another choice that president-elect biden has announced as the omb director, neera tanden. it could be a bruising confirmation battle. already some senate republicans, including some who have not yet even acknowledged that biden has been president, calling attention to some of the tweets. some of the tweets she's deleting as well. but she is somebody also bringing diversity to the biden cabinet both in terms of her racial diversity and diversity of lived experience. she's somebody who democrats are pointing out she grew up, you know, impoverished and benefited from a lot of social welfare plans that she l. will be helpi to protect. neera tanden will be one difficult for the administration. >> so, sam, mike makes a good transition, i don't know how he knew i was going to go there, i'm talking about confirmation. we don't know what will happen in georgia. we don't know who will have control of the senate. that will tip things in one direction or the other. all that being said, who do you think could prove to be difficult to get confirmed in the confirmation process? >> like y

i'm interested particularly also in neera tanden who is slated to be the director of omb and who has drawn some fire from republicans, and what the thinking is inside the biden campaign about whether they were expecting that kind of criticism so early and quickly out of the gate or whether they were surprised by it. >> i've spoken with advisers about the immediate blowback. first, an awful lot of senate republicans in particular who have yet to acknowledge the fact that joe biden won the election and is the president-elect are reacting strongly to some of the nominations. neera tanden first and foremost. a tacet acknowledgment of the fact he won. and the other thing, a lot of senate republicans who for some reason never seem to manage to see president trump in his tweets are highlighting a lot of neera tanden's tweets as well this morning. >> funny how that works. >> it's a sign i think that they're ready for a fight if it comes to them. i know they were in a cynical time. there's been some discussion of whether neera tanden is a sacra official lam. someone meant to draw fire away fr

the office of management and budget, the first woman of color and the first asian-american to lead ombe's another nominee as yellen's deputy at the treasury, and they have made some pix for the council of economic advisors. they have nominated cecelia ralph, jared bernstein, and heather boucher. cecelia will be the first black person in that position as head jared bernstein and heather boucher are very progressive, left-leaning economists in the d.c. think those are very new, out of the typical mold of people you would see in those positions. guy: are there going to be any issues getting all of these people confirmed? catarina: the only issue i've heard a bit about is perhaps near attendant -- perhaps neera tanden might have difficulty getting through a republican congress, but i don't think you would see problems with, for example, janet yellen. .he's very well-liked obviously was the head of the federal reserve for a number of years. i think she is a pretty well-liked individual, and shouldn't see much difficult to getting through the congress. alix: if we put everyone we just talked

we'll take it as sincere, but reverend al, i want to get back to neera and omb.- any republican, any republican over the next four years that complains about spending, that complains about deficits, that complains about debt, that complains about bloated budgets i'm going to put their face and how much of an increase in america's national debt they were responsible for with their votes, i'm going to put their face up and all the bloated budgets that they voted for because it is gross and, by the way, just being a republican not excuse enough. i voted against budgets. i voted against appropriation bills. we ran newt gingrich out of town because we thought he spent too much money. just because you have a voting card and your party's in power doesn't mean you have to be a coward and these people weren't spending. these republicans weren't spending like drunken sailors. they were spending like drunken socialists and when i mean the biggest spenders ever, they spent more money than barack obama. they spent more money than lbj. they spent more money than fdr. they spen

about how republicans and how some progressives aren't thrilled with tandon as joe biden's pick to lead omb because of remarks she made on twitter and elsewhere. i'm told the reason she was selected for that role is the wealth of lived experience. in large part because as a child, her family was gedepende on big government programs that he will be responsible for overseeing and helping to implement. her family was on food stamps. her family used section 8 to pay for the rent. this is the diversity of lived experience beyond race and gender that joe biden is trying to amass in his top picks. andrea. >> also having a south asian background from indian immigrant family as well. jen palmieri, you've had one of these top communications job. what are kate bedingfield and jen psaki bringing to the table? a few years, let's put it kindly, of false and incorrect statements from the trump press team and from the white house podium. >> yeah, that is why kate and jen are such a pick, because they both have so much experience already in the administration. sa jen psaki was the spokesperson for state dep

