to the white house. as i was walking in, they're preparing for trump's inauguration now. they've got the stands built outside the white house. just a sign of how this is about to be a historic change in power shortly. >> yeah, just to think he left the white house in 2021 as a pariah, right? and he is returning as president-elect. in such different circumstances now as we know, you know, having the popular vote, right? winning all seven battleground states. he's in such a different position now as he sits down with president biden. the two men, they will meet in the oval office and likely discuss many topics including the crisis unfolding under the world. we know that president biden wants to bring up ukraine with him as well. the question is will trump actually listen. >> reporter: yeah, they have such different views on this. biden's national security team is working and talking to ukrainian officials as they're preparing for what that's going to look like when trump takes power. i don't think anyone f

steve covered the white house from 2017 through 2021 as the senior white house correspond and subsequently as voa's white house bureau chief, he came to the job well prepared through his extensive global reporting. with more than 25 years in asia, reporting from tokyo, india, korea and thailand, his coverage has taken him to roughly five countries. he's reported from combat zones, uprisings and amid natural disasters. he was one of the few journalists to get access to the fukushima nuclear power plants. hot zone. recently, steve said in an interview that there is always tension in the symbiotic relationship between administration and the media. we need each other, but the goals can diverge too close of a relationship is not good for democracy. but if the relationship gets distant and hostile, that is also unhealthy for informing the electorate. herman's new book how journalists can balance that relationship and how the relationship with the white house evolved over time. before we begin, just quick reminder to please silence your cell phones. you haven't already. you'll also find cards for

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white house. am looking to make progress, and i pledge to listen to those who will be impacted by the decisions i make. i pledge to listen to experts. i pledge to listen to people who disagree with me. because, you see, i don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. i'll give them a seat at the table. that's what real leaders do! that's what strong leaders do. well, with those words and this crowd, they bring to an end what has been one of the most unpredictable and contentious election campaigns in this nation's history. and now it's over to the voters. statewide, we have knocked 700,000 doors. cheering. democrat volunteers have come to pennsylvania from across america, aiming to persuade undecided voters and flooding the doorsteps today to get their base out. taking voters to the polls, canvassing. you know, making sure people stay in line to vote after the polls do close or when there's a long wait. so anything and everything. and pennsylvania has been the final push for team t

gabe gutierrez at the white house.ining us, april ryan, white house correspondent for the grio, who has covered multiple administrations. vaughn, kick us off here, trump returning to the capital, where is he right now what is the latest? >> reporter: right, he's just a few blocks away from the u.s. capitol building. this for donald trump is his first flight and first trip outside of palm beach since his election night victory over one week ago. this is a notable visit, not only to the white house to meet with president biden to really begin formally this transition process for the current administration to the next incoming trump administration, but also we are told that his motorcade has now arrived here to this location where the house republican conference is meeting. of course, speaker johnson is looking at having a narrow majority here in this next session of congress, and donald trump has not been one who is quiet during his first four years to throw his weight around over what legislation, when it came to the bu

then he went to the white house. there were reporters in the room shouting questions at both him and president joe biden. he deferred to president joe biden. joe biden didn't take questions. donald trump didn't take questions. afterwards, he had an opportunity. he could have gone to the stakeout location outside the white house. there were at least dozens of members of the press waiting for him in case he came out. he did not do that. clearly setting the tone that this is a serious moment which it is. it is not just a moment that belongs to him. it belongs to both him and president joe biden. as we continue to stress, not a moment that he afforded to president joe biden four years ago. donald trump saying that he was committed to a smooth transition of power. i cannot stress enough, this is probably one of the most, if not one of the most important moments of this transition. it could have been, maybe not as peaceful of a transition of power but this is that moment that we see how donald trump is acting, how presiden

the winter white house is over there. florida. the winter white house is over there-— florida.re is an enormous job _ over there. and what is going on in there is an enormous job of- over there. and what is going on in there is an enormous job of work. | there is an enormous job of work. the idea of transitioning to any new presidency, there are many thousands ofjobs presidency, there are many thousands of jobs that presidency, there are many thousands ofjobs that need to be filled and people who need to be appointed. the biggest and most important is his chief of staff. he went through four off them the last time and his final chief of staff ended up saying he was a fascist so he will be looking for somebody more like minded and loyal, possibly susie wilde who ran his campaign very professionally. if it so you can expect a white house that will run in a rather more grown—up line than the first trump administration. there is policy as well, being prepared, so in his first 100 days he gets plenty done, executive orders he can sign without having to put things through congress, f

white house beat reporters like the chief white house correspondents. and so we tried to work out a way where we could we could get some of those folks without our hand. and the president was very concerned about the press leaking it. and my is we only we only told people who were going be on that airplane and safety was as important to them as the president's safety was. and i didn't think they would i didn't they would leak it. plus, they were going to get one of the great stories of of, you know, that era. and so we air force one couldn't fly nonstop. crawford to baghdad. so we landed at andrews, the the base commander at andrews didn't know the president was on that plane. we taxied to the hangar. they hooked a tug up, told us he got off the plane went on the second plane, identical plane tug, pushed us and off we went. and when we did that interchange, a few additional got on andy card, who was the chief of staff, was not down in texas, got on the plane. dan bartlett, who was the communique director, and then some more senior reporters who were her

will you go to the white house? your name is rumored to be white house press secretary. is that something that has been offered to you? >> you know i would never discuss anything with my client. i wouldn't and couldn't. it has been quite the journey. wherever it leads me i will take in serious consideration. obviously my children are a big factor in that. i'm a north girl with young kids. i'm in new jersey right now. we'll see. it is a family discussion and i will say no matter what it has been the greatest privilege to be his attorney and doing this >> dana: you have had your hands full and handled it very well. we show pictures of president trump shaking hands of republican leadership there and shaking the hands of the new u.n. ambassador elise stefanik as well. he is about to give a speech. let's listen in for a moment. ♪ ♪ god bless the usa ♪ ♪ from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee ♪ >> thank you very much. this is a very nice gathering, isn't it nice? nice to win. always nice to win. a lot of good friends in this room. so you know we had like histori

will it be much more of the same or will it be trump white house 2.0?>> i think it is going to be trump white house 2.0. donald trump is who he is. he is always this person. we know some of what he will try to do in those four years. they look like the last four years, except a lot of the guardrails will not be in place. you will not have john kelly or those people who are the so-called adult in the room. you're also going to have a supreme court that is granting the presidency extraordinary new powers. so, i cannot predict -- we can take a stab that this could be a much more empowered donald trump. again, one with a party entirely unified behind them, now in power. >> in your article, you spell out all the things that make him rather unique, all the things that might discount anyone else from winning the white house, let alone winning it again. a lot happened during that first term and a lot happened in between, hence the convictions, the impeachments, and the pending cases. i hope we did not lose that signal. i will keep talking. i think you can hear

when a president goes rogue in the white house, you lose lives.saw this happened during the pandemic when trump tried to pretend there was no pandemic as bob woodward has documented extensively. he didn't have a white house chief of staff who could tell him otherwise. he had a sycophant in the form of mark meadows. the stakes are really high. and color me skeptical that she can really tell the president what he doesn't want to hear. >> when we have been speaking with trump allies on this show, a lot of them keep saying, they are in a better place than they were in 2016 and they know how to do this better and he is more prepared to get to work to do this immediately and essentially the system has been streamlined. do you think that is true? >> i don't. wrinkly, i don't see any evidence that trump learned anything about governing during his first term. i think that, again, this is one of the problems i think in one of the weaknesses for susie wiles. the great white house chief of staff scott james a baker the third for ronald reagan, leon panetta fo

so the white house party, harris and the democrats lose my mandate key based on us house elections. they lost us house elections in 2022. obviously, they lose the incumbency key. but you know, i was very critical of the democrats for viciously trashing their sitting president right out in open. i've never seen that before and i've studied our politics since the founding. i also thought they were headed for a disaster. not only would they push biden out and lose the incumbency key, but they were heading for a big party brawl and lose the contest key as well. and no white house party since 1900 has ever won re election when they lost both those keys. but somehow, maybe they listen to me. i doubt it. the democrats for one a spine and a brain and united behind harris and avoided losing the contest. key. so they're down to a mandate and incumbency. a third key they're down is foreign military failure for the middle east. it's a humanitcatastrophe with no end in sight. then there's 1/4 key that they're down. the incumbent charisma key. this is not a subjective key as people try to claim t

i was in the white house on 9/11. the white house. what i saw was a government that was not well prepared to handle a terrorist attack. how much of that is due to the truncated transition we had? it's hard to say. we didn't have as many national security senior leaders in place as we could have had, had we had a full transition. the 9/11 commission, which was sort of the most important summary of what happened for our country and why, highlighted the fact that, for president bush, the fact that he had not had his top national security team in place or in place for very long, was an important contributing factor to what occurred in our country. post—9/11, there has been a recognition that we live in a very dangerous world, and that understanding those dangers is a fundamental responsibility of the leadership of the united states government. the first weeks after the installation of a new president is a period of real vulnerability for the united states. inauguration day, even as ijust say that, - i literally get chills

on day one, when the biden administration got to the white house, you know, they presented already a comprehensive immigration bill to the house. on day one, president biden struck out maybe 90 plus trump executive orders, having to do with remaining in mexico, with border policy. in other words, that's on day one. they're able to do a whole lot. and undo a whole lot. and so, jen, what is the process now, not between these two gentlemen, but between the organizations that each one of them are going to have to transfer to the -- one to the other? >> i think what you just raised in terms of executive actions is obviously not a process that would be worked through the transition, because that -- those are policy decisions. would you like me to stop? will they talk? you want me to keep talking? >> no, no, yes, this is -- this is -- >> i didn't want to talk over them, jose. all right. i didn't want to talk over them. okay. i would say in terms of just to pick up from what vaughn said, this is really important for people, i think to understand how it normally works in a transition, when it

caroline: kailey leinz outside the white house, we appreciate it.ore on this growing clout elon musk has over in washington with michael sheppard. where do you think the rubber hits the road from the perspective of washington? we know elon musk, how focused he can be on stripping out cost and hone a particular issue and managed to ultimately provide. whether it be cars or rockets. what about efficiency cuts and $2 trillion worth? michael: great question. to cuts to the heart of whether this effort will actually produce the kind of results elon musk expects. maybe seeding with donald trump. the truth is, every expert who understands government spending and government performance sees a vast difference between how an agency operates and how corporate entity is run. in many ways the differences are so stark when it comes out employees are contracted, paid, what they are judged on. also simply what kind of service or good or product they are trying to provide. ed: i want to be clear with our audience. the department of government efficiency per the deta

what will his return to the white house mean for the us climate policy?licy? thanks for having me. there is no sugar-coating - policy? thanks for having me. there is no sugar-coating it. | there is no sugar—coating it. trump returning to the white house is a serious blow to federal action climate change. but at the same time, the transition to a clean energy economy is well under way in the united states due to the economics of clean energy and the incentives that have been put in place over the last four years. so we saw in the last years. so we saw in the last year $284 billion of investment in clean energy manufacturing and deploying wind and solar. those investments are going into states led by republicans, as well as states led by democrats. and i believe that any attempt to roll them back will face a bipartisan opposition in congress. that would be — opposition in congress. that would be encouraging for people like yourself, things that are happening within the united states. but on the international stage, what does it mean for other countries if t

you are in the white house, in the white house.his is the reality. >> some of that, it's almost the polling you have seen where it starts to democracy. it almost means different things to different people. there are a lot of republicans especially within the trump orbit who believe that welfare has been used against those who support donald trump. so the line jonathan used to say, oh, it could be those who were indicted one too many times. if you are on drums and you are saying, it's because they were targeted for believing in me. this is for the replication of the welfare system against whether or not i believe that to be true is irrelevant to where their frame of mind is to frame what jonathan is saying more largely to what trump would believe on that subject. >> look, i think if someone is indicted and not necessarily found guilty of a thing -- i remember once upon a time when my friends on the other political side would say people should be given second chances and opportunities. president-elect is within his right to consume w

fight for control of the house of representatives stands right now after the democrats' loss of the white house and the senate, house progressives are taking stock and taking aim at their party's message. we talked to a member of the progressive caucus this hour. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the new additions to the second trump administration. the president-elect hiring more of his loyal allies for key positions with fresh announcements possible at any time. the in an actor, katelyn collins, is in west palm beach , covering the transition for us. what have you learned, first of all, about trump's latest picks? >> reporter: it has been a busy two hours or so here in palm beach. i expect that we could get more announcements, potentially as soon as tonight or tomorrow, as donald trump is making these choices. he has been taking about for some time, certainly at least steffanik as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. her example is one of those that he can today she has accepted that position. bu

in now be reentering the white house. ., , ,, now be reentering the white house. . , ,, , house.ld be made a lot _ house. in that process could be made a lot easier— house. in that process could be made a lot easier if— house. in that process could be made a lot easier if the - made a lot easier if the republicans when the majority of the house of representatives — and we will find out that detail in the next few days. yes, republicans are hopeful of taking the house. we don't have the results yet, but they've taken control the senate, and if they win control of the house as well, that means they have the presidency, the senate and house of representatives — and house of representatives — a real clean sweep donald trump. and donald trump will now be in a more powerful position than he's ever been before. why? because the potential control of both houses by the republicans, then as well, if you remember when he won in 2016, it was a bit of a surprise — it seemed as if his camp wasn't actually quite prepared for that transition. this time, it's very different. the people around him

donald trump's white house return will make - white house return will make history.on to serve as president after a jury found he'd falsified business records. but that and other criminal allegations didn't end his political career, far from it. this was his first inauguration, second time around, donald trump looks to be more powerful than ever. jessica parker, bbc news in washington, dc. let's get the latest now from our correspondent helena humphrey, who's outside donald trump's estate in florida. will mr trump's phone be glued to his ear, taking these calls from world leaders and then trying to find people to work with him here at the white house? i find people to work with him here at the white house?— find people to work with him here at the white house? i should definitely exect so. the white house? i should definitely exoect so- the _ the white house? i should definitely expect so. the nation _ the white house? i should definitely expect so. the nation has _ the white house? i should definitely expect so. the nation has picked - the white house? i should defi

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here are tran11 pictures of the white house rose garden. any minute president biden will address the nation for the first time since his party's defeat at the polls this week. he spoke with president elect donald trump yesterday to congratulate him and invite him to the white house. the speech comes as democrats grapple with the future of the party and many of harris's allies placed some of the blame on biden for not dropping out sooner. a lot of finger-pointing here this morning. as we await the president speech i'm joined by our guests. president biden's message will be straightforward. tell us more about what we are expecting to hear. >> this will be the first time president biden is speaking publicly since voters decided to send donald trump back to the white house. expected to reflect on the election results and talk about the country coming together in this moment. president biden also will be talking about the transition. advisors have insisted that he wants to ensure there is a peaceful transfer of power. that is something that was

a lot of docking to make the cut for white house. with donald trump taking his first job announcement naming his top political aide susie wiles as his white house chief of staff. she will be the first woman to ever hold that post. alayna treene is here with more. what should people know about susie wiles and what her pic means potentially, for how the white house will operate this time around. >> reporter: chief of staff was always going to be the first announcement he made and it is massive. particularly, when you know how donald trump operates and how he ran the white house the first time around, some chief of staff did not have as much power as they have had in the past. with susie wiles at the helm, it shows that she will have a big role in whatever happens moving forward with regard to the transition and to operations overall. one key thing to keep in mind is she has been incredibly loyal to donald trump. loyalty is one of the things that donald trump values most and the people he surrounds himself with. really, she stuck by him

he also wants to show off being at the white house.ep in mind as i talk to people close to him, he has been reveling in his win. this is his first opportunity to show himself. donald trump has essentially been behind closed doors since he won the election. he's been playing golf. he's been meeting with club members at mar-a-lago as well as various allies taking phone calls. i was told once again, this is donald trump's show. he's putting on his i am going to be president, i am the president-elect, i am now landing in washington and that's where he wants the focus to be. one thing to keep in mind, he has not weighed in on that senate leadership fight, and that is intentional. we've seen his allies trying to slam everybody. but even rick scott, built up privately, they're trying to get him to endorse rick scott. he has not done that. and we'll see what happens moving forward. >> to that exact point, you've got interns of who is up for the job in the senate. if you don't know their names, maybe this is a real test, a first fest of what's

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white house briefing room. what do you think on that looking forward, not back? guest: the whca, the white house correspondents association, they set up where everybody seats, so your seat is pretty much guaranteed. where the real challenge will come in, there is always a lot of people standing on the side who are from smaller outlets, maybe podcasters. under the biden administration, they were coming in. they were asking questions. there were a couple issues. the biden administration sought to crackdown on that bike having everyone need something to go in. or they would escort you. very limited in what you could do. whereas before, if you had a day pass, you could come in, grab a seat where the reporters sit, and spend your day working there. you really cannot do that anymore because of some changes because of some issues. so it will be interesting to see if they are more easier on who they grant press passes to, who they -- you know, outlets we do not traditionally think of news outlets coming in. on top of t

this morning, a white house snub. melania trump, first lady-- lady- lady- elect, although we don't actually call it that, is turning down an invitation to the white house from dr. jill biden. >>> it's a tradition that presidential historians say is healthy for democracy. the traditional of the outgoing president to invite the incoming president to meet at the white house. and also a similar meet and greet between first ladies. this year, that tradition might be broken. melania trump is expected to turn down the white house invite from jill biden. those sources saying that mrs. trump has a scheduling conflict related to her newly released memoir. one source, though, adding that the decision has not yet been finalized. joining me right now is kate bennett. our former cnn white house correspondent. also the author of "free melania: the unauthorized biography. " it's great to see you, kate. let's start with this. >> good to see you, too. >> we don't know what is in melania trump's mind, or anyone's mind, of course. and wh

white house, u.s. senate and possibly the u.s. house. it is close. earlier this morning trump huddled with house gop leaders and here he is just before that meeting. >> it's always nice to win. a lot of good friends in this room. so you know we had like historic kind of numbers. especially for the president but we won't get into that. the house did very well. we worked with a lot of you to get you in and you helped me and you helped me, too. and my numbers were, so they say, the 129 years the most important election in 129 years. that's pretty good. >> harris: today's traditional presidential transition meeting could be an awkward one. biden and his fellow democrats are likely still hurting from their crushing defeat in last week's election. many of them have been quite emotional. biden also threw plenty of shade trump's way in recent weeks including calling his supporters garbage. you remember that moment. we have an expert lineup of analysts ready to breakdown what we see coming out of the oval office this hour. we'll begin with peter doocy on the

>> well, in that call with white house staff last night, i'm told that white house chief of staff jeff zions told the team that they still have a lot of work to do over the coming weeks. one thing that the administration will be focusing on is trying to safeguard some of those key biden legacy items. they want to get more aide to ukraine. they're also working to ensure that they have rules and implementations for some of the laws that have been passed, things relating to climate and the environment, as well as potentially trying to push through some additional judicial nominations. now, president biden next week is set to attend a pair of summits, the g-20 and the apex, which will put him right in front of many of the world leaders, who are also grappling now with the future of a trump presidency. but the biden team has made clear that they believe that they have a lot of work to do in these closing weeks of his administration. >> arlette saenz from the white house, thank you so much. john? >>> all right. while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight. the new message from v

