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i'm dane ma bash in for jake tapper in washington. >>> the state of our union is preparing for the worstamericans finish an unusual thanksgiving weekend, the nation is heading into what is expected to be a devastating month for the pandemic. already 4 million new u.s. covid cases and more than 34,000 deaths this month alone. we haven't even begun to see the effect of thanksgiving travel, dinners, or black friday shopping. one infectious disease expert is now warning that the post-holiday case surge will be destabilizing for the u.s. health care system and the economy and homeland security

this morning jake tapper spoke with dr. fauci. >> 184,000 new cases on one day and it is getting worse. other than wearing masks, washes hands and social distancing, what more do we need to be doing? >> well, what we have to do is make what you just said is uniform. no excuse not to do it because we know that that can turn things around. i mean that is the tool we have. as i mentioned, there is good news with the vaccine and help is coming so that should motivate people to just say that we'll double down and did this uniformly. those are the tools that we have and they do work. we can get there to plateau and come down. obviously everybody is sensitive to what we call covid-19 fatigue. fatigue but we have to hang in there particularly in the colder weather at we get into the late fall and early winter months. wri we have to get together on this jack o jack -- jake because we know that people can. >> and the university of washington model procejects tha the u.s. will reach 439,000 deaths in the next four months. is that real

jake tapper is learning according to sources familiar to the matter that the recently fired secretary of defense mark esper warned the white house that any further draw downs of u.s. troops not advised that the u.s. should not withdraw more troops from afghanistan until conditions on the ground had been met and that it the unanimous consensus at that time that those conditions had not yet been met. when secretary esper sent that memo to the white house earlier this month. those sources telling jake tapper that is one of the main reasons the president is believed to have fired secretary of defense esper last week. >> this is a really serious development. jeremy, thank you. let's get more with gloria borger and abby phillip is here and arlette saenz is back with us. she's in delaware. this new report, gloria, jake is reporting on that esper sent a classified memo to the white house warning against this kind of immediate unilateral u.s. withdrawal of troops from iraq and afghanistan, it was the unanimous recommendation of the top military brass including the united states military centra

i'm jake tapper.ct joe biden will not take office until january, but the inter-party fight between moderates and progressives is already underway, to a degree playing out on twitter when congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez posting this picture of herself throwing shade at joe manchin after he quoted crazy socialist agenda. here to discuss, independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. it's good to see you again. glad you're doing well. before we get to that, president trump is still refusing to accept reality and concede the election to president-elect joe biden. how worried are you that he could try to stay in power beyond january 20th? what level of threat do you think the lack of progress on the transition poses to the country? >> well, i am less and less worried about it because as more and more victories state by state are confirmed for biden, i think public support in any way, shape or form for the president is now going down. but i will say this, jake. trump will have the distinction of doi

i'm jake tapper. >>> breaking news today. president-elect joe biden this afternoon, says outgoing president trump's refusal to concede the election is, quote, an embarrassment. biden said he is moving with or without trump as health and the republican senate is mildly intimidated by trump's top allies are enabling president trump's denial of the reality. president-elect biden took calls today from the leaders of germany, france, ireland, and the uk but the calls were not patched through the u.s. state department as traditionally would happen because the trump administration is still refusing to allow the transition process to begin. this is not necessarily just a matter of letting the president's legal remedies play out in courts. some members of the trump administration are signaling that they are unwilling to accept the results of the democratic process. it can be, frankly, chilling to hear. take secretary of state mike pompeo this afternoon. >> is the state department currently preparing to engage with the biden transition

