STORY AND JOINING US NOW IS
NATALIE JENNINGS EDITOR OVER AT
THE FIX AT THE WASHINGTON POST.
NATALIE GOOD TO SEE YOU
AS ALWAYS SO I GUESS NOW THAT
ALL THE DUST IS NOW SADDLED HOW
DO YOU SORT OF THINK HISTORY IS
GOING TO LOOK
AT YESTERDAY REALLY AS AN
UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT REALLY IN
OUR POLITICAL HISTORY.
>> HEY GOOD MORNING. BAKER YEAH
I THINK IT WAS
BOTH TOTALLY AN ANOMALY IN OUR
YOU KNOW THE INAUGURATION
TRADITIONS THAT YOU SEEN WITH
CROWDS GATHERING BUT IT ALSO
WAS VERY NORMAL IN SOME AS MUCH
AS WE ARE IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS
I THINK. THE BIDENINAUGURAL WAS
SOMETHING LOOKS YOU KNOW IN
OR TRADITIONALLY PRESIDENTIAL
THAN WE'VE SEEN FOR THE LAST 4
YEARS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO
THRIVED ON BEING I GUESS AN
ORTHODOX IN THIS ROLE, HE
WASN'T EVEN THERE. YOU KNOW, SO
I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE
PERHAPS A TURNING BUT PERHAPS
JUST. MOMENT WHERE AMERICA
REALLY SOLID WHAT COMES NEXT
AFTER THIS. I REALLY YEAH I
DON'T KNOW IT. CRAZY I KEEP
SAYING UNPRECEDENTED BUT REALLY
STRANGE IN OUR HISTORY FOR
YEARS AND AIR.
YOU KNOW RETURN TO YOU KNOW
SORT OF ITS TRADITIONAL ROLES
OR
DOES THIS PERMANENTLY CHANGE
HOW OUR GOVERNMENT OPERATES AND
I THINK YESTERDAY IS IS A
SYMBOL OF HOW BIDEN WITH LIKE
IT TO GO. AND KIND OF
THE TIME WE GET TO SEE WHETHER
IT
REALLY DOES.
>> YEAH I MEAN LISTEN I'M WITH
YOU I IT'S HARD TO USE ANOTHER
WORD OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT,
BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE
FOR US TO USE OF THE SITUATION
LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW,
NATALIE WOOD HEARD UNITY
MENTIONED PERIODICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENING
LAST NIGHT GET A WITH HOW
STARKLY DIVIDED WE ARE AS A
COUNTRY GIVEN THE FACT THAT
DEMOCRATS POTENTIALLY COULD
MAKE THE FILIBUSTER HERE IN
THE SENATE. HOW LIKELY IS UNITY
GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT 100
DAYS OR SO FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> I THINK IT WILL BE A WORD
THAT WE KEEP HEARING A
LOT EVEN AS HE TAKES THAT YOU
KNOW REPUBLICANS WON'T WHITE
POLICY
THESE OLD-FASHIONED KIND OF
POLICY DEBATE I DON'T LIKE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING BUT I THINK
YOU KNOW DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE
THE MAJORITY IN ALL OF THE
ELECTED BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
THEY DON'T HAVE A
BIG MAJORITY. JOE BIDEN YOU
KNOW CONTROLS THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH, THE HOUSE MAJORITY IS
VERY THIN AND THE SENATE
MAJORITY IS A VERY VERY VERY
THIN AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE
MODERATE DEMOCRAT WHO DOESN'T
WANT TO GO ALONG
WITH SOME THESE BIG JOE MANCHIN
FOR EXAMPLE HAS ALREADY
EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE
FILIBUSTER AND HE NEEDS TO
APPROVE THAT FOR IT
TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW THERE IS
GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME
MEASURE OF UNITY IN ORDER FOR
LITERALLY ANYTHING TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED NOW HOW FAR THAT
REACHES INTO THOSE REPUBLICAN
RANKS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT
I'M LOOKING FOR OF COURSE
THAT'S LEGISLATIVELY AND
WHETHER THE COUNTRY ITSELF CAN
BE UNIFIED AFTER THIS REALLY.
SHOCKING COUPLE OF WEEKS START
THE YEAR IS A WHOLE OTHER
ANYTHING BIDEN IS REALLY
LOOKING TO SET THE TONE IN
THAT WAY.
