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mark meadows, the president's chief of staff, has tested positive. he's been an outspoken critic of wearing masks. do we know if there's a chance he spread it to others there? >> reporter: well, we do know that at least one trump campaign adviser has also tested positive. no way for us to know if that's directly connected to mark meadows' case, but a reminder, stephanie, that as all of us feel like time is, you know, frozen in place right now, coronavirus does not take a day off. we know that mark meadows was at the white house on tuesday evening. he was seen working the room in the east room without a mask, as you point out. he was also at campaign headquarters on wednesday along with the vice president and jared kushner, now bringing the total number of people in and around the white house who have been known to have contracted coronavirus in the last few months to 35, stephanie. >> but i just want to go back to the image. that was from just a few nights ago. you can see mark meadows standing behind the president. it's a crowded room. he's one of t

meadows is not alone. yesterday the u.s. recorded over 122,000 new covid cases.ird day in a row. texas has now become the first

meadows is the latest staffer to contract the virus. meadows attended several election gatherings this week including being in close proximity with the president on tuesday. nbc news has learned a campaign aide also tested positive. meadows diagnosis comes as the u.s. hits a new all-time high for daily covid cases. more than 122,000 new cases were added today. it is the third day in a row the country has topped 100,000 new infections. >>> up next under pressure and working overtime. our election coverage continues with a closer look at mail-in ballots and why it takes so long to count them. >>> plus who did it and why? the brutal attack that left the south bay grocery store worker in a coma. >>> it's cold where i'm at right now in the east bay and also dry, but i'll show you where storm ranger and mobile doppler radar is pick up on some rainfall. i'll be back in about 7 minutes. we love our new home. there's so much space. we have a guestroom now. but, we have aunts. you're slouching again, ted. expired, expired... expired. thanks, aunt

meadows attended several election gatherings this week.e was photographed being in close proximity with president trump on tuesday night at election parties. nbc news also has learned that a campaign aide also has tested positive. meadows' diagnosis comes as the u.s. hits an all-time high for covid-19 cases. more than 122,000 new cases were added yesterday alone. it's the third that day that the country has topped 120,000 new elections. >>> still to come on "today in the bay," san jose state had done something it hasn't done in nearly four decades. sports is next. my nunormal: fewer asthma attacks. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection si

trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, has tested positive for coronavirus. nbc's josh lederman is in d.c. covering the campaign. nbc's ali vitali is covering the biden campaign in wilmington, delaware. josh, let me start with you. first, what do we know about what's happening in trump world with the covid test? what do we know about the campaign strategy moving forward? >> reporter: good morning, craig. a grim situation for the president politically made grimmer overnight that the president's chief of staff, mark meadows, and a trump campaign aide have both tested positive for coronavirus. we don't know exactly when mark meadows tested positive, but he was at the white house in the east room at that celebration the president had on election night. he was seen kind of working the room while wearing a mask and he was at election headquarters in virginia as the election results were coming in. mark meadows there at campaign headquarters with the vice president as well as jared kushner. an ominous reminder that even though we may all be preoccupied with pennsylv

with a number of staffers close by with meadows not wearing a mask.ection night for what was supposed to be the election night victory party for president trump and he was also with the president that morning when he traveled to arlington to be at the trump headquarters. right now the white house not providing too much information about exactly who mark meadows was in contact with, saying they have been contact tracing, but we're told -- sources telling our jim acosta that mark meadows was actually asking staffers to deep his diagnosis a secret so it wouldn't become a big story. that's obviously not what happened, alisyn. >> ryan, when is the last time we saw president trump and what does he have on his schedule today? >> the last time is when he came out and spoke as the election results were still coming in and made a number of baseless claims about the election supposedly being stolen from him. that is the last time we saw him in person. of course, his twitter feed has been very active, but as of today, there are no public events on the schedule an