whether you're talking about th treasury or tandon at omb, so s far i think i agree with mark. people he's worked for a lot of these people were aides to either him or president obama i the last administration. so far he's managed to keep fin people that satisfy both sides of the democratic party. can get the truth is he's only been out of office for four years. there is not a ton that changes in a four year period. you would expect that from him, mark. marco rubio called it going bac to the normal. that left america dependent on communist china. >> i am as concerned as any republican should be at thereabout the direction that a president would want to take ou foreign policy. i'm concerned about the middle east because one of them great accomplishments as been not one not two, but three middle east peace deals. he has lined up several countries who are ready to strike more deals. we will have more if the biden team doesn't screw it up. if they go back and think that they're going to return to the status quo in 2016, they're going to screw it up right they've have to understand

the list compromises 88% of omb's workforce. up the efforts on deportations before they go out the door. "l.a. times" reporting that it appears that asylum seekers are being tar getted. the paper interviewed lawyers and immigrants who said they used assault to force them back to countries where they face harm. administration officials did not respond for request to comments and federal execution policy also seeing some significant last-minute changes here. the justice demar derozan with a new regulations allowing for methods of federal executions like fire squad and electrocution and the administration rushes to execute five more prisoners before the end of the president's term though it is not clear if any of these newly enacted options will be used. if those five executions happen the administration will have put 13 prisoners to death since july which would be the deadliest period in federal criminal pun ibment since 1997. we'll be back with more. . >>> welcome back. it remains to be seen when president trump does after his te

sold visas for powerful political friends and a partisan hack who called susan collins the worst for ombso much for unity. meantime the "new york times" reporting some of the biden team's past consulting work composed an ethics test for incoming administration. so, here -- there is a lot to pick apart here but it seems as though some of these establishment democrats are not set for smooth sailing in the senate. what do you make of some of these comments? >> harris: you know, warm we are now is somebody who has been in politics for 47 years, joe biden. and so along the way he will have made friends, deals, what politicians do, right? and so i don't think anybody should be surprised that he is going to chose some people that are going to rub some people really raw. because those are the people that he has had in his circle. tandetan tanden was an aid to hy clinton. when you look at her past, that might be somebody who just in terms of you who she looks at things, people are going to be familiar with. it's not like is he going to be nominating a bunch of strangers. sometimes that can help y

the petition calls for omb to "be staffed with people who will prioritize working people, not wall streeticit scaremongers." let me put this question to professor ransby. in the midst ofhis serious pandemic-field recession, is it possible to build back better with wall street-from the austerity politics and what about these congress members speaking out and taking a stand, drawing a line in the sand on reed? >> i think that is a welcome and refreshing move by elected officials. receded to leap is pretty -- rashida tlaib is pretty and compromising. i'm not surprised she is one of opposing read. we have to be attentive to people being put in positions of power withegard to the economy. on the one hand, this is not surprising. on the other hand, we have to be vigilant. somebody like derek campbellton met people who have old ideas that was served economic interest of the majority of people, working people, rather than people who have consultant for corporations, and paid by corporations and financial institutions and wall street and so forth. aviously, we have to oppose reed nomination. i wan

visas for powerful political friends and a partisan hack who called soviet union collins the worst for ombunity in that last reference is to neera tanden who has a prolific tweeting history to say the least. howie. >> yeah. well, it's hardly surprising that some republicans will stake shots the ideology and records of democratic president would appoint. at the same time neera tanden feat alienating the bernie people don't like her obviously some of the g.o.p. don't like her. she could be the sacrificial lamb usually at the outset. tries to pick off one nominee just to flex its muscles. >> dana: howie kurtz, glad to get you on the show. always good to see you. thank you. >> thanks, dana. >> dana: coming up, there is word united airlines is already moving doses of a potential vaccine. we will talk to a unite you had executive weigh that are doing to prepare to get it out to americans. and be sure to tune in for the "the five" today. everyone is back and federal reservfresh offthe thanksgiving. we will talk about a potential 2024 run for president trump. greg has a fantastic monologue ready t

