in this case, that was geraldo rivera. the other part of his tweet, he made an analogy to a boxing match and that he is a prize fighter who wants to wait until the bell rings. the big difference is that most prize fighters don't stop before the bell rings and turn to the ref and say this whole thing is rigged and it is not real and it is fake and so on and so forth. that's the danger in what the president is doing. if he fought 'til the bell rings, that is fine. that is what any fighter should do in any arena, but that's not what he's doing. he is eroding the trust in the system even more than he did over the past five years. >> so let's move now to the president-elect who actually should be getting more attention maybe than we give him because of the controversy the current president keeps stirring up. "the washington post" reported yesterday that hillary clinton was somehow being considered for the possibility of ambassador to the united nations. she was secretary of state, the first lady. susan rice who is a biden advis

. >> harris: the president is talking with geraldo rivera today just moments ago.irst i want to go to julian turner. >> that judge you mention in philadelphia is actually five different appeals right now, the campaign says there's about a thousand ballots in the city that should be ineligible. submitted affidavits to claim multiple pennsylvania counties pre-k invest mail ballots prior to election day which they say is illegal. claims this is a straight up equal protection violation. there was one system of checks and balances there in person, another one if you vote by mail, and it so important your viewers understand how important these local elections are. rigging this from the outset like secretary of state in pennsylvania who was an avowed anti-trump leftist. >> yesterday, a judge ruled the secretary of state lacks the authority to extend the deadline for absentee voters this prompting officials at the white house to double down on claims of a second trump term. listen to peter navarro. >> we are moving forward here at the white house under the assumption there

we have emily, geraldo rivera, and jesse and greg. geraldo rivera, what would you like to talk about? you are just back in new york for the first time. >> it's melancholy. it's awful. walking madison avenue and seeing all of the shuttered hotels. i am the only guest in the barclay hotel which is a big building. >> what about all of those women that keep coming? >> [laughing]. >> there is an emergency use authorization filed tomorrow for one of the vaccine. they directly rebuked governor cuomo and the shut down of new york city schools saying for kthrough 12 the safest place is in schools. 1.1 million children left to go where? their parents worked. they are stressed out. the only meal they get in school and they shut it down because 1 out of 50 is testing positive. it's ridiculous! imagine if this press conference was 2 weeks ago or 3 weeks ago. donald trump would have been reelected resoundingly. i wonder if pfizer and moderna didn't they know that it was 95% 2 or 3 weeks ago? >> they said not. >> they were so afraid to be political

bush's campaign, and geraldo rivera trying to break the news gently. rove writes in an op-ed, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is correct that mr. trump is 100% within his rights to go to court over concerns about fraud and transparency, but the president's efforts are unlikely to move a single state from mr. biden's column and certainly not enough to change the final outcome. to win, mr. trump must prove systemic fraud with illegal votes in the tens of thousands. there is no evidence of that so far. and in this dear donald tweet, geraldo rivera congratulates the president for an incredible battle against all odds and tells him the time is coming soon to say good-bye with grace and dignity. >> grace and dignity seem to be in short fsupply in the white house. president trump continues to tweet more claims that the white house was stolen. we get more from cnn's jeremy diamond, he's at the white house. >> good morning, president trump on wednesday huddling with his advisers for the second day in a row to try and chart a path forward to contest this

howard: joining us now from cleveland longtime friend donald trump geraldo rivera, hi, there, you spokeo the president a little more than a week ago you said he told you, that he was quote a realist would do the right thing. is he doing the right thing now by continuing to claim that he won this election? >> the well, when we had the conversation, howie it seemed to me grudgeingly good morning to the conclusion he lost the election, that if the various lawsuits et cetera did not play out, that he would go along with the traditional process that was he totally my impression he wouldn't be clinging to the resolute desk in the oval office that would conceded election or at least, go through with a with transition. that was on a friday week ago friday. on saturday if you recall he went to play golf drove through the crowds of reporters that gathering almost spontaneously in washington, d.c., seems to me love, and the determination of his supporters that was demonstrated there as he drove through the crowd as he waved to everybody, strengthened his resolve or changesed his mind in a way that

