new york times columnist and author of "thank you for being late," tom friedman is here. money for this hair. you want to scare it off my head. what does it mean? >> well, chris, it is a real possibility that we will not be able to have a legitimate transfer of power. that if the president does lose, does contest the vote, does create massive discrediting of the outcome, we could have a prolonged period where we don't have a legitimate transfer of power for the first time in our history. i believe the stress out of that, the economic and the violence of that could be just terrible. so i'm praying that doesn't happen. but i think that we have to realize that given the extreme nature of this president, given the fact that he has no bottom, it's very clear, as i said the other night, you know, al gore when he lost in a very close ultimately supreme court decided vote, he took a bullet for the country. donald trump will put a bullet into the country. if you don't think that's true, then you haven't been paying attention the last four years. >> so when you say america as we kn

so bounce forward, with comcast business. >>> brother, tom friedman, joins us now.es" columnist, author of the best-seller "thank you for being late." welcome back. >> great to be with you, chris. >> rudy, today, moonshot? or kill shot for the cause? >> you know, watching that, chris, all i could think is if this were a russian agent, if this were moscow, a guy in moscow, declaring that our elections were complete fraud, without any evidence. i think a couple things. one, is as a country, we'd laugh it off. and, on the other level, we'd -- the cia on that guy. i mean, that is a direct attack against the crown jewel of this country. it was done without evidence, without a single court vicry. a victory. and the fact that you have a party who continues to enable that and tolerate it and not call it out is just so disturbing and so shameful. peggy noonan made a comment, tonight. if you republicans, keep calling this whole thing rigged, you're attacking the very core of our system. and what happens next time? by the way, why should anyone vote? why should anyone vote in

here is "new york times" columnist, tom friedman. >> i hope everybody moves to georgia in the next monthr two. registers to vote, and votes for these two democratic senators. >> harris: jonathan serrie's love for us in atlanta, georgia. as this runoff looms, georgia is still dealing with resolving the tight presidential race. >> yeah, we are still trying to figure out if georgia is turning blue or red in the presidential race. we are on the eve of the recount. georgia secretary of state says he wants that manual recount to begin before the end of this week. because of georgia's new electronic voting machines, they produced not only a digital ballot, but a paper copy of each digital ballot, so the recount can indeed be done literally by hand. because the margin between president trump and president-elect joe biden is so thin in this race, every single vote cast for president in georgia will be recounted. the secretary says his office is investigating specific complaints, but so far there is no evidence of widescale voter fraud. >> we believe that the best balance, we are counting actively

"new york times" columnist, tom friedman, he joins us now. tom, you wrote back in september that president trump made it unmistakably clear there were only two choices before voters on november 3rd. either, the president's elected or it's fraud or rigged. now, that we're watching this play out, in realtime, what are your thoughts? one official at the pentagon told barbara starr that these are dictator moves. >> well, great question, anderson. my first reaction is profound sadness, for this reason. anderson, we just had the most ama amazing election, in the middle of a pandemic that is getting worse by the day. more americans got up, found a way to vote by mail and in person. 150 million of them, basically. in a free and fair election. this is the most -- and -- and by the way, and friends and neighbors because this is how we do it in this country, went out and counted those ballots freely and fairly, without any major issue of fraud. that's what actually happened. it was the most amazing expression of a people's commitment to democracy since t

liberal elites are going all in in georgia, from tom friedman of "the new york times" to andrew yang. they are borderline at the prospect of a one-party democratic control of the government. then nirvana will be upon us. the great reset, reparations, a global wealth tax, open borders, gun bans and a carbon tax. that would just be a start. now we will see what the republicans are really made of pure georgia election officials better police these ballots. we cannot see control of the senate fall victim to another fraud and people need to open their check books or they are going to find their account drained anyway by this time next year. chuck schumer, he salivated. >> we take georgia and then we take the world! >> access to health care and access to justice are still on the line. >> let's give the people of georgia two new senators who will fight for your interests, not for donald trump's interest! >> georgia, then we change america. >> laura: what a goofball. god help us, he is insufferable as a minority leader. imagine him back as majority leader. every georgian must register to vote

tom friedman with "the new york times" is also backing the idea. >> i hope everybody moving to georgiathe next month or two, registers to vote for these two democratic senators running against two senators that were selling stocks before the public was aware of that information. both of them were investigated for that. >> juan: jesse, i'm glad you're back from your deep dive. i wanted to start here. there's going to be a recount in georgia. >> jesse: an audit, i believe. >> juan: a recount, i believe. can we all agree that recounts are fine but they don't move votes by the tens of thousands. so joe biden is winning, right? >> jesse: traditionally you're right about that with the recounts. i heard this was more of an audit. they're not just going to reprocess every audit. they're going to do a forensic analysis of all the ballots to see what went down there. that's fine. we'll see what happens. just the amount of scorched earth oppo drops that i've seen on these two democratic senators in the last 48 hours, my god. they sound like -- one guy backed reverend wright and another guy defund

