faces. you've got folks from california saying, we will continue to lead. the state of washington passed a sweeping climate bond bill there, and laws to sort of protect that. californians passed that bond bill. so what you might see is sort of a balkanization of states like minnesota, michigan, california, that are going to lead the way on this clean technologies. but at the end of the day, these cleaner alternatives now have the cheapest in human history. so texas leads the nation in green energy right now. so we'll see. but the immediate pain, that's what folks have to deal with. these immediate storms and wildfires. >> and we're seeing them play out right now in california. a place where some insurers have pulled back because they can't keep affording to ing ing to r houses. >> it is always a pleasure to see you, even though you bring us sometimes disappointing -- >> knowledge is power. >> it is. it is. bill weir, always great to see you. a new hour of "cnn news central" starts right now.

right now in california, a place where some pulled back. it is always a pleasure to see you even though sometimes you bring us disappointing news. >> knowledge is power. >> a new hr of cnn central starts right now. new information about when we might hear about some of the topics for the incoming trump administration. winding down the federal cases against donald trump? special counsel robert smith, what options does he really have left? an hour major decision coming from the federal reserve. what impact did the proposed trump tariffs have on their decision. this is cnn news central.

this morning president- elect donald trump transition backs to power already in full swing. a bunch of highly critical questions are right now teed up. who will be in his ear in the oval office? several names are being floated. and what will become of his day one promises? his legal cases and what about his party's power in congress? control of the house still up for grabs. republicans seen more and more on track to keep power there after winning back the senate. alayna, a lot going on near you. i know there are a lot of conversations happening. what can you share with us that you are hearing this morning?>> reporter: that's right. donald trump team has began setting up offices and making this the headquarters for

donald trump's transition. we know a lot of people over the past several days, but more so in the last 24 hours once it became clear donald trump was going to be president and win the election have wrapped up efforts and that behind-the- scenes jockeying for some of these top roles. rosa nash is a donald trump really had no interest in seriously discussing prior to him winning. he is supesecting for his cabinet and other key roles. that has of course changed. they are inauguration day. some of the key positions that i know donald trump values most are the ones that are being the most heavily discussed behind- the-scenes. one of the big questions is who will be his chief of staff? a lot of people have argue susie wiles should be considered for chief of staff. i am also hearing from others

that some people believe she will be better in and roll like a counselor or senior adviser, similar to what we saw kellyanne conway his former 2016 campaign manager do in that first administration. other names are russ voyt, someone who worked in the first trumpet ministration and has remained very close to donald trump in his role as a key conservative policy shop that has been working closely with trump and his allies. another big role that i think is maybe the biggest role in donald trump's mind, the question of who will be his attorney general? donald trump is that in the past he has regretted selecting people like jeff sessions and bill barr to run the department of justice. this is going to be a use question, particularly as we know he has a promise to seek retribution on political opponents and has said publicly to others in the past he

believes he is testified to seeking that type of retribution. some names with her for that are ken paxton of texas who has also been impeached. we also heard of mike lee, the senator from utah. other names being floated four, but i think that will be one of the key roles and how much donald trump believes that is a very important role that he wants to feel. >> clearly does not want the guardrails put in place by those he did not appreciate during his first administration. alayna treene, thank you so much . this morning president biden is set to address the nation for the first time before camera since donald trump's election victory. we are at the white house tracking this. what are you hearing about what president biden is going to say?>> reporter: the nation will hear from resident biden for the first time since voters decided to send donald trump back to the white house next

year. his speech is really expected to reflect on the selection as well as talk about the transition forward. advisers have said he is committed to ensuring there is eye peaceful transfer of power. that is something bottom was not his -- that was something bottom was not afforded in the 2020 race. the president has called president-elect trump to congratulate him on his victory and abide into the white house. sources say that is a meeting that could happen as early as next week. the president just yesterday released a statement and only talked about vice president kamala harris, they she ran a historic campaign. the president also had the chance to address the staff at the white house eye phone where he talked about something that he could mention in his speech today. thank quote while i am sure you are all feeling a variety of emotion today, i hope there's

one emotion you didn't lose sight of. that's pride, pride in everything we have accomplished. he ran through a number of issues that he thinks will have lasting impact. one big question is whether president biden will address what exactly went wrong for democrats that caused or prompted their loss against trump in this election. there has been a lot of soul- searching and questioning about messaging and strategy over the last 48 hours. there has also been a lot of blame and finger-pointing directed at president biden. many democrats believe he really hampered their democratic chances by even deciding to run for a second term. by the time he bowed out there were just under 100 days left for any democratic nominee to run this race. he is now facing this new reality where his predecessor will be returning to the white house next year.