let's see geraldo rivera. there he is. 1961. so handsome. perfect hair.don't laugh, we have judge jeanine. >> judge jeanine: oh my gosh. where did you find it? that was the uniform that had the pocket. >> jesse: we have a sophomore picture and a junior picture. we have a few pictures of judge jeanine. >> judge jeanine: leave them out. >> jesse: there they government your old teacher is looking fondly at the "the five" right now. and i will be looking fondly at myself when i watch myself at 8:00 on saturday night. we have an election fraud investigation which is air tight. you can take that to the bank geraldo rivera you are up next. >> geraldo: one of the things can you watch for free charlie brown thanksgiving the whole series was bought by the streaming service apple tv so it was going to be have to pay for it to watch it. there was a revolution. hundreds of thousands of people complained. so apple is donating maybe on a one time basis only holiday tradition pbs can you watch as have you been since 1965 without having to buy apple tv. good on apple. big

here with us is geraldo rivera.uthor of an upcoming book "modern warriors: real stories from real heroes" and "fox & friends" cohost pete hegseth. you agree this is a mess? all the states can get everything right and we have results in hours, and all of these other states, still counting votes ten days later something is wrong. you don't have voter i.d. laws something is wrong.ou if you have a law, you are a lawyer, and partisan observers are not allowed to observe, that is a violation of law, or changing the law, as we saw in the pennsylvania supreme court yesterday. you can't do that two days before an election. >> i think, sean, first of all we need one ballot for every state for a president and vice president, and then the down ballot, you can tailor them to the particular jurisdictions but this is crazy. i think kayleigh mcenany is absolutely right. the democratic party did use the covid-19 epidemic as an excuse to have the most liberal voting we've ever had, certainly in thn modern history of this country. you

how about geraldo rivera? geraldo rivera tweeting at the president tonight after a good deal of sucking up. yeah. geraldo had to say it. time coming soon to say goodbye with grace and dignity. time coming soon to say goodbye with grace and dignity. this president doesn't know much about grace and dignity but the message to the president is quite clear. it's now coming from republicans, too. the president has been defeated. he's been defeated in the popular vote and defeated in the electoral college by huge margins. it is time to go. it is time to go. it is time for republicans to stand up! stand up, republicans, for the sake of our democracy. the world is watching. your legacy is in jeopardy. if it is not already in the trash heap. try to pull it out. let's do this. our white house correspondent is kaitlyn collins. good evening to you. good to see you. wow, a rainy night there in d.c. in front of the white house. it is pouring. >> i'm here for you. >> you arism see that. and i appreciate it. president trump is

we all know geraldo rivera. he works for fox news. he is a friend. today, his other friend outside of us here, the president had a phone call with him. we haven't heard as a nation from the president through reporting through interviews, any of that. we haven't seen him since the election night. the president, though, had a conversation a short time ago. this tweet just went out from geraldo at 10:47 a.m. who said, "just had a heartfelt phone call with friend donald trump who said he's a realist, who will do the right thing but he wants to see what the states do in term of the certification and et cetera and he sounded committed to fighting for every vote. if he loses, talking more about all he has accomplished." geraldo also an attorney, guy. so i would imagine they would have had a similar conversation probabl of the ones we have on this very program. >> guy: the president if he wants to talk about the accomplishments, there are a lot to highlight. there is no question about that. there are some rumors out there that he might be looking ahead four

thank you very much, karl rove and geraldo rivera, great to see you both tonight. thanks gentleman. >> thank you. >> martha: so will there be consequences for all of the activists who were caught on this video from over the weekend punching people, kicking them, throwing garbage at from supporters in the street in that rally on saturday? details on that story coming up next. >> [indiscernible]. [shouting] >> he's got internal maybe. ♪ ♪ (children laughing) ♪ (music swells) ♪ ♪ (music fades) (exhales) experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. choose coricidin hbp. the brand with a heart. for powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. ♪ [indiscernible]. [shouting] >> martha: awful video from over the weekend as we saw these from supporters getting kicked and punched and thrown around in

