Biden is meeting with workers and small business owners impacted by the economic crisis in a virtual roundtable Wednesday afternoon from Wilmington, Delaware, to discuss his plan that he’s said will put the economy back on track and bring more jobs than before the pandemic.

The president-elect gave a brief introduction before opening the floor to participants to share their stories of how the pandemic has affected them.

“I know you've all experienced the effect of one great problem, and that is the economic downturn in large part because of COVID, and the failure of some of our friends in Congress to move forward on the kind of economic package that was passed and needed to help people,” Biden said.

Participants included a crossing guard in Chicago who lost her job, a restaurant owner in Milwaukee and a now unemployed worker at Comerica Stadium in Detroit who delivered an impassioned plea to Biden for assurance on unemployment benefits and job security.

“We feel hopeless,” she said through tears. “It's just an everyday struggle for us, so we're hoping that we can get some help.”

A union worker spoke about the mental and emotional toll COVID-19 has taken as she’s witnessed those around her die from the disease.

“You look around, you can't even celebrate with some family members, because we have lost them due to COVID,” she said. “I can't call my aunt and ask her what she wants for Christmas, because COVID has taken her life, as well as other family members and union members and friends.”

The event comes on the heels of Biden debuting his nominees to lead economic policy posts in the incoming administration.

Biden has said one of his top priorities is getting another COVID-19 stimulus package through Congress, even if one passes in the lame-duck session (which he has supported), telling Americans on Tuesday, “Help is on the way.”

Two members of Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, Drs. Marcella Nunez-Smith and Robert Rodriguez, met with Latino and immigrant workers and providers to discuss the COVID-19 crisis, according to a readout from the transition team. The meeting was part a larger effort to continually engage with health care and front-line workers, according to Biden's transition team.

Nunez-Smith and Rodriguez "reaffirmed the president-elect and vice president-elect’s commitment to addressing the disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in communities of color," the readout of the meeting said. The group included an early educator, a farm worker, the executive director of nonprofit Servicios de la Raza and the chairman of the board of SOMOS Community Care, a network of health providers.

The meeting came ahead of Biden's own virtual roundtable slated for later in afternoon with small business leaders to discuss the economic and coronavirus crises.

-ABC News' John Verhovek

White House press secretary Kaleigh McEnany in an afternoon briefing downplayed comments from Attorney General William Barr that the Justice Department has not found evidence of voter fraud on a scale that could change the outcome of the election even as Trump vows to continue contesting results in court.

"The president has said that he believes all legal votes should be counted and all illegal votes should not be counted. And in fact, the campaign is pursuing that litigation. I can't get into the details of that litigation here, but they do still have active cases in Nevada, in Wisconsin," said McEnany, who has operated as a campaign spokesperson in a "volunteer" capacity.

Confronted with the fact that Barr's comments undermine the Trump legal team’s claims of fraud on a massive scale, McEnany quoted Barr also saying in Tuesday's interview with the Associated Press that that the Justice Department is not involved in campaign litigation and therefore wouldn’t have access to its claims.

“The attorney general was speaking to what had come before his desk," McEnany said.

As of Tuesday, Trump and his allies have lost at least 31 different cases brought to contest the election.

Asked directly, McEnany wouldn't say whether the president still has confidence in Barr.

“The president, if he has any personnel announcement, you will be the first to know it,” she said.

McEnany said she hadn’t spoken with the president about Barr’s comment. She also noted that a spokesperson for the Department of Justice released a statement following Barr’s interview reiterating the Justice Department’s investigation into fraud is ongoing.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel

Former astronaut and retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly is slated to be sworn in as Arizona's second Democratic senator Wednesday afternoon, shaving the Republican’s majority by one vote for the final weeks of the lame-duck session and marking the first time the state has had two Democrats in the Senate in 67 years.

The ceremony is scheduled to begin on the Senate floor around 2 p.m. He's expected to be escorted to the dais by fellow Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema where Vice President Mike Pence, as Senate president, is expected to swear Kelly in. Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, Kelly's wife and activist against gun violence, is expected to attend. After the official swearing-in, Kelly will go to the Old Senate Chamber for a photo op.

Kelly's victory over GOP Sen. Martha McSally helped narrow the Senate GOP's majority from 53-47 to 52-48. The balance of power -- and the promise of Biden passing big ticket legislation he's hoping for -- now hangs on two runoff elections in Georgia. If Democrats win both races, the Senate would be split 50-50, and incoming Vice President-elect Kamala Harris would cast tie-breaking votes in the upper chamber.

-ABC News' Trish Turner