but according to boucher it was those three interviews that stuck out. >> these individuals did not work well with mr. nihoff and did not care for mr. nihoff as a city manager and frankly, they wanted to get him removed as the city manager. >> reporter: they say they were he he sitant to share their feelins but were told it would be anonymous. >> i said he'll get ahold of this report and use it as a hit list to go after anybody that's critical of him. >> reporter: boucher insists anyone privy was himself, risner and dobby. >> when she presented reports to me, reredacted and came up with our separate report that did not include witness names. >> reporter: his paraphrased version of the report was turned over to city counsel. the investigation exonerated nihoff on all claims. >> there is no evidence to support that city manager nihoff engaged in harassment. >> reporter: boucher says based on the facts he learned, he advised the firing of the three which nihoff did on april 23rd after the investigation was complete. >> there was bona fide independent reasons for their terminations unrelated

boucher, good morning. guest: thank you for having me.t: what have we learned about covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic? what do we know now we did not know last year? guest: in just 10 months we have learned a great deal about this little virus that has wreaked havoc on society. it can be transmitted when people don't have symptoms. we learned how to prevent the transmission by doing the very hard work of masking up, maintaining distance, washing hands, avoiding crowds, staying home when sick. we have a couple of medicines that work for the virus. probably we have learned we can make a vaccine very quickly and hopefully we will see a vaccine authorized in the next couple of weeks and start to help people see the light at the end of the tunnel. host: that is what we have learned. what is still unknown about covid-19? what is it we still don't know about this disease? guest: there is a lot we don't know about the. nine months is not a long time to learn about a new disease. we need to learn about the long-term consequences. we nee

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jared bernstein would serve on the council of economic advisers alongside economist heather boucher,dent and ceo of the washington center for equitable gwth. as team biden moves towards governing, president trump continues to fight, suing in sconsin to try to throughout 221,000 ballots. voter fraud.baseless claims this the same day as attorney general william barr said there was novidence to support those claims. judy: lisa joins me now from wilmington delaware while yamiche is in washington. now that we have seen the economic team that joe biden wants advising him, what does want to do now and once they are in office? lisa: this is a team that faces unprecedented double crise, and rarely a new president taking over amid them at the same time. however, this team is also was elected has had many plansho in the works for a long time. we know this team is rking on a larger plan, bigger stimulus, bigger covid relief coming next year, in addition to what they hope will be relief coming in the next few months, and i think we see in this team hints of how they hope to get this done. we will

the chair he has named less seal hou house, the two backing her up, heather boucher and john bernsteinjobs can have different positions. these three, while they do have other interests, what biden's priority will be. in terms of come paur son versus those who are outgoing, i think there is no comparison. this is a huge upgrade, both in terms of tlp kpe teps, their tem prament and snu-- temperament. janet yellen has shared the most important central bank in the world, has an enormous cv, doing the research that is most important to the economic challenges we face right now. i think it will be a huge relief to a lot of americans to have competent, experienced people in these jobs. >> but does she have a batman movie? >> not that i've heard about. >> federal reserve batman is the most boring superhere kwo in th first hundred days. biden's agenda will suffer on first two keys p key actions. getting a grip on the coronavirus is far and away his top concern. until that happens, the president elect's wider agenda is likely to take a back seat. so the coronavirus is his top priority. in terms

joe biden appointed jared bernstein and heather boucher to the economic council of advisors.n, several administration picks would make history if confirmed. janet yellen would be the first woman to lead the treasury department.>> reporter: in action will produce a self reinforcing downturn, causing more devastation. we risk missing the obligation to address deeper structural problems. >> reporter: she gave a ringing endorsement. >> bringing people back to the central policy, that is what she has been about the whole time. this is a very good time for that to be at the center. they also the black deputy treasury secretary. they're also looking at first woman of color to become the determinant director. they also cited some objections. >> i believe that the government is meant to serve all of the american people, republicans, democrats, and independents alike. >> reporter: facing major challenges, the economic team focused comments on government spending to support workers, and tackling income inequality and a plan to help struggling families. director urgency of ending the cri

and heather boucher, serving as the other members of the president's economic vadvisers, leading us off, sam, and pbs newsroom, both are msnbc analysts, and the biden presidency continues to come into view. we now mow most of the key players who will be working in white house positions that do not require senate confirmation and the cabinet is also shaking shape and we are seeing the -- what will be possibly a future senate confirmation battle, or not, depending on the outcome of the senate races in georgia. >> that's right. and democrats are really going to have to hammer that point home as they go to georgia to try to take both of those seats. democrats are going to have to convince more people to come out in -- now a special election to try to up their numbers to say, look, we really, really need these seats. they are critical to a biden administration. getting the work down. and trump is continuing to do his thing, making all kinds of things where wes had new evidence and one of the things i have been hearing from sources, part of mitch mcconnell's calculation to not completely turn

two members of thecea, jared bernstein and heather boucher. let's get inside with kathy bostjancic.s we said before the announcement, pretty much exactly who we were anticipating. janet yellen saying some interesting things. she is free now in a way, when she was not at the federal reserve, talking about the dignity of working and that is why she got into labor economics in the first place. dreamedged to build the for all americans, talking about everything from disparities that keep women out of the workforce to small business lending, denying businesses a chance to grow. how will she enact this early in e, assuming the senate confirms her? kathy: the best way she can do that is try to build coalitions to pass some additional fiscal those whocularly for are struggling and hurt by the pandemic. biden referred to the k-shaped recovery, and it is true. some are doing quite well and even prospering with the financial markets rallying, where others have been unemployed for a long time and are actually facing an end to the benefits if they are not extended by the end of the year. crisis.

voice with jarred and this council as a member of the council of economic advisers, i appoint heather boucher. heather, thank you for all the help you had in the transition team and getting me here she's one of the foremost economists working to make sure we build an economy that works for all americans. the daughter of a union family, no wonder she believes so deeply in the idea that leave no one out. leave no one behind in this economy. during the campaign i relied on her council on address structural inequities within the economy, and i'll do so again as president because the -- that's one of the central issues of our time the to this team, thank you for accepting the call to serve of again. to your families and to your -- thank them for their sacrifices because it's real sacrifice. we could not do this without you, and to the american people, this team will always be there for you and your families. this is family-oriented team we've got to make sure that ordinary people get a chance to do well because they never -- when given a chance they have never ever let the country down. 11 years a