you saw geraldo rivera making comments today. he is sounding like hostage negotiator. he is playing the role of denzel washington or something in this hostage drama it seems with him talking to the president and trying to talk him hanging in there beyond where constitutionally he can hang in there. i can tell you talking to advisers close to the president, i talked to one just recently today who said he is never going to concede defeat. that is different from leaving office or exiting office. i have not talked to many trump aide who say he will have to be carried out but he is going to make this difficult everybody and try to exercise all of these challenges and these various courts, even though his lawyers are bailing on him in certain states and so on. but no question about it, wolf. is there a hard-core staff around the president. people like the white house press secretary and you heard peter navarro in our piece a few moments ago enabling the president at this point and allowing him to live in this twilight zone he thinks he can pull this out and remain president

fox news' geraldo rivera. >> you came so close in this election, but time coming soon to say good-bye with grace and dignity. >> reporter: karl rove, who advised the trump campaign this year, wrote in "the wall street journal" op-ed that trump should do his part to unite the country by leading a peaceful transition and led letting grievances go. at least five gop senators are now calling for joe biden to receive access to classified briefings the trump administration has blocked. >> if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in as well and push and say this needs to occur. >> reporter: the white house press secretary, who is paid by u.s. taxpayers, but appeared on fox news today as a trump campaign adviser, referred questions about whether biden should receive intelligence briefings back to her own office today. >> has the president considered that? >> i haven't spoken to the president about that. that would be a question more for the white house. >> reporter: as the trump fights its legal battles, the white house is still dealing with the fallout from an indoor election night par

even the president's friend, geraldo rivera, says it's over. >> time to say good-bye with grace and dignity. i know it's hard to hear, but that's the way i feel about this now. >> so, let's get right to jon karl, with us live from washington tonight. and jon, of course, this is all happening as the coronavirus crisis explodes in this country and the president, of course, still the president until the inauguration, has not said anything publicly on what americans can do or should do to protect one another. of course, especially with the holidays coming. >> reporter: honestly, david, the president has been nowhere on this. he hasn't spoken about the alarming increase in infections. he has not met with the coronavirus task force for months. he hasn't even tweeted about it. but today, we learned that another one of his advisers who was at that election night party at the white house has tested positive for covid-19, this time, it's corey lewandowski. >> all right, jon karl tonight. thank you, jon. >>> scooverseas tonight, five u troops have been killed after a military helicopter crashed in egy

. >> this is still all going on and this from geraldo rivera who described the president's mood and feelings about conceding. >> i feel he is resigned to the fact that the playing field is very uneven when it concerns the president himself. he is very frustrated, flustered, disillusioned but he is also realistic. you know, he used that characterization himself about his own chances. he said he will do the right thing when the time comes but he wants every legitimate vote counted. >> final note about the electoral vote tally of 306-232. nobody on the biden team is calling it a landslide, kellyanne conway did. in fairness back in 2016 when it was trump winning by the same margin. and back then as we were reminded today kellyanne conway said, and we quote, "306, landslide. blowout. historic." on that note let's bring in our guests, susan page, usa today washington bureau chief, jonathan charles. you may ask why is it we get to steal him away from the mothership. it is in his capacity as an author. he has written "front row at the trump show" and dr. patel. these days a nonresident fellow at bro

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certain confidants like geraldo rivera that he wants to see the results of the recount in georgia. the recount is going quickly. it is more likely to change 12 votes and not 12,000 votes. they are not finding anything. it is going very well. one of the next things will be a certification state by state. thanksgiving,rds more and more states will say that the election results were right. as you know, the trump campaign has filed numerous lawsuits. they are all pretty much being thrown out for lack of evidence. and it doesn't seem like there is much they can do. i think you will see them continue to file those suits as the incomingrmine administration. we think that is the goal at this point. kathleen: i think many people have looked at joe biden as a trumprpoint to donald particularly on the virus so they might find it surprising after trump pushed back on another lockdown that joe advisers don't want a lockdown either. ros: joe biden has said that he has listened to the doctors which may have been in -- misinterpreted that he wanted to go with a hard national lockdown. that is what

