white house. she was the director of president obama's white house domestic policy council. we will ask her about the challenges. withll also be speaking brown harris stevens ceo bess freedman about how the real estate sector is faring as covid continues its way around the united states. let's get a check on the markets. it's been pretty bifurcated between the dow and nasdaq. the dow down about 90 points. the nasdaq up .4%. some of the mega techs holding the nasdaq higher. 84 plus basis on the 10-year yield, which is a little bit of a move today. after data show more people filed in a look -- initial jobless claims, a backwards move. half of the highs for gold but we were heading toward the 1900 mark. has aent-elect joe biden lot to tackle when he heads to the white house in january from a stimulus impasse to certain covid cases, to a lack of acceptance of the results from the trump campaign. joining us now is someone who played a previous role in a previous administration. melody barnes was the former director of president obama's white house domestic policy council. thank

biden during his presidential campaign and alongside him during the obama white house years. over at the pentagon, one name often mentioned as a possible defense secretary is michele flournoy. she was a top obama defense official, and if confirmed, would be the first woman to hold the role. >> o'donnell: and, ed, what can you tell us about that call that the president-elect got from the pope today? >> reporter: that's right. they spoke this morning. the pontiff extended congratulations to the president-elect. a pretty personally important call for mr. biden, who would be the second roman catholic president. the first, of course, was john f. kennedy. in the statement, the office says the president-elect looks forward to working with the pontiff on issues like helping the poor and immigrants. >> o'donnell: tonight, a deadly military helicopter crash in egypt appears to have been caused by an equipment problem, not an attack. five americans on a peacekeeping mission were among those killed. cbs' david martin has new information on the crash. >> reporter: one american service memb

they came from the obama white house, spent time in tech and are coming back.eople are reading into that, biden is going to go easy -- i am not sure that is the case. the connection these folks have is more, i worked the obama white house, but the center of gravity has changed here. host: what is the issue that you see forthcoming? >> kyle is spot on in raising antitrust as a key issue, especially looking at the transition of teams that biden released yesterday and looking at some of the names on that list. someone talking about these issues front and center. the other big issue i am watching is how a biden administration might try to regulate social media companies. election hass 2020 been a major test of the election integrity policies that these companies have adopted over the last few years. i think we are going to see a lot of discussion in washington about where to go from here on that issue. biden, during his candidacy, did call to revoke section 230, a k ey internet law that provides these company immunity from content moderation -- from lawsuits in the

the connection these folks have is more i work for biden, i worked the obama white house. but the center of gravity has changed here. >> host: cat zakrzewski of the "washington post" what is the issue you see forthcoming? >> guest: i think kyle is spot on the racing at the trust as a key issue especially looking at the transition of teams that biden released yesterday and looking at some of the names on that list, people like gene kimmelman at public knowledge of lisbon after talking about these issues front and center. that will be huge with the other big issue i am watching is how the biden administration may try to regulate social media companies. this 2020 election has been a major test of the election integrity policies that these companies have adopted over the last few years. we are really going to see a lot of discussion in washington about where to go from here on that issue. biden during his candidacy did call to revoke section 230, a key internet law that provides these companies immunity from lawsuits from content moderation decisions. it will be interesting to

years we've seen hollywood and the music industry go from being more or less buddies with the obama white house to becoming a bastion of the opposition since trump's went in 2016 american artists have become more political than ever there's a look back. lights camera the stage and drama in his element he likes to play the starring role after all for years he was a t.v. star in the reality for much the apprentice but he has attitude to culture past being problematic even before he was sworn in celebrities lined up against him. being inclusive being diverse country built on immigrants. fairness these are the things that americans want to be that's what we resonate to. trump's presidency began with a culture shock the president announces the abolition of cultural funding america's artists sound the alarm at the golden globes awards so many actress meryl streep spoke out. disrespect invites disrespect violence incites violence. when the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose the list of prominent opponents for music culture in show business is long but donald trump also has some su

