My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

We will be back in some form.

We are still deeply divided. Public health experts warned this was coming, unless more was done, and here we are now.

Are you proud of what happened here today?

Absolutely.

Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. It's the Irishman in America podcast

coming to you live from the Mulrani Park Hotel in Mayo, where I've spent the last two days

celebrating my birthday and putting the finishing touches to my training for this weekend's

Antrim Coast half marathon. I knew I would be recording this chat with you, Marion, while I was here.

And I was excited to do it because I definitely need some guidance on what the hell has been happening in America this week.

There has been kind of a scrappy news week.

But the first story we need to get to right away is on Monday.

Donald Trump filed an error-riddled motion in a federal court in Florida asking a judge to halt the FBI's review of the documents the government recovered in this month's raid at Marilago, which we've talked about at length.

Now, the Don asked the judge to appoint a special master to do the review instead.

It's unclear if this will work or just delay the Department of Justice's ongoing criminal investigation

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