good day from washington. i'm kasie hunt in for chuck todd. breaking news on the presidential transition. just within the past hour, president-elect biden named his picks for some of his top cabinet posts including choices for secretary of state, director of national intelligence and homeland security among others. let's get right to nbcali and jessica. thank you for being here. ali, let's talk through what we learned here. give us the top headlines and then i want to talk a little bit about the context here in the biden campaign's decision to do this today, to have such a formal rollout with so many names involved. they clearly are focused on

keeping the lens on national security, the importance of national security and the context of a transition that has been stalled by politics. talk us through who we learned the president-elect is going to put into these roles and who they are and why they matter. >> well, i think you're exactly right to point out the importance of him focusing on national security and foreign policy right now. it only seeks to underscore further that there are national security implications to the fact that this transition is still hanging in bureaucratic limbo. keep that screen up there right now paubecause this is the grouf people we are learning about today. tony blanken is someone who is a long-time adviser and jake sullivan under hillary clinton as well as someone who worked in the obama administration. he'll be national security adviser. linda thomas greenfield, as u.s. ambassador to the u.n.

we're told that is going to be a cabinet level position. john kerry, special envoy on climate and alejandro mayorkas and avirl haines who worked in the obama administration will be director of national intelligence. really what this list tells you is that this is a group of people who are deeply steeped in government who have deep ties in diplomacy and intelligence. biden leaning into experience in a lot of these roles instead of staying away from some of the more flashy names that we had heard around for these positions. and he's really looking to people who have been in a lot of these spaces before. two things that i would point out on specific staffing poi appointments. alejandra the fist lirs first a

that was one of the key hallmarhallmark s and they'll need someone atop that agency if you're the biden team to start undoing that and bringing back a lot of the hallmarks that came from the obama administration. on the john kerry as special envoy on climate a position on the national security council. the first time on the nsc that you had a climate specific position there. after a primary where we saw so much conversation about the need to prioritize this urgent crisis, i imagine a lot of progressives here, as well as democrats broadly who are really happy to see this issue elevated so much and with such a specific role as someone like john kerry who was out on the campaign trail for joe biden during the 2020 race, who was with him even in those long slog days in iowa when the biden team was really not doing very well at that point. this is someone who has the president-elect's ear and i think a lot of people heartened

to see that kind of position for climate change. >> well, a couple of things here and, julia, i want to talk through some of this with you. two themes that emerge. one is just the absolute striking contrast between the types of people president trump had in these positions and the depths and breadth of government experience that is represented by this group that joe biden has selected. these are people who have spent careers in government, decades in all facets and different branches of the government and with all different levels of experience over many, many years. that's one contrast and then you also for this, you see that there is very specific, there are very specific things that the trump administration has done that this group stands in contrast to. the decision to pull out of the paris climate accords, for example, after john kerry, of

course, had been so involved on the global stage in things like that. the decision to name mayorkas as department of homeland security. that agency and i know this is your expertise here, they really cover a lot of ground. there was potentially a lot of different areas they could have pulled from. cybersecurity, intelligence, other things. but they picked someone who really had a depth and breadth of experience in immigration. why is that and what is your take broadly on what this means a community, the securihomeland security broadly who had a really tough time under president trump. >> well, it's interesting. i mean, all of those points are so valid and strong both from you and ali. i think one thing that i kept hearing what they call ali mayorkus is that his experience citizenship and immigration

services was really going to shine through because literal tangles in our system that he will have to pull apart to figure out how we bring people into this country in a process and in a normal way where they can claim their legal right to asylum. what do you do with 20,000 people who are now waiting in terrible conditions in northern mexico trying to get in. what do you do with people who are told they can't bring spouses in and apply for certain visas and generations of ways to come into this country and work or claim asylum have all been shut down and it has to be undone and it's not easy. the other thing about mayorkas he had experience with the dhs response to zika and ebola. that is something that can go overlooked but something that dhs will have to address. and more broadly when you look at these picks, this theme that i keep hearing reverberating in

my head from people i talk to is they wanted people who could hit the ground running. they said even with the obama transition, there were so many people who were new to government that they had to take a little time just to bring people up to speed. when you're looking at a transition like this one that is already delayed because of the outgoing administration, they need people who can come in with that experience whether it be on immigration or other issues and really start putting these things into place and it shows that the priority of dhs, which is an agency that does many things as we know from cyber to health crises and really broad management experience because it is the third largest cabinet, third largest agency and they needed someone primarily focused on immigration because of the legacy the former administration left behind, which, as you know, kasie, also includes more than 600 families that were separated by the trump administration that have yet to be found.

