wolf? >> president-elect also said that the person he has chosen, and he and the vice president-elect, they made up their minds, saying this person would be accepted by both the moderates and the progressives, the more liberals, in the democratic party, which i thought was very, very significant as well. jeff zeleny, stand by. we'll get back to you. let's go to the white house right now. boris sanchez is joining us. alarm bells are going off as the president is attempting to actually overturn, railroad the results of this election. what are we learning about this extraordinary move by president trump, reaching out to republican state lawmakers in michigan? >> reporter: yeah. to call it unprecedented is really an understatement, wolf. cnn has learned that the president reached out to two members of the wayne county board of canvassers. tuesday night, these two republicans objected to certifying the results in wayne county for joe biden, they ultimately relented and certified the results. pre

again, wolf week, talking about this number, 250,000. you know the projections, wolf. they say by february it could be 400,000 people who would have died of this. i will say the same thing, though. there are still things we can do even short of the vaccine that could make a significant, significant improvement in both the number of people who get infected and decrease the number of people who would die. >> another 70,000 might die between now and the inauguration on january 20th. governor kasich, we passed this awful milestone, a quarter of a million american lives lost. the president is nowhere to be seen at all. it is in a word, given what's going on in our country right now, i should say sort of disgraceful. >> you know, wolf, this is a cult of personality. and whenever you have a cult of personality sometimes the damage is not able to be calculated. if we'd started earlier -- and i agree with sanjay, but we need to look back. if we'd started as a country pulling together, i think we'd be in a far better place. but now the inability or the unwillingness of his order

wolf? >> those words were so, so ugly speaking about the democratically elected governor of pennsylvania. arlette saenz is in pennsylvania covering the biden campaign. what are you hearing from inside that campaign, arlette about what they think is going to happen over the next couple days? >> well, wolf, those inside joe biden's campaign have a pretty positive outlook heading into election today. you know, they acknowledge that it's not impossible for president trump to win, but they feel that right now they are in the stronger position as election day nears. the campaign manager earlier today did a briefing where she talked about how she believes that the strength of their support and what they are seeing in early voting has put them in the driver's seat heading into election day. and you see that in the way that they had been campaigning over the past few days, and especially right now here in a state like pennsylvania that is critical to their path to 270 electoral votes. you know joe b

>> i hope so, wolf. know, this has been very -- lots of vitriol throughout this campaign, a lot of deep divisions we have to heal. i know we're not all of a sudden going to agree on everything, but we have a duty to try and engage in those conversations and plot out a course and focus on the real enemy here which is the virus. it's not our fellow americans. i know we can do it. with joe biden in the white house i think it'll take us a big step toward that. >> i know you and your family have been going through awful times. i wish you only the best. i hope you have a safe and happy thanksgiving. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. you too, wolf. >> thank you governor gretchen whitmer of michigan. >>> millions of americans sadly are ignoring the cdc's warnings to avoid traveling for thanksgiving. i'll speak with the former cdc director dr. tom frieden about the dangers ahead. if you're on medicare, remember, the annual enrollment period is here. the time to choose your coverage... ends december 7th

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>> we certainly hope so, wolf.he crisis you've been talking about on your show that the country is facing from the pandemic and thousands of people who are continuing to lose their lives from the pandemic every day, to the millions who are out of work and trying to fete back to work, these are serious issues. the country has elected joe biden, they've elected kamala harris. and we're pretty busy at work on the transition, trying to get them prepared to govern. we're ready to move to the next phase here. >> more americans are died from the coronavirus pandemic in the last two days alone than died on 9/11. this is an awful situation that's getting worse by the day. when asked earlier this week if the president-elect was considering legal action to fight back against the president's transition blockage, allowing officials to start meeting, joe biden said he does not see a need. is there a point, though, at which legal action from the biden transition team will become essential? >> well, wolf, no one -- no presidential

