the general services agency or administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this month's presidential election. it clears the way for the transition to get underway. donald trump, he has of course, refused to concede defeat, but he has authorized visit ministration to at least start the process. he says is going to keep up the fight, insisting without evidence we must say that the election was, quote corrupts joe biden's team for their part of welcomed the move. because, well, it frees up millions of dollars for his new administration, which can now work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a national security strategy. this report from washington d.c. now with political and this is the letter president elect, joe biden. has been waiting for giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. trump, loyalists. emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own, not the biden was going to be president, but that he can start planning in case he is us presiden

donald trump refused to concede, but he has authorized the general services agency to declare by the apparent winner biden has unveiled a national security team in an expected cabinet nominees, which are diverse soon race and gender, including america's 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury, and the 1st latino chief of homeland security and a former militia leader in democratic republican congressman sentenced to life in prison for war crimes in tumbling to bear. he was charged with murder, rape, sex slavery, as well in north kivu province. and scientists behind the 3rd major vaccine of revealed the results of a late stage trials. this is the oxford university astra zeneca trial. they are saying the vaccine is on average, 70 percent effective, but depending on the dosage you could be looking up to 90 percent protection and at $2.50 cheaper than 2 vaccines. the company has pledged it will not make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic, which raises hopes it could be distributed more widely around the world. earlier this month, you had the american pharmaceutical firms,

donald trump is refusing to concede that as all the rise to general service agencies to clear biden is the apparent window that ethiopia's government says to gray and regional forces have started to surrender. but to gray's leadership says they're fighting back and have destroyed an ethiopian military division, including a helicopter, and 2 tanks. news of potential covert $900.00 vaccines. nearing completion is raised hopes and markets around the world. but the aviation industry says the damage is already done and will take years to bounce back from the international air transport association had predicted, the industry would lose around $100000000000.00 by the end of next year. instead, it's on track to lose more than $150000000000.00. and some of the losing nearly 2 thirds of its passengers. ober of travelers plummeted from ford, a half 1000000000 in 2019 to fewer than 2000000000 this year. in an effort to increase international travel is calling for better testing and quarantine programs and it wants governments to foot the bill. but in serbia is the founder of so be aviation indust

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donald trump has refused to concede, but has authorized the general services agency to declare biden the apparent winner . other headlines, a former militia leader in democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. in taba into barry sheck, i was charged with murder, rape, and sexual slavery in north kivu province. not let out. they said, don't call me eastern to your city has never experienced a trial on this level. it's a historic moment, has been found guilty of war crimes. he is someone that no one thought they would ever see in the dark. so just for that, it's a huge step forward for justice. so yes, there are certain aspects of the verdict which we are not so happy with. for example, the recognition of the crimes against humanity for rape in a long time. but the fact remains that in general, it is a very positive verdict and a great message for the victims that justice is being served. the ethiopian government says to cry in regional forces of started to surrender, follows a deadline from prime minister. i've read for them to lay down arms by w

donald trump's refused to concede, but he authorized the general services agency to declare biden the apparent winner . also biden's newly unveiled national security team and expected cabinet nominees are asking, they are diverse in race and gender. and we will see america's 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury and the 1st latino chief of homeland security and other news and a former militia leader in democratic republic of congo. it's been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes and 2010 in tub and barry was charged with murder, rape, and sexual slavery, as well as a missing children under the age of 15 in north kivu province. also questions are being raised about why it took so long to punish him for his crimes. reports from nairobi, 2011, the un investigation documented a lot of these crimes, and that was when an arrest warrant was 1st, put out for shakha. but he remained at large for another 6 years after that same 2011, even campaign for public office, he ran to run in the congress election to try and get a seat in the national assembly. he held campaign rallies in fr

white house democrats refused to concede defeat, but he has authorized his federal agency, general services agency to declare biden as the parent when biden's newly unveiled national security team and expected cabinet nominees. the names are out and they are diverse in race and gender. it will include america's 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury and also the 1st latino chief of homeland security and the british drugs company, astra zeneca, along with oxford university, said the late stage of testing of the covert 19 vaccine shows it is highly effective. this is the 3rd major drug showing positive results. well, the u.n. security council is expected to discuss the unrest in northern ethiopia, later on tuesday, leaders in the to grow region and denying government reports though that the military is surrounding the regional capital of mackellar prime minister, ahmed says, given the 2 great people's liberation front until weapons status surrender left the refuses saying its people are ready to die in defense of their land. a former militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been

