liz: you know, if you thought it was bad with this biden white house, think worse. way worse. house lawmakers outraged biden's hhs secretary could not answer why they released migrant children into the hands of dangerous criminals. we're talking gangs and sex traffickers. instead, it's a don't ask don't know policy. tens of thousands of children missing. but they are only doing vetting and enforcement after the fact. tonight florida congressman carlos gimenez on the shocking details and the silence of the democrats. again, on this , also we've got this story. >> i will fight you every step of the way. >> i will fight back with every fiber of my being. you come for my people, you come through me. liz: okay, a lot of people are saying this is really incompetent what the governors are doing, putting their own people at risk. we'll explain and we have a new report on the mystery billionaire funding democrat governor's push to resist trump. coming up we'll reveal who it is. we've got fox news top legal eagle and author greg jarrett here with his expert take. plus we've got californi

the biden white house has been trying to take credit for that after the biden white house repeatedlyd texas to stop this. now, texas is doing even more to secure the border. fox news brook taylor in eagle pass, texas with the story. brooke? reporter: last year when we started seeing record numbers when it comes to border crossings, texas governor abbott started putting these buoys in the river to stop migrants from crossing over. in 2023 though the biden administration sued texas saying that this was a humanitarian disaster. that lawsuit still ongoing and they stopped putting these buoys in the water in 2023 until now. biden, of course, still in office and our president so certainly, accep sending a strog message of defiance. we got an exclusive look as they installed these buoys. we just got back from a ride-along with dps troopers on the rio grande. right now there's about a thousand buoys and the goal is to add another thousand feet. these are put in areas where they see strong border crossings and migrants can go other routes but abbott hopes with a new administration he can get

and next hour, president biden will host president-elect trump at the white house. ting, a symbolic display of the transfer of power and a gesture that trump did not extend to biden back in 2020. nbc's vaughn hillyard is tracking the latest with trump. ali vitali standing by on capitol hill. gabe gutierrez at the white house. also joining us, april ryan, white house correspondent for the grio, who has covered multiple administrations. vaughn, kick us off here, trump returning to the capital, where is he right now what is the latest? >> reporter: right, he's just a few blocks away from the u.s. capitol building. this for donald trump is his first flight and first trip outside of palm beach since his election night victory over one week ago. this is a notable visit, not only to the white house to meet with president biden to really begin formally this transition process for the current administration to the next incoming trump administration, but also we are told that his motorcade has now arrived here to this location where the house republican conference is meeting.

you covered, of course, the biden white house as chief white house correspondent. is a remarkable moment with trump and biden meeting. of course, it is tradition, but there's so much significance with this meeting today. we heard from the two men earlier talking about the importance of a smooth transition and there's a lot of irony on that from trump's side. >> it's what trump and his team did not give incoming president biden in biden's administration. i think jeff mentioned this earlier, that set them back. made difficult particularly since they were coming back in a once in a century pandemic where they didn't feel the government was structured in a way to kick into high gear. i think it was very emblemmatic of president biden over his career. the diplomat at his peak, understanding the importance of the moment. understanding the importance of norms and institutions, which he's talked about since his campaign. what's going on in his head, to be candid, i can't fathom at this moment. this is a failure. the animating feature of his campaign from his decision to la

white house. president biden and first lady jill biden are delivering remarks to the a summit. e bit they'll welcome president trump elect to the white house. >> bill: get the tone to this. >> close to making community college free for everyone across the country but a few senators -- i'm not going to name them -- blocked our way. but that wasn't the end. this movement continues to gain momentum. we must keep fighting for free community college. [applause] as first lady i have also focused on strengthening the pathways between classrooms and careers. nearly -- you probably all knows this but nearly 60% of graduating high school students don't go directly to a four-year degree. we know that. six out of every ten students, some will start working, some will go to their community college. >> bill: the message on education inside the white house. outside on the north lawn is rich edson to bring us the flavor and what he is picking up right now. we should see the president in 45 minutes. good morning. >> right there what you are seeing right now is the east room of the white house. n

senator josh hawley calling for subpoenas for director wray and national security threats and biden white house a nags that will terrorist alert up and running. they were enforcing that . we have congressman tim burchett from house foreign affairs and overnight. >> yeah, mainly because we don't have any guts to enforce anything. look, they sent steve bannon to prison because he refused to come in and we'll write him a good strong letter. we should have been taken to fight to weeks if not months ago the house oversight committee and we continuously have battered these people. you all are the only ones that covered it and all this stuff and here we are at the end, they know they'll resist it. into the new year and administration to enforce the dad gum laws and we're just reinforcing more bad behavior from the far left and they'll continue to do this. liz. the irs revoking the tax status of nonprofits that got terrorism just 15 democrats back it had and down from 179 in april. backing this bill to stop nonprofits living tax free and supporting terrorism. >> hard core marxist liberals and going for