>> YEAH, NATALIE WE ALSO KNOW
THE PRESIDENT GOING TO BE
IMMENSELY JUDGED BY HOW HE
HANDLES THE CORONAVIRUS YOU
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A
TOP PRIORITY
FOR HIM, AND THERE'S THIS
FASTING REPORT THIS MORNING AND
CNN SAYING QUOTE THAT THERE'S
NOTHING FOR THE BY
DEMONSTRATION TO
WORK WITH WE BASICALLY HAVE TO
BUILD EVERYTHING FROM THAT THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BASICALLY
LEFT THEM NO PLAN WHATSOEVER
DOES
THAT HINDER. OR BASICALLY
SETBACK JOE BIDEN HIS AMBITIOUS
GOAL TO GET A 100 MILLION
PEOPLE VACCINATED KNOWING
THAT'S THE ECONOMY AND SO MANY
OTHER THINGS ARE REALLY TIED TO
GETTING THE VACCINE BASICALLY
UNDER CONTROL HERE.
>> DOES IT HINDER THEM BUT THEY
HAVE BEEN EVER
SINCE BIDEN. WAS MADE
OFFICIALLY THE WINNER HAVE BEEN
SAYING THAT THEY ARE PLANNING
THEY PROMISED ON THE WAY AND
THAT THEY WILL BE PREPARING TO
KNOW HOW TO GOVERN. SO I THINK
YOU COULD
SEE THINGS. START TO CHANGE
DRAMATICALLY REALLY QUICKLY I
THINK THEY'RE COMING IN REALLY
READY TO MAKE
THESE CHANGES BUT THEY'RE ALSO
JUST GETTING FULLY INTO THESE
AGENTS OF THESE AND SAYING HOW
DARE THE
COVERAGE OR STANDING UP
YOU KNOW EVEN IF YOU'RE
PREPARED THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS YOU CAN'T PREPARE FOR SO
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING
TO BE AND
100 MILLION VACCINES AS WE KNOW
BY HOW SLOWLY THEY HAVE STARTED
HIS VERY
VERY AMBITIOUS AND DEPENDS ON A
LOT OF WORKING PARTS SO IF THEY
HAVE A TALL TASK BEFORE HIM
THEY WOULD HAVE IN ANY
SITUATION. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
YOU KNOW WHAT VERY COMPETENT
TURN THINGS
AROUND QUICKLY.
>> AND NATALIE, OF COURSE ALL
OF THIS LOOMING WITH
IMPEACHMENT HOVERING ABOVE ALL
OF THIS IN THE SENATE TRIAL
POLITICAL REPORTING TODAY
POTENTIALLY DEMOCRATS MAY BE
PITCHING THE IDEA OF A
THREE-DAY IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY THIS
DERAIL THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF
JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY, THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP AGAIN.
>> IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING
THAT IS APPEALING TO BIDEN I
THINK IN TRYING TO
GET HIS AGENDA OFF THE GROUND,
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO
BE DEALT WITH 3 DAYS PROBABLY
IS IS THE MINIMAL YOU CAN
EXPECT TO DO FROM THIS REMEMBER
IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING WITH
VERY
STRICT RULES. IT'S SORT OF
HALTS ALL BUSINESS IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE. SO I FEEL
I FEEL
IT TODAY. FIRST FULL DAY OF
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL PROBABLY
HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
PLANS FOR WHEN NANCY PELOSI
WILL SEND THE IMPEACHMENT
ARTICLE AND REMEMBER SHE HOLD
ON TO AND THE SENATE REALLY
CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL SHE
LEAVES SO WHILE THEY FIGURE OUT
THEIR PELOSI, YOU KNOW
COULD STALL BUT YES IT COULD BE
VERY DIVISIVE. I THINK.
YOU STARTING TO HEAR MORE FROM
REPUBLICANS LOOKING A LITTLE
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY IF OF
CONVICTING TRUMP AND REMOVING
HIM FROM OFFICE AND URGING
UNITY IN THEIR PARTY. AND YOU
KNOW THEY ARE ADJUSTING TO THIS
NEW DYNAMIC
AS WELL WE NEED 17 REPUBLICANS
WOULD BE NEEDED TO CONVICT
PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT'S A TALL
ORDER AT ANY POINT BUT WE KNOW
NOW THEY HAVE THEIR BACKS
AGAINST THE WALL BUT AND NO
GOVERNING MAJORITY, SO WE'LL
SEE HOW THEY HOW THEY REACT AND
AND I THINK THAT WILL HAVE SOME
BEARING ON WHO
FOR BUT YEAH I THINK TODAY IS
THE DAY WE'LL SEE IT START TO
SEE