffective. the man who said he could not have been elected president without twitter has been tossed off of twitter. they announced tonight that his account has been suspended permanently citing the risk of further incitement of silence. the company adds in a statement, "plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off twitter including a proposed secondary attack on the u.s. capitol and state capitol buildings on january 17, 2021." that's actually an emerging threat. we have two experts standing by later in this hour to brief us on that very threat. it turns out all it took for trump to get banned from twitt

as the polls begin to close, brian williams, rachel maddow and steve kornacki are all on deck. >>> the state is seeing a a turbulent rollout of the vaccine with complaints ranging from a shortage of doses to vaccines sitting unused on shelves. we'll take you live after the break. >>> plus later in the hour, i'll be joined by tammy baldwin on the push by 13 republican colleagues to reject president-elect biden's electoral college win. den's electoral college win. a unique formula with a rich complex of aloe, vitamin b5 and our highest concentration of prebiotic oat. it intensely moisturizes over time to improve skin's resilience. and nothing feels better than that. aveeno® healthy. it's our nature™. try the dermatologist-tested body wash and balm, too! these are ava's shoulders. they square off. and bear it all. but now ava's shoulders are stronger than ever. this is what medicare from blue cross blue shield does for ava. and with plans that fit your life and budget, you can count on us when it matters most. this is medicare from blue cross blue shield. this is the benefit of blue. bala

. >> professor eddie glaude gets tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. ♪ >>> well, good evening, once again, day 1460 of the trump administration joe biden becomes 37 hours from this moment our 46th president. the transfer of power from donald trump taking place in unprecedented conditions. the washington post just out with new reporting on a threat to the inauguration. it's detailed as part of an fbi intelligence report and we yet, the fbi privately warned law enforcement agencies monday that far-of right extremists have discussed posing ago national guard members in washington and others have maps of spots in the city, signs of potential efforts to disrupt wednesday's inauguration. the document, a summary of threats that the fbi identified in a monday intel briefing warned that both "lone wolves" and adherents to qanon, some of whom joined the violent siege on the capitol on january sixth, have indicated they plan to come to washington for president elect joe biden's swearing in ceremony. the bureau asked it to withhold some details of the intel report t

my colleagues and friends, rachel maddow, brian williams, and joy reid will be along starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. but right now, long lines at polling places on top of the record-shattering 3 million-plus early votes that have already been cast. democratic candidates ossoff and warnock must win for the party to take control of the u.s. senate. while republicans loeffler and perdue are clinging to donald trump, in what has become his desperate, all-out assault on democracy itself. in clearer language, it's a coup attempt. here's what is coming to a head this hour. mike pence is being pressured by trump to turn his ceremonial role tomorrow into an insurgent act. trump today falsely claiming that the vice president has the power to reject electors. the vice president has no such power to reject electors. the president's final attempt to cling to power is being fueled by what has been termed the sedition caucus, 12 u.s. senators and more than 100 house members. all that is left for mike pence is the stark choice between fealty to donald trump and loyalty to the constitution. we're also

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> well, good evening once again, day 1,456 of the trump administration. that leaves just six days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. tonight, there are more u.s. troops in washington than we currently have deployed in iraq, syria, and afghanistan combined. the u.s. capitol and increasingly the network mall are armed encampments, in effect. sadly, they need to be. eight days after insurrectionists looted and desecrated the center of our government and in light of the numerous and serious threats coming in to the inauguration. tonight, politico has some disturbing reporting. an inauguration rehearsal scheduled for sunday has been postponed today because of security concerns. even the president-elect has canceled his plans to take amtrak to washington from wilmington. that was planned for monday. more seriously, politico also notes thi as one of the many reasons for the intense security. "a vast swath of the president's diehard base in maga nation -- the conspiracy theorists, the militia members, the follower

. >> that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. ♪ ♪ and good eveninge again, day 9 of the biden administration and the state of our nations such that the fortress may soon be made permanent and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning that "quote the enemy is within." the acting chief of the capitol police department recommended the fence remain around our capitol building indefinitely and that there be a back up force always stationed nearby to respond to any such violence. >>> this follows yesterday's warning from our own department of homeland security about the potential for attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. and an attack even donald trump's former defense second said was fomented by the former president and all of it because of the big lie. a lot of members of congress have received threats to their lives while in washington. and back home in their districts. 32 members of congress have now asked house leadership for more protection. >>> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when

the 11th hour with brian williams begins right now. >>> good evening once again as the first full weekes to a close, day ten of the biden administration, and ten days in, the nation is still battling infections. the threats from the coronavirus of course, conspiracy theories and lingering trumpism in politics. today, there was encouraging news in the fight against the virus. johnson & johnson saps its vaccine has been found to be 72% effective at

