senator lankford. didn't this guy take an oath to have faith and allegiance to the constitution and his duties thereunder? i didn't see trump's name in the oath. so why does senator james lankford break his promise? if they don't give biden these briefings by the end of the week, i'll have to step in. now he's going on newsmax, you know, the new competitor to state news over there, to figure out who has, you know, trump's best interests at heart, saying, oh, the media had it wrong. i'm in no hurry to help biden. that means he's in no hurry to help you. once again, clarity on the situation. fresh eyes. this time it's former first lady michelle obama. to play around with these groundless conspiracy theories, whether for personal or political gain, it to put our country's health and security in danger. this isn't a game. this is the 14th day in this country of more than 100,000 new cases per day. 25 states saw their highest seven-day averages for new daily cases yesterday. and, no, it's not because we tes

republican senator james lankford out of oklahoma is one of them.apitol hill. and good afternoon to you. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> bill: i heard you say if it doesn't happen by tomorrow you will step in. >> i will step in. >> bill: what does that mean. >> gsa has to make a designation of when they will start actually giving briefings. tomorrow is the first day they could possibly make that decision. there is no way gsa is going to agree tomorrow. we are still counting votes. we are a long way from determining this election's final outcome at this point. they're not going it do it. what i want to know from gsa is how are they going to make this decision. i don't think most americans know as you get closer to the election both candidates are receiving daily briefings on intelligence and have nor months. have already received daily briefings. those ended for joe biden after the election was over. i think the election is unresolved at this point. we don't know who is going to end up winning this election at the end of it, we have got to

oklahoma republican senator james lankford was sounding very decisive yesterday, saying if joe biden did not start receiving the pdb by the end of the week, he -- senator lankford -- would step in, which many people interpreted to mean that senator lankford, a republican of oklahoma, was saying the presidential transition should begin. so today, just to clear things up, james lankford rushed to a microphone to make clear that he meant no such thing, and we just have no idea who the president is going to be in january, so joe biden might as well receive intelligence briefings, and that is all he meant. sure, give joe biden some briefings. no sense being unprepared. i mean, i guess there is some slight chance joe biden could be the next president, but right now it's just unknowable. how could republican senators be expected to have answers to such bottomless mysteries, like who won more votes in the election? okay, all kidding aside, there's a reason that one place republican senators are starting to budge is actually the issue of intelligence briefings, because if they know in their h

lankford, a republican.et's watch. >> there was no loss from him getting the briefings, to be able to do that. if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in as well to be able to push and say this needs to occur. so, regardless of the outcome of the election, whatever way that it goes, people can be ready for that actual task. >> harris: and lankford later clarified those comments, saying the election is not settled at this point. your response, to the press, or the push of the press to get those documents, or that opening for the president-elect joe biden? shouldn't be happening? >> i talked to james lankford on the floor of the senate just within the last 20 minutes, and what he has pointed out, rightly so, is that during the campaign season of both candidates, both candidates get those briefings. joe biden was getting those briefings until the election was over. they stopped. i think it is important that both continue to get those briefings, until the electoral college makes its final determination. j

bolton, along with others like senators grassley and lankford are expressing concern about the trumpistration depriving biden of national security briefings. and lankford said he'd intervene personally if necessary. >> there's nothing wrong with vice president biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself and so that he can be ready. the president is already getting those. there's nothing wrong with the former vice president getting those. if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in as well and be able to push and say, this needs to occur so that regardless of the outcome of the election, whichever way that it goes, people can be ready for that actual task. >> all of this comes as trump advisers tell nbc news that while president trump might accept the election results, it is not likely that he'll concede or admit that he lost. meanwhile, president-elect joe biden made his first major staffing announcement last night tapping his longtime aide ron klain to be his white house chief of staff. making ron klain perhaps one of the most prepared and experienced white house

