and that's why joe biden has named ron klain as his white house chief of staff. joining us now for his first interview since being chosen as joe biden's white house chief of staff is ron klain. ron, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. and i want to turn for my first question to mike memoli who has emailed me some questions. and he gets the first question because he covered the joe biden campaign for president from the start, and he certainly deserves to be part of this interview. i have actually a bunch of questions from him i'm going to be using. but let's start with this from mike. nbc news covering the biden campaign for, what is it now, almost two years. he wants to know, has joe biden called republicans, has joe biden called mitch mcconnell? >> first of all, lawrence, thanks for having me. i can't think of a better place to have my first interview. i appreciate it. joe biden has spoken to republicans. he's spoken to some republican senators, some republican governors. i'm not going to go into the names. he has not spoken, though,

white house so basically donald trump. bound he's adamant to keep his seat joe biden is equally as adamant to get into the white house but donald trump has already threatened legal action if things don't go his way. north carolina big victory with north carolina. and. so we won there we lead by. 76000 votes with almost nothing. and all of us and everything just. this is a fraud on the american public this is an embarrassment to our country so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. what was most extraordinary about that press conference was that it started out on a very positive tone trent was going through all the states where they did where he had done very well any even seem quite surprised at the results so far and then it turned very dark didn't it it did and especially proceeded to say what he can we continued with saying we don't want to find any ballots at 4 o'clock in the morning meaning that he didn't want to see some of the states where he had the lead to swap and to switch to have biden as their favorite this is already happening in wisconsin trump throughout the night trump was enjoying a comfortable not a large

starting tolearly maintain its expectation that joe biden will win the white house though it will haveal with a divided government. juliette saly from singapore, thank you. nearly 6:30 in the city of london. we still do not have a decision out of the u.s. for former vice president joe biden versus 214 for president trump. he states, arizona -- key states, arizona with 11 electoral votes. ap has called it. maricopa county continues to count ballots. if joe biden can maintain arizona come he has a clear lead to the 270. biden is up a little more than 11,000 votes. the thing about nevada, you have to be patient with nevada. patience is a virtue with this stage. we will not get tallies until later today and potentially november 12. let us look at georgia. georgia is becoming a dead heat race. 49.4%. see there, it may come down to military ballots. less than 9000 military ballots from abroad could decide the state in play in georgia. continuing coverage. we will be waiting to see where the electoral votes stack up. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ annmarie: welcome to bloomberg's electi

geoff, while the current administration is dragging its feet, the biden transition team announced the senior staff at the white houseme of the appointments. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah. great to see you. did biden transition team announced nine more members of a biden white house senior staff and the president-elect in a statement said these are all people who represent diverse perspectives and are ready to meet the challenges facing the country and this announcement confirms the reporting from yesterday that jen o'malley dillon will join the deputy chief of staff and she is joe biden's winning campaign manager, the first woman to run a withining democratic presidential campaign. as we also reported yesterday congressman richmond is also joining the administration as senior adviser to the president and director of white house office of public engagement. richmond is a long-time biden supporter. he's also close to congressman james clyburn and most people remember instrumental in resurrecting the biden campaign in the primary and richmond well regarded on capitol hill and instrumental for congr

was a key player in the very first team of white house staffers assembled during the transition by donald trump. donald trump hired steve bannon. and joe biden hires ron klain. that's the difference. that's what your votes did. the position of white house chief of staff is nearly impossible to fully describe the complexities and range of responsibilities are greater than in any other job in washington. the pressure is unimaginable. it is known only to the men who have held that job, which has been held only by men. the first white house chief of staff went to prison. bob hall deman was the first, t position was created by richard nixon. he held the modest title, appointments secretary. the person in charge of who gets to see the president when. and everyone in washington knew that was a very important position. but nixon militarized the title to chief of staff, chose a military title, which seemed to elevate the position to the news media's eyes, anyway, and sharpened the world's attention on the importance of what is in the best of circumstances a working partnership with the president. there have been some superbly qualified chiefs of staf