so the next white house press secretary is to be gen psaki, another obama administration veteran. she came in for a fair amount of ridicule for some notorious blunders. is she up to the job being in the white house speaking for the administration itself? i mean, i don't think it takes that much skill to keep on spouting the same status quo so. sure. i mean, i think she has the ability to keep giving the exact same message that the last several presidents have given. i mean, she has practice from the obama era. she is proud of the campaign. she's not to be saying a thing different or new or interesting. so sure. i think she's up to that job. i don't think that's a job. that's worthwhile. what we need is a president who's going to actually shape and change things and improve the lives of the american people. by cutting government now is not nothing against an all female and all female press team. the libertarian party presidential candidate in 2000, in 2020, was a woman, a powerful leader, joe jorgensen, who talked about cutting government spending the welfare state ending the war on

familiar faces sparking some suggestions that the biden administration will be a repeat of the obama white house. what president-elect has to say about that, plus, with control of the senate on the line, will president trump travel to georgia? the campaign for republicans. >> the president is the leader of our party, and i think he will support these candidates. he's been doing it all over his twitter and he has absolutely invested in those races. ♪ your journey requires liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. wow. that will save me lots of money. this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. speak of this is a president with coattails tails. look what happened in the house, picking up 13 seats, you look at the senate, we are at 50. you look at the 135 legislative seats we picked up across the country. this is president trump bringing up the whole ticket, and

now psaki is certainly not the only person in this new all female white house communications team who came out of the obama administration. if you look over the list of appointees. 'd there are some familiar faces. the white house communications director and the communications director. the 1st lady both worked for joe biden when he was vice president. and when he was in the senate, you've got the deputy press. secretary is somebody who served in the cabinet of the obama administration, also working for nancy pelosi and shucked chuck schumer. furthermore, you've got the senior adviser to the harris. this is an individual that stands out as they did not work with the obama white house, but actually had ties to bernie sanders. so that is the exception. how ever the rest of them seem to all be familiar faces from the obama era. now what's also interesting is not only do these individuals have ties to the obama administration, but also ties to mainstream us media. jennifer psaki herself, was a c.n.n. contributor 1st. furthermore, her deputy careen jean peer was an n, n, b, c, and m s n, b c. analyst giving ana

white house communications team. who will have come out of the obama administration, for instance, you've got the communications director for the white house as well as the communications director for the 1st lady, both being individuals who worked with joe biden,, when he was vice president. and when he was a u.s., senator, furthermore, you've got the deputy press secretary being someone who served in the cabinet of the obama administration. and it's important to note there is one outlier. there is an individual who will be serving as a senior advisor to camila harris, who did come out of the bernie sanders campaigns. however, this individual is the exception. now in addition to their ties to the obama white house, these individuals seem to also have pretty clear ties to us mainstream media. jennifer psaki herself, has been a c.n.n. contributor, in addition to that, you've got corinne jean pier. she has worked as a political analyst for m s n b c and n.b.c. news. now, simone sanders has been a c.n.n. commentator before she moved on to the biden harris campaign, and she will also be part of the communications team of th

years we've seen hollywood and the music industry go from being more or less buddies with the obama white house to becoming a bastion of the opposition since trump's went to 2016 american artists have become more political than ever there's a look back. lights camera the stage and drama donald trump in his element he likes to play the starring role after all for years he was a t.v. star in the reality for much the apprentice but he has attitude has been problematic even before he was sworn in celebrities lined dark back against him. being inclusive being diverse country built on immigrants. fairness these are the things that americans want to be that's what we resonate through. trump's presidency began with a culture shock the president announces the abolition of cultural funding america's artists sound the alarm at the golden globes awards so many actress meryl streep spoke out foreigners. disrespect invites disrespect violence incites violence. when the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose the list of prominent opponents for music culture in show business is long but donald

