let's bring in the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. good morning, governor. >> good morning. >> can you just tell us where you were and what you said out loud when you heard that the wayne county republicans were trying not to certify the election results. >> i was here at the residence and i'm not going to tell you precisely what i said, but you can imagine it was just kind of mind-boggling. this is a ministerial duty that these board members have -- has taken an oath to uphold and this was incredibly distressing for that short period of time that it stood and then they came back and i just want to give kudos to all of the activists who organized and waited in line to have their comments heard. i think that they really changed the outcome here and i have every expectation that as this goes to the state board of canvassers next week that the process of finalizing the results will be completed as our law requires and that the will of the voters will be respected. >> let's just talk about your optimism about that because it differs from

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so in michigan, gretchen witmer, the governor there, has introduced new restrictions. the only reason —— the only way people can stop restriction was to rise up, what you make about? well, the idea that a position would potentially be advocating violence and harm, i think, potentially be advocating violence and harm, ithink, goes against potentially be advocating violence and harm, i think, goes against the hippocratic oath that we take as pa rt of hippocratic oath that we take as part of our profession. i do agree with doctor atlas that we need to rise, we need to rise up to the occasion. this is the test of our generation, just as our parents and grandparents went there world war ii and really had to deal with periods of tremendous austerity. this is a challenge. i think we need to acknowledge that, but there is also light at the and of the tunnel with these vaccines coming down the pipeline. so it's a question of stealing ourselves through that period, you know, granted it's not tomorrow, we are still talking bout months, probably at least a year from now before lif

i was trying to get gretchen whitmer's attention.ff: she made the order last week due to rising covid numbers. democrats targeting the teach state ahead of the january runoffs, with some going as far as pushing for people to move. >> i hope everybody moves to georgia, you know, in the next month or two, registers to vote an votes for these two democratic senators. jillian: fox news contributor and media opinion columnist for the hill, joe concha, is calling them out with a new op-ed and he joins us now. good morning, joe. good to see you. >> good morning from powerless, new jersey. i join you by skype. so my apologies for that. jillian: you're here so that's all that matters. let's talk about folks moving to georgia, specifically andrew yang was one of the first that publicly came out saying that this is what he was doing. he tweeted this on november 7th, great news, evelyn and i are moving to georgia to help john ossoff and warnock win. more details to come. but let's go. what do you think about the democratic party really trying to

prosecutors claim the plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer actually went much further, including an alleged plan to burn down the state capitol. authorities saying the hope of those behind the plot was that no one would come out alive. here's adrienne bankert now. >> reporter: tonight, new disturbing details of the alleged kidnapping plot show michigan governor gretchen whitmer was only one alleged target of suspected homegrown terrorists planning to violently overthrow the state government. court documents claim the alleged ringleader, adam fox, sought to recruit 200 men to storm the capitol building and televise the execution of politicians taken hostage over the course of about one week with no one coming out alive. investigators say a second alleged plan involved locking people inside the building and setting it on fire. authorities releasing video of some of the suspects firing guns in a makeshift boot camp. abc news visited an alleged training site raided by the fbi with one of the suspects' neighbors. >> there were many times that me and my wife, we would hear gunshots, an

governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, the state of michigan, has put together a new plan to deal with the next three weeks in this pandemic, putting some new restrictions in place. dr. scott atlas who is the president's chief coronavirus adviser, his covid ras putin, if you will, overnight put out a statement where he commented on governor whitmer's efforts saying, quote, the only way this stops is if people rise up. so dr. atlas is calling on people to rise up in michigan. you as a governor if you were governor of kansas right now and someone said to the people in kansas rise up, how would you take that? what message does that send? >> well, i don't think there is any question that you have to take it as a threat. you have already had armed citizens showing up outside of governor whitmer's office, you know that there was a plot to kidnap and potentially kill the governor. the notion that any human being particularly someone who has got a bully pulpit throughout the country would use language like this against a sitting governor is shocking and totally irresponsible and dangerous. i k

