Good evening. There is news tonight from two worlds, one real and one not. Their headlines

from both. There is the actual world we are all living in and there is the world of

the President of the United States and the waning and declining days of his administration

has created for himself. And yes, he made big news in his own private world today and

has poised to make more, but we begin tonight with real news in the real world. In the real

world, even with vaccines, almost here, we are on the verge of recording more deaths in

a single day than at any time in the entire pandemic. Nearly 2600 Americans have died

today so far. That number will rise throughout the night, which follows nearly 2600 deaths

reported yesterday in total and puts the death toll that much closer to 300,000. The number

of people hospitalized with COVID that too is a record more than 100,000, which only

signals more lives. It will be lost in the days and weeks ahead. That is the lead story

in the real world. And this is what the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

says we are now facing. The reality is December and January and February are going to be

rough times. I actually believe they are going to be the most difficult time in the public

health history of this nation. Most difficult time in the public health history of this

nation. Now, according to Dr. Redfield today, the death toll could reach close to 450,000

by February. 450,000 human lives in this country lost. He warns unless the large percentage

of Americans follow precautions like mass-quaring, social distancing, avoiding travel and congregate

and congregate settings. 675,000 people died.

I said to protect yourself and others is to postpone travel and stay home. That's tonight's

top story here in the real world, the one we are living and dying in. In the President's

world, meanwhile, where the White House has a string of indoor celebrations ahead, and

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