years we've seen hollywood and the music industry go from being more or less buddies with the obama white house to becoming a bastion of the opposition since trump's went in 2016 american artists have become more political than ever there's a look back. lights camera the stage and drama in his element he likes to play the starring role after all for years he was a t.v. star in the reality for much the apprentice but he has attitude to past being problematic even before he was sworn in celebrities are lined up against him. being inclusive being diverse country built on immigrants. fairness these are the things that americans want to be what we resonate to. trump's presidency began with a culture shock the president announces the abolition of cultural funding america's artists sound. at the golden globes awards so many actress meryl streep spoke out foreigners. disrespect invites disrespect violence incites violence. when the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose the list of prominent opponents for music culture in show business is long but donald trump also has some support cli

i shouldn't say barack obama conceding but welcoming him into the white house. doing a proper transition. hillary clinton even conceded. had already been to the white house by then -- by now. graciously, hosted by the obamas. one source telling my colleague, gloria borger, what trump really cares about, besides power. well, money, right? and it's not the gop enablers and their future. he is trying to figure out how he can commercialize, monetize. this is the truth. monetize this situation. how can you make money off of the crisis? how can he make money off of the presidency? well, he's been doing that, so sorry. sorry about that. that was my mistake. like i told you last night, money collected by trump's so-called election fund can also be used to support the new leadersh leadership pack that he's established to keep his hand on the gop, and prepare for a potential run, again, in 2024. ka-ching. that's what this is about. are you sending your money? send it away. ka-ching. yet, back in '16, trump couldn't resist tweeting attacks on the green party and its candida

and infectious disease expert who worked on aid policy under obama white house. >> thanksgiving is right around the corner. the question now how do we enjoy the holiday while staying safe durlg the pandemic? health officers from most counties issue joint guidelines today for staying safe. they focus on thousand deal with gatherings and travel. giving advice on how to reduce risk. avoid large family gatherings. the safe thing to do is stick with members your household and visit others virtually. if you do gather with family, wear masks. keep distance. and stay out doors. this is hard to do. especially with the temperatures dropping. keep gatherings small and short. avoid traveling long distances. be prepared fo quarantine. >> the new guidelines come as some counties see a spike in covid-19 cases again. that includes santa clara. the arch number of cases since may. the cases climb here through the next if months until they hit the peak in mid-july. at 268. average on july 15. since then the numbers of cases slowly dropping down to average low. this is late september. of 95. then cases stea

priorities for the first months of his administration saying this won't be another term of the obama white house. >> we face a totally different world than we faced in the obama/biden administration. >> reporter: as early as today, biden will receive his first presidential daily briefing after a federal agency formally began the transition of power finally allowing the biden team access to the government's coronavirus response data. >> we're already working on meeting with the covid team in the white house and how to not only distribute but get vaccinated, so i think we're going to be not so far behind the curve as we thought in the past. >> reporter: in his first post-election interview biden looked ahead to his first 100 days in office promising to roll back president trump's executive orders on the environment. >> i think very damaging executive orders that have significantly impacted on making the climate worse and making us less healthy. >> reporter: biden also committed to getting immigration reform through congress. >> the first 100 days i will send an immigration bill to the united state

as you enter the white house, do you have plans to put someone in charge of this in the white house in the way you were in charge in the obamahite house of coordinating the response to the ebola crisis? >> first of all, lawrence, you're absolutely right. it's a tragic milestone, all-time record number of daily cases. i remember back in september when joe biden said we were facing a very grim and dark winter and donald trump dismissed that as being kind of apocryphal. yet here we are in november on a rate we may see for the first time ever within seven days seeing a total of a million cases. so we are in a very, very dire straits as a country. we are approaching the rate at which people die, potentially 10,000 deaths in a single week, that also would be a grim milestone we're headed towards. as a candidate for president, joe biden promised he would put an official in charge of the covid response in the white house. he will do that. and he will have a covid coordinator who works in the white house who has direct access to him and will be briefing him daily. otherwise as needed in response to the coronavirus. more than one offi