i asked lankford about that afterwards, he said he still leaves the election not settled that he wasraham said he was saying to her if she does win he wants to work with her, he was just saying hello. he believes this will all be settled within a month. republicans being nice at least but privately also seeing the writing on the wall here, guys. >> you wontder if she wanted to ask senator graham so fist bump but why are you probing state officials in three states that the president lost? >> yeah, and that's exactly what a lot of questions have been around republicans and democrats, too. lindsey graham is defending what he's doing arguing he simply has questions about how mail-in voting has been conducted in key states, including in georgia in which the secretary of state, the republican secretary of state, accused him of pressuring him to try to toss legally cast ballots that came by mail. graham who i spoke to yesterday says that that is simply not the case. his argument is that he is just trying to understand how signatures are being verified in those mail-in ballots. >> what i'm v

james lankford said that. the media didn't say that he would step in, senator lankford said that. it obvious that this is clearly a sign of how much sway president donald trump has over his party. and it's only getting worse. you're seeing more and more senators realizing that they can't speak up for the truth in this particular case. >> i promised more than two sides. i want to deliver because yesterday he took yet another position. very quickly, now senator lankford says i did step in, i did talk to them on friday, my staff has been involved, we talked through the process, i talked through what i see is a good process. he says i'm not going to explain the process, he went on to say, but there's no way they can ascertain gsa is not the electors. there's yet another side. >> just a quick point to where he said all this. the comments he made walking it back were on a news network called news max, which the president has been mushing. i think republicans see it as sort of a direct conduit to president donald trump. so it didn't surprise me that he tried to downplay his on comments o

what action can senator lankford take? >> well, i think it's encouraging to see senator lankford and a number of his colleagues including senator graham and others saying they want to see the president-elect and the vice president-elect get access to the highest level of intelligence briefings. so i'll let them decide what actions they're going to take. what i know is that the president-elect is the president-elect. he is entitled under the statute to get those kinds of briefings. the vice president-elect is entitled to get those kinds of briefings. hopefully they will be forthcoming very soon. >> you are the only white house chief of staff at this point in the election calendar who does not -- who has not been authorized officially to begin the transition to get office space for the transition staff and the various agencies of the federal government. how is that inhibiting what you're doing every day now since you don't have any of that access? >> lawrence, so far the inhibition has been relatively minor. we've been able

and those lankford comments were pretty interesting, mike. i agree with you.id, he'll quote/unquote step in by friday. i mean, i would just say, lankford is somebody who has always taken governance seriously. he's one of the few republicans who has repeatedly been willing to break with the president, especially on issues of moral clarity. he's been pretty straightforward about how he has handled this president. so, i'm interested to see if there are others who join him. but mike, can we talk about ron klain for a second? you brought him up. we talked a little bit earlier in the show about his long resumÉ in washington, the fact that he's worked in all three branches of government. but what does this tell you about how the biden team is going to shape itself? i mean, what did you learn from the fact that joe biden was willing to pick ron klain? i know there was a little bit of back-and-forth behind the scenes, but what message does this send to you about how they're going to govern? >> reporter: well, i thought what was so interesting last night in terms of the

it's not like our adversaries take a day off. >> let me ask you about james lankford, the republican senator from oklahoma. kaitlan just mentioned him. let me quote what he said. he says, if they are not occurred by friday, i will step in and say, this needs to occur so that regardless of the outcome of the election, whichever way it goes, people can be ready for that actual task. and he earlier in the task said eight peers joe biden has won. he's saying he's going to intervene. he's going to get involved if biden isn't receiving this by the end of the week. is that a big step as you see it? >> well, i think it's a recognition that joe biden is the president-elect. we've got other republicans, very few say that. the problem is we shouldn't have to wait until friday. those briefings should be happening right now because any seam, any gap in intelligence for the next administration could be problematic. and it's -- it makes -- it not only makes no sense. it's contrary to our national security interests. so, look, republicans in the senate have to make a choice here. they've got to choo

he said he made that point to her, and james lankford said he was just being polite when he said that the election still is not settled. >> after briefing with his own security advisers today, president-elect biden tried to move forward without having any formal information. they said that means they can't meet with any of their counterparts. pete, you spent the day trying to get answers from this emily murp murphy. did you get any? >> reporter: not yet, anderson. it's so interesting here, though, we tried a different approach to get in touch with her. we came down here to the gsa headquarters, i dialed up the spokesperson and asked if she would come down to the sidewalk and speak with us on camera, explain a little bit of rationale as to why she hasn't aser tak ascertained it and signed off on it. this is just an effort to try to get to the bottom of this delay which president-elect biden says is costing lives every day. >> is there any indication when she might -- is there anybody who can have power over her to get her to sign off on this? because there is a report that she personal

that powerful stuff there will you come back soon, senator lankford?u on. >> look forward to that. elizabeth: sure. up next "the federalist" senior editor christopher bedford. he will take on democrat politicians and officials who have a new message for americans this holiday. lockdowns for thee, hawaii for me. rest of us stay home locked down while they get their tan own, going on junkets to hawaii. latest on democrats say as i say, not as i do, rule of law. >> i'm so sick much tired of democrats telling americans what to do to take away our freedoms and liberties. it is time for all of this to your journey requires liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. wow. that will save me lots of money. this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. let's be honest. quitting smoking is hard. like, quitting every monday hard. quitting feels so big. so try making it smaller, and you'll be surprised at how easily starting small can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette.

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but willing to say that if biden doesn't start getting these intel briefings by, say, friday, he, lankfordis going to step in and presumably he'd have some influence. is thereso a feeling afoot that men and women in washington are going to get their big boy and girl pants on soon? >> well, that could still take a little while here. you know, you've got a normal process written out by a law that says that a president-elect is supposed to receive a certain amount of resources in terms of office space, compartmentalized office space where you can have classified briefings, classified information. you have staff and all these kinds of things, and the trump administration has withheld a that. and that's just neverra happene except during the 2000 recount when they were literally just a few hundred votes apart, not tens of thousands of votes apart as we're talking about now. you saw it in phil's paper today. andyy. card and john podesta, w were white house chiefs of staff for bill c clinton and george w busheo write an op-ed basically saying it's important to get this transition under poway. tha

so, senator james lankford.he is saying, tonight, that he's going to step in if the president-elect biden still doesn't have access to presidential daily briefings by friday. how long can this standoff go on? and are you happy he is saying something? is it soon enough that he is jumping in? >> well, you know, i think it's heavily caveated. he's still not willing to admit that this race is over. and that joe biden won it. so, i think any, you know, sort of concession on, you know, intelligence briefings is not all that meaningful. i mean, the real problem with republicans, and the reason i don't think this wall is going to break, is because they live in mortal fear of the trump voters. by enabling him, over the last four years, they now have 72 million trump voters out there that they need the next time they face the voters. and there's just not enough courage, right now, among the rank-and-file electeds and especially in the leadership. you know, i think -- i think joe biden's taking the exact right approach, th

we also saw that with oklahoma's republican senator james lankford who effectively said biden should be receiving his intelligence briefings and if he didn't soon, he plans to intervene. take a listen to lankford. >> there's nothing wrong with vice president biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself and so that he can be ready. and if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in as well to be able to push and say, this needs to occur. >> reporter: and andrea, just within this hour, chuck grassley also saying he believes biden should get his intelligence briefings, saying "i would think especially on classified briefings, the answer is yes." so a growing number of republicans saying that basically biden needs to have the tools necessary to move forward with his transition, andrea. >> very interesting in terms of a cracking of the united republican front, mostly united republican front under mitch mcconnell. mike memoli, let's take a closer look at ron klain. we know him well, he's been a close adviser to joe biden for years and years and a top democratic staffer for

lankford is the chair of a subcommittee that oversees the gsa, the

republican senator james lankford said he will take action if the president doesn't get the daily brief tomorrow. >> there is nothing wrong with vice-president biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself and so that he can be ready. the president is already getting those. there is nothing wrong with former vice-president getting those. kamala harris is on the intelligence committee. she has all the clearances that she needs to be able to do that. there is no loss from him getting the briefings and to be able to do that. and if that is not occurring by fridayly step in and push to say this needs to occur so that regardless of the yoult come of the election, whichever way that it goes, people can be ready for that actual task. >> that brought no response from the president of the united states. none. not a word. now, just imagine a fortnight ago if any of these republican senators had separated themselves from donald trump on anything, no matter how slight the separation might be, imagine the rage tweeting at them from donald trump. imagine that voice yelling over the helico

. >>> today i'm watching to see if any other senators will join marco rubio or senator lankford, hey, if this administration isn't getting intelligence briefings by friday, we have to do something about it. don't go anywhere. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i had and i have a good relationship with the previous president. i do not -- the duty of all british prime ministers to have a good relationship with the white house, but i'm delighted to find the many areas in which the biden -- incoming biden/harris administration is able to make common cause with us. >> the quote previous president, prime minister boris johnson during question time yesterday discussing his call with president-elect biden. yesterday biden added calls with the leaders of australia, japan and south korea. at this rate, more foreign leaders have congratulated joe biden on his election victory than have sitting republican senators. >> well, how really did we expect donald trump's shock opera to end? are you surprised? are any of you surprised that donald trump's shock opera would not have this sort of sad, pathe

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that is what -- that is what oklahoma senator james lankford said which is notable being a republican. the gsa is saying they're pointing to 2000 and bush v. gore and are saying that they will abide by and fulfill all requirements and the law and adhere to prior precedent established by the clinton administration in 2000. they keep saying this is just like 2000. is it? >> i think the converse of what's happening here is we are at a moment where we're not seeing it be the case that the trump administration's legal maneuvers so far have been successful and we do have a circumstance in which the elections have been called at least by the states. so at this moment the real question is is there harm in waiting? and the answer is yes. we need to ensure that if there is the presidential transition is going to happen, that it happens as quickly as possible and that we're taking the steps to prepare the incoming administration. that's the moment that the administration that gsa could focus on right now and i think is imperative that they do. >> i just read the quote from republican senator jam

so even senator lankford who on the one hand is being modestly responsible, i suppose, by saying thedent-elect should have intelligence briefings, not a very high bar to step over, but then he says, well, whatever the result of the election may be. we know the results of the election. joe biden has won a commanding victory, the largest since fdr's in 1932. >> for that exact reason, why would those republicans need president trump with this georgia runoff race? what is president trump currently? a big loser. >> he's a loser, but he's a hooshoos -- loser who got about 70 million votes. his kids will run the rnc. the republican party has sold their soul to the devil so to speak, and they'll pay for it for a long time. trump isn't going anywhere. he's made that clear. for the next four years, someone who is somewhere between $500 million and a billion dollars in debt who has no deal flow whatsoever in the actual business world has one way to make money. by monetizing a media company, full stop. so look out for trump tv. here it comes. and every day, for the next years, trump is going to

that biden had been able to reach out, republicanse senate , someone like chuck grassley or james lankford or mitch mcconnell. even though i support biden and voted for biden in the election, we are going to need to work with the senate republicans to get things done, and bringing biden into office on this unity ticket, i think it would be awesome if biden made some appeal in the speech. greta: did you not take his words when he said, we choose to not cooperate, so we can choose to cooperate, and he's calling on congress to cooperate? did that sound to you like he's talking to republicans? caller: i mean, i think in the messaging he is talking to republicans, but i think it would be stronger if he said something along the lines of, i think republicans in congress are decent human beings, because on the democratic side, there is so much vilification of the senate republicans. when it comes down to it, most of them are good people, and yeah, money corrupts politics, but i think that message could have been conveyed more strongly. greta: ok. how old are you? caller: i am 21 years old. greta:

langford saying if joe biden did not start receiving the pbd by the end of the week, he, senator lankford would step in. a republican of okay o.k. was saying the presidential transition should begin. he rushed to a microphone to make clear he meant no such thing. joe biden might as well receive intelligence briefings and that is all he meant. sure, give joe biden some briefings. no sense being unprepared. i guess there's some slight chance joe biden could be the next president, but right now it's just unknowable. how could republican senators be expected to have answers to such bottomless mysteries, like who won more votes in the election? okay, all kidding aside there's a reason republican senators are starting to budge is actually the issue of intelligence briefings, because they know in their heart of hearts, as most of them do, that joe biden is going to be the next president, regardless of what they're willing to say within earshot of president trump, then making sure the next president is up to speed on national intelligence and really important. today, over 150 former national secu

what do you sa i to lankford?e should do the right thing and call for biden to get these transition papers. these republicans are in a very difficult box because they perceive trump controls the party and nobody wants to cross him. everybody wants somebody else to do it first and mitch mcconnell is trying to hold the entire puppet, all these puppet strings together so that trump doesn't get angry and spook the base in georgia and cause us to lose those two senate seats on the way out the door. this goes back to what i said three minutes ago. james madison forgot to include something in the constitution. trump has figured out how to weaponize the machinery of government post election loss and this is something that happens in a banana republic not george washington's republic and we should all be very concerned about that. the trump administration is a melting ice cube and trump needs to realize that and we as a country and us as a republican party need to get prepared to move beyond this >> i appreciate your time.

and republican senator from oklahoma, james lankford, says that if this had not happened by the end of last week he would step in. we're starting a new week, and it has not happened. if not lankford, do you see any group of republicans, senators, who have enough influence over the president to make that happen? >> well, if the last four years are predictive, i wouldn't be optimistic because sometimes we hear rumblings, but rarely do the republicans step forward. this is an important moment. they can end this. the republicans can end this. they have more control than president trump. a handful of them could threaten to vote with the democrats next year. and i think a lot of republicans would quickly follow through. so words are fine, but let's see if republicans actually break with the president for the first time in four years and put pressure on the administration. and really force this to come to an end. they can do it, and let's see if they break with their own precede precedent. >> no signs that it's happening yet. juli julian, thank you. >> thank you. >>> president-elect biden wil

that biden had been able to reach out, republicanse senate , someone like chuck grassley or james lankford or mitch mcconnell. even though i support biden and voted for biden in the election, we are going to need to work with the senate republicans to get things done, and bringing biden into office on this unity ticket, i think it would be awesome if biden made some appeal in the speech. greta: did you not take his words when he said, we choose to not cooperate, so we can choose to cooperate, and he's calling on congress to cooperate? did that sound to you like he's talking to republicans? caller: i mean, i think in the messaging he is talking to republicans, but i think it would be stronger if he said something along the lines of, i think republicans in congress are decent human beings, because on the democratic side, there is so much vilification of the senate republicans. when it comes down to it, most of them are good people, and yeah, money corrupts politics, but i think that message could have been conveyed more strongly. greta: ok. how old are you? caller: i am 21 years old. greta:

in fact, one republican you saw in there james lankford of oklahoma says if it does not happen by today, he'll step in and intervene. >> we'll see how far this goes thank you. >>> an urgent search continues this morning after eta flooded a campground an adult and a 1-year-old are still missing. the water level reached roof toop rooftops >>> children were trapped on top of a school. thankfully firefighters were able to bring everyone to safety firsthand florida one person was killed the tropical storm hit the sunshine state twice in four days let's bring in meteorologist bill karins with more on eta bill, good morning. >> good morning. we just heard from the hurricane center it's no longer a tropical stofrmtite's remnant low all the rain in north carolina is over flank and we can watch the riveres coming down. for today, the southeast dries out. we need it get the river levels down. the northeast, slow improvement during the day as we go through the weekend, we'll track a new storm into the middle of the country imt's going bring gusting rain and winds. that's saturday, heading for st. l

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senator james lankford of oklahoma was the first to make that demand. >> if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in as well to be able to push and to say this needs to occur so that regardless of the outcome of the election, whichever way that it goes, people can be ready for that actual task. >> reporter: and today, a number of others agreed. >> i do think they're going to have to work that out in very short order. >> reporter: all told, at least ten republican senators, including trump loyalist lindsey graham, said it's time for biden to get those intel briefings. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany was asked today if the president has considered offering biden the briefings. her answer left many confused. >> has the president considered that? >> i haven't spoken to the president about that, that would be a question more for the white house. >> reporter: a question for the white house? she's the white house press secretary. this is not just about national security. with most of the country seeing record numbers of covid-19 infections and hospitalizations, the biden transi

i agree with senator lankford.er what side of the aisle either of these contenders sit on. those are the same types of privileges we would provide to anyone who might end up in the white house on january 20th. so joe biden deserves to be admitted into these opportunities to view classified material, to be briefed by the intelligence community. if he does become commander-in-chief, he deserves to know what is going on around the world. there is no time, no time to waste with the tumultuous nature what is going on around the world. we need our next commander-in-chief, whether it continues with president trump or if it is vice president biden, they both deserve to be briefed by the intelligence community. i do agree with senator lankford when it comes to that notion. neil: finally you know, we have this process to go through to count these votes, i get that, congressman. but is it your thinking it will still be joe biden, he will be the one sworn in on january 20th, that the president should be gracious in accepting t

gop senator james lankford telling krmg radio he'll, quote, step in if that doesn't happen by friday.ill president-elect joe biden is moving forward with transition activities filling a key role tapping ron klain to be chief of staff. klain led the obama's response to the ebola virus. >> once they left and continued with the pandemic preparation office was a playbook and on page 9 of the pandemic playbook it said, hey, here's something to worry about, a coronavirus. >> reporter: former george w. bush chief of staff karl rove penned an op-ed in "the wall street journal" saying these election results won't be overfurnished and telling president trump that closing out this election will be a hard but necessary step towards restoring some unity and political equilibrium. >> alex presha in washington, thank you. >>> in georgia today a judge is being asked to decide whether to grant bond for the father and son for killing ahmaud arbery. gregory and travis mcmichael have been in jail since may, more than two months after they chased and gunned down arbery. the 25-year-old black man had been

and he will be president until january 20th but oklahoma republican senator james lankford doesn't want to wait in a radio interview langford said he would intervene if president elect joe biden is in crete access to the presidential daily intelligence briefings by the end of the week transitions don't just start on election day they start money many months before that chris lu director of the 2008 obama transition team says making sure the new administration is properly briefed with security clearance takes time you want to make sure that the incoming leadership. >>is fully ready in 2 of the stress that are going on around the world, but house republican leader kevin mccarthy says there are still safeguards in place trust the intel community. he's not president right now. i don't know if you'll be president january 20th. but whoever is get the information in washington, i'm anna warren, a key. >>trump adviser corey lewandowski is the latest member of the trump team to test positive for covid he recently appeared alongside the president's lawyer rudy giuliani at an event last saturday o

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republican senator james lankford of oklahoma joins us with more on all of this. had your colleague senator pat toomey on earlier this morning who said there was no evidence of fraud in pennsylvania. he called the president's accusations disturbing. so the question to you, have you seen evidence of fraud, and when you bring up ballot dumps as you did yesterday evening on facebook, what evidence do you have for that? >> good morning to you. thanks for all the coverage that you all have done. i don't have evidence of specific fraud. obviously, i live in a state in oklahoma a long way from pennsylvania and from georgia and nevada and arizona and others. the challenge that i have is, states like mine and many other states around the country were finished with vote counting days ago now. and it destabilizes our election for so many of these states to have election law that allows the count to continue to go on. we understand these are legal ballots coming in or mail-in ballots but they set their deadline and their return time so late that it creates this destabilizing

lankford of oklahoma, deeply devout evangelical, has made very clear, this president-elect needs an intelligent briefing -- intelligence briefing. as mr. trump starting to lose his absolute core, conservative base? leslie: i think this is the question, this is the judgment that people like mitch mcconnell and others in the senate must be -- must need to make very soon. at what point are they holding back america's progress in the transition, beyond a moment where supporters are going to find this advantageous? as the numbers unfold, as the rest of the world begins to acknowledge and accept the president-elect, vice president biden, as the american public moves forward, i think at some point, this is going to cost the republicans quite a lot. it's that calculation. what do you do to keep the base mobilized, keep energy in the party leading up to the january 5 elections in georgia? control of the senate is at stake. that is incredibly important for the domestic agenda. francine: thank you so much. leslie vinjamuri therefrom chatham house. up next, we speak with jane foley of rabobank, head of fx

hill still supporting the president's efforts but some republicans support breaking, senator jim lankford yesterday calling on president-elect biden to resume getting the presidential daily briefing, the intel report, getting it before he stopped and he wants him to get it again. >> is joe biden moves forward with his transition fox news contributor mike huckabee says if he wants unity he should listen to the voter fraud allegations. >> i would suggest what joe biden should do if you wants to bring unity and bring 71 million trump voters together, let him be the one to call for a full transparency investigation, complete clearing of all the ballots to make sure they are legit and if that turns out to show he did in fact get more votes and won the electoral college we all go quietly into the night licking our wounds. what you can have is an election that has lots of dark clouds hanging over it because this election is too important. jillian: joining us next, georgia congressman leading the hand recount as it gets in full swing today. we will ask him about the money pouring into the peach s

us. >> great to be with you, becky. >> so this is an interesting time we just heard from senator lankfordt concerns he has during this transition time about security if we don't have the administration cooperating with the incoming biden administration and i just wonder because of everything that's happening right now, because of your experience as a treasury secretary, what you think the risks are just in terms of the financial handoff as well. >> you know, becky, i think the way the outgoing administration is handling the transition is totally irresponsible. it's absolutely clear what the outcome of the election is and they're just delaying the orderly transition that we know is going to happen what does that mean? it means that on the disease front we now have the good news of a vaccine breakthrough. and that sounds like it's the end of the story if the vaccine works, but it's really only the beginning. the actual operational issues of executing a plan to immunize hundreds of millions of people is an enormous undertaking, especially when the vaccines require special handling one of the

and he will be president until january 20th but oklahoma republican senator james lankford doesn't want to wait in a radio interview langford said he would intervene if president elect joe biden is in crete access to the presidential daily intelligence briefings by the end of the week transitions don't just start on election day they start money many months before that chris lu director of the 2008 obama transition team says making sure the new administration is properly briefed with security clearance takes time you want to make sure that the incoming leadership is fully ready in 2 of the stress that are going on around the world, but house republican leader kevin mccarthy says there are still safeguards in place trust the intel community. >>he's not president right now. i don't know if you'll be president january 20th. >>but whoever is get the information in washington, i'm anna warren, a key. >>morning news, the sharks are telling city leaders and fans they could be forced to leave the s a t center. tell you what could force them out of town and why the mayor isn't worried. and bay a

senator james lankford said he would intervene by the end of this week. we are starting to see some republicans break. >> sarah westwood, appreciate it so much. thank you. cnn's jason carroll with us now. we know, jason, president-elect biden is meeting with his transition team this weekend. what do we know about what is hindering him at this moment because he does not have access to that information from the president in a normal transition area as it would be? >> reporter: well, you're right. first of all, president-elect is moving forward with his transition team. they are meeting this weekend. they are going to be talking about the cabinet picks. they do have a number of people in mind for all of the cabinet positions, including treasury, defense, and secretary and treasury. they're taking a very deliberate approach to choosing these cabinet members. the president-elect knows that whoever he chooses is going to come under intense scrutiny from republican senators and in terms of transition, yesterday on friday team biden was asked about transition eff

. >> john, senator lankford says he's going to step in in biden isn't briefed on the intel, carl rode make it clear there's no evidence th evidence. is the dam breaking here? >> you know, it is beginning to crack a little bit. these are signals from republicans. they're still pretty weak signals. the vast majority of the party remains allowing itself to be held hostage by president trump and his base. they lack the guts to come forward and tell the truth. you do see some people like the further they are from elected office, former house members, you see some governors, larry hogan in maryland, charlie baker in massachusetts, who are more moderate and not in debt to the maga-verse like others are. over time that's going to -- the resistance is going to wear down. the business community is moving on, foreign leaders are moving on, benjamin netanyahu, others are dealing with joe biden as the president-elect. most republican members, while they're playing along with the charade, they can't play crazy as long as trump does because sher not as crazy as him. this will fold when these legal c

so, john, senator lankford said he's going to step in if biden isn't briefed on intel.rove making it clear in "the wall street journal" there's no evidence of fraud that would overturn the election. geraldo rivera said time is coming soon to say good-bye. is the dam breaking here? >> you know, it is beginning to crack a little bit. these are signals from republicans. they're still pretty weak signals. the vast majority of the party remains allowing itself to be held hostage by president trump and his base. they lack the guts to come forward and tell the truth. you do see some people like the further they are from elected office, former house members, you see some governors, larry hogan of maryland, charlie baker of massachusetts, who are more moderate and not in debt to the maga-verse like others are. over time, the resistance is going to wear down, especially on leadership. the business community is moving on. foreign leaders are moving on. benjamin netanyahu, boris johnson, all these people are beginning to deal with joe biden as the president-elect. and most of these

. >> trace: by the way you can add senator graham's voice to that of oklahoma senator james lankfordd that joe biden should be getting classified intelligence briefings. senator graham saying that he should be getting those as well. now, for all of president trump's efforts, dana, to try to overturn the current vote count, there are also indications that he is preparing for a possible exit. he is preparing executive orders on things like tightening up restrictions on h 1 b immigrant visas. also coronavirus funding for school choice. there is the possibility as well of a new coronavirus stimulus. and the president is also strategically placing loyalist national weather service positions in certain agencies that would be difficult to remove them from in hopes of continuing his agenda. he is also getting a briefing from his campaign team today and he will be getting a briefing on the georgia senate race. and it's 14:03. 2:03 in the afternoon, that's all i got for you from now but we'll be back. >> dana: you always have a lot for us and we appreciate it so much. thanks, john. >> sometime

yesterday republican senator james lankford of oklahoma said that it was time for president-elect biden to get the intelligence briefings which are traditionally provided during a presidential transition and lakefront het said that he would step in if that process had not started by today. >>biden's transition team did not confirm whether the intelligence briefings had taken place but did say lankoord was not the only republican who had raised concerns about this very issue. hawaiian airlines is now allowing travelers to redeem their frequent flyer miles for covid-19 test kits. >>and the airline says the kids can be exchanged for 14,000 frequent flyer miles and will be available for a limited time the state of hawaii, requires travelers to provide a negative covid test result within 72 hours of their departure. the state introduced the option of taking a test instead of entering quarantine for domestic travelers from the mainland us last month. and jetblue will be joining southwest airlines in opening more seats on its flights. jetblue says it will start selling all seats on january 8th

white house needs to do more to begin the transition with the biden team, for example, senator james lankford said he would potentially intervene to ensure biden is receiving and has access to presidential daily briefing that trump is supposed to get every day by the end of this week. so we may see republicans start to break but largely remain silence as trump is treading water and refusing to concede at this moment, victor and christi. >> sarah westwood, thank you. >>> cnn's jason carroll is with us. we know president-elect biden, jason, is meeting with his transition team, that they are working despite this lack of cooperation from the trurk administration. what are they talking about being the biggest hurdles right now? >> reporter: right. they have no choice. they are continuing to move ahead with their transition efforts. president-elect pied den is going to be meeting with his transition team over the weekend. part of the discussions are going to be about his cabinet picks. we already know that they basically have people in mind for all of the cabinet positions, including key positions