and it seems like joe biden will be entering the white house in january. but joining me live now laurence chan, the host of a pod cost called pseudo intellectual. lauren, thanks for joining us. that i ought to be good to have you with us. now this announcement has come just hours off the minutes again. so defied it's election results. do you think this is the the final straw or if you will look for trump's hand, what was he really finally out of options here? well, i think it's important to note with this and like your other anchor mentioned, that this is in no way a concession on behalf of the trumpet ministration. now the trumpet, ministration has been dealt some blows in terms of their litigation in michigan and pennsylvania, but they plan on appealing from what i understand. and a lot of people myself included, believe that ultimately this will end up at the supreme court. now this is by no means over. however, by agreeing to follow this protocol, i think the term administration is doing their best to, i guess, appease media and the democratic party wh

of course, we enjoy having you at msnbc, but is there a role for robert gibbs in a biden white house? >> i'm enormously happy sitting on msnbc talking about a biden white house. [ laughs ] but you didn't say no. if the president-elect called, you didn't say "no," for the record? >> i would just say -- look, i think we're at an important point in our country's history. regardless of your party. and i think any american, if the president asked them to do something, would want to help serve their country. i think there are a lot of roles that people can play. i think it will be important, as this administration fills out its roster of staff and cabinet, to look both at the experience of what has come before, but also the newness and openness of those that haven't had a chance to serve in the past. they lay the ground work for who serves in administrations to come forward in the future. i think they will strike the right balance in that. we've got a lot of really important problems to deal with as a country. none of them are going to get better with time and they're going to have to be ac

and eric schmidt, the former google's ceo, may have some role in a biden white house. ning me now, conservative commentator. it looks like donating lavishly to biden and attacking his political opponents is about to pay off. >> the outcome of the censorship is very profitable for biden. it's no surprise is that it he recognizes the digital center is try to be on his team. these aren't philistines or goons who are arbitrarily shutting people down, it all cuts in one direction. interestingly, it's not censorship by the government per se, but by the use private monopolies. but these monopolies came on assurances. they assured gee, we are kind of a neutral platform like the phone company, we are going to allow people to connect with their old friends and engage in robust debates. the moment that they got this monopolistic power, they turned and they basically decided we are going to start censoring you. imagine if the phone company were to say listen, we are going to be restricting hate speech on the phone. we are going to be listening to what you say, we are going to be li

the transition to a biden white house is finally picking up speed after president trump cleared the way for a transition of power. 3 weeks after the election, the trumpet, ministration has finally given president elect joe biden. the green light to begin the transition process. president donald trump personally directed his administration to cooperate in the handover, but he has yet to officially concede defeat. instead, he pardoned it took in the white house rose garden as part of a thanksgiving tradition. i hereby grant you a full hand. he also used the opportunity to remind americans what he stands for. as i say, america 1st shouldn't go away from that america 1st president elect joe biden's nominations for the top posts of his cabinet point in a very different direction. it way from trump's america 1st doctrine and towards diversity and multilateralism work in government. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again sit at the head of the table. biden's choice is our policy veterans like his longtime adviser, antony

tightening biden is his hold on the race for the white house, now taking the lead in georgia. also leads in nevada, and is catching up to president trump in pennsylvania. biden is closing in on the 270 electoral votes needed for an election when. win.id he's -- election he says he has no doubt that he will be the winner. president trump prance would trump promised lawsuits in four states, despite no evidence of illegal voting. fed chairman jerome powell -- chairman jerome powell says that more fiscal and monetary support is needed because of rising coronavirus infections to threaten the economy. policymakers agreed to maintain their bond buying at the current rate. in france there's been a record number of new coronavirus cases. authorities reported more than 68,000 new infections, and the government health minister warns that there is what he called a violent second wave of the disease. france started a second locked last week. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm riti

joe biden is on the white house after winning in wisconsin and michigan.hance may be where he holds a lead over president trump. the president's campaign is suing in michigan and pennsylvania to stop vote counts that have been trending towards biden. the president could still be reelected, but he would have to win all of the battleground states that have not yet been called. it is a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. daily deaths and new infections have set global records. yesterday it was reported that more than 10,000 people died from the disease, and the number the diseaseporting past 600,000 in one day for the first time. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we came here today. we met with all our lawyers. we are going to file a suit in pennsylvania. it is a shame we have to do that. is the last thing we wanted to do. but this is rampant corruption, and it simply can't happen.

