hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, president-elect joe biden's transition to power now moving quickly as he asserts america is back and ready to lead. but despite cooperating with the biden team, president donald trump insists he's not conceding. we have learned he will appear in pennsylvania today with his lawyer, rudy giuliani. and as millions of americans travel for thanksgiving, health officials warn a single negative

test does not guarantee a safe holiday. america is back. those were the words from president-elect joe biden as he announced key cabinet picks and a promise that the united states is ready to lead. biden making moves as the formal presidential transition finally gets underway. he says communication from the trump administration to help with his transition has been, quote, sincere, and the white house has now signed off on a major step in that process. presidential daily briefings for the president-elect. all this comes as biden became the first presidential candidate in history to get more than 80 million votes as ballots are

still being counted. earlier he spoke about the nominees for his administration. >> this is not a third obama term because we face a totally different world than we faced in the obama-biden administration. the president -- president trump has changed the landscape. it's become america first, it's been america alone. we find ourselves in a position where our alliances are being frayed. >> and the president-elect is expected to give a thanksgiving address in the coming hours ahead of the holiday on thursday. cnn's jessica dean is tracking all of the developments from washington. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden making it official. >> america is back. >> reporter: formally introducing his first round of cabinet nominees and appointees. >> it's a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure. it's a team that reflects the

fact that america is back. >> reporter: the national security and foreign policy picks are all heavy on experience, and if confirmed, some will make history. >> thank you for placing your trust in me to lead the department of homeland security. >> alejandro mayorkas would be the first latino and immigrant to serve as homeland security secretary. >> my father and mother brought me to this country to escape communists. they cherished our democracy and were intensely proud to become united states citizens. >> reporter: avril haines will be the first woman to be secretary of defense. >> anthony blinkens spoke. >> he ran to the tank. the hatch opened. african-american gi looked down at him. he got down on his knees and

said the only three words that he knew in english his mother taught him before the war, god bless america. that's who we are. >> reporter: louisiana native linda thomas greenfield nominated to be ambassador to the united nations promised to bring people together using what she calls gumbo diplomacy. >> wherever i was posted around the world i'd invite people of different backgrounds and believes to help me make a roux and make homemade gumbo. it was my way of breaking down barriers. >> reporter: the nominees were clear. their message to the world is very different than trump's america first approach. >> we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. >> perhaps most importantly you've tasked us with helping unite america. >> the biden administration is

signing off on the official process monday night. >> i think we're not going to be so far behind the curve as we thought we might be in the past and there's a lot of immediate discussion and i must say the outreach has been sincere. there has not been begrudging so far and i don't expect there to be. indeed, yes, it's already begun. >> reporter: the biden team has already been in communication with several key government agencies like the department of defense, treasury, state department, and health and human services. we now know that the biden transition team has been in touch with all federal agencies. we also know that the team has had informal conversations now with dr. anthony fauci who said he looks forward to more substantive conversations with them in the days to come and he hopes he stays on to help the biden administration. jessica dean, cnn, washington.

the coronavirus pandemic is getting worse across the united states. more than 172,000 people were infected in the last 24 hours with more than 2100 dead. and hospitalizations are also on the rise. 88,000 people are currently in the hospital. that's a national record. and those numbers are only expected to rise with millions of people traveling for thanksgiving. many are getting tested prior to travel, but health officials warn that is not always the wisest option. take a listen. >> what i think i want people to understand more importantly is that a test that's negative today doesn't mean you're going to be negative tomorrow or the next day or the following day and what we really want people to do is follow those cdc precautions like limiting your gatherings if you can, tis stancing even in the household, wearing a mask when you can. that negative test is not a free pass to do risky behaviors.

>> but despite all the warnings, air travel is at its highest level since the pandemic hit with millions flocking to airports nationwide. cnn's pete munteen reports. >> reporter: caroline osler said she couldn't stay home so she took a coronavirus test and boarded a flight to kentucky. >> at some point it's too hard to stay away from families especially during the holidays. >> reporter: it is the rationale of 50 million americans according to aaa who will travel by train, plane, car. the forecast is only a 10% decrease from last year's prepandemic levels. aaa thinks the level could be lower as coronavirus cases surge. last week the centers for disease control say the numbers

