>> absolutely, ayman.hink certainly the news about the vaccine is good news, but i think the message that you're hearing from most of us who are out there actively seeing patients right now is that we are entering the most dangerous time. you know, in this pandemic ahead. you know, unfortunately, there's very little that we can do at this point that's going to change the trajectory of the next four to six weeks. when we look at what's happened in europe over the last month or so, and we expect that that will translate over to changes in the u.s., we're likely to see an explosion of these cases in the united states. we're already starting to see that. but i think the next four to six weeks are really going to be very dangerous. there are a number of hospitals in a number of states that are already reaching maximum hospital capacity throughout the great plains, the mestidwest. we're really seeing spread in all the states at this point. i'll tell you i spent the weekend in the e.r. seeing patients. it's alrea

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. there are now fewer than 69 days until the inauguration of president-elect joe biden at noon on january 20th. republicans are beginning to come to terms with that reality. within the last few hours at least a dozen republican senators have now broken with the white house and agreed that president-elect joe biden should be receiving intelligence briefings. >> joe biden was getting those briefings until the election was over. they stopped. >> it should be the same posture with both of them receiving briefings. >> i think it's important both continue to get those briefings. >> vice president biden should have access to the classified reports. >> i would think especially on classified briefings, the answer is yes. >> we still don't know who the president is going to be at this point. >> as you heard there, they are still not acknowledging joe biden as the president-elect and the challenges for the country are mounting by the day. the united states is in a string of record breaking days fo

ayman, you know him well. topic from the last segment on egypt to iran, north korea, pick a hot spot in the world, there's nobody more gifted and knowledgeable talking about that, more inspiring to the career work force than tony blinken will be, much like alejandro mayorkas will be at dhs. >> you wrote in a recent op-ed president trump has been a one man wrecking ball for checks and balances in this country. you're aware there's some debate how aggressive he should be investigated once he leaves office. what is your take, how aggressively should democrats investigate scandals of the outgoing administration and what do you say to those that argue it could be a distraction, divisive if joe biden wants to achieve some legislative agenda with the cooperation of republicans in the senate. >> no. i think we need to divorce some of the scandals involving donald trump personally, his finances, tax returns, his businesses, and what else is happening in the federal government. what we have seen, the inspectors general

ayman? >> erin mclaughlin live for us in oregon. erin, thank you.e biden pledged to unify and not divide and to see only a united states, not red and blue states. but that's easier said than done especially if democrats don't actually have complete control of congress. joining us now is david wasserman from the cook political report. he's also an msnbc contributor and had one of the busiest twitter feeds over the past five days. i'm actually surprised when they told us you were going to be available that you actually managed to stay up this late. i don't know how you're doing it. what's your secret? how are you powering through? >> my secret is that my therapy is just to keep on tracking the numbers. >> all right, sounds good. listen, let's talk a bit about the numbers because they're telling a slightly different story than the euphoria and celebration for joe biden. aside from that the reality is a little bit different when you start looking at those numbers in congress. the democrats control slightly less than what they did going into this race. t

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. president trump appears to be trying a new tactic to stay in the oval office. he's called two local officials in michigan in charge of certifying county results. he's also invited michigan republican law makers to meet with him at the white house. in a minute we'll speak to measu measure's lieutenant governor. meanwhile the president's legal team led by rudy giuliani is making unfounded claims of a centralized con sspiracy across multiple states and demanding the courts install trump for another four years. >> there are other aspects of this fraud that at this time i can't reveal. this is really enough. it's enough to overturn any election. >>> we expect to hear remarks from president-elect joe biden after meeting with the national governor's association about strategy on the coronavirus which has claimed the lives of 252,000 americans while infecting 11.6 million more. >>> progressive members of congress led by alexandria ocasio-cortez is demanding action from the biden administratio

