Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

I'm Scott Detro, I cover the presidential campaign.

I'm Aisha Rasko, I cover the White House.

I'm Wanda Summers, I also cover the presidential campaign.

And I'm Domenico Montenora, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

And it is 12.45 pm on Saturday, November 7th.

And Joe Biden has defeated President Trump and will become the next president of the United States.

The Associated Press made the official call late Saturday morning.

Trump is still contesting the election results and we will get to that.

But first, Scott, you have spent the last two years or more covering the presidential race.

You've been up close with Biden for the past year now.

What is this moment for Joe Biden? This is a guy who's been in public office longer than any of us has even been alive.

He becomes the oldest person to ever be elected president of the United States.

And he was one of the youngest US senators in the history of the country elected at the bare minimum age for the US Senate.

He's a man who has run for president in the 1980s, in the 2000s.

And now again in 2020, and he finally reaches this capstone.

And in a moment of real crisis for this country, I think it's fair to say, we are in the midst of a global pandemic.

That is getting worse as we speak.

The economy is shaking and partisan tension is through the roof.

And now Joe Biden will get what he's worked for for decades.

And he will be the president of the United States.

And I think it's really important in the coming days to look at the ways that he is repeatedly promised to try and heal this country,

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