fauci said or jake tapper yesterday -- on jake tapper yesterday, that means five out of 100. would get it. but that's not what this means. this means that everybody who gets the vaccine is 95% effective in each person. that's how that works. from what i can understand, the distribution problem is already fixed, they are going to the drugstores and to the doctors offices, they are going to prioritize the vulnerable first and then it will be given to us, we go to our local drugstore, go in and get a shot. and if it's two shots, i get two shots. so i don't know what all the fuss is. host: what do you think of what she outlined? optimismappreciate her . there's reason to be optimistic. hereffectiveness, i think explanation of that is accurate. we need to see some of this data before we totally get behind it. for the vast majority of people who get this vaccine, they will be protected from covid. need a second to dose to get full effectiveness. there been concerns about the logistics of leaving it around. the pfizer vaccine has to be cap doubled 100 degrees below zero. your averag

i'm jake tapper. it is election eve. at this time tomorrow we'll be standing by for the first results from this historic presidential election. right now president donald trump and democratic campaigner joe biden are making visits in their key states. joe biden is in pennsylvania while president trump is in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. these events that the president is throwing is reckless and large events with no distancing or masks required, as health officials suggest or in some states even mandate. president trump is not largely focused on the economy or his accomplishments as the incumbent. instead at the height of the spread of the coronavirus, the president is suggesting that if he wins, he will fire the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, in his next term. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait till a little bit after the election. >> the crowd there was chanting "fire fauci." it's all part of the president's campaign strategy to deny the serious of the virus. his son even denies

i'm jake tapper.sident-elect joe biden will not take office until january, but the interparty fight between moderates and progressives are on twitter when alexandria ocasio-cortez posted this photo of herself throwing shade at joe mansion after he criticized, quote, a crazy socialist agenda. how might this ideological struggle impact the democrats? joining me now, is senator bernie sanders. glad you're doing well. president trump is refusing to accept reality that he lost the election. how could he try to stay in power beyond january 20th? what level of threat do you think the lack of progress on a transition poses to the country? >> i am less and less worried about it because as more and more victories state-by-state are confirmed for biden, i think public support in any way, shape, or form for the president is now going down but i will say this, jake. trump will have the distinction of doing more than any person in the history of this country in undermining american democracy. the idea that he conti

i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news. moments ago president-elect joe biden was speaking.e called for cooperation between his incoming administration and the outgoing trump administration which is still refuse to go accept the reality of mr. trump's loss. >> more people may die. the sne

jake tapper's at c.n.n. versus the president this has become way too personal for members of my profession there's no question i'm in the uncomfortable position of being a number trump or somebody who thinks the president should be defeated hope see is defeated and yet finds himself very sympathetic to the president when he complains about the media because steve is right my friend steve is right the president has got an unfair shake from this media and i think it's all people out there like me who don't think don't trust in a particular good president but we hate it that we have to defend the guy against an unfair media i've been in their shoes i want to i want to add value a lot of people are going to are you know you do the show in the press and so i am . sure this will come up fox news calling arizona on the night of the election with less than one percent of the votes counted now listen it may hold and ultimately if it does then fox says see we knew from the beginning our decision does made the right ca

"the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the leadn has projected that president-elect joe biden will win the state of georgia comes after we projected he won arizona last night. flipping those traditionally red states to blue for the first time since the 1990s. cnn also projecting that outgoing president trump will win the state of north carolina. in addition to president-elect biden currently up in the popular santa rosa, 77.9 million votes or

you're a mean one, jake tapper. >> christmas is probably not going to be possible. >> in cases wheregard of the law, people should and will be cited. we want to make sure that we don't accidentally kill someone. >> cancel vacation plans. do not add other households for thanksgiving. get a chicken instead of a turkey. don't share your aaron don't do stupid things. >> laura: [laughs] >> just buy spam and stop breathing. after thanksgiving. happy holidays. >> laura: if only they took their own advice, don't do stupid things. we'd be in great shape. >> who are they to declare christmas is not possible. i'm sorry. for most people watching and for us, christmas is happening. it's the birth of jesus. >> laura: get over it. >> at home, at church, in the streets. that's their decision. coming together as family. don't worry, cbs is offering some alternatives for the holidays. you can have a virtual celebration. you could cook and eat with your family via zoom. or they say you can have a pajama things giving, whatever the hell that is where you and the kids eat in your pajamas. sounds like a l

facebook, instagram, twitter at jake tapper or tweet the show at at the lead. have a meaningful veterans day tomorrow. ♪ >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news! >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the "the situation room." we are following breaking news. president-elect biden just a short while ago declaring america is back and saying the transition in his words is going well. it's well under way, he says, despite president trump's refusal to acknowledge the election results. biden is calling that an embarrassment. the secretary of state mike pompeo just went so far to say, i'm quoting him now, there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration, closed quote. we are following breaking pandemic news. the u.s. death toll now topping 239,000 people with more than 10 million confirmed cases nationwide. and, tonight, not a single state, not a single state is trending in the right direction. but dr. anthony fauci is offering americans new hope telling cnn moments ago he believes a vaccine may

i'm jake tapper.h about scranton, pennsylvania, since "the office" went off the air. the battle for the white house as evidenced by the candidates campaign stops is focusing quite a bit on three states that president trump won by less than a percentage point in 2016 and that biden is trying to win back on tuesday. joining me now, for an exclusive jointed interview the democratic governors of each of these states. gretchen whitner and tony evers ps joe biden is trying to rebuild this blue wall. governor evers, where do you have in your state right now? >> we feel good about joe's chances. the state party has done a great job of getting out organizers and we have teams all across the state making calls and i think we are in real good shape. we take nothing for granted. joe biden and kamala harris are the right candidates at the right time. they are empathetic and compare about people and joe was here in 2018 and helped me get elected. they are known quantities and i think the people of wisconsin are goi

i'm jake tapper. it is election eve.is time tomorrow we'll be standing by for the first results from this historic presidential election. right now president donald trump and democratic campaigner joe biden are making visits in their key states. joe biden is in pennsylvania while president trump is in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. these events that the president is throwing is

i'm erica hill in for jake tapper. start with our 2020 lead.g full steam ahead to take office. moments ago meeting with mayors from across the country, even as president trump remains behind closed doors and continues to block the official presidential transition. today, biden also naming the first members of his cabinet along with a handful of national security staff. a roster of experienced players in washington and a few history makers as well, including the first latino and the first grant nominated to serve as security of homeland security. alejandro mayorkas and

follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter at jake tapper.r: this is cnn breaking news! >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following breaking news. >>> the united states nearing 225,000 coronavirus deaths after the single deadliest day in six months with covid-19 claiming the lives of more than 1,700 americans in just 24 hours. cases are rising nationwide including in new york city which has just announced

i'm jake tapper.begin with breaking news two days after it became clear that joe biden had been elected 46th president of the united states, biden is beginning his transition. president-elect biden is making an appeal to the nation for unity in the end of polarization in the united states, yet it happens at the same time that president trump is refusing to accept defeat and instead lashing out. this afternoon, as his lame duck session as president began, trump fired his secretary of defense mark esper. cnn officials have been told that esper has been pushing back on trump since last year. he urged trump to release the aid to ukraine that trump used to leverage dirt on biden. he was careful to keep the u.s. military out of the realm of the president's political desires. he may be the first firing. a senior administration official is worried that president trump will soon fire fbi director and cia director next. also trump's personnel chief at the white house is threatening to fire members from the admi

i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news. moments ago president-elect joe biden was speaking.e called for cooperation between his incoming administration and the outgoing trump administration which is still refuse to go accept the reality of mr. trump's loss. >> more people may die. the sooner we have access to the administration's distribution plan, the sooner this transition would be smoothly move forward. >> more people may die. president-elect biden says. it's a stark warning as outgoing president trump is still spreading the lie that he won the election. the election that he lost significantly. and the trump administration continuing to prevent the biden/harris transition team from officially being recognized. biden calling trump's refusal to concede embarrassing for the united states. and as cnn's jeff zeleny reports for us, biden is laying out his plans how he with lie to get republicans on board if president trump never concedes. >> more people may die if we don't coordinate. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden raising his voice today, saying it's critical for his i