donald trump's refused to concede, but he has authorized the general services agency to declare by the apparent with all eyes are going to be on the republican party leadership in the coming days. because really we're seeing increased pressure on them to buck the president. on this we saw the big wigs of national security officials from former republican administrations. they've all come out and said this is bad for democracy. it's many of them, not all of them. obviously, it's bad for democracy. it's bad for national security and probably more important . we're seeing dozens, upon dozens of the country c.e.o.'s, the most influential republican donors come out in a letter saying this has to. and republican leadership needs to let the president know that it's over and has unveiled his national security team and expected cabinet nominees. they are diverse in race and gender, includes america's 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury, as well as the 1st latino chief of homeland security about headlines, a former militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced t

donald trump is refusing to concede, but as all the rise of the general services agencies of the club by the apparent went up. kimberly how could reports now from the white house? he does have some avenues still and there are some outstanding cases that are still being pursued in the courts because as we've seen for weeks, they are quickly being tossed out. because what the consensus is been is that many of these cases were poorly crafted in terms of their legal arguments. and in many cases the legal team was ill prepared. now, even as the president continues to say that he will prevail, that he is working to reverse the election results. what we know is that the president is continuing to also undermine the electoral process. at least that's what his critics will argue. ethiopia's government says that the grand regional forces have started to surrender. it follows a deadline by prime minister. i'll be on that for them to lay down their arms by wednesday or face an attack on the main city of mccully. but to graze leadership says they're fighting back at a destroyed ethiopian military

donald trump has refused to concede, but has all the rise the general services agency to declare by the apparent without a formal militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. and the barry shake up was charged with murder, rape, and sexual slavery in north kivu province. eastern has never experienced a trial on this level. it's a historic moment, has been found guilty of war crimes. he is someone that no one thought they would ever see in the dark. so just for that, it's a huge step forward for justice. but yes, there are certain aspects of the verdict which we are not so happy with. for example, the recognition of the crimes against humanity for rape. but the fact remains that in general it is a very positive verdict and a great message for the victims that justice is being served. ethiopia's government says that the grand regional forces have started to surrender. it follows a deadline by prime minister ahmed for them to lay down their arms by wednesday or face the time or the main city of mckelway. but to graze leadership say

the gsa is general service agency, which works as hr department for the white house, and who is a trump appointee and who apparently doesn't want to get ahead of her boss in calling this race. if joe biden needs and wants a pdb, an intelligence briefing, that's a white house call. the president, that's his call to make. and yet the president clearly hasn't done that. so, on so many fronts, on the coronavirus crisis, on national security, really the country waits, the world waits for president trump to recognize the results, recognize the reality and allow joe biden the access to intelligence that he so clearly needs. >>. >> well, carol, you're covering the president, where do things stand with his concession? is it coming? or when is he going to get enough pressure among those around him to allow joe biden access to intelligence? >> reporter: look, katy, even those that work around president trump, with him and for him don't know the answer to that question. that's what's causing so much concern. we know speaking to officials in the white house that there is a hope -- there are two trac

more challenges, not letting the transition start, actually, by stopping the head of the general services agency which leads the government from sending the letter that normally comes when any president, any candidate goes over 270, which joe biden clearly has. they sent a letter, this is a 1963 law, letting this incoming team have access to the federal agencies. how many jobs are to be filled. what is your data on this? what is your intel? as well as the money, some million for transition. monica, we're hearing none of that from the white house, the president still in the campaign. >> the consults definitively decided over the weekend declaring joe biden the president-elect as if it never kpi existed. this is a president that doubled down in defiance. they continue to operate in a world they believe they can stay on the legal course keeping the fight. we heard from campaign manager bill stepien held an all staff call and meeting at virginia headquarters in the last hour or so trying to tell staffers there, who i have to tell you i've been in touch with and are quite deflated to keep hope alive.