and the american people love to complain about it, but they also love to watch. >> geraldo rivera is n devil worship. but today he found himself in a real free-for-all. >> i get sick and tired of seeing uncle tom here, sucking up, trying to be a white man -- >> go ahead. go ahead. >> sit down. >> hey, hold it. hold it. >> sit down. >> rivera suffered a broken nose, but he said the show will be broadcast later this month in its entirety. >> well, that's not something i would have done. but there was a lot of hypocrisy. one of the major magazines put the picture of geraldo getting hit with a chair on the cover, and the article said, isn't this awful, look what's happened to television. yet they couldn't wait to use it to sell their own magazine. >> let's go to the audience, all right? i want to speak to you guys. >> over the years, broadcasting has deteriorated. and now in this era of deregulation, it's deteriorating further. >> give people light, and they will find their own way. relax, america will survive the talk shows. ♪ you're still the one that i love to touch ♪ ♪ still the one a

first of all he had this phone call today with geraldo rivera who reported that the president described himself as a realist. step one. tonight he's retweeting these self-glorification videos that dan scavino has circulated that paint donald trump as a hero. they're all about trump's heroic qualities. that seems to be preparing his ego for accepting defeat. today at the white house he had a news conference, or a public performance, about the search for a vaccine which is a legitimate triumph of the administration. he celebrated the advent of the vaccine and tried to contrast himself with the guy who maybe replacing him saying i'm not going to permit any lockdowns. take a listen to this. >> this administration will not be going to a lockdown. hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, time will tell, i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. >> so you saw the little hint there. he almost came out and said, i'm not going to do it, but the other guy is going to do it. but he's not saying the words out loud. he didn't take any qu

. >> geraldo rivera talked to him earlier this afternoon and said the president is a realist and will do the right thing if it turns out there is no path -- let me read the tweet: so, it sounds like if he doesn't find a path and i heard this last week, that the president would gracious l graciously con allow a peaceful transition to go forward. does it sound like he is inching toward that? >> i don't know. you have a better sense than i do. he seems to be saying different things at different times to different people. he was also saying to some people in the last couple of days, i heard this from white house sources, he did not intend to concede. and certification happens on december 15th -- remember we don't elect the president. it's the 538 electors who elect the president. they vote on december 14th for the president. he discussed the possibility if he could tie states up in losses the secretary of state in pennsylvania could not certify the biden electors and they could certify the trump electors. it doesn't mean he is going to accept whatever the popular vote total is. >> if this

let's bring in -- ainsley: let's bring in geraldo rivera, sorry, steve, bring him in. re all fighting to bring you in. got it. hey, geraldo, what do you make of this? hi. and then we are doing the recount in georgia, do you think this will make a difference, what will we get out of this? geraldo: probably not the differences, but, listen, this category of votes arriving late and deemed unilaterally by the secretary of state to be -- to be qualified even if they arrive 6 days after the election, it is a big enough category that it is one of those systematic problems that jonathan turley and i tried to warn against last week. these are the kinds of errors the big hunks of errors that might make a difference. in this case this is ten thousand votes they say that are segregated. we don't know which way they would have gone. mail-order ballots tended to favor joe biden. let's assume that all 10,000 were for joe biden, that would reduce the 54,000 vote margin more or less in pennsylvania to 44,000. that is still hurculian task to surmount, to win back 44,000 votes there, 11,0

. >> i think it's also significant geraldo rivera of fox -- >> absolutely. >> -- said it's over, mr. president, leave in a very dignified manner. that's so important. the president admires geraldo, they're close for many, many decades. jim you reported the cia director and fbi director, they're awe parepparently on th with the president right now, should we be bracing for more high profile firings as the president begins to accept his days in the white house are numbered? >> i think we should. i'm told by a source familiar with the situation that gina haskel is on thin ice, has been for many months, part of the reason why is because the president would like gina haskel to reclassify and release information from the russia investigation that he sees as beneficial to his cause moving forward, potentially running for president again in 2024. so this is a president right now who is in the mood to settle scores. you know, she's obviously going to be reluctant to release that information because it could reveal sources and methods. not something you want to do as a head of an intelligence c