joe biden is on the brink of taking the white house after wins in michigan and wisconsin. e biden is now six electoral college votes shy of the 270 he needs to win. his best chance may be in nevada where he holds a lead over president trump. the president's campaign is suing in michigan and pennsylvania to stop vote counts that have been trending towards joe biden. the president could still be reelected, but would hit -- but he would have to win all of the battleground states that have not yet been called. once all the votes are counted, it is still likely to be a divided u.s. congress. democrats hope of regaining control of the senate has faded. most of their attempts to defeat incumbent republicans were unsuccessful. meanwhile democrats will retain control of the house, but will lose seats. , hundreds oforegon protests angry about president trump's challenges to the votes smashed windows at businesses. the governor declared a riot and brought up national guard troops to help law enforcement handled the violence. a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. daily deaths h

no vp chief has ever ascended to white house chief of staff number one. number two, klain and biden over klain's flir thaffiliation with hillary clinton campaign. klain knows the white house. it's also a sign that biden can comfortable having someone who can tell him hard truths. >> seems like they patched up any beef they may have had. congressman, let me get your thoughts about the cabinet as it begins to take shape. senator bernie sanders said he would be open to serving in the biden administration as the labor secretary. is that a nomination that is good for the democratic party? would you support that? >> i definitely think that we need somebody with the energy that someone like senator sanders brings to this particular job. as you know, our labor secretary currently in the labor department -- they're just not up to the task. unfortunately organized labor, men and women in working families, are adversely affected. we need somebody of stature and talents necessary to lead this department forward right now. >> let me ask you about generally what else are you hoping to see from th

into january, wants to act as a second question, and then again, this may just come down to a biden white house white house, putting their muscle behind this. because president trump has not done so. >> talk to me about the priorities you're hearing from the democratic perspective as to what they want to get pushed through between now and the holidays if they can get a relief bill done. >> look, the sticking points on this really remain largely the same. things like the small business aid is widely agreed on between both parties. but perhaps the single largest issue is aid for state and local governments. the states that have been paying for testing, that have been supporting their firefighters, their emts, their medical personnel. democrats want to see a large tranche of money given to those state and local governments. republicans are resisting that so far, in many cases saying it amounts to a blue state bailout. whether that position softens as more and more red states, look at the dakotas where we're seeing cases get hammered in those states, whether the strain that is placed on more rural

president biden and his team on a lot of crucial stuff for us, and i think now with president biden in the white house in washington, we have the real prospect of american global leadership in tackling climate change. >> reporter: over in israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu offered his congratulations. he called president-elect joe biden a great friend of israel when it comes to diplomacy it's what goes unsaid as to what actually matters more. as of this morning we have not heard any congratulations from vladimir putin or from bolsonaro from brazil. that silence speaking volumes. >> we know that all too well with the current president thank you, sarah. >>> alex trebek, one of tv's most enduring personalities and the beloved host of jeopardy has died trebek passed on sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. he was 80 years old. jeopardy's twitter account confirmed the news saying he was surrounded by friends and family as he died at home in the early morning. former jeopardy champions tweeted. jennings wrote in part, alex wasn't just the best ever at what he did, he was also a lovely and deep

