according to the law, there is something called the white house transition council and executive agencies. these folks have been working since september talking with each other about the next steps of a new transition. the biden campaign has been critical of the gsa administrator, emily w murphy who is a political appointee of the trump administration. the new york times says miss murphy has the legal authority to turn on the transition, releasing $6.3 million in federal funds budgeted for the effort, making office space available and powering team members to visit offices to request information. but there is no specific provision for when she must act. an ascertainment has not yet been made. she added the gsa and the administrator will continue to abide by fulfill all requirements under the law and adhere to prior precedent established by the clinton administration in 2000. what is this ascertainment? are you familiar with that? ascertainmentm comes from the statute itself. thean be thought of of winner of the race is the president-elect. what the trump administration is doing is using t

incite people to violence before the calls to boycott civil disobedience and the so-called transitional council there was no violence these actions by the opposition changed everything. although former president appeared at opposition press briefings the government has no plans to arrest him at least for now but he's only surrounded by police the police say that's because it was there that the transitional council has announced the arrest of leaders and members has struck the opposition especially here in the economic capital abidjan many have gone underground to continue what they say is that demand for justice and respect for the constitution. the secretary general of f.b.i. party rican for a country where everyone should respect the law or one should not have you know some right but also also some obligation of 5 years for. indecent safety or if i think. we're fighting for justice. the government has declared more position leaders wanted and said more arrests will follow in coming days ivory coast presidential election was marred by violent protests as the 2016 referendum and president alass

s chairman of the transitional council and the council is charged with the responsibility of organizing fresh in the actions remember they rejected the elections held on saturday calling it a sham saying that less than 10 percent of the population participated in the election and that 90 percent of the in the trade rejected what it called sham election and therefore they will continue to push president ouattara to quit the state but what kind of busking in the glory of new victory of a 3rd will stand for them until probably when their recent invention in such an quarters like the international community for rico solution requires the nation could be a government of national unity 0 pressure on what to do to quit or to a seat to the demands of the opposition so basically it's good it's still a dicey reach situation in ivory coast the opposition use istead that what illegitimate whatever system it was given a mandate by more than half the voting population of ivory coast but the situation in i've been on the rest of ivory coast today howard thanks that's how it is reported that thank you.

reporter: the opposition have just declared a national transitional council, and they say they will forminteri government within the next few hours. they have the aim of holding free, fair, and transparent elections. this is huge news. here on "france 24." spokeonse earlier on with a spokesperson for the government, who said this declaration of a transitional council from the opposition is illegal, unconstitutional, and proof of their failed attempt to boycott the electoral process here. all of this controversy essentially stems from a stand for the third term in office, something the opposition considers unconstitutional. the ivorian constitution sets a two-term limit on the residency. anchor: a reminder of our top stories here. at least operation underway in vienna. reports of at least one person dead and several injuries after an incident near a synagogue. austria's inteor ministry says the incident is believed to be an act of terror. hours before the campaign officially draws to a close, donald trump and joe biden make a last ditch appeal to voters ahead of election day tomorrow. and

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the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convene the national conference for national be conciliated with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast let's hear now from armitage as you heard the latest developments from. he supporters i started about this victory they call it a month slight and this much was expected since the 2 leading candy or position candidates announce that they are boycotting the election in fact his only challenge in the vote in the election pulled only 64000 votes out of the 373000000 215000 votes and i saw it on the other hand scored 3000000 and 31000 votes but the opposition leadership is saying that the vote was illegal unconstitutional so also was a lesson or 2 as candidacy i said result they form their own transitional council and it by one of the contestants who pulled out of the we can vote. for economy former president from 1980 to 1990 and saying that very soon the ro

the watada administration oh there is no agreement with what ministration about forming a transitional council or transitional government at the time for the time being what we have now is. the person we are you spoke about who police have surrounded or visited his house earlier today is now has been appointed by the opposition as the head of the transitional council in ivory coast so already the government has reacted angrily i wonder what officials called for legal steps and legal actions to be taken i guess monico to begin as well as. a few guess now who are not who made the announcement yesterday so there's no agreement between the 2 but many ivorians and observers from foreign and domestic institutes hoping that reconsideration will be at the top most should be the top us priority of both sides so that ivory coast can not be sent or may not descend into what we sow in 201-2011 after the elections that former president by boat if used to sort of concede to president and us and whatever and sammy davis giving us the latest on ivory coast talking to us from a thank you. a prominent journalis

the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convene the national conference for national be conciliation with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast armitage just as following this for us from a bridge on a med where to from here it does seem that the 2 sides are at an impasse now. absolutely and every side is insisting that it's right a lot and worked out for peace camp it's a celebration time. excuse with. his supporters are extra ticket about this victory they call it a long slide and this much was expected so the 2 leading opposition candidates and also they are boycotting the election in fact. his only challenge in the vote in the election pulled only 64000 votes out of the 300 sorry 3000000 250000 votes and that's not on the other hand scored 3000000 and 30 $1000.00 vote but the opposition leadership is saying that the vote was illegal unconstitutional so also was a lesson or 2 as candidacy res

the homes of key opposition figures have been surrounded by police after some announced a transitional council saying they would prepare for a new election the government called that and are front to constituted authority. on monday the opposition issued a statement setting up a transitional body in the face of such a serious situation it is important to strengthen security and ensure that there are no surprises the government said it deployed at least 35000 security personnel across the country for the vote at least 9 people were killed in fighting between political supporters and security forces on election day according to local authorities dozens were also reported killed in election violence. the opposition has denounced the latest actions by security forces and say they will not give in to intimidation says that dichotomy not do these unjustified nighttime armed attacks by elements of our forces bear witness to a serious setback toward democracy and an unacceptable abuse of law and individual freedom. on tuesday night the convoys of 2 cabinet ministers were attacked and some people repor

the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convene the mashable conference for the national become silly ation with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast. still ahead here on al-jazeera the w.h.o. warning of a critical moment is the pandemic 2nd wave companies. and the green shoots of recovery in the slums that could help feed some of brazil's worst. we got something of a change of the weather taking place across western parts of europe over the next few days at the moment you can see we have still got plenty of clatter rolling in from the atlantic tightly packed ice about its west and windy but at least it is mild further east we have got so high pressure in shots high pressure down across the meadows well here is fine and sunny spring a set to stay that way as we go on through choose the at least down towards the south and showers running across the remaining a ukraine pushing up towards the west

the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convene the national conference for national be conciliated with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast. afghanistan's government's declared a national day of mourning after monday's attack in kabul university at least 22 people were killed and dozens were injured were gunmen stormed the campus eisel has claimed responsibility for the account of 40 has more from kabul. they demand justice for the victims while blaming the government for failing to protect them dozens of students gathered outside kabul university to mourn the dead from monday's attack turned a spaced out of there. to head off a few days back i lost my brother who was a soldier fighting in the war he was only 25 years old but received his dead body and it's very brittle that the students who are not involved in military and politics who are only here to continue their studies are investing ge

the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convery mashable conference for national be conciliated with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast already interest is following developments from a boozer. the stories we hearing from ivory coast and the incidents being reported of thousands of my border is now fleeing across the border into neighboring countries signifie said the situation is far from calm in ivory coast now with a call for muster demonstrations from. the opposition leaders and as well as the and also meant of a transitional government has sort of taken the situation to a higher notch and a lot of people believe that in the next few days when the opposition try to implement what they say or what they call a transitional program in ivory coast when they lose an elected president we are bound to see a lot of violence on the streets by the way there were incidents earlier reported today at

the homes of key opposition figures have been surrounded by police after some announced a transitional council saying they would prepare for a new election the government called that and all front to constituted authority. on monday the opposition issued a statement setting up a transitional body in the face of such a serious situation it is important to say and then the security and ensure that there are no surprises the government said it deployed at least 35000 security personnel across the country for the vote at least 9 people were killed in fighting between political supporters and security forces on election day according to local authorities dozens were also reported killed in pre-production violence. the opposition has denounced the latest actions by security forces and say they will not give in to intimidation says that dichotomy not do these unjustified nighttime armed attacks by elements of our forces bear witness to a serious setback toward democracy and an unacceptable abuse of law and individual freedom. on tuesday night the convoys of 2 cabinet ministers were attacked and some

the homes of key opposition figures have been surrounded by police after some announced a transitional council saying they would prepare for a new election the government called that and are front to constituted authority. on monday the opposition issued a statement setting up a transitional body in the face of such a serious situation it is important to strengthen security and ensure that there are no surprises the government said it deployed at least 35000 security personnel across the country for the vote at least 9 people were killed in fighting between political supporters and security forces on election day according to local authorities dozens were also reported killed in election violence. the opposition has denounced the latest actions by security forces and say they will not give in to intimidation says that dichotomy not do these unjustified nighttime armed attacks by elements of our forces bear witness to a serious setback toward democracy and an unacceptable abuse of law and individual freedom on tuesday meet the convoys of 2 cabinet ministers were attacked and some people reporte

and the white house transition coordinating council sets transition policy and then it's carried out in the departments and agencies. and so that is well underway. and when you look at the leadership there, there's a co-chair of the white house council, mark meadows, and the person who is running it is day-to-day. his co-chair is chris long isla island. a lidell has experiences in transitions as he ran mitt romney's effort in 2012, when you had the first preelection transition act, where the candidates were given office space and resources after the nomination. so, biden has already had the office space and secure communications, even though this year they operated mostly through zoom. so you have -- you have that set up. and internally, within his operation, they set up their transition beginning very early, and it's headed by a person who is also a pro, ted kaufman. ted kaufman was a senator from delaware, and during his tenure, he worked on transitions. and in fact, the 2015 transition act is named after him, that ted kaufman and mike levitt, presidential transitions improvements a

they also started to allow biden officials to sit on the transition councils. ition, keep in mind, this isn't biden's first rodeo. he went through a transition process with president obama and reportedly he is making good progress on his personnel list and he's already published policy plans. the outstanding question is when the trump administration is going to pull the trigger on the post-election transition process. >> and what needs to happen for this post-election transition process to proceed? >> by law, the administrator of the general services administration has to ascertain the winner of the election. historically the administration has made that ascertainment shortly after a winner is declared. an anomaly were 2000 because the results of contested. unfortunately, the administrator confirmed yesterday that the gsa is not yet ready to make that ascertainment. that means additional funding, additional office space and the ability of biden personnel to enter federal agencies and departments can't kick in. concurrently the biden team can't finalize the vetti

the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convery mashable conference for national reconciliation with a view to the return to definitive peace in our free coast we go to the philippines now or at least 20 people have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit the country this year as a massive cleanup operation underway in the wake of super typhoon gone with one region reporting 90 percent of his infrastructure damaged the storm made landfall to the east of the country traveling westward through sunday past south of the capital manila and then into the south china sea jamelle island dog reports now from when a button in albay province one of the worst hit areas. helen pitino was inside her home with her 2 children when flash floods swept them all away they held onto each other and climbed onto a floating matches nearby they all survived but ended up hundreds of meters away from their home helen went back the ne

there is a transition council that's behind it and there's a transition team that's been in place and working. but all of the agencies will act according to the ascertainment as it happens. there's actually a memorandum of understanding that occurs between the transition team and the existing administration, and that also provides a guidepost by which the agencies will work with the transition team. so, all of those activities need to take place, and they can't happen and they won't occur until this moment takes place of the ascertainment. so there's a very significant moment that's happening here -- >> it is -- >> yeah. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you. that memorandum of understanding you're talking about, is that a predetermined thing? is it a template? or does that negotiation become, would you have called both the outgoing administration and the incoming administration and written down the agreement that they have about how things are going to go? >> the negotiations happen between the two. so, between both the existing administration and the incoming administration. >> after the as

the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convery mashable conference for national reconciliation with a view to the return to definitive peace in our free coast. for a look at our breaking news story this hour. the austrian interior minister has been speaking out confirming that several people have been injured some believed to have been killed one person has been confirmed to have been killed in that shooting in central vienna police are saying one attacker has been killed but others may be on the run so the indication is that there are several people thought to have been involved in this attack which has taken place in the center of the capital city of austria vienna took place near the city's main synagogue though it's not clear that that was necessarily the target of the attack well austrian journalist mark perry joins us on the phone now from the city of simpleton just outside of vienna about some of the repo

reason why they are surrounding biggest house is because that was where the declaration for transitional council took please now with the information we're now getting is that mr gesang has now been formally arrested had been bored out with god not he was trying to cross into gun although they did snow statement from the office of the public prosecutor all the police this is the information we're getting from. you would have sources who were informed about the arrest of the ivory coast guard the border how is this crackdown. affecting the will of the of the opposition them are all. for the time being it looks like the arrests have sort of some impact on the protesters or the demonstrators and party supporters who. he got to go on to the streets to demonstrate i guess the elections results as well as the candidate child for president alassane ouattara however when you talk to party officials and opposition members i'll go not on camera they will tell you that they are still determined to challenge the legality of president alassane ouattara candidature and election so therefore these the thing is

according to the law, there is something called the white house transition council and executive agenciesese folks have been working since september talking with each other about the next steps of a new transition. the biden campaign has been critical of the gsa administrator, emily w murphy who is a political appointee of the trump administration. the new york times says miss murphy has the legal authority to turn on the transition, releasing $6.3 million in federal funds budgeted for the effort, making office space available and powering team members to visit offices to request information. but there is no specific provision for when she must act. an ascertainment has not yet been made. she added the gsa and the administrator will continue to abide by fulfill all requirements under the law and adhere to prior precedent established by the clinton administration in 2000. what is this ascertainment? are you familiar with that? ascertainmentm comes from the statute itself. thean be thought of of winner of the race is the president-elect. what the trump administration is doing is using that

the homes of key opposition figures have been surrounded by police after some announced a transitional council saying they would prepare for a new election the government called that and our front constituted all thought. on monday the opposition issued a statement setting up a transitional body in the face of such a serious situation it is important to strengthen security and ensure that there are no surprises the government said it deployed at least 35000 security personnel across the country for the vote at least 9 people were killed in fighting between political supporters and security forces on election day according to local authorities dozens were also reported killed in pre-production violence. the opposition have denounced the latest actions by security forces and say they will not give in to intimidation says that dichotomy not due these unjustified nighttime armed attacks by elements of our forces bear witness to a serious setback toward democracy and an unacceptable abuse of law and individual freedom on tuesday i meet the convoys of 2 cabinet ministers were attacked and some peopl

has troops surrounding his house he said although the announcement for the formation of a transitional council was. videos house they have no cause to arrest him because he. it's not directly quoted to say people should go on the streets as well as setting up the transitional government but however because of the fact that these animals that took place at his residence they are continuing to blockade his house when this time but that blockade is going to be relaxed this afternoon when tribal leaders from biggest region will attempt to meet him later this afternoon and these rests this intimidation is it breaking the will dispirit of the opposition. well many of them have gone underground and it's difficult now to call an opposition leader to speak to the media a lot of them feel they are being specifically targeted by government forces and with the threat something arrest they feel the best way is to go underground however some of them we spoke to insisted that it was still maintain their course and ask for and demand for justice well as respect for the constitution for the time being they are

another press conference this afternoon the 3rd in as many days they initially announced a transitional council and what we expect now probably that we naming members of those councils already we know that that council is headed by former president horry. was also one of the candidates that boycotted the elections presidential election was held on saturday a statement interest with all the latest for us covering that for us from the bridge or thanks so much and. now ugandan opposition leader musician bobby wian has been arrested again have a look at this video was posted online social media showing police forcing their way into his car his party says police broke into the vehicle a full system out this all happened very shortly after he handed in his nomination papers for next year's presidential election he's been calling for a long time president yoweri museveni to step down well our correspondent jim webb is monitoring developments from neighboring kenya. he's admitted his nomination papers and was successfully qualified to be a presidential candidate he wants to challenge president obama 70

the homes of key opposition figures have been surrounded by police after some and i was to transition of council saying they would prepare for a new election the government called that and our front constituted authority. on monday the opposition issued a statement setting up a transitional body in the face of such a serious situation it is important to strain then security and ensure that there are no surprises the government said it deployed at least 35000 security personnel across the country for the vote at least 9 people were killed in fighting between political supporters and security forces on election day according to local authorities dozens were also reported killed in pretty election violence. the opposition who denounced the latest actions by security forces and say they will not give in to intimidation says that dichotomy not do these unjustified nighttime armed attacks by elements of our forces bear witness to a serious setback toward democracy and an unacceptable abuse of law and individual freedom. on tuesday night the convoys of 2 cabinet ministers were attacked and some people

the winner, and things are looking that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security councilstion about it. >> it wasn't a full throttled admission, but it seems like he made the admission that joe biden is the president-elect. are we expecting more to come? >> that seems to be where the messaging is moving. it is moving in baby steps. first we started seeing last week talk about "well, even if biden doesn't ultimately become the president, we'll start the briefi inings briefings, no harm done there." also i'm hearing from folks that there is a theep if we have to glet get to december 14th, once the electoral college votes, then they will say well, we don't agree with the results, the election was stolen from us, but the electors have voted and now we have to move forward from here. that is almost a month away still. we are starting to see a few cracks in the g.o.p., but the one to watch for is mitch mcconnell and what he does next. as far as people who have influence in the republican party he is number two behind the president at this point. >> and we will certain i will be

we'll have a very professional transition from the council. >> reporter: in floyd county the recountdiscovered 2,600 ballots that had not been originally counted. that could narrow joe biden's lead by some 800 votes. president trump not happy with the recount complaining signatures on mail in ballots are not being verified tweeting georgia won't let us look at the all important signature match without that the recount is meaningless. georgia's republican secretary of state responding not true. >> well there's no truth to that first off. we have signature match. >> reporter: the trump campaign also rejecting reports it is withdrawn parts of its lawsuit in pennsylvania. saying they only restructured in another case. tim murdoch saying the fundamentals in our case have not changed we're still making the argument that ballots were counted in secret. president trump has made it clear he has no plans to concede in the election. >>> coming up at 10:30, california's next senator and the call for governor newsom to appoint a latino or latina person. >>> and robbers targeting a high end jewelr

we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council there's no doubt about it. >> reporter: congress is still struggling to push through another coronavirus relief bill. something that's been stalled since the summer. with u.s. cases topping 11 million and health fishes warning of a winter surge the urgency for action could be building in washington. >> there's no time to waste. the numbers are troubling in places all across our country. >> reporter: biden doesn't want congress to wait until he's in office to pass a stimulus bill. he says it should be done quote now, not tomorrow, now. on capitol hill, caroline shivley. >>> victims of crime targeted for their race, and sexual orientation. what officials say about the recent rise. >>> a union store boutique stormed by robbers. how they made away with thousands of dollars of goods in just minutes. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow. but you can work out anything with comcast business. get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nation's largest gig speed network. flexible tools - like wi-fi

>>i will have a very professional transition from the national security council is no question about it the trump campaign has filed lawsuits in several states challenging the election and so far some judges have ruled against invalidating ballots or changing the results of the election. the trump administration still hasn't agreed to let its health officials work with presidentelect biden's transition advisers, a move the nation's top infectious disease experts said is crucial to the quick distribution of covid vaccines. we want to get doses to people starting in december. >>and then we want to really get the ball rolling as we get into january february and march. >>we want to smooth a process with that and the way you do that is by essentially having to 2 groups speak to each other and exchange information. >>that was kareen wynter reporting tonight. georgia is continuing its hand count of the nearly 5 million ballots cast in that state, georgia republicans they're watching very closely. president elect joe biden leading over president trump by more than 14,000 votes at this point.

, you know, obviously things look that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council, there's no question about it. >> reporter: there is a stunning allegation in the georgia recount. the state's top election official says he's coming under increasing pressure by some republicans, including south carolina senator lindsey graham to throw away legal absentee ballots to reverse president trump's loss in the state. graham said that's ridiculous but did confirm he asked how ballots are verified. nicole killian, cbs news, wilmington delaware. >> ahead on "cbs this morning" we speak with georgia's republican secretary of state brad raffensperger about the pressure he is facing from his own party to exclude legally cast votes. >>> president trump is reportedly expected to order troop reductions in afghanistan and iraq. news outlets cite u.s. officials who say the plan would leave 2500 troops in both countries. right now there are up to 5,000 troops in afghanistan and more than 3,000 in iraq. republican leaders are warning about making a rushed exit from afghanistan. they say

winner, and obviously things look that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security councilere's no question about it. >> with me now is john podesta, who was white house chief of staff in the clinton administration. he was also co-chair of barack obama's transition team in 2008 and is also the founder and director of the center for american progress. mr. podesta, always great to see you. thank you so much for spending some time with us today. it's quite something the way that robert o'brien frames whether joe biden won the election or not is news at this point, but that's where we are because this president has refused to concede and even that comment is -- represents a break from the president for a member of his core team. but i'm hoping you can take us behind the scenes of what you did in 2008 as you were trying to transition from george w. bush to barack obama and particularly i think let's start with the health care piece of this just because we're dealing with this vaccine news and a massive potential challenge in distributing millions of doses of this vaccine. what i

you know, obviously things look that way now, we will have a very professional transition from the national security council question about it. >> reporter: tonight a stunning allegation in the georgia recount. the state's top election official says he is coming under increasing pressure from some republicans including south carolina senator lindsey graham to throw away legal absentee ballots to reverse president trump's loss in the state. graham said that's ridiculous but confirmed he did ask how ballots are verified. norah? >> o'donnell: interesting war between the republicans. nikole killion, thank you. tonight president trump is expected to significantly reduce u.s. troop strength in afghanistan and iraq. now, that's despite warnings from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and fired defense secretary mark esper that the move could lead to more violence in those countries. cbs news has learned american forces would be cut by about 2,000 in afghanistan and by 500 in iraq. that would leave roughly 2,500 u.s. troops in each country. there is also some breaking news tonight from central america. hurrican

robert o'brien, sent a different message today, predicting a, quote, professional transition from the national security council. >>> among the many layers of governor newsom's announcement today, youth sports, dr. mark ghaly said his updated youth sports guidance plan is not ready to be released as previously plans. that means the current rules remain in place. bottom line, no cif competitions are allowed until further notice. right now bay area high schools are planning to begin football practice next month for a shortened season in the near future. but, again, youth sports, that big announcement that was supposed to come today has been postponed. >>> some school districts now will have to rethink plans for reopening classrooms. parents at san jose unified had to decide today if they would send their kids back to class in january. the governor might have just made that decision easier for them. a purple tier means no schools with kids in grades k through 6 can reopen unless they receive an emergency waiver. counties that move to red can bring kids back to class but with many more restrictions. in san jose's f

winner and obviously things look that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council. no question about it. >> the national security adviser robert o'brien went ton say america passed the baton and peaceful transitions even in the most contentious of periods. this is all new. hallie jackson at the white house. the president drn have public appearances yet again today, but, man, on the twitter. >> reporter: boy ask he, shep. is he ever today feels a lot like yesterday, feels a lot like the day before the president is repeating baseless and inaccurate claims he won the election. obviously he did not we are in an interesting moment here in this transition of power when the fact that the national security adviser is acknowledging there will be a transition and a hand over of power to the next president is new. right? normally that's not news normally in november after an election heading into transition, those processes have already gun. what you see currently, shep, a real concern and our team reporting on this within various agencies and departments here inside the trum

transition process. bill, one national security council official told cnn 42 never received any guidance on the transitionmessy. if the trump gsa official is not allowing the transition to go forward, which appears to be the case based on our reporting, what does that mean? >> i think the fbi can do the briefings and process security clearances but a lot of informal coordination you want to happen. mcconnell said that the president has every right to do this. i'm old enough to remember when conservatives made a distinction what is the right thing to do and what the right thing to do is. we used to think the president should try to do the right thing, not just exercise every possible arguable legal power they have regardless of the sake of the nation. what about covid? the president-elect is having meetings about a pandemic that is killing more than 1,000 people a day and the president so far as we know is paying zero attention to it. >> karen, president-elect biden is trying to set the tone for his administration's approach to the pandemic which is his main priority right now and main focus. take a listen

to be the winner and things look that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council. >> reporter: as for former president obama, his message to trump is it's time. >> my advice to president donald trump is if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing. >> reporter: we learned today that president donald trump is expected to issue an order as early as this week to withdraw many troops from afghanistan, bringing that number down to 2,500 troops. sources familiar with the matter are telling our colleague jake tapper that the president was warned against doing that very same thing by the former secretary of defense mark esper. esper in a memo to the white house warned the white house earlier this month it was the consensus of the u.s. military chain of command that no more troops should be withdrawn from afghanistan until conditions on the ground, specific conditions on the ground had been met and as of that memo, those conditions had not yet been met. those sources also said they bel

