most people on capitol hill say that is not a reality. spoeke to senator manchin offcam camera, he said they need to compromise and get something that will help the country until the end of january, when president-elect joe biden is finally in office. hallie? >> what is your reporting from the president-elect's team here. are they concerned about the delays at this moment? if this is dragged out longer they'll worry about it? what is your sense talking to folks? >> reporter: it's clear in terms of the different tones set by the two party leaders from the democrats in congress. what we heard from the president-elect himself a couple of days ago when he spoke with reporters. the party leaders in the house are speaking critically of republicans, questioning if they're thinking at all. the president-elect who seems to be taking more of a cautious wait and see approach, downplaying the impacts of these delays in terms of his transition, saying he's confident republicans will come around and looks forward to speaking with president trump. if jo

ever happened.. befo. >> washington, d.c., a city disgusted by the gutter politics ayed out on capitol hill>> narrator: but it wasn't over. clarence thomas prepared to answer anita hill's allegations. senator alan simpson was in the >> we, we sat with thomas. and i told him my theory of political life: an attack unanswered is an attack believed. not only that, but agreed to. and he was teary. but i said, "you must have something say." he said, "i do." he said, "i really do have something to say." >> this is a circus. it's a national disgrace. and as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who inay deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas. >> i remember sitting behind ahe senator and ing that and just feeling like a bomb hadne ff in the room. and it sucked all the oxygen out the room. >> and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old w order, this t will happen to you. you will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a commiee of the u.s., u.s. senate rather than hung from a tree. >> the question is on the confirmation of the

senators returning from their lunch meetings now and take you live to capitol hill. the senate will begin to both including a vote to limit debate over presidentrump's economic advisor whos been nominated to the federal reserve's board of governors.

we go to the original warren conference room on capitol hill.tifacts and lingering controversies surrounding the report. watch beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv, stephanie jones-rogers details her research into southern white women slave owners, who she calculates comprised 40% of slave owners in some regions. she's the author of "they were her property", white women as slave owners in the american south. this event was host bid the national archives in 2019. >> questioning assumptions about history gives us a fresh understanding of our past, digging into primary sources helps us uncover and listen to the voices of those who haven't usually been heard. today's guest author, stephanie jones-rogers, has done this in her new book, "they were her property". jones-rogers uses an impressive

also want to keep you updated on what is happening on capitol hill. we will show you tweets from c-span's capitol hill producer, who notes that the house is holding its first postelection session today, but no votes are scheduled to take place until monday. today at 10:30 there will be a pro forma session. the party leadership election for the next congress will be held later next week. when it comes to those leadership elections, the leadership of house democrats is question at this point. craig kaplan noting how democrats are holding their first postelection caucus call today to discuss announcer: we will leave this segment to go to live coverage of the u.s. house, holding a brief pro forma session this morning. no vote is expected. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, monsignor j. rossetti, catholic university of america, washington, d.c. the chaplain: good and gracious god, we invoke the brilliant light of your son and cast out all spirits of darkness, discord, and division. may your holy angel

let me go to capitol hill. garrett, the laundry list of expiring issues -- expiring acts by congress just with covid relief by the end of the year. emergency unemployment relief. eviction moratorium. rebate checks. student loan forgiveness. small business debt relief. paid sick leave tax credit. payroll tax deferral. 33 other various tax provisions. that's just what we can fit on one graphic. we know the list is even longer. what is happening? it looks like pelosi and mcconnell don't believe any election happened and they're having the same argument they've been having for five months. >> yeah, chuck, basically nothing is happening. it's wild to watch this. i don't think i've seen anything that both political parties agree is so necessary and so wanted go nowhere for so long. now we've got, you know, steve mnuchin has removed himself from these conversations. the expectation has been a negotiation between speaker pelosi and mitch mcconnell would be more fruitful. they know their conferences, how to get somethin