>> if we ever needed government competence is to try to figure out to right the wrong. julia ainsley and ali vitali. thank you so am up. julia mentioned the crisis overlaying all of this and the major crisis that joe biden is going to face immediately upon taking office and that is fighting this coronavirus pandemic. now, we do have some good news amid the pain and suffering across the country. overnight, astrazeneca became the third major vaccine developer to announce promising results. saying that its vaccine candidate is at least 70% effective. and up to 90% effective with the proper dosing. and pfizer's vaccine could be given to americans as early as december 11th. this comes, though, as coronavirus cases top 12.3 million and hospitalizations are soaring nationwide setting record highs for the 13th straight day.

over the weekend, air travel was at its busiest since march. with more than 2 million travelers packing the nation's airports. despite the cdc advisory against holiday travel and gathering for thanksgiving. joining me now nbc news correspondent morgan , are the hospitals there overwhelmed yet? what is the state of play going into this weekend where we probably know we'll see so many more infections. >> yeah, kasie, you're right. i spoke overlooking the entire system in the state of oklahoma. i said what is that line once you hit it you know you're going to be in real trouble. he said, morgan, we crossed that line weeks ago and now we're having to be creative to try to come up with a solution to keep up with this surge in patients that just keeps coming.

and, unfortunately, he says if people do not adhere to the guidon alls, he's afraid this is only going to become worse in the days and weeks ahead. saying if people try to have a happy thanksgiving, they're setting themselves up for a sad christmas and i had a chance to speak to one of the nurses here who just spoke to how tiring it is, how fatiguing and depressing it is to see these icus fill up to capacity and some people come in and realize first hand just how serious this virus is. take a listen. >> i'm there every day. i see that up there every day. you have patients on that side of the icu right there that are all covid positive. most of them are intubated on life support. there's no visitors. i mean, there's family members that would like to come see them, but we can't allow it because they would get sick. if they're not intubated,

they're on high flow oxygen. they're on anywhere between 2 to 10 iv drips apiece going into their veins trying to keep them alive. you know. there's a lot of sickness and a lot of sadness and desperation there. >> and that nurse, charles main, is actually speaking from experience. he, himself, came down with covid-19 about six months ago. was in icu for about two weeks thought he was going to die. fortunately, able to recover. now he's back at work taking care of those who desperately need it. ka ka kasie. >> morgan chesky, thank you for that. thank you to the nurse that you spoke to and all the health care workers on the ground there. i know it's only monday on this thanksgiving week but i feel like we should say it over and over again because we're so grateful for them. joining me now is a member of the biden/harris transition

covid advisory team and a professor at harvard medical school. doctor, thank you so much for being here. it's obviously very difficult on the ground right now but, first, i want to talk a little bit about the good news. we did hear from astrazeneca today. that they have this candidate that is much cheaper to produce potentially logistically less problematic but i do think that some of the numbers are a liltal c confusing. why this is 70% effective and maybe 90% effective. can you walk us through how you see the astrazeneca results, the data and why you think that vaccine is promising or not compared to what we've learned from other companies? >> absolutely. first of all, three for three now in preliminary results out of trials indicating a strong effectiveness rate. we have always said if it's greater than 50% effective, we were going to be happy. greater than 70%, you have a really truly effective vaccine

and then this astrazeneca trial had two dosing regimens. one regimen had a full dose first and then followed by a second full dose at one month after that. that was only 62% effective. however, giving a half dose early on and then 30 days later the second dose was 90% effective. so, there was a regimen that got up to that 90% incredibly strong level. why is this so significant? first of all, these doses can be just standard refrigerated. don't even need a freezer for transport and for storage. second, these, the astrazeneca oxford vaccine is around, under $3 a dose. third, this is an opportunity where not only do the u.s. and uk and europe get access to this vaccine, 40% of the production will be available to low and middle income countries. we now have, we're going to have

plenty of vaccine. it's going to take still months to bring it on. and now there's the prospect that with so many vaccines hopefully we get even more. there will be global supply getting to low and middle income countries, too. >> it's an incredibly important point for sure. let's talk about the challenges here at home in terms of distribution because, obviously, we walked through the biden team laying out some of their cabinet nominees. julia ainsley made the point that department of homeland security may play a role in vaccine distribution and we also know the trump team still the trump administration is refusing to allow the transition to begin. of course, this right ahead as, i mean, this is a herculean task for our government distributing these vaccines to every american. two doses, these two american vaccines that come out, excuse me, have come out really showing that they need incredible

logistical support. what do you see as the biggest potential problems here if the gsa doesn't actually accelerate this transition and if the biden team can't get up to speed ahead of the inauguration? >> i mean, let me tell you how pro pro prosaic this is. they aren't on fbi clearances allowed to proceed making access to critical information in the vaccine world that translates for us into still not being able to talk to agencies and learn from officials what are the current stockpiles of masks and syringes and needles. you know, the original plan was a target of 300 million doses by the end of the year. now it's more looking like 20 to 30 million doses. fantastic that that could be rolling out by the end of december, but what's the reason for the bottlenecks? what has been tried and what hasn't so that the transition team can then pick up the ball running and the administration goes into action on january 20. we just aren't there.

and this is dangerous. this is the opportunity to help turn the tide of what we're up against. that report you just heard from oklahoma is happening everywhere. and we have not got that opportunity to start. >> just something as basic as a security clearance standing in the way of all of this. thank you for joining us today and i'm sure we'll be leaning on your expertise heavily here in the months to come. so thank you very much. president trump's window meanwhile to challenge the election results is getting even smaller. we're going to get the latest from two key battleground states where the totals are on the verge of being finalized and later, more promising coronavirus news as we've just been discussing. another vaccine reported to be effective. how soon those might be available to all of us. don't go anywhere, you're watching msnbc.

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welcome back. right now the michigan board of state canvassers is voting to certify the results of their election. despite multiple attempts from the president to influence state leaders into throwing its 16 electoral votes to him when joe biden won the state by more than 140,000 votes. a larger margin than in wisconsin and pennsylvania combined. and in pennsylvania where another one of the president's election related lawsuits was thrown out over the weekend today marks the deadline for counties to finalize their vote certifications before a statewide certification is likely some time next week. joining me for more on this is heidi. heidi, walk us through the next steps here in this certification process. we've obviously seen a lot of attempts to undermine it, to challenge these results and all of which thankfully it seems for not. >> right, kasie.

it looks like this is a four-member board where we're watching whether one of those gop members will join the other one in balking and essentially demanding that this entire process be delayed. normally this is such an uneventful process, kasie. in fact, they're mandated to certify these votes under state law. the statute says they must certify. doesn't say they can consider certifying. all 83 counties have already certified these votes and this has frankly never happened before in michigan history. there has been delays on ballot initiatives, for instance. but not when it comes to a presidential election where the difference is so big. we're talking about here essentially a clerical error involving a few hundred votes. and joe biden won by 150,000 votes. we just heard from the senate leader actually last week as well as the house leader saying that they didn't see any reason why this certification should be delayed. so, a lot of people on pins and

needles in michigan today, kasie. hoping that there wasn't any undue influence on that second board member here who happens to work for the speaker of the house who was in the meeting with trump last week. >> all right, well, we'll keep a close eye on it, nbc heidi, thank you for being here. i want to bring in a democrat from the state of pennsylvania. congresswoman houlihan, thank you so much for being here today. i want to talk a little bit about and if you want to touch on the certification process, that's obviously an important piece of what we're looking at today. but i'm also interested in your perspective. you're from chester county, pennsylvania, which happens to be the area where i grew up and it is an area that when i lived there very republican and it swung really for joe biden and for democrats in recent years. but it's also a place where we