[ laughter ] i don't hear any counting in there, gretchen. [ laughter ] >> questlove: gretchen [ laughteruld be a gretchen >> jimmy: it feels like it, right? you can tell trump's starting to panic about the results because this morning he tweeted, "stop the count," in response the count from "sesame street" tweeted "you've lost one, two, three swing states ah, ah, ah!" [ cheers and applause and then a little later in the day, trump also tweeted, "stop the fraud. yeah, "stop the count," then "stop the fraud. soon he's going to tell us to stop, collaborate, and listen. [ laughter ] ♪ i was trying to do his dance move, but does he have a - oh, yeah, it was a lot of -- >> tariq: a lot of - ♪ [ cheers ] >> jimmy: a lot of, like, chain flying ♪ [ laughter ] >> questlove: you're skipping rope >> jimmy: i'm skipping rope, but still it's - [ laughter ] >> questlove: wait, do it again, do it again, do it again. ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm double dutching. i'm double dutching. i don't know what i'm doing. sorry, vanilla sorry. but he's not just tweeting trump's campaign started taking legal action

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michigan governor gretchen whitmer knows about these dangers firsthand and she joins me now. it's great to have you, governor. first let me start on that, your reaction to the new allegations in court filings about the extent of the plot that was being put together against you. >> i think it just tells you that words matter and the words of our leaders matter. the incredible vitriol that's being waged, whether it's against dr. fauci or it's against the republican secretary of state in georgia or it is against a governor who is just simply trying to save people's lives, it is undermining our democracy, and these latest attempts around this election are just an extension of that. it is dangerous. and we really do need people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle who care more about our democracy than their parties to stand up and say this is unacceptable. we've had a free, fair, and secure election. we need to respect the will of the people and we need to certify these results and we need to get the biden administration to get started on this transition so that they can get th

disturbing details are revealed in an alleged plot to kidnap gretchen witmer. the state attorney general's office says them as a group accused in the plot talked about taking over the state capital building and staging televised executions of public officials. another plan involves setting the building on fire with lawmakers inside. 13 men are charged in the plot. >> donald trump is set to announce two new rules to lower drug prices in the us, they are expected to be a follow-up on executive orders the president signed in july and september. the most favored nation would pressure medicare for the high cost of drugs, those prices charged in other countries. the other rule would limit rebates to middle men in middle care. >> the season for finding the christmas tree. >> audrey is frozen from the waist down. >> that is all part of the experience. there it is. >> the capital christmas tree will arrive in washington dc after a cross-country trip. it was chosen in colorado, the tradition of the people's tree began in 1964. love that. it is 10 minutes after the are, g

we are joined, tonight, by the governor of the great state of michigan, gretchen whitmer. thank you very much for being with us. i'd like to ask you for two things. number one, a report on inside team biden on degree of optimism and urgency. and number two, acknowledgment of the danger of the president's remarks, tone, tenor, atmosphere, threatening t, the mistruths. and one of his assertions touched your state. it was that cities like detroit and philadelphia, not the first time we have heard this from him, are too corrupt to count the votes. >> i think it's -- he's growing increasingly unstable and unpatriotic. and i think it's very troubling. i -- the difference that you heard out of joe biden, in the last couple of days, is confidence and encouraging people to be patient. this is yoour system. it is not always easy. it is not always fast. but we ensure that every vote gets counted, and we abide by the will of the people, and that's what we need to do here as well. >> joy reid has some questions, apparently. joy? >> hey, how are you, governor whitmer? so, you know, i'm

outfront now the governor of michigan democratic gretchen whitmer.r, i appreciate your time. so the president, you know, says that he should win the state even though he lost it by 157,000 votes. what can you do about it? >> well, erin, i mean, the president can say all he wants. he can summon people to the white house all he wants. he can try to interfere, which raises serious legal and ethical questions by the way. but the fact is joe biden won this state and won big by 14 times the margin that donald trump won michigan in 2016. the will of the people will be done. and these efforts to disenfranchise wayne county where the majority of our african-american voters live is just a blatant attempt to steal the election result and disenfranchise michigan voters and it will not stand. >> so we are learning, governor, trump extended the invitation, as you say the summons to the white house by calling the republican majority leader of the state senate and he was asked earlier this week about this whole idea that republicans could, you know, overturn the ele

dominic gretchen whitmer's latest goes into effect tomorrow. >> tonight could very well be the last time joey armadillo's bowling alley opens that door's. >> in my whole life i never thought my government would tell me i have to close. >> bowling alleys, casinos, and theaters all close when michigan's new restrictions begin tomorrow. indoor dining won't be allowed, organized sports are suspended and all schooling will be remote for at least the next three weeks. >> the restrictions are necessary right now, the pandemic is out of control. nurses are at their breaking point, any help the public can give us will be great to. >> across the country, new restrictions on indoor gatherings are impacting thanksgiving plans. in seattle, shoppers cleaned out store shelves buying toilet paper and goods ahead of the states limits on occupancy. ohio was adding a 10:00 p.m. curfew and in chicago, city leaders are asking folks not to travel and limit their celebrations to immediate fami family. that doesn't apply to illinois governor j.b. pritzker who was dodging reports his family will be celebrat

in michigan, democratic governor gretchen whitmer announcing new restrictions, closing indoor dining in bars and restaurants, urging people to work from home and moving high school and college students to virtual learning. white house coronavirus task force adviser dr. scott atlas criticizing these measures, and suggesting residents to rise up in a tweet. >> i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. >> reporter: new mexico ordering a statewide order, closing all nonessential services for the next two weeks. and in oregon, in-person dining and gyms closed for at least two weeks to try to curb the number of cases the state is seeing. >> it is so hard to ask all of you this again. many of you cheered and rang bells and put up signs calling us heroes. and we're so grateful for that. right now, we're asking you to be our heroes. >> reporter: in illinois, a stay-at-home advisory goes into effect today in chicago. in north dakota, the governor announcing new mitigation efforts, including finally implementing a mask mandate. at least two s

michigan, which again was very hard hit earlier this year, democratic governor gretchen whitmer is barringr dining as well as in person instruction at high schools and colleges and ordering the temporary closure of some businesses including movie theaters and casinos. again, high risk locales. this is not a shelter in place order. she's keeping elementary and middle schools open, many businesses, even gyms are still allowed to operate. what you see whitmer doing is what policy makers across the country are doing, trying to balance all of the competing interests while also not seeing her state decimated by the virus. then what happens? along comes this guy, covid's best ally in the white house, besides the president, scott atlas. a right wing radiologist with zero public health expertise who got in front of the television by going on trump tv and then got hired and managed to take over essentially the nation's entire covid strategy and push the entire country towards an approach in which the virus would be left to burn through the populus. >> when there are high risk people we must protect

we are joined by the governor of michigan democratic governor gretchen whitmer. for joining us. you know the president-elect is calling for unity and you've echoed those calls. is unity possible at this moment given out dopely divided our nation is? >> not only is it possible but it's essential. we have a common enemy in covid-19 that is ravaging the united states. it is killing our people. it is threatening our economy. it is undermining our homeland security and our standing in the world and that is why this is a challenge that vice president -- i'm sorry. president-elect biden is going to rally the american people to. we have to join forces to beat this common enemy and i think this is a moment that is so important and his outreach, his vision is one that makes more a path for every one of us. >> you faced as our viewers know a personal threat and at least in part of president trump's rhetoric against you. sadly, the sentiment that drove people to threaten your life runs deep. what specific steps would you like to see the president-elect, talking about joe bid

after being a target of an alleged domestic terrorism kidnapping plot herself, here was governor gretchen we know that the white house likes to single us out here in michigan, me out in particular. i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. >> and the democratic governor, whitmer, is going to join the discussion on "morning joe," coming up in the next hour. >>> still ahead, though, with coronavirus cases surging, joe biden's transition team warning that they need access to presidential briefings. what biden's incoming chief of staff is saying about that. >>> but before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake? email us your reasons to waytooearly@msnbc.com or drop me a tweet @kasie. use #waytooearly, and we will read the best answers coming up later on in the show. the best later on in the show dad, it's a video call. hold the phone in front of you. how's that? get...get mom. power e*trade gives you an award-winning app with 24/7 support when you need it the most. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. with 24/7 su

member of the white house coronavirus task force told people to rise up after michigan governor gretchen whitmer issued new covid restrictions in the state. >> the idea that the president's now existing remaining advisor on covid is saying that they should resist, what the hell is the matter with these guys. >> reporter: meanwhile, president trump refuses to concede tweeting an acknowledgment yesterday biden had won but then claimed he had won. >> how did you interpret that? >> i interpret that as trumpianism. no change in his modus operandi. >> reporter: biden's former partner in the white house told scott pelley on "60 minutes" that mr. trump needed to think beyond his own ego and concede. >> my advice to president trump is if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing. >> reporter: the former president also compared mr. trump to richie rich calling him the complaining, lying, doesn't take responsibility for anything type of figure. former first lady michelle obama also weighed in writing that she w

or the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer, she could step in to replace, maybe, those noncompliant board members. so, there is a lot at stake in the coming days. but it could be game over when these votes are certified in the coming days. and that really could be the end for the trump team. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> thanks, jessica, for that. let's go to law professor at the university of southern california and a cnn election law analyst. great to see you. so, i want to talk about this breaking news. hi. that georgia will do another recount, the third. of course, cnn's headquarters are in georgia. asking how many times do you have to count the vote? so is this a formality? >> it's a formality. so when you have a vote as close as it was in georgia so if it's less than one half of a percent, the trump campaign can request a recount which just they rescan the ballots. so let me just emphasize, recounts rarely change the outcome of an election. you may see a shift of a couple hundred votes, maybe. so there's really no concern this will change. this is really just a formal

gretchen whitmer was shocked by his statement. >> it took my breath away.e are in the midst of the work -- the worst weeks of the pandemic. >> hopis dimming that the president will prioritize the threat of covid. come january, it is anyone's guess what way -- >> it is hopeful news. a vaccine hopefully do increase immunity across the country and the worl what we still have to use common sense and practical measures. itmportant for us to temper our excitement. i say that not to be a downer but to look at the evidence. we have tos remember this interim data. this is early data published by the company thats producing vaccine so inherently it is biased. what reassures me as a physician, as the fda will hopefully approves his, this te it has gone through other apolitical and unbiased committees so there is a data safety monitoring board approves most clinical trials and they have been monitoring this study for moderna and pfizer. it is up to them, a group of physicians and researchers who are unbiased, to determine the true safety of this. then there is the fda

scott atlas reacted by tweeting, the only way this stops is if people rise up governor gretchen whitmer responded on cnn. >> we know that the white house likes to single us out here in washington, me out in particular i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. >> some of the new restrictions in michigan include no indoor dining at bars and restaurants and high schools and colleges will be fully remote the changes start wednesday and will last three weeks. >>> former president barack obama spoke about the delayed transition he told cbs the stalling does damage to the idea that elected officials are servants to people who are not above the rules. he was asked if he had any advice for president-elect joe biden and here's what he had to say. >> he doesn't need my advice and i will help him in any ways that i can. no, i'm not planning to suddenly work on the white house staff or something. >> no cabinet position for you, mr. president? >> there are some things i would not do because michelle would leave me she'd be like, what? >> mr. obama

we've talked about how dark and sinister and out in the open the plot was to kidnap and kill gretchentmer. i watched fox news and i what gast at the lies that they're knowingly, these are not dumb people, they're knowingly pumping lives into millions of americans. >> yeah, hi, nicolle, how are you? >> hi. >> good to see you on this monday. it is such a dark picture. and i just want to double and triple down on what i've been watching your program since 4:00 and what everybody has been saying. you know, it is a dangerous world. it is a -- the world is dark and dangerous. it is always dark and dangerous. we're surrounded by adversaries and enemies all over the world. and now we're also in the grip of a deadly pandemic. the most significant public health catastrophe that the country has faced since 1918. so we have enemies foreign and domestic in that sense. the pandemic is a giant enemy and we have other enemies around the world. it is hard for us to stay safe and keep alive in the best of circumstances. and to have a president and a party that are willfully, wantonly disregarding what