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>> i hope it will, wolf. millions of families, particularly low and middle income families are suffering terribly. we still have more than 20 million americans collecting unemployment benefits, more than a million americans are applying for unemployment benefits every week. that's been true back through march. we have accelerating rates of businesses closing and going into bankruptcy, so our economy is not out of the woods, and the american people are really suffering because of it, so congress needs to act. they need to act in a very substantial way to give aid to families, aid to businesses, aid to state and local governments so that the basic services that we all depend upon will be able to continue. >> they should have been doing this months ago given the crisis that's going on. is relief, mr. secretary, going to be the biden administration's, do you believe, first priority either passing a new stimulus deal or potentially on any lame duck deal that may go forward in the next few weeks? i don't know if th

update our viewers on that. >> that's right, wolf. the president's legal team has been trying to prevent the state of pennsylvania, among others, from certifying the results of the election. in this case, this is now the 29th case, wolf, to either be dismissed or withdrawn by the trump campaign in federal and state courts. it is a u.s. district court, the judge in that case is judge matthew brand, who has essentially thrown this case out of court, making very clear that while the trump campaign was seeking to essentially disenfranchise all the voters of the state by throwing out all of the votes because of some discrepancies on mail-in voting that the trump campaign was arguing, this judge says there's no merit to this lawsuit and no reason to follow through. the judge, i want to read you one quick section. he said one might expect when seeching a startling outcome, a plaintiff would come arm with factual proof of corruption. and then he says, that has not happened. and wolf, interestingly, this is a case which you saw two lawyers, le

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." both president trump and president-elect joe biden marked veterans day today as we learned new information about the presidential transition. sources now tell cnn the president-elect is expected to name his incoming white house chief of staff as soon as tomorrow and that long-time biden ally ron klain is the leading finalist. cabinet nominations could be announced next month. president trump on the other hand continues to threaten american democracy with totally baseless claims about voter fraud and his refusal to acknowledge his election loss. the president met with his advisers today to try to plot some sort of path forward, but mr. trump's allies are privately saying there's almost no chance, repeat no chance, his legal challenges will reverse the results of this historic election. we're also tracking the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 240,000 americans, more than 10.3 million americans have been infected. and just yesterday the united states reported a record

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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." president-elect biden is looking to fill out key roles in his team. he announced a new coronavirus advisory board. with the numbers on the rise once again, the former vice president is urging all-americans to put the election behind them and unite behind his plan to fight the pandemic. president trump is still refusing to concede and is now lashing out big time at his own administration firing the defense secretary mark esper simply with a tweet. meanwhile, the surge in coronavirus pandemic has pushed a total number of cases in the united states to over 10 million with more than 237,000 american deaths. but there is very promising news tonight on a potential vaccine. pfizer says early data shows its vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective, a figure dr. anthony fauci called extraordinary. they could apply for emergency authorization as soon as next week. let's begin with cnn's arlitt saenz joining us from wilmington, delaware. president-elect biden is moving ahead with plans to fi

>> that's right, wolf.ant to draw your attention to what we're seeing on the screen right now. the first stage booster has landed on the drone ship. this is something that spacex has been able to do over 60 times at this point. it's pretty routine. but it's really a key part of their whole strategy. it's all about reuse. the booster will be reused on the next "crew dragon" mission which if all goes to plan will be in the spring. and the spacecraft that they will be flying will be the same one that bob behnken and doug hurley flew in may on that first crewed mission. of course the whole idea of reuse is to drive down the cost of space exploration. also important to point out, the whole point of the commercial crew program here, which is what was -- led to the creation of "crew dragon," was to have a home-grown way of getting back to the international space station. we haven't had that since the retirement of the shuttle policem program back in 2011. and we've paid the russians $4 billion to transport our off

>> it's a great question, wolf. it's a question that people as they get closer and closer to his inner circle are beginning to ask more and more and more loudly and more loudly. and it's just not possible for them at this point to get him to that point, to get him to the point where he even acknowledges it and the truth is, according to people ie talked to around the president, it's unclear if he will get to the point where he utters something close to a concession. what i'm told is what he will do is to talk about this chapter being over and do it with a -- you know, with fighting words, talking about how nobody thought he was a legitimate president, so on and so forth. a lot of the grievances we've heard him say time and time again. he believes, according to people who talk to him, that he owes the 72 million people who voted for him the fight that they expect from a donald trump. the problem is that he's selling them something that is just not real. he's selling them snake oil. he's saying it's fraud, it's rigged