is this about potential criminal cases on biden white house lawfare, because house republicans led byng to launch a new wide ranging investigation into the biden administration on this , asking every outgoing cabinet secretary to preserve all department documents, records and communications. >> so i'll tell you this i think the appointment of matt gaetz is more to send a message. i'm not sure if he will be confirmed or not. there are many that would like to see him confirmed many that would not like to see his confirmation but it sends a message from the trump administration that he is not playing around and he will surround himself with people that are going to do the work that the american people elected donald trump to do. now that being said, i do think that it be rather foolish for republicans whether they have a majority in the senate, a majority in the house, to start investigations into the biden family or to anything related to lawfare initially. they have got way too many things to get done. this should not be one, two, three, four or five on the list. the american people, i

. >> joining me now to discuss megan hayes, former director of message planning for the biden white house. erin perrine, republican strategist and former director of press communications for trump's 2020 campaign. errol louis, cnn political commentator and host of the big deal with errol louis on spectrum and jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters erin, i actually want to start with you because i think for a long time we tried to understand what a so-called trump doctrine is or what the kind of what defines him politically when it comes to the economy is. it basically tariffs? >> no, it's much more than that. but he's been very clear that he considers this an opening offer and a negotiation. right. it's the art of the deal. this is kind of always been donald trump's ethos but he did implement them at one point. >> right? he did. so it's not as though it's like couldn't happen. >> no. it's true. he did. and but you've also seen canada immediately reach out to the to president elect trump. and him and trudeau spoke about being able to address the issues coming across the northern

now, biden, white house spokesperson is clearly raising concerns about this and questions about how it could hamper the transition process look at what they said in a statement tonight president-elect trump and his team will be in seat on january 20th at 12 p.m., and they will immediately be responsible for a range of domestic and global challenges foreseen and unforeseen. a smooth transition is critical to the safety and the security of the american people, who are counting on their leaders to be responsible and prepared. essentially, it could threaten what trump himself has promised looking forward to having a like we said a smooth transition. >> the transition that's so smooth it'll be as smooth as it can get now our sources are telling us tonight that during that meeting you saw there in the oval office, biden was urging trump to sign these agreements. >> my political sources to start us off tonight include two from trump, world 2020 campaign manager and white house political director bill stepien and the former trump deputy press secretary sarah matthews. also joining us is the fo

in this current party not just the left wing of your party but, frankly, it's the biden white house, -harris white house, it's the dnc that went down this path that was so extreme that it led, you know, i listened to senator johnsonned today on the round table on wabc. he said people felt of all types, they felt marginalized, trolled, and they felt like they wanted their country back. and that, to me, is why donald trump won in this land are slide. mike: all right. i want to play a clip from bernie sanders, and i'll get you to react. >> the working class of this country is angry, and they have a reason to be angry. what that man named donald trump did do is he said, i feel your pain. i know that you're hurting, and i have an explanation. mike: so how does the democratic party go from the party of, apparently, elites -- you've got all these celebrities campaigning -- and get back to the working man and woman? >> again, this is messaging. donald trump understands how to size and empathize. i don't think he's the right person to solve these problems, but i'm not the majority of the ameri

he had to take over in the first place we because he believed they were too connected to the biden white houseen white house and the way that twitter handled content moderation at the time. there were big concerns about that. there were a bunch of lawsuits, none that have shown anything legitimate. yet here we are at this point where there's a situation where he clearly runs the place. he has decision-making power over what is and is not allowed on the platform. he's blocking links to competitors. he takes down accounts of journalists that are critical of him. all these things he accuse the former leaders of twitter before he bought it of doing and when he's there and he's doing it and it's much more out in the open that he's very connected to the incoming administration there don't seem to be any concerns about it. the people who were yelling about it earlier are suddenly quiet about it. >> the investigative reporting on his interest is just beginning. here's the new york times on musk and china. no american business leader has more visibly and lavishly supported president-elect donald trump

. >> john: transition of power is getting underway with president-elect trump and biden white house signing off on a memorandum of understanding. trump is naming more top picks. bryan llenas live in the sunshine of palm beach, florida. more on all of this, bryan. >> president-elect trump announcing six new administration picks last night beginning with cough-in hesset. jamison greer and dr. jay bhattacharya the director of the national institutes of health. you have jim o'neill, deputy secretary of health and human services, john thelan and jeff haley. the more controversial pick is dr. bhattacharya who needs senate confirmation to lead the nation's top medical research agency. he said public covid lockdowns were -- he promoted herd immunity and people should have been able to live normally and build up immunity to covid-19. in choosing hesset and greer he is relying on two veterans of his first administration, he said greer played a key role in imposing tariffs on china and hesset will insure countries don't take care of the u.s. on trade. he encouraged the passing of trump's promised reci