geraldo rivera said time is coming soon to say good-bye. is the dam breaking here?u know, it is beginning to crack a little bit. these are signals from republicans. they're still pretty weak signals. the vast majority of the party remains allowing itself to be held hostage by president trump and his base. they lack the guts to come forward and tell the truth. you do see some people like the further they are from elected office, former house members, you see some governors, larry hogan of maryland, charlie baker of massachusetts, who are more moderate and not in debt to the maga-verse like others are. over time, the resistance is going to wear down, especially on leadership. the business community is moving on. foreign leaders are moving on. benjamin netanyahu, boris johnson, all these people are beginning to deal with joe biden as the president-elect. and most of these republican members, while they're playing along with this charade, they can't play crazy as well as trump does for as long as trump does because they're not as crazy as him. at some point this thing i

today, our friend geraldo rivera completed that he had a heartfelt phone call with his friend, been ariend a long time, donald trump, who said he is a realist, he'll do the right thing, but he wants to see what states to do in terms of certification. he sounded committin committed g for every vote. as he should be. here with us is for all the rivera, author of an upcoming book, "modern -- and "fox & friends" cohost, pete hegseth. you agree this is a mess? all the states can get everything right and we have results in hours, and all of these other states, still counting votes ten days later, something is wrong. you don't have voter i.d. laws, something is wrong. if you have a law, you are a lawyer, and partisan observers are not allowed to observe, that is a violation of law come or changing the law, as we saw in the pennsylvania supreme court yesterday. you can't do that two days before an election. >> i think, sean, first of all, we need one ballot for every state for a president and vice president, and then the down ballot, you can tailor them to the particular jurisdictions, but th

even geraldo rivera, a friend of the president, is urging him to throw in the towel.you came so close. time to say good-bye with grace and dignity, leaving chin high in a week or so when court fights no longer present a long shot chance to overturn the election. and republican senator james langford tells a local station he will intervene if president-elect biden doesn't start getting briefings by tomorrow. >> there's nothing wrong with vice president biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself so that he can be ready. there's no loss from him getting briefings and to be able to do that, if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in as well to push saying this needs to occur so regardless of outcome of the election, whichever way it goes, people can be ready for the actual task. >> and manu raju is on capitol hill with breaking news. what are you hearing from republicans about the briefings? >> more and more republicans are siding with what james langford said in that they believe joe biden should get access to those classified intelligence briefings

. >> reporter: some of the president's friends like fox's geraldo rivera are sounding like hostage negotiators. >> every impression he gave me, harris, was that if the process went against him and he was satisfied that every vote had been counted and every illegitimate vote had been thrown out, that he would follow the edict of the constitution of the united states and surrender the office. >> reporter: the problem is, the president has a team of dead enders enabling him. kayleigh mcenany who is doubling as a campaign adviser is spinning the fantasy that mr. trump is marching towards a second term. >> i think the president will attend his own inauguration. he would have to be there, in fact. >> reporter: peter navarro sounded stuck in an upside down world. >> we're moving forward under the assumption that there will be a second trump term. we think he won that election. any speculation about what joe biden might do, i think, is moot at this point. >> reporter: they're taking their queues from mr. trump who is tying himself into a pretzel claiming he's been cheated, they're saying what a wonder

trump whisperer, geraldo rivera has an idea for something that might make this snowflake of a president feel better. here it is. >> i had an idea. you know, when -- with the world so divided and everybody, you know, telling him he's got to give up and time to leave and time to transition and all the rest of it. why not name the vaccine the trump? you know, make it like have you gotten your trump yet? it would be a nice gesture to him. and years from now, would become just kind of a generic name. have you got your trump yet? oh, yeah, i got my trump. i'm fine. >> geraldo. really? come on, bro. geraldo. the president. the -- he -- he suggested we inject disinfectant and shine light inside our bodies, as a cure or -- or -- i don't know. he's so sure -- wait, let's name the vaccine the trump? really? it was -- come on, geraldo. it's pretty pathetic. even steve ducey had to laugh out loud at it. but, at least he is trying to get the president's attention. he's trying to get through to him, i guess. president, who today, held what he claimed was a news conference. then, refused to take any qu