soar zb soar. >> i understand the risk but i want to see my family. >> a new record was set on sunday. this past weekend was the busiest three days of the year since travel crater. they're gearing up for more passengers and adding new flights. airline industry groups say they are not encouraging travel but they're not discouraging it either. >> i think it's perfectly ethical. we would not fly people if it were not safe. >> they say cleaning like this plus heavily filtered air and everyone wearing a mask keeps virus transmission rates low. >> it's a layered approach. >> dr. leonard says they studied the air inside airliners. they're finding being in a passenger cabin is maybe safer than a grocery store. marcus urges people to plan every step of the way to reduce risk door to door. >> everyone has to make a

decision about their own personal risk. it's a very personal decision. >> reporter: airlines are testing passengers for coronavirus but only on limited international rounds. for caroline osler, that means taking another coronavirus test before gathering around the table for a thanksgiving like no other. >> i think it reaches a point where you have to decide what's best for yourself and how you can best protect yourself and those around you. >> reporter: the tsa thinks not many people are canceling their trips meaning wednesday could set a new air travel record of the pandemic, one that could be broken come sunday. that's when the tsa thinks everybody who left for the holiday could be coming home all at once. cnn, ragan national airport. and president donald trump is expected to take a trip of his own later today. sources say he is expected to join his attorney, rudy giuliani, in pennsylvania. they'll be in gettysburg for

what's being called a hearing on voter fraud allegations. pennsylvania has already certified the votes giving biden the win, but trump's visit signals he is not read ri to concede or abandon his allegations about election fraud. and while the president has largely avoided public appearances since losing the election, he did appear before cameras twice on tuesday. cnn's kaitlyn collins reports. >> reporter: while refusing to admit to the tradition of conceding. >> corn, i here by grant you a full pardon. thank you, corn. >> reporter: trump granting leniency to two turkeys in the rose garden ahead of the thanksgiving holiday while making only a veiled reference to the presidential transition underway. >> america first. shouldn't go away from that. america first. >> reporter: it was his second appearance in front of cameras

after the white house gave reporters a two-minute notice for a one-minute statement. >> the stock market has just broken 30,000. never been broken. that's a sacred number 306789,000. nobody thought they would ever see it. >> reporter: in the briefing room trump taughted the number. >> thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president -- >> it was the president's first appearance in front of cameras since the general services administration announced the transition to the biden administration can now formally begin, including coordination between officials like hhs alex a czar and the incoming pandemic team. >> we are immediately getting them that information and whatever information they feel they need. >> reporter: the move was seen as the closest trump could get

to a concession though he tweeted what does gsa being allowed to preliminarily work with the dems have to do with pursuing our cases? we are moving full speed ahead. even with the biden administration now underway, the president is continuing to fund raise to undermine democracy. the emails claim the funds are to fight the election results but the fine print shows trump's new fundraising arm gets the first cut. for three weeks since the election the white house has blocked joe biden's intelligence assessment. it updates them on the national security threats that are facing the world and are going to face them when they take office. now we have learned the white house has signed off on joe biden, the president-elect, getting that president's daily brief. he said he has not gotten it yet but he does expect to start potentially as soon as today. kaitlyn collins, cnn, the white

house. and as caitlyn mentioned there in her report, wall street continues to thrive and set new records. right now the dow is in unprecedented territory after reaching 30,000 points forth first time ever. john defterios joins us live. from an historical perspective, did reaching 30,000 come much faster than hitting 20,000? why the sudden burst in the latest rally? >> reporter: yeah, this is a market that's almost on steroids, right, rosemary? got to 30,000 in less than four years and it's happened in the craziest times, in 2020. year to date we had the market collapse in march and april. the stimulus packages that came in, low interest rates, induced this rally, and now the tow cuss is on the next page.

jerome powell still at the federal reserve, janet yellen as treasury secretary. can they get in another stimulus package? when will the vaccines get the growth back on pace here? we have in that rally on tuesday some interesting indications, i think, to the traditional economic indicators of those type of companies. boeing, chevron, disney. they would benefit from this recovery and people are able to go back outside and spend again, that's the guidance we got. this is not just limited to the united states, rosemary, which is at 67% of the marleaus. the msci is at a record. there are pitfalls here. we have jobless claims in the united states coming out. last week they were above 740,000. we're expecting a similar number. if you dig through the numbers, you have a stock market rally at

a very high level. you have 13 million americans with the wealthiest getting wealthier. >> main street is suffering while wall street is doing very well indeed. john defterios joining us live in abu dhabi. many thanks. up next, europe's strategies to save christmas. how governments are planning to make the holidays as festive and safe as possible. back with that in just a moment. -ready. a crest 3d white removes 95% of stains in just 3 days. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.