. >> tonight, team trump finally signing a long overdue critical agreement with the biden white house to ensure a smooth transition of power but the president elect is still shunning one agreement that involves the fbi. and breaking news this hour a cease fire between israel and hezbollah, now in effect but will this u.s. brokered deal hold? and what could it mean for the war in gaza tonight? also here in new york, rudy giuliani is tantrum in court as he ranted at the judge that he cannot pay his bills after defaming two georgia election workers. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source tonight three weeks since donald trump's election win, but nearly two months past the deadline, the president elect's team has finally signed a critical agreement with the federal government to start formal briefings for incoming officials with the current ones. now, this agreement is mandated by law. it's usually done right away without a lot of fanfare because it grants access to people to briefings, to clearances, all the things that are needed for an incoming president to jump start that transit

take over twitter in the first place is because he believed there were two connected to the biden white houseween the biden white house and the way that twitter handled content moderation at the time. there were big concerns about that, there have been a bunch of lawsuits, none of which have shown anything legitimate and yet here we are at this point where it is a situation where he clearly runs the place, he clearly has decision-making power over what is allowed and what is not allowed on the platform and there have been stories about how he is blocking links to competitors, taking down accounts of journalists who are critical of him. all of the things he accused the former leaders of twitter before he purchased it of doing and then when he is there and he is doing it and it is much more out in the open that he is obviously closely connected to the incoming administration there do not seem to be any particular concerns about it and all of the people that were yelling about it earlier are suddenly quiet. >> the investigative reporting on musk's interests is just beginning, here is the new yor

with you [ inaudible ]. >> here is cnn's arlette symes with more. >> president biden is looking to bring back a white house tradition as he hosts president-elect donald trump in the oval office wednesday morning. biden extended this invitation to trump in their phone call on wednesday, when the president congratulated the former president on his victory in the 2024 election. biden has said that he directly told trump that he is committed to a peaceful and orderly transition, which is not something that occurred when biden beat trump back in 2020. at the time, trump put up many roadblocks in the transition process, never conceded the race, and did not extend the same invitation to biden. now trump did come to the white house in 2016, days after he had beaten hillary clinton, and he was hosted by then resident barack obama in the oval office. we are also told that an invitation was extended to first lady melania trump to come to the white house to meet with first lady jill biden. it's unclear if and when that meeting will take place but this is all part of the biden white house's efforts to try to show that

something, issues related to the veterans and military families has always been a priority for the biden white housethe first lady has led this initiative aiding military families but another initiative is extending benefits to those military members who have faced toxic exposure while they were serving, biden has often talked about how he believes his son beau biden's brain cancer could have been caused by his exposure to toxic burden pets while he served in iraq, one of the top priorities for biden when he came into office was getting legislation passed that would extend additional benefits to those who have been exposed to toxins in fact today the white house and eye is touting that they are expanding the type of cancers that could qualify for disability benefits relating to these toxic exposures, so that's just one of the steps administration has taken in recent years to try to enhance benefits for those members of the military. now, president biden is heading over to the amphitheater now where he's expected to deliver remarks and as i mentioned earlier, the one thing biden consistently says is

>> on july 21st, ali the biden white house chief of staff was sitting in his west wing office the phonen saying i have decided i'm going to step away. before he could even get into that with him he went on to say and i want to do a 180 day plan , i want it to be as aggressive and productive as any other period of my presidency. that is wishful thinking. there's a reason why he is called a lame-duck. he cannot possibly do, finish the job as he would have put it the way he might have in a second term. that would have, for example and dedicated to among other things, trying to pass some of the discarded provisions of build back better the big sprawling bill. i'm sure he would love to get child care and senior care past. that will not happen. he says he wants to focus on implementing the infrastructure bill for example. engage in diplomacy with israel, ukraine, china. that will be a real problem. all of those countries are waiting for trump. >> is a first phone calls that came in. he did say they are pushing through about $6 billion in aid for ukraine. i guess the thinking once that is out

