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in just 6 0 days while president trump is holding onto his job for dear life. the president's increasingly desperate and so far, unsuccessful legal ma moneuvers suffered a double blow. on friday the state of georgia certified biden's win and two michigan republican lawmakers met with trump at the white house and say they don't see anything that would change the outcome. this as president-elect biden plans to meet with advisers today while formal transition proceedings hang in bureaucratic limbo. new reporting says announcements on two key cabinet roles are expected next week. today a virtual g-20 summit is under way. president trump sitting on some of those meetings. making his final appearance as u.s. president on the world stage but not participate in the meeting focused on pandemic preparedness. he was at his golf course. this comes against the backdrop

of a nightmare health crisis in the u.s. as the coronavirus pandemic escalates at rapid speed this morning. the number of cases in the u.s. surpassing 12 million. we're going to go over the days top political stories with this hour's team of reporters. it's supposed to happen officially when. what's this all about? >> if at first you toents succeed, try, try again. the president was unsuccessful in winning the majority of votes inmy michigan coming in. then he tried this purchase campaign on state legislative leaders that came to the white house yesterday but emerged to release a statement saying we have not been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in michigan and has legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process

regarding michigan's electors. today we heard a letter from the state's gop chair as well as the chairwoman of the national republican party urging the state's canvassers not to go ahead an certify the election results when they meet on monday but instead calling for a 14-day delay while they are seeking an audit, the results in wayne county where there's a lot of votes in the detroit area for president-elect joe biden. we are already hearing from the secretary of state's office which says the process is very clear. that certification should go forward and warning that there are legal requirements on these canvassers that they perform their duty and adhere to the will of the voters in michigan. >> okay, josh letterman. thank you for that from the white house. let me ask you one quick question with regard to the g-20. there's this virtual thing going on, it's kcovering a bunch of

topics. where is the president's focus right now? is it elsewhere? is it on the golf course? >> the president made clear he's not a big fan of these big multi-national forums like the g-20. we did see him briefly on this web cam version of the g-20 that's being hosted by saudi arabia. he didn't speak this morning during the opening session. the president was shooting off tweets about a purported election fraud and then there was a break out session focused on coronavirus and pandemics. we saw the leaders germany, many other countries but the president had left the white house to head to his golf course in virginia where he's been wrapping up. >> thank you for that from d.c. let's go to wilmington, delaware. joe biden reportedly close now to making a couple of koe piey to his cabinet.

>> reporter: they remain in place of bureaucratic limbo because the general services administration still has yet to certify or send a letter of ascertainment about the election results. they are still pushing forward on personnel and on policy. on the personnel front, we saw this week a string of west wing appointments made for senior positions there. starting the fill those holes throughout the white house. then it's speculation season. we have long been told and i was just told again that we should start to expect to see some cabinet selections coming from president-elect joe biden. over the course of the next week, on or around thanksgiving. we did see the last time that we were expecting a big personnel announcement from him, that was the vice presidential pick and that date had a tendency to slide. we'll speak generally here. a lot of people saying these announcements could come around thanksgiving. that's the ballpark of timing we're looking at.

as we start thinking about biden who has said he has selected someone he wants to lead the treasury department. speculate starting the mount about who koulcould lead the st department. the key is diversity on the one hand and considering who the senate would confirm on the other. both of those races critical to the senate and allowing biden more room if they were to win one or both of those seats to pick people and have more democrats confirming those people but listen to what one of the transition advisers say in terms ho s of how they are thin through this. >> we will have a team that looks like america that is diver diverse. we saw today that there were a number of republicans who indicated they would be open to supporting nominees. that feels like a positive sign.

we know the american people are not expecting obstruction. they are expecting members of both party, democrats and republicans to come together and help put qualified and experienced people in place to address the various crisis that our country is facing. >> reporter: it's hard to start looking past what the confirmation battle will like in the transition period. this is something that viewers and you and i should expect to talk about the push and pull to get these cabinet picks confirmed once they are named. there's a lot of push and pull on the progressive side of this. certain people jockeying to have different people with different ideologies in different roles and this is where biden's bipartisan credential, all the the abilities he's touted to reach across the islaisle, thos will come home to roost. >> he's trying to put together

something that senate will confirm but he's giving that consideration unlike the revolving door of cabinet secretaries that were acting secretaries that donald trump was legally able to do but it just, as we know. it's hard the keep track of how many have been through the cabinet positions in this administration, acting positions. thank you for that. is it possible for joe biden to have a successful transition without any help from the white house? >> it makes it much more difficult. everything from being able to get classified briefings about what's going on in the world to having a smooth transition as the country and as he prepares the take on a the biggest issue facing the country right now which is the pandemic and that includes the economic fall out from the pandemic as well as