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> good evening once again as we start a new week. this was day six of the biden administration and thus begins his first full week in office. this day also brought the formal start to the second impeachment trial of one donald trump. this evening, nine democrats in the house appointed as trial managers. the people who will prosecute the case, formally delivered the single article of impeachment through the capitol and over through the senate. they walked through what is still a crime scene. the halls of the u.s. capitol where just weeks ago, a mob carrying trump flags and screaming hang mike pence carried out an insurrection. >> donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. thus incited by president trump, members of the crud members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to among other objectives, interfere with the joint session's solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, unlawfully breached and vandalized

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now.wi >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,455 of the trump administration, 7 days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. it's now been exactly one week since insurrectionists, american citizens, looted and desecrated our capitol.nsto this dark day in modern american history now takes its place among all the other dark days we have witnessed over these past four years. this president will now leave office having lost the house, senate and white house, having lost re-election, having lost the popular vote twice. as of today and as children will be taught in schools for the rest of our days, donald john trump of queens, new york, now becomes the first president in american history to be impeached twice. the man who warned us we would get tired of winning has now lost everything. n his place in history has now been cemented.s the man who we heard on tape trying to rig the outcome of an election he lost, the man whose malfeasance, malpractice and ea enablers will forever be linked with an american death t

i described the scene in detail with my colleague brian williams who was anchoring in new york city ifrom watching a police station overcome was that of a riot and minneapolis itself was burning and i wanted to emphasize and remain that there was an overwhelming of the protesters who were peaceful and not participating for any violence and i did for about 20 seconds after my minute and a half report and that was the only part that the right-wing media continues to circulate. an inaccurate blending of the events of those days became a regular laugh line for donald trump who repeatedly told rally goers some version of the story about how the media embraced, downplayed and encouraged violence. that 20-second clip of my reporting without the context made its way to the floor of the congress as part of a hearing, but here's the truth. most of the media did not excuse or condone violence. some of us, like me, did work hard to contextualize it and there is a distinction between the violent protests and protests that have violence. critics wonder why is there widespread revulsion at the viole

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well good evening once again. day eight of the biden administration which is now in a race against a virus that's not just spreading uncontrollably at this point, but it's quickly mutating, developing new strings that experts fear may mutate themselves right past the current vaccine formulations. and a reminder that according to johns hopkins this month has already been the deadliest yet for this pandemic in our country. worse than the bad old days of 2020 when we thought it was at its height. it's under these conditions that biden administration held its very first covid briefing where the messages were blunt and grounded in reality. >> this is a national emergency. 400,000 people have died. everything is on the table and we will execute accordingly. >> it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one. any stock pile that may have existed previously no longer exists. pfizer and moderna are committed to delivering a total of 200 million doses by tend of march. the united states plans t

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. and happy new year. day 1,446 of the trump administration. 16 days remain until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. we are less than an hour officially from the start of an election day that will not only decide the balance of power in the united states senate critically but also the political capital currently held by the outgoing president and the incoming president. trump and biden were both in georgia campaigning ahead of tomorrow's dual senate runoff. incumbent republican david perdue facing a challenge from democrat jon ossoff while republican senator kelly loeffler is up against reverend raphael warnock. these races are tight. that's a story in and of itself in georgia. and so far over 3 million people have cast ballots in early voting. tonight at a rally in dalton, georgia, trump spent most of his time on his false claims of having won this election. >> there's no way we lost georgia. there's no way. you know, i've had two elections. i've won both of them. it'

the "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ >>> good evening once again. three of the biden administration as the president takes more steps to try to save this country, save an economy battered by an uncontrolled pandemic. senate democrats tonight agreed to delay his predecessor's second impeachment trial in the senate. the article of impeachment against donald trump, incitement of insurrection, stemming from the january 6th riot at the capitol will go to the senate monday night. his trial will not begin until february 9, giving lawmakers two weeks to focus on other business like president biden's cabinet and agenda. >> during that period, the senate will continue to do other business for the american people, such as cabinet nominations and the covid relief bill, which would provide relief for millions of americans who are suffering during this pandemic. >> schumer added that the chamber will vote monday on janet yellen nomination as treasury secretary. the trial's delay appears to signal something of a compromise between the senate's two party leaders. j

up next here is "the 11th hour" with brian williams. i've got jerky for everybody. we are live all night. >> jerky jerky! >> the jerky bar is always open. >> whoo! >> thank you to joy reed, lawrence o'donnell, my friends for being here. 11th hour starts right now. >> well, good evening once again. at the end of what was day one of the biden administration. today joseph robinette biden jr. became our 46th president. he comes into this job after three runs for the office. after decades of experience in the senate, six terms and then two terms as vice president. in many ways, however, we are a new country tonight. joe biden and his vice president kamala harris together usher in a new era, search, in a nation roild by health, economic and political crises. already scaled down because of our uncontrolled pandemic, the inauguration itself became even more tightly controlled because of the violent looting and desecration of our capital two weeks ago. with washington on lockdown, there were no crowds. just the overwhelming presence of intense security, a lot of it military.

