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Anderson Cooper 360

Supreme Court rejects Republican attempt to block Biden victory

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The former top administration official for cybersecurity, Chris Krebs, whom Pres. Donald Trump fired after saying the election was the most secure in American history, speaks out about his defamation lawsuit against the Trump campaign and a lawyer working with the campaign - Joseph diGenova. Krebs also reacts to today’s Supreme Court decision, which rejected an attempt by Pennsylvania Republicans' to block the election results certification in the commonwealth. Also, Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings reacts to the Supreme Court refusing to stop Pennsylvania from certifying the election for President-elect Joe Biden and her Republican colleagues who refuse to accept that the 2020 election is over. Plus, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times Sharon LaFraniere and Dr. Celine Gounder, who is a member of president-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus task force, weigh in on the latest with the coronavirus vaccine approval process in the United States.   Airdate: December 8, 2020   Guests: Christopher Krebs Rep. Val Demings, (D) Florida Dr. Sanjay Gupta Dr. Celine Gounder Sharon LaFraniere To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening with a single sentence late today, the Supreme Court erased any doubts about

0:05.3

who will be the next president of the United States.

0:07.5

That sentence in the case brought by Republican Congressman Mike Kelly and others aimed at

0:11.3

overturning President-elect Biden's victory in Pennsylvania reads, quote, the application

0:15.6

for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the court is denied.

0:22.4

There were no opinions offered.

0:24.9

No dissent was noted.

0:26.4

That one sentence signaling the courts unwillingness to sign on to the president's scheme, and

0:31.6

that's what it is to overturn the election.

0:34.3

It's by no means the only big story.

0:35.8

Tonight the day began with truly good news.

0:38.0

The first approved doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine being administered in the United Kingdom.

0:43.2

That was followed by word from the FDA, which is expected to grant emergency use authorization

0:47.3

forward here this week of how effective it is.

0:50.3

It's also somehow fitting that one of those first two people to get vaccinated should be

0:54.5

named William Shakespeare.

0:56.5

His name's sake was born into the first year of a plague outbreak that killed about a fifth

1:00.5

of his city's population.

1:02.0

Today, Shakespeare lives at what we all hope will be the beginning of the end of this outbreak

1:07.7

which cannot come too soon.

1:10.0

Today, saw coronavirus infections in this country top the 15 million mark.

1:14.6

That's another million cases were added in just five days, at least 188,000 more so

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