the white house as he insists on ensuring there is a peaceful and smooth transition in the meantime. >> in the meantime what is martin planning to do in the remaining months in the white house?>> reporter: the white house chief of staff told them there is still so much more work to do and they need to focus on that in these closing months. there are a number of agenda items staffers and aides are focused on as they are trying to safeguard key parts about his legacy at a time went trump has threatened to undo some initiatives. one area is trying to get more aid to ukraine at and time where future u.s. support is in question. they are also going to focus on implementing legislative -- pieces of legislation like the upper structure law, the inflation reduction act, trying to get more money out the door for these types of process -- projects. they can focus on judicial

obligations as democrats have control in the senate. for president biden so much of his legacy will be tied up in this election. they will be trying to work to safeguard that in the months to come. >> thank you very much. arlette saenz at the white house. with us now former special assistant to former president bush and van jones former obama administration official. really the focus is what's next. i guess the first what's next in terms of the trump transition is who he surrounds himself with. who do you think? what are your big concerns? >> i am sure he is getting bombarded with people who want to come in. the trick to any transition is finding the best popular teams and people who are loyal to your agenda. but will also stay within your leadership parameters. i think you've got some great people putting it together. i think linda mcmahon and some

of the staff have been working for months diligently. i think they have a plan. he's got a lot of people to review. i am sure they have put together lists. he has a lot of pros and cons lists to go over. this is when the decision- making of the presidency -- >> do you think he will pick the best people for the most loyal? >> i am not sure they are mutually exclusive. here is what i also think. i think that a lot of people are going to want to work for him. they are going to want to be part of it. not because you have a full republican government in washington look what you can do for the next two years. >> so what he just said, then, a full republican government look what you can do. from the democratic side looking forward what can you do? what would you like to see democrats do? >> therapy. prayer. [ laughter ]

>> we just got run over by a train. two points to observe. this is not the same opportunity for trump as last time. last time it felt like a fluke. he seemed like a clown and people were not sure what to do with this guy. when you have the kind of unbelievable avalanche victory you just had he can get anybody. that is eye different thing. watch who he picks. when you are going in with the electoral college, the senate, the house, he got 1 billion extra novice yesterday just for waking up. when writing that kind of high you don't have to pick weirdos. you don't have to pick people whose twitter accounts are full of white nationalist garbage. you can pick literally the best. if he chooses not to and chooses people who will be objectionable to anybody standards that lets them -- you

know something very scary. >> where do democrats fight and where do they choose to work with him? >> somebody hit us upside the head with a baseball bat and we are running around in circles. we are going to have to wait to see what does he do. who does he pay it. if he picks total weirdos or scary people or people we think are russian operatives we will focus on that. we are surrounded and outnumbered. strategically it is 10 against one. technically it might go the other way. but we are still 48 hours into a different world. if anybody tells you they know what a democrat is going to do they are lying. >> i think one of the things people told us is we need four moments peace. the mandate was clear. the last time it wasn't a moment of peace. there has been some plotting already. my advice to dems would be read

the room. the american people responded to what he ran on. it would be a folly in my opinion to not give him a chance to govern. he has clearly earned it. >> already the democrats have done two things that donald trump never did when he lawson hasn't done. number one, say he lost. harris conceded. number two, the outgoing administration has reached out his hand and said let's have a transition. democrats have already done that and it is worth marking. >> i am proud that we are not hypocrites. when we say we respect the will of the voters, we are respecting the will of the voters. what was a peaceful transition of power, listen to joe biden today defend the democratic republic that we have in his words. >> this is not politics, stepping back, way back here, just in terms of a society. how do you i think we can and

should be staring this level of conversation? why your magazine did a piece this morning where they picked out comments that have been made on social media. some of these people have been the most supportive of donald trump in the past. this is not donald trump speaking here. nick balint has updates. if women lose again your body, our choice. >> he didn't vote for trump, by the way. >> that is why i said i'm taking this back. another, project 2025 is real. women back in the kitchen, gays back in the closet. there is this stuff out there. >> there are many people everywhere and trolls and try to get attention. i don't think that is where most people are at. i think most of the people voted for the trump agenda were

holding their nose on some of that stuff and just voting for change and out of economic pain. that doesn't mean that we don't need to deal with the trolls. >> these people are trying to get attention for their own purposes on trump's back. trump won because people want change. now they want some action on the basic fundamental issues that they see are broken. i don't think that is what their people want to be betrayed. he is not backing into the office. clear mandate, popular vote, landslide. he is pulling straight in with the wind at his back and a chance to do something amazing and i actually think you want to do it. >> we will see. i think for democrats, we have to take a breath. it is very easy to say it is race. it is gender, but there are other elements too.