usa today has a big smiling picture of the president-elect with biden wins white house. "the washington post" shows the winning candidates tonight and the simple headline reads, biden defeats trump. and the new york post goes with this, it's joe time. there's also the drudge report which had the headline -- >> you're fired. >> you're fired the president in it. let's bring in msnbc contributor yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs news hour. last night we got what the day was like for joe biden. what's the next three months going to be like for joe biden? >> yeah, very difficult work of preparing to govern and ultimately governing begins very soon with the work of it transition team. the biden transition team has been working quietly over the last few months. really as early as march i'm told by sources involved in the transition to get ready with this. and joe biden one of his most trusted aides who was his chief of staff in the senate who actually wrote the law governing transitions has been working behind the scenes to get ready for it. we saw tonight an e

if joe biden wins the white house. or four if president trump wins to take back the senate. sources in both parties believe it could all come down to north carolina, which is one of four swing states where democrats are hoping to win. there is tougher ground for democrats in a handful of red states like iowa, where the president won by nine points in 2016 but where he's now struggling by comparison. and that could hurt republican senator joni ernst. if joe biden wins the white house but democrats don't win the senate, it will be much harder for democrats to get things done. >> a lot for us to track tonight. kasie, thank you very much. in just 60 seconds, fears that the post office failed to deliver hundreds of thousands of ballo ts these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a

she was white house communications director under president obama. biden has named indicakate bedid as white house communications director and symone sanders will be press secretary for vice president-elect come harris. let's bring in chris is a lizza. it's the first time to see all women in these senior positions. >> yeah, i think joe biden wanted to make clear, as a 78-year-old white man in both his vp pick, let's not forget that, kamala harris, first south asian and african-american woman to be vice president of the united states and in his actual team, who will be the face for many people of this administration, certainly in the case of jen psaki who will be doing press briefings, he wanted to make a point here. i think that is important. symbolism matters, number one. number two, he's not just picked random people. he's picked people with long track records. kate bedingfield has been in politics for a very long time and was obviously extremely high up in the biden operation. jen psaki. i knew jen when she worked for the house democratic campaign commi

biden. white house correspondent kristen welker is covering the transition good evening, kristen. >> reporter: hi, lester good evening well, president-elect biden's first and biggest challenge will be fighting covid-19 late tonight he said he had not yet spoken to dr. anthony fauci but that his staff has been in touch. i thought it was notable that he told you despite the delay in communicating with the trump administration he feels confident he will be able to tackle the crisis he's going to have to show that on day one and then his next big challenge, trying to unify this country he suggested to you that he wants senator bernie sanders and senator warren, two progressives, to stay in the senate to help him get legislation passed could that backfire with progressives? and then expect him to come under pressure from conservatives to appoint a trump-supporting republican something he indicated he was open to with you. late tonight reporters traveling with him asked if he would meet with president trump if invited he said of course i would, lester. >> kristen, thank you very much. i'll have muc

>>coming up next why analysts are delighted that the biden family will bring dogs back to the white housene dog in particular. i'm looking at your mri. your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. i'm sorry baby... i don't want you to play with that... (singing) twinkle, twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are... how are you doing? schedule a video visit with your doctor. kaiser permanente. thrive. with your doctor. >>call it the lighter side of politics animal lovers all across the country are pretty delighted that the biden white house will include a dog but not just arrests, but regular dog a rescue dog joe and joe biden they're going to bring along 2 german and one of a major is making history as the first presidential pet that is a shelter dog. the reaction from are inhumane is typical. >>i would probably say everybody animal welfare report anybody who's ever adopted a pet is thrilled with this news that we will have the first ever rescue pet in the white house someone who like joe biden and his wife who actually fostered. major the dogs first and decided to adopt him after that

white house. there are lots of people out there peacefully pro joe biden there are lots of people out there peacefullyhat's happening inside the white house? not very much except the president has spent the day rich tweeting, not enough republicans are coming up behind him and his legal strategy, they do admit that they are hoping desperately that the one legal success they had so far in the state of pennsylvania, the back will live to go forward with her and they're pleased with the leads that state has not been called because i would putjoe biden of the top of 270 and people are gathering here the side of the white house and i'm joined now by kimberly who did vote forjoe biden. thank you so much for coming here and speaking to us. what made you want to be sure so much?m has been a long road and it has been a stressful four years and that been following the protests all summer and the rallies. and at the end of the week, we have been waiting so patiently to get the result and on friday night, we have come up to work and we live 50 miles down the road and we decide to check what's happening here. and