and it's-- obviously things look that way now-- we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council. >> stephen: no surprise that o'brien is starting to ease the big man out of the white house. before serving as national security adviser, he was special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. so we know how this is going to end. "sir, leave the building now, and we will fulfill your list of demands: legal immunity, a highly inaccurate bathroom scale, a bottomless bucket of k.f.c., you get to meet the colonel, a letter from your dad saying that he loves you, a letter from the colonel saying that he loves you, and a second bottomless bucket of k.f.c., and a second even faller skyscraper in new york with your name on it that also, if i am reading this right, has-- has-- -- think about this, meanwhile instead of arguing with a tolder, biden is calmly preparing to take the reigns of the government, unfortunately the government hasn't been company rating he had has been denied office space and din-- woman explaining why she will call the cops on this cookoutk emily murphy. murphy was inst

, you know, obviously things look that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security councile's no question about it. >> obviously things look like that now. >> good morning. >> that's an unforgivable moment of honesty from president donald trump's national security adviser, coming close to admitting that joe biden has actually won the election. joe biden is the president-elect. a lot of republicans are now using the same kind of mealy mouthed language saying it likely joe biden will be president but refusing to outright say it and let this transition begin in earnest. david sanger, national security analyst and reporter for "the new york times." david, you've got remarkable reporting we'll get to in just a minute. first, though, errol, the biden team is getting briefed today by national security experts who aren't part of the administration because the administration won't cooperation with the transition. at what point are republicans do you think going to move beyond this mealy mouthed profiles in cowardice language and just say joe biden is the president elect and deserves

the biden/harris ticket appears to be the winner, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council. there's no question about it. >> reporter: as for former president obama, his message to trump, it's time. >> my advice to president trump is if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing. >> and just as we learned on monday that president trump is expected to issue an order as early as this week to begin drawing down more u.s. troops in afghanistan, bringing that number down to 2,500 before he leaves office in january, sources familiar with the matter also telling cnn that the secretary of defense, mark esper, who was fired last week by president trump, that he warned the president and the white house in a memo earlier in month against doing exactly that, warning that it was the consensus of the u.s. military chain of command that no more troops should be withdrawn from afghanistan until specific conditions were met on the grounds in afghanistan and it was the assessment of that chain of command

winner and obviously things look that way now, we'll have a very professional transition from the national security council, no question about it. >> here a what he heard from maryland's governor hogan. >> the president is tweeting all day and night about beating joe biden instead of let's have a successful next couple months, focusing on these problems. >> you're saying focus on transition, and when is the right time to accept this outcome? >> tomorrow would be two weeks, and the time has come. he's just not listening to the advice. >> regardless of the president's complaining and spinning of unfounded conspiracy theories, it's simple. joe biden got 5.5 million more votes and exceeded the number of electoral votes needed to be president. gloria, i want to bring you back in to talk about this. what is trump up to with these denia denials? what is his end game? >> look, at this point the answer to his end game, his end game is the way that he can leave thinking that he has convinced the american public that he didn't lose, the election was rigged, and somehow somewhere he has a way back to american politica

winner and, obviously, it looks that way now we will have a very professional transition from the national security council. >> reporter: as for former president obama, his message to fru trump? it's time. >> my advice to president trump at this late stage of the game to put the country first, it's for you to do the same thing. >> reporter: we learned that president trump is expected to issue an order as early as this week to draw the troops down. jake tapper is learning according to sources familiar to the matter that the recently fired secretary of defense mark esper warned the white house that any further draw downs of u.s. troops not advised that the u.s. should not withdraw more troops from afghanistan until conditions on the ground had been met and that it the unanimous consensus at that time that those conditions had not yet been met. when secretary esper sent that memo to the white house earlier this month. those sources telling jake tapper that is one of the main reasons the president is believed to have fired secretary of defense esper last week. >> this is a really serious development. jeremy, t