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FROM ANDY, YOU'RE WATCHING 13 TO AFTER COUNTLESS WEEKS OF FIGHTING OVER THESE ELECTION
RESULTS, WE ARE FINALLY GOING
TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL WINNER IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. CONGRESS IS SITTING
DOWN TO CERTIFY THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTES. NOW IF THAT
SOUNDS BORING, IT'S BECAUSE
USUALLY >> IT IS NOT THIS YEAR
THERE IS A GROWING ATTEMPT
TONIGHT TO BLOCK PRESIDENT
ELECT JOE BIDEN FROM WINNING.
SO FOR TONIGHT'S BIG STORY,
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER
REPUBLICAN OBJECTIONS WILL
REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND IF
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE CAN
ACTUALLY STEP IN TO SWAY THE
RESULTS IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
FAVOR. BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO
START WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S
ACTUALLY HAPPENING TOMORROW >>
.LET'S START WITH THE BASICS.
THE CERTIFICATION STARTS AT
1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. BOTH THE
SENATE AND THE HOUSE ARE
PRESENT AND THE PRESIDENT THE
SENATE IN THIS CASE VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS
PRESIDING OVER THE PROCESS. THE
VICE PRESIDENT OPENS EACH STATE
SEAL ELECTORAL VOTE CERTIFICATE
.THEN HE HANDS IT OFF TO A
FOUR PERSON PANEL THAT'S MADE
UP OF A REPUBLICAN AND A
DEMOCRAT FROM THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE. THEY THEN REVIEW THE
CERTIFICATE AND THEY ANNOUNCE
HOW THE STATE VOTED. THE
PROCESS CONTINUES UNTIL ALL THE
VOTES ARE ANNOUNCED AND COUNTED
UNLESS THERE IS A RECOGNIZED
OBJECTION. TYPICALLY THIS >>
PROCESS IS PRETTY RUN OF THE
MILL BUT TOMORROW THERE'S A
HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY
PLANNING TO OBJECT. THESE
OBJECTIONS HAVE TO BE IN
WRITING AND SIGNED BY ONE
SENATOR AND ONE REPRESENTATIVE.
BUT THE LAWS ARE PRETTY VAGUE
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT A VALID
OBJECTION IS. IT'S JUST UP TO
CONGRESS TO DECIDE. SO HERE'S
THE BIG QUESTION CAN THESE
PLANS TO OBJECT TOMORROW
ACTUALLY CHANGE THE RESULTS
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TONIGHT >> AT LEAST 13 GOP
SENATORS AND MORE THAN 100
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PLAN TO
REJECT JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL
COLLEGE WIN. I'M >> ACTING TO
PROTECT OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
>>. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE
LAWMAKERS TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME
OF THIS ELECTION? WELL, IN
THEORY THEY COULD IN PRACTICE
IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY
POLITICAL >> EXPERTS SAY THAT'S
BECAUSE YOU'D NEED A MAJORITY
OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO
AGREE ON THE OBJECTIONS IN THIS
CASE THAT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY
BECAUSE ENOUGH REPUBLICANS HAVE
SAID THEY WILL VOTE TO CERTIFY
BIDEN'S VICTORY AND THE HOUSE
IS CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS >>.
THIS IS LIKE GOING BACK TO
LUCAS OIL STADIUM AFTER THE
GAME AND YELLING AT THE BRICK
FACADE THAT THE GAME WAS STOLEN
FROM THE COLTS AND THEN
STICKING AROUND AND DEMANDING
THAT THE SCORE BE OVERTURNED.
SO >> DUSTIN, THIS WHOLE THING
PUTS VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IN A
REALLY TOUGH POSITION. HE'S
SUPPOSED TO PRESIDE OVER THIS
TOMORROW AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAD THIS TWEET TODAY PENCE CAN
REJECT FRAUDULENTLY CHOSEN
ELECTORS BUT DUSTIN DOES DOES
THE VICE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT? BOTH
>> POLITICAL ANALYSTS I SPOKE
WITH TONIGHT, SCOTT TOLD ME
CONSTITUTIONALLY HE CAN'T HIS
JOB HERE IS TO SIMPLY SAY
HERE'S HOW THESE STATES VOTED.
TAKE A LISTEN >>. SO MIKE PENCE
HAS TO DECIDE IS HE GOING TO GO
ALONG WITH THIS FALSE NARRATIVE
ON WHAT IS LEGAL RIGHTS ARE OR
IS GOING TO FOLLOW THE
CONSTITUTION THE UNITED STATES?
I'VE KNOWN MIKE PENCE A LONG
TIME. I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO
FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION. HE'S
GETTING A LOT OF PRESSURE. BUT
I WOULD HOPE WHEN HE'S UP THERE
HE'S GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HE
HAS TO LIKE WHAT HAPPENED. HE
FEELS THAT THERE ARE STILL
QUESTIONS BUT THE ELECTORS HAVE
MET THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE'S
CAST ITS VOTES AND HERE'S WHAT
GEORGIA DID. HERE'S WHAT
PENNSYLVANIA DID. HERE'S
MICHIGAN, ARIZONA AND THE
OTHERS DID AND LEAVE IT AT
THAT. SO >> THE EYES OF THE
ENTIRE NATION WILL BE ON VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE AND CAPITOL
HILL TOMORROW SCOTT. YEAH >>,
WE'LL BE WATCHING. DUSTIN,
THANKS SO MUCH. NOW SO FAR WE
ONLY HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE
INDIANA DELEGATION PLANNING TO
OBJECT TOMORROW. SENATOR MIKE
BRAUN, REPRESENTATIVE JIM BANKS
AND REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE
WALORSKI WILL BE FOLLOWING
TOMORROW'S CERTIFICATION
PROCESS CLOSELY AND WE'LL SEND
AN ALERT THE MOMENT A DECISION
IS MADE.