standard for ascertainment, so you don't have some relatively unknown, obscure official at the general services agencyaking that decision about whether a transition can go forward. i also think that, you know, as we studied all the potential contingencies going into the election, we studied that the electoral college act, which interprets and implements some of those processes is really poorly written and very confusing. and so there, i think, needs to be a lot of thought to rewriting that law. but one kind of overriding consideration, john, and this is similar to what you raised in terms of the impeachment. yes, there are difficulties, ambiguities, problems in the constitutional language on this subject, but even the best language doesn't protect us, whether it's about an impeachment or an electoral college. if the people implementing that language don't have the spirit in which it was written, and here if, you know, if gop electors were going to ignore their legal and constitutional duty and refuse to certify an election where there's no doubt about the outcome, merely because they're asked by the p

donald trump has refused to concede, but has organized the general services agency to declare biden the apparent wind up of former militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. and to bury shake up was charged with murder, rape, and sexual slavery in north kivu province. and the ethiopian government says that to gray and regional forces of begun to surrender, but to graze leadership says that that fighting back at the destroyed an ethiopian military division, including a helicopter. and to turn this scientist behind a 3rd major covert buying team bank scene of revealed the results of its late stage trials, oxford university and drug company astra. zeneca say that their vaccine is on average 70 percent effective. but depending on dosage that can increase to 90 percent at $2.50, it's cheaper than 2 u.s. vaccines. the drug company has pledged not to make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic raising hopes that it could be distributed more widely across the world. earlier this month, american pharmaceutical firms fires a mcdo

ibn, so the federal agency for international viewers who are not familiar with what the general services administration is. it's a federal agency which oversees the transition from one administration to the next . now it has told joe biden that the transition can begin. what's your reaction? well, jim, it's great to be with you again and thanks for having me. this is, a significant change in the position now of that agency, the g.s.a., the general services administration, which up until this moment in time, only perform the bureaucratic function of signing on the dotted line that the president elect, whomever it was in the past, did win the election, but as is everything with this administration, donald trump politicized this, this bureaucratic agency, but now the money will flow to the biden transition team. it will enable the team to have offices to have staff access to the federal agencies that they will be transitioning, the biden team into officially on january 20th. so it's a significant change. it basically means donald trump and his administration recognized that joe biden was th

the process was formally triggered by the general services administration. that's the agency that keeps the u.s. federal government functioning day to day. however, mr. trump maintains his fine is not over and will continue to pursue legal challenges regarding the result of the election. taking a look at how the next white house team could chip up, here's to try and go. america's foreign policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock, says one who says the man whose own white house mistakes. as donald trump saw them were thorley taken care of by the outgoing administration, the time has come for the u. turn to go full circle. there's been some damage done. that is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. but there's no doubt that joe's got the right people to do it. the man taking over the oval office in 2021 was president obama's number 2. so who are the best people to set these apparent wrongs? right. well, the former deputies of obama's team, of course, how easy, i'm really starting to get that joke that barack scott himself a 3rd term. let's ta

agency. the general services administration so that you can have the money, as well as the physical space in ederal agencies to assess what needs to be done, who needs to be hired and who should be getting background checks for the jobs that require senate confirmation. thank you very much from washington, ross and joan. now brazil is going to be holding local elections on sunday and for the 1st time, black candidates make up the majority. racism runs deep in brazilian history. people of color experience much higher unemployment and poverty rates compared to whites. but activists say that change is coming when i can a cure ports now from rio de janeiro. first there was the murder of my foot on the day after the brazilian city council shut down reduction in 2 years ago. high profile murder, amid thousands of thanks to brazil's black community, to endorse floyd, step in the united states last meet the mission, black wives matter, protest worldwide to similar but separate events that have helped inspire a new generation of blacks. 20 brazilian politics and shaped their own destiny. then a social

dagen: the presidential transition process officially underway, the general services agency giving theht for team biden to begin its transition and receive intelligence briefings although president trump says he will not concede and legal battles remain ongoing. biden out yesterday, talking about his transition and the confirmation process for his cabinet picks. >> i'm pleased to have received the ascertainment from gsa to carry out a smooth and peaceful transition of power so our teams can prepare to meet the challenges at hand, to control the pandemic, to build back better, and to protect the safety and security of the american people. and to the united states senate, i hope these outstanding nominees received a prompt hearing and that we can work across the aisle in good faith to move forward for the country. dagen: joining me now, the federalist senior editor, chris bedford. chris, the press coverage of this rollout of the cabinet picks, it was not as bad as i was expecting. it was actually worse. they were equated with like superheros, it's like the avengers out there. that was la

