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The abrupt firing of Secretary Esper is disturbing evidence that President Trump is intent on using his final days in office to sow chaos in our American Democracy and around the world.

Today the world welcomes good news about a vaccine that could be a giant leap forward in our fight against the coronavirus. We are all praying that this early evidence of extraordinary efficacy and safety holds true so that the vaccine can be approved and distributed soon — but not one day sooner or one day later than it is ready.

“Today marks the dawning of a new day of hope for America. A record-shattering 75 million Americans cast their ballots to elect Joe Biden President of the United States – a historic victory that has handed Democrats a mandate for action."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center.

“House Democrats will continue working toward an agreement that crushes the virus, supports our heroes in state and local government and puts money in the pockets of the American people. And as we look toward the 117th Congress, Democrats will be working to create jobs and deliver bigger paychecks to all hard-working Americans, with bold investments in infrastructure with our Moving Forward Act to Build Back Better.”

This afternoon, Joe Biden made it clear that the Biden-Harris ticket will have enough votes to win the Electoral College.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Ari Melber of MSNBC’s The Beat to discuss news of the day.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Ari Shapiro of NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss the passage of House Democrats’ updated Heroes Act, COVID relief talks and other news of the day.