delaying the official transition has not delayed president-elect biden's choice of white house staff members, jobs that do not require confirmation by the senate. president-elect biden announced today that jen o'malley dillon who managed the biden/harris campaign will be deputy chief of staff. longtime aides mike donilon and steve ricchetti will step in respectively as senior adviser and counselor to the president. the biden campaign's general counsel daniel remus will be counsel to the president. and democratic congressman cedric richmond will become senior adviser to the president. and director of the white house office of public engagement. today congressman richmond said this. >> president trump should stop playing games with the lives of the american people, and so operation warp speed, which was his operation to get the vaccine created and to figure out a way to distribute it, we should be getting briefed on that so that we can offer our input and we can be ready on day one that the vaccine is ready to distribute it logistically. and so the fact that we are not having an orderly

president elect, joe biden announced his top cabinet picks for the white house. he said the world has its hopes resting on his team to restore america's historic role as a global leader in calls from world leaders that i've had about 18 to 20 so far, i'm not sure the exact number in the weeks since we won the election. i've been struck by how much they're looking forward to the united states, reassert its historic role as a global leader, both in the pacific as well as in the atlantic all across the world. together these public servants will restore america globally scoble leadership and its moral leadership without engaging in needless military conflicts and our adversaries in check and terrorists at bay. meanwhile, donald trump has told his team to cooperate with the transition to a biden presidency. however, mr. trump maintains his fight to overturn the election result is not yet over. if it's ranko has been looking at how biden's white house team is shaping up, america's foreign policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock says one who s

it has been looking at how biden's white house team is shaping up. america's foreign policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock says one who says the man whose own white house mistakes as donald trump saw them were thorley taken care of by the outgoing administration. the time has come for the u. turn to go full circle. there's been some damage done. that is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. but there's no doubt that joe's got the right people to do it. the man taking over the oval office in 2021 was president obama's number 2. so who are the best people to set these apparent wrongs? right. well, the former deputies of obama's team, of course, how easy, i'm really starting to get that joke that barack scott himself a 3rd term. let's take a look at the collective portrait of a deputy dream team. one squad member clearly thinks it was the meddling russians who god, donald trump, elected in the 1st place. jake sullivan biden speak for national security advisor. this was a moment where we realized that the russians

as prime minister us president elect joe biden has named white house chief of staff despite donald trump's refusal to concede and allow a smooth transition of power. ron klain is one of biden's most trusted advisers. he's already served as chief of staff to both biden and vice president al gore during the obama and clinton administrations. biden has been most recently congratulated by the leaders of australia, japan and south korea. the state of georgia has announced it will be recounting old votes by hand, which was requested by the trump campaign. now joe biden is to kill the election without georgia. there's also leading that by just over $14000.00 votes. officials say the recount will begin at the end of the week. the kind of margin stands that 1310911 between the president and senator biden, vice president biden. my office will continue to invest the group each and every instance of a leader voting. building that rooting for the united states. if you would prefer that we were investigated, every illegal vote will count. so we'll be counting every single piece of paper every single bal

and january 20th >> reporter: his team had spent months mapping out a quick start for a future biden white housetheir work now hitting a roadblock. the trump appointee who heads the general services administration has not officially recognized biden as president-elect. doing so would release additional resources and intelligence, including for biden the president's daily brief. >> obviously the pdb would be useful, but it's not necessary i'm not the sitting president now. and so we don't see anything as slowing us down >> reporter: while president trump isn't acknowledging biden's victory, many world leaders are. the president-elect fielding phone calls and congrats from the heads of france, germany, ireland, canada, and the uk >> i'm letting them know that america's back >> reporter: biden's comments coming as many prominent republicans are pushing president trump's baseless claims that voter fraud might have swung the election despite a lack of evidence asked how he can be sure republicans will work with him once in office if they won't acknowledge his win, biden was confident. >> they will th