[sfx: mnemonic] >>> back to capitol hill. the majority leader taking questions. [ inaudible question ] >> what it says about america is that until the electoral college votes, anyone who is running for office can exhaust concerns about counting in any court of appropriate jurisdiction. it is not unusual, should not be alarming. at some point we'll find out finally who is certified in each of the states and the electoral college will determine the winner, and that person will be sworn in on january 20th. no reason for alarm.

chad pergram is live on capitol hill. >> good afternoon dana. senator pat roberts, his message was hope but not change, kind of a play on president obama's campaign slogan from 2008. republican so far on capitol hill, most of them are standing behind president trump in his effort to contest the election here. they look at 71 million americans of voting for president trump and helping him with house and senate races. here's majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> anyone running for office can exhaust concerns about counting in any court of the appropriate jurisdiction. it's not unusual and should not be alarming. >> dana, they just came out of their lunch here on capitol hill and i'm told the senate majority leader is talking live. >> dana: thank you. let's go to him and he what mitch mcconnell has to say. >> it seems to me that with 6.9% unemployment and third-quarter gdp growth of astonishing proportions that even though we still have significant economic problems, we need to think about if we are going to come up with a bipartisan package here abo

what is the buzz on capitol hill?his will be a successful rollout when the time comes? >> i am confident. it is unfortunate we have governors in the northeast who are playing politics and unfortunately lots of people believe it will be a safe and effective vaccine. i am confident it will be safe and effective, so confident i put my money where my mouth is and m part of the clinical trial. it is unfortunate they are playing politics but i think it will get rolled out and it will be good. there is no question about that. jillian: the way to beat the virus is with this vaccine. the pfizer vaccine, if given the option, which should we take? >> we will be lucky to get either of them especially the data we have so far. the moderna vaccine, easier to rollouts, doesn't require the minus 94 temperature. we will need both. we don't need to be picky about it at this point. jillian: congressman, in pennsylvania they just tighten their coronavirus restrictions and one thing they are requiring our people to wear masks even at home

last think i'm a big tech capitol hill again. the pre-election efforts of the hunter biden story. >> you realize you probably given more prominence and visibility than i'd ever would've gotten had you left it alone. >> we realize that and recognize it as a mistake that we made, both in terms of the intention of the policy and the enforcement action of not allowing people to share it publicly or privately. >> bret: mistakes are easier to talk about after the election. >> i would encourage all of your viewers to go back and look at the clinic that senator josh hawley put on in his questioning of mark zuckerberg about a number of different things, particularly the invasion of privacy of different facebook members, a tool they use internally that attracts people across not just what they say on facebook but what they say on other sites as well. coordinating across big tech in terms of determining what to bam and two to clamp down on, this is going to be a big issue in one of the big factors is going to be the tension between justice

strengths and why he was probably selected by president obama is well is his deep relationships on capitol hill and he is somebody that has through his entire career worked across the aisle so i think if any president from the democratic party could work with mitch mcconnell it absolutely would be president biden. i think there is going to be a lot of concern if the democrats don't take back the majority we're going to because already signaled that he's going to stop a lot of cabinet appointments and i just really groene said government to a halt so i have great hopes for president elect biden but see a lot of challenges ahead let's just get policy analyst thank you very much thank you well leaders have been sending messages of congratulations to biden and

her news conference on capitol hill. watch live conference on c-span at c-span.org or the free c-span radio app. at noon former homeland security secretaries michael chertoff and janet napolitano will be part of a discussion on presidential transitions and the peaceful transfer of power in relation to national security. it is hosted by the university of virginia's miller center and starting at noon. we are waiting for a news conference with how speaker pelosi starting just a few minutes. right now, a discussion from this morning's washington journal. host: we did republicans only yesterday. your thoughts on how joe biden will govern. how she could -- how should he interact with republicans on capitol hill? on those votes in arizona, this is the reporting of the arizona republic. "biden increases lead in arizona, ending trumps hope continuing vote count would put the state in his column." they write "seemingly every national news that has not called arizona for joe biden, called it late thursday shortly after maricopa cou