could see perhaps that these gains for democrats are not entirely permanent. what's your sense on why joe biden won as big as he did where you live and what you think democrats need to do as they govern to try to convince those voters to stick with you? >> sure. thanks for having me. it's good to be with another fellow chester county person. what i would say is chester county is one of those places we all should be looking at. we're 40-40-20 roughly in terms of registration and yourer are rig right the vice president elect biden won by 17 points in that really purple place. what the democrats and anybody frankly who would like to represent our community looking for is a person who's like the vice president, president-elect and somebody like me looking for the pragmatic and the practical who is looking to heal the nation and bring expertise and

decency back. what you're seeing in the early days of the transition period of this vice president and president-elect is exactly that. he's surrounding himself with a group of people as he expected he would who i really think bring credibility and experience when we need it the most. so, i think as long as places like chester county leaders like the vice president and now president-elect, those are the kinds of people they will elevate and vote for. >> i'm glad you mentioned those cabinet picks. you, of course, served in the air force. what do you think is the current impact right now on national security of the failure to allow this transition to move forward and you touched on it a little bit but what do these cabinet picks say to you about how the biden team is approaching that governing mandate in the national security arena? >> i think so far the picks have been really, really strong, not just in the national security arena, but in the homeland security arena, as well. i think that we are in a

precarious place in terms of our security and our health and i think that the early choices of this administration, this new administration are indicators that we're taking this very, very seriously and back to the conversation about certifying the election. we don't have any more time. the 20 electoral votes of pennsylvania are the 20 that the vice president needs to be able to affirm what we already know, which is the people's choice. and the people need to move on. we need a concession and we need to be able to transition effectively and safely because lives depend on it. not just lives overseas and our soldiers and sailors, but lives here on our own soil. and it's time. it's time for the president to concede. >> speaking of lives here. i want to talk a little bit about congress' role in trying to extend coronavirus relief to make sure that the money that we need for testing and, of course, for the vaccine and all the related programs is getting out the door. there's been some conversations about whether there should be

something that's more targeted, the biden team shot down reports today that they're pushing pelosi to do something that is less than the heroes act, which, of course, upwards of 3 trillion but she had brought that down some in her negotiating over the course of the last couple of months. but where do you stand in terms of what you think democratic leaders should be doing between now and the inauguration for coronavirus relief? would you like to see them do something that maybe is more limited than what democrats would want to see but something that could get through the congress or do you think this needs to wait until joe biden takes office? >> i do not think this can wait until joe biden takes office and i believe very much that the house in many ways has done its job by putting forth the hero's act and the appetite and the real desire in chester county and burks county to do

something. as we mentioned people are sick, people are dying and businesses are sick and dying and we don't have the couple months to wait until the administration changes over. we need to get to the table the house and the senate and the current president and give relief to the people who have brought us here to washington. >> all right, congressman houlihan, thank you very much for your time today. really nice taso see you and i hope you and yours have a happy thanksgiving. >> thank you so much. the latest that we know about the new coronavirus vaccine. plus, count them. count them again and then count them one more time. president trump is asking for another recount in georgia. will it change anything? hint, not really, no. you're watching msnbc. p moving. but how do we make sure the direction we're headed is forward? at fidelity, you'll get the planning and advice to prepare you for the future, without sacrificing the things that are important to you today.

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it and approve it are already under way because the astrazeneca oxford university vaccine were really the pioneers in this. they were ahead of the pack early on. we heard a lot about them. by being out of the gate early that gave them some advantages. because they were already talking about supply chain. if you remember, they said that they were going to already start making this vaccine on speck waiting for this day to happen when they announced some very promising results. they said that all of the major vaccines that have come out so far, the pfizer, moderna and this oxford astrazeneca one require two doses. an initial shot and then a booster shot. with this vaccine, they found that it was about 70% efficient. but if you tweak the doses and you gave a small shot in the beginning and then followed it up with a larger dose, it went up to 90% efficient, effective, which is roughly in the same kind of effecativity as the

other ones that had come out of the united states. so, this is a very promising sign. the uk had been preparing for this. they had already established approval processes and they've been reaching out to do manufacturing in multiple countries, including in india which plans to use some of this vaccine to fund or to support an international distribution program that should be getting fairly soon. the difference is that this vaccine is more like a traditional vaccine. it uses a virus to deliver ge t genetic material the way lots of vaccines do currently. that means it's relatively easy to produce and relatively inexpensive and doesn't need to be kept at these ultracold temperatures. so, in a lot of countries that have distribution challenges, have logistical challenges and infrastructure challenges, this could be maybe the vaccine of choice going down the road.