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you saw neera tanden coming under fire saying it would be difficult to confirm her as omb director but secure folks on the progressive left. there's a possibility of transportation secretary rahm emanuel, biden apparently thinking he would be good in terms of his experience as chicago's mayor but coming under fire for folks on the left for the possible appointment. look, at the end of the day, this seems to be a center left administration, and again, if you're taking heat from both sides, you know, sometimes it's a sign you're doing something right. >> center left kind of econ team there, janet yellen. that will be interesting to see what the team looks like in the end when it's finally announced and jen psaki, behind the podium. how will the daily white house press briefing be different? >> for one, there's going to be a return to something resembling normalcy. look, jen psaki is someone who's a former colleague, a cnn contributor, but more importantly, someone who's experienced with press in the obama administration and the trump administration has suffered from a self-imposed credib

sold visas for powerful political friends, and a partisan hack who called susan collins the worst for ombrst. that last reference is to budget director pick tanden. leslie please go first. >> my mother always told me don't write anything down you don't want the rest of the world to read. this is the problem we have with social media, if you requesting to attack that that's right sadly in the world we live in tit-for-tat or revenge that person is not going to give you the vote. i'm also enough refuse when they had a right to pick their cabinet. we are in a different dime. it will be hard for joe biden to pleets everyone frozen progressive and not glad centristst there aring some going to have be a difficult time like meira being confirmed. >> harris: republicans vowing to fight. >> yeah. absolutely. look, advice and consent of the united states senate when the senate is balanced 50/50. if it joe biden is he going to have trouble on both sides. he can't afford to lose a single senator on his side. that gives deal-making ability on the republican side. that's why georgia is so pivotal. there

sense of what we can expect from biden on some of his picks, including council of economic advisers, omb, some of the positions we'll be watching for. these will be scrutinized because of the role that the economy will play early in his presidency. the coronavirus recovery that is going to be necessary. but we already have a sense of what biden might you do. >> rebecca buck, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and be sure to watch "state of the union" at 9:00 a.m. jake tapper is going to be joined by the white house testing czar and missouri senator roy blunt. that's right here on cnn. >>> we're ten months into this pandemic, and you know the rules -- stay out of crowds, social distance. you imagine that this is a bad idea then, and cracking down on these underground dance parties, police across the country. we'll show what they're finding. >>> and tributes to the man behind that mask there. yes, his name is david prowse. and he has passed away. but he was darth vader. >>> plus, sarah fuller on the field for vanderbilt and makes college football history. a live bookkeeper is helping customize q

then you also have tanden at omb, she is the ceo of the left leaning center for american progress, formerillary clinton and you'll see twitter traffic, john cornyn said she couldn't get any votes from republicans and you also have a few people on the progressive wing of the party who think she wasn't supportive enough of bernie sanders. could you see chatter about that still this morning and you have cecelia rouse at the council of economic advisers, princeton economist, a labor economist, which is really important to hear because we have a big jobs crisis. these are folks who share joe biden's view about infrastructu infrastructure, written about inequality which is something that could win over progressives and a team that will have a big job. >> christine romans thanks very much. >>> happening today, after weeks of waiting, the president-elect and vice president-elect will receive as is normal their first national security briefing on the intelligence related to the greatest threats facing this country. sean turner is former director of communications at the office of director of natio

she was nominated to run omb.resident took office, gerry, she said there during the transition, that the president was a liar. the election was hacked. russians quote did enough damage to affect 70,000 votes in wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan. in other words the president cheated. that is why he won. these people are filling the cabinet. i don't see a lot of tough questions around that. particularly to kamala harris the vice-presidential pick. she sent a tweet around a bail fund that people can donate to get rioters out of prison in minneapolis as that situation was escalating earlier this summer. that was 12 days -- 182 days ago. it was 110 days ago she was chosen as joe biden's running mate and she has yet to do a one press conference. she is second most powerful person in the world and she has yet to take questions. gerry: that was the whole of the campaign. i covered presidential campaigns for the last 20 years in this country. i don't believe i ever seen two candidates, joe biden, kamala harris get such lig

and until -- and as long as they're denied access to that, to the budget numbers at omb, to the accessthe experts, the cdc and fda, they're hobbled. and that's almost criminal at this stage because clearly vice president-elect biden has won the election and should be granted the rights that he has under the transition statute. we got tremendous cooperation from the bush administration in the middle of a national crisis, for example, in sharp contrast to what's going on now. >> you mentioned the cdc and the fda. and we were talking earlier on the network to governor andrew cuomo who has suggested and gotten into a fight with president trump over whether new york would get the vaccine because he's raised doubts about whether the fda and the cdc under trump would approve a vaccine in the appropriate manner. do you agree with governors who want to layer a state process on top of the federal one because they have these political concerns, or do you worry that it undermines trust in the institutions that frankly already people are really struggling to trust? >> well, look, this goes back to

to ask you about, ali, is neera tanden, who, of course, a longtime washington hand, the pick to be ombyn's spokeman out there saying she can't get confirmed, a tweet from josh holmes as well, a top mcconnell hand, saying there was no way this was going to happen. what is what is the biden team telling you behind the scenes about pushback on her? i would anticipate there might be pushback from the left as well because she has been a critic of the bernie sanders wing at times. do they think this is something they'll have to re-evaluate in the long run? >> i'm really interested too in how this plays out on the progressive side because this is really the first pick where we head pretty immediate outcry from the right. i know you talked about marco rubio, not surprising he was one of the few voices on that, but to hear the immediate pushback on neera tandem, yes, an old washington hand. the center for american progress has played a role as trying to parse out the middle of the democratic party, so i'm interested in seeing the progressive reaction as well. but the fact that people are citing

if you look at the forecast that omb made -- liz: the financial crisis? are you kidding me? >> those numbers, i'm saying those numbers never met what they thought. i don't believe that at all. liz: okay. well, listen, this is the opportunity that we have to be fair and balanced. we started with joe and one thing we didn't talk about, thank you, joe, was specifically wages. wages improving under president trump. "the claman countdown" as we said always fair and balanced. we will challenge democratic fund-raiser and insider robert wolf on that next. >>> plus, what he says team biden/harris will do day one to keep the economy in recovery mode. a live picture of kamala harris, the running mate of joe biden there. she's in detroit at the moment speaking face-to-face with potential voters. fox business's election night action begins and i will be joining our special two-hour edition of "lou dobbs tonight" at 5:00 pvm easte.m. eastern. at 7:00 p.m., the returns start rolling in. david asman gets the overnight shift because it ain't over until it's over. we are going seamless, no re

start for the pick for omb chief, neera tanden.he center for american progress is not known for suggesting ideas that sponsor fiscal responsibility. is somebody like her, i would think more closely develops or tracks with the progressive wing of the democratic party, will she make it through senate confirmation? >> oh, i think that is questionable but if she doesn't make it there will be someone else. we have to be clear the president-elect is stocking the policy advisor group with people that are going to offer up lots of programs that would cost us a lot of money and we can't fit in, so we would have to have deficit financing and if it is not neera basically someone else says new monetary theory says we can print the money so let's go ahead and do it. david: start at the top, for a second, peter, janet yellen i think would be accepted by the senate because a lot of republicans like her. back, she has a terrible record advising businesses and economist what is will happen. back in 2018 she opposed the trump tax cuts which just had

