overwhelming for grant. >> i've been getting a lot of hate mail. >> reporter: the father tracked down mike grant and called him. >> as bad as what i feel like mr. grant did i feel like he's sincere in what he's saying and just like my son i hope we can move forward with this and get a resolution. >> reporter: and that includes an in-person meeting between grant and the mcmann family. >> i never thought a 17-year-old boy would basically wake a 65-year-old man up. >> reporter: bay area news. >> finding middle ground. >>> it is harsh reality with covid cases surging across the state, 18 counties could be moved back to a more restrictive tier as soon as next week including santa clara, napa county. some restaurants are preparing for the likelihood that indoor dining will be shut down. an owner hopefully continues to attract outdoor diners with heaters. in marin county, the cases doubled in the last week. restaurants are allowed to operate at 50% capacity inside but the county wants to scale it back to 25%. it is a voluntary roll back. >>> a san francisco restaurant owner told us today he predicts a

but the dublin high senior felt threatened after mike grant, the owner of a local gun business, posted on facebook with a picture of danell and a call to action for counterprotesters to please bring your vests and helmets in case these blm people start trouble. >> you know, i was very shaken because this was my first time ever gettinging? like this. >> reporter: the threatening post prompted danell's father to call grant directly. it seems that conversation and angry social media reaction to his post made an impression on grant. >> i never thought a 17-year-old boy could teach a 65-year-old man something. but he did. for the last 4 1/2 days i've lived it. just with phone calls and texts and hate mail and stuff. now i think i understand why this young man is doing this to try to educate people. >> you know, he's gotten an opportunity to kind of walk in a black man's shoes. and he now understands kind of the threat that he placed on my son's back with just his words. >> reporter: mike grant told me now he would actually like to sit down and have a one-on-one conversation with danell. >>

city council supported it, but mike grant didn't. his post called on people to gather there. he suggested one group bring in his words, vests and helmets in case these blm people start trouble. >> that post had 29 shares. so that's 30 people that could potentially see me as a threat to society and put me in danger. >> reporter: the man who posted it said earlier this week he got it all wrong. he says he has since gotten hate mail and just wanted his supporters to let people be. >> i never thought a 17-year-old boy would basically wake a 65-year-old man up. >> reporter: denel's dad has been in communication with the man and read a letter from him today. >> my actions on social media were not intended to cause any harm, but now i see that it did, and i am very sorry for this. >> reporter: and it appears they may meet. >> i have texts with mike grant back and forth a couple of times to make sure he commits to what he has told us he's going to do, which is meet with our son. >> reporter: and today, some who didn't even know the high school senior came out today to support him. >>

it's great to see there's so many supporters of this movement. >> this is grant, mike grant who postedt. he has since apologized after receiving backlash. mcmahon says he is willing to meet and teach grant more about the black lives matter movement. >>> the san francisco board of supervisor also meet tomorrow on a contract with the police officers association. demonstrators are urging them to reject it. this group marched from the police officers association to city hall yesterday afternoon. organizers called a recent contract with the association racist. the examiner reports while the contract will reduce the department's budget it does not reduce the size of the force. thieves are targeting high-end stores in san francisco. there's been three grab and run robberies in union square in the last four weeks. the store hit in the most recent one lost $54,000 in merchandise. abc7 news contributor phil matier reports it was at the f yves st. laurent store last monday. they stole 20 pricey purses and escaped in a car waiting outside. police say the thefts are happening all over the bay area.

i was very, i was livid. >> mike grant tells ktvu he never intended to cause harm to the teenager orand opposes signs promoting any cause on government property. since his post, he called on people who sent his ideas not to attend sunday's event, to prevent any violence. >>> a family in napa county has been spending their free time creating quite the show stopper there in their backyard. it's a roller coaster inspired by the matterhorn. a 50-second ride that took five or sick months to build. i had an ability to speak with one of the creators about the special family project. >> when you take a step back and look at this, i mean, just give me your reaction to what you have accomplished? >> i describe it like climbing a mountain because there were so many aspects of the journey. so many horizons we reached. and when i stand back and look at it, it's pretty amazing. i mean the scope of the projects pretty cool. like i am amazed we built a mountain and more impressive to me is all of the talent. this is really a collaboration. it's rise for me to sit here and say oh, yeah, i built this

approved sign gashden for justice hosted outside the dublin civic center, received threats from mike grant, a local gun business owner on facebook last week. the owner posted a picture of the 17-year-old organizer denell mcmahon and called for counter protesters. the turnout ended up being larger than expected. >> it's a shocking for me to drive up right now. i knew there was going to be a lot of people there. i couldn't imagine it. it was great to see that there are so many supporters on the movement. >> grant has since apologized after receiving backlash for his post. mcmahon says is he willing to meet and teach him more about the blm movement. >>> in san francisco, dozens marched to call on the board of supervisors to defund police and reject a contract with the officer's association. >> hey, hey, ho, ho, these racist cops have got to go. >> that group marched from the police officer's association to city call this afternoon with organizers calling a recent contract with the association racist. "examine the examiner" says it does not reduce the size of the force, but reducing the size o

general to so that you can use 5 year-old beyond what he did that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. >>as a white male endeavors seen any racial ce served and discriminated against. >>but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just that's what people come true for you know it's colder for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has menu kron 4 news. >>and their congressman eric swalwell is among the many now weighing in on this story. he just said tonight quote, it's disgusting that so-called adults would organize to come ready for a fight with a local teenager exercising his first amendment right with the city of dublin for mission to non violently express the truth, the black lives matter. these aren't patriots, they're bullies bent on intimidation and divisi

general to so that you can use 5 year-old beyond what he did that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. >>as a white male endeavors seen any racial ce served and discriminated against. >>but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just that's what people come true for don't go or for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has menu kron 4 news among the many weighing in on this story. he says quote it's disgusting that so-called adult. >>would organize stuck, i'm ready for a fight with a local teenager exercising. his first amendment rights with the city of dublin's permission to nonviolent lee express the truth of black lives matter. he goes on to say that these aren't patriots. they're bullies spent on intimidation and division and they should be ashamed of thems

it received threats from mike grant, a local gun business owner on facebook last week. the owner posted a picture of the 17-year-old organizer and called for counter protesters. mcman says despite the threats, the turnout ended up being much larger than expected. >> it actually very shocking for me to drive up here now. i knew there would be a lot of people. i couldn't imagine it. great to see there are so many supporters of this movement. >> it is encouraging. grant since apologized after receiving backlash for his post. mcman is willing to meet and teach him more about the blm movement. >>> in san francisco dozens marched to call on the board of super vier sores visors to the group marched from the police officer's association to city hall this afternoon. organizers call a recent contract with the association racist. the examiner reports that while the contract will reduce department budgets, it does not reduce the size of the force. the board will vote on tuesday whether or not to approve that contract. >>> business owners in downtown walnut creek are cleaning up gra

gun dealer mike grant has since apologized, organizers say they were happy to see such a large turnoutove that 70 people are here to support and here to show that that negativity doesn't change the fact that we are all one human race who supports and cares about each other, and really wants to support the movement. >> tri-valley for black lives has already taken their sign garden to livermore, the group says their goal is to ensure that black lives matter isn't just a moment, but is a movement. >>> for the first time, president trump has acknowledged that he lost the election to president-elect joe biden. the president tweeted multiple times today, alleging voter fraud and other irregularities in the election, which have yet to be proven. on of those tweets read, in part, quote, he-biden-won. another tweet read, i conceded nothing, president-elect biden was seen leaving church this morning in wilmington, delaware, he did not speak with reporters as he walked to the cemetery on church grounds to a waiting vehicle. no word from biting's spokespeople on the peasant's comments today. >>> p

general to to that you can use 5 year-old what you do that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one posts or out of whole thing is. >>as a white male and rivers seen racial ce sirte and discriminated >>but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff is just what people don't her for you know it's color for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has kron 4 news. >>well a major announcement from the city of oakland, the city council says it will pay nearly $400,000 to settle the final lawsuit back from 2016 the ghost ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people. well you may remember the fire broke out at a warehouse that had been illegally converted into a residential space event venue will master tenant derick almena initially stood trial and 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. but a judge declared a mistri

general to to that you can use 5 year-old beyond what you do that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. >>as a white male and rivers seen any racial ce sirte and discriminated against. but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just that's what people down to 4. you know it's color for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has menu kron 4 news. >>he's my congressman eric swalwell who represents that area is calling the threat against a teenager quote disgusting swallow says the poster and those who supported it are not patriots. quote. they are bullies spent on intimidation and division and they should be ashamed of themselves. swalwell went on to say they do not represent the generous and inclusive people of dublin. >>the oakland city council has agreed to pay

year-old donna mccann said he was shaken up after seeing a social media post by online gun dealer mike granta photo of the teen. the post called for a group such as the interbrand others to protest this weekend near where the sign would grow up. to do the teen says his father spoke to grant and grant has now apologized. >>> a caltrans snowplow driver made a discovery yosemite national park. he found two bodies off highway 395 monday morning. the sheriff's department says a man and woman had been killed near the town of bridgeport in what appears to be a specific and targeted attack. authorities so the two victims were not from the area. >>> a remark park man is under arrest, charged with more than three dozen counts of child molestation and sexual assault. lycc they could be more victims. 60-year-old dana stephen mcgowan was arrested on monday and booked on more than 40 felony counts, including lewd acts with a child under 10 years old, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and giving obscene materials to a minor. investigators of trying to find any additional victims. mcgow

it received threats from mike grant, a local gun business owner on facebook last week. that owner posted a picture of the 17-year-old organizer and called for counterprotesters. mcmahon says despite the threats, the turnout ended up being much larger than expected. >> it's actually very shocking for me to drive up here right now. i knew there was going to be a lot of people there. i just couldn't imagine it. it's very great to see there's so many supporters of this movement. >> grant has since apologized after receiving backlash for his post. mcmahon says he is willing to meet and teach him more about the blm movement. >>> in san francisco, dozens marched to call on the board of supervisors to defund police and reject a contract with the officers association. the group marched from the police officers association to city hall this afternoon. organizers call a recent contract with the association racist. the examiner reports that while the contract will reduce the department's budget, it does not reduce the size of the force. the board will vote on tuesday whether or not

. >> reporter: last saturday night he saw picture of himself posted on social media by mike grant, annd wrote in part, please bring your vests and helmets in case these blm people start trouble. remember, this group is known as a left-wing antigovernment group. take dublin back. >> i was pretty shaken up. you know, my legs were shaking and i was nervous just because i saw how many people he called out to come to the event. >> it was very upsetting. in essence you kind of put a target on him. i was very, i was livid. >> reporter: the dublin high school senior is president of the black student union and a member of the tri-valley black lives matter, which organized the event. police tommy krantz post does not rise to the level of a crime, but did say they are investigating the situation. >> this should be taken seriously and something should be done. we are trying to seek a restraining order against him as well. >> do you think the criminals are going to turn their guns in? >> reporter: this is a video of grant in january at a town hall meeting held by congressman eric swell well. grant

. >> reporter: mike grant told me now he would actually like to sit down and have a one on one conversation. >> i'm more than willing to have a conservation with him about this and how to move forward and how he can move forward to support the community. >> reporter: for grant's inneitl call to action. >> do not, i repeat do not go and protest or go to that event to give hate or to cause a problem. >> reporter: nonetheless, dublin police say they will be close by to make sure denell's event and any counter protest remain peaceful. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> fighting for racial and social justice is part of building a better bay area. go to abc 7 news dot/take action. >>> president elect joe biden named his white house chief of f staff. it is ron clain. he was the white house ebola response coordinator in 2014 and taking considerable interest in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. now in a statement, biden writes quote his deep varied experience and capacity to work with people across the political spectrum is precisely what i need in a white house chief of staff as we confront thi

online mike grant called on nra members and other groups to show up with helmets and invest in case,e blm people start trouble, unquote. he posted a picture of the boy, as well. well denel tracked down grant and received an apology from him and now the mcmahan family plan to meet with them. >> 29 shares and that made me nervous because 30 people were feeling like this and that is 30 people that are potentially threatening me. >> i thought it was going to be a black lives matter that was not friendly style and we've seen it across the country. >> the two sides are expected to meet in person soon. grant now says to just let the protesters be. >>> two months of debate should reach a conclusion tonight in fremont. that's when school board members will vote on whether the district should continue its campus police patrols. a 25-member task force earlier this week recommended removing school resource officers and using that money instead for what supporters call more proactive safety measures. >>> take a look at this mammoth mountain ski resort getting a head start on tahoe destinations th

general to to that you can use 5 year-old beyond what you do that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing >>as a white male endeavors seen any racial ce served and discriminated against. >>but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just that's what people down to 4 dewalt scholar for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has menu kron 4 news. >>continuing our coverage, the east bay congressman eric swalwell is calling that threat against the teenager quote disgusting congressman swalwell says the poster and those who supported it are not patriots. quote they are bullies bent on intimidation and division and they should be ashamed of themselves the congressman went on to say they do not represent the generous and inclusive people of double and in national news tonight

general to to that you can use 5 year-old beyond what you do that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. >>as a white male and rivers seen any racial ce sirte and discriminated against. >>but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just that's what people don't her for you know it's color for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even haaziq madyun kron 4 news. >>today oakland city council reached a settlement for the 2016 ghost ship fire that killed 36 people. the city of oakland has agreed to pay $399,000 to the victims and their families. the city does not admit however any wrongdoing in the settlement. the warehouse had been illegally converted into a residential space and event venue when it caught fire on december second 2016 during an electronic music party. the

mike grant wrote a facebook post calling for protesters to show up. they included a picture, something they felt the teenager and father felt it was threatening. it means a lot. many supporters are strangers. >> i couldn't imagine it. and so we are, you know, it's very glad to see. it's very great to see that there are so many supporters of the movement. >> it felt like it was important to come out and defend the youth and defend activists and defend the community. >> well, grant has since apologized for his actions and has expressed interest in meeting with the mcmahon family to talk about what happened. >> a lift-off lifting spirits across the country. spacex's resilience launches four astronauts into space light. they are in orbit headed to the international space station. nbc bay area's marianne favro is at nasa's research senener mountain view which played a role in this historic launch. >> reporter: not only did nasa aim the research center here in mountain view play a role in testing for the flight, but it helped develop the heat shields that w

general to to that you can use 5 year-old what you do that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one posts or out of whole thing >>as a white male and rivers seen racial ce and discriminated but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just that's what people down 4. you know it's color for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has kron 4 news. >>well east bay, congressman eric swalwell is calling the threat against the teen disgusting he said that the poster who again has since said he's sorry about it, but he said the poster in those who supported it or not patriots, saying quote they are bullies bent on intimidation and division and they should be ashamed of themselves. now the congressman went on to say that they do not represent the generous and inclusive people of dublin. >>in the south bay, san jo

well the man who made that post is mike grant he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin. he says now upon reflection he deeply regrets posting on facebook. >>as a white male endeavors seen racial ce served and discriminated but this is the last 5 days or 4 days. what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just what people don't her for you know it's color for years, it's a mix of when i some folks actually had 29 shares so that. >>30 people that could potentially looking for me and you know seeing as is radical. matter a great year for me as trying to destroy other which and you know what i was. >>yeah the man says he no longer is calling on people to protest that black lives matter event in dublin city hall. >>coming up on the kron 4 morning news president elect joe biden makes his first administration appointment. what we know about his chief of staff. and california's attorney general has questions about a federal program. that's supposed to help veterans. so why isn't it. and today will be another mild one after such a frigid start we've got some 60's loo

general to to that you can use 5 year-old what he did that is the voice of mike grant.the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains on or out of this whole thing is. >>as a white male endeavors seen racial ce served and discriminated >>but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just what people don't her for you know it's colder for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has kron 4 news. >>east bay congressman eric swalwell is calling the threat against that team disgusting he says the poster and those who supported it or not. patriots saying quote they are bullies bent on intimidation and division and they should be ashamed of themselves. the congressman went on to say that they do not represent the generous and inclusive people of dublin. >>6.30 right now in california's attorney general is demanding answers from the federal government about a

the man who made the post is mike grant he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin, he says in hindsightdeeply regrets that post. >>as a white male and rivers seen racial ce sirte and discriminated but this is the last 5 days or 4 days. what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just what people true for you know it's for years, it's a mix of when i some folks are actually had 29 shares so that. >>30 people that could potentially eu looking for me and you know seeing as it's radical. met are a great year for me as trying to destroy other which and you know what i was. >>yeah the man says that again he is no longer calling on people to protest the black lives matter event, scheduled in dublin at city hall this coming weekend. >>it's 9.38 and still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news, the attorney general has some questions to the feds about why they're not helping veterans when they promised they would. and this morning we are seeing some cool temperatures later on today, we got some 60's for mid 60's and san jose well low 60's and san francisco and oakland. >>keeping the

general to to that you can use 5 year-old beyond what you do that is the voice of mike grant. >>he's the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the facebook post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. >>as a white male and rivers seen any racial ce sirte and discriminated against. but this is the last 5 days or 4 days what i've gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff is just that's what people don't her for you know it's color for years. to she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even has menu kron 4 news east bay congressman eric swalwell is calling that threat against a teenager quote. >>disgusting swallow says the poster and those who supported it are not patriots, quote they are bullies and intimidation and division and they should be ashamed of themselves. swallow went on to say they do not represent the generous and inclusive people of dublin. >>all right now to our 4 zone weather forecasts of course hoping to s

realizing this could be his last chance to grant mike flynn and other people leanenniency. he was patched into a conference call today with rudy giuliani and his other legal advisers who were in pennsylvania with republican state lawmakers as they were meeting pushing these baseless theories about election fraud we have been hearing from the president ever since the night of the election. on that call the president was on speaker phone and was insisting this election was stolen from him and that the results would be overturned and that he was the winner, though, of course, we know he is not. we see the government responding as if he is not because the federal government is working on that transition of power right now. if you will look at this pardon that comes from the president, it does show that he realizes he is on his way out in january. >> top republican leaders and senior white house official chiming in to support the president's decision. you will be talking about all of this coming up. >>> let's talk about this more with andrew and corey. andrew, i want to ask you

the pardon that's been granted to mike flynn, given that the criminal violations that he was convicted of are intertwined with donald trump's behavior and his activities. i think it really does suggest is very strongly that there was corrupt intent there on the part of donald trump. it's going to further blemish both their reputations in the future. >> you know, it's interesting. i have mean, what michael flynn pleaded to was lying to the fbi. but that was as often happens in pleas. prosecutors have things they could charge you with, they agree not to as you plead to something lesser than that as part of bargaining for your cooperation. the thing they could have charged him with is being an unregistered agent of the turkish government while working in a campaign transition while not disclosing that, while publicly and privately advoca advocating top policies. that part of the story is a remarkable breach. it's not even touched by the law here. >> yeah. iept beyond credulity that michael flynn didn't know what he was doing. whatever it was, undermining the transition principles that rea

and unfortunately, the pardon now that has been granted to mike flynn, given that the criminal violations that he was convicted of really are intertwined with donald trump's behavior and his activities, i think it really does suggest very strongly that there was corrupt intent there on the part of donald trump. and i think it's going to further blemish i think both of their reputations in the future. >> you know, it's interesting. what michael flynn pleaded to was lying to the fbi. but that was, as often happens in plea, prosecutors have things they could charge you with. they choose not to. you plead to something relatively minor the face of that as part of the bargaining for your cooperation. the thing that they pretty clearly charged him with and didn't is being an unregistered foreign agent of the government of turkey to the tune of $600,000 while working on a campaign in transition, and not disclosing that while publicly advocating and privately it appears advocating for top foreign policy prerogatives of the erdogan government that part of the story is a really remarkable breach, an

but the president is not taking his support here for granted both he and mike pence made campaign stopsthe villages and the tv ads targeting seniors are constant across florida, the most recent poll shows senior support between trump and biden and while biden's plan to raise monthly social security payments may appeal broadly to the seniors and n. florida, the well to do seniors are more concerned about an increase in federal taxes. jon? >> yeah. contessa, thank you. the president needs that demographic to turn out for sure meanwhile, businesses are bracing for potential unrest following tomorrow night's election results those we get anyway. bertha coombs has more on that >> that's right, john. you notice macy's windows are boarded up now they say they were doing that anyway because of the holiday preparations to prepare the windows. but they admit to cnbc that they are taking extra precautions anticipating that we may see demonstrations surrounding the election macy's and most retailers, actually, refrain from discussing damage totals from last summer during the rioting and looting tha

granted tonight. this case is now over. >> mike: david spent tanks a lot.lso breaking tonight, we are experiencing anything but a normal thanksgiving holiday this year, the death toll from the coronavirus is now more than 260,000 with almost 12.7 million infectionsor. even of the centers for disease control and prevention has urged americans not to travel, millions are disregarding that recommendation. that means the biggest crowds at airports since the pandemic began. charles watson is in atlanta tonight, good evening. >> good evening, overall airlines are expected to see about 50% less traffic at this year compared to last year, fewer people but still alarming for public health officials who are pleading with americans toio stay home as coronavirus infections continue to skyrocket out of. control. more than 4 million people have filed through airportid checkpoints across the nation since friday, for some it's the first time on a plane since the pandemic began. >> i haven't seen my stepmom since my dad passed away, i thought i would get away for seven days

granted tonight. this case is now over. mike? >> mike: fascinating development. david spunt, thanks a lot.lso breaking tonight, we are experience anything about a normal thanksgiving holiday this year. the death toll in the u.s. from the coronavirus is now more than 260,000 with almost 12.7 million infections. even though the centers for disease control and prevention has urged americans not to travel, mr.s are disregarding that recommendation. that means the biggest crowds at airports since the pandemic began. correspondent charles watson is at heartsfield jackson airport in atlanta tonight. good evening, charles. >> good evening, mike. overall airlines are expected to see about 50% less traffic this year compared to last year. fewer people, but still alarming for public health officials who are pleading with americans to stay home as coronavirus infections continue to skyrocket out of control. >> more than 4 million people have filed through tsa airport checkpoints across the nation since friday. for some, it's the first time on a plane since the pandemic began. >> i haven't seen my step

mike flynn has been pardoned, granted a full pardon, after pleading guilty twice to lying to the fbi. of all the sordid tales of trump's presidency, this one might take the cake. mike flynn, the country's national security adviser, had conversations with russian ambassador kislyak. they were conversations that when confronted by two fbi agents inside the west wing of the white house during the first week or ten days of trump's presidency, he lied about. he was later charged and convicted of lying. bill barr's justice department intervened in the sentencing phase, sought to have the case dismissed. judge sullivan held his ground. this whole case was under review before the legal process could wind its way through and justice be served, donald trump, moments ago, announcing that he has granted michael flynn, who was convicted of lying to the fbi, a full pardon. jonathan will mere, we night this might be coming, we know donald trump likes the power to pardon, there's some reporting he's looking at a pardon for lots of other people. i wonder what your sense is about what else donald trump

especially black voters the democrats shouldn't take black voter support for granted like they have been for many years. >> mike expected in georgia tomorrow. senator tom today trying to help republicans with this picture. they are waiting to see support that protects your rights, protect your second amendment rights, protect the lives of the unborn, keep more of your money, or have democrats in charge. >> do high profile surrogates make a difference? >> they do make a difference and there will be high profile democrats making their way to georgia very soon. andrew yang and his family will be relocating. he will see everybody that matters from both parties, probably hundreds of millions of dollars if november 3rd is an indication, how people are willing to spend in order to control the seats. i expect everyone high profile to turn out, to nationalize this. . no surprises. chrismac the vice president is going tomorrow, you expect the president of the united states to go at some point in georgia to publish across the finish line for republicans. >> you never know. donald trump is full of surprises. voters would l

mike: let's start with donald trump and clemency, clemency is granted, you see on your screen, 45 overallardons, 16 commutations, president barack obama over eight years 1927 clemency is granted, 212 pardons, 1715 commutations, george w. bush granting clemency 200 times 189 pardons, 11 commutations, your thoughts? >> i agree with what has been said. you can find a lot of falsehoods with donald trump and other uses of his pardon power, clemency power but this i think is a clear example of someone getting railroaded. it was the right thing to do. regardless what you think of donald trump or michael flynn, they were caught up in something bigger than both of them in this case, the fbi was duped by russian information, disinformation to investigating the presidential campaign, that is the big picture here and this is absolutely the right thing for donald trump to do in the case of michael flynn. >> it is also thanksgiving eve, usually when everyone and their brother is on the roads are on a plane or wherever going to mom's, grandma's etc.. you've also got democratic officials including the ma

our north america correspondent will grant joins us live from washington. like mikeica getting on with two leaders? it is an odd experience for americans to not have the incumbent who has lost acknowledge his defeat and congratulate his rival. it is not constitutionally necessary that he do so, but it is conventional that he would make that telephone call and make that concession. but if there's one thing we can say about donald trump, it is that he is far from conventional, has been throughout the squad might years in office, and is going to remain very unorthodox until the bitter end, it seems. he does keep his constitutional powers until the 20th of january. he is constitutional powers until the 20th ofjanuary. he is commander in chief, that continues. what might we expect in this transition period? quite honestly, ithink expect in this transition period? quite honestly, i think nothing can look further forward than these legal challenges in the states where he hasn't prevailed. we will know dash might we know there will be recounts ordered where the margins of vi

mike pence. this is like when your spotify shuffle goes from amy grant to cardi b. not prepared, you will swerve off the road. in the meantime, let's enjoy the moment and celebrate the history. if you will excuse me, they started line dancing outside my apartment again and i need to join. >> trevor: thank you so much for that dulce. when we come back, president trump has graciously conceded the election to joe biden with dignity and class. no, i'm just shitting you. he went bat shit crazy. we'll tell you what he did after this break. this is nest hub max from google. but to someone who's tired of always ordering delivery hey google, play salt fat acid heat on netflix. it's the google dine-in motivator. nest hub from google. garcia,sims!coming! it's the google dine-in motivator. really dude? not cool. haha! not sorry. get double xp in call of duty: black ops cold war with mountain dew. rated mature. (teen) ♪ mom... it happened again. (vo) add some thrill to your wish list. at the season of audi sales event. ♪ you got me feelin' punchdrunk crazy, so crazy ♪ ♪ it's eve

democrats shouldn't just take black voter support for granted like they have been for many, many years. >> mikeike pence expected tomorrow, senator tom cotton there today, trying to help republicans with this pitch. >> they are waiting to see, are we going to have a republican majority that protects your rights, that protects your second amendment rights, that protects the lives of the unborn, that lets you keep more of your own money, are we going to have the democrats in charge? >> mike: do high-profile surrogates make a difference, jessica? >> i think absolutely do make a different, and there will be high-profile democrats making their way to georgia, andrew andrew yang is going to be relocating. you're going to see everybody that matters from both parties in the state and hundreds of millions of dollars flow in its november 3rd is any indication of how people are willing to spend in order to control these seats, so i expect everyone high-profile to turn out and try to nationalize it, but it is for all the marbles, write, control of the senate matters a tremendous amount in being able to ena

mike pence. this is like when your spotify shuffle goes from amy grant to cardi b. not prepared, you will swerve off the road. in the meantime, let's enjoy the moment and celebrate the history. if you will excuse me, they started line dancing outside my apartment again and i need to join. >> trevor: thank you so much for that dulce. when we come back, president trump has graciously conceded the election to joe biden with dignity and class. no, i'm just shitting you. he went bat shit crazy. we'll tell you what he did after this break. garcia, i'm coming! sims! really dude? not cool. haha! not sorry. get double xp in call of duty: black ops cold war with mountain dew. rated mature. i'm gonna show you guys how to make my famous holiday rolls, cause 'tis is the season! first up, you're gonna wanna knead the dough. yeah yeah, good! give it some life, ya know? then you're gonna wanna talk to the dough like it's your ex-boyfriend. carl! i'm not giving you the sweatshirt back! yeah, and i've stretched it so it won't even fit you anyway! (slaps) oh, i thought you liked the s

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grant in washington. lots more on our website, but let's bring you up—to—date with some of the day's other top stories. the us secretary of state, mike official visits to both a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank and to the golan heights, seized by israel from syria in 1967. the trump administration has taken a staunchly pro—israel position, both on settlements and onjerusalem in defiance of international law. negotiations on the future trading relations between britain and the european union have been suspended after a member of the eu team tested positive for coronavirus. the british team is returning to london and the talks — which are at a critical stage — will continue remotely. ethiopian forces say they are closing in on the capital of tigray region, where they've been fighting a two—week offensive against local rulers. the conflict has now killed hundreds of people and sent 30,000 refugees into neighbouring sudan. the united nations estimates that an additional 4,000 people are crossing the border every day. a draft report about one of the british government's most important members, home secretary priti patel, conclu

probably on the morning of inauguration day he will grant that pardon to himself or he will resign the presidency, possibly early that morning, and with mikeing as president for a few hours, be pardoned by president pence. the flynn pardon is surely the first of many to come in what will be, no doubt, the most corrupt pardon spree in american history. joining us now is neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general and an msnbc legal contributor. neal, your reaction to what we can safely bet is the first of many pardons to come in the next 56 days. >> well, lawrence, i think that the michael flynn pardon is intrinsically evil on its own terms. so, this is a guy who pled guilty, admitted two times to two different federal judges that he committed a federal crime. the last time he said in open court, "i recognize that the actions i acknowledge in court today were wrong, and through my faith in god, i'm working to set things right." and he admitted then that he lied to federal investigators, and not about something minor, about his dealings with the russians. and with trump, it's always some sort of dealing with the russians and the lying

mike, if they're able to get this emergency approval, was the most optimistic timeline for people to be vaccinated? well, that's a very important question. and one that depends on the speed with which the f.d.a. grants the emergency use authorization. what happens once 5 registers the request with the f.d.a.? it then looks at the data that pfizer has collected through its tests of some 40000 people over the past few months. the f.d.a. then calls a meeting with a group of independent scientists who will then decide whether or not to grant the emergency use authorization based on the data that they've been given by pfizer. but the real difficulty here is that this is not a routine vecsey trial. this is a new technology which the scientists are going to have to look at. it's completely uncharted water. it is not a vaccine in which a mutant down version of the virus is injected into the system, allowing the body to create its own immunity. this is a case where, a spike proteins are created within the human's d.n.a., which replicates the coronavirus and trains the body to recognize it should the coronavirus into the body. so this is a totally different technology which has not been dealt with before. and

granted a full pardon by the president, who made that announcement on twitter on wednesday. you may recall, back in 2017, flynn was removed from his post for allegedly lying to vice president mikece about contact he had with russian officials. >> the president had the absolute power to give pardon. it is all about abuse of power. of course, no understanding of absolute abuse of power. >> reporter: meanwhile, as the transition process is underway with the gsa this week, taking initial steps for the process, a key biden ally, congressman, concerned about the lack of african-americans so far named to senior posts in the pending administration. he told fox's swan williams, while he is willing to see the process through, so far, it hasn't been good. >> on wednesday, just a day before the holiday, president- elect biden spent part of the day giving a thanksgiving address. >> i know the country has grown weary in the fight. we need to remember, we are at war with the virus, not with one another, not with each other. >> reporter: with the pandemic still raging out of control, the centers for disease control and prevention is urging people to scale down celebrations. the number of death

grants the state's 16 electoral votes to president-elect joe biden. when asked about the statewide audit georgia secretary of state said the numbers don't lie. meanwhile, vice president mikeblican senators kelly loeffler and david perdue hold an early ad advantage in their two runoff races. joining me now to talk about all of this is political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution greg blue steen. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> good morning. so let's talk about governor kemp first because he has formalized the certification process but it's not over yet because we know president trump is expected to request a recount. in that news conference yesterday governor kemp was echoing president trump's criticisms on the election integrity and also calling for a signature verification audit. i want to read you at least one recent tweet from president trump in that vein where he says the governor of georgia and secretary of state refuse to let us look at signatures which would expose hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots and give the republican party and me, david perdue, perhaps kelly loeffler a big victory. why won't they do it? why are they so fast

grant shapps, thank you. 7:40am is the time. let's talk to mike. missed out on since they last got to a men's finals, a generation ago, in 1998. ten previous managers have tried and failed but after all that pain their wait is over. on a night of nerve—jangling drama, they beat serbia on penalties to reach the european championships. scotland took the lead early in the second half in belgrade through ryan christie and appeared to be heading to next summer's finals. but then fans were left thinking, "here we go again," when in the 90th minute serbia equalised through real madrid's luka jovich. the pressure was on, butjust like in their previous round against israel, scotland won on penalties. david marshall saving the tenth and last one from aleksandar mitrovic. it's been so long. obviously, i'm a certain age, as well, that i can remember old tournaments and obviously we've not been in it for so, so long so, as i say, it'sjust... massive emotional feeling. just delighted to be there. probably not sunk in in terms of what's going to happen now. i thi

consensus estimate grant it, the market obviously is forward pricing and pricing some of that in already. i still remain optimistic and don't think it is too frothy just yet. >> mikethe option telling you. >> rampant buying of calls people want cheap exposure to up side we saw this bag in august especially as well that's been pretty consistent. multiyear lows in terms of the ratio of calls to puts that's one indication that you have this independent of energy out there from smaller investors largely that just want in and they want to play it in an accelerated way. again it is a feature of a bull market it is not a situation that you have to say instantly is the kiss of death. what is fascinating the way that we are explaining what's going on in the market -- not we right here but in general as a reaction to the electoral result and the political setup and the treasury secretary appointment all of a sudden it translates into play for stocks that have a higher nominal growth -- almost exactly literally the same following the trump election where the market instantly said we are going to be positions for nom gnat growth. >> that's interesting. history certainly repea

court whether to grant sertiori, but two significant developments happen one late last night and i heard you guys mention this earlier. there's a separate court case with representative mike deemed likely to succeed on the merit so that will be going up to the supreme court there in pennsylvania, so two cases going on in the state of pennsylvania and many more across the country jedediah: kayleigh i want to ask you about that ruling because as we look forward to the supreme court, we're all curious as to how the supreme court would receive something like this , and you know, if you look at the ruling, this is from a trump-appointed judge obviously we know that wrote the opinion, it's pretty tough. it says charges require specific allegations and then proof, we have neither here, calling an election unfair does not make it so. there's no clear evidence of massive absentee ballot fraud or forgery and tis is something that has come up repeatedly in conversation that what is being alleged on twitter is not being alleged in court and cannot be proven in court via evidence so what do you expect? first of all will that change and secondly, how do you expect the supreme court wil