"THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN.
DAY 1,419 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, 31 DAYS SINCE
THE ELECTION WAS CALLED FOR JOE
BIDEN, 43 DAYS UNTIL THE
INAUGURATION OF JOE BIDEN.
TONIGHT THE SUPREME COURT
APPEARS TO HAVE DEALT A NEAR
FATAL BLOW TO TRUMP’S EFFORT TO
OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION, AN ELECTION HE LOST,
THE JUSTICES REJECTED.
A LAST MINUTE ATTEMPT BY TRUMP’S
ALLIES TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION
RESULTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
IT CAME IN A SINGLE SENTENCE AND
WE QUOTE, THE APPLICATION FOR
INJUNKATIVE RELIEF PRESENTED TO
JUSTICE ALETO AND BY HIM
REFERRED TO THE COURT IS DENIED.
IT CAME WITHOUT ANY RECORDED
DISSENT, NO EXPLANATION TO THE
DECISION.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
BUT IT WAS RELEASED SHORTLY
AFTER TRUMP AGAIN MADE THE FALSE
CLAIM THAT HE HAD DEFEATED JOE
BIDEN AND PLEADED FOR HELP.
>> WE WON IN THE SWING STATES,
AND THERE WAS TERRIBLE THINGS
THAT WENT ON.
ALL OF THE THINGS WE’VE DONE,
AND WE WERE REWARDED WITH A
VICTORY.
NOW LET’S SEE WHETHER OR NOT
SOMEBODY HAS THE COURAGE,
WHETHER IT’S A LEGISLATOR OR
LEGISLATORS OR WHETHER IT’S A
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR
A NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
LET’S SEE IF THEY HAVE THE
COURAGE TO DO WHAT EVERYBODY IN
THIS COUNTRY KNOWS IS RIGHT.
>> THE COURT ACTION CAME ON THIS
DAY THAT IS KNOWN IN ELECTION
CIRCLES AS THE SAFE HARBOR
DEADLINE, THE DAY ON WHICH EVERY
STATE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MADE
OFFICIAL ITS ELECTION RESULTS
AWARDING 306 ELECTORAL VOTES TO
BIDEN, 232 TO TRUMP.
HOWEVER, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS
VOWED TO KEEP FIGHTING ISSUING A
STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART AND
WE QUOTE, THE SAFE HARBOR
DEADLINE IS STATUTORY TIME LINE
THAT GENERALLY DENOTES THE LAST
DAY FOR STATES TO CERTIFY
ELECTION RESULTS.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED
FOR ELECTION CONTESTS TO LAST
WELL BEYOND DECEMBER 8 DESPITE
THE MEDIA TRYING DESPERATELY TO
PROCLAIM THAT THE FIGHT IS OVER.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CHAMPION
ELECTION INTEGRITY UNTIL EVERY
LEGAL VOTE IS COUNTED FAIRLY AND
ACCURATELY.
SO FAR A REMINDER HERE THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN HAS FILED 55 CASES.
38 HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT OR
WITHDRAWN, 16 STILL OPEN.
NO CASE HAS REVEALED ANY
EVIDENCE OF ELECTION FRAUD.
TRUMP’S NOW GETTING AN ASSIST
FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
TEXAS, KEN PAXTEN.
HE IS ASKING THE SUPREME COURT
TO BLOCK GEORGIA, WISCONSIN,
MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA FROM
CASTING, QUOTE, UNLAWFULLY AND
CONSTITUTIONALLY TAINTED VOTES
IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
CLAIMING PANDEMIC ERA CHANGES TO
ELECTION PROCEDURES IN THOSE
STATES VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW.
IT’S AN INTERESTING ARGUMENT.
ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN THE AFORE
MENTIONED STATES DIDN’T LOOK TOO
KINDLY ON IT, HOWEVER.
THE MICHIGAN A.G. CALLED IT,
QUOTE, A PUBLICITY STUNT.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN
THOSE STATES A DEADLINE OF
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 3:00 P.M.
TO RESPOND TO THE LAWSUIT.
AMID ALL OF THIS WE REMAIN OF
COURSE IN THE MIDST, IN THE GRIP
OF AN UNCONTROLLED PANDEMIC
SETTING NEW RECORDS, THE BAD
KIND EVERY DAY.
FORBES NOTES THAT MONDAY CLOSED
OUT THE DEADLIEST WEEK SINCE THE
PANDEMIC STARTED.
EARLIER TODAY THE U.S. SURPASSED
15 MILLION KNOWN CASES.
THE VIRUS HAS KILLED OVER
286,000 PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.
TODAY THE FIRST COVID
VACCINATIONS WERE GIVEN TO
PEOPLE IN THE U.K., A STEP MANY
HOPE WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF
THE END OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THE BRITS ARE GETTING THE PFIZER
VACCINE, FULL REPORT FROM THE
U.K. LATER IN THIS HOUR.
HERE IN THE STATES THE FDA SAID
PFIZER’S DATA SHOW IT’S HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE AND PROVIDES SOME
PROTECTION AFTER THE FIRST DOSE.
THIS AFTERNOON TRUMP AND BIDEN
SPOKE TO THE NATION AT VIRTUALLY
THE SAME TIME ABOUT THE SAME
SUBJECT, THE CORONAVIRUS.
TRUMP MADE HIS REMARKS EAGER FOR
SOME SORT OF VICTORY LAP AT A
WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT ON THE
VACCINES.
>> IT WAS A PIPE DREAM, BUT WE
DID SOMETHING THAT NOBODY
THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE THAT AREN’T NECESSARILY
BIG FANS OF DONALD TRUMP ARE
SAYING WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR
NOT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
MIRACLES IN THE HISTORY OF
MODERN DAY MEDICINE OR ANY OTHER
MEDICINE, ANY OTHER AGE.
>> I’M WONDERING WHAT YOUR
MESSAGE IS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE GIVEN ALL THE INCREASING
CASES RIGHT NOW, ABOUT WHAT THEY
SHOULD DO OVER CHRISTMAS AND THE
HARDSHIP THEY’RE ALL FACING AS
THIS VIRUS DOES GET WORSE.
>> WELL, CDC PUTS OUT THEIR
GUIDELINES AND THE VERY
IMPORTANT GUIDELINES.
BUT I THINK THIS.
I THINK THE VACCINE WAS OUR
GOAL.
>> WHY NOT INCLUDE MEMBERS OF
THE BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM AS
PART OF THIS SUMMIT THAT YOU’RE
HOSTING TODAY?
>> WELL, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO
SEE WHO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
IS.
>> PLEASE NOTE NOT A WORD ABOUT
THOSE SUFFERING TODAY.
THE RISING DEATH TOLL, THE
RISING HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME IN WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE, BIDEN INTRODUCED THE
TEAM THAT WILL RUN THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT UNDER HIS WATCH AND
WHO WILL BE CHARGED WITH TRYING
TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS.
>> COVID-19 IS A MASS CASUALTY.
THIS TEAM WILL HELP GET AT THE
LATEST, AT THE LAST 100 MILLION
COVID VACCINE -- AT LEAST 100
MILLION COVID VACCINE SHOTS INTO
THE ARMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
IN THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS.
MY FIRST HUNDRED DAYS WON’T END
THE COVID-19 VIRUS.
I CAN’T PROMISE THAT.
BUT -- BUT WE DID NOT GET IN
THIS MESS QUICKLY, WE’RE NOT
GOING TO GET OUT OF IT QUICKLY.
IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
BUT I’M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED