mary trump will join us later in the hour. and so it came to pass after four long, dark, threatening, agonizingly tense years, the most corrupt tyrant in the history of the american presidency was overthrown by 75 million people, the votes of 75 million people. and the tears of election night four years ago spontaneously turned into dancing in the stre street, literally dancing in the street. ♪ everywhere and the world, they're dancing in the street ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ there's nothing you can't do in new york ♪ >> if it was up to me, we would just run that for the rest of the hour. you have to be of a certain age to have experienced this feeling before. america overthrew a corrupt president once before and drove him from office in 1974, but it was not voters who drove out richard nixon, it was a special prosecutor and the impeachment process and the intrepid journalism of bob woodward, who in his reelection campaign had won 49 straiates. and just three months later, richard nixon was forced to resign the presidency and face eviction. the

we have mary trump from the trump family. we have the legendary james carville and the legendary robert de niro, all with unique insights at this point in america. all that and more when we're back in 30 seconds. hey, rita! you now earn 3% on dining, including takeout! bon appetit. hey kim, you now earn 5% on travel purchased through chase! way ahead of you! hey, neal! you can earn 3% at drugstores. buddy, i'm right here. why are you yelling? because that's what i do! you're always earning with 5% cash back on travel purchased through chase, 3% at drugstores, 3% on dining including takeout, and 1.5% on everything else you buy. chase. make more of what's yours. >>> welcome back. new reports tonight depicting donald trump as angry and, quote, volatile over this loss, now three days in a row running with no comments from him. as we've been reporting, trump also taking on some post-election actions, including firing the defense secretary today. and while his team is exploring the potential for post-loss rallies. and it's a lodge

joining me now, mary trump, author of "too much and never enough." y, thank you. so, biden is on pace to win by the same electoral-college margin that your uncle called a landslide. does your uncle really not think he's lost? or is he just being a sore loser? what is going on here? help us understand. >> the first thing we need to understand is that the idea of losing. it's not -- it's literally the worst thing that could happen to him. so, he's -- he's going to do everything in his power to convince other people, including himself, that he did not lose. he's, i think, one of the only people i've ever met who can gaslight himself. so, on some level, he -- he -- he knows the numbers. he knows. he understands the arithmetic here and that he did, indeed, lose decisively. however, over time, he will be able to convince himself, as he's trying to convince other people, that he did not lose. and that's where we get into some dangerous territory, especially, considering how many republicans in leadership are willing to go along with it. >> that's where the i

joining me now is mary trump. president trump's niece. "how my family created the world's most dangerous man." mary trump. you're a psychologist as well as a family member. what's going on? it does not matter, he's leaving. all of that but it does not matter. never the less may affect what we have to live through for the next 60 plus days. what do you think is going on? >> i agree with you. it does not matter if he can see or acts like an adult and allow for a smooth transition. none of that matters in the sense that he lost. president-elect biden will be president come january 20th. it does matter in the sense that it delays the in coming administrati administration's ability to deal with the multiple crisis that we are facing. it continues to undermine people's faith. i would say the only reason donald's behavior is completely i immaturity is the republicans allowing it to happen. >> the coddling of him and the fear that still exists. there has been talks that there be some sort of a reckoning if president trump is gone. it does not see

it was the biden bump, not a trump bump. maryhas sent out 350 fund-raising emails asking to help pay for the president's flailing legal challenges. but people have to read the fine print. 75% of contributions go to his leadership p.a.c., which can act as a slush fund and boost his post-white house coffers. what is he going to use his money for, and why are people giving him money to pay, you know, for his campaign debts instead of what he's telling them it's for? >> i'll answer the second question first. either they don't know, or they don't care. they have gone all-in on this person. and they will continue to support him as long as he's asking them to. which may potentially be a problem for the rest of us going forward. but that is a different conversation. as for what he's going to use the money for, possibly he's looking at lots of legal bills. he will be engaged in several lawsuits. i know there are states looking very closely into potential financial crimes that he may well be indicted for. he's also looking at over $1 billi

michael cohen has predicted it, mary trump has predicted it. ch out to people who have been under the spell of donald trump, explain hypnosis, explain the authoritarian control mechanisms that are being used through our smartphones and through the platforms where people are being constantly iin doctrine atd with fear that somehow biden and everyone else is satanic and we're part of this skpeer waconspiracy with q. i woke up from my cult and people will wake up but we need to do a lot of work and get past just saying it's a cult. we need to understand what's underneath. >> and, you know, i think it's a very good point. you have to sort of unin dadocte 8 trump. this is 2018 and here's what your uncle said next. >> have you ever asked god for forgiveness? >> i'm not sure i have. i just go and try to do a better job from there. i don't think so. i think if i -- if i do something wrong, i think i just try and make it right. i don't bring god into that picture. i don't. >> and, you know, i think about that because we have more than a quarter million p

his only niece is mary trump, psychologist and author of the best seller on how the trump family createdhe world's most dangerous man. why is he doing it? >> it is functionally, not because donald is behave iing l a brat but because his enablers are allowing him to continue to sew doubt about a perfectly legitimate election and are allowing him to prevent a smooth transition to the next administration and allowing him to make it seem like the election of president-elect biden was illegitimate somehow. i don't believe it will be successful. but we can't underestimate the damage being done to american democracy and the people's faith in our elections going forward. >> you say you don't believe your uncle is able to handle this situation or handle losing. how so? >> in my family, at least certainly according to my grandfather whose opinion was the only one that mattered. the worst thing you could be was a loser. being a loser made you weak and unworthy and as you said earlier for the first time in his life donald is in a situation he can't get out of. he has never won anything legitimately

joining us is mary trump, president trump's niece the author of "too much and never enough, how my family created the world's most dangerous man." mary, when i was watching the president make his statement this afternoon i was thinking of you as i so often do wondering what was going through your mind. what were you seeing? >> well, we're seeing a man who is in a unique position. donald has never been in this place before where there's nobody to bail him out, there's nobody to buy him out. he's desperate. he's flailing. and there's literally nothing he can do legitimately except to watch this play out helplessly. and i think based on what he said, that's a pretty good indication of what we could potentially be in for especially if republican leadership continues to do nothing. this wasn't just donald obfuscating or lying. this was donald talking about an attempted coup. the leader of a country trying desperately to de-legitimize an election. it is obscene and somebody has to step in and stop him. >> we have reporting in "the washington post" tonight describing your uncle's condition in th

joining me now is mary trump. ident trump's niece and the author of "too much and never enough." how my family created the world's most dangerous man. mary, seen you a lot in the last couple of months. haven't seen you smile, all that much. your countinance. hour ago, you tweeted, thanks, guys. how do you feel? >> i feel happy, in a way that i haven't felt in a really long time. it is oftsuch a relief. you know, it's really hard to describe because we've been through so much together, particularly this year. and i'm really grateful. i'm moved to see all of these people celebrating all of their work hard work has paid off. and i sincerely hope we do not forget the fact that this country still has a shot at being inclusive democracy to black women. so let's -- let's get to work. >> i want to talk about some people, who like you, came out and put themselves and their reputations on the line about this. olivia troy and alex vindman, who has paid with his career for what he did. and fiona hill and others. for you, this

trump speaking to the crowd. it is 42 degrees there. 20-mile-per-hour winds. s if marying that your uncle said in pennsylvania yesterday. take a listen. >> anybody see the picture of the crazy bus surrounded by 100 cars? trump flags all over the place. what a group. it is like a hot thing. see, that is it really number one trending. they won't put that, but that is numbering one trending. >> mary, he is talking about really a disturbing incident where supporters of his were trying gd to rtry ing to run a biden/harris bus off the road. >> as if my blood pressure weren't high enough. thank you. >> that's what i'm here for, mary. >> that's okay. we all have to do our part. he is vile. he is actickley calbeing a alas differencely calling on a alaska differencely calling o this is so dangerous. he is doing the same thing with his arm supporters to go watch the polls. is it can't it can't be clearer. i know some people are in-reach only, but some aren't. but please understand that he will allow violence to be committed in his name in order to take this election. he knows he c

his only niece is mary trump. uthor of a best-seller on how the trump family created who she called the world's most dangerous man. the "too much and never enough" author joins us now. it's good to see you, mary. >> great to be here, chris. thanks. >> why is he doing this? you call it an attempted coup. really? >> well, it is. functionally. not because donald is behaving like a recalcitrant brat but because his enablers are allowing him to continue to sow doubt about a perfectly legitimate election. they're continuing to allow him to prevent a smooth transition to the next administration. and they're continuing to allow him to make it seem as if the election of president-elect biden was illegitimate somehow. so it is -- i don't believe it's going to be successful, but we cannot underestimate the damage that's being done to american democracy and the people's faith in our elections going forward. >> you say psychologically you don't believe your uncle is able to handle this situation or handle losing. how so? >> in

mary trump is president donald trump's niece and spoke out long before the election with her book, too much and never enough, how my family created the world's most dangerous man and as i mentioned before, the unusual position of breaking with her own family for what she thought was right for the public interest. mary, good to have you back. >> thanks, ari, great to be here. >> of all the ways this would have ended, i'm not sure that any of the many people who've spent perhaps too much time and energy thinking about this man would have thought it would have been this quiet, this much hiding out, this much what the kids call subtweeting and having other people speak for you. i'm curious what you think as it's become clear not that he's processing or waiting but that the loudest man in the world has gone mute for awhile. >> well, donald is a coward. you know, he is a small racist man who lost decisively and can't handle the fact that he lost. he's also desperate because he knows once he loses the power of the oval office, he has enormous debts that will be called and he has potential pro

joining me now, mary trump. president trump's niece. or of the best-selling book "too much and never enough." how my family created the world's most dangerous man. mary, it's good to see you. thanks for being with us. today, president-elect biden said i am hopeful the president will be mildly more enlightened before we get to january 20th. you are a psychologist, as well as a family member. what -- what is going on? i mean, before we say that, i'm of the mind that it doesn't really matter. he is leaving. january 20th is the date. he can be upset. he can be angry. he can, you know, be stewing over his domineering father. all of that. but it doesn't matter. but, it's, nevertheless, may affect what we actually have to live through for the next, you know, 60-plus-whatever days. so what do you think is going on? >> well, i agree with you. it doesn't matter if he concedes. it doesn't matter if he acts like an adult, and allows for a smooth, peaceful transition. none of that matters, in the sense that he lost. and president-elect biden will be

>> we have a president who's not mentally healthy and as you heard mary trump that he cannot handle the idea that he lost so he's responding by lying and breaking stuff. what he's breaking is within the u.s. government. his mood has held the republican party hostage because they are afraid of donald trump and dependant on him. at some point you got to think they're going to move on. as you noted this evening they have a motive to whip up their base for the georgia senate elections. the longer this goes on, the more destructive it is for the united states government and american democracy and we don't know how long they're going to put up with it. >> evan, is this all smoke in the air or could the barr justice department do some real damage here. it was apparently serious enough for the top prosecutor to resign on the same day. >> look, don, when we first saw this memo, okay, you are issuing a memo telling prosecutors looking for fraud which is what they are supposed to be doing. that's part of their job. there are 93 attorneys around the country. you don't know whether there is a prosec

. >>> joining me now is mary trump, the president's niece, also the author of "too much and never enough." fwood to see you, mary. thank you so much for joining. >> it's great to be here, don. thanks for having me back. >> i don't have to tell you the reality. your uncle is holed up in the white house, tweeting falsehoods, firing senior officials he sees as disloyal. how do you explain this erratic behavior? >> i don't really think it's erratic. i think it's entirely in keeping with his psychology and what we would expect of somebody like him in these dire circumstances. we have to remember that donald has never been in a situation he couldn't cheat, lie, steal or buy his way out of. and the fact of the matter is he has done the worst possible thing he could do. he has lost. he lost decisively. so, there's all this cognitive dissonance going on for him because on the one hand he knows deep down that it is impossible for him to lose ever, and on the other hand there's plenty of objective evidence to suggest that he actually did lose. so, all of these maneuverings, you know, he's just rico

