. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. one week after being named president-elect, joe biden said today that he is getting closer to naming his cabinet. the president elect and his wife jill, surrounded by secret service agents, were out for a bike ride this morning when reporters shouted questions about the presidential transition. >> are you any closer to making a cabinet decision? >> yes. >> sreenivasan: the bidens were near their vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware, where they spent several days. in washington, d.c., president donald trump, who still has not conceded, took a drive through a crowd of demonstrators who came to support him as he headed off to his virginia golf course. >> four more years! >> sreenivasan: this afternoon, thousands of demonstrators-- falsely claiming mr. trump won-- marched to the supreme court. a ballot audit is continuing in the state of georgia through next wednesday. mr. biden was declared the winner there this week by about 14,000 votes. the trump campaign continues to pursue laws

. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. president-ect joe biden and and vice president-elect kala harris had no public events today, one day after they were declared the winners in the 2020 presidential race. last night, the two celebred with supporters at an outdoor even driven light show after victory speeches. the biden-harrisaransition tems are forming and planning ann aouncements as sos tomorrow. president dald trump has not conceded and continues toow to challenge the vote with legal fights in key states. the president tweeted unproven claims of ection fraud this morning from the white house before going tois golf club in virginia. president-elect biden attended church near his home in wilmington, as he does most sundays. four former u.s. presidents congratulated biden and harris, including republican george w. bush. in his statement, bush wrote: "though we have political differences, i know aoe biden to good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country." hais, who will become the first woman, first

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good eving and hank you for joining us. we are reporting this weekend from north carolina, the last stop on our roads to election 2020 series-- but not the end of our coverage of the vote, the vote count, and the candidates on the ballots in every state. preside donald trump and former vice president joe biden, their running mates and many of their best-known political supporters are on the campaign trail these final days before voting ends on tuesday. key events this weekend are in battleground states including pennsylvania, michigan, florida and right here in north carolina. while the speeches touch oa wide-range of topics, one of the they want to know more about is climate change. we will have an in-depth report on that from here in north carolina, along with reporting onhe billions spt on advertising this election year, both coming up right after the news summary. ♪ from the lakes of minnesota, to the hills of tennessee ♪ >> sreenivasan: it's the final weekend push in the 2020 campaign season. president trump plned four

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thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. president-elect biden met with his transition advisers at h home in wilmington delaware today as the current president seemed to acknowledge he knows mr. biden won. in a tweet this morning, flagged by twitter for unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, mr. trump said "he won because the election was rigged." but shortly after, he tweeted," i concede nothing!" a group of federal and state election officials said in a joint statement thursday "there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised." but the general services administration-- the federal agency which oversees the presidential transition-- has not yet signed off on funding for the transition or approval for contact with federal agencies. president-elect biden's chief of staff ron klain said the incoming administraon's efforts to roll-out a covid-19 vaccination plan could be jeopardized. >> joe biden will become president of the uted states in the midst of an ongoin

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ca bptioning sponsoredy wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, novemr 22: another setback for the trump administration as more states move to certify the election results. covid cases surge ahead of the thanksgiving holid and, reckoning with history: a maryland college unveils a memorial to enslaved peoples. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma orfine charles rosenblum. wtr

. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, november 1: the finalin the presidentialon campaign is election day approaches; global covid cases continue tolimb forcing new restrictionand lockdowns; and jeff greenfield with an election preview. next on "pbs newshour wkend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. the jpb foundation. baara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine foundatn. charles rosenblum.

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