but the general services administration-- the federal agency which oversees the presidential transition-- has not yet signed off on funding for the transition or approval for contact with federal agencies. president-elect biden's chief of staff ron klain said the incoming administraon's efforts to roll-out a covid-19 vaccination plan could be jeopardized. >> joe biden will become president of the uted states in the midst of an ongoing crisis. that has to be a seamless transition. we now have the possibility, we need to see if it gets approved, of a vaccine starting in december, january. there are people at h.h.s. making plans to implement that vaccine. our experts need to talk to those people as soon as possible so nothing drops in this change of power we're going to have on january 20. >> sreenivasan: in the u.s. the coronavirus continues to spike rapidly and more than 1,200 people died from covid-19 in just the past 24 hours. "the new york times" shows an 80increase in confirmed cases over the average number two weeks ago. aths are increasing at a 38% rate. in comparison, new coronavi

the process was formally triggered by be general services administration. that's the agency that keeps the u.s. federal government functioning day to day. however, mr. trump maintains his height is not over and will continue to pursue legal challenges regarding the result of the election. i want to thank emily murphy, a g.s.a. for her steadfast education and loyalty to our country. she's been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her family or employees of g.s.a. . our case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail, nevertheless, in the best interests of our country. i am recommending that emily and team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols and have told my team to do the same. even before the start of the official transition, joe biden was already getting comfortable in the role making key cabinet picks and is the station to fill its administration with war. hawks is already creating concerns about his foreign policy intentions were waiting and even the full cup in a few hours t

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general services agency that lists all the federally suspended and debarred contractors. and so there is that check that happens at least before things are let or paid, it was in the city's system. how it's included in the review of the contractor in the definition of a responsive or responsible bidder, i am unsure about how that is -- whether there is a check that happens at that juncture to see if the contractor that's bidding on a contract appears on that list. >> commissioner bush: okay. thank you for that. the last question i had was that you said the city may require repayment of a contract that was lost because of debarment, but i wasn't clear what constitutes "may require" a repayment. is that entirely discretionary according to the department head? who decides what the grounds are for repayment? >> actually, through the chair, i would see if city attorney givner has an answer to that? >> mr. givner: yeah. i don't know the answer to that, but i'm happy to look into it and get back to you, commissioner. >> yeah, and i'll do the same, commissioner. >> commissioner b

this was tipped off by oklahoma senator james lankford who is pressing the general service is administration agencyh a very broad name to make of this call. to push forward on with transition in some ways, the gsa which is run by a trump appointee has refused to do that so far. adding to this pressure, there is a letter from 150 national security officials, former officials, generals, admirals, people who worked in many different counterterrorism agencies saying president-elect biden needs of these classified briefings if he does not get them there could be in their words, immense consequences for national security. judy: and what about at the white house, any movement today in terms of how they are handling this transition and any movement in terms of the president accepting the election results? >> there is not much movement, the president remains angry, isolated, and unwilling to acknowledge that joe biden is in fact the president-elect. it was one week ago today that the president took to the white house podium to say he had one -- won the election. the president has continued to do that over a

this is the general services administration this is the agency that oversees the transition which hasn't officially recognized by the victory and now we're hearing from the biden camp that they are planning on taking legal action if it doesn't recognize. the transition why is that significant well on the. head of the general services administration who is a political appointee a. career republican governments after he served previously on capitol hill and in the bush administration technically has the authority to determine.

well, the biggest complication is the fact that the head of the general services administration, basically the logistics agency for the u.s. government, has not signed a letter. that with all the rise members of president elect biden's team to take up residence inside federal agencies so that they can work hand in glove with their current counterparts. so that the business of the u.s. government does not fall apart when there is the transition at the top of the u.s. government at the white house. this is work that has always taken place throughout the u.s. . it's history. but you need to have that legal authorization, so that money can be spent in order to run background checks on potential cabinet nominees and other officials who need senate confirmation. you need to have people authorized with the proper security clearances, to gain access to government information and documents so that they can do their work. and that's the real complication. as long as this letter has not been issued, there's not as much that the bush team, the biden team, excuse me, can do, as they would like to be doing right now across

>> it will require the general services manager, a little known agency running the federal government, signing off that joe biden is the in-coming leader for that to start. that is a critical step that biden campaign has been able to get intelligence briefings, funding and cooperation. reminding us that biden campaign is staffed with people who have been in government before. they are not going to be starting from scratch when it comes to learning the levers of government here in washington. >> thank you, josh. goods to see you. with that, going over to the biden camp. the word that president elect is set to deliver his next speech. ally, bring us up to date, the announcement that president-elect will be delivering a speech tomorrow, it seems? >> yes. >> reporter: it continues a trend we have seen in the course of the last week or so. hearing from biden on key issues that the coronavirus pandemic, how they plan to tackle it, and take it seriously. they have linked the coronavirus pandemic with getting the economy back on track. you can't do one without first doing the other. tomorrow,