. >> as these legal battles are playing out, tom friedman with "the new york times" has this, and the,000 elections al gore took a bullet for the country, tonight trump put a bullet in the country. most shameful thing i've ever seen. a 37 day recount process only in places where he thought get additional votes for him. if you doubt this, his lawyer wrote about it. john, these legal avenues are there, they are available to candidates who think they are winning or losing. that's what the courts are for. what do you make up for tonight to strike >> i think the president has a right to pursue whatever legal options are open to him. the most important thing, something al gore would've agreed with, was we should try to count every valid votes. we're not trying to count a legal votes, but we want to count every valid vote. they do that in a transparent way, if there are questions for potential fraud or abuse, you can go to the court to vindicate your rights. i think right now donald trump is much in the position that al gore was in 20 years ago, and ironically, joe biden is in the position -

from tom friedman of "the new york times" to andrew yang. they arere borderline at the prospect of a one-party democrat-controlled government. then nirvana will be upon us. the great reset. reparations. a global wealth tax. open borders. gun bans. and a carbon tax. that is just the start. now we are going to see what the republicans are really made of. georgia election officials better police these ballots. we cannot cede control of the senate, see it fall victim to another fraud. people need to open their checkbooks or they are going to find their accounts drained anyway by this time next year. chuck schumer, he is salivating. >> we'll take georgia and then we'll change the world. >> access to health care and access to justice are still on the line. >> let's give georgia to cope new senators whoew will fight fr your interests. not for donald trump's interests. >> changed georgia, change america. >> laura: what a goofball appear he's insufferable as a minorityty leader. imagine him back as majority leader. every georgian must register to vot

"new york times" columnist tom friedman is going to be with us, as well as pay pal ceo dan schulman, >>> check out shares of boeing the company's 737 max is safe to fly and could return to service ay january st tuned, you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc some hot cocoa? mom, look! are you okay? head home this holiday with the one you love. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. >>> coronavirus restrictions are coming back as the virus spreads essentially unchecked throughout the country. los angeles county is shutting down in-person dining for at least three weeks, including outside dining with the state of california still under a nighttime curfew, and nevada is set to tighten its rules for casinos, restaurants, and private gatherings, including thanksgiving dinners all of this coming with the stimulus package that's stalled in washington and concerning recent government economic data. joining us to talk about this, the presidential transition and much more it tom friedman, "new york times" foreign af

are come in from mike bloomberg and others and seen people diverse as andrew and columnst like tom friedmaniolate the law and move into georgia. and then stay there temporarily register and then get out basically that was their implication which is a felony everything hangs in balance now no margin for error, an if we think that georgia is a traditional red state anymore, it has had enormous changes in demography through illegal and legal immigration, and it's tech center the suburban 6 million of the 12 million people. and if question lose those two seats, i -- i don't think we'll you and i have never seen anything like the consequences in our lifetime. we're talking about structural changes to the constitution as we know it and to traditions and protocols of governess for over a century and a half. >> we'll be right back. >> live from america news headquarterses i'm jon scott for at least the next three weeks the san francisco 49ers are a team without a home. as the coronavirus continues to surge across the country, new restrictions are being enforced and santa clara county home of the 49

tom friedman, thank you very much. appreciate your perspective. >> any time, chris. thank you. >> look, any way you think about it, for me it is all about the pandemic. everything we care about has something to do with the pandemic. our kids in their schools, we know it's not working as well as it does. one case, everything shuts down. the economy, it's not going anywhere until we figure out the pandemic. that's always been true. now we have the president gets rid of the secretary of defense who is in charge of operation warp speed. that's the kind of crazy that is the basis for why he lost. now, joe biden is supposed to be the next president of the united states. this is a numbers game. and we have the main players in protecting the integrity of the process to prove it next. before we talk about tax-smart investing, what's new? -audrey's expecting... -twins! ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. ♪ i see you looking (uh) ♪ i see you looking (na, na, na) ♪ ♪ i see you looking (uh) ♪ i see you looking

that will come in from mike bloomberg and others we've already seen people with andrew yang and tom friedmanist from new york times, violate the law and move into georgia and stay there temporarily register and then get out basically. that was the indication which is a felony. what i'm getting at is everything hangs in the balance now and there's no margin for error and if we think georgia is a traditional red state anymore it's had enormous changes in democracy through a legal and illegal immigration and it is tech center and the suburban metropolis of atlanta and that's 6 million of the 12 million people and if we lose those two seeds i don't thank you and i have ever seen anything like the consequences in our lifetime. were talking about structural changes to the constitution as we know it and to the traditions and protocols of governments for over one century and half. mark: we'll be right back. look at this human trying to get in shape. you know what he will get? muscle pain. give up, the couch is calling. i say, it's me, the couch, i'm calling. pain says you can't. advil says you can.

tom friedman of "the new york times" also chimed in saying that everybody who can should move to georgia. i believe you can -- if you get there by december 5th, you can go, get a driver's license, set up shop and vote in that election, which is pretty extra ordinary. >> well, that's going to do a lot to instill confidence in our electoral system, which is already waning among half of the country. i really regret it, but half of our country right now thinks that we need to send big bird to some of these states to help teach them how to count so they can count votes. >> martha: so -- you know, there's a lot of discussion obviously among the senators about the election and about the recounts and about the contesting in several states. here's what bernie sanders just set a short time ago, and i want to get your response to senator sanders. >> the average republican senator is not an idiot. they understand that, you know, that trump has won. but one of the other things that we should all be nervous about and fearful about is the degree to which trump intimidates and scares the hell out of rep

tom friedman, thank you very much. appreciate your perspective. >> any time, chris. thank you. >> look, any way you think about it, for me it is all about the pandemic. everything we care about has something to do with the pandemic. our kids in their schools, we know it's not working as well as it does. one case, everything shuts down. there's a lack of row sources. the economy, it's not going anywhere until we figure out the pandemic. that's always been true. now we have the president gets rid of the secretary of defense who is in charge of operation warp speed. that's the kind of crazy that is the basis for why he lost. now, joe biden is supposed to be the next president of the united states. this is a numbers game. and we have the main players in protecting the integrity of the process to prove it next. how about no no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. your lips have a unique print. ...and unique needs. your lips are like no others and need a lip routine that's just right for you. chapstick® has you covered. chap

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because, you know, tom friedman has pointed out and others, that it's large -- it's often based on norms, not something, necessarily, that he is cod fifd in law. >> based on norms. based on shame. and -- and -- and leaders not wanting to be shamed. not wanting to be the one or the ones who break those norms that -- that are the pillars of this democracy. and you're exactly right. we -- we are seeing that deteriorate, right now, in a pretty big way. and they're not just nodding their heads. they are enabling this president, in a very big way. now, when you talk to republicans privately, what they say to a person is what i reported that the president says. they know he is not going to win. but there are several reasons why they are continuing to nod their heads and to enable him. the most important, from -- from their point of view, is power. and by power, i mean, they want to keep control of the united states senate. and there are two outstanding races in georgia. that is not going to happen until january 5th and they don't want to do anything to make the president so mad that he will eit

we want to help the democrats in the runoff race, tom friedman from the new york times encouraging people to move to georgia and then there's all this money coming in, senator. what can you tell us about this major donors for they include soros-funded democratic pack which gave $1.5 million and $6.23 million from bloomberg, michael bloomberg, 80% of the donations to osoff and warno ck from out of state donors in this first election cycle, what's the impact on the race? >> well i'm so proud that david perdue and i are raising funds in the state but there is a lot of dark liberal money flooding our state and they think they can buy georgia and change america into a radical socialist country. we're not going to let that happen. we have stood strong and said that we are going to keep georgia and that's why it's so important that everyone turns out to vote to defend our country, the future of our country, and that's what president trump is going to help georgians do is get out and vote because they know that everything is on the line right now. maria: well, there are reports that black lives m

you're not seeing that from the administration folks like former cdc director tom friedman did say we need to start talking about lockdowns. others suggest, like scott gottlieb, it doesn't need to be binary, either you're closed or you're open but try to encourage folks to wear masks and social distancing that needs to be done on the state level, of course, you hear local governments talking about implementing more restrictions but these numbers, sara, they're really scary 100,000 cases per day, every day since november 4th more than that, that we're seeing it's everywhere across the country. we won't be able to see the things like doctors from california coming to new york to help out because both places in the country could be getting hit hard at the same time. >> i do wonder as well meg, thank you so much, sara, about those tweets from andrew cuomo, more semi restrictions coming into play on friday when the markets started to slide a little bit. >> they're putting occur fuse on restaurants, closing restaurants in new york at 10:00 p.m. and bars and gyms and restricting in-person ga