over twitter in the first place was because he believed that they were too connected to the biden white housetoo much coordination between the biden white house and the way that twitter handled the content moderation at the time. and there were big concerns about that. there's been lawsuits none of which have shown anything legitimate and here we are at this point where it's a situation where he is you know he clearly runs the place, he clearly has decision making power over what is allowed and what is not allowed on the platform. and there's been all these stories about how he's blocking links to competitors and how he's taking down accounts of journalists critical of him. all of these things that he accused the former leaders of twitter before he bought it, of doing, and then when he is there and he is doing it and it's much more out in the open that he is obviously very closely connected to the incoming trump administration, there don't seem to be particular concerns about it. and all the people who were yelling about it earlier are suddenly quiet about it. >> you know, mike, the investiga

white house. and you know, we have seen lots of presidents leave the white house. president biden has spent extensive, extensive time outside of the white house, as we know, in delaware. in trump's case he used to own this hotel on pennsylvania avenue. or at least it, i should say, from the government and refurbished it that that has been sold. they don't have that lease anymore they don't they don't run that hotel. so i don't know what his recreational space in washington would be. but in terms of the city, he is coming back to a city that he has changed. he has bent congress to his will in a pretty dramatic fashion. he started doing that during his time in office last time. he has continued doing it since he left office in disgrace after the january six, 2021, attack on the capitol by a pro-trump mob. and so what that ends up looking like when he returns is, is an open question. i will say, john, the transition being in in mar-a-lago as opposed to in new york and half new york, half washington like last time, means that it exists in a little bit of a, of a halcyon bubble of, you

biden camps. i spoke earlier to jacqui heinrich, fox's senior white house correspondent. harris and biden sources coming to you with all kinds of complaints and and leaks about the other camp? if because it seems like this anonymous sniping is everywhere. >> yeah, it is harder to quantify -- hard to quantify just how many opinionses i have in my text messages right now. [laughter] everybody is finger-pointing. and i think that it's because in some extent people were surprised by this caught -- outcome. now that it's happened, they're all saying, but of course. and sort of peeling back the hood and looking at the problems that they could have resolved. it runs the gamut. i mean, i would say that biden world sources have different perspectives than harris world sources. there are the obama people, obviously, as well but start of -- sort of a continuing theme here is that there's more of a willingness to look at how the campaign was run than the messaging that was focused on. and i think that is what democrats are going to have to really wrap their minds around -- howard: let

white house. >> reporter: president biden returned to the white house with his administration committed to a smooth and orderly transition. >> president biden is committed to the peaceful transfer of power and to a responsible hand-off from one president to the next. which is in the best tradition of our country and has been for the last 240 years. >> reporter: that presidential precedent was upended four years ago. >> they rigged an election. >> reporter: when then president trump contested the election results, instead spreading unfounded claims of election fraud. all of them debunked after exhaustive lawsuits and investigations. trump's sweeping comeback victory includes control of the u.s. senate and possibly the u.s. house. up to ten races remain undecided. most of them in the west. that's left democrats soul searching about their losses from allies to a former biden primary challenger. >> we've used condemnation of donald trump versus invitation to donald trump supporters. >> we did not have a compelling enough economic vision. the democratic party should have one simple mission, and that is

white house? the current administration saying about this? >> john we know that president biden was briefed on this, and he is condemning this. a spokesman from the white house has said that any types of political violence is is being condemned by this administration. a chuck schumer, the leading democrat in the senate, he also is condemning this tonight. he said someone, whoever is doing this should be brought to justice. so this is being condemned on both sides. the question is i mean, yes, these people appear to be targeted because of who they are being nominated for. but again, there are so many examples often that don't make the news for people on both sides of this. it's become quite common unfortunately. >> so john, what options are there to protect these individuals i suppose you know, in the next 70 days or so? >> well they can be assigned protection in that they have not been nominated because the president elect isn't the president yet but they are they are pending. but i mean, we also have to keep perspective here. and this is really important, which is these threats

told that an invitation was extended to first lady melania trump to come to the white house to meet with first lady jill biden. it's unclear if and when that meeting will take place. but this is all part of the biden white house efforts to try to show that they will assist in this transition. it could be an interesting meeting between the two men, given the fact that one of their last substantive in person engagements was back on the debate stage in june, which really derailed biden's candidacy and eventually prompted him to drop out. the two men have spoken since then. biden had called trump following the assassination attempt against him and they were both at the same new york city 911 event a bit earlier this fall. but this will be an interesting meeting , as the two men are set to meet face-to-face in the oval office. biden is now facing this reality where the man who preceded him, who had been beaten in the 2020 election, will be returning to the white house in january. cnn, washington. >> the race for the white house is over but the battle to control the congress has yet to be settled. >>> republicans h