— to the white house? thank you so much for— to the white house? having _ to the white house? thank you so much for having me. - to the white house? thank you so much for having me. i- to the white house? thank you so much for having me. i think| so much for having me. i think the biden administration is telegraphing what trump will do by trump proofing the policy, helping ukraine as much as humanly possible before the next administration comes in. ukraine and zelensky are terrified that trump would be fine with ukraine never recovering crimea, even though ukrainians are hell—bent on trying to get that piece of territory back. trump, i think zelensky is afraid that trump is willing to throw them to their wills. trump is favourable of putin, so right now biden is very nervous this is going to unravel, matters why saw zelensky come to the united states not long ago in order to shore up support not just with the oval office but also congressional allies to ensure this is a truly bipartisan issue. i am not a huge fan of mitch mcconnell per se, but much

the white house press office version when they put this out says support her.ays he was referring to the insult comic who spoke i think about 4 hours before president trump came on the stage at madison square garden and they say that he was not referring to all trump supporters. the white house stenographers supervisor sent an email that fox has seen calling the transcript change quote a breach of protocol and spoiling of transcript integrity between the stenography and press offices. house republicans say it may be illegal and they are asking the white house to hang onto other documents related to the president 's comment and the transcript because all of these things go into the presidential archives and files and all of that and they take every word and every 'very seriously. so let's bring in out kick founder clay travis and former deputy assistant secretary for state for strategic medications for hillary clinton and now cq our solutions principal. good to have both of you with us. i just want to actually put this up on the board "wall street journal" opini

we want you to come to the white house. you may not have heard of lee atwater, but he was the original hardball operative. he makes karl rove look like a kindergarten teacher. i spend the whole day there, meet everybody. at the end of the day, he looks me in the eye and says what would happen if ronald reagan did not run again? 60% of americans thought he was too old. i said i foresee you are down three keys, and easy predictive win. look what happens if reagan doesn't run again. incumbency key, that is four. chris bush, robertson and kemp are going to fight like crazy. that is five incumbent charisma, forget it. bush is about as charismatic as a new jersey shopping center on sunday morning. atwater looks me in the eye, breeds a huge sigh of relief, and says thank you so much, professor. in the rest is history. >> given that the keys are so stable, what would happen if biden had run? >> you can't, because you don't know what would happen if biden had run. for example, the harris candidate ci think helped two keys at least.

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a first-floor parlor in the white house.'50s, mamie eisenhower placed a tree there every christmas. a tradition that has carried on through administrations. the honor of supplying the tree goes to the farm that must win state regionals the nationals. only to be dubbed grand champion grower. we visited the farm last week where it began its journey to stardom. >> it's got perfect line. >> reporter: what makes it perfect? >> it's not too this way and it's not too slim. >> reporter: hand-picked by white house staff, volunteers now do the decorating. >> out of the whirlwind of glittering garlands will come the warmth and comfort of the season. i can't wait for you all to share in it. >> reporter: the white house ending the great christmas tree debate. a tree this nice can definitely go up before thanksgiving. >> as far as i'm concerned, it's never too early for christmas. on that note, i wish you a very good night. i am symone sanders townsend in first stephanie ruhle. catch me on the weekend on our show the weekend and from all

it brings people together in meaningful ways. ♪ ♪ >>> the race for the white house is over, but the battleongress still rages. republicans have secured the senate, but the house is still up for grabs. democrats have 205 seats, with republicans at 213. the magic number to reach a majority is 218. republicans are just five seats away from a unified government. democrats still have a chance, with the majority of the remaining races in california. in the senate, republicans will have at least a 52 seat medora majority. vote counting is still underway into of the swing state state races. president elect donald trump named susie wiles, one of his longest-serving advisers, involved in all of his campaigns. she will be the first female in the key white house role. we are introduced to this veteran operative. i believe we had an issue with that report and package. >>> a federal emergency worker has been fired for letting her politics get in the way of helping hurricane victims. her name was not released. she told a disaster relief team to skip homes with signs supporting donald trump for president.

she worked in the white house as a scheduler in the 1980s. of fixed herself in florida and has been a long time political strategist in the state. she was widely credited for donald trump's success in 2016 in this state. she went on to help ron desantis become governor. and then there was a bit of a brief pause when she didn't work for donald trump, then she did come back. donald trump tapped her specifically for his third term to lead his campaign and she did quite a job. on stage in his victory speech, he credited her, singled her out as one of the people that led him to victory. and what we saw from that speech was him at nick naming her the ice maiden, saying she is someone who usually stays in the back. but he has now elevated her to one of the top jobs. and we saw so many republicans floating her name for the job after many republicans floating her name for thejob after mr name for the job after mr trump's name for thejob after mr trump's victory, so she is someone who is widely respected and feared in gop circles. what does her appoint