nobody in the federal government is taking questions, wolf. you would have to think that the reason that it likely is because the president is attempting to destabilize the election and overturn the results. president trump's assault on the outcome of the election is taking on a new intensity as deadlines for finalizing results in many states grow closer as his attorneys are set on delaying it. >> i know crimes. i can smell them. >> after suffering a string of court losses rudy giuliani and the trump legal team held a press conference that went off of the rails as they made baseless allegations and giuliani's hair dye ran down his face. >> did you all watch my cousin vinny. he comes from brooklyn. >> your question is fundamentally flawed when you are asking where is the evidence. >> the president wasn't at the briefing but cnn learned he took the brazen step of inviting michigan gop legislatures to the white house tomorrow. he personally called a republican election official in michigan who tried to stop the certification of the results in the

wolf. >> it certainly does. jessica dean in wilmington for us.hank you. >>> joining us democratic congressman adam smith of washington state. he chairs the house armed services committee. mr. chairman, thank you for joining us. as you know, the biden team is reaching out to former pentagon officials who served under former defense secretary mattis to get at least some sense of the information they need before taking over on january 20th. what does it say to you that the president-elect's people have to do this sort of end run since he is being blocked from getting the traditional, the customary presidential daily intelligence briefings? >> well, first of all, it is good that president-elect biden has these connections. he has worked with jim mattis when jim mattis was the cent com commander in a variety of different roles within the pentagon, to have that relationship is a huge positive. i think the president-elect is doing everything he can to be ready. but, look, what president trump is doing here is one of the worst things any president has ev

>> wolf, thanks for having me. think once again, the solicitor general when i was the secretary was in court today defending the constitutionality of the affordable care act. and i think the questions from a number of justices, roberts and kavanaugh particularly, shows that they're skeptical that the entire law should be struck down. even if a portion of it is found to be unconstitutional. they seem to feel that that was a bridge way too far. and that would certainly come as a relief to the over 20 million people who rely on the affordable care act for their health care, as well as expanded medicaid. >> as you point out, john roberts said it's not our job to strike down the entire law. justice kavanaugh said he tends to agree that even if some parts are invalidated, others would stand. when you heard that, did you breathe a sigh of relief? >> well, i know enough about the court to know nothing is over until it's over. i think people will be on pins and needles until the decision is rendered, which might not be unti

it's ridiculous. >> it's not a cult, wolf.t's america's government. >> people have to pay their rent. i know for a fact so many of these administration officials are already aggressively beginning to question various folks about potential jobs outside of government. >>> up next, we will have more on the presidential transition. michigan governor is standing by live, there is gretchen whitmer. i'll go one-on-one with dr. anthony fauci. we will talk about the u.s. surpassing 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases and the promising news about a potential vaccine. ♪ (children laughing) ♪ (music swells) ♪ ♪ (music fades) (exhales) experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. >>> president-elect joe biden is calling for yupi iunity. deep divisions remain across the nation including in michigan which biden flipped back into the democrats' column. we are joined by the governor of michigan democ

>> i really do, wolf. one thing i appreciate deeply about joe biden, you can see it in his victory speech. he understands working people, he cares about working people. and this is where the democratic party has always been at its best when we think about the working man and woman of america and what they need and focus on things like health care and making it more universal and focus on things like making sure people actually get paid for the work they do at a fair level. this is the kind of thing i think joe biden is all about. he said to people, you know, that he is looking at the model of franklin roosevelt and what he did to bring the country back and that's the best model any progressive has seen in this country's history. i feel good about where his heart is. he has a lot of great people on his team, including leading progressives that are important to him. i think you're going to see more unity going forward than people imagined. there used to be talk progressives wouldn't show up in this election.

they are moving at a very quick pace, wolf.e are learning just this afternoon president-elect joe biden is poised to name janet yellen as his secretary of treasury. she is a former chairman of the federal reserve and if confirmed would be the first woman ever to hold this post. this news coming as we got more announcements. we got the first round of picks from president-elect biden. president-elect joe biden today announcing his first cabinet nominees. focusing on his on foreign policy and national security teams. the picks rolling out ahead of biden's meeting of conference mayors. among the choices is tony blinken to serve at secretary of state. he served as deputy secretary of state during the obama administration and is national security adviser to biden when he was vice president. >> the greatest public servant i know, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. >> reporter: that selection welcomed today by former president barack obama. >> he was part of our inner circle in all of our key meetings throughout my pre

