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This is Joan Greve in Washington, taking over for Martin Belam.
President-elect Joe Biden will virtually speak with frontline health care workers today, as the US coronavirus death toll continues to climb.
NBC News this morning have this recap of some of the events in the last 24 hours, suggesting that “arguably the biggest political scandal we’ve ever seen in this country is playing right before our eyes”. They cite:
