tom perez is of character and strong moral. i have every confidence he'd do the job and do it well. >> i want to ask about the economy and the jobs report friday that showed that it's clicki clinging to life. there's momentum finally behind a $900 billion bipartisan rescue plan in the senate that includes aid to small business, extended unemployment benefits, other democratic priorities, but it doesn't include another round of stimulus checks. much, much smaller than your party, and i know you wanted. i want you to listen to what president-elect biden and senator sanders have both said about it. >> congress and president trump failed to act by the end of december, 12 million americans will lose their unemployment benefits they rely on. merry christmas. >> the fact that we are not addressing the economic crisis of tens of millions of people in this bill and that we're giving large corporations carte blanche to ignore the safety needs of their workers tells me this is not a bill that should be passed. >> what's your view? is the

i'm wondering whether eunice had a role in the trials of alejandro tom perez -- holly hunter of tom perez -- alejandro pompez. those are my two questions. the first onewith first. franklin frazier. in 1935, there was a riot in harlem. mayorthe riot, the appointed a commission to look into the cause of the riot. firstsaid that the commission in u.s. history where the majority of members were black. i don't know if that is true, but that is what is often written about it. eunice was part of the commission. saye are some accounts that that he was the research director. interesting story, if you look at the files of the commission, which never had much money, frazier often did not get paid until the secretary would go and beg city hall for a check for money to pay him with. they became very close, although i quote in the book some private correspondence of hers that was very critical in this first draft of the commission report, but they became very close. don't know about her later years, because i don't have those records. the raves that led to the arrest of heinz in 1937 in the raves were

tom. 'd perez visited this romantic town in front tonio last year. or 2 more cop that was it tough to merge houses and lumber in final aims is medieval town in the region of from cornea insolvent germany burley seems to have changed since the 13th century. it's almost like being in a fairy tale. this is the town's main market place. in the world it has hosted a christmas market for over 500 years. portland wark with its middle age flare as one of the most romantic places in germany and now the lights and the christmas decorations make it even more special it should be the most beautiful time to visit origin book of that album. there is no doubt about it origin world is popular with tourists over 2000000 people visit every here. there are tours in every language. with various means of transportation. or you google by foot through the town snarled by. and in streets. well that man has some highlights he wants to point out to us starting at the market place and the town hall clock which tells of a legend about how the town was safe from pillagers during

cnn is learning that the impressional hispanic caucus is pushing biden to pick california ag, or tom perez, new mexico cogovernor as dhs secretary. would any of the choices go a long way in addressing these concerns? >> oh, absolutely. there's never been latino, that is wrong. the george w. bush's attorney general was a latino. he was chris cuomo's show last night. you know, let's will put faith in to context though. he was getting asked this question, joe biden, with his vice president elect, the first african-american indian, woman, child of immigrants to be vice president. there is no bigger job that a president can pick other than his vice president and i think, i think we should, you know, as we asker for more, which we should. as we press for more which we should and which joe biden admitted, let's take a look besides him and see the amazing woman that just shattered glass ceilings. and what he said, his response was exactly right. groups should be pushing. native americans, voted for him 97%, delivered arizona. so did latinos, black women were the mvps when it comes to joe biden. yo

congressional hispanic caucus is pushing biden to pick california ag xavier becerra or dnc chair tom perez as attorney general. new mexico governor michelle liu han grisholm as hhs secretary. and by the way, she was on this program the other night. would any of those choses go in addressing these concerns? >> oh, absolutely. there has never been a latino -- actually, that's wrong. the george w. bush's attorney general was a latino. he was on chris cuomo's show last night. but, you know, let's put things into context, though. he was getting asked this question, joe biden, with his vice president-elect the first african american indian woman child of immigrants to be vice president. there is no bigger job than a president can pick other than his vice president, and i think we should as we ask for more, which we should, as we press for more, which we should, and which joe biden admitted, let us also just take a look besides him and see the amazing woman that just shattered glass ceilings. and what he said, his response was exactly right. their group should be pushing. native americans voted f

out what's the right brand and a look at government, in particular the department of labor with tom perez. what did they do to encourage this movement? what's the right brand? how does this get branded? wouldn't it be better if we all sort of pulled together under one brand? sitting there for a while, i began to think that maybe it's the wrong question or a different question. maybe a better question is to think about what our the four owe five absolutely necessary things -- four or five -- whatever the brand turns out to be, this new story of business,, this new story of capitalism has to deal with? so we decided to write. bobby parmer, my colleagues at the school, we decided to write the power of and -- "the power of and: responsible business without trade-offs" and suggest that there are five key areas, key principles, five key ideas and maybe there's a six or seven, we focused on these five, and they are connected. they give us a way out of thinking about business in the old story. but they do require a fair amount of imagination. i want to just briefly talk about these five. in the q

. >> tom perez we are told is also under consideration, the dnc chair. bacarri, you know the naacp president derrick johnson told cnn that civil rights groups are trying to land an actual meeting, sit-down meeting with the president-elect. maybe a virtual meeting with the president-elect and vice president-elect for that matter. how important is that civil rights groups are being heard as this new administration is actually being formed? >> very, very important. i know some people say give them a chance it's early but you can't wait until it's too late and you can't wait until the appointments are being made. the fact is that we have had a lot of diverse appointments to this point. but they have been deputy level positions and been advisory roles and what people want to see are black and brown people who lead these agencies because they are very qualified people who can lead these agencies. whether or not we are talking about the department of homeland security or interior excuse me and someone like deb hallen or talking about javier becerro or west or j

there are competent folks that have been put forward to the administration, javier desars, tom perez, michelle grisham for the department of justice and health and human services and our expectation is that his cabinet really reflects the diversity of america and we need more hispanics in the top cabinet positions. >> so you're saying he does need to do more in your eyes? >> yes, he does need to do more, especially with hispanic cabinet individuals in the top positions. >> congressman ruiz, we appreciate you joining us this morning. again, we appreciate the work you do in the community to treat people right now dealing with coronavirus. we look forward to speaking to you again. >> thank you. >>> all right. we have breaking news on the economy. new jobless claims just released. what does this mean heading into the holidays? next. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> okay. we do have some breaking news. layoffs remain high as the pandemic rages across america. cnn crew chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now with the new unemployment numbers. what are they, ch

congressional hispanic caucus, again writing to biden asking him to appoint either javier becerra or tom perez for the role of attorney general. wolf, i'll tell you when i spoke to the head of the naacp today he said it's less about these individual appointments and making sure that overall civil rights issues, issues that are important to these minority communities, are adequately represented in the biden administration. wolf. >> all right, m.j., thank you very much. m.j. lee in wilmington for us. let's discuss all of this with our chief political correspondent dana bash and cnn legal analyst preet bharara. dana, while it's not unusual for a president to use his pardon power liberally in the final weeks in office, what is unusual is learning that the president is actually concerning preemptively pardoning his family, his lawyer, even potentially himself. from a political perspective, dana, what issues do you see stemming from these potential pardons? >> well, in a normal time, in a normal political world with a normal president who is treated as such by his own party, it would be catastrophic

among the names they're expected to push, tom perez, the dnc chair, xavier becerra.really want to have five members of the hispanic community a part of the president-elect's cabinet. chuck? >> peter alexander reporting from biden transition headquarters essentially in wilmington, delaware. peter, thanks very much. >>> up next -- cities across the country are preparing for a massive vaccine distribution operation. we're going to talk to chicago mayor lori lightfoot about her plan after this. >>it's shiori. what? >>shi - or - i adam, emily and then... s-uh um... >>it's shiori. sh-ori. thank you, that's great. shiori (in japanese) there you go. >>yeah. (in japanese) wow, it looks beautiful! >>(in japanese) really?! i really like it. ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shhh. [ engine revs ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. ♪ ♪ heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. you live it. >>> welc

tom. we'll be covering the shipping all through the day as well and pfizer's storage facility with alex perezorning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. take a look behind me here. that is the dock where the trucks are loaded with the precious cargo. 500,000 doses already shipped out and more is expected to go out today. take a look inside this building. carefully core graphed assembly line. on trays and removed from those ultra cold freezers, placed into special boxes and lots of dry ice that can maintain those cold temperatures. those boxes then put into waiting trucks escorted by u.s. marshals for transportation. much of it headed to area airports. now each vial contains five doses and there are 195 vials per tray. today, another 400 boxes are expected to be shipped out. now pfizer officials tell me even though delivery is under way, production of the vaccine remains a 24/7 operation, something they say will continue for at least the next year. robin? >> alex, thank you. >>> u.p.s. one of the major carriers delivering the potentially life-saving vaccine. victor oquendo is at a u.

tom llamas for that story. >>> now to the massive operation of delivering those potentially life-saving vaccines pending fda approval. alex perez is at pfizer's storage facility in kalamazoo, michigan where they're getting ready for the rollout. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. it's clear it will take some time to get the pandemic under control, but one big step in that process will be getting those vaccines stored here at pfizer distributed. the company says once they get the green light, they will be ready to start moving. pfizer says once they get fda authorization, they will have some 6.4 million doses of the vaccine ready for shipping. the batch will be broken up. first 2.9 million doses will be distributed to 64 jurisdictions in all 50 states and five u.s. territories. 21 days later, another 2.9 million doses will go out to those same areas so that those people can get their second and final dose. now, some 500,000 doses will be held in reserves should any problems arise in shipping. the vaccine, which needs to be kept at extremely cold temperatures, is being stocked here in more than 300 freez

tom, thank you so much. as we await that decision, we mentioned the massive operation to deliver those potentially life-saving vaccines around the country. that mission is now ramping up. alex perezs at pfizer's storage facility right there in kalamazoo. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, cecilia. pfizer has been preparing for the moment they get the green light since march, even doing test runs and test shipments to all 50 states. now, once pfizer gets that fda authorization, they say the work of shipping the first batch of 2.9 million doses to 636 addresses in every state will begin. u.s. marshals will be on hand here at the distribution sites making sure things are running the way they should be. now, this here is a massive facility and employees will be working around the clock. trays of vials will be removed from 300 freezers where they're being stored placed into specially designed boxes that could and will keep the vaccine at the extremely cold temperatures it needs to be at for up to ten days. now, those trays are put on trucks for transportation to airports for distribution. pfizer believes it can get that first batch of 2.9 million doses out of its door