we are following breaking news. meghan markle, duchess of sussex wrote an op end in "the new york times" entitled the losses we share when she speaks about the pain of experiencing a miscarriage over the summer. we will have more details on this a little later here on cnn. meantime, covid-19 vaccinations could start in the u.s. soon after december 10th. that is when the food & drug administration meets to discuss pfizer and biontech's emergency use application. health and human services secretary alex azar says cvs

health is ready to vaccinate people within 48 of fda authorization. they're trying to understand data from another drug giant. astrazeneca's vaccine was 62% effective except for one group who showed 90% efficacy. there are dozens more coronavirus vaccines in development around the world with several showing very promising signs. kim brunhuber shows how countries are preparing for distribution. >> reporter: this empty warehouse in germany could be one of the most important fronts in the fight against coronavirus. german officials say within the next four weeks it will be transformed into one of several sites to vaccinate residents against covid-19 as soon as the shots made by german company biontech and astrazeneca are approved. >> our hope is to vaccinate one

person every two minutes. >> reporter: the vaccine is under review in the u.s. and different versions showing promising results. according to the w.h.o. 11 vaccines are in phase 2 worldwide and 37 others are in early phases of clinical trials. the news is being met with a mix of fear and excitement. >> as i said, we'll take it before we can get it it will i will get vaccinated, but to be honest, i prefer not to be one of the first ones. i prefer to wait for the results from the people who are already vaccinated. >> reporter: many experts say there could be several viable vaccines which should be widely viable to all countries rich and poor to be effective. >> the best way to do that is vaccinate some people in all countries rather than all people in some countries. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin will provide s t

sputnik v to anybody. under an emergency use program, students, diplomats and construction workers have received the shots. the company says 60,000 people in countries in the middle east and south america have had them. even the prime minister of the uae tweeted his picture. india's serum institute says it's gearing up to make mass affordable doses of the vaccine, half to keep in india, half in the developing world. kim brunhuber, cnn, atlanta. >> as the u.s. focuses on thanksgiving, tomorrow europe is bracing for christmas, just a month away. france starts lifting covid-19 restrictions this weekend reopening shops and hair dressing salons. president emmanuel macron said further easing is expected mired

december and there's hope people can spend christmas with their families. the u.k. has already promised a relatively free festive window, up to three families will be allowed to gather indoors from december 23rd to the 28th. and germany on the other hand is considering tightening restrictions. that's because the country recorded 410 covid-related deaths, the highest ever in a 24-hour period. cnn is covering every angle of europe's covid-19 fight. jim bidder man is in france, selma is in london and we begin with frederick pleitgen in germany. good to see you. also, fred, what is behind germany's record single day coronavirus deaths and how will the government respond to this? >> reporter: well, interesting, rosemary, germany has been really good so far in trying to keep the pandemic in check. this is really the first time that measures put in place by angela merkel's government

simply haven't been working. they've been putting new lockdown measures in place over the past couple of weeks. over the past month or so they've not been as strict as some of the lockdown measures we've seen like the u.k. and france. the germans are saying the numbers aren't skyrocketing like they were a couple of weeks ago but they certainly aren't going down. the infections they reported over the past 24 hours is 1,000 more than they reported a month ago on wednesday. the germans are saying, look, they need to extend the lockdown measures and they're going to put new lockdown measures in place when angela merkel meets with state dwgovernors later on today. they'll talk about more mask mandates in schools. further restrictions on the amount of contact people are allowed to have when they meet other folks. all of this, rosemary, in an effort to save christmas this year. >> yeah, absolutely. selma, let's go to you now and find out what the christmas plan

is for the united kingdom. >> reporter: well, rosemary, the 12 days of christmas will be five days. it's a special limited amount of time five day cessation between december 23rd and 27th. social restrictions will allow three how holds. they come together. they can go to church. they can have dinner, celebrate in what the government is calling a safe but limited way. the prime minister said this is a caution 14should approach to allow people to celebrate. some people are calling this carte blanche to allow people to go on about their business for christmas as usual. we're hearing from scientific advisers who say this is like throwing fuel on the fire and could cause another spike in coronavirus cases but for many here after a tough year, they're looking forward to the possibility of being able to celebrate at least a little bit with family and friends on the christmas holiday.

