JOYCE, ONCE AGAIN GETS TONIGHT’S
"LAST WORD." "THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
"THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN.
DAY 1,425 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, 37 DAYS UNTIL
THE INAUGURATION OF JOE BIDEN AS
THE 46th PRESIDENT.
WE COME ON THE AIR AT THE END OF
A HISTORY MAKING DAY, A DAY THAT
SAW THE FIRST VACCINATIONS IN
OUR COUNTRY.
A DAY WHEN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MADE JOE BIDEN’S ELECTION
ALREADY OFFICIAL EVEN MORE
OFFICIAL, IF THAT’S POSSIBLE.
THIS WAS ALSO THE DAY ATTORNEY
GENERAL BILL BARR DECIDED TO
SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
THERE’S ONE MORE THING.
AS WE ENTER THE TEETH OF THIS
DARK WINTER OF THE PANDEMIC OUR
NATION’S DEATH TOLL TODAY
SURPASSED 300,000 SOULS.
IT WILL TAKE MONTHS, PERHAPS A
SEASON OR TWO BEFORE THE VACCINE
IS OUR TICKET OUT OF THIS AND
WE’RE ANYWHERE CLOSER TO BEING
IN THE CLEAR.
BUT THAT JOURNEY STARTED WITH A
SINGLE SHOT TODAY WHEN AN ICU
NURSE IN NEW YORK BECAME THE
FIRST PERSON IN OUR COUNTRY TO
GET THE VACCINE.
AND AFTERWARDS SPOKE WITH MORE
EMOTION AND MORE UNDERSTANDING
OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAN WE HEARD
FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY.
>> I FEEL HOPEFUL TODAY,
RELIEVED.
I FEEL LIKE HEALING IS COMING.
I HOPE THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING
TO THE END OF A VERY PAINFUL
TIME IN OUR HISTORY.
I WANT TO INSTILL PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE THAT THE VACCINE IS
SAFE.
WE’RE IN A PANDEMIC, AND SO WE
ALL NEED TO DO OUR PARTS.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
AND THE VIRUS HAS TIGHTENED ITS
GRIP ON THIS COUNTRY.
INDEED THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT
IGNORED THE CRISIS AGAIN TODAY
WHILE KEEPING UP HIS CAMPAIGN TO
DENY HIS DEFEAT AT THE BALLOT
BOX AND OVERTURN THE ELECTION.
TODAY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
CEMENTED JOE BIDEN’S VICTORY
AFTER WEEKS OF LEGAL CHALLENGES
THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
THE EFFORT WAS FOCUSED ON SIX
BATTLEGROUND STATES THAT HAVE
NOW ALL AFFIRMED THE WILL OF THE
VOTERS.
>> THE ELECTORS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
HAVE CAST 20 VOTES FOR THE
HONORABLE JOSEPH R. BIDEN FOR
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THE ELECTORS HAVE UNANIMOUSLY
CAST 16 VOTES FOR JOSEPH R.
BIDEN.
>> WE HAVE 16 VOTES FOR JOSEPH
R. BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> CAST IT’S VOTES FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO JOSEPH R. BIDEN.
>> THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA
SELECTED JOSEPH BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS.
AND THE ELECTORS WILL CAST THEIR
VOTES ACCORDINGLY.
>> 16 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
FOR JOSEPH R. BIDEN FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> CALIFORNIA’S 55 ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTES PUSH THE
BIDEN-HARRIS TICKET OVER THE
THRESHOLD OF 270 TONIGHT.
BIDEN SPOKE THIS EVENING AFTER
HIS WIN WAS CONFIRMED AND
CEMENTED.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HE
ATTACKED DONALD TRUMP’S ATTACKS
ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND TRUMP’S
EFFORT TO OVERTURN THIS
ELECTION.
>> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN BROUGHT
DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
LEGAL CHALLENGES TO TEST THE
RESULT.
THEY WERE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND EACH OF THE TIMES THEY WERE
HEARD THEY WERE FOUND TO BE
WITHOUT MERIT.
NONE OF THIS HAS STOPPED
BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT THE
LEGITIMACY OF THE RESULTS.
EVEN MORE STUNNING 17 REPUBLICAN
ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND 126
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE
CONGRESS ACTUALLY -- THEY
ACTUALLY SIGNED ONTO A LAWSUIT
FILED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT LAWSUIT ASKED THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT TO REJECT
THE CERTIFIED VOTE COUNTS IN
GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA
AND WISCONSIN.