it's unclear if meadows is experiencing any symptoms or when he tested positive. just last month on capitol hill, meadows refused to wear a mask while speaking to reporters. >> well, i'm more than ten feet away. well, i'm not going to talk to the press. >> reporter: and he made headlines with this concession that the administration is no longer trying to control the rapidly spreading virus. >> we're not going to control the pandemic. we are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics -- and other mitigation -- >> why aren't we going to get the control of the pandemic? >> because it is a contagious virus. >> reporter: now, in addition to meadows who as chief of staff has direct and frequent contact with the president and top aides, four other white house staffers and one campaign operative have also tested positive. including nick trainor, a campaign director working in one of the president's war rooms inside the white house this week. it's just the latest outbreak in the administration after that rose garden superspreader event and cases in the vi

mark meadows is there plain as day. he's in all the photographs. no mask.that event at the white house, an election night event at the white house where a couple hundred people were packed in to the east room. they were given covid tests, the white house says, but as we know, those tests don't always pick up if you're in the early stages of having the virus. and the rapid tests, which are not 100% fool proof don't always pick it up. and he was there without a mask, walking around a crowd of people without a mask, including senior administration officials, members of the president's family and indeed campaign staff and white house aides. we know now beyond meadows that there are a number of others who have had it we know the white house did not disclose this publicly. meadows himself ordered staff to not cooperate, to not put this information out and it was only after the media started digging around the last day or so did we learn about yet another white house outbreak coming on the heels of one of the vice president's office, the one when the president him

pains were taken to keep meadows' illness a secret, i'm told.nd him who knew were told to keep quiet. direct quotes from the twitter feed of the white house correspondent jennifer jacobs with bloomberg. but, again, it underscores the subject matter that is bumping up behind us every day and every night. we are waiting for results in this election. the driving issue in this election has been the out of control pandemic that we are dealing with. we're losing over 1,000 people a day. just today over 122,000 of our fellow citizens received a coronavirus diagnosis. well, as promised back with us tonight is our friend, the dean of presidential history on twitter. but the long time presidential author and biographer, michael beschloss. his latest book for your reading list is "presidents of war." michael, to piggyback on the last conversation we had this afternoon, talk about the contrast between and let's for the purposes of this -- let's go ahead and assume joe biden gets bumped up and over 270. >> i think we're allowed. >> perhaps -- let's think in

meadows, are you looking at voter fraud in states that he won? can't really speak to that. >> he can't really speak to it. white house chief of staff mark meadows after meeting with senate republicans yesterday, brushing off several reporter questions concerning president trump's unfounded allegations of voter fraud. the associated press reports that meadows has encouraged senate republicans to make the most of their remaining time with trump, according to two senators. so the problem is that the biden transition team, joe, is waiting for -- is waiting desperately, actually, for vital information pertaining to the coronavirus. >> well -- >> and people will lose their lives if this information isn't handed over. >>

gop newcomer madison cawthorn winning a north carolina congressional seat vacated by mark meadows last night. he's the youngest personnel eblghted to congress since -- elected to congress since the late 1700s. joining us now, congressman-elect mad some madin cawthorn. >> i'm not exactly sure how my feelings are sitting right now but i'm so honored and so humbled by the trust that western north carolina's placed in me. maria: tell me about your plans right now, madison. your priorities once you get there in the upcoming congress, we talked a lot about your platform moving into this before you were elected. but it's got to feel good. are you thinking about where your priorities will lie? >> absolutely. last night w at about 9:30 p.m.

meadows was there. and i was told he was not only at the white house yesterday, he was at the campaign. question o whether or not that will spread through the campaign, whether people will have to quarantine when they are wanting to fight the fight. we hope he's okay, and wish him well. >> of course, yeah. >> but wearing a mask sometimes helps in 2020, now that we know what we know about covid. >> this is, by my count, the third outbreak that we've found out from the media, because the white house refuses to be transparent about people who are contracting coronavirus within that organization and that institution. they are obviously trying to keep this under wraps because it looks bad for them politically. but it's irresponsible. they had a very large event in the east room of the white house on tuesday night, and very few people, including several white house officials, that you could clearly see, were not wearing masks. >> and for anybody wondering about the situation at cnn, we're sitting farther apar

we just learned the president's chief of staff, mark meadows, has it.

according to reports meadows' age 61 had told people he had the virus after the election though it's unclear whether when he was 1st tested. police in austria have closed a mosque and a prayer room which they say the suspect in monday's terror attack regularly visited and putting the pictures same survey in the wrong order but 4 people died in that mass shooting on monday earlier police in germany raided the home of fool men allegedly connected to the suspected gunman. of. apologies the pictures for those stories were around the wrong way so around $150.00 people a day in guatemala after superstorm eta swept through the central american country and dozens of dead in neighboring honduras and mexico too to hit the region as a force for hurricane it's been downgraded to a tropical storm that meteorologists say the storm could soon regain strength. hurricane and says brutal assault it's a threat to young and old alike the storm has swum to guatemala and the army has been rescuing the stranded many helpless on their rooftops. it's a has caused streams to swirl and rivers to pull floodwate

us president donald trump's top aide white house chief of staff mark meadows has contracted covert 19 the new york times says meadows 1st tested positive one day after the election it said another aide was also diagnosed as having the virus. in the bundesliga german champions find munich travel to dortmund on saturday to play their arch rivals in a game known as the classic once again though the sounds of the match will echo off off of empty seats it's being played during a partial lockdown because of germany's record coronavirus numbers dortmund germany's self-proclaimed football capital is in lockdown. on saturday it hosts germany's biggest game the so-called classic or the you wouldn't know that from looking around. you'd already be feeling the excitement and that's not the case anymore even at 12 o'clock on a saturday even a game against byron is like any other day that was unthinkable 6 months ago the rules are strict no fans are allowed in the stadium and pubs must remain closed. to get if you want to go to the stadium. 80000 people in the flood lights go on instead you have to

chief of staff mark meadows is the latest to become infected after a string of outbreaks at the white house. >>> a high case of covid-19 cases three days running and a surge showing no sign of slowing down. >>> good morning. i am emily turner. spare the air alert to. >>> joe biden is on the brink of winning the presidency. there are several key battleground states and biden's leading in pennsylvania with nearly 29,000 vote margin. in georgia separated by thousands of votes for the two candidates. in georgia had by 30,000 votes in a nevada a 22,000 vote advantage. >>> if joe biden wins pennsylvania or any two of the other remaining states, he would surpass 270 electoral votes, the number needed to weigh the presidency. let's get the latest from cbs laura podesta oh from washington. >> we will win this race. >> reporter: joe biden stop short of declaring victory but with growing leads in several undecided states the former vice president laid out his vision for the country. >> they've given us a mandate for action on covid, the economy, climate change, systemic racism. they made it clea

this, again, the words of mark meadows. the biggest takeaway from his letter, frankly, was that they had received that letter of ascertainment, they were aware of it and that it called for the start to that transition process. >> and apparently secretary azar said at that briefing today on operation warp speed that the warp speed officials are now authorized to speak to the biden transition, that's clearly important, because the delivery sequencing for the vaccines can begin after december 10. >> reporter: which joe biden had warned could be delayed by weeks or months if that sort of cooperation didn't exist. >> exactly. thanks so much. peter, we're going to see the president today, a rare sighting given what's been happening lately, it all has to do with the thanksgiving turkey. >> reporter: the turkey pardon could take place at 2:00, it has the potential to be a more lighthearted moment which would be a big break for the president who has been privately fuming over the course of the last weeks. >> let's hope he doesn't ta

us media reporting that president donald trump's top aide white house chief of staff mark meadows has contracted coded 19 a new york times says meadows 1st tested positive one day after the election it said another 8 was also diagnosed as having corona virus trump was hospitalized with the virus a month ago. of. around 150 people a day and in guatemala after superstorm swept through the central american country and dozens are dead in neighboring honduras and mexico to hit the region as a force for hurrican it since they downgraded to a tropical storm but maybe just say the storm could soon regain strength. hurricane brutal assault it's a threat to young and old alike the storm has swung to guatemala and the army has been rescuing the stranded many helpless on their rooftops. it's a has caused streams to swirl and rivers to pour floodwaters drowning entire neighborhoods. some of the rescued they're fortunate to escape but they've lost so much. for others a close call of a different kind making it out with less than the shirt on their back. the storm lashed much of the small central ame

mr meadows was last seen at a white house party on election night. have become infected are so far unclear. france has recorded more than 60 thousand new coronavirus infections, its highest daily total since the start of the pandemic. the country — like a lot of europe — is one week into a second lockdown with the aim of curbing the spread of coronavirus. meanwhile denmark has begun culling its mink population because it's worried about a coronavirus mutation found in the animal. paul hawkins reports. staff working flat—out at the victor provo hospital in northern france. intensive care capacity has been increased from 20 to 30 beds in recent weeks as more covid patients than the first wave come in. translation: at the beginning of the second wave, it was more vulnerable people and elderly people coming to the hospital. but for several weeks now, that is no longer the case. the average age of patients in the unit has lowered. we have people aged a0 or 30 who had to be ventilated. the government claims that intensive care units like this one will be o

chief of staff mark meadows, hud secretary ben carson, and david bossy, overseeing the president's legal challenges. several were at the white house on election night not wearing masks. >> there are promising developments on the vaccine front right now. novavax, the fifth to enter late stage clinical trials later this month. that announcement hours after encouraging early result from pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. dr. anthony fauci says heallp i on the way. >> you have to go through the hoops to make sure the i's are dotted and t's are crossed. we would be giving vaccine to people likely before the end of this year. that is good news. >> good news, but the vaccine will likely come too late to help with the current resurging pandemic we're seeing. states have already raised logistical questions as well about distributing the vaccine.

positive for covid-19 2 senior administration officials confirmed that meadows is among several white house staffers to recently test for the coronavirus. meadows traveled with president trump in the run-up to election day and last appeared in a public early on wednesday morning without a mask. as a trump falsely declared victory in the vote count. on meadows had been one of the close aides around the president to when he came down with the virus more than a month ago that is the president came down with it. that was tested daily in maintained his regular work schedule, this marks. the latest case of the virus in the west wing. coming not even 2 weeks after marc short vice president mike pence's chief of staff tested positive for the virus as well. >>i want to get back now to kelli meyer who joins us live in wilmington and kelly, i know the. biden campaign was hoping planning even to give a victory speech of sorts tonight, but they were not able to do so or chose not to do so how would you characterize the nature of what we did here tonight. >>yeah that's absolutely right you know the

and biden prepares to name a covid-19 task force as infections hit record daily levels while mark meadows tests positive joe biden has called for unity the win means that donald trump becomes the first one term president since george bush sr. in 1993. after four days of intense counting, biden was named the projected win winner in pennsylvania and nevada. he has so far claimed over 75 million votes, that is the most by any presidential candidate in history. biden outlined the key issues his administration will face in the short term >> what is our mandate i believe it is this america has called upon us to marshal the forces of decency, of fairness and science and hope and the great battles of our time the battle to control the virus, the battle to build prosperity, the battle to secure your family's health care, the battle to achieve racial justice and root out systemic racist in this country. >> and kamala harris is the first woman to hold the office of vice president. harris says voters have welcomed in a new dawn. >> congressman john lewis before his passing wrote democracy is not a st