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again.

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> well, good evening once again, day 1,456 of the trump administration. that leaves six days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. tonight more u.s. troops in washington than we currently have deployed in iraq, syria and afghanistan combined. the u.s. capitol and increasingly the nearby mall are armed encampments. sadly they need to be. eight days after insurrectionists looted our government and in light of the name rouse threats coming in. tonight, politico has disturbing reporting and an inauguration rehearsal for sunday postponed today because of security concerns. even the president-elect canceled his plans to take amtrak to washington from wilmington. that was planned for monday. more seriously politico notes it as one of the many reasons for intense security, quote, a vast swath of the president's die-hard base in maga nation, the conspiracy theorists, militia members, followers of the qanon conspiracy theory has disregarded trump's wednesday remarks. they are dissecting his phrases, using those cues as rallying

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again as we start a new week. day 1,453 of the trump administration. nine days remain now until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. this final full week of the trump administration begins with, let's call it what it is. the nation facing an active and dangerous domestic terror threat, bracing perhaps for even more violence. while the white house this week goes about -- while the house this week goes about impeaching donald trump for the second time, the looting of our u.s. capitol building, as many have pointed out, is that rare event that has grown in importance in the days since it happened. new pictures and video only make the event more depressing, darker, scarier than it seemed to be even in the moment. and a warning, especially for those of you joining us on the west coast where little ones may still be awake. this video is disturbing. the most powerful new imagery shows members of the mob quite literally under the banner of donald trump, beating police officers on the steps of the u.s. cap

brian williams here in new york, where i'm joined by nicolle wallace, joy reid is down in washington, part of our team, and rachel maddow will be along very briefly to join us. good morning to my colleagues, and nicolle, some thoughts so far? >> on my way in this morning, i reached out to senior advisers, to the outgoing and incoming presidents. interestingly, the adviser to outgoing president trump, i said what are you feeling this morning, at this not-so-peaceful transfer of power, changed forever by the actions and conduct of donald trump, and he simply said bye-bye to the trump era. the biden adviser had a very different, more reflective take, and he said his thoughts are on biden himself and said there's never been a more deserving or capable man for the job that he's about to step into. so i think it's going to be a story today of contrast. contrast in terms of the human beings occupying the office and contrast in terms of how they view the office. our friend steve schmidt noted i think a couple years ago that donald trump never saw himself as the leader of the state, as the hea

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"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now.wi >>> well, good evening once again.ntil the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. it's now been exactly one week since insurrectionists, american citizens, looted and desecrated our capitol.nsto this dark day in modern american history now takes its place among all the other dark

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again.ministration. 16 days remain until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. we are less than an hour officially from the start of an election day that will not only decide the balance of power in the united states senate critically but also the political capital currently held by the outgoing president and the incoming president. trump and biden were both in georgia campaigning ahead of tomorrow's dual senate runoff. incumbent republican david perdue facing a challenge from democrat jon ossoff while republican senator kelly loeffler is up against reverend raphael warnock. these races are tight. that's a story in and of itself in georgia. and so far over 3 million people have cast ballots in early voting. tonight at a rally in dalton, georgia, trump spent most of his time on his false claims of having won this election. >> there's no way we lost georgia. there's no way. you know, i've had two elections. i've won both of them. it's amazing. and i actually did much better on t

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. ♪ >>> well, good evening once again. 12 days remain until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. the effort to stop donald trump from doing anything over the next week and a half is gaining momentum inside even outside the nation's capital. tonight the worst fate of all has befallen the president. his cellphone has been rendered mute and ineffective. the man who said he could not have been elected president without twitter has been tossed off of twitter. they announced tonight that his account has been suspended

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> good evening once again.he first of two votes to try to remove donald trump from office. voting is under way in the house on this resolution calling on vice president pence to invoke the 25th amendment. but it's symbolic, because pence peter baker and his colleagues at "the new york times" report on the blowup between trump and pence last wednesday shortly before pence headed to the capitol. "the times" quotes trump as warning his ardently loyal sidekick to, "you can either go down in history as a patriot or you can go down in history as a --" and here the president uses his go-to "p" word. earlier tonight pence sent a letter to speaker pelosi explaining his refusal to invoke the 25th amendment against his boss. it reads in part, "i do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our constitution. i urge you and every member of

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