philip, you are the white house bureau chief for the "washington post" for a reason. you don't speculate. you report. so, you just stated that there's a possibility, an outside possibility, that he doesn't come to this conclusion and this goes on until inauguration day. at some point in between there, there will be an electoral college vote, which then makes it harder to fight back on it. but what do people tell you is the worst-case scenario? >> well, that would be the worst-case scenario, that the president continues to challenge the election result, that he continues to encourage his millions of followers around the country not to believe the integrity of the vote that he cast out about the validity of our very democracy in this country, and that he refuses to accept that biden is his successor. now, what that physically means on january 20th, when he's supposed to vacate the white house, who knows? and i'm certainly not going to speculate about that. but it's a dangerous scenario, because, as you just quoted barack obama saying in his book, the world is watching.

. >> philip, you are white house bureau chief for a reason.at some point in between there there'll be electoral college vote, but what do people tell you is the worst-case scenario? >> well, that would be the worst-case scenario that the president continues to challenge the election result, that he continues to encourage his millions of followers around the country not to believe the integrity of the vote, that he casts doubt about the validity of our very democracy in this country and refuses to accept biden is his successor. now, what that physically means on january 20th when he's supposed to vacate the white house, who knows, and i'm certainly not going to speculate about that, but it's a dangerous scenario because as you just quoted barack obama saying in his book, the world is watching. this is the most powerful and important dem oxeracy in the world, and what we have right now is a sitting president challenging the very integrity of our election system. >> philip rucker is the white house bureau chief for "the washington post." phil, th

white house. and "washington post" white house bureau chief and msnbc political analyst phil rucker is here with some of his new behind the scenes reporting. great to see all of you. so ali, i want to know if you are hearing any reaction yet from the biden transition team to the gsa finally saying what most people have known for a very long time, joe biden is the president-elect and deserves all of the mandated benefits of a transition. >> we got that reaction immediately last night, chris. as soon as the gsa sent over that letter, the reaction from the biden transition team was just that, finally. they had been making this case over the course of the last two weeks that the only job of the gsa here was to deem biden the apparent winner. they said that by all standards and metrics that we had seen to this point he was the apparent winner. and now that reality is met now in the gsa's letter of ascertainment. one top transition official saying they were getting the ball rolling immediately. johannes abraham saying in a statement that the transition team will begin meeting with federal officials to disc

let's bring in our panel, michael steele, senior adviser at the lincoln project, phil rucker, white house bureau for "the washington post," and yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for "the pbs news hour," welcome all. michael steele, let me ask you about the republican party. where do you go now, where does the republican party go, the people in the lincoln project, never-trumpers, former republicans, all of those, national security and military officials who came out against donald trump? he is the republican party now, isn't he? [ inaudible ] michael, i'm sorry. we have an audio problem. >> i got it, i got it. >> there you are, it's the mute button, i've done it myself so many times. >> there you go. >> and i thought i was hearing you, that's how tired i am. >> my apologies. very quickly, to catch up, you know, yeah, he's the titular head of the party, has been since 2016, when he received the nomination. >> hasn't he solidified his support? >> more than solidified the support. but the results of the election aren't over. and as we're seeing the evidence come in, as the votes continue

covering the biden transition in delaware, nbc white house correspondent peter alexander, co-host of "westbound today," and phil rucker, white house bureauhief for "the washington post." mike memoli, from your reporting, the president-elect is not getting the presidential daily brief which was in fact given to george w. bush during the protracted recount during bush v. gore. that was more than a month, and before certification, i should say. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. you know, as we were first really diving into this, quote unquote, ascertainment issue with the general services administration, a lot of the early focus was about simply just how it would impact biden and his team's ability to hit the ground running. they couldn't get office space. they couldn't get the funding being appropriated to them. they couldn't begin to get access to the agencies to take stock of what needs to be done. increasingly we're hearing from the biden transition and democrats on capitol hill about the very real national security implications of the fact that the gsa has not given this green light for both the intelligence community and the white ho

white house. ali vitali following the biden campaign from philly. phil rutger, the white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and dr. kavita patel. mr. alexander, we've seen the polls in swing states get a bit tighter in recent days. plum president trump, how is he feeling about his chances, and are the closing messages really they're going to try to steal this from me, or is it about policy? >> the president and his allies are drawing confidence not so much from the polls that show him trailing but really from the size of his crowds. to know what is happening in this race, you have to watch where it's happening. the president again today making five stops as you noted. he ends in grand rapids, michigan, late tonight, the same place he closed his campaign out four years ago. part of his closing argument is a swipe at dr. anthony fauci and that effort to cast doubt on legal ballots counted after election day. the president on the fauci issue repeatedly claimed we're rounding the corner on the pandemic, despite infections, hospitalizations, deaths all surging. last night when hi

let's bring our starting three guests into the broadcast tonight starting with phil rucker, white house bureauef for the "washington post" and coauthor of the long time best seller a very stable genius and former acting solicitor general during the obama administration and he has argued 42 cases before the u.s. supreme court including one just this morning. thank you for joining me. we are just starting off with two guests tonight. phil this, may call for a prediction on your part. what can we expect from donald trump in the next 12 to 24 hours? we see the plot line developing in this race and we see mostly his supporters showing up in places like that while votes are being counted. >> brian, what we heard from the president in his remarks overnight last night and also on twitter today is a call out to his supporters. he believes that the election is being stolen from him even though there is virtually no evidence to prove that. it is not being stolen. these are legal ballots being counted in an orderly and legal way. but he has claim this ongoing counting of ballots is a conspiracy to steal t

phil rucker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief for "the washington post." coauthor of the long time best-seller "a very stable genius." stephanie ruhle, senior business correspondent for nbc news, veteran of the businesses and banking world of course the anchor of the 9:00 a.m. hour on this network. and ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser under president obama. good evening, and welcome to you all. phil rucker, i'd like to begin with you, your beat and your newspaper which reports republicans are saying that trump is becoming a political burden. this apparently came out of a conference call. two questions for you, phil. when are they going to come forward with names and faces? and how could trump -- we're seeing there both georgia senate candidates. how could trump politically adversely affect that georgia senate race, which is ball game for senate control? >> well, you're right, brian, to say it's ball game because if those two senate seats were to fall into democratic hands then chuck schumer would become the majority leader of the senate

carol lee is at the white house and phil rucker is the white house bureau chief for "the washington postand msnbc political analyst. good morning to all of you. so ali, with these new announcements, the president-elect is keeping with a theme we've seen so far. experience, diversity, firsts. what's the latest on these announcements from biden world, and have you heard how the president-elect is doing this morning? >> yeah, chris, a busy monday morning here in wilmington. and a rainy one at that. but we're hearing a lot of new news on this monday as the president and vice president-elect are getting their first presidential daily briefing today. it comes as we're also getting a better picture of who the staffers are going to be in this white house, making history of an all-female slate. the premium being put on washington experience as well as diversity both in terms of race and gender, but also in terms of diversity of lived experience. several of the women announced are mothers so you're getting a real diversity of america's experience, even just among women in that list of picks there.

phil rucker, pulitzer prizewinning white house bureau chief for "the washington post." coauthor of the long time best-seller "a very stable genius yates. susan page, veteran journalist, best selling author of usa today, washington bureau chief. she was of course moderator of the vp debate this cycle. she is the biographer of barbara bush. her next work will profile speaker pelosi. and jeremy bash, former staff at the cia and pentagon, former chief council to the house intel committee. mr. rucker, i'm going to begin with you and your beat. you share a four-way byline. i note tonight in "the washington post" with some real detail from behind the scenes. "trump was described as angry about the situation. he called political advisers monday to say he had doubts about the gsa initiating the transition to inquire about whether he could block certification of the michigan result and to express reluctance to travel to georgia to campaign for the two republican senators facing runoff elections, according to officials and advisers." what is going on behind the scenes, fiphil ruck

and the white house bureau chief and co-author of "a very stable gen genius." welcome to you all. ali, we're hearing some names in some cabinet picks. take us through it, and some of the decision behind these names. also the schedule we're expecting from joe biden today. >> reporter: well, we're expecting to see joe biden today as he does a virtual event with the conference of mayors. we're also expecting to hear from him tomorrow as he rolls out this first slate of cabinet picks. you laid it out right there, the names we're hearing and the agency heads we might see tomorrow. roles at state department, national security adviser, as well as ambassador to the u.n., you laid out their backgrounds here. tony blanken is the name we're expected to hear as head of the state department. jake sullivan, aide to hillary clinton at the state department. someone who will be the national security adviser there. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, a long-time diplom diplomat. we expect that to be a cabinet-level position in this administration. that's something each president decide

politics, policy and more.erhale and the aforementioned phil rucker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureauhief over at the "washington post."tz co-author of the longtime best-seller "a very stable genius. well, good evening to you all. phil, most immediately to start with your beat, we haven't heard from the president this week. we saw him today. what's your reporting on where he is on his personal journey?fr >> well, brian, his emotional state is quite fragile. we've not seen or heard from the president in several days with the exception of this morning on a rainy day in washington.n. he went out to arlington national cemetery to lay a wreath in observance of veterans day. but he has not been doing much governing as best we can tell. he's actually fighting hard to keep a job that he doesn't same content to do at the moment. rather he's been lighting up the phones from the white house. he's been calling friends, advisers, allies in what one official describes to my colleagues, ashley parker, josh dawsey, and myself as a search for good news. he's just casting about for somebody to tell him

remember when i was named white house communications director coming off the campaign and into the white house in 2005, in the transition, elizabeth miller, the washington bureau chief of "the new york times" wrote a piece and i think it said, white house aide aims to defrost the briefing room. and of course, i did not have that effect, because a press operation usually takes on the personality of the principle. and one of the personalities of the biden campaign was that it didn't leak. and i always had this pet theory that had something to do, you know, the tone is always set on leaks at the top and i always felt it had something to do with now president-elect biden and vice president-elect kamala harris just not tolerating leaks. what can you tell us about how they sort of fill lof sickly dealing with reporters like yourself? >> well, i can say that obviously reporters are going to be pushing for information, but i think given, again, my experience with most of these women, when i ask them a question, they -- the answer is something that i feel like i can trust that they're answer is accurate. that their answer might not always been forthcoming, there's goin

also joining us, "washington post" white house bureau chief phil rucker is back and david plouffe is here, as well. i want to show everyone what all of these nominees sound like, they spoke today. let's listen. >> america at its best still has a greater ability than any other country on earth to bring others together to meet the challenges of our time. >> to end this crisis, the whole world must come together. >> my fellow career diplomats and public servants around the world, i want to say to you, america is back. multilateralism is back. diplomacy is back. >> the department of homeland security has a noble mission, to help keep us safe and to advance our proud history as a country of welcome. >> you know that i have never shied away from speaking truth to power. and that will be my charge as director of national intelligence. i worked for you for a long time and i accept this nomination knowing that you would never want me to do otherwise. >> to the american people, i had the honor of serving as joe biden's national security adviser when he was vice president. i watched him pair st

you very much we'll be talking throughout the night let's now bring in washington bureau chief outside the white house in washington out on the street in a fellow what's happening where you are what's the situation. well people are still pouring in ever since the news broke or washington kind of turned into one huge big party receive people you know from all different backgrounds you see very many young people they are so happy saying this is kind of how our future can be saved many of them very very unhappy about the fact that donald trump and his administration have left the climate the paris climate agreement so it's still a huge party but we always have to keep in mind yes this is the capital of the united states but it's not representative of the united states it's a very liberal democratic a bubble there are some trump supporters gathering on the other side of the white house it's a very small crowd but we hear from our colleagues out out and about so to speak as trump supporters also do come together but right here as you can see people are just like poor even they are chanting they're dancing

our washington bureau chief and she's standing by outside the white house in washington . are you there. i'm here yes. you may be here the fireworks are. what do you think people where you are one to hear from joe biden when he takes the stage and just a short time. this indeed i mean people who are on the streets here since hours the moment the news kind of spreads joe biden will be the next president of the united states and room move into the white always just right behind me people who went to the streets here of washington d.c. and started to celebrate but i have to say the mood is changing a little bit in the last hours i mean it's you know it's 8 o'clock so molecule is involved the younger crowd it's kind of you know i shouldn't say the younger of crowds the families kind of left and there are more majority. young people closer to the white house we just saw some fireworks and so i think this all leads to probably the main message joe biden will deliver tonight i'm sure he wants to reach out to everybody in the united states and the ones to send out the message plea

