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there is nothing that members of the secret service can do about this.hey are -- they don't get to choose what they do. they are generally not thanked for the work that they do because we don't know who they are. they work in sort of anonymity protecting the president. but the rest of us could see this coming. we could see that the president and everybody in his super-spreader events were traveling around the country. they can't do anything. they don't get to say no. >> that's absolutely right, ali. this is a group of -- and, remember, you know, we're all familiar with the famous, iconic agents, the sunglasses, the suits, holding the president's belt loop as he leans into a group of people to grasp them. these are u.s. secret service officers. they're a different group. they usually wear uniforms. they support protection of the white house. you see them when you go up to the white house. they're all around the perimeter. but they also are the backbone of protecting the president when he's on travel. they create basically an external security bubble aroun

secret service, the protective staff of the secret service who are pretty muff sidelinsid -- much sidelined at this point. >> that's right, ali. in the last several weeks, the secret service has been discussing the damage done to their security bubble for the white house, for the president, for the vice president's residence because 10% of the people called secret service uniform division officers have either tested positive for covid in recent weeks or had to stay at home for two weeks to quarantine because they're expected to have been exposed for a long period of time to other people that are infected, usually co-workers. it's not rocket science to figure out how they got covid. a lot of them were on the road and anxious about doing so, to help support and create security, ali, around president donald trump's campaign events. to be fair, they were also out on the road to protect vice president biden who was campaigning. it's just that so many more of them were at trump events because there were more trump rallies. as you remember, there were five different cities that trump stopped in in

to delaware an additional secret service detail which is the secret service detail they send in when they believe they have a president-elect. this is not a secret service detail that was ever sent for john kerry or for anyone who ever came in second in one of these races. it only goes when the secret service believes that the next president-elect needs more protection. do you sense a change in wilmington, in the biden campaign, in joe biden when that additional secret service detail came in, which in a way inside the game creates a very different sensation of where we are? >> reporter: absolutely, lawrence. even different since what we encountered on tuesday night on election night when we came here. the ramp up in the security presence i think for all of us who had to come into this perimeter, what i've been calling the most heavily secured and closely scrutinized parking lot in america at this point. it was a bit different tonight, and we're in a part of wilmington that actually is pretty easily secured given the geography, the way this particular part of the city is laid out. but

this creates a night may for the secret service. >> the secret service say if you're going to match fromcks, surrounded by tall buildings, the very kind of building that president kennedy was shot from in dallas. and people are going to walk in solidarity with you. the secret service said under no circumstances should president johnson take that risk. >> ozs walled has been shot. >> that day kennedy's assassin was shot in dallas. >> jackie stage managed her husband's funeral perfectly. every detail, riderless horse, two heartbreaking children standing next to her with john john saluting as his father's coffin rolled by. >> and jackie holds firm to her final wish. >> jackie walked with bobby and teddy, followed by all these other world leaders, charles de gaulle and prince philip, halle selassie. >> believed to be first time a president's widow has walked in his funeral procession. all followed behind the president's casket. >> jackie doesn't know whether president johnson has joined the procession. reaching the cathedral, she turns to see he's defied the secret service. she smiles, the o

so, jonathan, we have learned several members of the secret service are either infected with covid-19. i'm glad we are talking about this. just talking about what's happening in statuary hall. is this a necessary risk, what service, secret service members signed up for? >> don, i think you and i have talked about this time and time, again. you know, actions have consequences and we are clearly seeing this with 130 secret service uniform division officers either infected with this virus, or now quarantining because of it. it -- it -- it is a significant impact to the -- the potential operation around the white house. you know, but beyond these officers and agents that are affected, there is a ripple effect. there is a second and third order of consequences, that they have not only put themselves have been placed at risk but their families and loved ones. and all of this, really, unnecessarily. >> we know the president doesn't think of the impact of the people who have to be around him -- on the people who have to be around him. but the joyride to get out of wall walter reed with the se

now, secret services are now saying the risk, the threat of such a huge coordinated attack as happened in november 25th in here in paris is less high. but the, there is still a great threat. that alone was, you know, people just one person put attack someone with a knife attack and see it with a knife and secret service are really concentrating on that right now. while terrorism isn't the only threat, france is also struggling with the covert. 19 pandemic, as we've been widely reporting. how is the government handling both of these threats at the same time? well, it's very difficult to be honest in his own quest text. the prime minister today, taking part in the ceremony, was yesterday last night on television, telling the french, the lockdown would indeed stay in place for another 2 weeks after it was put in place to be to go. he's that people need to stand together and follow the rules to bring down the figures of the pandemic. now that the spread of the pandemic is slowing down, but numbers of the numbers of people in the hospitals are still are still going. what really don't just t

. >>> the coronavirus outbreak that is impacting the white house is now plaguing the secret service.ozens of agents who protect the president have either tested positive for covid or in isolation after having close contact with those who did. in those final weeks of the campaign, president trump aggressively campaigned several states, including coronavirus calderons like wisconsin. >> hello, wisconsin. big, big day. >> now cnn has learned several dozen secret service officers have either tested positive for coronavirus or are self-isolating after having contact with someone who tested positive. that's according to a source familiar with the party. >> what i think it signifies is the fact that the white house basically became a hot zone, that the protective actions they had put in place there, the measures with testing and whatever limited use of masks was not enough to protect some of the people that are charged with protecting the president. >> a source with knowledge of the situation tells cnn many of the officers sick or in quarantine were at trump's out of town rallies. this isn'

is this something that secret service members signed up for?'ve talked about this time and time again. actions have consequences and we're clearly seeing this, with 130 secret service uniform division officers either infected with the virus or quarantined because of it. it's a significant impact to the potential operation around the white house. you know, but beyond these officers and agents that are affected, there's a ripple effect, there's a second and third order of consequences that they've not only have been placed at risk, but their families and loved ones. and all of this, really unnecessarily. >> we know the president doesn't think of the impact on the people who have to be around him, but the joyride to get out of walter reed with the hermetically sealed car with the president, whthat is a good reminder. what are your colleagues saying? >> that was the culmination of multiple mis-steps that the agency unfortunately has been placed into throughout the past months. you know, we should never have been here. there should have been, you kn

the secret service did not provide us with any reply on response.ey received our questions. the moment you and i covered the white house every day. we're in this building every day. we see the agents all the time. you have had chance to be traveling to some of these trump campaign rallies. your reaction here. >> my reaction is president trump not only down played be virus but is leaving wake of sick service people in his shadow. these are men and women who volunteered their time, their lives to protect us all including protect the white house and now they are having to deal with this outbreak that did not need to happen. critics say this goes to why he was not reelected and the projected loser in this race. he was going to go to these rallies and go to his golf courses no matter what the outcome and consequence was. this is just one of the consequences. there are studies that show after his rallies there were outbreaks in difference cities dealing with the coronavirus. over and over again the president wanted to be out there and wanted to be in fron

this isn't the first time that multiple secret service personnel have been exposed to the virus. in july, several agents had to hole up in a hotel in phoenix after coming down with the virus while preparing for a visit by vice president pence, according to sources. in june, dozens of agents had to quarantine following a trump campaign rally in tulsa. >> i understand why he's doing them politically. but as the leader of the executive branch of government, he's doing exactly what we've been told as citizens not to do. i don't get it. >> reporter: then there was the incident in early october at walter reed national military medical center. the president, at the time, being treated there for coronavirus took a short ride in a government vehicle to wave to supporters. the president wore a mask and the white house insisted all safety precautions had been taken. but many feared he was taking unnecessary risks. >> when he did that, not only did he risk his own health because he might not have been recovered at that time, he risked the health of the individuals that were driving him. >> r

what is the secret service telling us about personnel? >> reporter: we have been talking about officials and others with direct knowledge of the situation. they would not con ferm the number but do say there are officers and agents who tested positive and the close contacts which could easily be fellow colleagues are then told they need to take these steps and quarantine. so you could have a number of agents or officers who were positive and exponentially more affected by quarantine. we're told they are tested, any of those agents who staffed the various political events for both the trump campaign and biden/harris. they had fewer events and more social distancing but had secret service personnel. any of those people have been tested as part of the protocol. the secret service says they don't believe this sidelining will affect the mission of protecting their protectees which includes the first family, the first family elect and the harris family and so forth. lots of protectees when you include spouses and children. they don't believe th

we know that the secret service is an elite group. they probably i think based on the people that i know act much like a family. help us understand. how does something like this affect the psyche of those people who protect the president? >> look, they're professionals and they'll do their job and they'll show up, but it is unconscionable to put them needlessly at risk, and for what? we would expect that the president of the united states would lead by example. the rose garden events that he's had, the rallies, driving around in the car to get the adolation of his supporters when he was in the hospital, all of that puts the secret service at risk. what is the purpose of doing that? i will say the men and women who serve in the secret service are extraordinary. they make great sacrifices. they are prepared to put their life at risk, but knowing that, why would you jeopardize snem why wouldn't you do everything you could to keep them and everyone else with 4078 you come in contact as safe as possible. >> we heard from jason carroll that

my thoughts are with the secret service forced to play.the vehicle during that completely unnecessary presidential driveby just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. they might get sick. they might die for political theater. commanded to put their lives at risk, for theater. this is insanity. joining us, dr. james also on president-elect joe biden's coronavirus advisory board for his transition. dr. phillips, you talked about the danger to secret service agents in that vehicle. and we are seeing more than 100 secret service agents having to quarantine. this obviously was preventable or at least some of that was preventable. >> yes, you would think so. you know, this joyride the president took was completely unnecessary. what we know about the coronavirus and its transmissibility is it is a factor of distance and time. while there are always the need of secret service to be close, when someone has got a deadly infectious disease, that could be minimized, particularly in the location where he was. in order -- for him to put those officers a

secret service have recently been ordered to isolate or quarantine because they tested positive for the virus or had close contact with someone who did. "the post" said the spread, is quote, believed to be partly linked to campaign rallies that president trump held in the weeks before the november 3rd election. and don't forget here on top of the secret service needing to go out in advance to protection all those locations, be around all those people, they were forced to travel, period. they had no choice but to fly all over the country including states where the virus is now surging. joe biden was the president-elect when we woke up this morning, and if anything his win was further cemented today. after arizona was called for biden on this very broadcast last night, georgia was called for biden today. north carolina went for trump. that now fills in the last blanks on the board. final tally biden 306 electoral votes, trump 232. tonight we further learn that 16 federal prosecutors assigned by attorney general bill barr to monitor for election irregularities have found none. and so far t

joined the secret service. >> special operators and special forces called the quiet professionals and then, you join the secret service where they say they stand on the sideline of history and so, i said he was very good at finding the coolest job possible that nobody was supposed to notice. >> in 2016, he started to experience severe back pain, when he sought medical care, he received a devastating diagnosis, stage 4 lung cancer. >> you documented ron's cancer journey, how did you talk about it? >> i shared it openly and then made it not powerful and made it not the thing weighing on us. >> while sick, ron continued to donate money to the special operations warrior foundation. it's for all children who lose a parent h parent in special operations. >> knowing his cancer would come to this resolve. it was not on our radar that our family would be covered by it. >> my husband, my best friend, my hero. >> ron lost his three year battle against cancer. >> what most people don't really take in to account, i think, is thatfamily is there had. they are serving as well. clay is the president

i might get a commission in the armed forces or the secret service if i'm declared unfit for service, or i'll go into politics of noise some of motion. but i don't it was how we started. so why should you share your great, like interest to me? was not a year ago tire and i were active in the no body movement to try to support them wherever we could find a staff we signed up as election monitors. actually, now we distance ourselves more, participate last night. he said this and showing what most would take freedom of speech. for example. here they put you in prison for a shared post for something you say online or as the did. they passed a law making it legal to ask this state to insult the state. ok, you might get a place to statements. they don't like it's against the constitution. yes. the slovakian for giving us the question where freedom of speech is concerned. if you're openly critical of state, they can now put you behind bars. but this letter shows that helps. but with say, this news or older versions. we have no civil society that hasn't been established yet, never the cheapes

while there are always the need of secret service to be closed.at cou be minimized in the location where he was. in order for him to put those officers and those agents at risk by going on a completely unnecessary trip is just a tr true -- and a pattern of him using his people as a political mean. >> it is the highest number of the pandemic. as a member of the president-elect covid advisory board, how concerned are you the country will be in january when the biden/harris takes office and how is that informing you and the advisory board are doing now? >> anderson, we are looking at some couple of really tough months ahead. i think part of the challenge is that unfortunately the current administration have not been cooperating with the transition team by sharing information and plans. this is essentially a national security threat. the way that americans are getting infected and sicken by coronavirus and dying from coronavirus and how the economy is being impacted by the coronavirus. this is truly a national security threat. i can't imagine another

secret service.o the gross number of people who are available, so several dozen of those is obviously not a huge number, but nevertheless, big impact on them and their families. and a reflection of the casual approach this administration has taken to controlling this pandemic which is now raging out of control across the country. >> important reporting. john f john harwood, appreciate the reporting. >>> coming up, more republican senators now pushing for president trump to allow the president-elect to get daily intelligence briefings. we did it. americans from both parties. turned out to vote in numbers like we haven't seen in a hundred years. and election officials counted those votes carefully, transparently and in accordance with the law. so, no matter who you voted for, if you cast a ballot, or counted them. thank you for showing the world that even in times like these, america is still going strong. >>it's shiori. what? >>shi - or - i adam, emily and then... s-uh um... >>it's shiori. sh-ori. tha

there are dozens of secret service officers, agents, self isolating after being infected with coronavirus or quarantining after being exposed to those that are. i want to bring in the cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. what do we know here? >> reporter: we don't have an exact number. what we are told is the officers don't even know the exact number of colleagues that are quarantining or self isolating because they contracted covid-19. we know that this follows a week of travel, weeks of travel for the president, where he held almost 50 rallies in leadup to the election. last few days doing sometimes 3 or 4 or 5 per day. and every time the president goes somewhere, it requires a ton of officers and agents to go with the president, and often they have to go ahead of the president to be there, scope out where he is going, and also remain on the ground long after the president has left. now it has lead to several dozens of officers to be quarantining or self isolating and the secret service did not comment but an official familiar with this did tell us they are taking necessary pr

elizabeth: we are cross checking hunter biden secret service trips .ason, where he went trips overseas where god secret service protection. this is according to the senate reported government documents frames going too beijing and hog kong, andep numerous other plac. cities around the world. and gettingt secret service protection were not sure he was doing business deals. that is the question about that. because chairman, the chairman of this chinese energy conglomerate said that basically the chinese knew the value of the biden name and they went for it . they use hunter biden same as goodwill in order to do dealmaking in countries like oman, columbia. in russia. so it raises a ton of questions about why hunter biden when he had no knowledge about energy deals . reporter: he had no knowledge and it was like he was traveling vethe country, really vacuumingp cash wherever he could find it and trading on his dad's name. and this is something they came up during the campaign. it mainstream media of really trying to spike it and make sure that it was not a

, shanghai, hong kong, numerous other cities around the world getting secret service protection, were if they were doing business deals but that is a question about that they said basically the chinese knew the value of the biden name and went for in the use hunter biden's name as goodwill in order to do a dealmaking in countries like oman, luxembourg, colombia and more and russia, there raises a ton of questions about why hunter biden when he had no knowledge about energy deals. >> he had no knowledge, look like he was traveling the country, vacuuming up cash wherever he could find it trading on his dad's name. this is something that came up during the campaign, mainstream media tried to spike it and make sure that it was not as important or known as it should be and now we have the follow-on story which shows more of the same and more serious. i think this calls for investigation, the senate, finance and homeland security committees have done tremendous work in this regard and i think law enforcement needs to pick that up and look deeper into the transactions. liz: and how close hun

don't forget that on top of the secret service needing to go out in advance to protect the locations and be around the people, they were forced to travel and they had no choice but to fly all over the country, including states where the virus is surging. joe biden was the president-elect when we woke up this morning and his win if anything was further cemented today after arizona was called for biden on the broadcast last night, georgia was called for biden today. north carolina went for trump. now that fills in the last blanks on the board. final tally, biden 306 electoral votes, trump 232. tonight we further learn 16 federal prosecutors assigned by bill barr to monitor for election irregularities found none and that trump's efforts to challenge the election in court have been defeated in pennsylvania, arizona, michigan, making for a series of legal setbacks today. have the no fear. tonight the "new york times" is reporting that trump put his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani in charge of his campaign lawsuits. we last saw rudy at the press conference at four seasons total landscaping,

in the wake of trump's campaign schedule. 130 secret service. agents. meanwhile, on the economic front, over 20 million americans are on unemployment and america fewer teachersr and education jobs compared to a year ago, and it has an impact on our children's education. 8 million people have fallen into poverty. 17 million children are food insecure. there is no time to waste. we must save lives and livelihoods. and yet, republicans in congress continue their tactics of delay, distort, and deny which has led to deaths. it has led to deaths. now they are trying to distract and divide the country and refuse the election results. the election is over. joe biden is the president elect, elected with the mandate of over 78 million votes. but don't take it from me. the election infrastructure government coordinating council and the election infrastructure coordinating executive committee said in their joint statement, this november 3 election was the most secure in american history. there is no evidence that any voting systems deleted or lost votes, changed vo

in the wake of trump's campaign schedule. 130 secret service.eanwhile, on the economic front, over 20 million americans are on unemployment and america has fewer teachers and education jobs compared to a year ago, and it has an impact on our children's education. 8 million people have fallen into poverty. 17 million children are food insecure. there is no time to waste. we must save lives and livelihoods. and yet, republicans in congress continue their tactics of delay, distort, and deny which has led to deaths. it has led to deaths. now they are trying to distract the country and refuse the election results. the election is over. joe biden is the president elect, elected with the mandate of over 78 million vote. but don't take it from me. the coordinating council and the election infrastructure coordinating executive committee said in their joint statement, this election was the most secure in american history. evidence that any voting systems deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or in any way compromised. while we knowsay we have other claims

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secret service isn't commenting on how many agents may have been affected but did say the mission to protect the president has not been degraded. lester >> hallie jackson at the white house tonight, thanks. >>> now to president trump's legal challenges to the election and claims of widespread fraud a coalition of top government officials responding today declaring the election the most secure ever cynthia mcfadden with our reality check. >> reporter: tonight, president trump's latest claim, that dominion voting systems deleted 2.7 million trump votes nationwide triggering this response from his own department of homeland security there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised. >> it's very difficult to find plausible that scale of votes being lost, deleted or changed undetected. >> reporter: we talked to voting system expert eddie perez so you're saying a heist of the election of this scale is just not conceivable? >> it is not conceivable on that scale, given the fact that election administration, technology, trusted of

first, happening now, more than 230 secret service members are now in quarantine after testing positive for covid-19. this security team helps protect the white house and president when he travels. about 10% of the team is forced to quarantine. the force say the secret service outbreak is linked to a series of campaign rallies the president attended just weeks before the election. we'll be right back. humira patients,... ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your humira experience even better... with humira citrate-free. it has the same effectiveness you know and trust, but we removed the citrate buffers, there's less liquid, and a thinner needle... with less pain immediately following injection. ask your doctor about humira citrate-free. and you can use your co-pay card to pay as little as $5 a month. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections,... ...including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened,... ...as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems,... ...serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening

so far no comment from the secret service. >>> efforts to invalidate more than 100 a non-scalable. so far no comment from the secret service. >>> efforts to invalidate more than 100,000 votes in texas have been shut down by a federal judge. republican-led petition is asking for nearly 127,000 ballots cast at a drive-through voting place, and karis county, to be tossed out. over the protesters what could be's audit in houston today demanding that every vote be counted. we have you covered tomorrow, on election day. a special edition of the kpix5 news at 3 pm. followed by the cbs evening news , and cbs2 news election coverage, america decides. and we will bring you all of the local results throughout the evening on kpix5 and cbsn bay area. >>> a malfunction the chevron refinery in richmond prompted officials that is send out a warning. chopper five is over the refinery, where flaring send columns of dark smoke into the sky. incident reported shortly after one this afternoon. they said the activity was due to an upset at a process unit. because of the smoke a level one community warni

the secret service would not confirm to nbc news how many employees have been affected.saying the secret service maintains well established protocols, inclusive of testing. conducting contact tracing related to confirmed and suspected exposure and immediately isolating of any employee who tests positive for covid-19. this program ensures that every precaution is taken to keep our protectees, families and the general public healthy for privacy and for operational reasons, the secret service is not releasing how many of the employees have tested positive for coronavirus nor how many of the employees were or currently are employed. the duties of uniform division officers in the secret service take them across the country and brought them in to contact with many people at rallies for the trump campaign as well as biden and harris events. uniformed division officers conduct most of the check point and entrance screenings and searches and direct contact with crowds, agents work closer to the protectees and are exposed to crowds that can involve large numbers of people. that in

. >> this is the secret service calling from 1600 pennsylvania avenue.ots fired on 17th and constitution northwest. >> somebody had shot a rifle from constitution avenue into one of the windows in what is known as the yellow oval. >> seven bullets hit the white house, one smashing a window by the living room. sasha and michelle's mother are inside. >> her thought was they could have been out on the truman balcony, her children played all over. she had been assured it was safe out there. you know, that wasn't the only incident, but she put her head down and she trusted the men and women of the secret service to protect her children because she was not going to let undisciplined people tell her how to lead her life ever. she was the first lady of the united states. she was the first lady to all people of the united states whether they liked her or not. >> hey! more savings on car insurance!? they helped with homeowners, too! ok! plus motorcycle, boat and rv insurance! geico's got you covered! like a blanket! houston? you seeing this? geico. expect great sa

. >> thank you, secret service. they do a great job. >> reporter: and tonight, cbs news has learned that dozens of members of the secret service are believed to have coronavirus or are in quarantine, cases linked in part to campaign rallies president trump held leading up to election day. >> garrett: ben tracy joins us from the white house. ben, the president-elect is weighing in on the pandemic and issuing his own pleas. tell us more. >> reporter: that's right. mr. biden released a statement today urging americans to keep socially distant, to wash their hands and to keep wearing a mask until a vaccine arrives. now, he and his team have talked about working with states on mask mandates, but that's something that republican governors are likely to resist. major. >> garrett: ben tracy, thank you. the biden win we mentioned in georgia is the first for a democrat in 28 years but tonight georgia remains at the center of the political universe. why? because control of the united states senate, and quite possibly the fate

not only that, secret service is down in numbers because a lot of them went to trump rallies and they now either in quarantine or recovering from covid-19. anchor: alan fisher in washington, d.c., thank you. the united nations says is concerned were crimes may have been committed in ethiopia in fighting the ethiopian military and regional forces. the ten-day conflict has killed hundreds of people. thousands have fled to suit on. the print -- sued on -- sudan. the prime minister accuse them of treason and terrorism. we have more from the northern city of gonder, near the region. >> this fighting, which has had not let up since it started about nine days ago, has caused massive casualties, and the civilian casualties are being witnessed in some parts of the region. i've not given any confidence to the people. they are overly -- already 100,000 people who are displaced within the region even before the conflict started. and the worst massacre happened 100 kilometers from where we are right now, in a small town. of course, the government is blaming the fighters for these killings of peopl

also, since 2015, secret services have been boosted by several thousands of people. several anti terror laws have been passed. the government really is trying to limit the terror threat and secret services are now saying that the risk of a big coordinated attack, such as the one in nov 25th, has been reduced. however, the main threat is now the threat of losing rules to commit terror attacks on their own like knife attacks. and that's very difficult to prevent here because there are many, many targets across france. france is also of course, struggling with the pandemic. how is the government handling both threats at the same time? well, it's very difficult to be honest. prime ministers on class tax went on television last night to say that the lockdown that's been in place for 2 weeks now. here in france will be prolonged indeed for another 2 weeks. and even maybe even longer. they are appealing to people to respect the lockdown to stay at home when they can, but it's very difficult. and the french are getting more and more defined of the government. only 30 percent

the former vice-president is at home 15 minutes away, the parking lot has become a secured secret service tuesday afternoon, thought tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday might be able to come for a victory celebration. it appears that's now possible and we don't expect to see him until later on this evening. it's set up like a drive-in, last night they screened a couple hundred cars ready to come in and wound up not letting anybody in and put the vice-president inside, the former vice-president and now that he's the president-elect he's got this celebration planned, 47 years to the day from when he first became a united states-- when he first launched his initial senatorial campaign in delaware. back to you. >> peter let me ask one they think, is -- we don't have the timing on when they're going to come out. when they're going to address people. >> no, we don't. and we would expect based on the way that it's set up with kind of a light show and fireworks, that it's not going to be until later on this evening. and as for what's going on here right now, it's unlike announcements of this mag

members of the president's secret service detail have gotten requests at least an offer from the secret service headquarters asking it they would like to be permanently moved reassigned to west palm beach which, of course, would mean to be at mar-a-lago with the soon-to-be ex-president donald trump. >> all right, jon karl with the late reporting for us tonight, thank you. >>> president-elect joe biden making history with his cabinet picks. here's abc's martha raddatz on that part of the story. >> reporter: if confirmed, janet yellen, the former chair of the federal reserve, would be the first woman ever to serve as treasury secretary, a remarkable first given that she would succeed 75 men who have filled the position and more important than ever during this critical period in the pandemic economy. the official announcement expected in the coming days, with biden first concentrating today on his national security team, expecting some pointed fights. >> sir, do you expect republicans to put up any significant roadblocks to your nominations? >> are you kidding me? >> why'd you go with nati

sfwh he left the military and joined the secret service. >> special operators and special forces called join the secret service where they say they stand on the sideline of history and so, i said he was very good at finding the coolest job possible that nobody was supposed to notice. >> in 2016, he started to experience severe back pain, when he sought medical care, he received a devastating diagnosis, stage 4 lung cancer. >> you documented ron's cancer journey, how did you talk about it? >> i shared it openly and then made it not powerful and made it not the thing weighing on us. >> while sick, ron continued to donate money to the special operations warrior foundation. it's for all children who lose a parent h parent in special

you have been a part of that campaign traveling with secret service.our reaction, jim. >> i'm white hot angry about this. there are no finer americans than in the secret service. they put that you are life. they put everything in front of real mortal danger to protect our democracy and protect our presidential transition. they are being exposed to the coronavirus because of the absolute reckless actions of a president and a white house who is putting the best and the brightest at risk. i could not be more angry about this. i think it's outrageous and i think there ought to be some carp karmic or moral price these people ought the pay. sdp you worked in white house with joe biden. i doubt i'm the first person to ask kwyou over the last week oro but in the interest of doing it again? >> i think he's the right man for the right moment. he's the guy that can bring people together who can reach out to both sides. during tough negotiations, during obama care, we would go to the vice president. we would say how do we get this senator. how do we move mcconnell

gathered in this very same area and at one point, the secret service had to move the president downtely ramped up their security and their presence here for an election day unlike any other. >> neil: thank you very much. how do you keep the column in the middle of that? and very active campaign opponent for joe biden. on that, how we can all be fair and balanced peaceful nation with whatever the results are after this. irresistibly smooth chocolate. ♪ to put the world on pause. lindor. made to melt you. by the lindt master chocolatier. will be to get control the of the virus will take that has ruined so many lives. what would joe biden do to beat covid? double testing sites so we can safely reopen, manufacture ppe here in america, restore the white house pandemic office, save the affordable care act and protections for pre-existing conditions. this is not a partisan moment. this must be american moment. ff pac is responsible for the content of this ad. >> neil: i want to look around. this is around the manhattan area and new york area about this is playing across the country now. bu

not only the secret service and also down in numbers because a lot of them went to trump rallies, andthey're know either in quarantine or recovering from covert 19 alicia in washington d.c. . thank you. now the united nations says it's concerned war crimes may been committed in ethiopia's, north, into grey region, infighting between the ethiopian military and to great regional forces. the 10 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people. thousands of fled to sudan. prime minister has accused the 2 great people's liberation front of treason and terrorism . amnesty international says scores of civilians have been massacred during the fighting mohammed atta has more from the northern city of gone draw near to grey region. these fighting words has had no letup ever since it started about 9 days ago has caused massive casualties. and the civilian casualties that are being witnessed in some parts of the region are not giving any confidence to the people. there already. 100000 people who were already internally displaced within the region even before the conflict started. and that was t

biden is telling in and of itself just in the past couple of hours we've heard reports that the secret service is doubling up or at least increasing the number of security personnel an apparatus that's will be with biden in an opponent's move all of them expecting an imminent announcements that you would be declared president elect if the numbers continue as they are obviously they have no announcements of the such has been made but the secret service have increased their presence with him joe biden himself is practically acting as if he has one although he hasn't announced it again he's been meeting with covert tal's coolest with an economic advisor force and has also been speaking in a way where he has been addressing the entire nation saying that he ran as a democrat but he will rule and govern as american presidents for everybody so that's been the movements from the buy them the message has been consistent all along all of this week patients patients patients where in a good position when all the votes are counted we will be announced as the winners and that's what's seems to be happening

s office a crime was not committed but the department forwarded the case to the secret service. as for this tension thursday night -- >> go home. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: -- no one was hurt and officers stepped in to escort the trump-supporting neighbor out of the area. the j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> we are updating election results on our website for all of the races including the state and local ones. for the latest go to abc7news.com/election. >>> all right. we'll check in on traffic here this morning. things are moving smoothly in oakland and northbound and southbound 880. we had a crash on 880 -- not a crash, but police activity that shut down all the lanes there. they're back open. everything is moving smoothly. live look showing you the san mateo bridge we have a high wind advisory here. also on the bay bridge, i felt it myself this morning. and also just want to bring in an overall look at the map. this friday things are looking very light and smooth. but i know that things could change as far as our commute, mike, because we have got a lot of weather to talk abo