. >> what the president is doing is showing us what his niece, mary trump, a psychologist was explainingook about him, which is he is not a psychologically healthy adult he has the emotional makeup of a small child. he cannot handle the fact he's lost the election. that's why he's not taking questions, it's embarrassing, humiliating for him. so rather than take his toys and leave the field, he's going out and trying to break joe biden's toys except it's not toys it's the united states government in the middle of a pandemic. the other thing the president is doing is figuring out an angle for himself which is raising money for his future political endeavors through his super pac so the combination of spite, trying to hurt joe biden, hiding from embarrassment and also trying to collect as much money as possible for what he wants to do politically, that explains the moment that we're in. >> it's a good window into what could be driving all of this. a lot of people should pay attention to it. good to see you, john, thank you. >> you bet. >> coming up, despite the cdc urging against holiday tr

i think if you read mary trump's book, this is family that does not like to admit to not winning or the other word is losing. i think it's the conventional wisdom he leaves without admitting he lost. >> i got to tell you, i spoke with michael cohen last weekend and he told me he thought, to my shock, that donald trump would con vi everything and go to mar-alago in november and says not return. he couldn't stand the thought of being focused upon by the cameras as the losers in this election. i mean, i'd like to say stranger things have happened but that would be pretty strange. it's good to see you both. thanks so much. >>> covid cases in one state are surpassing the worst of times in new york city. that state's fight for live, next. state's fight for live, next [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] ♪ [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] ♪ uh, you know there's a 30-minute limit, right? tell that to the rain. [ beeping ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. before we talk about tax-s-audrey's expecting... new? -twins! ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity,

we heard from michael cohen and mary trump. tonight i have an exclusive with someone who worked for trump and is now explaining why she's opposed him in office and what comes next and a special interview later tonight with another trump critic and reality show guru on the efforts to keep the reality show going. we'll be back in 30 seconds. alig we'll be back in 30 seconds. >> so ultimately you didn't blame lil' john or meatloaf. [ laughter ] >> you fired gary. these are the kind of decisions that will keep me up at night. [ laughter ] will keep mupe at. [ laughter ] wow! a new buick? for me? to james, from james. that's just what i wanted. is this a new buick? i secret santa-ed myself. i shouldn't have. but i have been very good this year. wow! wow! wow! this year, turn black friday into buick friday all month long. now during buick friday, pay no interest for 84 months on most 20-20 buick suv models. >>> if you're keeping score, it is five days since we have seen or heard from donald trump in any public remarks since joe biden

and there's also a lawsuit by the president's niece, mary trump.lleging he engaged in fraud relating to family assets. john, a lot of issues coming to a head for the president once he leaves office. >> that adds oomph to the transition. looks like he will have several days in court. grateful for the update and reporting. >>> global leaders reacting to the victory. some, including russia, keeping quiet. >>> take you to the president-elect of the united states, joe biden. >> i am humbled by the trust and telephones the american people placed in me and vice president elect harris. we are ready to get to work addressing the needs of the american people. today, that work begins. it starts with doing everything possible to get the covid-19 under control so we can reopen businesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives, put this pandemic behind us. and we just received positive news in this fight with announcement that there's been progress made toward a successful vaccine. soon the expectation is the fda will run the process of rigorous reviews and ap

the next, mary trump, we know her about the book she wrote about donald trump, a scathing bestseller.nd his sister and late brother, saying they committed fraud in not letting her get a piece of donald trump's father's wealth. those are six active investigations. one which we remember are obstruction, robert mueller, testifying on capitol hill, said he did believe the former president could be tried for obstruction, that's not an active investigation. the other one i want to note is, donald trump may well be tied up in the southern district of new york investigation that is looking to rudy giuliani and lev parnas and others. those are the six to really keep an eye on. there is a clear reason why donald trump wants to stay in office for as long as he can. he retains significant legal immunity that he would not enjoy as a former president. >> chris cillizza, thank you so much. have a good weekend, well done and appreciated. >>> so let's look at that now, we went through the kind of journalistic lens on it. now let's go through the legal lens of what may stick there, what should be the p

with lines like that, it makes me wonder was mary trump feeding him those lines, did anyone come to hisirthday party. john, i'm jealous of you because you've been having different hotel background shots. i interviewed joe biden in michigan. >> i remember that. >> you've been all over the battleground states recently. what are you finding as one of the very few campaign reporters who is able to get out there in the battleground states? >> yeah, lawrence, it's true. i mean, look, we decided to put "the circus" back on the air 12 1/2 weeks ago. it's our 13th week since august and we've covered a ton of ground. to amplify that, i decided to spend the last 72 hours before election day hitting not battleground states, but second tier battleground states. in the last two days i've been in texas, iowa, minnesota, montana, ohio and now i'm in georgia, talking to you from atlanta tonight. there are a couple things that stood out. we know turnouts it's bonkers. in texas having been in texas and having seen the level of enthusiasm there and the level -- i mean, the off-the-charts numbers there, and

thank you both so much, mary trump, steven hassan, thank you very much. you guys are great. "all in with chris hayes" starts now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> earlier today secretary raffensperger presented the certified results of the 2020 general election to my office. >> joe biden is the certified winner in georgia as the president's shakedown continues in michigan. >> are you talking to president trump about overthrowing the will of michigan voters? >> tonight as joe biden prepares for an inauguration, how do you govern a country half trapped in a maga bubble? >> president trump won by a landslide. we are going to prove it. >> then it was the excuse republican senators used for not voting to remove trump. >> i would say let the voters decide. >> let the voters decide this. >> that decision needs to be made by the voters. >> adam schiff on the ongoing abdication responsibility and the new way the trump white house is throwing gasoline on america's financial crisis, as biden takes over when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. the co

of donald trump that is all based on his personality which has been mapped for us by his niece, mary trump, and other professionals, psychiatrists, and psychologists who have study this mind. they make the point that he cannot concede. it doesn't exist within his menu of human choice. it's not that he won't or, you know, kind of resistant to it. it's a physical impossibility. it would be like asking him to run the new york city marathon. he cannot do it. and that's been obvious from the start, from the first day of donald trump as a campaigner. and so -- by the way, i think it's actually a really good marker for historians that they'll be able to see this, and then there was this one who did not concede. there was this one who did not invite the successor into the oval office. there was this single one who did all these things that no one else even dreamed of doing. he's laying down perfect tracks for historians to have absolutely no confusion about who and what this man was. >> one more quick question to ashley parker. there are aspects of the machinery of the presidency that, in fact, if

iam joined now by mary trump, psychologist and author and a relative of donald trump. welcome.tion, but if mr trump loses clearly, there can be no doubt about it, how will he ta ke be no doubt about it, how will he take it? that is the only good scenario in this election. he will be so statistically injured by a decisive biden victory that he will have no choice but to spin it in such a way that he can save face, perhaps by saying he was the best thing that ever happened to america since he didn't win, we don't deserve him or something like that. who will he blame? everybody but himself. i would who will he blame? everybody but himself. iwould not who will he blame? everybody but himself. i would not like to be one of his closest advisers in the event that he loses. but generally, he will blame the american people. how much credence do you give to the speculation that if he loses but narrowly, and there is a difference between the people who voted on the day—to—day who vote for him and the mailing votes that are counted later, how much credence do you put on the speculation tha