conference on an unrelated matter, but i want somebody to ask me what i think about this. >> the obama white house knew which reporters were interested in which issues. we could give them a heads up if they asked their question that president obama was likely to answer it. >> white house kept in touch with us. one of his aides said, watch the statement. i told the parents. that's when he came out of the rose garden. >> let me ask the trayvon martin case. >> i'm head of the executive branch. the attorney general reports to me. i have to be careful about my statements to make sure that we're not impairing any investigation that's taking place right now. but obviously, this is a tragedy. >> that was one of many moments where he didn't sit down with his communications team and have a lengthy discussion about the strategic right thing to say. >> my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. >> he felt in the moment it was true and it was important to say out loud. >> obama made an active radical identification with him. i understand who that young kid

hours his democratic challenger joe biden told michigan the help of former president barack obama white house correspondent kimberly heloc it has more from the campaign trail. with less than 72 hours. until election day president trump started early for a full day of campaigning 4 different stops in the northeastern state of pennsylvania in just 10 hours trump narrowly won pennsylvania in 2016 and on tuesday he's hoping to do it again and if we win pennsylvania it's over. this is one of a handful of states the trump campaign considers a must win for reelection what i didn't expect from such good friends leading in national polls former vice president joe biden skipped pennsylvania on saturday instead he joined former president barack obama fighting for votes in another election battleground michigan i believe the most is going to be loud and it's going to be clear it's time for donald trump the pack is back sandro we're done here is the chaos the treats burying her they hate the fair here their future to take any responsibility the pair blamed for the rising cases of covert 19 in the united s

internationally recognized infectious disease expert who also worked on aides policy in the obama white houseand robert rodriguez an er and icu expert. >> covid front and center for the administration as the u.s. hit a record high for daily cases. 133,000 new cases reported tonight. that news follows a big announcement this morning. pharmaceutical company pfizer says its vaccine is 90% effective. it could mean we're on track to have a vaccine by thepd of this year. but the medical community is reminding us it will be some time before it's widely available to the general public. here's nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney. >> my first word when i heard about it this morning was wow. >> reporter: doctors around the world with a similar reaction when pfizer of america and bio m tech of germany announced their coronavirus vaccine candidate was more than 90% successful in a phase three trial. health experts say it may be ready for fda approval before the end of the year. and there are other companies moving forward with their vaccines. >> and i think the others will be coming online in the late spring w

for this for months the chief legal adviser to joe biden bob barr he's a former counsel in the obama white house and he was made very clear that the trumpet ministration that insisted that this was going to happen that should the results be disfavor able and favorable to the. white house then they were going to legally contest it they made no secret of that over a period of time and obviously the democrats were able to prepare for it so bob barr said what is called a boiler room a team of lawyers who are basically preparing to any of these allegations that the lawyers may be bringing and they have been dispatched to various states where these legal actions are taking place they are contesting each and every one of these actions a large number of the actions have already been thrown out by judges or by courts in various states and various counties there is one major case that has gained some traction and that is the supreme court has accepted a from the trump campaign to intervene or to allow the trump campaign to become a code sewer basically in a case against the state attorney general of the s

obama's white house team initially saw birtherism as a joke, but trump persisted. obama against the advice of his aides, released his birth certificate in the white house briefing room but told young staffers, quote, we're better than this. remember that. still, it seemed an unsettling tone had been set. >> especially in the second half of president obama's time in office, he did spend a lot of time battling the very forces that brought trump into power, the sentiment against him as the first black president, the angst in the country about the idea of a changing demographic. >> obama writes that his predecessor, george w. bush could not have been more gracious during their transition. that bush's daughters, jenna and barbara gave obama's daughters, sasha and malia, their own tour of the white house, quote, president bush would end up doing all he could to make the eleven weeks between my election and his departure go smoothly. trump refusing to accept biden's victory. >> this is the ugliest that we have ever seen and our founding fathers are probably turning over wa