relief that biden would be in the white house. and relief that all the partisanship and rhetoric will calm down. admist it all, i asked the question, 70 million are not happy to see biden as president. is there a way to bridge the gap between you and them? maybe said, i don't know. we can try. we as a nation cannot continue to cast off the other as they have done to you so many times or the cycle will continue. i am not talking about the extreme, i am talking about the grand parent, the conservative friend. the people you trusted for so long, for some reason think completely different if you are politically. we have to find the way to bridge the gap. we need to think about the here and the now. we are a nation divided. more apparent now than ever. it is incumbent upon us, why we are left standing, instead of shoulting into a void at one another, we need to look each other in the eye, to take advantage of the calm to avoid the storm that could be waiting on the horizon. >>> welcome back. we have some breaking news. prime minister bo

looks ahead to what will the biden white house mean for trade in the economy. will global growth resume after the deepest recession in more than 70 years? chiefg us is the economist at --. we know biden will focus on covid and then focus on climate change. that see a president fulfills his campaign pledges, but a senate that remains republican, what does it mean for your outlook for the u.s. economy? what we have to look at is looking from the u.s. have been. ishink the first objective for the u.s. to actually agree on a fiscal stimulus package. necessary which may be and theyby lockdown may wish to restrict mobility. this does not lead to some shock , do something that would be larger because people would do their job and they wouldn't have enough income. the income packages -- the stimulus packages the first thing with high expectations. what kind of stimulus package figure do we need to see to put the u.s. economy on better footing? what one needs to see is a tocal package large enough offset -- two elements are really crucial. those who have lost their jobs

ron klain will be chief of staff in 3 biden white house. he first worked for the president—elect in 1989, when mr biden was a senator. more recently, he oversaw the 2009 economic stimulus programme and the response to the ebola outbreak. while president trump still holds back from conceding defeat in last week's election, the state of georgia has announced its first ever vote recount. joe biden leads there byjust 1a,000 out of the five million votes cast. officials there will recount all of the paper ballots by hand. pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong have resigned en masse from the legislative council, after four of their colleagues were expelled for backing independence. it comes after china granted the authorities new security powers, to quell dissent. beijing said only those it regards as patriots can serve. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. donald trump hasn't yet accepted it, but he will be out of the white house in january next year. gone — but not forgotten. his legacy can be seen in a divided body

do you think there is a sense that the alignment of interest they hope will develop between a biden white house are areas of the conflict, trade is one and the other is intellectual property and the taxation, for example, of international companies. never mind the view of the wider world and in particular, the washington view of moscow and what russia is doing on your‘s doorstep? moscow and what russia is doing on your's doorstep? that is right. there is an awareness of those problems will not go away. when you look at the concrete policy criticisms that have come out of the trump administration, many of those have cross—party consensus in washington. if you look at a pipeline being built from a gas pipeline being built from a gas pipeline to sell russian gas to germany directly built under the baltic sea. it is incredibly controversial, not only for washington but also some of germany's eu allies. it is seen as increasing german and european dependent on russian energy sources. that is something president trump has been incredibly critical of and has been incredibly critical of and has started

ron klain will be chief of staff in a biden white house.ident trump still holds back from conceding defeat in last week‘s election, the state of georgia has announced its first ever vote recount. joe biden leads there byjust 111,000 out of the five million votes cast. officials there will recount all of the paper ballots by hand. pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong have resigned en masse from the legislative council, after four of their colleagues were expelled for backing independence. it comes after china granted the authorities new security powers, to quell dissent. beijing said only those it regards as patriots can serve.