we have often seen mark meadows traveling and right at the side of the president. they were together around the country in the final campaign stops and meadows was inside the east wing on the overnight tuesday into wednesday election party, often seen not wearing a mask. peter, kristen. >> mark meadows one of hundreds of thousands of americans to test positive for the virus this last week alone. kelly o'donnell at the white house, thank you. >>> to pennsylvania now with 20 electoral votes that could biden at the top. stephanie gosk is in philadelphia with the very latest there. a very busy day in philadelphia. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, another really busy day, kristen, good morning to you. you know, the votes here in pennsylvania keep trickling in. the latest last night at 10:00, thousands of votes out of allegheny county adding to the total pushing joe biden's lead up to close to 30,000. but you know there are still over 100,000 uncounted ballots out there. they are a mix of mail-in ballots and provisional ballots, including a group of 29,000 mai

meadows is not alone. yesterday the u.s. recorded over 122,000 new covid cases. again breaking the single-day record for a third day in a row. texas has now become the first state to record more than 1 million cases. and for those who argue that cases are getting less severe, yesterday there were more than 1,200 covid deaths, the third straight day the death toll was over a thousand. all a stark reminder that we're very much still in the throes of a raging pandemic as we cover the still yet to be called presidential race. ♪ >> good morning and welcome to a special saturday edition of "morning joe jt. i'm mika brzezinski and alongside joe scarborough and willie geist. we're still here, as we're waiting for key states to bring numbers in and the calls to be made, joe. >> four days, willie, we have one here, it is a long time coming but the network consortiums are ready to make the call for the race for gerald r. ford. ford they are now predicting, though they're not sure yet. but they believe that gerald r. ford will be the republican party's 1976 presidential nomi

mark meadows was in close proximity to the first family and several trump campaign officials in the pasts. this is him at trump headquarters. that night he attended the white house election party. it is not clear when he first tested positive. jonathan carl spoke about meadows during a special report earlier tonight. >> we have seen him on capitol hill not wearing a mask and every once in a while he will throw a mask on. but he is someone that seems to take a degree of pride in not wearing masks. >> the trump campaign battleground states director has tested positive along with four white house staffers and the white house hasn't responded to a request for comment. >> a few locations where gop support is strong. solano county has the largest group in the bay area. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 are registered as republican. >> solano county is a republican stronghold because there is such a strong military presence with the air force base. >> reporter: approximately 30% of those vote

mark meadows was in close proximity to the first family and several trump campaign officials over the past few days. this is video of him, in fact, at trump headquarters on tuesday and then that night he attended the white house election party. it's not clear when he first tested positive. abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl spoke about meadows during a special report. >> we have seen him on capitol hill not wearing a mask. we have seen him constantly, every once in a while he throws a mask on but he is somebody who seems to take some degree of pride in not wearing a mask. >> the trump campaign battleground state's director nick traynor has also tested positive for coronavirus. so have four white house staffers. the white house has not responded to a request for comment. >>> the overwhelmingly blue bay area has a few locations where gop support is strong. solano county has the largest proportion of republican voters in the bay area. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley went there to speak directly with voters about how they are feeling as the results of the president

another development as the white house hangs in the balance, president trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, who was opposed to wearing a mask, has now tested positive for covid. michael george. >> we are awaiting word on whether anyone else in the president's inner circle tested positive. this video shows mark meadows in close contact with the first family and administration members on election day, the far right of the screen there, he was not wearing a mask. >>> the days of anticipation and uncertainty have been wearing on some voters on both sides of the aisle. we have team coverage tonight with reaction from both republicans and democrats, and we begin with kpix 5's len ramirez. >> reporter: a roller coaster ride for democrats, the early trump lead in the swing states that joe biden has now overcome, his supporters can only hope that it holds. this group of san jose activists usually takes to the streets to call for peace in faraway lands. >> i think everyone should be on the streets like this. >> reporter: they are out here rooting for joe biden to bring a calm and orderly finish to a

