CLAIRE McCASKILL, MICHAEL
STEELE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
"ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES" IS UP
RIGHT NOW.
CHRIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOY,
APPRECIATE IT.
NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.
GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK, I’M
CHRIS HAYES.
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY REMARKABLE
DAY OF NEWS.
WE JUST HEARD PRESIDENT-ELECT
JOE BIDEN DELIVERING A SPEECH IN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ON A TRULY
SIGNIFICANT DAY AS WE’RE RIGHT
NOW LOOKING TO TURN THE PAGE ON
THE TWO BIGGEST STORIES OF THIS
BRUTAL, BRUTAL YEAR.
SO TODAY MEMBERS OF THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE MET ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO FORMALLY CAST THEIR
BALLOTS.
NOW, THIS HAPPENS EVERY FOUR
YEARS.
THIS IS USUALLY A PRO FORMA
THING THAT’S NOT REALLY COVERED.
IT HAPPENS IN THE BACKGROUND
BECAUSE THE LOSER OF THE
ELECTION BY THIS POINT HAS
ALREADY CONCEDED AND EVERYONE
HAS ACCEPTED THE PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER.
BUT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS PARTY HAVE POSED AN
UNPRECEDENTED NEARLY CHALLENGE
TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF
POWER, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
AND COVERING IN MINUTIA THE GUTS
OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM.
THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT THE
CALIFORNIA DELEGATION VOTED,
PUTTING JOE BIDEN OVER THE
270-VOTE THRESHOLD TO OFFICIALLY
BECOME PRESIDENT-ELECT.
YOU SEE THERE ONE OF THE LAST
HURDLES IN FINALIZING THE
ELECTION RESULTS COMING AFTER
NEARLY SIX WEEKS OF DESPERATE
ATTEMPTS BY THE PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY TO -- WELL,
TO STRAIGHT UP OVERTURN THE
OUTCOME, TO PREVENT THE PEOPLE
FROM DECIDING WHO THEIR ELECTED
LEADERS WOULD BE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PARTS OF
THE SPLIT SCREEN TODAY WHICH
FELT KIND OF LIKE A SEASON
FINALE ALL DAY BECAUSE THE OTHER
PART OF THE SPLIT SCREEN
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME WAS
ALSO VACCINE D-DAY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
AND I’VE GOT TO SAY, I HAVE BEEN
ANTICIPATING AND THINKING ABOUT
THIS.
OBVIOUSLY COVERING IT FOR
MONTHS.
I STILL CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF
THIS FOOTAGE.
I JUST WANT TO WATCH SHOTS GOING
IN ARMS ALL DAY LONG.
THE FIRST DOSES OF THE PFIZER
VACCINE JUST APPROVED BY THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ON
FRIDAY NIGHT BEING ADMINISTERED
TO FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A SIGN OF LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL AS WE ALSO HIT A
VERY, VERY DARK MOMENT IN THE
PANDEMIC.
WE CROSSED 300,000 AMERICAN
DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE MOURN THEIR LOSS AND TRY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOLD ON UNTIL
BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD AS THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT SAID TONIGHT.
>> TODAY OUR NATION PASSED A
GRIM MILESTONE, 300,000 DEATHS
DUE TO THIS COVID VIRUS.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO EACH OF YOU
IN THIS DARK WINTER OF THE
PANDEMIC.
ABOUT TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS AND
THE NEW YEAR WITH A BLACK HOLE
IN YOUR HEARTS, WITHOUT THE ONES
YOU LOVED AT YOUR SIDE.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU
WHO HAVE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES,
THROUGH NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN.
UNABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT,
STARING AT THE CEILING, WEIGHED
DOWN BY THE WORRY OF WHAT
TOMORROW WILL BRING FOR YOU AND
EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR
FAMILY.
BUT WE FACED DIFFICULT TIMES
BEFORE IN OUR HISTORY.
I KNOW WE’LL GET THROUGH THIS
ONE TOGETHER.
THAT’S HOW WE GET THROUGH IT,
TOGETHER.
SO AS WE START THE HARD WORK TO
BE DONE, MAY THIS MOMENT GIVE US
THE STRENGTH TO REBUILD THIS
HOUSE OF OURS.
>> VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, WHO
HAS A VERY, VERY LARGE TASK OF
REBUILDING AHEAD OF HIM.
AS WE MOVE INTO INFLECTION
POINTS WE MARK THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTING AND CERTIFYING