efforts to ensure there's an infrastructure in place once a vaccine is ready to get that distributing to americans as quickly as possible. these are really literally life and death issues that the biden administration is facing. the longer the trump administration puts bearriers i place for that process to start, the more difficult that it will be. >> kimberly, it kind of seems like joe biden knows donald trump is listening when he speaks. he's very careful. you can see him parsing the language that he uses. do you think he will reach the end of his rope any time soon and change that tone? >> i think we're already seeing the tone gradually change. i think in the early weeks after the election and the results were clear, we saw joe biden moving carefully in order to allow president trump to have the 12 stages of grief or whatever he needs to come to the realization of what has happened. now you see in each of these

briefings, you see president-elect biden expressing more frustration and expressing more urgency that by waiting for this transition and preventing this transition from moving forward that people's lives are in danger. he's going naming his team, talking about his plan, having his own meetings with respect to foreign policy, with respect to the coronavirus and other things. he's moving forward to the extent that he can but i think we're already seeing him begin to lose the patience with this president who seems bent on obstructing him. >> yeah. it's unable donald trump may be going through the 12 stages of grief but he's doing it on joe biden's time. that's the problem here. abby, what do you make of the latest effort to delay the certification of the election results in michigan that i was talking to josh about. do you think the president believes something really could come out of this? >> it's hard to tell. this is a president who builds

his open reality. if you look back in his biography, he creates this fa saids and engages in litigation that is meant to wear people down and maybe not is based on the merits of the case. he's delaying is basically the inevitable. there's no republican legal mind who is are engaging in these lawsuits. ben ginsberg cannot scream to heavens loud enough this election is over. the world is moving on. the american government will move on. what makes me nervous about this is trump's base is not moving on. i was on plane last weekend with someone and a woman on this thought she was going to return to washington, d.c. for the trump inauguration. this is getting very uneasy and v very anxious. i'm more worried about that inauguration day and the government. kimberly makes some very good

points there too. >> i'm not surprised by the conversation you had on that plane. i've heard similar things myself. there's a person close to the president who tells nbc news that the president knows he lost but that he wants to make it as difficult for democrats as he believes they made his transition into office. what do you make of that? >> there was mueller investigation and intense lack backs on that campaign but in the actual transition, president barack obama and his staff did many, many things to show the ropes of the white house. president trump, himself, came over and met with president obama. democrats did do things. at times jared kushner and vice president elect did not heed their warnings. there's been books written about that, including pandemics. trump has some vengeance going on here but the reality is obama tried to replicate george w. bush's transition in doing everything he can to support his

successor but the stakes are so much higher this time given the pandemic that every day thousands of people are dying. it's an uncomfortable situation. >> kimberly the last word on that of the president knowing he's lost but trying the make it as difficult as possible in an act of retribution. >> that's the only explanation at this point. he wants joe biden to fail in his administration. if he can aid in that failure, in his view, in making it more difficult to get off the ground and deny the legitimacy of his victory, he's going to do that whether it's to make his own administration look better or whether it is to start as of january 20th a new presidential campaign on his order or whoever he thinks his heir would be in starting that political fight. that's clearly start of what is happening right now. >> ladies, so good to see you both. thank you for joining me.

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vrmgts there's now more than 12 million coronavirus cases in the u.s. adding more than a million cases in less than a week. the country add add almost 195,000 cases on friday. people across california are getting ready for a new curfew that begins tonight in areas with the rising cases. residents cannot leave home for nonessential activities between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. that order remains in effect until december 21st. philadelphia has banned all indoor dining and put restrictions on out door dinings.

college football takes another hit. the clemson florida state game was postponed after medical personnel from both teams could not agree it was safe to play. now that makes 18 total games cancelled this weekend. more than 80 for the season. talk about the levels of infection in california. >> reporter: unprecedented in a word we're hearing over and over from california officials. they have seen a doubling in terms of the average daily case counts. over 10,000 daily cases now in california and with it we're also seeing a surge in demand for testing. just behind me is dodger stadium. it's the largest testing facility in dodger state. they have seen demand double. the lines have cars extending

for miles now. every one there will have 24 to 48 hours until they receive their results. that according to officials i have been speaking to. officials telling me it's not about the rise in cases. they seeing surges because of the thanksgiving holiday. people wanting to get tested and the peace of mind before meeting with friends and family. they say because you get a negative test today, that's no guarantee you will be covid free come thanksgiving. they are discouraging the large gatherings. they are discouraging people from traveling. the question is are people listening? i was at l.a.x. last night, 10:00 on a friday and it was totally packed. authorities trying to get the situation under control. introducing the curfew.