>> i can, wolf. >> go ahead. was just saying that if president trump decides not to concede, it's going to undermine the -- what normally should be a smooth transition. it's so important for a new president, new administration to get in there and see what's going on so that when january 20th comes, they're ready. >> well, that presupposes that the folks in the white house are going to follow his lead. that's not entirely clear to me at this point. as i was saying before i think we lost connection, i don't know that the base is going to stand with the president absence some showing to back up these assertions. and that's got to happen tomorrow in a court of law, where is the evidence? if there's not evidence that's presented of widespread fraud that could explain what he believes in the results, i think the base walks. >> you live outside of philadelphia there in bucks county. pennsylvania went for president-elect biden. tell us how this unfolded in the process, as you know, the president-elect recreated that so-c

his fear of the predator wolf is still tense to wolfhound. what's going on? but you know, when i've known you or my family when you walked on with 3 of them with the house of my youth, their political move is to push me mostly. but to me is the doing of the would you choose the much good you do? she is the stay at the me. i swear to get the support and get up off the media. you keep it off with each other a little bit with the name of the ones which in him if wesley was accused of using the push with them. so i need to get them like that. and yes, this will conduct, people say yes, but you will. but which was like when it's so it's at them quality is this was a working this for months older than but he had to have been almost cynical side, but the most on the wall was cordial. it's my turn to do it the way a bush close, which will be one of the, you know, put it because of the muscle provoke and shouts of sauce for the new coach, 50 feet, which gets you what good. it's possible to just up as up with the lead, you just become totally. but he able to do much of

i'm wolf blitzer. we're standing by to hear from president-elect biden for the first time since he sealed his election victory. all day in cities across the united states, we've seen parties erupt in the streets. biden supporters celebrating a new chapter for this country and the beginning of the end of the chaotic presidency of donald trump. in addition to president-elect biden vice president-elect kamala harris will speak tonight making history as the first woman and first woman of color to hold the nation's second highest office. their remarks will set the tone for how they will lead this divided country after four years of political turmoil, eight months of a deadly pandemic, and over four days of suspense as we all waited to learn how this election would end. let's go straut to our correspondents in wilmington, delaware. what do we expect tonight? >> reporter: well, wolf, when joe biden addresses the nation for the first time as president-elect his speech will be one focusing on unity. his adviser

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following breaking news. >>> the united states nearing 225,000 coronavirus deaths after the single deadliest day in six months with covid-19 claiming the lives of more than 1,700 americans in just 24 hours. cases are rising nationwide including in new york city which has just announced the nation's largest school district will close all inclass learning once again starting tomorrow until further notice. meanwhile, president-elect joe biden met with front line health care workers and he is warning that the covid-19 response could be behind by weeks or even months as the trump administration continues to block the biden team from getting critical information. the president, himself, is bunkered in the white house. he has had 11 days with no public events since the election. instead he is tweeting and launching new attacks on the election he lost, on american democracy, and firing those who dare tell the american public the truth about his false claims. let's begin with the breaki

>> yeah, wolf. of all, we don't need to get into how weird this situation is with sidney powell. you touched on that with jeremy. letting her speak at a news conference and saying she's doing her own thing. all of that very confusing. but, yes, this was always a long shot. it was not clear what exactly they were doing and why they would even appeal this when they were so blatantly shut down by this judge, a conservative republican judge in pennsylvania, who said they didn't have the facts that one might expect when seeking such a startling outcome. he goes on to say, but they didn't do that. here's one way that these lawsuits could impact the election. and that's through certification. we know that pennsylvania is supposed to certify the election tomorrow. this is done county by county. the biggest county in pennsylvania, which is philadelphia county, was said to be waiting to certify until after this case was resolved. so that's one question here. what happens if philadelphia doesn't certify the el