host: tom friedman and up and down and my husband is one political pain can i the other with a primary57 years we buy what we haven't and we have extra copies. host: rosanne from california we appreciate you calling in. speaking of politics in different political events i love you but i hear politics. >> good afternoon. >> how are you? i want to thank you for my education and happy 20th anniversary. i is going through a divorce and a buyout of my husband and at martha's vineyard and i got an attorney from cape cod. i didn't understand what was going on with the money market and he recommended i read the colossal failure of common sense. and lawrence mcdonald and the inside story of the collapse of lehman brothers. and it was fascinating to me. host: did the cover that on tv? i know we covered one book on the collapse of lehman brothers. >>caller: it was so informative i have been a real estate broker i wish there was more. i did come across a great book and i found out about it you are television shows on c-span can't a won't pay. the coalition of the sum of the parts toto leverage. an

tom friedman, a columnist like i am at "new york times."evision on cuomo's show and implores people to pick up and move to georgia solely to vote in that runoff on january 5. the problem is that's a felony. you can't move to a state just to vote and then leave right afterwards. that's what the georgia secretary of state says. you also have eric lev its of "new york magazine" says these runoffs will decide who controls the senate and if you have the means and fervor to make a temporary move to georgia. he deleted that tweet. it is a felony if you do that. we have this situation here where you have a huge contest, right? it is basically like this phone is your firewall between the house and the radical side of it and president biden in terms of legislation. if you have republican senate none of the legislation that some people in the house want to pass like abolishing ice or filibuster or electoral college. expanding the senate or supreme court or reallocating police funds or ending fracking. all those things never get to joe biden if there i

>> caller: oh, i like all the political ones, tom friedman and i do have to say my husband is of one have been happily married for 57 years, so he pays the regular price and on the books he wants and i pay the regular price on the books i want and then we have extra copied of his because after all a wife has so serve her husband once in a while. that's all. >> host: that's roseanne in california, appreciate you calling in. jeany safer's book, speaking of politic, love you've but i hate your politic ises the name of her book, probably good for this season. sarah, south carolina. good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. how are you. >> host: how are are you. >> want to thank you for your education and happy 20th 20th anniversary. >> host: thank you, ma'am . >> was going through a divorce and a buy-out of my husband on mar martha's vineyard and i didn't understand what was going on with me money market and he recommended i read the colassal failure of common sense by lawrence mc mcdonald and this a inside store of the collapse of lehman brothers, and it was fascinating to me. >> host:

jacob soboroff, sam friedman, thank you. tom, thank you for being here with us. let's talk more about the vaccine. science the other day came out with an article that says listen, we have to talk about the vaccine side effects. there are side effects that can be serious and if we don't warn people about them, if we don't warn people about them there could be a real problem with misinformation when somebody starts to feel off and then warns people about the vaccines. so i take this to you, sir. >> first, it is very encouraging and very good news. no one expected vaccines 90% effective this quickly but we don't know how long. we don't know if there is rare but severe adverse effects. we want to tell me people what we know and don't know. there is a very important meeting tomorrow afternoon. it may not be a household world, but that committee is the committee that decides which vaccines are give ton everyone in the country and what the schedule is. it is a very good group. they're the top experts from universities, organizations that focus on vaccines. they look at

tom: i don't mean to interrupt, but we have to get ben friedman and adam posen together on this.rancine: adam can also come back in december. a monthly catch up. how do you see inflation from until i guess vaccine distribution. adam: i think president lagarde, governor bailey, at then powell, speaking ecb virtual conference yesterday are rightly playing down the hopes. this is partly a generic thing. a central banker doesn't want to get out on a limb and be overly optimistic, but is partly because'of the labor markets slack.- labor market's when you have slack it is hard advance- it is hard to an economy without wage growth. we were finally starting to get it. without that it is almost impossible to get inflation moving forward. when you look at the next six months, some things will spike. maybe there will be shortages of health care in the non-vaccine-oriented fields. maybe there will be a spike in education costs. the fundamental softness the what drives prices in the western world will remain. francine: i know you have been really wonderful on brexit, so i have to ask for an u