take a listen. >> i think if that's what's got to happen, that's what's got to happen to curb this thing. if more people would go along with the guidelines, maybe wouldn't have to have it. at this point, we just have to do it. >> it's a tough pill to swallow but, honestly, i feel like we need it. we need to shut down for six weeks. i think people need to get paid for it so we can eradicate this thing and get back to our lives. >> reporter: what happens if the latest rounds of measure does not stop this unprecedented surge. california officials are looking at full statewide stay at home orders if this continues to go in its current trajectory. >> nobody wants that. let's get right into this

because i've got to know your reaction. when you hear the u.s. added a million new cases in less than a week. why is this happening now? >> it's so disturbing. we're seeing and exceeding some of the estimates we had. that's without the thanksgiving crush that we know will happen. i think that we're seeing this for a couple of reasons. it is getting colder. people as the country is getting colder, movie ining indoors mor. you heard about the small gatherings as well as people's homes. here is what we're seeing. we're seeing a lot of people who are asymptommatic and positive. they might get a positive test and not get tested at awe and say i don't feel bad. they don't necessarily isolate the way they should. then the people around them are not quarantining as they should. they are kind of going through work or they're going to some of their usual activities. literally, it's called viral spread for a reason.

one person doesn't just infect one. one infects three and then infects ten and so on and so on. >> that phenomenon you're talk about people get tested and they say i don't feel bad but i'm going to get tested but it may not be something that lasts. people get tested today shouldn't think they have a free pass for thursday to gather with their friends. now that we have better access to testing than we did when the pandemic began, i mean is that a bit of a folks? >> it can be. it tests you for that moment you are receiving the test. you can walk away. you can have a negative and literally an hour later have a positive test. think about it as a home pregnancy test. you can test too early but still be pregnant and have a negative test. testing alone is not way to guarantee peace of mind. the only way to do it would be to have frequent testing, along

with kwarn teequarantine periodu stay at home and make sure you have no contact with individuals and then you can start to think about whether or not your risk is very low. here is the poibnt. it's not just risk. you're in a us household with other people not familiar to you, guests you're guest hosting, et cetera. those people have the same potential contacts. they went to a coffee shop that morning. they went and picked up their child from day care the day before. all of these contacts have a potential percentage of risks and it doesn't add up to zero. >> sobers but much appreciated. thank you so much. president-elect biden is promising to address racial inequality in this country and reverend al sharpton will tell us how biden can do and why it needs to be done soon. ow biden t needs to be done soon. their parents. i'm having a big lunch and then just a snack for dinner. so we're using a speakerphone in the store. is that a good idea? one of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home.

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officials certified the nearly five million ballots. now the state turns to the run offs in january. officials say more than 700,000 georgians have requested a mail in ballot for that election. big welcome to you. what kind of reforms, first of all, are republican -- the republican secretary of state and governor wants to bring to state legislature and talk about thoe those 700,000 requested mail in ballots already. >> reporter: that statewide audit found no evidence of widespread voter fraud but officials were concerned that human error led to 4,000 ballots not being counted. the secretary of state is calling on three reforms. first, allowing the state to intervene in counties with a

history of poorly managing elections. second, stricter voter role maintenance and third abcentury see ballot reform to include a voter id requirement. this is something that the governor also asking for and hopes o work with the legislature. the reality check here is that absentee ballots for the january run off are already being sent off but the calls to action could appease president trump and his allies like senator lindsey graham who tweeted that he quote couldn't agree more with bryan kemp on absentee ballot reform here and in particular, that the idea to conduct another audit where you could match the ballots to an appropriate -- signatures to an appropriate database so envelopes with applications to r maintain voter privacy is okay. >> thank you for that. new this week, progressive democratics pushing president-elect biden to commit to the causes that helped him win the oval office.