day before the election joe biden's chief legal adviser bob barr he's a former counsel in the obama white house he was saying that yes a expecting a trying to cause all sorts of problems post election while the vote is being counted however you also pointed out that this is been known for months it's not as the biden campaign has not been aware that these actions are going to happen and he said in a way it's rather foolish to publicize very clearly weeks if not months before exactly what you're going to do when the results starts coming in now bob barr had set out what is called a boiler room within the trump biden campaign which is being in position for a number of weeks and these are lawyers who were primed to go because they knew that this was going to happen and immediately all these legal action starts lawyers are being dispatched from the biden campaign to each of these areas where these cases are being brought many of these lawyers are describing a lot of these cases as basically trumped up no plan intended very few of them having any real basis and very few of them according to biden's

for weeks if not months strangely enough biden's legal head bob bauer who is a counsel in the obama white house was just saying a few days ago before the election that the trumpet ministration and its lawyers had made very clear 'd what their tactics were going to be they had been saying for weeks that they were going to dispute any elections that they filter were going against their favor or any vote counting their words going against their favor so the biden lawyers had a lot of time to prepare and bob barr said what is called a boiler room this is a collection of lawyers who have been preparing for precisely what has been happening in the past day and that is they go out to various states and various counties where the campaign or local state campaign organizers are bringing cases to bear against judges and in courts and they contest the aim and say the lawyers is to ensure that every vote is counted they're not out there looking for legal fights they out there because of the cases being brought by trump the campaign people and by as i say by trump organizations in the various states but cer

robert gibbs, a former senior advisor for the obama-biden transition in the white house under president barack obama. there was a growing sense we went into today -- our "a" block tonight was going to be all right, let's wrap it up here, they're playing you off. and an hour before you finally get this ascertainment. this does seem like a big deal to me. and also a trag aeld it had to be a big deal. >> yeah, the majority of americans who voted against donald trump don't deserve to be held in weeks and weeks of suspense about whether or not the administration is going to agree to a peaceful transfer of power. you know, right before the news broke i'd been working on a column about how emily murphy should be held in contempt, kill that column, it's no longer necessary. but one thing i learned while i was talking to people for it is really how much damage this delay was doing. i spoke to someone today who's been advising the biden transition on covid and was really struck by the amount of just like key information that you need to develop a covid vaccine distribution plan that is being kept

. >> and even though his cabinet will be filled with obama white house alumni. ama's book promo into the disk criticism of his panics and voted trump. >> the fact that trump says racist things about mexicans, they think that is less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion. >> immigration reform is something he plans to address in his first 100 days. >> i will send an immigration bill to the united state senate with the pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people in america. >> is also hinting bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are long shots for cabinet spots. >> taking someone out of the senate, taking someone out of the house, particularly of personal consequence is really a difficult decision that would have to be made. >> his more immediate goals to t try to get people to take personal responsibility this holiday. >> we are at war with the virus, not with one another. >> joe biden barely ever spoke about michael flynn as a candidate but remember earlier this year he claimed he had no knowledge of a crimi

white house communications team. that includes jan saki, the form former obama white house director is set to serve as secretary in the white house administration. >>> the president visited a doctor who said the president-elect has hairline stra infrastructures after a slip. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden paying a visit to the doctor's office on sunday. the transition office announcing on sunday that on saturday he had an incident where he was playing with his dog major, slipped and twisted his ankle, so he visited an orthopedist, and the doctors readout after that visit said that the x-rays showed he did have a sprain in his right foot. the biden transition team making a slew of announcements on sunday as well, including some key women who will be serving in his white house communications team. some names worth mentioning include kate bedingfield who is being named the white house communications director, jen saki, who will be standing behind the podium as press secretary. we have simone sanders who will be the chief spokesperson for vice president-elect kamala harris, and karine jean-pierre named the approxi