the biden white house, look, it's practically over, thank heavens for that. have never taken advantage of the power of the united states, maria, to change policies that we don't like amongst our adversaries whether it's iran or china or anybody else. joe biden doesn't get it, that we are the powerful nation in this world. and particularly when china's economy is struggling, we have so much leverage. and if we wanted to close our border to fentanyl and get china to stop sending this in-- the ingredients the mexico, we could manage that. but they won't do it. maria: uh-huh. mark, what's the problem? why won't they do it? i don't understand this. why put america at risk? >> i don't know if they're worried with about offending certain people, but, i mean, even look at tren de aragua. all of a sudden they are resurfacing again after take over the apartment building in colorado which was still one apartment too many despite what some of the people on the left would say about that. now all of a sudden they're in nashville and knoxville, they're resurfacing in tennes

donald trump did not extend an invitation to joe biden him at the white house like this as is americanradition. now biden has done the same or chosen differently as he invited donald trump to be here with him today for what is a typical part of the transition process. the administration has pledged they will be a peaceful transition of power for president-elect donald trump. as for what they will talk about in the meeting, the white house has been tightlipped about that. the press secretary yesterday in the press briefing was asked about the subject matter. they prefer to keep private conversations private. as for educated guesses as to what they could talk about in addition to the mystic issues, preserving american democratic institutions, there could be foreign policy as well. like in 2016, when barack obama met with donald trump after his first election victory. we have to wait to get characterization from either the current president or the president-elect. obviously, it will be an important photo opportunity and a signed to the american people the democratic process is working as

do we know when donald trump and joe biden may meet at the white house? ite house?— white house? a date has not been set _ white house? a date has not been set yet. _ white house? a date has not been set yet, but _ white house? a date has not been set yet, but we - white house? a date has not been set yet, but we are told it will happen in the near future. donald trump did an interview with nbc news today interview with nbc news today in which she discussed how they had spoken over the phone and he was invited for lunch and he really appreciated that the call it was very respectful and he looks forward to that. all part of the efforts kick off the transition. the democrats essentially emphasising that they will have a peaceful transfer of power and really trying to underline that they are a party that believes that is necessary for american democracy to function correctly. so all eyes will be on that visit, of course but we already know donald trump is spending his days at the moment taking numerous calls from world leaders, as many as 70 so far. as the ne

is going to look like once he takes the oath , the war in gaza, all of these issues that the biden white housealing with right now will soon be something that the trump white house is inheriting. these global crises they are facing. of course, they are attempting to handle them in very different ways. people will be watching this space very closely. as you know, congressman walsh was seen here in palm beach just a few days ago. he has been seen at the mar-a-lago club once or twice, someone who is rumored to be in the running for some type of national security job, wolf, whether that is national security advisor, or defense secretary, was also one loaded to us in recent days. he is also one you have seen and people will be familiar with intellivision. he has been a defender of donald trump's the last several months, often defending him after the incident with the trump campaign that happened at arlington national cemetery, when they got blowback for filming campaign material there, mike walsh was pinning him on television. that is something trump is always looking for in this portfolio. one thi

as for the white house meeting later with president biden. i spoke with two advisors who said currently, he's not expected to join him at the white house but of course, with donald trump you never know if that could change depending on how the first meeting goes but look, when i talked to those close to trump about what his message will be for house republicans, they said essentially he wants to take a victory lap but also remind them that he believes he has a mandate because he won the popular vote and he wants republicans to align with him in carrying out his agenda. he's also expected to walk through some of the decisions that he made regarding his cabinet picks and other top roles for his second administration. that's all expected to be discussed this morning, also pete hegseth, that's something that has surprised a lot of people. we are hearing reactions about what they think about that. here is trump. >> let's go to the president elect to now. >> a lot of good friends in this room, so you know we had historic kind of numbers, especially

. >>> the president elect is set to meet president joe biden at the white house, meeting is a traditionhat projects a peaceful transfer of power. >> reporter: president biden is looking to bring back a white house addition as he hosts president elect donald trump in the oval office. biden accepted this invitation and extended it to trump as he congratulated the former president on his 2020 election. he told trump he is committed to a peaceful and orderly transition, which is not something that occurred when biden beat trump back in 2020. at the time, trump put up many roadblocks in the process, never conceded the race, and did not extend the same invitation to biden. trump did come to the white house in 2016, days after he had beaten hillary clinton, and was hosted by then-president barack obama in the oval office. we are also told an invitation was extended to the first lady , to meet with first lady jill biden. it is unclear if and when that meeting will take place. this is all part of the biden and white house efforts to try to make sure that they will show how they will assist in th