>> yeah, of course, dr. gawande was talking about the fact that this could reach more low-income countries and help people who are perhaps most vulnerable to this pandemic. so, good news all around. nbc's rituchard engel. thank you. good to have you here. i want to bring in someone now who has been fighting on the front lines of this pandemic and they have all been awaiting this vaccine right along with us. dr. michael peatila is a pull n pulmonologist based in south dakota that is one of the few states that has neither a mask mandate nor plans for a lockdown despite dramatic spikes in new cases. doctor, thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. can you talk to us a little bit about what it's like in your hospitals right now. i mean, if people get sick, do you feel like they have a place to go where they can get the kind of care that you want to

provide them? what is your message to them heading into this thanksgiving holiday? >> thanks kasie, for having me on, first. thank you to all our local health care providers and health care providers across the nation for the excellent care they're providing. caring hearts and hard-working spirit impress me every day. the hospitals in south dakota are either near capacity, at capacity or in some instances are over capacity as a consequence of the surge in coronavirus cases. that makes it harder for us to provide care for all other patients, as well as the covid-19 patients. and the vaccine is very promising. exciting news. i think we're all awaiting it coming out and helping us get through this pandemic. but in the meantime, we really need to do the things that can help prevent cases from rising rapidly, such as practicing physical distance, avoiding being indoors in large groups and if you can't accomplish

those things, wearing a mask to help protect others from droplets which could cause the virus to spread. >> so, as you're treating patients, i mean, we've seen some reports this virus has become so politicized and the act of wearing a mask has become a political act when it should be a public health act. have you had patients who have been hospitalized who have said to you that i don't think the virus is real. they don't believe this is happening. how do you handle that, if you do come across it and, more broadly, if you encounter people in the community are skeptical of all of this, what do you say to them? >> so, i haven't encountered anyone who has been hospitalize would the virus that has denied that it was coronavirus. i know a nurse from south dakota was on cnn speaking about one of her patients or some of her patients referring to that. i have not seen that. i have seen some tendency within

the community for people not to believe it can be as serious as it can be because the vast majority of people who get it are not overtly ill. you know, most of us if we get sick with this coronavirus have relatively mild symptoms. but what i can tell you is over in our hospital and in hospitals across south dakota, there are very, very sick patients, secondary to coronavirus. they have covid-19 pneumonia and they have respiratory failure and they're hospitalized away from their families for prolonged periods of time. weeks, even months in the hospital. and if they do recover, they're left with likely some permanent damage. so, i think the message that i think is most important is we need to do all we can to protect the most vulnerable and the best way to do that is to try to prevent spread in our communities and, again, those

techniques i discussed earlier really are important. >> yeah. they are so important. dr. michael pietila thank you for your time and all of your work on the front lines and all of those you work for in fighting this deadly pandemic. we really appreciate it on this thanksgiving week. coming up here, we have the latest on president trump's push for yet another recount in georgia. later, americans are still traveling despite urgent warnings to stay home for thanksgiving. should we be bracing for an even more dramatic covid surge? you're watching msnbc. ♪ (music fades) (exhales) experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event.