i'm erica hill in for jake tapper today. on cnn continues right now. ♪ >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news! >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following breaking news. president-elect joe biden announcing historic picks for top posts in his cabinet, including former federal reserve chair janet yellen to be the country's first woman treasury secretary. he is naming the first woman to

i'm erica hill in for jake tapper. breaki ining news. a trump official telling cnn moments ago the white house has given formal approval for joe biden to receive the president's daily briefing. this comes hours after president-elect biden introduced his first cabinet picks this afternoon. the overarching message? america is back and the biden team is ready to lead. it was a striking vigil. the nominees as you see there gathered in wilmington, delaware. but social distanced with masks. the president-elect acknowledging he is glad his transition is finally being allowed to move forward after weeks of delay from the trump administration. the biden transition helping the stock market roll. a huge milestone on wall street today. you see it there on your screen. the dow topping 30,000 for the first time ever. then closing above that number as well. just moments ago. it's that milestone that prompted president trump to make his way to the white house briefing room for literally a one-minute speech bragging about the dow. hours later, he pardone

i'm jake tapper.after it became clear that joe biden had been elected 46th president of the united states, biden is beginning his transition. president-elect biden is making an appeal to the nation for unity in the end of polarization in the united states, yet it happens at the same time that president trump is refusing to accept defeat and instead lashing out. this afternoon, as his lame duck session as president began, trump fired his

i'm jake tapper in washington. state of on our union is suffering from a pandemic spreading more faster and broadly than ever according to public health experts. and suffering, frankly, from a severe lack of leadership as president trump spends his final weeks in office sulking and stewing over an election he lost by more than 6 million votes in the popular vote and more than 50 in the electoral vote. hours ago, the president faced a major blow to his efforts to undermine the election when a ferm judge in pennsylvania dismissed with prejudice with a key lawsuit. this morning, president trump railed against the paris climate before the g20 summit which is virtual this year. saturday he was at his golf club instead of participating in a special side conference focused on the pandemic and the coronavirus tragedy. this is, as the united states has now reached an unimaginable 12 million coronavirus cases and more than 2 r50,000 deaths. many the one light at the end of this tunnel, the one light, a vaccine could only be

i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper.t to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following the presidential transition. president trump and president-elect joe biden both marking veterans day today. sources are now telling cnn that the president-elect is likely to name his white house chief of staff soon with cabinet nominations being announced next month. president trump,

"the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. >>> cnn has projected that president-elect joe biden will win the state of georgia comes after we projected he won arizona last night. flipping those traditionally red states to blue for the first time since the 1990s. cnn also projecting that outgoing president trump will win the state of north carolina. in addition to president-elect biden currently up in the popular santa rosa, 77.9 million votes or 50.8% to outgoing trump's 47.4%, biden has 304 tlorl votes to trump's 232. that is a score trump called a landslide when he was on the right end of it. today, president-elect biden is meeting with his transition advisers and preparing to take office on january 20th. the team is forced to reach out on their own to governors and health experts and private sector to prepare since the trump administration is refusing to begin the transmission process. trump is set to speak any minute from the rose garden. these will be the resident's first public remarks since president-

i'm jake tapper. 80,000 americans. 80,000 are in the hospital as we begin thanksgiving week.the hospital because of coronavirus. and president-elect joe biden says more americans could die from the coronavirus because president trump is delaying the transition of power. joining me now, one of the people in charge of the biden/harris transition team, jen psaki. jen, thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. >> do you believe the trump administration's decision to block the transition has already started to jeopardize american lives because of the pandemic? >> well, jake, as you heard president-elect biden say earlier this week, the longer this goes, the more it's going to jeopardize people's lives. and people's wellbeing. and of course, it is access to what we're looking for is access to realtime information about what's being worked on with vaccine distribution and with vaccine development and all the plans for that moving forward. but it's also about people having access to, you know, assistance. small businesses having assistance, to americans getting their paycheck, unem