here for that from fox and friends this morning, geraldo rivera, ladies and gentlemen. >> with everybody telling him he's got to give up and time to leave and transition and all the rest of it, why not name the vaccine the trump, have you gotten your trump yet? it would be a nice gesture to him and years from now it would become a generic name. have you got your trump yet? yeah, i got my trump, i'm fine. i wish we could honor him in that way because he's definitely the prime architect of this operation warp speed. and but for him we'd still be waiting into the grim winter for these amazing miraculous medical breakthroughs. >> for my money geraldo raises a good point there. it's possible we just don't give the president enough credit for his fdr-like devotion to tackling this virus. his laser-like focus, his daily devotion, the sympathy he's forever expressing to the families of the quarter million dead. even as the president lectures us in that way to please wear a mask and stop the spread. and he's always advocated injections. geraldo may be onto something. what trump steaks did for the

geraldo rivera, fox news correspondent at large and leo terrell civil rights attorney and host of thet to see you both. geraldo is back in the city for first time in 8 months. i will get your re-elections in a moment. >> okay. >> bill: first on the hypocrisy, it's not good for you but it's good for me. what do you think of that? >> governor too cool store school gavin newsom got caught. the last thing the nation needs with our nerves stretched taught with this bitterly contested election and this result and the uncertainty on the one hand and then have you got schools being closed hundreds of thousands of children in new york being cut off of education last thing you need is someone do as i say not as i do. it's very hypocrisy is palpable. >> bill: do you know who else was at that dinner? the ceo of the california medical association. >> if you get sick in good hands. >> bill: nonprofit that oversees 50,000 physicians in california who would know more, leo? >> let me mention this. he was having a birthday party for a lobbyist. so you have got the california medical association. have y

get him to concede which is ridiculous on a number of levels but i was really struck by what geraldo rivera said of the fox news. >> i had an idea, you know, where with the world so divided and everybody telling him to give up and time to leave and time to transition and all the rest of it, why not name the vaccine the trump. have you gotten your trump yet? a nice gesture to him and years from now a generic name. have you got your trump yet? i got my trump. i'm fine. >> it left me dumbfounded. you're a father. i'm far from a parents expert but parenting 101 is when the toddler is pimping a fit you don't placate them by giving them something they want. right? it is not the way it's done so why or when i should say are republicans going to stop play placating the president? >> my kids are good negotiators but we'll leave that aside for the conversation. it is ridiculous. what he is doing, unfortunately, many people are doing is they're trying to find the combination to appease president trump. that's not going to happen. i think the thing that's shocking to everybody, though, is the republica

geraldo rivera, fox news correspondent at large leo herrell. good afternoon to you. we didn't know where we would be a week ago did we guys? geraldo, elizabeth warren said joe biden ran the most progressive economic platform in history. so what now? >> well, probably news to joe biden. you know, i think that the dirtiest words or phrases in the democratic lexicon right now are defund the police and socialism. elizabeth warren suggest that joe biden is the most progressive president in modern times she must be smoking some of that legal reefer spreading through the country that's a very warped version of reality. it is clear that the suburbs particularly and, you know, california, south texas, south florida the latinos surging to vote for president trump and especially for the republican candidates for the house of representatives nancy pelosi is now hanging on to the barest majority to say there is some kind of consensus now or that they are compelled to do the most progressive agenda in his industry defies reality, bill. >> bill: okay. leo, how do you see it today?

and then there was this from geraldo rivera who spoke to trump earlier today and described the president's mood and his feelings about conceding. >> i feel that he's resigned in some ways to the fact that the playing field is very uneven where it comes to -- where it concerns the president himself. he's very frustrated. he's flustered. he's disallusioned, but he's also realistic. you mentioned he used that characterization himself about his own chances. he said he'll do the right thing when the time comes but he wants every legitimate vote counted. >> final note here about that electoral vote tally of 306-232. while no one on the biden team is calling it a landslide, kellyanne conway did. now, in fairness this was back in 2016 when it was trump winning by the same margin, 306-232. and back then as we were reminded today kellyanne conway said, quote, 306, landslide, blowout, historic. on that note let's bring in our lead off guests. susan page, veteran journalist, best selling author and usa today washington bureau chief. jonathan carl, chief white house correspondent for abc news. you may