these court cases play out which are being expedited but right now certainly most publicans on capitol hill are not basically calling on the president to accept defeat. >> how do you describe the relationship between mitch mcconnell, majority leader in the senate and the former senator now president-elect joe biden? >> it's a good one. they struck a number of deals in the relationship between president obama and majority leader mitch mcconnell is not good and was not good when obama was president so really it was the dealmaking came down to the joe biden and mcconnell and they struck a number of fiscal deals and president obama now criticized mcconnell in his new book and i don't think that means we will see a lot of kumbaya in washington but a lot of big sweeping a partisan deals in the deals that were struck basically between mcconnell and biden were must haves and government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling and dealing with taxes that were about to expire and they were kind of deals that had to be made for the most part so the relationship is good and mcconnell and biden certainly c

likely, yes. >> yeah, it's one of those frustrating realities on capitol hill that sometimes leads toare afraid to do something small for fear it will ultimately mean that nothing large will happen. it's a good point. kayla, can we talk about joe biden, the president-elect, how the markets -- i mean, i assume that they have kind of priced him into their calculations and does the stability that a president-elect biden ultimately help the markets or what is the consideration there? because obviously some of his policies aren't necessarily -- at least some of his proposed policies aren't natural fits for what wall street is looking for. >> no. president obama notoriously said you don't raise taxes in a recession so there is an expectation that even once president-elect biden takes office that taxes wouldn't go up right away which is something that the market watches closely. they're focused on the fact that that's a real prospect of a divided government here, so even if you do have biden with a task force and an administration that is pursuing a more aggressive agenda that some of the ch

by the lindt master chocolatier. >>> a rare sight this morning on capitol hill. republicans breaking with president trump. not over the transition or president-elect biden but over his plan to pull more u.s. troops out of afghanistan. our pentagon team is reporting this morning that senior military officials briefed the president on three options last week. a complete withdrawal, a drawdown to about 2500 troops there, or keeping the troop level as is, a current and former defense fshl said president trump is sticking with option number two, to draw down by early 2021. so really days or in the days before president-elect joe biden takes office. no official orders have made but they're expected and mitch mcconnell is getting out ahead of any announcement. he spent nine minutes on the senate floor bashing this decision. listen. >> a rapid withdrawal of u.s. forces in afghanistan hurts or allies and delight the people who wish us harm. a disorganized retreat -- this administration has worked hard to compile. >> democratic senator tammy duckworth is with me now. senat

this down there is ongoing for nolen of people streaming out to the, to the supreme court, to capitol hill. this is at least 101-5000 people here, all charm supporters. and i asked my camera to try to put constitution avenue all there that this is where the supreme court is and the capitol hill, of course. and it's going on and on and on. and on. crowds, crowds crowds main building industry. and that is really dangerous. and that is really concerning for fear for many here are militia testers, if you like surprised supremacist groups clan out, right? nazi groups who mingle in there. i have seen, i have seen in full war protected by proud boys part people who are wearing almost military gone or, and, and outfits walking and mingling in this crowd. so this is huge, this is huge. and everybody is united in this ground, denying, denying to believe that joe biden won the election for them. the election is not over yet. well, tell me, what else are they telling? you won't talk to people here it's. that's really they want to make 1 point one point very, very clear to anybody who is asking them. a

it will decide the balance of power on capitol hill and the fate of president-elect to joe biden andis agenda. early voting begins more than two weeks from today with democrats challenging republican david perdue. with so much at stake, lee chief of staff says to expect the president-elect to campaign georgia. >> when he knows to senate seats is important. we are going to do everything we can to help those two candidates candidates, great candidates in georgia. we've already moved people who were working on the biden campaign on the recounts. we are going to be supportive in the fieldwork. fico republicans have launched what they call a 50 state fund-raising effort to win georgia runoffs and keep the majority. vice president mike pence has been there in recent days. >> stakes in this election have never been higher and here in georgia i have to tell you, the choice has never been clear. we need you to do everything in your power to make sure, just be sure that your two senators will be there. on the agenda. >> harris: let's take a right to our virtual couch, townhouse editor and fox