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it comes six weeks after governor gretchen whitmer was the target of an alleged kidnapping plot. >> we know the white house likes to single us out in michigan, me out in particular. i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. >> reporter: atlas denies he was suggesting any kind of violence. meanwhile, in texas, el paso facing a desire situation. coroners so overwhelmed by the influx of covid victims, prison inmates are helping move bodies into mobile morgues. in new york, officials outraged over scenes like this. hundreds of people packed into an illegal warehouse party. a blatant violation of safety orders. the governor warns the months leading up to a vaccine will be the hardest. new york city and other cities are now facing new testing challenges and delays as travelers rush to get results before thanksgiving. >> we agreed that everybody would be tested in order to be able to go. my father is somewhat compromised at 80 years old and my mother is getting up there as well, so we want to make sure that they're safe. >> just because you

. >> reporter: michigan's democratic governor, gretchen whitmer, said the president needs to realize election is over. >> stop spending energy to mislead about what happened in this election. >> reporter: the trump campaign had tried to block the michigan election results in court, but withdrew that suit today, leaving their record on legal challenges nationwide almost entirely without success. >> it's really easy to make unsupported, wild conspiracy claims in parking lots at press conferences on twitter and social media. it's really hard to support those claims in court when those claims fall under scrutiny. and in every single case, those claims have failed. >> reporter: numerous legal setbacks aren't stopping the president's campaign team from pursuing and promoting false claims of fraud. >> i know crimes. i can smell them. there's enough to overturn any election. it's disgraceful what happened. >> reporter: rudy giuliani presented no evidence to back up his allegations. >> and there are other aspects of this fraud that at this point i really can't reveal. >> reporter: the country

scott atlas reacted by tweeting, the only way this stops is if people rise up governor gretchen whitmer responded on cnn >> we know that the white house likes to single us out here in michigan, me out in particular i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. >> some of the new restrictions in michigan include no indoor dining at bars and restaurants and high schools and colleges will be fully remote the changes start wednesday and will last three weeks. >>> as coronavirus cases surge across the country, dr. anthony fauci is warning that a delayed presidential transition is a danger to public health, saying that it would be better if his team could start working with president-elect joe biden. we're joined now by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, the biden team would also like to see more cooperation. >> right they think it's really important that the two be talking right now. but what we're finding here, valerie, is that the biden team is being blocked by the administration from doing so we do know that they plan to meet with drugmakers this

said some positive things about china and then he went on to criticizing the governor of michigan gretchen whitman she's a democrat and she has cracked down aggressively on the coronavirus at one point refusing even to allow michiganders to go from their homes to their vacation homes within this state that's caused a division in the state and trump has fanned the flames saying again here you've got to get your governor to shut down this state well the crowd chanted lock her up and that is just days after 13 people were arrested militia members for trying to do just that they were planning to kidnap her and put her on a kind of trial. this crowd doesn't seem to be bothered by that and the president from out on michigan is a crucial state for him as you said he only won by 0.2 percentage points it's about 10000 votes and that's why trump is here he's trying to get that marginal once again because he won last time by flipping a number of midwestern states that had previously been democratic and he did it in places like this mccollum county become county is a place where we won by 11 percentag