. >> nearly all of his picks so far worked in the obama white house is a flashback to that administration us to discuss is fox nation host lara logan. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. jillian: of course. let's go ahead and pull up the picks that have been announced so far. as we just referenced in that sound bite a couple seconds ago. let's start off talking about lincoln. obviously hlynn blinken that has with biden announced in this show and in that clip. what do you know about him and what do you think the next four years looks like with him on the national stage? >> >> well, if trump was the ultimate outsider, right? then blinken and the rest of joe biden's picks are the ultimate insiders. washington, d.c. insiders. so for those people who wanted a return to the swamp, who want -- who didn't want it drained in the first place, and for those people who stood by silently when intelligence agencies were used to spy on personal citizens illegally, and when illegal application us were made to the fisa court which have now been determined to be illegal, and who stood silent

michael flynn in a way that even jim comey admitted they would not pursue someone in president obama's white housese was about to be closed. and they decided to interview him anyway. no lawyer for michael

. >> even in his cabinet will be filled with obama white house alumni. >> this is not a third obama term>> obama's book from included this criticism of hispanics who voted for trump. >> he says racist things about mexicans, they think that's less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion. >> reporter: immigration reform is something biden plans to address in his first 100 days. >> and immigration bill to the united states senate with a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people in america. >> reporter: biden is hinting bernie sanders and elizabeth foreign are longshots for cabinet spots. >> someone out of the senate, taking someone out of the house particularly a person of consequence is a difficult decision to be made. >> reporter: has more immediate goal is to get people to take personal responsibility this holiday. >> we are at war with a fibrous, not with one another. >> reporter: joe biden barely ever spoke about michael flynn is a candidate but earlier this year he claimed that while in office he had no knowledge of a criminal i

white house press secretary incomin incoming, jen saki. she was press secretary at the state department, communications director at the obama white house in the second term as well. kate beddingfield, communications director. the person in charge with behind the scenes planning, strategizing for the message of the white house. she was a deputy campaign manager in the biden campaign and out front in every respect on that. simone sanders, another familiar face. she will be vice president kamala harris' chief spokesperson as well as senior adviser, and the rest of the team there as well. so a key selection of women advisers that have vast experience serving in the white house and on presidential campaigns. dana, we're getting word of three finalists to be defense secretary. that is not a position that has been announced yet, it bmay be announced later this week or next week. michelle florn oi from the obama administration. jeh johnson, general counsel at the pentagon in the obama administration, and lloyd austin, four star army general, head of centcom. whoever biden chooses would be history making. first woman or african-american to lead the

white house as the people's house. but after 9/11, the white house became a fortress. >> have fun, be loose. >> and michelle obama, calling one element of a much larger effort to move us forward. >> mrs. obama said we want to make sure that people who have perhaps previously never been to the white house have an opportunity to do so in a meaningful way. >> just get comfortable here, right? get comfortable with a little greatness. >> wanted to bring in diverse voices, bodies, genders. everybody just said come on in. >> if you feel like this day is special, we think you all are special. >> whether it's kids that have gotten in trouble before or college dropouts. >> i want you all to know that you belong right here in the white house. >> that's a game changer, because then they can see themselves there in the future. >> remember this moment, and remember that the first lady of the united states told you that you can do anything you want to. >> the 2012 election is only a year away. and the president's approval rating is worryingly low. but the first lady's popularity is soaring. >> people responded to her. she became far mor

get the answers they are seeking and they are going to be shut down just like they were in the obama white housey spying on journalists. >> katie: i always find it ironic when the media is not equally treating republican presidents with democratic presidents because they both deserve equal scrutiny, after all, they are in the highest office of our government and it is true that i think that journalists and reporters are going to miss president trump because they had so much access, it used to be multiple times a day with the press briefings, we've already heard some complaints about the lack of information from the biden team as they throughout their transition, certainly a number of reporters covering the biden campaign were very frustrated with the lack of information. so we will see how it goes but hopefully biden will not take the same playbook as obama did and spy on reporters and executives at news organizatio organizations. >> kennedy: i hope you're right. in honor of the 400th anniversary of the mayflower landing at plymouth rock, brian kilmeade looks at the history of the first thanksgi