rose marry? >> jim, to you in france. a lifting of restrictions there. how's that going to work? >> president macron outlined in the nation last night a three phase operation in terms of lifting the restriction. the first phase, as you mentioned earlier, is going to begin this saturday when shops and hair dressers can open. houses of worship can go back into session in a very limited way. the 1 kilometer rule. operating 1 kilometer will be expanded to 20 kilometers. on december 15th if the targets are met, then in fact more things will happen. christmas travel will be allowed to a limited extent. museums can reopen and cinemas. there will be a curfew on. the targets seem to be around 5,000 new cases per day. at the beginning of this month

there was as many as 60,000 new cases per day. it's been gradually coming down. the government wants to get it to about 5,000 and thoern finally on january 20th if all goes well, and the targets are met, bars and restaurants can reopen. life can turn to something close to normal. rosemary? >> fascinating how all of the nations are dealing with this. many thanks to all of you. and just ahead, joe biden's presidential transition formally begins. we will dive deeper into his cabinet picks. that's next. later, concerns across the u.s. as americans travel for the thanksgiving holiday despite rising coronavirus cases. we're back with that and more in just a moment. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. today, we are redefining how we do things.

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with just 56 days to go until inauguration day, the formal presidential transition is finally underway here in the united states. president-elect joe biden has wasted no time moving forward. on tuesday he introduced key cabinet picks as he announced to the world america is back, and the white house has given formal approval for biden to receive the daily briefing. cnn political analyst joins me now. he's a white house reporter for the washington post. great to have you with us. >> great to be here. is r. >> so america is back. that was the message from president-elect tuesday as he

introduced his key cabinet picks. a team that signals a rejection of donald trump's isolationist policies and wall street welcomed the news. the dow hitting the 30,000 mark. how different will this team be to the one assembled by trump and now that contact has been made with all federal agencies, what comes next. >> reporter: well, night and day is how different it will be in terms of the foreign policy establishment regaining control in the u.s. government. we saw what president trump did, a disruptive approach, he brought in outsiders, people without government experience. they came into office and created a lot of disruption on the global scene. joe biden is saying america is back. he wants to restore some of the global order that was in place before trump came into office, re-establish connection with allies, maybe distance america from some of our adversaries that president trump has seidled

up to. when it comes to comparing that, biden has access to the traditional experience, he's able to connect with government employees, able to have funding from the government. it will make it easier for him to try to move forward and put forward foreign policy platform that is more in line with what we have seen before president trump came into office and really disrupted a lot of american foreign policy. he said he would nominate a recovery person on his team. >> have you considered for the sake of national unity selecting or nominating a republican, someone who voted for president trump? >> yes. we have a lot more nominations to make. i want the country to be united.

we can't keep this political dialogue going. >> talu, is that a wise move? how would progressives respond to that? >> reporter: they would not like joe biden selecting a republican to any of the cabinet positions, especially a high-ranking cabinet position. they are jockeying to get progressives into that position and make sure moderate republicans don't get into that. there is a big fight going on on the left wing of the democratic party. joe biden recognizes he won with a record number of votes and more than 74 million people voted for him. he had much more support than he did four years ago. joe biden realizes he has to govern those americans too and some of those americans feel like their voice is not going to be heard and i think joe biden is trying to show that he would

be willing to have someone representing the trump supporters within his government and try to govern as a uniter, which has been his motto from the beginning of the time. he ran his campaign. >> talu, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you. some breaking news coming in to cnn. meagan markell has revealed that she had a miscarriage in july of this year. the duchess of sussex revealed the news in an article in "the new york times" entitled "the losses we share." cnn's max foster joins us now. so, max, it is a sad story shared by so many women. as meghan markle says herself, it's talked about by so very few. what more are you learning about it? >> reporter: well, we were sent the master by the team this morning. it's a very, very powerful piece, an opinion piece in "the

new york times" that she obviously wrote herself. she speaks to her own experience and speaks into the issues so many people have been plagued with in 2020, this extraordinary year. she said on a morning in july earlier this year she got a sharp cramp and hours later from a hospital bed she watched as my husband's heart broke as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine. she goes on to say, if i knew as i clushd my first born child i was losing my second, hours later i laid in a hospital bed holding my husband's hands. i felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both of our tears. so a very powerful, moving story from someone who suffered absolute tragedy, something she's had to live with for the rest of the year. she also speaks about how other people are suffering in similar ways. so she's speaking to a wider cause here, but this is a first we've heard about this very