on day one, when the biden administration got to the white house, you know, they presented already a comprehensive immigration bill to the house. on day one, president biden struck out maybe 90 plus trump executive orders, having to do with remaining in mexico, with border policy. in other words, that's on day one. they're able to do a whole lot. and undo a whole lot. and so, jen, what is the process now, not between these two gentlemen, but between the organizations that each one of them are going to have to transfer to the -- one to the other? >> i think what you just raised in terms of executive actions is obviously not a process that would be worked through the transition, because that -- those are policy decisions. would you like me to stop? will they talk? you want me to keep talking? >> no, no, yes, this is -- this is -- >> i didn't want to talk over them, jose. all right. i didn't want to talk over them. okay. i would say in terms of just to pick up from what vaughn said, this is really important for people, i think to understand how it normally works in a transition, when it

biden's house like donald trump's over the records act. inconsistencies of application of law is simply stunning. but it's even more so that you've got a white house that defies what joe biden said when he was first installed in office. he said he was going to have the most transparent white house that his press office was going short term orientation be absolutely stellar and if anyone stiffed the press in any way or didn't give the factual answers, they'd be fired on the spot. nobody's been fired from the biden white house, and i mean nobody and a bunch of people should have been. we don't need four more years of this and kamala admitted she'll be doing what joe has been doing. liz: you had msnbc and saying they're attacking journalists for covering the story and the truth when the ap reports biden said, yes, his press scene doctored and falsified what i said ask ap reports press secretary kjp and press team knew about it and fought with reporters about it to muzzle it and squash it down and turn it around to bash the trump rally and trying to fire up latino voters. >> journalists tried to report a story and some thought they might get big

what is the white house doing, now, the biden white house doing to protect the measures it has enacted? >> reporter: pamela, sources have said the president-elect trump plans to have his executive orders, executive orders, things like withdrawing from the paris climate agreement or trying to shrink the size of national monuments, to open up more drilling on public lands. the biden administration is well aware that they can't protect everything , that there are things that are going to be out of their control that trump can try to take aim at. those are some examples. what they are trying to do is to shore up their existing initiatives, trying to get more grants and awards out the door. they have also worked really hard to finalize rules and regulations much earlier in the year, so that they wouldn't be -- congress couldn't question them closer in these final weeks, if they had potentially rolled them out after the election. just on wednesday, they actually announced that they were going to limit the amount of drilling in alaska , in their arctic wildlife refuge but this is a very prist

what is the white house doing now the biden white house doing to protect the measures it is enacted? >> sources have said that president elect trump plans to have these executive orders, populations willing to energy and environment like withdrawing from the purse climate agreement or trying to shrink the size of national monuments to open up more drilling on public lands. the biden administration is well aware that they can't protect everything that will be out of their control. trump and try to take them back. what they are trying to do is shore up their existing initiatives, try to get more climate grants and awards out the door , also, they worked really hard to finalize rules and regulations much earlier in the year so that they wouldn't be, congress couldn't question them, closer in those final weeks if they had rolled them out after the election. just on wednesday they actually announced that they were going to limit the amount of drilling up in alaska in the arctic wildlife refuge. this is a very pristine area where there are many endangered animals, so that is something they

president biden will meet with president-elect trump here at the white house on wednesday. s the first time they are speaking face to face since their debate back in june. and it is an invite that was not extended by trump when president biden was pretparing to take office. president biden returned to the white house today with his administration committed to a smooth and orderly transition. >> president biden is committed to the peaceful transfer of power and to a responsible handoff from one president to the next, which is in the best tradition of our country and has been for the last 240 years. >> reporter: that presidential precedence was uphended four years ago when then president trmp contested the election results, instead spreading unfounded claims of election fraud. all of them debunked after exhaustive lawsuits and investigations. trump's sweeping comeback victory includes control of the u.s. senate and possibly the u.s. house. tonight up to ten races remain undecided, most of them in the west. that's left democrats soul searching about their losses from allies to

decade, but adams claims that those charges seem to emerge only after he sharply criticized the biden white housenough to help new york city with an influx of migrants the president and the white house has failed new york city on this issue. >> despite our pleas. when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief i put the people of new york before party and politics. >> if mayor adams was taking a page from donald trump's playbook, he was also becoming a validator of trump's claims and donald trump became one of the democratic mayors. most prominent defenders. >> we were persecuted, eric. i was persecuted, and so are you eric mayor adams has been treated pretty badly. you know when he said that this whole thing with the migrants coming into new york, this is just not sustainable. he said it very nicely. i said, well, he's going to be indicted by these lunatics for saying a year later he got indicted. >> would the founder of the maga movement use his power to rescue a high profile democrat from criminal charges and scandal? sour

house. the final number is expected to be between 220 and 222, a narrow majority. earlier, mr. trump met joe biden at the white two hours today to discuss the transition of power in the united states. mr. trump thanked the president for making that transition, in his words, as smooth as you can get. it is mr. trump's first visit to washington since his election triumph last week and a far cry from what happened four years ago when controversially mr. trump refused to see you joe den face to face as he refused the election results. mr. trump has been announcing more of the names of the people who will make up the top team in his administration in january when he takes office. among them, the richest man on the planet, elon musk, is reported. from our north american editor sarah smith. sarah: he is back, donald trump savoring his victory and making a triumphant return to washington. it does all look remarkably cordial considering -- >> mr. president-elect, former president, donald, congratulations. sarah: president biden is trying to demonstrate his commitment to the peaceful transfer of power. pres. biden: we c

the biden white house took a lot of heat for putting so much emphasis on racial diversity the republicans do not feel burdened by matching that level of racial diversity, but what should be noted is that, yes, the biden white house is racially diverse, but it's also people with experience in these roles, decades of experience that we are not seeing from the names put forth by the former president intentionally so, yeah, as you said, donald trump never promised anybody a cabinet full of longtime experience. >> he he promised the voters there's no hiding the ball during the trump campaign about what he intended to do, what his cabinet would look like. i think he's fulfilling it. and, you know, yes, it's very tv host friendly, somebody smart on the internet should come up with a little theme song to put behind the graphic of all the images but donald trump's giving us what he promised. >> all right everybody, stand by. well, republican senators vote for matt gaetz without seeing that ethics committee report. i'll speak with one of the new senate republican leaders. top allies. plus, we are s

biden and harris. so many people are now dead right now under what this white house did.errorists at all ports of entry, in between ports of entry and at the border caught crossing. the data sets are pretty striking. 118,000 criminal illegal aliens caught. that's a big number. nearly 2300 illegal alien gang members. and on and on. so, but you know the thing is, congressman, the media, despite all concern they're looking at people killed or murdered or raped and kidnapped by illegal aliens as, you know, basically that this is a race issue. it's not. americans had open arms, pro-immigration society. this is about crime, period, full stop. it's about crime. you cannot treat these people killed or attacked as rounding errors. and now the media's fear -- trump wants to to deport criminal illegal alien, period. but the media's fear mongering about deportation camps. watch this. >> i'm worried with about mass deportation and internment camps. >> he's vow ised maas deportations. he might deport abuela, members of their household. >> donald trump has promised the largest deportati

we're coming on the air because we're about to get our first look at today's white house meeting between president bidenn january 2021. there has been no shortage of harsh words, obviously, from either side for the other. president biden inviting trump to the white house after his election victory over vice president kamala harris. there was no white house meeting after joe biden defeated donald trump in 2020. president biden committing to uphold the peaceful transfer of power. this meeting comes as donald trump moves quickly with his transition team at mar a lago, building his new administration. he's already filling top positions, including naming his chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, un ambassador and homeland security chief. last night, he also revealed fox news weekend host and army veteran pete hegseth as his choice for defense secretary. we also know elon musk and vivek ramaswamy will play major roles in the new administration, creating the department of government efficiency. it will likely exist outside the federal government, with its expected focus to cut many government agencies. presid

some about on there and the, the stop i dropped off some of the stuff, some of the the, the biden white house to come clean about allowing kids to hit russia with us supply that long range missiles while american media person narrative, the 2nd scary year of the end to retaliate against moscow for its alleged hybrid for the outgoing american administration. led by finding is trying to slam the door. apparently, they will slam the lid of their own coffin, and the back odd thing is that they are trying to drag someone else down. the israelites strikes kills 31 people and 11 on monday as the idea of time space targeting hezbollah. headquarters, eye witnesses argue israel is really taking aim at.

here is biden's white house national security adviser jake sullivan on this this morning. >> first and most important method will be president biden is committed to the peaceful transfer of power and to a responsible handoff from one president to the next, which is in the best tradition of our country and has been for the last 240 years. then they will go through the top issues both domestic and foreign policy issues including what is happening in europe, asia and the middle east. and the president will have a chance to explain to president trump how he sees things, where they stand, and talk to president trump about how president trump is thinking about taking on these issues when he takes office. >> and that is notable they are that biden will bring up his domestic and foreign policy priorities here in this meeting with trump on wednesday. the first president has been very clear with his president according to white house aides that he wants to, quote, run through the team in the last 71 days he has power. and he is here at the white house looking at this administration, looking at a

