WHAT A CRAZY, SAD DAY.

A DAY THAT WILL GO DOWN AS A DARK ONE IN THE LONG HISTORY OF

AMERICA.

WE'VE ALL SAT TODAY GLUED TO THE PICTURES OF TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS

BREACHING THE CAPITOL, FIGHTING WITH POLICE, SHOUTING IN THE

CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS, OR FLAGRANTLY POPPING OFF A SELFIE

AS THEY SIT WITH THEIR FEET UP IN OUR GOVERNMENT'S OFFICES.

THEN, UNDER THE PRETENSE OF TRYING TO CALM THE SITUATION,

THEIR HERO, THE PRESIDENT, RELEASED A MESSAGE THIS

AFTERNOON TO TELL THOSE SUPPORTERS, "YOU'RE SPECIAL, WE

LOVE YOU."

I WOULDN'T WANT TO EVEN IMAGINE HIS TREATMENT OR RESPONSE TO

THOSE PEOPLE, HAD THEY BEEN WEARING BLACK LIVES MATTER HATS

INSTEAD OF RED MAGA ONES.

AND AS I WATCHED ALL THE NETWORKS AND FLIPPED THROUGH THE

CHANNELS, ALL THE COMMENTATORS KEPT CRYING OUT THE SAME THING--

"BUT THIS IS AMERICA!" "HOW IS THIS AMERICA?"

IT FELT SAD, IT FELT WRONG, BUT MAINLY IT FELT HOPELESS.

BUT I HOPE WHEN THE DUST SETTLES, AND WHEN WE REFLECT ON

WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS AWFUL DAY, WE WILL STILL HAVE HOPE.

BECAUSE I THINK IF THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN HAVE AFTER THE LAST

MONTH IN THIS COUNTRY, IT IS HOPE.

AS AN OUTSIDER GROWING UP IN ENGLAND, I LOOKED TO AMERICA AS

THIS BEACON OF LIGHT AND POSSIBILITY.

A PLACE WHERE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

A PLACE YOU'D BE LUCKY TO WORK.

A PLACE YOU'D FANTASIZE ABOUT LIVING.

A PLACE WHICH GIVES AN INDIVIDUAL MORE OPPORTUNITY THAN

THEY WOULD EVER HAVE ELSEWHERE, YET CARES FOR THEIR FELLOW MAN.

AND YES, TODAY PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THOSE

PICTURES FROM WASHINGTON AND WONDERED WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED

TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THEY KNOW THAT THE AMERICA THEY ADMIRE

STILL EXISTS.

THEY KNOW THAT THE AMERICA THAT SO MANY ASPIRE TO, WILL BE BACK.

IT WAS JUST HIJACKED BY A LUNATIC AND HIS CRAZY ARMY FOR

THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

BUT THAT'S ABOUT TO END.

IN TWO WEEKS, ON THOSE SAME STEPS WHERE THAT MOB FOUGHT AND

PUSHED PAST THE POLICE, JOE BIDEN WILL BE SWORN IN AS THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

IN TWO WEEKS, ON THOSE SAME STEPS WHERE THAT MOB FOUGHT AND

PUSHED PAST THE POLICE, KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE SWORN IN AS THE

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

IN TWO WEEKS, ON THOSE SAME STEPS WHERE THAT MOB FOUGHT AND

PUSHED PAST THE POLICE, TWO NEW SENATORS WILL WALK UP TO TAKE

THEIR SEATS IN THE CONGRESS.

A 33-YEAR-OLD JEWISH MAN, AND AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PASTOR, WHOSE

MOTHER ONCE PICKED COTTON IN FIELDS, AND NOW SHE PICKED HER

SON IN THE POLLS AS THE NEW SENATOR.

IN TWO WEEKS, ON THOSE SAME STEPS WHERE THAT MOB FOUGHT AND

PUSHED PAST THE POLICE, THE PEOPLE WHO ENCOURAGED AND

INSTIGATED THAT VIOLENCE, DONALD TRUMP, HIS CHILDREN, RUDY

GIULIANI, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO NEED A TOURIST PASS TO GET IN,

AS THEY HAVE LOST THE PRESIDENCY, THE HOUSE AND NOW

THE SENATE.

THEIR ALLY LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS RIGHT AFTER ALL, WHEN HE

TWEETED, "IF WE NOMINATE TRUMP, WE WILL GET DESTROYED, AND WE

WILL DESERVE IT."

