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11 GOP Senators have joined Missouri's Josh Hawley in saying they intend to object to some states' electoral college votes when the Senate meets on Wednesday. They're joined by in this futile effort by more than 100 House Republicans, despite no credible evidence of any fraud in the presidential election.
Plus, all eyes on Georgia as Tuesday's two runoff races could determine which party controls the Senate.
And, outgoing Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee reflects on his 16-year Senate career, how President Trump has changed the GOP, and says his party should "respect the result" of the election.
On today's show: Julie Davis of the New York Times and the Washington Post's Seung Min Kim; Former Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leanna Wen and Executive Director of the American Public Health Association Dr. Georges Benjamin; Astead Herndon of the New York Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Patricia Murphy; Time Magazine's Molly Ball; outgoing Senator Lamar Alexander R-Tenn.
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12 million Americans have lost their unemployment benefits, eviction moratoriums are set to expire at the end of the year, and the government could shut down Monday night as President Trump still has not signed the coronavirus relief and government spending package. Instead, he's focusing his ire on GOP senators who are not backing his ongoing attempts to overturn the election results.
Plus, a grim Covid-19 milestone -- 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from the disease. Illinois' director of public health details how her state is preparing for a potential post-holiday surge in new cases.
And, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is set to be the most powerful woman in Washington come January 20. What will her role in the Biden Administration look like?
On today's show: CNN's Kaitlan Collins and Josh Dawsey of the Washington Post; Politico's Natasha Korecki and Michael Shear of the New York Times; CNN's Natasha Chen and former Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey; Illinois Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike; CNN's Jasmine Wright.
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In a heated Oval Office meeting Friday evening, President Trump discussed declaring martial law to overturn the election. The ideas were shot down by senior aides, but it's clear the President is still unwilling to accept last month's results.
Plus, Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley offers her take on the ongoing Congressional coronavirus economic relief bill negotiations and details what she hopes to see included in the final text.
And, a second coronavirus vaccine has been approved and will be available as soon as Monday. But doctors urge caution around holiday travel as the U.S. breaks records on cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the last week.
On today's show: Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Shah and Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University; Washington Post's Seung Min Kim and Jonathan Martin of the New York Times; Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts; Obama Administration Economic Advisor Austan Goolsbee and Trump Administration Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett.
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In a breaking news hour of Inside Politics, live coverage of the first coronavirus vaccines shipping out from a Pfizer manufacturing plant in Michigan. Nearly 3 million doses of the vaccine will be distributed to all 50 states in the coming days.
Plus, amid a worsening economic outlook, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says House Democrats may be willing to accept a smaller bipartisan relief package.
On today's show: Former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leanna Wen and Dr. Carlos Del Rio, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; CNN's Pete Muntean; CNN's Dianne Gallagher; Lisa Lerer of the New York Times.
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More than 30 million Americans will be under shelter-in-place orders by the end of the weekend, as more cities and counties issue orders to slow down the spread of coronavirus. In just the first week of December more than one million Americans have tested positive for the virus. That, as state health officials prepare to receive and distribute the first vaccine doses as soon as next week.
Plus, President-elect Joe Biden faces pressure to diversify his cabinet and top White House staff. Senator-elect Ben Ray Lujan makes his case for a Latino to lead the Department of Justice.
And, Senate control hangs in the balance of two runoff races in Georgia. President Trump held a campaign rally in the state Saturday night urging his supporters to turnout, while questioning the results of his own election.
On today's show: Dr. Leana Wen of George Washington University and Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University; North Carolina's Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen; Democratic Senator-Elect Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico; CNN's Jeff Zeleny and Jackie Kucinich of the Daily Beast; Astead Herndon of the New York Times.
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The presidential transition is officially underway. He'll receive his first presidential intelligence briefing on Monday, days after announcing a national security team made up of longtime advisers and Obama administration veterans. For his part, President Trump continues to falsely claim mass election fraud while offering no concession.
Plus, one of President Obama's top economic advisors makes his case for why Congress should pass an economic relief package before Biden takes office.
And with more than 91,000 Americans hospitalized with Covid-19, hospital ERs brace for a post-Thanksgiving coronavirus surge.
On today's show: Julie Davis of the New York Times and the Washington Post's Seung Min Kim; Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Shah and Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University, Politico's Laura Barron Lopez; former White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee.
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As President Trump continues to contest the election, one GOP congressman from Michigan tells Dana Bash "it's over" and that "we're Americans" and we need to let the voters, not the politicians speak.
Plus, more than one million Americans received a coronavirus diagnosis in the last week, and a quarter of a million have died. The CDC is cautioning against Thanksgiving travel and indoor celebrations, but doctors say that's not enough to curb a post-Thanksgiving spike.
And the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus says they are prepared to "stay in Washington for as long as necessary" to get pandemic aid to Americans & says Trump is "in the midst of a massive meltdown" right now.
On today's show: Maggie Haberman of the New York Times and The Washington Post's Toluse Olorunnipa; Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Shah and Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University; House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries; Republican Congressman Fred Upton; The Daily Beast's Jackie Kucinich.
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President-elect Joe Biden names his Chief of Staff and announces his coronavirus taskforce this week as he readies for the White House. Meanwhile President Trump is still in court, trying -- and failing -- to prove allegations of voting fraud.
Plus, Governors across the country issue new rules this week to the curb out-of-control coronavirus spread, which is infecting more than 150,000 people and killing more than 1,000 every day.
And how foreign leaders are reacting to the presidential election and preparing for a Biden Administration.
On today's show: NPR's Asma Khalid and Michael Shear of the New York Times; CNN's Kaitlan Collins; Dr. Rochelle Walensky of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Shah; CNN's Christiane Amanpour; Jonathon Martin of the New York Times.
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Joe Biden claims the presidency with a promise to unite and heal the country. Now, as he begins the presidential transition, top Republicans have yet to acknowledge his victory as President Trump has yet to concede.
Plus, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota shares the significance of a Black woman in the White House, and how progressives plan to make their voices heard in a Biden Administration.
And, a look at Trump's post-presidency and the sway he's still likely to hold over the Republican Party.
On today's show: CNN's Jeff Zeleny and Laura Barron Lopez of Politico; Maggie Haberman of the New York Times and the Washington Post's Seung Min Kim; Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota; former White House advisor Scott Jennings; Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Shah.
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Down in the polls, President Trump tries to defy odds for a second time. Meanwhile, Joe Biden spends the last two days of his campaign in critical Pennsylvania, hoping his home state will win him the White House. That, with more than half the states setting new case count records last week.
Plus, as former president Barack Obama joined his former VP on the campaign trail in Michigan, Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris works to boost minority turnout in Sun Belt states.
And, the President looks to translate big rally crowds into votes as he holds 17 rallies in his campaign's final four days.
On today's show: CNN's Kaitlan Collins and Jonathon Martin of the New York Times; CNN's Abby Phillips and Lisa Lerer of the New York Times; Democratic Lt. Govs Garlin Gilchrist of Michigan and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania; Democratic strategist Paul Begala and GOP Strategist Alice Stewart.
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