katy, ayman? >> so yamiche, let's talk about the white house and let's talk about what is i guess on the agenda not in the coming months but when joe biden gets into office as the president-elect and then becomes president. i'm going to read you this from "the washington post." it's the planning of the executive order to reverse trump policies much as donald trump tried reverse obama policies. he will rejoin the paris climate according to those close to his campaign and commitments he's made in recent months and reverse president trump's withdrawal from the world health organization. he will repeal the ban on immigration for many muslim majority countries, and he will reinstate the program allowing dreamers who were brought to the united states illegally as children to remain in the country according to people familiar with his plans. given that joe biden is making it clear or it seems like the team is making it clear that they want to reinstate a lot of what they did in the obama-biden administra

i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> and i'm katy tur. we have seen results slowly trickle in from across the country tonight. let us take a look at the map as it stands now. there are six states that have yet to be called, and here's where those races stand. michigan right now has been called for joe biden. joe biden is the winner of michigan, nbc news is projecting, and its 16 electoral votes. in the state of pennsylvania, it is still too close to call. there is a 164,414-vote difference, but there are some major counties that are still sending in their ballot tallies, so that could potentially change dramatically. north carolina, too close to call. donald trump, though, is doing a little bit better than joe biden so far in north carolina. the trump campaign feels very bullish on that state. arizona, too early to call. 86% of the vote in so far in arizona. and those numbers are changing. joe biden holding onto a lead. donald trump hoping to overtake him. georgia, too close to call. there is a 23,000-vote difference. and it's the opposit

eastern, ayman, before we get more word out of the results here out of maricopa county. ayman?other long day for you, my friend. thank you very much. >>> in addition to the presidential race, we're keeping an eye on the battle for capitol hill. democrats will retain control of the house projected with 277 seats and margin of eight maintaining majority but failing to make significant inroads into republican territory. in the senate democrats have 46 seats and republicans have 48 with six uncalled races at this hour. >>> joining me now is political senior writer and nbc news political contributor jake sherman. jake, let's start with the senate. do republicans hang on to the majority here? >> yeah, they do. it's amazing, ayman, if you think about it. if you look at who won last night and you think the supreme court battles of the last couple years, you have mitch mcconnell, who democrats hated for holding out a seat and then putting two people on the bench. you have judiciary chair lindsey graham of south carolina, who won by 14 or so points. you have susan collins, who broughted

. >> reporter: it's a great question, ayman. a president hasn't who hasn't had anything on his public schedule, the fact we're learning he's still obsessed with an election in a state he lost is in michigan, is quite telling. that's where he wants to be spending his time and emergency. learning now from a person who is familiar to the invitation to a group of about a dozen republican law makers in michigan who are set to come to the white house on friday to meet with him. it's unclear whether the press

>> reporter: hey, ayman. health care workers, nurses, doctors, administrators have been telling me they're still processing this news. i've spoken to some nurses in facilities in more rural parts of the state who tell me they're having discussions about putting this into practice because there are nurses and doctors falling ill. there aren't enough hands around to take care of acutely ill

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. president trump about to break what has been more than a week of public silence. next hour with an address on the administration's vaccine efforts. now this, all of this, happening while these past seven days have been the longest stretch president trump has gone without speaking publicly in the five and a half years since he launched his presidential bid. breaking last hour president elect is the apparent winner in georgia and president trump, while he is being declared the winner in north carolina, his campaign just lost another legal challenge in michigan. one of the five trump states biden flipped. >> moving forward at the white house under the assumption there will be a second trump term. >> it would look pretty bad if he did not attend the inauguration. it would look like sour grapes, wouldn't it? >> i think the president will attend his own inauguration. he would have to be there, in fact. >> and while the president's political posturing continues, the number of u.s. coronaviru

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. on what could be a decisive day in this presidential race.t's been 45 hours since the first polls closed and five states, five states, are still too close to call. pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, nevada and arizona. georgia's secretary of state is about to brief on the status of the count. as of this afternoon, only about 47,000 votes were outstanding there. the gap is just under 13,000. steve cokornacki is standing byo give us the latest count. the trump campaign is expected to file another election lawsuit this time in nevada after judges in michigan and georgia dismissed their lawsuit to toss out ballots. a marine appeared outside the west wing doors and the white house confirmed the president is in the oval office. we have not seen the president since wednesday morning. he's tweeting urging they stop counting the 500,000 ballots left in pennsylvania which the secretary of state says is nearing the end. >> do you think we could know who won pennsylvania by the end of today? >> so, yeah, i think we could. >> with that as the backdrop