maybe mary trump might have insight into that.resting is when you look at the whole situation and thousand republicans a -- and how the republicans are reacting to it, this is the same president -- i know this is a tired line for folks who watch cnn and other networks where we talk about how donald trump goes out there and incites violence against the media who are traveling with him. so this is no surprise that this would happen tonight. >> what's the biden campaign saying about it? >> they're trying to take the high road. this is what they had to say. rather than engage in productive conversations about the drastically different visions that joe biden and donald trump have for our country, trump supporters in texas today instead decided to put our staff and surrogates in harm's way. our organizers will continue to organize for joe biden, kamala harris, and democrats up and down and ballot. to the texans who disrupted our events today, we'll see you on november 3rd. >> what about the republican party? they put out a statement as

and mary, since president trump appears unwilling to concede right now, so much of what's supposed to be happening isn't. for one, president-elect biden is not getting intelligence briefings that incoming presidents normally receive. >> reporter: and david, biden says those briefings would be useful, but that they're not necessary at this time. he says he doesn't see anything slowing down their transition. biden is clearly trying to project calm and lower the temperature amid all of this uncertainty. david? >> all right, mary bruce tonight. mary, thank you. >>> and as you heard mary say there, president-elect joe biden trying to lower the temperature on all this, but it's not been easy. late word tonight of those three more officials at the pentagon now out. just 24 hours after the president fired his defense secretary in that tweet. let's get right to martha raddatz tonight. and martha, what have you learned tonight about who is out? >> reporter: well, david, the names may not be familiar to people, but the jobs they held at the pentagon are key. policy, intelligence and their replac

mary, thank you. >>> president trump offering no signs of conceding, pushing ahead with legal challenges, golfing over the weekend as the race was projected. and today, he fired his defense secretary mark esper in a tweet. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: the only glimpses we've seen of donald trump since joe biden was projected president-elect came over the weekend on the golf course. >> don't give up! don't give up! >> reporter: he is still not willing to accept defeat, fighting his battle in court and on twitter. but today, he also announced on twitter he had "terminated" his defense secretary mark esper. esper was with the president during the infamous photo-op at st. john's church, where protesters were cleared out with tear gas and flashbang ge nads. he then infuriated the president by suggesting he would object to an order to deploy the military to crack down on the demonstrations. >> mark yesper? did you call him yesper? oh, okay, some people call him yesper. >> reporter: esper hated the idea that he was seen as a yes man, telling "the milita

it is something mary trump warned us about. lady, sheis a smart knows this family. full trump family as a family of liars, cheaters, opportunists, they expect everybody to pay for their mistakes just like we see them pocketing taxpayer money. the president was charging the taxpayers three dollars for a glass of water at mar-a-lago. advantage. is take there are monsters. host: speaking about both joe biden and president trump. of calls froms joe biden supporters. trust joe biden to bring us back from devastating economic losses. i trust them to represent all people, not just his supporters." this text from springfield, "this america is not a place i have lived in for 62 years. it is time to bring decency, honesty and compassion back to the white house. not to mention confidence." bronson is an playbook, colorado. caller: good morning, america. veteranietnam disabled born in mexico. i am more patriotic than 99% of the soldiers. the only ones more patriotic than me are the ones pushing daisies. i am a graduate of -- university. i am an activist. i speak on a denver radi

mary bruce tonight with the biden campaign. >>> president trump this evening taking legal action in an effort to stop the counting in michigan and some of the counting in pennsylvania. and tonight, his team calling for a recount in wisconsin. jon karl and what he's learning from inside the trump campaign tonight. and our team from wisconsin to michigan, georgia to arizona, and what would tern as early as tonight. america waits. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. a very tense nation still waiting tonight to learn who will be the next president of the united states. so many americans exhausted by this pandemic, exhausted by these polarized times and now americans across this country are being asked for their patience and every vote is counted. and we knew in this pandemic, it could take time. there is news coming in tonight. two key states now, abc news can now project former vice president joe biden will win the state of michigan. of course, was a crucial part of biden's strategy to try