well you remember the mark meadows was the man who just before the election said that donald trump and the administration wasn't going to defeat the virus it was just going to contain it he himself has been seen on many occasions without a mask in fact there was a very famous exchange on capitol hill when he went to speak to journalists they asked them to put on a mask here a fuse and walked off yes he has been confirmed to be carrying covert virus apparently he tested positive on wednesday which is interesting because of course he was in the event at the white house that donald trump held on tuesday night he apparently wanted to keep this quiet to try didn't detract from other news at least 3 other staffers in the white house who also have the virus doesn't seem to be any change in the track interest policy of the white house so they're not trying to find out who those was in contact with but this is embarrassing and not only embarrassing for mark meadows but for the president as well because you remember that before the election he said come november the 4th the day after the electio

mark meadows was in close proximity to the first family and several trump campaign officials in the past days. this is him at trump headquarters. that night he attended the white house election party. it is not clear when he first tested positive. jonathan carl spoke about meadows during a special report earlier tonight. >> we have seen him on capitol hill not wearing a mask and every once in a while he will throw a mask on. but he is someone that seems to take a degree of pride in not wearing masks. >> the trump campaign battleground states director has tested positive along with four white house staffers and the white house hasn't responded to a request for comment. >> a few locations where gop support is strong. solano county has the largest group in the bay area. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 are registered as republican. >> solano county is a republican stronghold because there is such a strong military presence with the air force base. >> reporter: approximately 30% of those

in a memo, meadows told white house staff that per transition protocol they are not permitted to speakectly with biden's transition team unless authorized. and president trump today aysuing his first pardon since losing the election. >> of a very, very fortunate turkey. >> reporter: named corn. he noticeably did not repeat what he said about a turkey named carrots in 2018. >> this was a fair election. unfortunately, carrots refused to concede, and demanded a recount, and we're still fighting with carrots. >> reporter: the trump campaign keeps fighting, despite no real path to victory. the recounts it has demanded in georgia and wisconsin are now underway, but even if by some miracle the results in those states are overturned it is still not enough for president trump to win the election. margaret. >> brennan: no viable path. thank you very much, ben tracy. today, perdue pharma pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from its role in the opioid crisis. the maker of oxycontin admitted to defrauding regulators and to defrauding re paying illegal kickbacks to doctors. purdue agreed to

meadows, are you looking at voter fraud in states that he won? >> we have a whole team looking at things. so i can't really speak to that. >> he can't really speak to it. white house chief of staff mark meadows after meeting with senate republicans yesterday, brushing off several reporter questions concerning president trump's unfounded allegations of voter fraud. the associated press reports that meadows has encouraged senate republicans to make the most of their remaining time with trump, according to two senators. so the problem is that the biden transition team, joe, is waiting for -- is waiting desperately, actually, for vital information pertaining to the coronavirus. >> well -- >> and people will lose their lives if this information isn't handed over. >> yeah, i mean, 250,000 lives lost now. that number is going to go up. we have the highest incidence of coronavirus cases ever. this is a disease we didn't know about a year ago, and now a quarter of a million americans are going to be dead. certainly, you know, we're going to be most likely

meadows just the latest person in the white house to contract coronavirus of course a little over a month ago president trump was hospitalized at walter reed because of it his wife melania the first lady also contracted the virus as did. president trump's son. barrett hope hicks advisor to the president was the first that was publicly known to have contracted the coronavirus and there was super spreader event according to doctor fauci who is that us expert on the coronavirus at the white house chief just they're not chief justice justice now amy coney barrett of event where president trump introduced her as his nominee so mark meadows now on the list no word on whether he has symptoms or how he is but we'll continue to track that as news just broke that president trump's chief of staff has covid-19. still ahead tonight if kamala harris assumes the role vice president. her seat in congress would suddenly be vacant or hearing analysis from a local political science expert on who. >>could take her place plus convicted murderer scott peterson back in >>and then 15 years after being sentenced