good afternoon, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york.s been exactly one week since the election. president-elect joe biden continuing to lay out his transition plans by promising to save the health care coverage of some 20 million people and taking his first questions as president-elect. in fact, our own mike memoli was there. he asked him about the white

i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> and i'm katy tur. let's look at the state of the race.ur, much like the last 24 hours, we are still awaiting final results from five key battleground states -- arizona, nevada, north carolina, georgia, and of course, pennsylvania. you're looking live at the philadelphia ballot facility, still buzzing. there are still people working in there. they are continuing to count those critical votes throu

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>> well, ayman, they are really looking at the fact that joe biden has not bew been named president-electalked to the chair of the democratic party here in georgia, she's saying that she absolutely believes that biden's election is going to really help increase that enthusiasm and bring people out to the polls on january 5th on the runoff date. so, they're banking on that, but we're also kind of seeing, as we get closer to certainly one and very likely two runoff elections in january, we're also kind of seeing this growing contention around those races. now, to that point, i want to point to a rather scathing joint statement that we got from georgia's two republican senators, senator purdue and loeffler, both of whom are locked in a tight battle for re-election. they are calling on georgia's republican secretary of state to resign. let me read you that statement. "we believe when there are failures, they need to be called out, even when it's in your own party. there have been too many failures in georgia elections this year. then going on to say, "the secretary of state has failed to deli

. >> and i'm ayman mohyeldin. there are hundreds of ballots being counted across the country as we await the final results of six states. as it stands, donald trump continues to trail joe biden by 39 electoral votes. you have both candidates are still looking for that count to 270. we're also keeping an eye on those outstanding senate races. there is a lot at stake for the democrats, who are hoping to take over control of the senate by now. let's get a quick check on the big board with ali velshi, who has been monitoring all this for us. it's a slow process at this point of the night where we're getting batches of tallies. the last one we got within the last half hour in arizona. all eyes are on the southwest. >> yeah. and we're not going to get more from arizona for several hours now. what we have in arizona right now is a lead for biden. let me take you to the other one where i can show you exactly what we're looking at. in arizona, what you have statewide, we've got about 86% of the vote in. it sounds like a lo

katie, ayman?we now know what's happening in the poll counting with the trend emerged that steve laid out for us and the hours ahead. what is the atmosphere like on the streets of philadelphia 1234 what is happening on the convention center? are we seeing anything different in terms of the anticipation coming out of the city given what we're hearing coming out of the white house and what the president is saying about the election, what he has said about the city of philadelphia and what is clearly now emerging as a trend with this vote counting? >> well, at this hour at 2:00 in the morning there is not a whole lot of activity of anybody except folks like me. but earlier in the day on thursday, there was a contingent of trump supporters who came to this building and who were shouting things, saying to the effect that, it's not fair. the counting is not going the way it should be. and even corey lewandowski and pam bondi, you remember that name, trump's campaign manager in 2016, he was here saying th

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. on what could be a decisive day in this presidential race.hours since the first polls closed and five states, five states, are still too close to call. pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, nevada and arizona. georgia's secretary of state is about to brief on the status of the count. as of this afternoon, only about ,0

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york.re now fewer than 69 days until the inauguration of president-elect joe biden at noon on january 20th. republicans are beginning to come to terms with that reality. within the last few hours at least a dozen republican senators have now

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york.ctic to stay in the oval office. he's called two local officials in michigan in charge of certifying county results. he's also invited michigan republican law makers to meet with him at the white house. in a minute we'll speak to measu measure's lieutenant governor. meanwhile the

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york.the air at this hour, donald trump is ramping up his fight to stay in the white house. his campaign requested a recount in two wisconsin's most democratic leaning counties. we're going to be speaking to the officials leading those recount efforts at this hour. now, the trump campaign also filed a lawsuit asking a nevada judge to overturn its presidential election results. while a federal judge in pennsylvania plans to rule on a similar case there on friday. all as the president celebrated the suggestion that michigan would not certify its results, which they are actually on track to do.