member of the white house coronavirus task force told people to rise up after michigan governor gretchentmer issued new covid restrictions in the state. >> the idea that the president is now resisting remaining advisor on covid is saying that they should resist, what the hell is the matter with these guys? >> reporter: meanwhile president trump refuses to concede, tweeting an acknowledgment yesterday that biden had won, but then claim he had won. how did you interpret that? >> i interpret that as trumpianism. ( laughs ) no change in his modus operandi. >> reporter: biden's former partner in the white house told scott pelley on "60 minutes" that mr. trump needed to think beyond his own ego and concede. >> my advice to president trump is if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing. >> reporter: the former president also compared mr. trump to richie rich calling him the complaining, lying, doesn't take responsibility for anything type of figure. former first lady michelle obama also weighed in writing

the governor, gretchen whitmer, who has become a frequent target of the president and his supporters,ly took my breath away, to tell you the truth. we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. hope is dimming that the current occupant of the white house will prioritise the threat of covid. comejanuary, it's anyone's guess what kind of situation joe biden and the country will find itself in. nadia tawfik, bbc news. well earlier i spoke to democratic communications strategist mary anne marsh, i asked her how unusual it was for the vice—president elect to be receiving briefings more than the president elect. that is exactly right. and joe biden made a very smart move today. using his speech about the economy more to get donald trump to work with him than really talking about getting americans back to work. because unless donald trump starts to co—operate, and republicans cooperate as well, it's going to be very tough to get americans back to work, back school, back to their lives and beat back covid. he used his meeting before this speech with business leaders and union leade

bush says the vote was fair and gretchen i could bided has a white house correspondent can be helped at all trump's options in the coming weeks the legal challenges will continue in fact the u.s. president wants to remind it was tweeting today that joe biden will claiming victory is the projected winner by a number of media outlets on twitter he said when does the lame stream media as he calls it call who our next president will be so until that vote is official and certified in mid december the true campaign believes it has a window of opportunity so it is continuing to receive funds soliciting funds in order to finance these legal challenges that are taking place across many states. saudi arabia's king some on the crown prince mohammed bin sol month have joined world leaders and congratulation joe biden and called the house the last of the gulf leaders to do so because between riyadh and washington have been exceptionally close under trump who chose riyadh as his 1st overseas distillation as president. palestinian president mahmoud abbas pictured here with biden in 2016 says he loo

the governor, gretchen whitmer, who has become a frequent target of the president and his supporters,t actually took my breath away, to tell you the truth. we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. hope is dimming that the current occupant of the white house will prioritise the threat of covid. comejanuary, it's anyone's guess what kind of situation joe biden and the country will find itself in. nadia tawfik, bbc news. we can now speak to republican evan mcmullin who's executive director of stand up republic. evan, a former cia officer also ran in the 2016 us presidential election as an independent. there are real dangers in these problems with the transition, not only when there is a national pandemic but also in terms of national security. yes, that's true, look, our adversaries around the world are not going to take a break, you heard anthony felty talking about how the virus will not ta ke about how the virus will not take a break, as we transition hopefully from one presidency to another, but are adverse areas of the same way, russia, china, iran, nonstate actors,

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the governor, gretchen whitmer, who has become a frequent target of the president and his supporters,ell you the truth. we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. hope is dimming that the current occupant of the white house will prioritise the threat of covid. comejanuary, it's anyone's guess what kind of situation joe biden and the country will find itself in. nadia tawfik, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to republican evan mcmullin who's executive director of stand up republic. i asked him whether one reason trump has failed to concede the 2020 presidential election is the fact he cant acknowledge defeat personally. it isa it is a lot of things, at least a few things. he has an interest in protecting his persona as a winner, as he would say, within his base because that will impact his business and political prospects going forward even when he is outside, out of office. also it is clear that he is trying to raise more money for whatever purposes he is claiming to raise purpose —— raise money for, legal challenges, but if you read the small print of his fundraising messages