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and also i guess kind of interesting that biden hasn't tapped anybody from capitol hill to serve on hisinet. even though there were several senators that were sort of rumored to be on his short list. mine, this will be kind of one of those things that is noticeable by omission >> reporter: right but here is the thing, he takes someone from capitol hill, a republican governor replaces them with a republican, and that messes up the balance of power on capitol hill. they are waiting on those two elections in georgia to determine if this is going to be 50/50 with a tie breaker with vice president-elect kamala harris so you know, they may be people on his short list, but taking democrats away from the senate right now may not be politically smart. he said flp nbc entin that intet he needs democrats on capitol hill too push through some of these initiatives like the immigration bill that he wants to send over almost as soon as he gets in office. >> the old we know you'd like us, we'd like you too, but we need you to stay there so we don't lose more seats two years from now got it tracie potts

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cnn manu raju on capitol hill with that story. man urk, what are you hearing from these republicans? >> reporter: it's clear, brooke, they are willing to give the president some time to mount legal challenges but not that much time. particularly if the legal challenges fall flat or change the election results that show jobe as the clear winner of the presidency. republicans are telling me very clearly that they believe this will be over soon. if it's not when the president loses in court, he should concede. of course, the president has not said that so far but republicans from his closest allies on down believe this is where this is going. and a number of them are making clear they believe the president should at least allow for these classified briefings to take place, allow joe biden to have them so he's ready come january 20th. that includes some of his closest allies lindsey graham, chuck grassley, john thune, three top republicans who indicated to me, yes, joe biden should have those national security briefings. others also b

on capitol hill it's locked as they were before the election. democrat and republican very far apart in terms of the total number that should go in, in terms of how much money should be spent for this coronavirus relief bill as well as fordifferent me where that money should be going and as of now, it doesn't seem the president's tweet is going to break that deadlock. the question is whether or not the president will choose to engage directly with negotiators on capitol hill. that is something he refused to do so. so far no sign he will do so. >>> joe biden is urging the administration to take action on the pandemic now. daily cases are near 200,000. he released a statement saying, if part, quote, i tam president-elect. but i will not be the president until next year. the crisis does not respect dates on the calendar. it is accelerating right now. urgent action is needed today. now, by the current administration, starting with an acknowledgment of how serious the current situation is. cnn correspondent jessica dean is in wilmington, delaware all

>> i think it will tell us there will be appetite for more negotiation on capitol hill. if you saw industry groups always been troubled by some of these data efforts and they immediately, you saw several different industries issue a stement saying we see what's happening in california and elsewhere so let's get folks on capitol hill of the federal level to come back and negotiate which is incredibly har we seen an attempt at that in the last two years and while begins and stracts, despite some real good faith conversations in good faith working groups, months of talks they come back to the same a few sticking points about whether federal law should be preempting any of theseules that come out and in some of these efforts. u are seen concern about whetheronsumers should have righ to sue some of these big tech cpanies and based on where we see things in the nate right now where it will be probably very tight margins and a little unclear wther republicans will hold the senate oremocrats might just barely get it but i think that will show it will still be hard and need to be

also on capitol hill today, the elected members of congress are attending freshman meetings. there is video of the freshman check-in. these members will be sworn in in january. [indiscernible] members ofected congress taking part in freshman orientation meetings on capitol hill today. >> john bolton has an opinion .iece in the washington post this is part of what john bolton writes in that op-ed today in the washington post. to pursue the right remedies to ensure an accurate vote count. any aggrieved candidate must produce legal arguments and evidence. trump so far

most republicans on capitol hill have not. their silence contrasts loudly with the election fraud claims being spread by rudy giuliani. and president trump's legal team. these claims have no factual basis of solid evidence behind them. they are backed by the republican national committee. this week the gop stweeted a video of trump attorney falsely saying he won by a landslide. she's no longer working for the campaign. but didn't explain why. joining us now a white house correspondent for yahoo news. why do you think there's a discrepancy between how federal republicans reacted tho and state and local republicans reacted? >> certainly on the federal side i think what's driving that -- [ inaudible ] >> i'm sorry, we're having trouble with the audio. wooem try to clean it up. don't go anywhere. i am interested in terms of donald trumps potential future in the republican party. what that might look like after joe biden is sworn in. here's something you recently wrote for yahoo news. whether or not trump actually returns in 2024 i