because she would be the first woman of color in that post and the first south asian american to lead the omb. big if there. we're hearing a lot about her potential confirmation battle because of republicans saying that she has said a lot of bad things about republican senators who are now going to be in the position of saying whether or not she gets this job. cecilia rouse, another woman nominated today. chair of the counsel of economic advisers. the first american to be in that role. the deputy secretary of the treasury, the first african american person to sit in that seat. and then we're hearing about two other economic advisers, heather buche and. be burnstein has been an economic adviser. there's a lot happening. and we're learning more about what the inaugural the going to look like. we knew it was going to look different. the ceo of this effort now just announced this morning as they're putting out a website, a twitter, all the things that make it official online. the ceo of this effort, though, saying this is going to look different amid the pandemic. but we will honor the american i

would normally see for a transition, following the law mandated by congress, the regular reports, ombsing a letter to the department and moving in that direction. so whatever the president might want to do, there's also whatever the staff and the administration, those around him, are going to want to do. >> that's a great point about there's a lot of people involved in the presidential transition. i should say my wife, kate, wrote a great piece in the atlantic about this, that civil servants matter a tremendous amount. they can go forward in parallel to the president as he sulks. ben, the biden campaign announcing they are going to speak tonight. you're a former speechwriter. what do you say amidst this strange interregnum? >> well, i think that it's obviously difficult for him to declare victory completely when that has not been called. but at the same time, i think he has to begin to move the country towards a new chapter where he is preparing to govern. and i think he'll be talking about bringing the country together and moving past this moment we're in and towards the moment where

and a partisan hack who called susan collins the worst for omb. so much for unity. for more on this let's bring in byron york, chief political correspondent for "the washington examiner". the person that tom cotton called the political hack was neera tanden, his selection for the office of management and budget and, you know, she has been running this liberal think-tank for the past 10 years. clearly hasn't been overly gracious to gop senators. a spokesperson for cornyn's office said she has an endless stream of disparaging congress about the republican senators whose votes she needs stands zero chance of being confirmed. what do you think, byron? >> first of all, anybody's chances of being confirmed depend on the outcome of the two runoff races in georgia. if republicans win the senate, they are under mitch mcconnell. all of joe biden's senate confirmed nominees will have a much tougher time getting through. they will face more scrutiny. it all depends on that. as far as neera tanden, she was the leader of a think-tank called the center for american progress which

this is important when it comes to the issue discussed, the omb chair, office of management and budgetrmer chief of staff to vp joe biden, served on the simpson-bowles commission on deficit reduction, which got the attention of the justice democrats. a petition to keep bruce reed out of the biden administration reads like this. "putting someone who will prioritize paying down the deficit ahead of other concerns in charge for our earned benefits in turning the covid recession into a depression, rejecting him will be a major test for the soul of the biden presidency." put aside for a fact that you don't pay down the deficit, you pay down the debt and reduce the deficit. semantics, perhaps, but important ones when it comes to policy. either way, really? you going to go after bruce reed, like he's a republican trojan horse? >> it would be a dereliction of duties for these justice democrats if they weren't pushing as hard as they could to get progressives in the cabinet. the president-elect has said he wants a cabinet that looks like america, not just in terms of gender, ethnicity, what hav

mulvaney was very concerned who is at omb i don't get as concerned about it as he does.geable but the omb has been terrible for years and years under democrats and republicans as far as forecasts for economy and deficits have been concerned. so far it is less than overtly left-wing phenomenon. the market has taken it reason reasonably well. i want to finish by saying great monologue to start the hour. well-done. stuart: i will take the compliment sending my way. i like it. before we go, how are you doing? i know you don't invest much in technology and companies you don't understand. you're an old-fashioned kind of guy. how have your invests been going over the past couple of months like in u.s. -- go ahead. >> you heard me say it before i say it again i like stuff to drop on my foot will make it hurt. to make it simple. i like railroads, i like steel, i like shipping, i like banks. i like things that i understand that will do well in an economic environment. beginning two weeks ago i got out completely. i'm on the sidelines watching. i think the market is egregiously ove