memoli pointed out, you worked in the obama white house with ron klain for a few years. at this important moment in our country, what does ron klain bring to the job. >> as mike said, this may have been an easy decision, but it's hard to underscore just how important this decision is for any white house. i think ron is the perfect pick for joe biden. and the perfect pick at this moment, right? they know each other well, they trust each other. that is really imperative. this is a relationship that has to have frank conversations with each other. but as mike also said, i think what ron brings is a real breadth of experience. on capitol hill, inside of the executive branch, inside of the bureaucracy, whether it was helping to run the recovery act, we're in an economic calamity right now. whether it was helping to shepherd the ebola response, as we have this massive coronavirus spike. i don't think you could have gotten a person that is better suited for the moment this job demands right now, both in the role that he has played in joe biden's life, and the issue experience h

of bruce reed's, let me state that up front, from both our clinton days in the white house together but also during the obama white house. yes, i do think it's aggressive. we're two weeks out from having this election called for vice president biden, now president-elect biden. there is a lot of support on the left and in moderate segments of the party for his agenda. i think we should be all working together to get it done. it's not about one person who could be appointed to a position, as you said, andrea, at the sub-cabinet level. and let me be clear, i don't know what he's going to be appointed to, however we should look at the big picture. it's not about one person. this is president-elect biden's agenda that we need to work together to implement. >> and it certainly got off to a slow start, i wanted to show a little more of lester holt asking about this transition, and any contact with the white house, asking, of course, joe biden. >> have you had any conversations with president trump post-election about paving the way for this transition to happen? any back channel communications? >> no. i believe tha

obama beat lindsey graham's great friend john mccain in 2008 when lindsey graham hung around the obama white housend tried to curry favor with barack obama. he -- you know, donald trump was his enemy in 2015 until he got shellacked in the republican nomination fight. and all of a sudden donald trump became the path to power for him, he became slavishly devoted to donald trump. and he's going to stay slavishly devoted to donald trump until the day donald trump leaves office. he'll do whatever donald trump asks, what he wants. in some respects trump remaining loyal to graham is part of the explanation why lindsey graham got re-elected. if donald trump had turned on lindsey graham in south carolina he almost certainly would have lost the race in a primary or potentially in the general. so he owes president trump. the moment that donald trump is out the door we are going to see the lindsey graham who's been captured on video crying over what a great guy joe biden is. i promise you we'll see that guy in a few months time and it'll be as if joe biden was the best guy in the world, who always said nice t

. >> valerie, you served for eight years in the obama white house. you worked on many issues, including racial inequality in our country. what does the biden administration need to do to address racial inequality? >> i think president-elect biden has begun that process. he called george floyd's family. he spoke to the nation, encouraging everyone to put themselves into the shoes of black families who have to teach their children to behave around the police. empathy and appreciation for what it's like to be black and that it has nothing to do with how much money you make or what your job is or your education. if you are black, you give your chi children the same lecture. i have been impressed with the tone, the empathy and the emphasis that president-elect biden has put on the issue. he selected vice president-elect as the vice president. she will advice him from her life experiences. i would add that i'm heartened to see that his transition is made up with a majority of the people on the transition of women and a majority are people of color. i think

and former obama white house communications director jen psaki as the new nominated press secretary. those positions not having to be confirmed. >>> the president-elect is on the mend after a c.t. scan last night confirming several hairline fractures in his right foot. an injured suffered saturday while playing with his dog major. >> president trump tweets his hopes that mr. biden gets well soon. after a holiday weekend that the president spent ramping up his false claims against joe biden after the election in a new live interview on fox. joining me geoff bennett in wilmington. and jen palmieri, and stephanie cutter, deputy senior adviser to president obama. what a great way to start off. geoff bennett, first, take us through the president-elect's day, what we know about the expanding team. and the big economic team announcement today. >> well, andrea, in addition to nursing his hairline fractured foot, the president-elect, as you mentioned today, is receiving for the first time since winning the election the president's daily brief. and for those who are unfamiliar, the pdb is a hi