. >> trace: a big hearing on capitol hill top of the hour.iciary committee will question the ceos of facebook and twitter and the handling of misinformation during the election. mike lee sits on that panel and is joining us now. marsha blackburn tweeted the following quoting enough with the biased fact checking flagging and takedowns at facebook and twitter. looking forward to a robust discussion tomorrow. sir, what do you say to the critics who say these hearings the end to be long on confrontation but very short on consequences. >> this time that's not going to be the case for the simple reason that the more reuncover about how they are operating their businesses, the more we can see that these big social media platforms are in fact offering one service and providing another. in other words, they are claiming that they're politically unbiased and not putting their thumb on the scale between one side of the political spectrum and the other. so they lure their customers in thinking they'll have an unbiased experience. in practice this is not

joe biden has a wealth of years of experience on capitol hill, but over 200 members on capitol hill have never dealt with him, have never worked with him, and the current president, president trump, is going to slow go this, because it's going to make it very difficult and prolong a covid relief bill that does threaten lives. it threatens national security. that's an issue, and it's spoiler effect that also affects everything that's going on in the economy. that's problematic. >> and in the meantime, more than 100,000 people were infected just yesterday, and nearly a thousand more people died from the coronavirus. david mcewen, blow fesser at sonoma state university. thanks for taking the to talk to us tonight. >> thank you for having me, frank. >>> coming up, police in san francisco investigating a series of burglaries and home invasions as more people stay home due to the pandemic. some coming into contact with home intruders. >>> plus pg&e is now facing a lawsuit more than a year after the kincaid fire in sonoma county. what we're learning about the lawsuit that was filed today. >>> t

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however, and this is important, there is a belief, a growing sense on capitol hill that that log jamnly can, but absolutely must be broken. and there's this, fox news has learned that there are some measures that may be attached to a spending package that has to pass by december 11th to avert a government shutdown. all this is happening as federal health officials are meeting this week to make crucial decisions about who they will recommend getting the coronavirus vaccine first out there to the public. but even as all this is going on, the bottom line is this: pressure is mounting on congress to step up and strike a deal. >> and so that, to me, is just fundamentally wrong to say you're out of business now and that your workers are unemployed particularly whenever there's not any cares act relief package anymore. >> i'll tell you what was really make a difference here, a big federal stimulus sooner than later with a lifeline to small businesses, restaurants, folks who are unemployed. that would be a game-changer not just in their lives and in their prospects. >> reporter: you get the

joining me is capitol hill correspondent garrett haake.at the president said, get it done. what's the likelihood we'll get this done and get a bipartisan relief bill out for americans as we approach the holidays and wave three. >> since i'm at risk of getting stepped on by joe biden, the likelihood remains low. the two sides remain more than a trillion dollars apart, and presidential tweets like that don't help the conversation given the debate on capitol hill is between going bick and staying focused. the president effectively endorsing both policies. we are seeing the treasury department, steven mnuchin, who had been leading the negotiations for all republicans, boxed out of this process, and the reality is if a deal is not reached soon, it could be a presidential joe biden signing an ultimate agreement into law. the president's tweets not particularly helpful or in this case particularly decisive in what's going to get done up here. >> how hopeful are folks something can get done, especially when you're considering republicans that won'

speaking of public officials on capitol hill. had a number of conservative republican congressmen today calling for federal hearings on absentee ballots and it is mail-in ballots. i don't think this issue of how american votes now will go away any time soon. there will be questioning about how things were handled for quite sometime. >> john, just a few seconds left. how long are you hearing this go on? >> i think trump is in for the long haul. as far as he can stretch it out. they are raising money through small donations. >> all right. we will take a break and be back with the latest on the coronavirus surge. stay with us on "special report." >> ♪ >> ♪ >> our task force, this administration and our president does not support another national locked. lockdown. we do not support closing schools. >> i won't shut down the economy, period. i will shut down the virus. that's what i am going to shut down. >> the efficacious vaccine point is extraordinary. we need to put to rest any concept that this was rushed in an inappropriate way.