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welcome back. president trump's campaign has formally requested a recount in georgia. that means that the state's nearly 5 million votes are going to be counted for a third time. the request is within his rights. president trump lost to president-elect joe biden by

just over 12,000 votes and that's less than the half of percent threshold needed for a recount under georgia law. this time, it will be done by machine. and it's expected to be completed much faster than the hand audit which certified trump's loss. still, georgia's election manager says it's unlikely to change anything other than adding more stress to the election workers who've been counting and recounting for the last three weeks. >> we're running these election officials in these counties into the ground. we have actual elections taking place a week from tuesday in this state and a january 5th runoff for two senate seats in a statewide public service commission race and they're all busy doing this. they will have to do this recount again and it's just a lot of work and a lot of stress and strain for a lot of our counties that are very underresourced. >> joining me now to talk more about this nbc reporter julia jester and kimberly atkins senior reporter writer for

"boston globe" and msnbc contributor. julia, let me start with you. what is the timeline for this recount isn't ir recount? it's clear the presidential results is not going to change but this underscores what is happening in the runoff in georgia and puts david purdue and senator lofler in very difficult positions as they try to balance what the president is demanding with their own interests and trying to win their runoff election. so, what do you know from there on the ground? >> hey, kasie. we just got a little more intel about the timing of that recount. the secretary of state's office saying it could begin as early as tomorrow and it will take at least 1,800 hours to complete. we'll have a more specific start and end date a little bit later today. and election officials really just want to get this over with as do these senate candidates.

i am here awaiting the start of a campaign event here at a gun club in georgia where senator joany earnest of iowa is stumping for senator purdue and she is in isolation as she awaits that second negative covid-19 test and, so, these republican senators are not waiting for any changes in the results of that recount and while absentee ballot signature matching is an issue that trump brought up in his request for this recount and senators lefler and purdue have expressed their support for both the recount and the call to match those signatures, they are proceeding as if nothing is going to change and they are actually encouraging their own supporters in this runoff race to request their own absentee ballots as soon as possible. here in georgia, more than 800,000 residents have requested an absentee ballot in this senate runoff coming up in

january. and, so, election officials are already sending those out as they prepare to count the general election votes for a third time. kasie. >> yeah, no, it's a good point. those election officials who are busy recounting ballots who will say the same thing a third time have something coming up that is pretty important. kimberly atkins, i want to talk about the politics of this because y me because, i mean, we're watching increasingly republicans try to inch president trump towards the exit and it's not a long list at this point. we saw rob portman today come off and write an op-ed in the cincinnati paper. he didn't come out and call joe biden president-elect, but he did say, okay, we have this deadline on december 8th. and at that point we have to move on this. and he is not somebody that typically breaks from mitch mcconnell but, you know, on the whole, for republicans in georgia who are trying to hold

on to these seats in these runoffs, like they can't use half of the campaign messages that really would normally be at their disposal if we were seeing a typical transition. we can't be a check on the democratic president because they can't acknowledge a democratic president even though we all know that is what is going to happen. what kind of bind are they in here? >> well, they're putting themselves in a bind in several ways in order to further facilitate this effort by the trump campaign to keep drawing this election out on this really false promise that it can change the outcome, as you said. a very effective campaign message for republicans down the ballot from donald trump was that. they could serve a check on president joe biden. that is one reason why you saw republicans hold on to seats and even pick up some in the house. that's one of the campaign messages that resonated and that is certainly something that can make the difference in senate control in georgia. but, again, you can't make that

claim while simultaneously saying that donald trump has won. it's also just taking all the energy out of these two very crucial senate runoff elections that are coming up in a matter of weeks that republicans there certainly would want to be focusing on that. it also is taking away from efforts of republicans to encourage people as the pandemic gets worse to vote absentee if donald trump is attacking the absentee ballot process. and forcing republicans there to do the same. so, it is a short-term, short-teshort term it's very difficult for republicans but they are still by and large sticking with donald trump in this message that this is still a winnable state even when the result has already been certified. >> we have marveled about the number of times republicans have stuck with this president over at what seemed to be long-standing republican values and here we are still. julia jester, kimberly atkins, thank you both very much for

being here today. really appreciate it. coming up next, america appears to be going home for the holidays despite the coronavirus surge. dr. john torres joins us with a closer look at what we could face next.

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good afternoon, i'm katy tur. we have breaking news, the president-elect is formally announcing his picks for a number of top cap nice positions. many of them are theres that are signaling a return to experience, expertise, and the white house. fellow obama alum just sullivan as national security advisor. president-elect biden says he wants to rejoin that deal after president trump backed out of it. although doing so could prove difficult. they also tapped an envoy for climate change. another agreement that president trump backed out