i'm jake tapper. >>> breaking news today.s outgoing president trump's refusal to concede the election is, quote, an embarrassment. biden said he is moving with or without trump as health and the republican senate is mildly intimidated by trump's top allies are enabling president trump's denial of the reality. president-elect biden took calls today from the leaders of germany, france, ireland, and the uk but the calls were not patched through the u.s. state department as traditionally would happen because the trump administration is still refusing to allow the transition process to begin. this is not necessarily just a matter of letting the president's legal remedies play out in courts. some members of the trump administration are signaling that they are unwilling to accept

we know from jake tapper that krebs didn't know he was fired until he saw the tweet. now, we've seen a letter that has gone out from the cisa chief of staff, she writes, it's essential that we don't lose focus on the important work we undertake on behalf of the american people. i know i can count on all of you to work together to defend today and secure tomorrow. that line, that's something that krebs said all the time. that was his tagline, the line that came out of cisa all the time. and jeremy is absolutely right. krebs was fired because of what he has been saying in the days that have followed the election, he's been pushing back more and more aggressively against the president. not calling out the president directly, not naming him, but simply stating the facts. calling out conspiracies, debunking what he's called hoaxes and nonsense. perhaps his biggest crime in the view of the president was saying that in no uncertain terms, and he said this alongside other federal, state, and private election officials, this was the most secure election in american history. an

>> so when he said you specifically he meant jake tapper because jake asked the question, he said, drtor or a nurse, i'm not over 65, i don't have any underlying conditions when can i get the test and dr. fauci said april. so really what dr. fauci means is we're going to start possibly as soon as next month vaccinating health care workers, those who take care of patients with covid and then the next step would be people in nursing homes, people with underlying conditions that make them vulnerable to covid complications and eventually we will get to other people, other groups in april, people who are not over 65, and people who not do not have underlying conditions. that's what he's thinking at this time. >> it's remarkable, for all the flak dr. fauci has taken from some corners, he has consistently said for months an approved vaccine by the end of the year, as soon as possibly november and availability into the spring he's been consistent. elizabeth cohen, thanks very much. >>> president trump and his allies are undermining faith in our election. that's what they're doing. every day.

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he spoke with our jake tapper about when the coronavirus vaccine could be widely available.s what he said. >> we're talking probably by april, the end of april i would think. again, these are just guest estimates. i believe that within the next -- within the first quarter. one of the things that we were concerned about, jake, and i discussed this with you on a prior interview, was that we have a lot of people in this country who may not want to get vaccinated right away. that's why we were talking that it might take well in the third quarter to get vaccinated. >> he said it would likely be available to all by the end of april. does that time line make sense? >> it does. pfizer and presumably moderna and other manufacturers will have to produce large quantities of vaccine. some of the preparation for this pandemic vaccine has included sort of parallel manufacturing of these vaccines before the data was available which is why a company like pfizer can have 40 to 50 million doses available immediately rather than ramping up after approval. that's very smart. that's where federa

i'm erica hill in for jake tapper today. our coverage on cnn continues right now. ♪ >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news! >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following breaking news. president-elect joe biden announcing historic picks for top posts in his cabinet, including former federal reserve chair janet yellen to be the country's first woman treasury secretary. he is naming the first woman to lead the u.s. intelligence community and the first latino to lead the department of homeland security. as well as the first-ever special envoy for climate. also breaking right now. a new defeat, a very important defeat for president trump as he seeks to overturn the u.s. election. a michigan board has just voted to certify the state's results, despite a lot of pressure from the president to try to overturn them, making it even clearer that the president, right now, has no path forward. >>> we are following breaking pandemic news. the u.s. dea