TODAY WAS THEIR LAST DANCE AT THE WORST PARTY ANY OF US HAVE

EVER BEEN TO.

SO, HAVE HOPE.

YOU'VE SEEN IN THESE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT VOTING COUNTS, CHANGE

IS COMING, SCIENCE IS REAL, VACCINES ARE ON THE WAY.

I REALLY DO BELIEVE THERE ARE BETTER TIMES ARE

AHEAD.

EXCEPT FOR THIS GUY, WHO-- WHO CAME TO A PROTEST DRESSED AS

EVERY MEMBER OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF BETTER TIMES ARE AHEAD FOR HIM, IAN, WHAT IS THAT

GUISE A STORY, WHAT ARE YOU DOINGK GOING TO A PROTEST, WHAT

ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR, I THOUGHT I WOULD WEAR THIS.

>> THEY CANCELED BURNING MAN THIS YEAR AND THAT GUY IS

SPINNING OUT EVER SINCE.

WELL, WE WOKE UP TO MUCH BETTER NEWS THIS MORNING, SO LET'S TALK

ABOUT THAT.

AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WON

BOTH GEORGIA RUNOFF RACES LAST NIGHT, WHICH MEANS THAT THE

DEMOCRATS HAVE OFFICIALLY TAKEN CONTROL OF THE SENATE.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) IS IN ONE OF THE RACES RAF

YEAL WARNOCK DEFEATED KELLY LOAFER LETTER, THE HISTORIC WIN

MAKES WARNOCK GEORGIA'S FIRST BLACK SENATOR.

AND SO FAR TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS ARE TAKING IT REALLY WELL.

HIS VICTORY WAS A TRULY HISTORIC MOMENT THAT THE REVEREND GOT TO

ENJOY FOR THREE WHOLE HOUR THIS MORNING.

I MEAN BY THE WAY, JUDGING BY HER APPEARANCE, MI GOING TO

ASSUME THAT WHEN KELLY LOEFFLER HEARD SHE LOST HER IMMEDIATE

REACTION WAS JUST TO GO AND SPEAK TO THE MANAGER.

GEORGIAARY OWE NEWLY ELECTED SENATOR JON OSOV IS ONLY 33

YEARS OLD MAKING HIM THE FIRST MILLENIAL SENATOR.

3 APPROXIMATE YEARS OLD, IT FEELS ODD FOR ME TO BE 11 AREAS

OLDER THAN A SENATOR.

I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GROW UP PRETTY QUICK.

>> I STARTED A POD CAST AT THE AGE OF 33.

I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT MYSELF RIGHT NOW.

>> I MEAN 33 YEARS.

JOE BIDEN'S BEEN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT LONGER THAN HE'S BEEN

ALIVE.

BUT ELECTING A MILLENNIAL IS GOOD NEWS.

THIS MEANS THE SENATE WILL FINALLY HAVE SOMEONE TO SET UP

THEIR WIRELESS PRINTER.

AND HERE'S THE THING-- PEOPLE ONLINE NOTICED THAT

OSSOFF HAS POSTED SOME PRETTY NERDY TWEETS FROM THE PAST.

LIKE THIS ONE.

"PITCHFORK MEDIA, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR WRITE-UP OF THE

NEW IMAGINE DRAGONS ALBUM."

IT'S A BIG CHANGE.

HE'S TWEETING ABOUT IMAGINE DRAGONS.

WHEREAS MOST OF THESE OTHER SENATORS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE

THE DAYS WHEN THERE WERE ACTUAL DRAGONS.

I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE A BLANKET RULE THAT IF YOU'VE EVER

TWEETED TO "PITCHFORK" ABOUT AN IMAGINE DRAGONS ALBUM, YOU

SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DECIDE WHAT PEOPLE'S HEALTHCARE LOOKS

LIKE.

BUT MY FAVORITE THING JON OSSOFF TWEETED WAS A LINK TO "ANIME LES

MIS."

LOOK AT THAT I MEAN, IF THAT GUY CAN BRIDGE

THE GAP BETWEEN TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NERD CULTURES, IMAGINE

WHAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO FOR AMERICA.

THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE LITTLE THERE'S THE LITTLE SLIVER OF

HOPE WE WERE LOOKING FOR.