we didn't build the side -- kind of media infrastructure. the same thing trump did catching us off guard with twitter, he did the same thing with podcasts. we keep falling behind the trump innovation team. they think differently. we are too homogenous. we have a bunch of lawyers and a bunch of people who've been in government trying to think this stuff through. we got beaten. is there racism? absolutely. sexism? absolutely. if you focus on that you miss the innovation on our side. they beat us. you have to sit down and learn and come back and deal with them in two years. in the meantime, therapy. >> thank you both. the leader of china sending his congratulations to president-elect trump despite the promise of higher tariffs. and new science process playing in your school band could help

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paying -- xi offering his congratulations to president trump saying he hopes that they can get along in the new era. left unsaid is donald trump's threat to slap a 60% tariff on all chinese imports. marc stewart joins us now with more. how is the trump victory being seen in china, mark? >> hi, kate. look, beijing is trying to play things safe. it was not that long ago that leaders in china would stay awake at night wondering what would happen next. if we look at this message of congratulations from xi jinping there is a lot of safe, diplomatic speak. talking about win-win cooperation and mutual respect. this is a complicated relationship. at one time they bonded

together and mar-a-lago over chocolate cake, then things turned frosty when it came to china's response over covid. then of course these very difficult issues concerning tree trade and tariffs. the prospect of more tariffs is something that is weighing heavily on the chinese public. we have looked at social media. there is certainly a lot of mention about a potential trade war in the works when the chinese economy is dealing with its own struggles. when we look at chinese foreign policy at times very much operates under this principle if you hurt us, we are going to do something to hurt you back. laying the groundwork for perhaps more trait tension. >> then there is the question of taiwan. what could happen in chocodiles back u.s. support for taiwan?>> reporter: right. one thing we have heard from trump in the past is he is very critical of alliances such as

n.a.t.o.. you could argue that could work in china's favor, almost give it license to do what it wants with taiwan as well as the south china sea. one thing you have to remember is well trump is certainly pushing this america first agenda, china is also trying to show its strength. trying to establish itself as the leader of a new world order an alternative to the west. >> marc stewart, thank you. world leaders are reacting to former president trump returning to the white house and what that could mean for international relations. join me now to discuss david's finger as well as job -- josh rogan. thank you both for being here. we heard volodomyr zelenskyy saying they had a call, the call was excellent. we have also heard from donald trump and what he plans to do to end the war on day one.

we are seeing the reporting in the wall street journal. you wrote this really amazing piece in the new york times looking at what we should all be expecting. it says there is an idea proposed that would involve kyiv promising to not join n.a.t.o. for 20 years. in exchange the u.s. would continue to give ukraine a full cache of weapons to deter a future attack. what do you think is going to happen trump at the helm and ukraine in its war with russia? >> the critical issue with ukraine has been who gets to decide the borders of the country? in other words does donald trump call vladimir putin and say in one of his early conversations tell me what you need? comes back and says i want the 20% of the country we are currently occupying. at which point the speculation is, and it is pure speculation.

president-elect trump is not that what he will do. he then calls volodomyr zelenskyy and say do i have a deal for just 20% of your country that you are not in right now anyway. the alternative if we cut off your funding and your military goods. now, 20 years outside of n.a.t.o., there have been ideas floating around the biden administration for a well. it gets to a fundamental decision you have to make which is ultimately is ukraine favor inside n.a.t.o. or not? it commits the united states and others to defend them. remember, putin has not fired into any n.a.t.o. country during the three years of war. >> josh, i want to ask about another war that is ongoing between israel and hamas in gaza, which has been a huge contention and may have had an impact on what the electorate did. if you are netanyahu at this point in time what do you