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i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> and i'm katy tur. let's look at the state of the race. this hour, much like the last 24 hours, we are still awaiting final results from five key battleground states -- arizona, nevada, north carolina, georgia, and of course, pennsylvania. you're looking live at the philadelphia ballot facility, still buzzing. there are still people working in there. they are continuing to count those critical votes through the night. they deserve a round of applause. >> yeah, certainly do. we've seen a steady stream of updates from pennsylvania this evening, dramatically shrinking donald trump's lead for joe biden. a win in pennsylvania, folks, that would push him over the 270 threshold, making him president-elect. in georgia, a very close race, somehow getting even closer by the hour. joe biden is now trailing donald trump by a mere 463 votes. steve kornacki, back with us at the big board to give us an update. we had a moment there, a moment. we thought it was philadelphia. it actually turned out to be georgia that is delivering that closer call at this

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. >>> ayman javers is covering this and the biden team hasn't been access to "operation warp speed" and distribution of the vaccine? >> reporter: right today president-elect biden was asked by a reporter how important it is for him to now get the detailed briefings on exactly what the administration's vaccine distribution plan really is. here's what he said. >> it's important that it be done and there are coordination now. now or as rapidly as we can get that done. i am hopeful that the president will -- be mildly more enlightened before we get to january 20th. >> biden said he himself would take the vaccine if the companies and dr. fauci said it's safe and he said his rollout of a vaccine will prioritize those in greatest need and work alongside the world health organization. to make sure businesses have what they need to survive, biden called on congress to pass the more than $2 trillion h.e.r.o.e.s. act the house passed this summer but languished in the senate also gave his guidance to americans about thanksgiving celebrations saying that americans shouldn't gather in their homes wit

ayman bill hemmer reports. >> dana: iranian officials killing top scientist claiming used row moat deviceey yingst is live in jerusalem. hey, trey. >> dana, good afternoon. the middle east remains on edge tonight. iran is vow ago response to the killing of top scientist mohsen fact rizzs. three day funeral wrapped up for the man known as the godfather of iran's nuclear program. weighs killed during attack outside of iran on friday. iranian officials are blaming israel. iranian lawmakers met yesterday chanting death to america and death to israel. the country's supreme leader the ayatollah khomeini and hasan rouhani demanded definitive punishment today the top official echoed those calls. >> the enemy north and eye as a shoulder no crime no, terror, and no stupid act will remain an answer by the iranian people and we'll severely pursue the criminal. they must know that they will be punished for their action. >> braun and the uae released statements condemning the killing of nuclear scientists. both of these countries have normalized ties with israel this year fear an iranian response could

. >> and i'm ayman mohyeldin. hundreds of ballots being counted across the country as we await the final results of six states. as it stands, donald trump continues to trail joe biden by 39 electoral votes. you have both candidates are still looking for that count to 270. we're also keeping an eye on those outstanding senate races. there is a lot at stake for the democrats, who are hoping to take over control of the senate by now. let's get a quick check on the big board with ali velshi, who has been monitoring all this for us. it's a slow process at this point

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i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. as we come on the air at this hour, donald trump is ramping up his fight to stay in the white house. his campaign requested a recount in two wisconsin's most democratic leaning counties. we're going to be speaking to the officials leading those recount efforts at this hour. now, the trump campaign also filed a lawsuit asking a nevada judge to overturn its presidential election results. while a federal judge in pennsylvania plans to rule on a similar case there on friday. all as the president celebrated the suggestion that michigan would not certify its results, which they are actually on track to do. now, in the meantime, the pandemic has now claimed a quarter of a million american lives, as admiral brett giroir warns it's quickly getting worse. >> right now, we're in the steepest rate of rise in numbers of cases. our hospitalizations are going up 25% week over week. our deaths are going up by 25% week over week. and this is not going in the right direction. >> very grim picture, inde