she was on with jake tapper earlier today. she says it's a real possibility.is presidential race in terms of a very red state turning pretty blue. what do you believe the chances are for ossoff and warnock in this runoff election? >> stacey would know better than anyone else. the fact is she lost by aid razor-thin margin that probably should have been a victory for her, so georgia has been going progressively purple over time. and i think these special elections are going to be an incredible test of where georgia is because people are going to be coming out on both sides. this is going to be kind of a microcosm of the presidential election. there's so much at stake in georgia during these two runoffs. >> what happens it's the idea that runoffs can be -- it can be difficult to get the same kind of turnout, to inspire people to one more time, you know, make it to -- to cast their ballot for a special election or runoff race. how do you impress upon people who ordinarily might feel a little inconvenienced about a runoff race? how do you impress upon them the impo

then i understand that the effective rate is, it doesn't mean is doctor anthony faucija said on jake tapper yesterday that he said that that means five out of 100, he didn't say but he agreed that five out of 100 would get it but that is not what this means. this means that everyone who gets the vaccine is 95% effective in each person and that is how that works and from what i can understand the distribution problem is already fixed and they are going to the drugstores and to the doctors offices and they will prioritize the vulnerable first and then it will be given to us and we'll go to your local drugstore, go in and get a shot. if it is two shots it's like my pneumonia shot i get two shots or pneumonia shot so i don't know what all the fuss is. >> host: louise, l's let the doctor -- what you think of what she outlined their? >> guest: i areciate her optimism and i think there is reason to be optimistic. ninety, 95% of effectiveness is accurate and again we need to see some of the data before we get behind that but for the vast majority of people who get this vaccine they will be protecte

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i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news.tanding by with two major live events we're told will happen this hour. any minute, members of the white house coronavirus task force will hold their first briefing at the white house in more than six months as coronavirus cases and deaths surge in the united states. >>> plus, also any minute, we're expecting president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris to speak after meeting virtually with several state governors. the incoming biden administration is attempting to prepare to lead this nation in the midst of this deadly pandemic, which has claimed more than a quarter of a million

i'm pamela brown in today for jake tapper. we begin with the 2020 lead.rst public appearance since joe biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election marking this veterans day at arlington national cemetery before returning to the white house. with president trump refusing to acknowledge defeat, current and former defense officials are telling cnn that trump's actions are that of a dictator and more foreign leaders have now congratulated biden on his win than republican senators. and behind the scenes, the story is no different. as cnn kaitlan collins reports, president trump has no plans to concede with advisers. >> reporter: president trump and biden making separate

sources familiar with the matter are telling our colleague jake tapper that the president was warned against doing that very same thing by the former secretary of defense mark esper. esper in a memo to the white house warned the white house earlier this month it was the consensus of the u.s. military chain of command that no more troops should be withdrawn from afghanistan until conditions on the ground, specific conditions on the ground had been met and as of that memo, those conditions had not yet been met. those sources also said they believe that esper's warning to the president and to the white house about that troop draw down was one of the main reasons why he was fired last week. >> jeremy diamond over at the white house. joining us, our senior correspondent jeff zeleny, along with former ohio governor john kasich and bakari sellers. and biden's words that it's more embarrassing than debailitating. >> i think it's embarrassing and debilitating. i said to a friend -- this is a man involved in fighting this pandemic. what would it have been like had donald trump from the very be

he and stacy abrams are seen as martyrs for saying that but donald trump comes out today and had jake tapperay that, that is so sad and pathetic. hillary is not - >> we should remind everybody the constitution says the state legislature adjudicates voting unless congress chooses to intervene. we really need something like the 20 sixth amendment saying no vote shall be accepted after 12 am on election day. we have to override this madness. >> cannot happen again am a or there will never be another republican president. in a shocking twist house republicans will be adding sees this election weakening nancy pelosi is holding putting leadership, kevin mccarthy tells us how this happened and what is next. achievable steps along the way... ...so we can spend a bit now, knowing we're prepared for the future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. oooh, well... i'm good at my condo. oh. i love her condo. nana throws the best parties. well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. >> laura: in the laura: in the days leading up to el