think? >> i agree with everything david said about ukraine. i don't think the trump administration form policy is that. i think it depends on who the personnel are. i think that would be battles and things could go back and forth. when it comes to the israel- gaza issue there is very little mystery. trump administration is going to give netanyahu carte blanche to do whatever he wants. what netanyahu wants to do is downplay negotiations for cease- fire and persecute his wars in lebanon and gaza with -- without any objection or pressure from the united states. i think that we can see for the next months at least there will be less of a focus on a negotiation, cease-fire and hostage deal and more of a full throated support for israel's aims as defined by netanyahu

for better or worse. >> i do want to ask about a thing americans have been talking about ad nauseam, their number one issue, the economy. donald trump said some very interesting things when it comes to the economy. you had written, david, about what you heard from him and whether or not this was going to be a free trade. what do you make of the idea of sanctions and do you think he's going to go forward with that? >> the core of the american leadership in the post world war ii era has been largely free-trade. obviously there has been back and forth on this. security umbrellas for our allies has been the core of american power. we have already discussed how the u.s. may pull back on some of the security commitments. that issue came up during the first trump administration. what trump is now threatening

is widescale tariffs, particularly on china. the problem with tariffs is they run in both directions. of course there will be a reaction to that. if you get into an old skill tariff war, well, we saw with that looks like in the 1930s. not many economists think we want to go down that road again. what worries me the most, sara, in the discussion of china during the campaign . here i put the blame on both candidates, we have discussed it as if tariffs are the solution to our china challenge, when in fact they are a very narrow part. china poses the biggest military threat, the biggest technological threat, the biggest economic threat. of course if it shrinks in size demographically and economically that alone is going to be a challenge for us as well. we have not heard any discussion of that or the coming together of russia and

china. that is the biggest these tariffs go into effect how that is going to affect all of the people in america and potentially china as well? >> in my conversations with many chinese officials they have all said the same thing. trump's return is high risk- high reward. they don't know which way it's going to go. the tears might come around, they might not. xi jinping might be able to convince trump to make a deal to hanover to bet or maybe not. -- hand over tibet or maybe not. they are preparing for either scenario. basically the more american politics is divided the better than it is for them. to what david spoke to the fact of american credibility and its alliances will certainly be in question in the next administration. that redounds to china's

benefit. they are very happy to pick up any of the allies that the trump administration is to abandon. >> thank you both so much. i really appreciate you coming on and having this interesting discussion. we will see what happens. standing by for the opening bell on wall street. it is minutes away. stock futures up again after the huge bump up yesterday. and happening now, 27 million people under a life-threatening fire.

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moments ago the opening bell ringing on wall street as it always does. there are the numbers down a bit. that is not what we saw yesterday. today investors are looking to the federal reserve as they are expected to make another rate cut. the big question is how much they might actually slash. our cnn business anchor joining us now. what are we expecting and how have the mark is been reacting?>> reporter: you are

wearing the right color from what we saw yesterday. it was relieved irrespective of who won. to your point, today is all about the do's and don'ts for the federal reserve. they want to be talking about the economy, about inflation continuing to slow. what they don't want to talk about quite frankly is donald trump. good luck with that. they are expected to cut by a quarter of the percentage point. that is good news for borrowers. then it is a little more exciting. again, he doesn't want to be talking about the impact of potential tax cuts, mass tariffs, immigration limits. that makes sense. they have to react to what they get. we know mass immigration limits, massive tariffs all potentially going to hurt growth and potentially going to be inflationary. he will talk hypothetically

about that. what is key to me is we are not just watching stocks go up. we are watching the cost of government borrowing go up. some of that could be tied to stronger growth, some of that could be tied to the expectation of higher spending and also higher inflation. why we care is because mortgage rates in the u.s. are far more sensitive to what the fed is doing. that is why if you are wondering why have mortgage rates been going up over the past six weeks? it was tied to this. trumps potential policy promises can make that worse. the expectation for the fed if they cut today, december, next year, trumps plans could change that and that is key. >> we will be waiting to see. there has been this acidic relationship between jerome powell and donald trump. how are they going to work together?>> reporter: carefully, i would suggest. he's going to be asked today if

he will still have a job. he will also be asked if he can remain independent. he will be careful about how he responds. the irony is they are working together right now. trump likes lower rates. the federal reserve is cutting rates. the challenge here in the real only impact they can be made is trumps all policies. they can ultimately cause the fans to do less and not more in terms of rate cuts. here are some of the comments that he would made. he would like to have a say. hardluck. the fed needs to be independent. >> we will see what happens from this day forward.>> reporter: it is going to be exciting for another four years. joining us right now is our cnn global economic analyst and the global business columnist and editor at the financial times. great to see you. let's start with market reaction. what do you think of the market reaction to donald trump's