. >> and i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> we continue with msnbc's special coverage of a historic night in americathe 46th president of the united states. for biden it is a victory decades in the making. the necessary electoral votes came 48 years to the day of his first election to the senate in 1972 back when he was 29. the president elect reaffirmed

ayman, back to you. >> steve patterson live in california.>>> before we go, our favorite stowaway is back in the wild. rocky, rockefeller the owl. she was named after the rockefeller chris maz tree because that's where she was found, inside of it. she made the three-day journey from up state to new york to midtown. she was trapped inside the branches of the tree until she was discovered. the nice folks at the ravensburg center nursed her back to health. she was released last night in the forest. a little good news for anyone following that story. happy to see rocky back in her natural habitat. >>> thanks for watching this hour of "msnbc live." up next, more news with my friend craig melvin. we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. hello is friendly... hello is open... it's welcoming... everything we want to be when helping people find a medicare plan. so if you're looking for yours, say hello to hellomedicare... ...a one stop shop for medicare plans, ...including a range of unite

that's a set back for a strategy we have seen in several states as you just mentioned, ayman, where republicanroups or the trump campaign itself have tried to raise arguments selectively in areas that basically lean democratic to restrict or get ballots tossed. it's another setback. i would note this is a double loss because the texas state supreme court had already rejected this entire attempt, and that court is all republican appointees. >> so i want to lplay you this comment from the president on his plans to challenge ballots on election night. watch. >> i think it's a terrible thing when people are -- where states are allowed to taboo late ballots for a long period of time after the election is over. i think it's a terrible decision by the supreme court. a terrible decision. now, i don't know if that's going to be changed because we're gonna go in the night of, as soon as that election's over, we are going in with our lawyers. >> ari, i am not sure if the president is trying to obfuscate the fact here, counting ballots after election night is not unusual. hundreds of thousands of members

>>> good afternoon, i'm chris jansing in for ayman mohyeldin. with exactly three weeks until the electoral college meets and 58 days before the inauguration, president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris are right now holding a virtual meeting with mayors from around the country. this just got under way. biden also announced his choices to fill several key national security and foreign policy positions including the first female director of national intelligence. we'll have a lot more on that coming up in just a moment. >>> meanwhile, president trump continues to stay out of sight while his campaign fights to overturn the election results with procedural moves. >>> and just minutes ago the federal agency that's standing in the way of the transition, the general services administration, says it needs another week before briefing top lawmakers on this delay. we'll get reaction from the chair of the subcommittee that oversees the gsa, mike quigley. all of this as the coronavirus dri drives nearly two straight weeks of record hosp

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this is ayman al—zawahiri with 0sama bin laden in 2001.s. after bin laden was killed by american special forces in 2011, he took over as leader. mina al—lami is thejihadism specialist at bbc monitoring. shejoins me now. is there any way of verifying this news at the moment? so far al-qaeda has not confirmed news of the reported death and neither have any of its credible online supporters on messaging apps like telegram and supporters are adopting a very cautious wait—and—see attitude so they are saying we will not comment on this unless we get credible news from al-qaeda itself. and in your analysis, what effect would have if this turned out be true? of course symbolically it is a big blow for al-qaeda, the group has already lost al-qaeda, the group has already lost a number of leadership figures across the world, it has lost its leader in yemen this year, its algerian leader in north africa. just a month ago it lost its media chief in afghanistan so this is quite a big blow for al-qaeda that is already in disarray this year. however, oper

i can tell you i did a program with ayman mathisson of the covid network in australia to show you how off-kilter the world is. in queensland, australia, a doctor will be put in jail for prescribing hydroxychloroquine. india, they give it to you right away. greece -- >> it's over the counter in some countries, right? >> my point is, we're all the way from -- they give it first line in their guidelines. but in queensland, you get put in jail. in the united states we're caught up in this flurry of data and confusion. something is going very wrong in this world. >> have i was contacted by a doctor who i think had written four prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine, four. and she was issued a grand jury subpoena by the homeland security investigation department, if you can believe that. a doctor prescribing around approved drug, and she gets a grand jury subpoena. something is not right about that, okay. because i checked into it, they withdrew that subpoena. but there's something that has gone wrong here. there's something that is not right. and i, for one, intend to get to the bottom of it