sources telling jake tapper before he was fired by president trump, mark esper, did not recommend anyraw down of troops in afghanistan. that was one of the main reasons the president fired him. susan rice, former ambassador to the u.n. wrote by his refusal to engage, "tragically but not surprisingly, mr. trump appears to determined to take a final wrecking ball to our democracy. she joins me now. what do you think of the implementation for the biden administration if president trump does withdraw troops from afghanistan in the face of necessary conditions have not been met. we have been in the process of a phase and gradual draw down. it is tied to the taliban fulfilling the conditions that it committed to the agreement it reached in february and tied conditions on the ground thus far. some weeks ago, donald trump tweeted he wanted all troops out of afghanistan by christmas. it sounded like former secretary esper wrote was to warn the president of the dangerous consequences of that approach. the in coming administration will inherit a range of really significant national security chal

. >> and as our jake tapper has reported this is about currying favor with the president's ego and not changing the vote tallies at core. there's mechanisms for transitions to happen. cnn has learned that this little known trump appointee hasn't done so. what's going on here? is she slow watching this? >> apparently. this is known as the process of ascertainment. and the general services administration, a trump appointee, they effectively have to sign off on allowing the incoming administration access to certain materials, whether office space or equipment or millions of dollars in funding, to go about the logistical process of transitioning the administration, but she has yet to sign off on this document that typically is just a footnote in a transition process that allows the ball to get rolling in a sense. trump has yet to concede. she has yet to sign off on this document, that could potentially be an indication of a more delayed process than one is anticipating. the only time this has happened in modern history was in 2000 when it took a month to ultimately decide that george w. bu

i'm jake tapper. >>> breaking news in our world lead.oe biden met earlier today with national security officials to try to prepare to hit the ground running when he takes office on january 20th. former national security officials we should say. outgoing president trump is making decisions one that could have lasting implications long after mr. trump leaves office. this afternoon, acting secretary of defense chris miller announced a reduction of u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq by january 15th, five days before president-elect becomes president. miller said to bring the wars in afghanistan and iraq to an end. u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq will be reduced to 2,500 each and currently about 4,500 u.s. troops in afghanistan and about 3,000 troops in iraq. miller announced this move over a week after president trump fired defense secretary mark esper. i'm told by sources that esper had warned against a withdrawal from afghanistan at this point. in a classified memo, esper, sources tell me, told the white house it was the unanimous rec

president trump attacks, refusal to concede this election, trump is conducting assault on our democracy jake tapper cnn state of the union said trump is trying to under mini democracy is this fair. >> i think the president deserves credit the way he and team are handling in loss some sound bites we heard from a xhub of commentators i agree count every vote make sure all legal cross every "t," do the every i, pursue legitimate questions, and irregularities, or allegations, but that is different than declaring victory, repeatedly. alleging mass fraud of which there simply is not evidence and that is not me speaking that is the trump legal team in court, i think the canyon between what they are saying in they being atrical press conferences vrz versus in court under oath at least professional issues that arise or legal issues that arise if you don't tell the truth to a judge i think that that gap is -- pretty telling. >> on that point the media has obligation to cover every lawsuit filed by president we have seen the federal judge pennsylvania tossing the suit saying they are trying to diswith sfrach

i guess so much for when they go low, we go high, follow the eric holder model, kick them and jake tapper overwritten fake news and cnn echoing the same sentiment setting what appeared to be a veiled threat against trump supporter's. "at a certain point, one has to think about not only about what's best for the nation. did cnn do that when they were lying about trump and russia conspiracies? i don't know. how any future employers might see your character defined during adversity. we watched your character for four years, wasn't that impressive to me. future employers, what does that mean? he want to build a cnn enemies list, is that what he's talking about? did you or did you not ever tweet out support that you like donald trump? is that the message? so tonight, it is perfectly clear america's most powerful institutions will do anything and everything they can do to destroy the president and his supporters. they don't care about our votes and they haven't cared about four years of this and ask yourself, do you believe for even a second that the mob and the media didn't notice how frail, h