but meadows was tested daily and maintained his regular work schedule, no word on this. he has symptoms or not. another uncertainty facing the senate of kamala harris assumes the role of vice president who will fill her vacancy in congress. >>well there's been a lot of speculation and rumors, but the decision will ultimately be made by governor newsome it will be consequential for the entire state. kron four's dan kerman talked with political experts on just 2 might be chosen. >>with democrats joe biden and kamala harris moving closer to success in their white house bid. there's renewed interest in who the governor might pick to phil harris is us senate seat you look at setting history. >>you look at potential rivals down the road for what happens and you look at who can help you raise and elevate the party can be a success that will allow you to also set your trajectory if you're gavin newsome forward and upwards and beyond california because now all of a kamala harris becomes the vice president of the united states the relevance and importance of california way up. >>s

three years ago i said it, we have to get meadows. big tech, big media, special interest, desperate for sleepy joe. they want him to win. who wants him to win, china. they will own our country. they controlled him and did they know he will always be there to do their bidding. he's a corrupt politician. i don't care it. everybody knows it's true. can you imagine? big tech refuses to put anything in. they took "the new york post" down for two weeks. they won't let anyone right. if you put out something, they will knock out your account. nobody's ever seen anything like this. outside of what i say, it's fading away. you can't have a scandal if nobody writes about it. we have the fake news not writing about it and the big tech not writing. how can you have a scandal? nobody's talking about it. it's called suppression. we don't have freedom of the process. we probably haven't had it for a long time. they say, "freedom of the press, the american way." we have suppression by the press. what beautiful words. i should have done the speech this

2000 just doesn't have the same sort of political heft that james baker had nor is he a lawyer mark meadows is the man you're talking about he's the chief of staff to donald trump he's been by the president's side every day during the election campaign and he was that the. white house on tuesday night not wearing a mask when people were gathered waiting for the results and what they got was donald trump claiming victory he tested positive on wednesday the day after the election as did a number of people who work around him we don't know whether he's self isolating we don't know whether he's showing any symptoms but what we do know is that a week or so before the election mark meadows told the media that the bush administration was never going to defeat the via this instead they were going to continue it well this is a bit of an embarrassment for donald trump and the white house you remember as well that during the election donald trump said come the day after the election no one would talk about covert all you hear about is corporate corporate corporate he said the media were doing it becau

. >> and governor kasich, white house chief of staff mark meadows tweeted his congratulations to michael flynn. several of your fellow republicans are cheering this development. what's your message to your fellow republicans about this? >> let's get on with all this. the president's lost. now we're having a big debate about his pardons. every president has the ability to pardon. i have great respect for preet. he's a really great constitutional guy. he understands this. former u.s. attorney. i just -- it's going to be more pardons that are going to come. that's what presidents do. i remember when bill clinton had some pardons and people went crazy. it's the power that they have. and frankly he's done. he's going to leave. the transition has started. let's just move on. i mean, i listened to adam schiff. i've known adam schiff not closely but for a while. i mean, the language is harsh. i think it's time to start healing. tomorrow's thanksgiving. can we just move on a little bit? and you know, we're going to have a new administration coming in. i think the early appointments have been good

more trees, meadows and wetlands — and fewer sheep and cows — that is the government's vision for the 31st of december. the seven—year plan will phase out subsidies to farmers based on how much land they own. instead, they'll be paid for such things as preventing floods, planting woods and helping wildlife. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. farming is a toughjob. and in parts of the uk, farmers are struggling to stay afloat. good boys, good boys. in sussex, martin hole is focused right now on a visit from the vet. come on, chaps. come on. it seems to have spooked some of the cattle. but the future of the countryside as a whole is far more worrying for livestock farmers like him. that's because, for two decades, martin's farm has been kept in business thanks to grants from the european union. the system is frankly bizarre. the richer you are, the more land you own. the more land you own, the more taxpayer's money you get, but that is going to change. it's brexit that's driving the shift. soggy fields are great for wildlife and the uk government says in future taxpayers wi