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we will bring you the latest on that. >>> tonight, the race for the white house is over, but the battleto control congress remains underway. we know republicans have secured the senate, but the house is up for grabs. democrats right now with 200 for seats and republicans with 213. the magic number is 218. republicans now just five seats away from totally unified government. the democrats still have a chance with the majority of the races remaining in california. in the senate, republicans will have at least a 52 seat majority with vote counting underway in arizona they are neck and neck with more than 80% of the votes counted and in pennsylvania david mccormick is holding a slim lead over the democratic incumbent, with 100,000 votes still being counted. >>> this week president biden is set to host donald trump for a meeting at the white house. the administration working to shore up his legacy in the final 72 days. we are joined now. what are we expecting to see this week and with this meeting? >> reporter: president biden is trying to restore this tradition by hosting president-elect tr

in the trump white house. so i decided to do a deep dive exploration of infighting, the white house, to see if it had happened in previous before the trump administration. and spoiler alert it did. i was just going to ask you that and so now i was looking for new topic that would speak to our current moment. and what i noticed is that ceos and big companies are more powerful than ever before they affect so many aspects of our lives. i mean, the you know, the iphones we carry cars, we drive the fuel that powers cars. i mean, these all come from big corporations. but at the same time, ceos seem more unpopular than ever. and we're in a weird moment where both and republicans seem hate corporations. and so i thought now is as good a time as any to explore the history of ceos and their big corporations and big a theme in this book and in some of your past books is conflicts. a fight house was about conflict inside the white house between staffers who work for the same boss belong to the party. this book, the power

in the white house. maybe elon musk will get an office at omd or maybe he will want one of those very big offices available in the executive office building beside the white house. he could get one of those. but it seems unlikely he will get an office in the west wing of the white house where the action really is and be able to just walk down the hall to see the president when ever he wants to. the big offices in the west wing of the white house go to the white house chief of staff and the vice president. the white house chief of staff susie wiles will no doubt use much of her bureaucratic infighting skill to keep elon musk as far away from real power as possible. if elon musk were actually going to be the head of a department, a cabinet secretary, he would have to go through confirmation hearings. which would be a televised festival of conflict of interest for a major defense contractor elon musk tacking a position inside the government that would allow him to push for more money for his government cont

fix, and joe biden may meet at the white house?— white house? a date has not been set _ white house?use? a date has not been set yet, but _ white house? a date has not been set yet, but we - white house? a date has not been set yet, but we are told it will happen in the near future. donald trump did an interview with nbc news today interview with nbc news today in which she discussed how they had spoken over the phone and he was invited for lunch and he really appreciated that the call it was very respectful and he looks forward to that. all part of the efforts kick off the transition. the democrats essentially emphasising that they will have a peaceful transfer of power and really trying to underline that they are a party that believes that is necessary for american democracy to function correctly. so all eyes will be on that visit, of course but we already know donald trump is spending his days at the moment taking numerous calls from world leaders, as many as 70 so far. as the new president—elect begins to assemble his team — tom bateman has been taking a look at who else might on

trump will return to the white house with a republican house and a republican senate. and tonight, the new leader of the senate, the first new leader in nearly 20 years. >>> also, those images coming in right now. that new wildfire breaking out late today in new york city, smoke and flames in manhattan. residents being urged to keep their windows closed. >>> tonight, targeting the homes of two kansas city chiefs stars. authorities investigating back-to-back burglaries at the homes of travis kelce and patrick mahomes. you'll hear from mahomes in a moment here. >>> tonight, lyle and erik menendez. a new d.a. elected in los angeles, and what he's now signaling about their future, suggesting, "not so fast." our interview with the new d.a. tonight. >>> the factory explosion in louisville, and now, we have learned it was deadly. >>> the dramatic coast guard rescue. the fishermen forced to abandon ship in 47-degree water. >>> the "full house" star revealing his battle with cancer tonight. >>> and "america strong" this evening. we all cherish those moments when we wave good-by