this is the general services administration this is the agency that oversees the transition which hasn't officially recognized baden's victory and now we're hearing from the biden camp that they are planning on taking legal action if it doesn't recognize. the transition why is that significant well on the. head of the general services administration who is a political appointee. career republican government staffer who served previously on capitol hill and in the bush administration technically has the authority to determine when to release dorothy for the biden transition to get to work they have previously released over 6000000 dollars to get that process started and all and then just maybe another $15000000.00 that needs to be provided but more importantly the decision by this g.a.o. g.s.a. administrator emily murphy. is supposed to trigger the availability of office space computers. technology telephones and in particular. i mentioned the importance of getting these appointees background checked and confirmed. that process includes a background check by the f.b.i. and those cannot be

right now we have a process due to the general services administration, the federal agencies that hasesponsibility for effectively starting the transition process, not certifying bidens victory yet. there are really nitty-gritty things here that impact this. first and foremost is you are struggling to get some of the fbi background checks done on some of these people, so the big picture for me is this is slowing what needed to be an exceptionally seamless transition, given that we are facing a global pandemic and economic suffering. so i have to ask myself the question, how much will washington trip on its shoelaces? because it is not just this transition. it is also secretary mnuchin's decision with the senate. jonathan: i think at this moment, it is probably the longest transition in a long time -- the hardest transition in a long time. we are about to go a massive vaccination effort, and i wonder what that looks like. when you speak to people in washington, have you got clarity on what that looks like or needs to happen between now and january 20 to make that as soon as possible --

the gsa, the general service administration is the agency that controls certain funding.ts released only when the gsa does what's called ascertains there's been an apparent winner of the election. the law doesn't tell us when we have an apparent winner of the election but let's use some common sense here. we are well beyond apparent. we are into done deal territory. the biden transition team is considering legal action. they have said that. it seems they want to avied escalating the if he thinks at this moment. if push comes to shove they may need to force this into court. i'm competent it's likely they will win. gsa is really pushing the legal limit here and they are impeding a safe and smooth transition. that is potentially dangerous to our national security and it is terrible for our democracy. >> it's always great to have you with us. thank you for doing this with us. i want to remind our viewers to submit their questions and keep them coming. see you next week. >>> cnn has obtained copy of barack obama's upcoming memoir. we have excerpts we'll share with you includin

the white house, but the president still has not directed or allowed his general services administration, that obscure federal agencyto ascertain the outcome of the election. that means transition funding is being withheld, and even more importantly, they're not allowed to have meetings between the biden advisers and the trump advisers. this matters the most on the planning of the vaccine, the distribution of the vaccine. a short time ago, the president-elect was speaking to health care workers on the front line. he said this about why his team needs access. >> soon we're going to be behind by weeks or months being able to put together the whole initiative relating to the biggest promise we have with two drug companies coming along and finding 95% effectiveness efficiency in the vaccine, which is enormous promise. i just want to tell you that that's the only slowdown right now. >> >> reporter: he's calling it a slowdown. he's also called it a matter of life and death, and his advisers certainly speaking in much louder tones than that, imploring the governor to begin allowing this access. brianna, we are talmost two

document that simply acknowledges that he's the president elect from the general services administration. the head of that agency has declined to do that. meanwhile,, biden has been talking to world leaders, the leaders of the u.k., germany, france, ireland, and other countries. and he's been talking to them about substantive policy issues, issues like climate change. and he is talking about international cooperation between his administration, future administration and other countries. he's also looking at executive orders that he could pursue in terms of climate change, things like ending drilling in some national parks, for instance, and overturning the trumpet, ministrations, multiple executive orders on those issues. so joe biden is continuing to act as if there is no dispute here. the trump administration declines to recognize. and so meanwhile he's operating out of here in wilmington, delaware, 100 with the latest from wilmington, delaware, joan, thank you. the world's longest serving prime minister. shake. have been sound man al haj lifo of bahrain has died at the age of 84. he's the uncle of bahrain's,

and to the publics at large white house shake up isn't the way the general services administration which oversees access to federal agencies is to get a formal transition process to a joe biden presidency on trump says his administration will cooperate during this period. although he still to concede the race. i want to thank emily murphy, a g.s.a. for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our country. she's been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her or her family or employees of g.s.a. . our case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail, nevertheless, in the best interests of our country. i'm recommending that emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols and have told my team to do the same. we've before the start of the official transition, bob was already making key cabinet picks. joe buns, decision to line up the oval office with war hawks is raising questions about his foreign policy intentions. get them open, picks up the story. 6 cabinet appointees have already been named among them is anthony blanket f