victory?>> reporter: mess per se after every presidential election you see a bump in the market. there is a certain amount of now we know the victor, we have certainty. the thing that is very interesting to me when you think about it related to trauma is that the markets are betting that he actually will not implement his said economic policies. what do i mean by that? donald trump ran on i am going to put 100% tariffs on china, on allies. i want a weaker dollar because i want to make american exports more competitive. right now the dollar is rising and the markets are up. this is not what the markets would be doing if they thought there was going to be a massive tariff implementation and weaker dollar coming down the pike. the bond market which is always where the smart money works, tends to be a little more

forward thinking. bond markets are saying we are a little worried about debt and deficit. you may remember during the election there was a lot of talk about how donald trump's proposed policies would actually raise debt and deficit levels. bond markets are saying watch out. more debt could be coming. >> let's talk about tariffs. the proposed tariffs and what he has campaigned on is something like a 20% tariff on all imports and then a 60% tariff on all goods coming from china. he said he would do it to protect u.s. manufacturing. we have seen a lot of analysis that tariffs are paid for by the u.s. consumer. what is the reality? >> yfi tariffs as one tool in a economic toolbox. they are sometimes used as they

were during the biden administration as a targeting way of dealing with unfair trade practices. what donald trump is proposing is very different. he is talking across the board tariffs. essentially this is about protecting the u.s. markets. it is about starting to look at the u.s. consumer market as a bit of a chip to be given out as a reward or to allies if they are giving us something in return. it is a very different way of looking at the consumer market than we have seen for decades. if you are going to implement that type of very protectionist policy you had better be sure to have a strong, robust industrial strategy for manufacturing at home. we have learned nothing about that. we have heard a lot of rhetoric. we heard a lot of talk during the first trump administration

about protecting american jobs. frankly that did not happen. i think under the biden administration you saw the beginnings of the industrial strategy. this is a very difficult thing to implement. tariffs with no industrial strategy at home, no way of bolstering u.s. manufacturing is very dangerous and introduces a new level of instability to the economy and to the marketplace. >> rana, great to see you. thank you so much. the boat is just clear the legal document for president- elect donald trump? the new report that jack smith is in talks to wind down those investigations. he is a well-known vaccine skeptic and has been a dominant force in spreading conspiracy theories for years. what robert f. kennedy jr. could mean for public health in this country if given the green light by the president-elect.

in winning the white house president-elect donald trump may have also just won a get out of jail free card. his legal team is now expected

to ask the judge to cancel it altogether. paula reid is in washington for us. what are you learning, paula, about that particular case?>> reporter: it was interesting. trumps the missing is currently scheduled for november 26th. his lawyers were argue that it should be canceled. usually they will ask for delays, but here they will argue that as the president- elect trump is entitled to the same constitutional protections as a sitting president. also they will extend that to sentencing. if that does not work the judge previously self-imposed a deadline of november 12th to decide if the supreme court decision over immunity means trumps conviction should be tossed out. if he decides that the sentencing obviously would not

go forward. if the judge does not decide the conviction should be tossed out they will continue to make this constitutional argument. they are not looking for a delay, they want the entire sentencing next. special counsel jack smith is currently in talks with the justice department about winding down so to speak the classified documents case. what does that mean? >> reporter: over the next few days we expect these conversations between jack smith and top leaders of the justice department including the attorney general will continue as they try to figure out how do they wind down these cases. they are looking at an office of legal counsel memo that deals with those same issues the trump lawyers will argue in new york. housesitting presidents cannot be indicted or prosecuted and they need to figure out how does that apply. it is complicated. he obviously had co-defendants and it has to do with the entire special counsel's office. what happens to the office

itself. trump previously said when he gets in office he is going to fire jack smith or that the justice department would move to have the case is dismissed. it looks like it probably won't come to that in these cases will probably be gone before trump arrives at the white house. >> you have another case in georgia. are you expecting the same types of arguments? >> reporter: it is interesting. the four criminal cases are each similar, but so different in their own way. right now the georgia case is on hold. even when the decision comes that case is going to remain in limbo while trump is in office. he is not going to face and stay prosecution while he is the leader of the free world. the future of that case is very uncertain. >> lots of cases. lots to talk about. appreciate you.