>> wolf, i don't know what the answer is today. i can tell you that up until two weeks ago, i had a pretty fixed view as to why he wouldn't offer that. i think he perceived it as a sign of weakness and believed any time he was talking about masks or restrictions, it began to sound like a lockdown, he thought that was problematic for the economy as he viewed the economy bearing his paramount stability and the way he'd get re-elected. the election is over. i would have hoped the conversation would shift into exactly what you are saying. >> i am clearly worried that his refusal to accept the results of the election and to authorize the transition to begin, this transition process, allowing his coronavirus task force experts, whether dr. fauci, dr. birx, redfield, the others, whether or not allow them to start working together with the incoming biden team, i'm worried that's going to slow things down. how worried are you? >> i'm extremely worried, not only when it comes to national health but also national security as evidenced by the

wolf? >> brian todd reporting for us. thank you. going to have more news right after this. ting a falafelp with sweet potato fries. (doorbell rings) thanks! splitsies? ♪ oooh...you meant the food, didn't you? or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract

>> it's like alice in wonderland, wolf. even people who are very strong trump supporters are shaking their head and saying let's get on with it. i very much appreciate what van just said about the national security sh. issue. i talked to senator langford from oklahoma yesterday and complimented him because he is one of the first who came out and saying they need to get the national security briefing. at the time, the inability for him to speed up the transition means it hinders economic recovery and it also probably hinders, doesn't probably, i bet it also hinders the distribution of the vaccine. so it's just crazy. i wonder how many people around him are saying, you won? because there is no place for this. it's unacceptable and it's embarrassing for our country. but he's getting over it. i think van is right, you know? and he has got to remember denial is not a river in egypt, you know? >> that is correct. jim, give us a little bit of a sense of what is going on behind the scenes at the white house? are his top advisers ac

>> yes, wolf.ly with the chief scientific adviser for operation warp speed to drill down on that. yes, he says that the sort of numbers they are talking about but it depends a bit what percentage of americans actually want the vaccine. you listen to the statements, 100% of people who want the vaccine will be able to get it by june. what is the percentage of people who want it? right now about 60% said they would take the vaccine. that number is likely to go up as the vaccine starts to roll out and people see that the data holds up, it's effective and safe and people probably want it in increasing numbers. one thing i think is worth pointing out. this is a rolling process. we are talking about the number of doses available but the production is continuing all along and still production of a substance, this vaccine that has to go through quality control checks and these release checks and all of that. if everything goes right and there are no problems, then you get these millions of doses available e

>> reporter: wolf, they're simply moving forward. president-elect joe biden is simply making choices, filling out his cabinet, and they are ignoring the silence that is coming in washington. now, there is no question that president-elect joe biden when he was standing here in wilmington giving his victory speech, you know, talking about unity, talking about working across the aisle, he certainly would have hoped it would have been the washington he was used to, familiar with, that he served in the senate so long and as vice president for eight years but he has gotten a good taste over the last month and tomorrow will be four weeks from election day. he has gotten a very good taste of the washington he is walking into. wolf, as near as we can tell, he is, you know, keeping the temperature down as he did throughout that sort of period of uncertainty when the gsa would not even ascertain him the winner. he didn't threaten legal action. he just went to work. we're seeing them fill out their cabinet and to simply ignoring the president. w

this is coming as a federal judge chad wolf was appointed illegally, and that means that wolf's suspension of daca is invalid. that is following a supreme court ruling in june. the trump administration illegally tried to shut daca down. i want to dig deeper into this issue, a major development an attorney with the justice action center, karen, thank you for joining us on this. talk through the ruling a bit. i want to review it the judge lifting the wolf memorandum, as it has been called. what did it do to deferred action, to the daca program, what can we expect now? >> absolutely, thank you so much for having me. there are three key things that wolf memorandum d first, it limited the ability of recipients to renew their work authorization. cut it half their time, one year of protection instead of two. second, the wolf memo said no new applicants can apply. we know that is over 300,000 young people. last, the wolf memorandum gutted the ability of daca recipients to travel outside of the country to travel such as to attend the funeral of a dead parent. >> where does the leave dpmpt aca recip

they say, wolf, wolf, wolf!uld be like a mutiny. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: exactly. >> they frown on that. >> jimmy: and are you and wolf privately, like during commercial breaks, going, when are they going to make this call already! we want to go home! >> if you're watching you could see some of that. i would say, i know you're frustrated, we're frustrated too. i was not lying, that was not fake news, that was coming right at you. let's do this. but for a serious point, we have a great team. when i first came to cnn, wolf was the senior white house correspondent, i was the new guy. being in this room with wolf was actually a hoot, it was a lot of fun. >> jimmy: i don't know if you know this, wolf looks exactly like my father. [ laughter ] literally, for me it's like watching my father call the election. [ laughter ] anyway, i think you did a great job. i enjoyed watching you. thanks for drawing it out so politely and calmly. and i think you guys did a terrific job. now go get some sleep, and maybe spend a week or