that, trump has refused to concede the race as his allies are pushing him to do that including geraldo rivera of fox news saying he spoke to the president today. >> he told me he was a realist and do the right thing. every impression he gave me, harris, if the process went against him and he was satisfied that every vote -- legitimate vote had been counted and every legitimate vote had been thrown out that he would follow the of the constitution. i got no impression that he was, you know, plauapplauding the overthrow of the elected government. >> reporter: on top of all that, jake, we have been reporting the president is potentially on the verge of firing the cia director. we have learned today that is going on on whether or not to terminate have been happening, an intelligence briefing was held at the white house this afternoon with president trump, the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe and other senior intelligence officials but gene a haspel was not invited to that briefing. it is not mandatory for her to be there but not a good sign whether she is in this job much longer.

you know, he told his friend geraldo rivera who tweeted about this a little while ago that he's going the right thing and he understands where things are going but wants to wait and see how the state certification goes of these votes. the state certifications will not change the outcome but will provide a certain finality. once the states certify the outcomes you can't at that point pretend they'll be anything other than what they are. that's sort of the moment where a lot of republicans are waiting, a lot of republican senators and congress people waiting to say, okay, we have clarity and can begin to move on to the next step. >> well, we shall see. we did just get word peter while you and i were talking that the president will be addressing the public first time we'll hear him in more formal remarks rather than twitter feed on 4:00 a.m. eastern time what he has to say and what matters to you. we'll bring you that the information that you need from him. i have a feeling one week from today is when georgia has to be done with its recount and certify that first round of results. i have

charles: about an hour ago, our colleague geraldo rivera tweeted that he had a heartfelt conversationesident trump and that president trump is a, quote, realist who will do the right thing. what's the timeline, erin, to the campaign saying, okay, we've exhausted all these avenues and, yes, you're right, there's no doubt there's some irregularities and and things, we e call car things, but again getting back to the notion, would it be enough to overturn this. you've brought them to light, you cast a light on the process that needed to be cast, but how long, longer will it go before president trump decides, okay, something went wrong, there's not enough to overturn it or there is enough to overturn it and take the next step? >> well, this is a one step at a time, one day at a time process. we just started the hand recount in georgia. in wisconsin we cannot begin that recount until they certify at the county level. so we're still not even into the recount in wisconsin. we're pursuing the avenues about integrity in pennsylvania and in michigan, specifically, you know, when it comes to dom

the media landscape who better to discuss it but a man whose been involved in the media , it's geraldo rivera this discussion last night that one of the great things about president trump is he did not create this kind of bias he revealed this kind of bias. what we saw in the last serve rail entitlement l years was many who pretended to be the objective journalists take the mask of. do you think there will be an attempt to put the mask back on to pretend as though they are objective journalists or to maintain this rooting interest? geraldo: i don't know if they can repair that rift now, will. i believe that they showed their true stripes, like cnn. cnn used to be pretty fair and down the middle and you could count on cnn to cover something that blew up or some other emergency some place around the world and they had correspondents everywhere and they really did hone pretty closely to the reasonable objective center and until they became crazy, until they absolutely got that trump derangement syndrome along with msnbc and what got me is these commentators and watching jay capri, a fine fella ,

brian: meanwhile let's bring in geraldo rivera. all the legal challenges, i want you to pick the one that you think has the most merit but also inform you that georgia officials are telling us there are 9,000 military ballot that is have yet to be counted for those -- and provisional and for those people who -- ainsley: that could make a huge difference. biden is only ahead 917. brian: most of the military is with the president. geraldo, out of all the legal challenges what intrigues you the most? geraldo: don't blame me, ohio did it for the president, 53 to 45. 53 to 45. this is a state where the pollsters had biden winning by 1 or 2 points in the final polls. it's emblematic. they are partisans, you know, giving wisconsin to biden by 17 points. my goodness, and it turned out to be basically a tie in wisconsin. all across the country you'll find that this was what happened. an absolute partisan voter suppression, polling industry that was in bed with joe biden and delivered teams, you know, with this very unfavorable result for th