questions swirling about robert f. kennedy jr. and what role he will play in the next trump administration. we know the president-elect has told kennedy to quote go wild on america's public health agencies. he is by well-known vaccine skeptic. he has been a dominant force in spreading conspiracy theories about vaccines for years, leaving people who work in public health worrying what that means for the future of public health. here is what robert f. kennedy jr. said after trumps victory. >> i am not going to take away anybody's vaccines. i have never been anti-vaccine. i want to make sure the science is out there and people can make individual assessments about whether that product is going to be good for them. >> mag, scientific safety studies, what is he talking about and remind folks about how they are currently already available.>> reporter: i think

that is a me question a lot of people have. what data is he referring to that is not already out there in the public domain? so much of it gets out there. we saw this during: as there was an expedited vaccine process that was one of the chief accomplishments of the trump administration. typically the process takes years and years. you first go through animal studies before vaccines go into human trials. finally you get to the large phase three studies, if those are positive enough on safety and efficacy a company will apply to the f.d.a. for approval. that review process usually involves outside advisers as well, where all the documents are posted. if the hundreds of pages of data from the manufacturers and the f.d.a. reviewers review the data. sometimes it is agreed with what the company put forward or how they have interpreted some of the results.

that is all very public. you can watch some of those discussions. the f.d.a. makes the decision and it goes to the cdc who have these big public meetings. you see their data and how they are looking at all of it. the cdc director takes a recommendation about how the information or vaccines should be used the vaccines are added to schedules. the monitoring does not stop there. there are many systems in place to monitor vaccine safety as they are in the world. these things are continuously monitor for safety and efficacy to make sure they are serving the population in a way that everybody expects them to. >> what are you hearing from people in public health about the possibility of r.f.k. taking on such a big role? >> reporter: talking with people they are not necessarily thinking robert f. kennedy jr. is going to take one of these public health leadership roles and really disrupt things in terms of the way they work. they are chiefly concerned about is he will continue to chip away at confidence to a to

read that could mean with the disease is coming back that we thought we put behind us. polio and measles for example. if you look at kindergarten vaccination rates for the measles mumps and rubella vaccine, already they have been taken down from that 95% level that the cdc says we need to get to to achieve herd immunity. now they are down to 92.7%. that is the main concern, if confidence in our public health system will continue to be wounded. it is going to be a hectic few weeks as the president- elect team get ready for inauguration day. key dates you need to know about. and wildfires are exploding in california as we speak. now 27 million people are facing life-threatening conditions today.

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74 days donald trump will be inaugurated once again, this time at the 47th president of the united states. what happens between now and then is quite a lot.

congress reconvenes, the federal government needs to be funded and the president-elect may or may not pay sentencing. the new analysis putting it all together. how does donald trump plan to navigate everything on that schedule while putting together this next administration?>> reporter: first he really needs to focus on putting together that new administration. it is going to be a busy two months outside of that process. as you said, it is possible he could be sentenced. he is a compared to -- a convicted felon and basis sentencing. that is the first thing everybody needs to remember. one thing that is not going to change is the electoral college process, remembers voters pick collectors rather than a president. it is these electors that are tied to the campaigns. we will find out officially holding our on december 11th.

on december 17th they will meet in state capitals to officially select donald trump as president. this is going to be a less traumatic process than four years ago, it is kamala harris is on something donald trump never did, which is can see that she lost the race. there are no alternate slates of fake electors. that will happen and hopefully be hitch free. what could be complicated is on december 20th the current congress have to find a way to find the government. this is on the republicans and democrats disagree on. they are in a lame-duck session at this point. they still have to figure out how to do that. next year on january 3rd we will appoint a new congress. those people will take the oath of office. three days later they count the electoral votes. kamala harris will face the indignity of overseeing her own election defeat, something no

vice president since al gore has done. on january 20th of course is the inauguration. there will be a lot more that happens in between those dates. those are things to put on your calendar and all things to keep track of. >> a lot has been decided with election day and the path forward. one thing that is still lingering is the balance of power in congress and where things stand with the house of representatives, that?>> reporter: this is going to be something everybody needs to pay attention to. president trump's power will be greatly increased if you have the senate, the house and the white house. there are a lot of house races that are undecided. republicans lead in some key ones, but we still do not know who is going to be in control of the house and who is going to be the house speaker. that is went to be a really important question to keep track of in the coming weeks. >> thank you so much. utility officials cutting

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