trump got four years ago. mr. biden was asked about the president's continuing legal battles. mr. biden said let me choose my words here. what he said next. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, president trump is nowhere to be seen as the country is reeling from a resurgent pandemic. he hasn't held a public event in nearly a week. instead of focusing on the virus, the president is singularly focused on the election. refusing to recognize he's lost or coordinate with joe biden's team on the transition. in the briefing room today the vice president not taking any questions, reporters asking where is the president. >> thank you all. >> reporter: mr. vice president -- >> reporter: mr. vice president -- >> reporter: are you really not going to take questions? >> reporter: the president-elect growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of the american people. biden meeting with a group of bipartisan governors. >> my transition team hasn't been able to get access to information we need to be able to deal with everything from testing and guidance, to the all-important issue of vaccines, distributions, and vaccinations. >> reporter: we asked him about

marie green. we begin with the mad dash to election day. president trump has planned five rallies in four key battleground states. joe biden will stop in ohio before returning to pennsylvania to barn storm the state. skyler is in washington. very busy today, what's their closing message as they continue their frenzied campaign schedule? >> good morning. bth of these men with certainly confident in the final stretch. for the president, it is rhetoric along the campaign trail. touting what he's done for the economy and in his view what his administration has done for the coronavirus. biden's camp is critical about the presidential's response. saying this election is about the soul of the nation. >> both campaigns are confident heading into the final hours. >> florida, we are looking very good. you look at iowa, we are looking very good. >> two more days, we can put an end to this presidency that has from the very beginning sought to divide us. >> at a rally said joe biden will ruin the economy. >> this election is a choice between a crippling depression or h

trump is conceding the election. so debra alveron is in washington. debra, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann-marie. not a peep from president trump at this point. he has been tweeting, but we haven't spoken to him publicly. he tweeted overnight that biden lost by a lot and of course twitter flagged that by saying official sources called this election differently. >>> a group of federal and state election officials say the 2020 election was the most secure in american history. there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. >> right now there is a swath of voters in the state and around the country that will say, those machines cheated. those machines miss counted. somebody hacked them. >> reporter: in georgia where president elect joe biden leads president trump by about 14,000 votes, officials say a manual audit will prove the system worked. >> the point of the audit is to show the machines counted the ballots fairly. >> republican officials who clearly know better -- >> in an interview with "60 minutes" slated to air this weekend, fo

members of his family like mary trump. are enabling this destructive behavior, i have to ask what are you going to do when trump turns on you. even fox news, who has been his propaganda mouth is turning against him. he's the most disloyal person walking the face of the earth and for those holding their tongue, doing something they know is wrong, i wonder how long are you going to let this happen because he'll turn on you at some point and then what are you going to do? >> mika, last point on rudy giuliani, yes it was sad to watch yesterday. here's the catch. a lot of americans view rudy giuliani as the guy from 9/11. rudy giuliani is still in the eyes of many people america's mayor. he does hold credibility with a lot of people in the country. so while it might be sad and yes his family should step in here, his message is being received by a lot of people as true and as credible because of that legacy that you guys were just talking about. so when he says this election has to be overturned, when those lawyers get up there y

most are silent as trump's legal team launched hail mary lawsuits in battleground states. so far uncounted votes have been found in four counties, netting president trump more than 1,000 votes. but president-elect biden still has a roughly 13,000 vote margin lead there. the trump campaign's also requested a recount in two heavily democratic wisconsin counties, milwaukee and dane. biden leads in a state by roughly 20,000 votes. abc news, washington. >>> and more than two weeks after the presidential election, bay area officials are close to having counted all of the votes. the numbers revealing how this election was different from those in the past. >> reporter: all nine bay area counties saw voter turnout above 80%. solano was just over that with 80.68%, marin reaching almost 90% turnout. that put on par with 2016 but a little less than 2018. santa clara county saw the highest turnout there since obama ran for his first term. san francisco saw historic numbers with 86.23 turnout. that's the same turnout percentage as 1956 when eisen hour won re-election. san mateo, 1968 whe