reporter: jon we're getting new information of how a biden white house will be a little bit different we're told by a biden official that the daily white house press briefings will be making a comeback one more thing jon president trump promised that as president he would never get on a bike and it is clear at least from today that president-elect biden will not be making the same promise. jon. jon: hillary vaughn reporting from delaware. hillary, thank you. now washington, d.c. filling up with thousands of president trump supporters today. multiple protrump groups rallying in the streets and main one called the million mega march and while there might not have been a million of them, there were a lot. rich edson is live in washington with more on that. rich. reporter: good evening, jon, this is after party territory here at freedom plaza couple of blocks away from the white house. earlier today you had thousands upon thousands of trump supporters who began their rally here and marched behind me up pennsylvania avenue. about a mile and a half from here eventually ending up at the supr

to germany, where he was that treated mckubre us president elect joe biden has chosen a long time aide wrong claim to be his white house, chief of staff, is the claim was a key figure during the presidential campaign and served as joe biden's top left tenant. during his time as vice president in barack obama's 1st during the years of the trump presidency, millions of americans have become followers of a right wing conspiracy theory known as q a known for the most received information in the form of clues dropped by an anonymous person. known as q, who says hate, or indeed she worked within the trumpet ministration. you has been spreading the idea that president trump has a plan to take down the democrats and win the election. but now after a final post on election day, q. has gone silent. well they don't, the reporter on the soccer is here with the welcome up. so remind us what or who she went on is so at the core, this is a conspiracy theory is a belief that there is a cabal of liberal elites who control the world. democrats, republicans, people from hollywood, and from the media. they also satan worship, and they run

joe biden has named his white house chief of staff despite donald trump's refusal to concede and allow a transfer of power. ron klain is one of biden's most trusted campaign advisers. alan fischer has more from washington d.c. claim or run. a very tight ship is expected in the white house. he's very good a partly identifying what the key issues are and taking steps to deal with that. and it's expected. he'll serve quite some time in the role as chief of staff. something that will be a real contrast to the trump white house, where we've had 4 in the last 4 years. be wrong, claim that will be organizing calls with world leaders. those calls that we've seen joe biden make just in the last few hours. he's spoken to the leaders in japan in south korea and are still you. so those 3 leaders have acknowledged that joe biden is the president elect in the united states. 15 of hong kong's pro-democracy politicians are expected to formally resign after china's highest decision making body disqualified 4 of their colleagues. the government accuses them of being a threat to national security. the u.

celebration, including los angeles new york and the nation's capital including right outside of the white house biden supporters flooded the streets honking horns dancing. >>and of course popping some champagne. >>meanwhile president donald trump back at the white house tonight after playing round of golf this morning. this is the scene that greeted him as he returned to the white house. after the news after hearing the news that joe biden had secured enough votes to clinch the presidential election. as president trump approached the white house he was greeted with boos and chants of folks yelling loser to him. meanwhile, it was a much different scene as he left his golf club in virginia. there he was surrounded by supporters who cheered him on his supporters across the country have now adopted the mantra of quote, this isn't over and stop the steal. president trump also not accepting defeat just yet in fact this morning he released a statement saying that this is far from over reading in quote that joe biden has not been certified as the winner of any states. let alone any of the highly contested st

i'm not sure there has been a more controversial role in the biden white house, in the trump white house. so a lot of people waiting to see what joe biden's going to do. who are they looking a tt, whato we no? >> reporter: again, speculation season. we did good a look on the foreign policy front. of course, attorney general is a key position we've seen power of that role. i think a lot of americans always knew how influential it was, but when you see the things that bill barr was doing on behalf of president donald trump i think a lot of americans now very aware of the fact that the department of justice is in need of leadership that biden could put in a few different people here. we're hearing the names javier basayre, and as well senator doug jones just lost his re-election battle and former attorney general sally yates, fits the mold of the people we've seen elevated here because she was someone who served in the obama administration. when it comes to doug jones, he is an outgoing senator. notable because yesterday when biden was doing that interview with nbc news, he was asked about