white house, thank tonight in florida. indeed, anna - foster at the white house, thank you for that. as anna was saying, power has already started to shift away from president biden palm beach, where donald trump has his highly protected resort of mar—a—lago. it's about a mile behind me and living up to its reputation as mr trump's "winter white house". son, see and politics —— sun, sea. welcome to florida and where many a house has the stars and stripes fluttering in the yard. none is bigger or grander than this one, high above mar—a—lago, now a camelot in the sun. gunboats on the water, watch towers high above, and behind all the security, donald trump, a man who won the white house, lost it and then won it again. his victory against kamala harris, a hole in one, but the next few weeks won't just be about golf. here in florida he will be busy picking a cabinet to serve the people. what do voters want from the man they have given a second shot? my want from the man they have given a second shot?— second shot? my little baby. meet this family. _ second shot? my little baby. meet this family. they— second shot? my little baby. meet this family, they enthusiastical

had big impacts about how fast that case could go forward, something that at times also the biden white house and officials in the biden white house were frustrated by as well they wouldn't say that publicly. >> and a lot of democrats on the hill definitely did. and you heard some of that concern just yesterday. all right. coming up, john king goes back to pennsylvania to talk to seniors who supported vice president harris and now fear what's ahead with trump and the white house i feel like i'm standing on the edge of a cliff and like everything's kind of falling down around me. >> it it's falling down. what happened to the foundation? what happened? will america fall down watch cnn's coverage of thanksgiving parades around the country with special appearances by chef bobby flay t.i., andy grammer and more. >> john berman and erica hill host cnn. thanksgiving in america. live coverage starts at 8:00 on cnn like a relentless weed. >> moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya. with rapid relief at four weeks. tremfya blocks a k

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the, the, the, the biden white house to come clean about allowing kids to hit russia with us supplied at long range missiles. while american media puts narrative, the 2nd scary year of the into retaliated against moscow for its alleged high bread for the outgoing american administration. led by finding is trying to slam the door. apparently, they will slam the lid of their own coffin, and the bad thing is that they are trying to drag someone else down. the israelites strikes killed 31 people and 11 on monday as the idea of the time space targeting has below headquarters. eye witnesses argue israel is really taking aim at civilians. this is not a military area. we are all civilians have. there isn't a 3 a that they target everything and leave nothing behind the and the hindu religious group appeals to indian authority to release a prominent priest in bangladesh. 0 to start the process, resulting in dozens of injuries, designations in term government contract down on minority group the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. this is our t international following a string of ukrainian strikes o

but that may be changing for medicare and medicaid patients under a new rule from the biden white housedr. jon lapook is here to explain. so jon, what exactly are they proposing? >> reporter: nancy, more than 40% of american adults are obese. right now medicare covers certain drugs for weight loss for people in that category, but they also have to have either heart disease or type 2 diabetes. this proposal would make these medications available for all medicare and medicaid recipients who are obese. and that could add coverage for an estimated 7.4 million people. >> nancy: wow, and jon, that would come with a heavy price tag for the u.s. government. so what is the upside for the administration? >> reporter: these medications lower the risk for problems associated with obesity, heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. at first the price tag of these drugs would likely be more than what we would say from lowering the cost of treating these illnesses, but you can't put a price tag on what it means to be able to finally lose weight and to be healthier. we need to learn more about long-term side

today president-elect trump is meeting with house republicans and with president biden at the white houses writing and beating his as i did demonstrate a smooth transition between administrations despite trump team not yet having signed documents to start the handover process. we will bring you coverage of the meeting here on the c-span networks. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more including sparklight. >> what is great internet? is it strong? is it fast? is it reliable? at sparklight we know connection goes way beyond technology. from monday morning meetings to friday nights with friends and everything in between. the best connections are always of their right when you need them. so how do you know it is great internet? because it works. we are sparklight and we are always working for you. >> sparklight supports c-span is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> today, a house oversight subcommittee holds a secondary on the governments investigation into u.s.

. >> yeah, we have seen these frustrations at merrick garland from the biden white house and from allies of the president and the broader democratic party for years at this point. it's been one of the things i bring up pretty immediately when you talk about the relationship between the white house and the justice department and the broader judicial landscape of this administration. frustrated these charges, they say, were not brought sooner. when you talk to people inside the justice department, their contention is, at any step of the way, this was going to be caught up in the supreme court. we have seen that happen. they say they moved as expeditiously as possible, and even if they were to bring these charges earlier, it would've taken more than four years just given the hurdles in the way the legal system works with multiple avenues for appeal and the pace at which the supreme court would take up these cases. that's a lot of in the weeds, about how these cases were brought against trump. it's true that there are many people in the white house and the broader democratic party that are f