let's go to garrett haake on capitol hill.s you predicted the majority leader not encouraging a concession, not even congratulating president-elect joe biden. >> not surprising. you saw the majority leader trying to give cover. not going out of his way to make wild claims trump won or the results were going to be overturned by making the point he deserves his day in court. that gives room for some who already congratulated president-elect biden. and for the ted cruz, lindsey dwram and others who say the president ought to keep fighting. look at this through the prism of georgia. that's what the majority leader is focussed on. he wants to keep his ducks in a row until the races are done in january. and the other thing i think you heard from him, get ready to hear this over and over again. reminding folks of the comments from hillary clinton. she wasn't on the ticket this cycle about not giving up the election right away. i think you'll hear from this republican lawmaker and republican lawmaker between now and when the president

on capitol hill, a reaction was swift.aker nancy pelosi writing the president's insistence on distracting and dividing the country by denying his defeat in the elect underminds our democracy. more than two weeks after elect day, president trump doubling counsel on his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, writing on twitter, quote, this was a rigged elect. no republican poll watchers allowed. voting machine glitches all over the place, meaning they got caught cheating voting after election ended and so much more. meanwhile, president-elect joe biden and his transition team are preparing for the white house. they say, that the trump administration's refusal to turn over classified information is slowing biden's team, especially when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus. wednesday from his home state of delaware, president-elect biden is meeting with healthcare workers to talk about the challenges they face. a new poll shows a major of americans believe that biden won the election but shows americans are far

he has been through the wars on capitol hill. i see the democrats sitting back and waiting for cooler heads to prevail. since when? they are making something up. for republicans to be right, republicans and democrats s st an election in different states where only he got screwed but the republicans down ballot won? come on, man. >> you know. >> all of the other republicans. >> integrity. >> that is scary stuff. the record set of hospitalizations with covid. we will have 70 days. >> hey, chris, it is called hypocrisy. look at the last election when everybody said you have to have integrity. integrity in an election, won fair and square. there was no russian involvement. >> didn't need russia this time. >> that is the point. so you believe that you -- you believe that russians did not interfere in the election but real americans did interfere in the election. actual americans interfered. not russia but real americans. >> republicans and democrats. >> what does that say to you how you feel about america. >> months it would have take

yes, joe biden is talking to his counterparts on capitol hill but it seems exceeding i unlikely you'llmy that badly needs it. number one, the pandemic is getting worse and it will drive people back into their homes. you will see restaurants not having an outdoor seating, and a whole host of things, especially at the state and local government where you don't have enough money to make ends meet. i suspect this is coming together in the next couple of weeks and we'll have a conversation about a shutdown. it doesn't look like you're -- >> hans, i take your point, but i cannot handle a shutdown on top of the rest of this. i agree. it is entirely possible but i'm sorry to interrupt you, but i'm not sure we can handle that after this contested election. >> well, look, i mean, donald trump hasn't -- we know donald trump hasn't conceded. to get -- to prevent the government from shutting down you need donald trump to sign legislation. you need the president to engage on this issue at some point. and, you know, i agree, you and i have done too many shutdowns and warned gravely about what will ha

republicans on capitol hill have no patience for him any more.gine when we get back here in a couple days from the break that you're going to see the republican leadership in the senate suggest that the time for these games are over since the president just said multiple times that there is a wide spread fraud that goes across state lines against him without any evidence. now listen, joe biden has a very aggressive legislative agenda. there is a lot of problems facing the country that people are going to want to do battle on over capitol hill instead of listening to the president and wondering whether or not he is the subject of some sort of fraud that he has no evidence for. i will say this, though. it takes resources to brief former presidents. it's not as if he gets an e-mail in his inbox. they dispatch someone to brief him. and it typically was because presidents were called upon to help their successors when it comes to big national security issues. i don't know that donald trump will be called upon by joe biden or interested in helping joe