election officials to investigate any credible allegations of voter fraud if they did arise joshua meadow is associate professor of political science and chair of the department of social sciences at cation state university joins us now from georgia let's talk about georgia what is the result there and the demographics of the people who turn down i'll tell you about the state of the state . well it's really just stock it's kind of the story of the country but in the state here urban area here in atlanta outside of the metro area is a high african-american population so you see the high turnout and the work done by stacey abrams to get the african-american vote out around the areas you're seeing on the new it's about polling county cab clayton county really where the those are the counties that came in strong for biden helpful at the state let's open the bit more about stacy abrams across london is calling it the stacy abrams effect how much credit should go to her for turning the state blue or explode. so she gets a good amount of credit as she should because the last couple of years this

abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl spoke about meadows during a special report. >> we have seen him on capitol hill not wearing a mask. we have seen him constantly, every once in a while he throws a mask on but he is somebody who seems to take some degree of pride in not wearing a mask. >> the trump campaign battleground state's director nick trainer has also tested positive for coronavirus. so have four white house staffers. the white house has not responded to a request for comment. >>> the overwhelmingly blue bay area has a few locations where gop support is strong. solano county has the largest proportion of republican voters in the bay area. leslie brinkley went there to speak directly with voters as the results unfold. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 of those are registered as republican. >> of solano county is a stronghold with a strong military presence. >> reporter: 30% of those who voted by mail and -- this biden supporter was surprised to hear the nu

mitch mcconnell met for the first time with chief of staff mark meadows, presumably on that.u see any breaking ground on this, oafter all these month? >> i don't know, andrea, this is so disappointing on behalf of the republican party and particularly mitch mcconnell not coming to the table with nancy pelosi. that is really what should happen. the house passed a measure, as we know, months ago. the h.e.r.o.e.s. act. and then act 2, that have been sitting in the senate. and people are suffering. not only are people, you know, increasingly getting sick. we've seen these numbers. but more unemployed people, people facing eviction, people in long lines, because they don't have the money to go to the grocery store, so they're going to food pantries. america is hurting right now. and republicans have a responsibility, even in an outgoing administration, to just get this one piece of work done. i think that's what the election was in part about, wanting to get moving. and, you know, give joe biden at least an opportunity as a new president to start off on the right footing in terms

meadows was among the dozens of people at trump's election night speech seen not wearing a mask.en is expected to announce members of his coronavirus task force tomorrow, and he says that team of scientists and experts will create a covid-19 plan that will include ramped up testing, thousands of new public health workers, and boosted vaccine distribution and ppe production. >> it will be built on bedrom science, constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. i will spare no effort, none, any commitment to turn around this pandemic. >> joining me now, msnbc medical contributors dr. kavita patel and habib madia. doctors, what are the first thing on that list that needs to be done? dr. patel, you first. >> the first thing that needs to be done is talking about science from a national and scientific standpoint, and second how to restore treatments and vaccines, because when president-elect biden takes office, he and the vice president are going to have a significant challenge with much of the country, unfortunately, alex, questioning the validity of vaccines and treatments, whic

bilston is in his favorite place, the calendar off meadows here you can see how pete then scroll in their natural what state they don't really see. 02, but instead absorb it, and yet they can still be used for agriculture by growing reads, a lot can be made out of these rings. roofs plastics, bio gas, should be home with shoes are by. reeds are an example of a plant that can be harvested sustainably without damaging with more shooting in the bush. there are already many ideas about what can be cultivated in bugs in hand. housing in western germany. knowledge areas of moss are being cultivated for the 1st time on a regretted bulk. after all mosses of the natural vegetation on people can they be grown and harvested like any other fields crop? this search for the best most is for agricultural cultivation is underway on the edge of the trial area. and here, paga and her team grow muscles from all over the world. here. they aim to find the ones that grow as well and just quickly as possible. in this way, they also absorb c o 2, and turn the bogs into sinks with greenhouse gases. however, it wi