>> we got to do bold. we got to do chapg that happens now. we got to make sure that black folk, brown folks, every marginalized group feel our change. >> that's what our next move is so make sure that the biden administration keeps its promise. kept its promise to young people. kept its promise to black lives. >> what is more basic than fighting for clean water? what is more basic than fighting for a breathable planet? >> we're going to ask those questions. joining me now reverend al sharpton. these are the voters who put biden over the top. do you see this becoming a larger issue for biden? >> it will become a larger issue

if he does not address it and keep the promises made. he should be meeting with groups that represent these various constituencies to hear from them on hold up he could apply this. in the area of racial equality, we are still one-tenth in term of black americans wealth, family wealth to a white family. how will reclohe close the weal gap. these are specific things he mustards. he said the night that he won the election, african-americans, you had my back, i will have yous. we want to know how that will be fulfilled. i trust he will give immediate attention to that. i feel he and kamala harris, our vice president elect are better than that but they must show

that. s >> you're calling this a critical window. yes he must meet with these different groups. >> he must deal with the economic plight and the racial disparity in covid-19. blacks and browns have been tested positive, disproportionately and dying disproportionately. even as we hear about the vaccines that are being proposed by pfizer and others, one the present president says they will distribute the vaccine if it becomes available in this time period through hospitals and health centers. many black americans live in health care deserts where there are no hospital and health centers in our area. he must come up with how we will see equal distribution of vaccine and deal with the fact

that many in african-american community, we don't trust vaccines because of past history like the tuskegee experiment. he needs to deal with that health disparity particularly in light of covid-19 and he must deal with the question of the economic disparities in terms of wealth and infrastructure build and target employment in target areas could be one way to deal with it. that's why during the transition period he needs to have the discussions with the congressional black caucus and other groups that represent those basic constituencies that work on this every day. >> i'm sorry that you have to bring up the issue with regard to the distrust in the vaccinations based on history. that's really so unfortunate. it's something that needs to be aired out and people need to be told the truth. you have to get these vaccines to these communities of color that have been hit harder. i agree. let me ask you about what our

colleague said in an op-ed that political appointments are enough. he needs to push for reparations for african-americans. how do you fweeel about this? how do you think the country feels? >> a lot of the country has shifted in support. much more than when we brought it up many years ago. many of the candidates, there were convention 19, we had 15 or 1606 t of the democratic candid. all but one pledged they would support reparations. you must repair the damage done. blacks are not behind in education because they are less smarter. they are not behind in economics because they are less industrial. this is a systematic problem that our generations inherit. you must repair the damage if we will have a fair, equal society. >> give me a start.

give me the best form this gets under way. >> you have hr 40 saying study this. you have hr-40 is let's study how we repair and set up targets in every area on how you repair it. the president-elect when he becomes president should push his weight to get hr-40 as law so a real across the board study is done on how you can do this intelligently. it must be done. >> what do you make of the names that we are hearing from joe biden or it's been floated for his administration of these cabinet positions. do you get that his -- the sense his line up will prioritize minority issues. there's a presumed centrist approach given some of the names that have been floated out there. is that the right approach? >> i think that whether -- we

need know what the exact programs are going to be. the names are centrist but they are being floated. i want to see who does not float in the political waters but who comes to shore and exactly are going to do what based on one program or another. i've seen progressives appointed in the past and end up getting in the system and do nothing. >> okay. getting in the word there. thank you so much. we look forward to seeing you again on this show and in about two and a half hours on politics nation right here. thanks. trump's next move where he may go after the white house. the influence he could have there and what biden can do to help unify the country. can do o help unify the country

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with just 60 days until he's no longer president, one big question loom, what will donald trump do next. one security expert thinks his next move might be more dangerous than his presidency. frank, thanks for joining me. i want you to walk us through

your piece. what are your worried will happen. >> i think there's a notion that's very hopeful and optimistic but may be flawed. if the president leaves office if and when it happens that all will be well with the world. this demonization and viewing others as evil will all go away and this cult of personality will deflate. here's the thing, the president already told us his intentions are to launch a digital media platform. his intentions may be to announce he's a candidate for 2024. not only will he not go away quietly and our problems go away with that but rather he will have amplified voice on steroids, unchecked by the checks and balances of the our government and our media vetting everything he says. he'll have his own media platforms. this concerns me if you apply a

cult like assessment to this. the cult continues because the leader continues in an amplified way. >> talk about the extremist groups. what can the biden administration do about that? >> well, first, again, the groups like qanon, proud boys, violent malitia groups all out there, many of them taking their cues whether he likes it or not, from the president they view as their leader. their ideological leader. if that leader maintains his stature and increases as people leave facebook and other social media platforms that aren't giving them free voice and move to less regulated platforms with problem began -- propaganda.

it's already looking at it. he see extremists group -- the potential remains there. he's got his work cut out from him. he needs to build trust. numerous listening sessions. town halls packed with people who don't agree with biden or harris. asking them the questions. what is it you most fear that i'm going to do? what are the five things that you believe about me that i need to address right now? what works well in your community, your police depth, your health care program that you don't want me to touch.