you have the news that neera tanden could possibly run the o omb which prompted senator -- rather senatord by the senate, so and tom cotton, in fact, tweeted this out, joe biden we wanted to unify the country but picked national security team that's weak on china. we saw the faces right there. dhs nominee who sold visas per powerful political friend and partisan hack, he's referring to neera tanden called susan collins the worst for omb. so much for unity, ben. ben: there's a lot of bad blood for neera tanden. she's had poignant words for the right and a lot of people remember it. they view center for american progress an entity that in 2016 was dedicated ensuring success of hillary clinton, preventing success of bernie sanders and preventing the rise of a lot of the justice democrats. neera tanden is a controversial person for a lot of reasons not just statements about republican politicians. i think she's going to be a tough person to get in such a significant role. ainsley: ben, there's a story makes headlines in atlanta because the latest spider-man needs to be filmed so marvel is pay

joining us for an exclusive interview is omb's ceo.th you this morning and in terms of the own mv perspective, do you expect the new u.s. administration to have a different policy on nordstream 2 or will we see continuity? >> good to talk to you again. i do expect -- hope for a change with the new president-elect biden, but we have to remind that it was not the president who was asking for the sanction, it was the cap -- congress. in this context, i think the congress has to change the mind and initiatives. it is definitely not good to see additional threats on additional sanctions against the pipeline. it would be good to rebuild the trust in the transatlantic your relationship. europe is ready to have open arms of discussions, but it wouldn't be a discussion the pipeline project. this is an economic project. answer political european politicians are going for. , this is of for omv utmost importance that we have erode the good investment climate needed to be invested into infrastructure for a climate change program on the way to what

mick mulvaney with us right now, the former acting white house chief of staff, omb director, much, much more. congressman, there is still a possibility the president could run the table, take all of these states, but it is prohibitive. what do you think of husband odds? the -- his odds? >> sure. again, i think it's one of those 50/50 kind of situations, neil. surgeon lu, the math is moving against the president in georgia, and georgia really concerns me more than anything because pennsylvania, i think there's a chance to sort of defend yourself legally. we're already starting to hear anecdotes about a few in pennsylvania, but georgia is a state run by republicans. there's a republican governor, and if georgia turns against the president, that's probably a really, really bad sign. that being said, arizona -- i happen to agree with the reporter who just came on a few minutes ago -- i'm still confident that state turns. on the phone with folks in arizona, congressman david schweikert has been heavily involved in helping folks understand the count. he's now probably safe in his seat, so you

joining me right now is former acting white house chief of staff, former omb director, mick mulvaney. good to see you. what are is your expectation in the swing states and what's your take-away. >> there's a lot of counting left to be done. you mentioned a couple states. i don't know if you mentioned arizona in your list. i've been on the phone since about 3:00 with friends out there. since 3:00 this morning, the president has closed about 30,000 votes, was down 130,000 three hours ago, is down 100,000 now. the way they're counting votes is interesting, it's first in, first out. most republicans voted by mail first and -- everyone i talked to on the ground in arizona say they expect the president to win that state which would be a big change to the electoral map. if the president were to win arizona, he needs wisconsin to tie and michigan to win and pennsylvania becomes irrelevant. it's going to be an interesting couple of days. it's news to me that nevada decided to take the day off, which is bizarre. different states are different. there's no question about that. maria: jason miller

you used to be the omb director. >> yeah.d his administration decided to do was to go ahead and spend the money now to gun the manufacture of these -- begin the manufacture of these vaccines even as this were going through the testing process. and at the end of the day, if they don't get the emergency use authorization from the fda, they'll be thrown away. on the other hand, if they do get through it -- and it looks like both pfizer and moderna are doing very, very well -- then we can immediately begin distribution. it was brilliant, and otherwise we'd be looking at months and months -- steve: that's right. senator -- >> it's a good plan, and it is working. the american people are going to benefit from it. steve: real quick final question. so you got the vaccination. any side effects? did you feel okay after you got the shot? >> yeah. i mean, your arm hurts a little bit, but, you know, it's a very thorough process you go through. you've got to reveal everything about your life, be sure your own doctor, if you have one, is onb