powerful moment obviously in her parenthood. >> max, as i mention, so many women can tell you their stories of miscarriage, but to end up in the hospital obviously this was a much more serious situation for her. we don't know how advanced this pregnancy was, do we? >> reporter: no, not getting anymore details but saying the article speaks for itself. you aren't going to get any of that detail. if you read the piece, it's really the pain, meagan is talking about a wider issue. you may remember, rosemary, when i was in africa she did an interview with a journalist who asked if she was okay, she gave an answer almost surprised someone asked her if she was okay. she's using that question really ahead of thanksgiving to say people should go out and ask people if they're okay and just have that connection with people

in this very extraordinary year. she talks about so many ways that people have suffered this year. she talks about her own experience, but she's talking about something much better here. not wanting to go into any depth of what happened to her. it was a huge talking point here in the u.k. and the u.s. so many people can relate to this situation and feel for her and harry. >> it makes such a difference for so many people when someone who has this sort of influence talks about a situation like this, miscarriage for so many women, of course, not spoken about as she points out. max foster, many thanks for bringing us up to date on that news story. appreciate it. we'll be right back. s clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

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the coronavirus is raging across the united states with

hospitalizations at record levels and the number of people dying at its highest since may. the trump administration is now considering reducing the recommended 14-day quarantine for those who might be exposed to the virus. it comes as millions of americans have been risking infection this week as they travel for their thanksgiving holiday. one expert told cnn just how dangerous that could be. >> it's potentially the mother of all super spreader events. one of the ways we think the midwest was seated for the virus in the summer was the sturgis south dakota motorcycle rally where people were infected and dispersed out through the midwest. now imagine that on a massive scale with people leaving from every place in the united states and carrying the virus with them. >> cnn's athena jones has how

people in the u.s. are trying to cope. >> i can't prevent anyone from getting covid, all i can do is try to keep covid from killing me. >> reporter: as coronavirus infections explode across the country with no signs of slowing down, health care providers are pleading with americans to do their part to stop the spread. >> what we need is for people to step up and to wear masks and to distance from people and just to try to keep themself and everyone else safe. >> reporter: new coronavirus cases topped the highest number of cases. if the virus continues to spread out of control -- >> you may not be able to go in and get your heart attack treated. i've heard hospitals not being able to provide care for pregnant women because they're filled with covid beds. that's the reality. >> reporter: in fact, ohio governor said hospitals are approaching capacity and health officials in pennsylvania warped they could run out of icu beds in a week.

in california where icu admissions have risen 55% in the past two weeks, the los angeles board of supervisors is considering more closures. new mexico is seeing uncontrolled spread of the virus with infections doubling week over week. the state setting new records for cases, hospitalizations and death and in kentucky -- >> being overwhelmed with a record number of cases, with hospitalizations going up, with numbers of individuals in the icu increasing every day. >> reporter: this as one new model predicts covid-19 cases in the u.s. could nearly double by inauguration day by 20 million cases. another well-known model projects 130,000 more people could die over the next two months. more children are becoming infected with more than 1/4 of a million new covid cases ending november 19th according to a report from the american academy of pediatrics and the children's hospital association.

meanwhile, the new axios ipso poll says 51% would take a covid-19 vaccine. they're set to meet december 10th to consider an emergency use authorization for pfizer vaccine. if all goes well, they could start distributing doses soon after. >> we believe we can distribute to 64 jurisdictions within 24 hours and then we hope administration can begin as soon as the product arrives. >> reporter: the transition to the biden administration has begun, alex azar says his department will ensure coordinated briefings with biden's team and ensure planning and communication will be collaborative. at the cdc an official saying with president-elect biden's team getting underway, there will be a rebuilding at the agent simpt a federal health official said there is more enthusiasm that the cdc may

restart regular briefings, something the trump administration stopped at the beginning of the virus. thank you, doctor, for being with us and for all that you do. >> thank you, rosemary. >> so u.s. hospitalizations are at their highest level since the covid pandemic began. cases and deaths are surging and now the white house covid task force is considering shortening the 14-day quarantine period to ten days instead as long as a negative test is in the mix there. what do you make of that? >> well, i think it's part of our ongoing struggle to balance best practice with what pragmatically people will do. it's clear that people are having a hard time adhering to all the rules. some of them feel restrictive or