joining us now the democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer.llow, it's a little needy that pillow. >> a friend of mine said that to me i thought i'd acknowledge it. >> let's talk about michigan, because it's one of the states that people are going to wonder how soon they might know something because as soon as you count that early vote. how exactly does it work in michigan? how will the votes be counted? >> well, first, i think it's really important to acknowledge the vote is not final until the votes are final. and our state -- our secretary of state has been saying that this is going to take a little while. we just had a primary in august, we had 1.6 million votes cast by absentee ballot, it took 40 hours to count those and we have twice that number in absentee ballots so we're preparing this may take a few days. that's why we're encouraging voters to be patient as we go to the polls. there are lines already. we have been open for about 50 minutes and we have lines at the polls. we also know in michigan you should wear layers and bring your m

joining us now, democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. you very much for being on. this has been a difficult time for you personally, but obviously for your state and this tweet certainly did not help. >> it actually -- we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. we have been going through this for nine months and right now the numbers are as bad as they have been been at any given time so we have to take aggressive leaderships. it's on the states' governors to do what we can save lives and they're telling us not to gather indoors. we know we have to take action now to save lives. the modeling, mika, shows we'll lose another 20,000 people just here in michigan between now and the middle of february if we don't take aggressive action now. for three weeks we are going to tight things up. batten down the hatches and try to get everyone to rise to the challenge in front of us. >> jonathan lemire from the associated press has the next question. jonathan? >> governor, of course the surge comes right before the holidays when people

the governor, gretchen whitmer, who has become a frequent target of the president and his supporters,ook my breath away, to tell you the truth. we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. hope is dimming that the current occupant of the white house will prioritise the threat of covid. comejanuary, it is anyone's gas what situation joe it is anyone's gas what situationjoe biden it is anyone's gas what situation joe biden and it is anyone's gas what situationjoe biden and the country will find itself in. nadia tawfik, bbc news. —— anyone's guess. we can now speak to democratic communications strategist mary anne marsh. she joins us from boston. the vice president as a senator seems to be getting more briefings than the president—elect? briefings than the president-elect? his speech today was really talking about getting the presidency work with him rather than getting americans back to work. unless republicans and democrats co—operate, it will be tough to get americans back to school, back to their lives and be covid was that he used his meeting before this meet with busine

whitmer.ernor gretchen do you approve or disapprove of governor. curb covid.go to keep in indiana. keith, you disapprove, why? i had the covid and got over it, praise the lord, but there's no consistency with my governor or any of the other governors, you know? but keepe churches liquor stores open. i don't understand that. i guess my last comment would be a right towe give up stay safe, whether it is guns or to stay home locked up to prevent the spread, we are one step closer to communism. thank you for letting me make my comments. ok, keith. california, do you approve of governor newsom? i do.: yes, i think he's doing a wonderful job and if people all over the united states would do what they are told to do, where the mask, and i live inds, the house now with my daughter home in the house, in the yard, do what you are told to do. listen to the medical. to god be the glory. i praise for our people all over the night is dates, including in arkansas. i know governor asa hutchinson, who is doing a good job, but it's the people, i saw so many families with the vi

in michigan county, a resolution supporting governor gretchen witmer's impeachment, the board of commissionersoting member-numtwo calling the democrat's executive orders issued throughout the pandemic unconstitutional. state restrictions for three weeks include no indoor dining at restaurants or bars, closing high schools, colleges and nonessential workplaces along with private gatherings limited to two households only. later this hour, what the status restaurant industry is experiencing. jillian: 760,000 absentee ballots have been requested for the senate runoff elections in georgia. election officials extending the use of ballot drop boxes amid the search, the use of the boxes will expire in late december. rafael warnot is facing kelly (john ohssf facing david purdue. we will talk about the balance of power in the senate. amid those high-stakes runoff elections senator kelly left returning to the campaign trail, her second consecutive covid-19 test came back negative monday. left the remains in quarantine over the weekend following contradictory test results. the campaign said she didn't exp