michael cohen testified on capitol hill that donald trump knew about these payments.d, possible bank fraud. >> unindicted co-conspirator number 1. >> correct. letitia james is investigating whether donald trump overinflated what he's worth to make him look richer than he was, and underinflated his assets because they wanted to pay less taxes. eric trump, one of donald trump's sons, testified, he had to give a did he aeposition, he it, but he had to give it in october, so that one is active as well. number three, the maryland and d.c. attorneys general filed a lawsuit that said donald trump's hotel smack dab in the middle of washington violates the emoluments clause in the constitution, a big word that simply means you can't as president profit for foreign governments, you can't take money from them, and that he was by having this hotel with his name benefiting from that. there's also another emoluments suit with restaurant owners and a hotel operator, that's a separate suit. i'll knock these next two out quickly, they're similar. e. jean carroll has accused donald tru

most republicans on capitol hill have not.ir silence contrasts loudly with the election fraud claims being spread by rudy giuliani and president trump's legal team. these claims have no factual basis or solid evidence behind them. these claims are also being backed by the republican national committee. this week the gop tweeted a video of trump attorney sidney powell falsely saying that he won by a landslide. a statement out today says that powell is no longer working for the campaign, but it did not explain why. joining us now is hunter walker, a white house correspondent for yahoo news. hunter, why do you think there is this discrepancy between how federal republicans have reacted to all this and how state and local republicans have reacted? >> well, certainly on the federal side, i think what's driving them is the same thing that all these -- [ inaudible ] >> hey, hunter, i'm sorry. we're having a little trouble with your audio. we're going to try to clean your audio up. i am interested, though, in terms of donald trump's p

garrett haake is on capitol hill. and matt sanderson, the former counsel to mitt romney and john mccain. but let's start with geoff bennett with the president-elect. geoff, what is the -- i know what the public posture is of the biden campaign right now. behind the scenes, how nervous are they that it looks like the republican apparatus, perhaps led by mitch mcconnell, is going to allow donald trump to continue to call these shots on the transition, perhaps for some time. >> well, chuck, look. campaign officials i've talked to say that they were prepared for this. they plan for any eventuality, including the one that we're living through right now. and they say that the biden campaign turned biden transition has a few advantages, even as the president and his republican backers have really thrown sand into the gears here. one is that joe biden himself, of course, was vice president for eight years. and he is surrounded by a team of experienced and by most accounts, competent folks who have been working on this transit

panera. >>> back to capitol hill where it is a busy morning over there.faces filling the halls as the incoming class of members of congress arrive for their first briefing. that's happening right now covering co-vid, security issues. we're keeping an eye out for nancy pelosi's remarks set to happen any minute now. with me now democratic congressman elect, jamaal bowman. congressman elect bowman, thank you for being on the show this morning. >> thank you so much for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. >> so you're in your office there, i think on the hill. first impressions? how are your first hours there on the hill? how was the briefing? >> feeling pretty good. feeling overwhelming. obviously they're throwing a lot of information at us, but i'm just trying to be a sponge, take it in, get to know my new colleagues, introducing myself to a lot of people. it's great to be here with recognizable faces and friends. so so far so good. we're off to a good start. >> let me ask you about some of the issues that i think you want to work on. president-elect bide

our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us with the latest tracie, no government officialsected at that briefing. >> no, paul. these are outside experts as you noted, and the pressure is growing growing for the trump administration to include president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris as a senator, harris already has the security clearance that she needs to be part of the briefings, but the trump administration, specifically the jane real services administration, has yet to sign off on that. also they're putting together a covid relief plan, a vaccine distribution plan. they're trying to figure out how to get these vaccines out to millions of people by next spring, and biden is saying it would be easier if the trump administration cooperates. >> what do you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now given president trump's unprecedent attempt to disrupt and delay a smooth transition of power >> more people may die if we don't coordinate, if we have to wait until january 20th to actually become operational. that's a shame, but maybe that's the only way