most are silent as trump's legal team launched hail mary lawsuits in battleground states. so far uncounted votes have been found in four counties, netting president trump more than 1,000 votes. but president-elect biden still has a roughly 13,000 vote margin lead there. the trump campaign's also requested a recount in two heavily democratic wisconsin counties, milwaukee and dane. biden leads in a state by roughly 20,000 votes. abc news, washington. >>> and more than two weeks after the presidential election, bay area officials are close to having counted all of the votes. the numbers revealing how this election was different from those in the past. >> reporter: all nine bay area counties saw voter turnout above 80%. solano was just over that with 80.68%, marin reaching almost 90% turnout. that put on par with 2016 but a little less than 2018. santa clara county saw the highest turnout there since obama ran for his first term. san francisco saw historic numbers with 86.23 turnout. that's the same turnout percentage as 1956 when eisen hour won re-election. san mateo, 1968 whe

context there, this is a hail mary pass by the trump campaign, yeah? >> certainly.his partial recount request in wisconsin. and right now as you pointed out, there is a meeting ongoing about the recount rules, the official recount order starts tomorrow, then that starts the clock until december 1st. here is the deal, the trump campaign is focusing on recounts in two cities in particular, in dane county in milwaukee because those are democratic strongholds where biden got a lot of votes. what the trump campaign is essentially doing with this recount is trying to get a large batch of votes tossed out. they're alleging that the clerks in these counties didn't follow the law, didn't handle the ballots appropriately, these absentee ballots, and so, they should be thrown out. that is a long-shot. that decision, this first step, is the decision's by the board of canvassers in those two counties, two democrats, one republican in both of those counties, according to reid magny with the elections commission. it's a long-shot that they're going to go in and toss out votes from

trumped to the white house. mir michelle obama says they did it for the sake of our country. david? >> all right, mary bruce with us tonight, as well. thank you. >>> and tonight, the lawsuits brought by president trump and his campaign after the election, what are judges saying about them? tonight, from michigan to pennsylvania to nevada, the judges have been clear and the messages in emails sent out to the president's supporters saying we're closer than ever and it's happening? where is that money going? here's terry moran. >> reporter: for all the sound and fury on twitter and tv from president trump and his allies about election fraud -- >> then we have proof that i can't disclose yet. >> reporter: in the courts, where evidence gets scrutinized, authenticated and tested, they're getting hammered. more than two dozen cases have been brought and no finding of fraud from any judge state or federal, republican or democratic. case after case tossed out and the judges strikingly dismissive of the claims. in michigan, republicans claimed they had evidence that the count should be stopped. the judge wasn't

president trump's legal team to launch hail mary challenges in several battleground states, even as they run out of time and options. president trump's chances to challenge the election appear to be dwindling by the hour. a judge in arizona says he'll rule on a case this morning that could delay the state's certification of ballots. republicans are requesting a redo of a hand recount in maricopa county, the state's largest, but the judge expressing skepticism before the ruling reportedly saying he's, quote, having a hard time understanding why the lawsuit was filed more than two weeks after the election. also today georgia will announce results of its statewide audit. so far uncounted votes have been found in four counties landing president trump more than a thousand votes but not nearly enough to overtake president-elect biden's lead in that state. >> we do not have enough evidence to say they reached the level of 13,000 or so. >> reporter: as president trump refuses to concede more republicans are calling him to grant biden access to intelligence briefings. >> the president is contesti

trump wins a second term. juan: we just have about 30 seconds, but your sense of this hail mary pass of donald trump to somehow the clock on the count and get the intervention of the supreme court before electors have to meet in m-decemr to actually vote in the electoral college? the lawsuitss that are trivl iaand ridiculous. i think there is no vehicle that we get to the supreme court that would overturn tens and thousands of votes in multiple states. this is not a few hundred votes from bush v gore. i do think the effort to poison the waters and muddy the questions to maybe signal to states, hey, maybe your legislature could just send some electors that are not one in the popular election. that is still in question. i think that is -- i think the real question is, does this turn into something that is hardened into an ♪ >>> hello. welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. we start here in japan where prime minister suga yoshihide has just spoken with joe biden for the first time since his victory was declared. the two discussed security in the region, with biden assuring suga the u.s. is committ