are not compatible with people's lives and sometimes we don't go for perfect because that can be the enemy of the good. you know, nothing official yet. we definitely want to see more data and modeling around this to see what that will do to infection rates, but i think it is balancing out the idea that we might get more people engaged in quarantining to begin with if it is a little bit easier to comply with. >> yeah. that makes sense. doctor, we're also hearing that if all goes well with the approval process, pfizer's vaccine could be available to front line health workers by mid december. how do you feel about that time line? and what do you think it means in terms of the rest of the population getting access to this vaccine? >> yeah, that's exciting news. it's really just around the corner. again, availability is one thing, and actually getting people to accept the vaccine and

take it when it's available is another. i'm hearing even among my peers in health care there is some hesitancy around the vaccine. so we have some work to do if a vaccine is coming that quickly. we have to really get to work making sure that people understand the safety data, that we have conversations now about risk versus benefit and that we make sure that as many people as possible are ready to actually receive the vaccine. >> dr. choo, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much, rosemary. hong kong's chief executive carrie lamb said the situation in the city had developed to the point that beijing's interference was needed. in her annual policy address at the legislative council she credited the national security law implemented on june 30th for putting an end to pro democracy protests. >> translator: in the past year

or so hong kong has experienced the most severe political challenges since its return to the motherland. one of our urgent priorities is to restore the hong kong special administrative region's political order and system from chaos. >> lam also addressed the coronavirus crisis warning that the city is on the brink of another wave of outbreak. hong kong has already experienced three waves of the pandemic. well, a critical state runoff election will decide if republicans keep control of the u.s. senate, but many of georgia's republican voters want the nominees to focus on a much larger and much more pointless battle. we'll explain on the other side of the break. stay with us. thanks! that was my business gi, this one's casual. get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks.

more than 760,000 absentee ballots have been requested for the january 7th runoff in the u.s. state of georgia. these election results determine which party will control the u.s. senate. for some georgia republicans, they wish the nominees would focus more on helping president trump in his futile attempt to stay in the white house. cnn's ryan nobles has our report. >> reporter: the political

stakes in georgia's senate runoffs couldn't be higher. >> this is about my state. this is so much bigger than me. >> reporter: three weeks since election day some republicans have yet to shift their focus to the contests coming in january. >> what are you doing to help donald trump? >> reporter: one trump supporter even interrupting david perdue at a campaign stop demanding the incumbent senator and kelly loeffler do more to help president trump's effort to overturn the results of the election. >> i think they should be more vocal. >> reporter: david west believes president trump's unfounded claim that the presidential election was stolen. he wants perdue and loeffler to focus their efforts not on their own re-election, instead trump's fanciful fraud allegations. >> they should be using every news outlet that will give them a voice that this whole election is a farce. >> reporter: pressure from voters like west has forced

perdue and loeffler to fuel trump's narrative. >> we call for the resignation of our secretary of state is what we do. we're calling for lawsuits. we're doing a lot because right now we want him on every ballot, every legal vote should be countsed for donald trump. >> reporter: but every legal vote has been counted and is in the process of being counted for the third time. today brian kemp who's been the target of attacks by trump supporters defended the election of the administration. >> over the last few weeks we've seen misinformation and baseless attacks that are absolutely absurd and accusations made against myself and my family. >> reporter: while the president's supporters remain passionate, it's still unclear how big of a role he'll play in the runoff. so far he's been quiet. his son donald trump jr. made it clear in a tweet the gop

majority needs to be protected. a trump visit to georgia remains a possibility. campaigns are not counting on it. they believe even a tweet from the president would be enough to calm his supporters' fears. meanwhile, georgia's lieutenant governor is pleading with his fellow republicans to look forward warning the party is at a crossroads. >> for the republican party, this is a starting point or points us in a direction to start to talk about what potentially gop 2.0 looks like. >> reporter: to be clear, that trump supporter we spoke to said he intends to vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue in the january runoff, but he doesn't feel they're doing enough for donald trump. they'd like to focus on their race but they can't forget about president trump. ryan nobles, cnn, atlanta, georgia. thanks for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next.

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