way, way, way down there is capitol hill. and this is where they're going to go to the supreme court and why this of course clear because none of those people here is ok. and just sort of get up. i can remember, you know, we all, wonderful. i of course, are adamant about that this election is not over. there's a handout newspaper here. that's right. and it certainly looks to far from over that sums it up what those people believe or what they're protesting for here. now, what you don't see is people of supremacist, gangs, militia people. there are a few groups present here. they're speakers also, and then i mean go in here and this is where it's becoming dangerous and very, very unpleasant because there's also, of course protests from the left from anti trump crowds scheduled here, and they will well, hopefully not meet. and that's the job of the police to keep them apart. actually, before this getting out of hand, you quite a sizable crowd as you can see, photos like for 3 or 4000 people. yeah. marching, gathering here and n

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now people streaming app to the, to the supreme court, to capitol hill. this is at least 101-5000 people here, all charm supporters. and i asked my camera to turn but constitution avenue all there that this is where the supreme court is and the capitol hill, of course. and it's going on and on and on. and on. crowds, crowds crowds, main building in the scrub. and that is really dangerous, and that is really concerning for fear. for many here are militia testers, if you would like surprised supremacist groups clan out, right? nazi groups who mingle in there. i have seen, i have seen in full war protected by proud boys for people who are wearing almost military gone and outfits walking and mingling in this crowd. so this is huge, this is huge and everybody is united, shia in this ground denying, denying to believe that joe biden won the election for them. the election is not over yet. we'll tell you what else are they telling? you won't talk to people here it's that's really if they want to make 1 point one point very, very clear to anybody who is asking th

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more members of congress test positive for covid some lawmakers are calling for a mask mandate on capitol hills should pennsylvania congressman dwight evans supports the idea and questions why anyone would disagree understood is the lack. >>was trying to prove on republicans like virginia congressman rob wittman say forcing members to wear a mask is unnecessary i think that it should be up to each individual member of congress. >>i i don't think that we should be. at a point where where we have to be told what to do with says he supports mask-wearing but has every member of congress should be allowed to make their own decision leaving giving clear direction from the house position we begin a clear direction from the cdc. we know clearly what each of us can do to protect ourselves and others but evan says some lawmakers are careless and are not setting a good example as the house focuses on passing a much needed covid relief bill you certainly can do take health. >>reporting in washington, i'm diesel job. >>still ahead on the kron 4 morning news president trump finally approving the formal tran

host: i worked on capitol hill in the reagan years. there's gold in your book. you say i hope to represent them, your constituents, the best but i also represent them at the worst. and i beg your forgiveness. and it reminded me of a conclusion i came to after years on the hill. and that was that congress, if it is actually a perfect reflection of american society. ... ... >> and the constituents say there are people in florida who are interesting and strange there is a similar line in the book i acknowledge george h.w. bush said he is a quiet man in the quiet voice of the country but i think it is a strange man in a strange voice but that's okay because at times is beyond the weird and interesting among us to do exceptional things and i think we can celebrate that to be a little more gracious to one another with our shortfalls recognizing we have something to contribute. >> and so to focus to some extent i was interested in the whole story and looking at see me valley with the ronald reagan library and she seemed to me to be a talented and tough operator she did

and on capitol hill, the criticism was swift from both sides of the aisle, with fears the troops left behind will be more vulnerable. >> this is the wrong thing to do. we want our troops home, but let's not bring them home in body bags. >> i think a precipitous drawdown in either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. >> cautious words from republicans and democrats late today. martha, that's the situation with iraq and afghanistan, but you're also learning more about iran tonight, learning more about the president being talked out of a possible strike on iran on their nuclear facilities? >> reporter: that's right, david. sources telling us the president asked his national security team for options in iran, but they convinced him that a military strike could lead to a bigger conflict at a time when he is trying to get out of them. david? >> martha raddatz on this again tonight for us. martha, thank you. >>> and overseas tonight, the heartwrenching images coming in from italy now. their second wave gripping that country. we remember what we saw in italy before we saw it here and now t