our joe biden has won the white house after sealing victory in the ballot ground state of pennsylvania with 99 percent of the vote counted in pennsylvania biden garnered 49.7 percent and trump received 49.2 percent the 20 electoral votes biden won in the state allowed him to surpass the 270 needed to win the election according to projections by the associated press he also picked up 6 in nevada giving him a total of $290.00 electoral votes to republican president $214.00 as the news of joe biden's victory broke president was out golfing the trump national golf course in sterling virginia he finished up his game before returning to the white house several hours later but by supporters cheering the president's motorcade from the side of the road trump has so far refused to concede defeat and the election. leaders from all around the world and german chancellor are going back a as well have congratulated joe biden and his running mate harris after major networks to clear them the winners of the u.s. presidential election in a statement posted on twitter she wrote i look forward to working

the transition to a biden white house is picking up speed after president trump cleared the way for a transfer of power. president elect joe biden has officially revealed his picks for the top positions of his countenance marking a clear shift away from chum's america 1st doctor. and instead, a lot of familiar faces from the administration signaling biden's intention to return to multilateralism. and it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies by good choices or policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. he will be tasked with bringing the country back into the paris climate agreement, the world health organization, and the iran nuclear deal. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. we need their partners. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's cli

list of california leaders that are on the short list to become a part of president-elect joe biden's white houseeam. we'll be back with more. >>> here we go for you on this tuesday morning, a terrific tuesday. oh, yes it is. taking a live look at the bay bridge there. a beautiful start to our tuesday morning. a cold start, that is. 4:46. dark and early for you and the temperatures, kari, well, they're delivering again, another cold start to the day. >> i call it a teeth chattering tuesday, i guess, because we've had some really cool temperatures. i want to show you our records and where we think we may be heading. we normally get our low temperatures, the lowest temperature around sunrise. so the forecast for santa rosa is 27. the record is 26. we're going to be very close here and then looking at napa while the forecast is 30 and the record is 31, we may set a record there. we are going to be very close around a lot of our microclimates and we're watching those temperatures continuing to fall early this morning. here's where we are right now as you get ready to head out the door with those temp

i think it is good even if joe biden wins the white house to take a look at how we are portrayed as a party and think of ourselves as a party and go through this exercise of how do we demonstrate to people that we want to help them get ahead on the economy. we will have the opportunity to do just that. the economy is still in a big hole from covid. it will feel a lot more like the great recession than it will feel like a quick dip and recovery. >> meantime there is michael

if we have a split government if we have biden in the white house but not democratic control of the senatefferent implication for stimulus >> let's poile boil it down in of dollar. it's decisively negative for the dollar, if biden wins but does haven't control of the senate, what does that do for the dollar >> that is much more complicated. the state tonight to watch is north carolina if it flips, there is a good chance we will have democratic senate control if not, it could take days or weeks to figure out who controls the senate if we have a clean sweep, democrat kra democrats control everything, we will probably get a stimulus package of 3 trillion. if ot, it will be less than 1 trillion so the stimulus it big >> the currency market, bond market will be some of the deepest most liquid markets. will you be up all night what will you be watching? >> we stocked up on food and drinks, and i think the team is ready to cover all of the different states to get a good picture. north carolina i think is crucial. early results from florida, if they are clear, then we can get a picture. but if it

not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the electoral college formalizes joe biden's victory, a constitutional requirement. let's get right to kelly o'donnell at the white house. >> reporter: tonight defiant and denying his own defeat, president trump answered questions for the first time since election day. >> i don't know what is going to happen i know one thing joe biden did not get 80 million votes. >> reporter: asked if he will concede, more obstruction. >> it is going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. >> reporter: pushed about whether he would vacate the white house january 20th if the electors finalize the biden victory. >> certainly i will. certainly i will. >> reporter: the president's legal team has not shown fraud or irregularities but the president vented. >> and the whole world is watching and the whole world is laughing at our electoral process. >> reporter: president trump angry and lashing out minutes after he thanked overseas troops for their service. he criticized joe biden for forming a cabinet and would not