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i'm wolf blitzer in washington. this is a special edition of the situation room. tonight the american capital we're talking about washington, d.c. is home to two very different outlooks when it comes to the soon to be end of the presidency of donald trump. on one side there's the president's supporters, angry at the results of the national vote count, convinced they were robbed and cheated. they demonstrated here in washington today. then there's the president himself, publicly sigh lent, mostly out of sight today, slowing down only to wave at the pro trump protesters as they shouted in the streets. all of this happening at the same time as two major developments. the president's own officials declaring the election, quote, the most secure in american history. that comes from his department of homeland security. and an alarming spike in the deadly pandemic, 12 straight days now of more than 100,000 new coronavirus infections. a real world medical emergency on a national came and at a critical time of tra

>> no, wolf. concerns that we saw with voting in georgia were at the beginning of early voting with the long lines and the glitches and the machines. after a couple of days of those challenges, then what we saw was a very smooth process. i've not heard of anyone complain of voter fraud. i've not seen any specifics on that. these are just losers complaining. nothing more than that. and this is what a democracy is all about. you have an opportunity every few years to go back and the people have an opportunity to speak through their votes. the voices have been heard through the votes. and it's my hope that all of our leaders will respect what we call a democracy and allow there to be a peaceful and orderly transition of power. >> both as you point out both senate races in georgia are heading to a runoff elections on january 5th. the president-elect joe biden said today he'll do anything to help the democrats secure those senate seats and it would make the difference if the democrats won both, being t

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>> well, the risks are huge, wolf. afghanistan in the first place to prevent terrorism. that's still a threat. we are completely undermining our efforts to bring peace to the region. we have a civil war rampant with weapons which is a recipe for disaster. we're just giving up everything with nothing in return. what trump is saying he will do here completely under mines our troops, completely undermines everything they fought for, completely under mines our diplomats and what is he getting? absolutely nothing. >> congressman, what do you think? >> i agree with everything seth said and beyond that, 2500 troops is just enough troops to protect themselves. it's hard for me to see what kind of force they can patrol at 2500. why now? the best thing that the president could do, the plight thing, the right thing is to allow president-elect biden to make the decision on the future of u.s. role in afghanistan and not to put him in a position where he is either going to have to increase troops when he comes into office, which wil

i am wolf blitzer in the situation room.onight joe biden is taking new steps forward in the transition and president trump intensifies his desperate bid to cling to power. joe biden and kamala harris meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer as they urge congress to pass a new coronavirus relief bill. this as mr. trump is falsely claiming, again, that he won the election in a rare public appearance in which he refused to answer any questions at all. while all of that is happening covid-19 is spreading through the country at a record-breaking pace with 187,000 new cases in one day. our political correspondent has the latest on the biden transition. >> reporter: with president trump and his administration stonewalling the formal transition process, president-elect joe biden and democratic leaders are presenting a united front. the incoming white house team huddling for the first time with nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer with covid-19 top of the mind. >> discussing the lame duck session, the urging of ea

and that's an important thing to point out, wolf. like i said, there were a lot of cars and trucks moving through in the beginning. police closed the streets. we haven't even seen any police here. it's been going on for ten hours. people have been celebrating. what's really interesting when joe biden and kamala harris spoke, everyone got very quiet, and they started gathering at the restaurants on the street that had their tvs on. and people started watching the speech very quietly. when the speech was done, they all came back out and started celebrating. people here take a lot of pride that the state of georgia could possibly end up going blue and they voted in what could be a very important election to change what's happened in this state. the louisiana time a democrat won was bill clinton in 1992. before that native son jimmy carter in 1976 and 1980. these people have a lot of pride have their votes could mean that georgia turns blue and a lot of pride that joe biden is going to become the president of the united states. >> biden,