. >> reporter: but the president's long-time friend, geraldo rivera offered this. >> he told me he was realist. he told me he would do the right thing. >> reporter: and in a development related to both the election and in some ways covid, rudy giuliani is now stepping forward telling nbc news that he will lead the president's legal team. in part that's because one of the president's other political aides, david bossie, came down with covid and is not in a position to lead this defense of the different election cases that the president's team is bringing in various states. also on the covid front, there have been reports from "the washington post" that as many as 130 secret service officers have either gotten the covid virus or been quarantined because of it. nbc news has been able to confirm that there are cases of covid and that it does affect a number of officers in the secret service, but they would not provide a specific number. they do say that there is enough staff to meet the mission of protecting the president, the president-elect, and all the protectees. peter, kristen. >> all

. >> after geraldo rivera's bizarre suggestion to name a covid vaccine after trump, this commentary immediatelyise as good point. it's possible we just don't give the president enough credit for his fzdr like focus on the viru, sympathy he's forever expressing to the families of the quarter million dead. eastern the way the president lectures us in that way, to please, wear a mask, and stop the spread. and he's always advocated injections. geraldo may be on to something. what trump stakes did for the hungry what trump water did for the thirsty in our nation. what trump university did to lift up the uneducated in our country. well, along comes trump, the vaccine. possibilities i think you'll agree are endless. >> ah, spits out fire. bars from brian williams. stay with us. more "a.m. joy" after the break. easy to wear with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you, for the whole family. trusted soothing vapors, from vicks we started by making the cloud easier to manage. but we didn't stop there. we made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. no matter what it does, or how it changes.

and tomorrow we should note you will be talking to geraldo rivera on media was about his thoughts onion and his conversation with president trump, that's tomorrow at 11 eastern. leland: the cotowner of black lives matter is turning up the heat on the biden transition, saying in an op-ed that they want democrats to embrace a bill described as a road map for prison abolition. not just reform, abolition. democratic missouri congressman emmanuel cleaver, biden's surrogate, also a member of the house homeland security committee joining us live. appreciate you taking the time, we had some technical difficulties, we appreciate you work on this. is this kind of what's happening right now with the biden transition, that you've got a pretty hard core group on the left trying to cash in the chips on the left and the biden transition trying to stay relatively centered? >> well, yes. anytime there is a transition for any administration, there are generally going to be some kind of internal battles to see who is, in fact, controlling the soul of that administration. and so it's not surprising that

president, as evidenced by him calling the washington examiner's reporter yesterday, speaking to geraldo rivera as he noted that the president will talk about these same themes of voter fraud and other topics. here's what you need to know from the department of -- dhs, the cyber security and infrastructure security agency's website. they said the november 3rd election was the most secure in american history. they added, there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. peter, the president has continued to basically ignore that, mind you, from his own administration, and when he was asked earlier i guess it was yesterday by the washington examiner's report, how long he could see this before things turned around in his favor he said maybe two or three more weeks. is it possible that the president holds out for two or three more weeks, we're into december before he accepts reality? >> well, the bigger question, how long it is that republicans hold out and the senators and congressmen who have been willing to go along with them, give t

let's bring in geraldo rivera, correspondent at large. hope you are too, you and erika.dering, still on the table that mandate to wear a mask, everyone has to wear a mask? is that a good idea? geraldo: i don't know. i don't know what they should do and what they shouldn't do. i think wearing masks are polite, whether they work or not, it's so far beyond debate. people should just wear a damn mask, what's the problem? i was sitting here, ainsley, i was distracted, the old saying of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest of those it might have been. so watching the guy from pfizer saying that he's going for the emergency use authorization today, what if it was 3 weeks ago that he had the same announcement, how different world history would be if pfizer and moderna had announced that they had the fabulous vaccine and our issues, our problems were almost over and president trump would because he was the architect of it, he would have, you know, benefited, i think -- the election would have been entirely different story if but for timing. i had an idea with the world so