but he does ago it was gretchen whitmer of michigan. when you ask the governors what are they concerned about, it is not the election. it's about the pandemic. they worry with thanksgiving on the horizon many people are going to be circulating inside, within closed doors, with heat blowing and no masks inside. little social distancing. this could be spreader events. it is hard not to be alarmist because they are facing more death in their state. they have people have thanksgiving traditions, holiday traditions in december. how to deal with that. they are telling people to wear a mask inside. maybe try to have thanksgiving outside. it is a difficult thing to wrangle people towards making different choices after years, if not decades of doing the opposite. georgiari next up from on the biden line. caller: thank you. i would like to tell mr. costa i look forward to us having a president that is not the disrespectful to the press. referring to them always as fake news. i appreciate the job all of you do. first of all, one thing about like t

>> reporter: well, this isn't the first time the president and his team have singled out gretchen whitmershe's been a frequent target of the president's attacks as she tries to get control of the pandemic in her state. after announcing the new restrictions in the state of michigan to try to rein in the pandemic in michigan, dr. scott atlas, who is not a public health expect, he's a neuroradiolo neuroradiologi neuroradiologist, he's tweeting, the only way this stop is if people rise up. you get what you accept. #freedommatters, #stepup. and governor whitmer was the target of a kidnapping plot that was foiled by law enforcement officials last month. scott atlas said he was never talking about violence, saying that people should peacefully protest the measures. and here's what governor whitmer said to wolf blitzer. >> we know the white house likes to single us out here in michigan, me out in particular. i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and experts. i listen to people who have studied and are well-respected worldwide on these issues, not the individual that

part of an effort to encourage social distancing and other protocols in michigan governor governor gretchenhitmer called the last week. the worst in her state since the pandemic started today she announced that all indoor dining and in person learning at high schools and colleges will be suspended for the next 3 weeks. michigan has seen massive cases case surges in the last 6 weeks from just over 1000 reported daily cases back in early october to nearly 8,000 daily cases just this past week. a similar situation is unfolding all across the country, including washington state as well. >>today. november 15th, 2020. i have to report to washingtonians. is the most dangerous public health day. in over 100 years. >>washington governor jay inslee also unveiling a new set of statewide covid-19 restrictions among the most businesses including gyms movie theaters and museums must close their indoor services for at least the next month. meanwhile this morning we heard from doctor doctor anthony fauci who predicted when the country could begin to return back to normalcy doctor fauci said that prediction

carley: republican lawmakers in michigan have introduced an impeachment resolution against governor gretchenest coronavirus restrictions. jillian: joining us is michigan state representative bo lafave thank you for being here. >> my absolute pleasure thank you so much. jillian: restrictions effective three weeks no indoor dining restaurants and bars. nonessential workplaces are closed. private gatherings limited to two households only and high schools and colleges closed. let me ask you, why are you making this move then? >> because myself and the rest of the michigan republicans in the house and astronaut have done literally everything else. we tried working with the governor. we tried passing bills. we had to go to the supreme court and won in the michigan supreme court. we had half a million citizens file petition to return power back to the legislature in a way from unilateral the secretary of state refuses to certify those. at this point i'm out of options. >> governor whitmer doesn't have time for partisan politics for people who don't wear masks have a plan to fight this virus. wkeep

. >> michigan governor gretchen whitmer gave an update on the coronavirus response in her state after recently issuing new restrictions on indoor dining at restaurants and in person classes for college and high school students. from the state capitol in lansing, this is four minutes. >> good afternoon. today's thursday november 19, thank you for joining us for it i'm joined today by doctor jenae are cheap medical executive, by matthew hornick, doctor matthew hornick the president of the michigan chapter of the american academy of pediatrics. bryan the co-owner of smoke and pig barbecue and delta township, kendra patterson the co-owner of michigan barn wood and salvage animation while mason, michigan. yesterday the epidemic ordered that the department of health and human services issued limiting indoor gatherings were covid-19 easily spread went into effect. i want to remind everyone that these actions are both targeted and intended to be temporary. these steps are with the public health experts tell us we need to take to avoid overwhelm the hospitals and death counseling we saw in the