joe biden's transition team has urged the general services administration, which is a federal us agencyump. they want this so a transition of power can take place and the federal funds allocated to the incoming team can be released. let's get more on how the tranfer of powers works in american politics. david marchick is the director of the center for presidential transition, a nonpartisan group that advises incoming administrations. dealing first of all with that question over emily murphy, the gsa administrator, i get that she needs to write a letter allowing the transition to go ahead and does not doing it, is that still the case? that's right, thank you for having me. general service administration which basically manages the real estate and procurement for the federal government also has the federal government also has the authority to start the transition process, and that process has not yet started, u nfortu nately process has not yet started, unfortunately stopping the standard for making that decision is whether there is a clear outcome to the election. the outcome to the elec

which is, the little known head of a little known agency called the general services administration which basically staffs and provides office supplies and support to all the other federal services, the head of that agency, by law makes the , determination for purposes of the transition when the president-elect is indeed the president-elect. it's called ascertainment. when that ascertainment is recognized, all the things we just talked about can begin. you know, you going in to talk to victor and sue at the white house or in the agencies about getting ready to govern, as we did in late 2008 and early 2009. but if ascertainment is not recognized, then that whole process is on ice. nothing is happening. and so that's a space we find ourselves in right now, which is basically a moment of suspended animation on when president-elect biden, vice president-elect harris and their team can begin the preparations for governing. and one very concrete example is something that we know very well, which is, we were assigned to stick with president-elect obama when he took the presidential daily brief e

the general services administration -- that's the agency that approves the beginning stages of the transferfailed to certify biden's win. the head of the agency, emily murphy, who's a trump appointee, must issue what's called a letter of ascertainment. without that letter, biden's team can't get access to federal agencies, including secure facilities where they can discuss classified information safely. according to bloomberg, republican senators marco rubio and mitt romney have both added their voices to the growing calls for the agency to ascertain biden as president-elect, warning that the delay could put america's national security at risk. rubio told reporters yesterday that the agency's determination wouldn't undermine president trump's legal challenges to the election, saying, quote, we need to have that contingency in place. >>> meanwhile, speaking of national security, president trump fired defense secretary mark esper on social media yesterday by tweeting in part, "i am pleased to announce that christopher c. miller, the highly respected director of the national counterterrorism c

it is still that ascertainment that the general services administration that obscure agency in the trump administration has not yet signed off on these election returns, has not yet allowed transition funding but more importantly information to come forward. there was a conference call late today with the top advisers, the medical advisers on the biden coronavirus task force and they talked about the urgent need to get access to the data and the information for how this vaccine will be distributed. the words of dr. david kessler, don't forget he was appointed to lead the fda under george h.w. bush, worked under bill clinton. he said, look. we are docs. wooer' not political. we want to save lives here. so the bide entrance igs team is moving forward trying -- the biden transition team is moving forward trying to show themselves as in motion but the reality is they are concerned about getting access to the covid information most importantly the vaccines that as of yet the trump administration is still blocking. >> it is incredible and crucial. the thing that matters the most for the econom

we begin stateside for a white house shakeup is under way the general services administration which oversees access to federal agencies has triggered a formal transition process to a joe biden presidency. donald trump says that his administration will cooperate during this period. he still to consider the race. i want to thank emily murphy, a g.s.a. for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our country. she's been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her or her family or employees of g.s.a. . our case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail, nevertheless, in the best interests of our country. i am recommending that emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols and have told my team to do the same. or the head of the general services administration heard come under pressure to sign off on the transition earlier. murphy was called on by the democrats to explain the holdup, and even though she insists that her decision was made independently, she admits receiving quote, threats to greenlight, the transition to

the general services administration which oversees access to federal agencies has triggered a formal transition process to a joe biden presidency. this comes weeks after biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. meanwhile, donald trump has yet to concede that race. i want to thank emily murphy, a g.s.a. for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our country. she's been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her or her family or employees of g.s.a. . our case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail, nevertheless, in the best interests of our country. i'm recommending that emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols and have told my team to do the same. the white house says that it will cooperate with the incoming biden ministration ending weeks of impasse that condemnation. from members of both parties, top house democrats have demanded a briefing by the general services administration chief over her decision to hold up the transition over to murphy cit