same beat for the past 3 years my colleague alexander phenomena covered the white house for us she is now our brussels bureau chief and in money shots covers german politics and that includes chancer on the america's struggle to connect with us president donald trump to all 3 of you it's good to have you here on this election even as i want to start with you u.s. presidential campaign there marathons we know that now we've got the final sprint to the finish it may or may not be over tomorrow night what are you expecting right brained i mean for voters and actually also of viewers who are hoping to know who the next president of these united states is. i think they will be disappointed if they think we will have resolved by tomorrow night or even early wednesday morning this result of this election hangs on only a very few states and that has a lot to do with how this country works and so much of the electorate deciding to use maiden ballots this year people are going to have to be patient so i think it's going to take at least a couple of days before we know who the president of the united states will be in

same beat for the past 3 years my colleague alexander phenomena covered the white house for us she is now our brussels bureau chief and emmanuel shabazz covers german politics and that includes chancer on the america's struggle to connect with us president donald trump to all 3 of you it's good to have you here on this election even as i want to start with you u.s. presidential campaign there marathons we know that now we've got the final sprint to the finish it may or may not be over tomorrow night what are you expecting. right brained i mean for voters and actually also of viewers who are hoping to know who the next president of these united states is. i think they will be disappointed if they think we will have the results by tomorrow night or even early wednesday morning this result of this election hangs on only a very few states and that has a lot to do with how this country works and so much of the electorate deciding to use made in ballots this year people are going to have to be patient so i think it's going to take at least a couple of days before we know who the president of the united states will

same beat for the past 3 years my colleague alexander phenomena covered the white house for us she is now our brussels bureau chief and shahs covers german politics and that includes chancer on the americas struggle to connect with us president donald trump to all 3 of you it's good to have you here on this election even as i want to start with you u.s. presidential campaign there marathons we know that now we've got the final sprint to the finish it may or may not be over tomorrow night what do you expect right brained i mean for voters and actually also viewers who are hoping to know who the next president of these united states is. i think they will be disappointed if they think we will have the resolve by tomorrow night or even early wednesday morning this result of this election hangs on only a very few states and that has a lot to do with how this country works and this is so much of the electorate deciding to use made in ballots this year people are going to have to be patient sell i think it's going to take at least a couple of days before we know who the president of the united states will be in is

we want to cross now it to ina's poll our washington bureau chief who is standing outside of the white house you know it's good to see you there what's the mood like. i know i lost the line i come to you anymore maybe you can hear me it's amazing oh dear i mean people are chanting they just were coming in from all over the place it's like one big party and they didn't say you're alone 7 often the result was announced that you heard good to hear like cars honking on the streets so i have some technical problems all be back with you. all right looks like a festive mood there in front of the white house with paul will bring you back into the studio now with stacy bevan's from our u.s. election team i mean that is washington d.c. where we see standing would you expect that kind of reaction in d.c. or for that matter in philadelphia where we've seen our correspondent often simon's share i think that for you know a lot of the voters 74000000 of voted for joe biden this is a sense of relief for them no more in the middle of the night sure ain't tweens or you know no more active to visit this within

white house several hours later with supporters cheering the president's motorcade from the side of the road has so far as we just heard refused to concede defeat in the election. is washington bureau chief in this poll is outside the white house in washington tell us what's the situation where you are. well you know it's a little more than 7 hours since washington since the united states actually says the world knows that joe biden will be the next president next year or the integration will happen and generally 20 years and people are still streaming here they're pouring in they're bringing their dogs they're bringing their children they're pretty instruments there they're like partying on the streets all over i mean having that said we always have to keep in mind that washington is reality is really a liberal bubble so this is not representative of what is going on in this country we just talked about how divided of the united states is at this point after 4 years of donald trump even more so than ever before but right here now this is a moment of joy people are happy that is the huge relief that the man in the white house has to leave in 70 days or so they can band mentioning t

let's go over to white house. 0ur senior north america reporter anthony zurcher. not any white house! in the bureau. 3pm in the afternoon here on the east coast, what is your ta ke here on the east coast, what is your take away? which way do you think this is going? at this point, it seems like momentum is heading towards joe seems like momentum is heading towardsjoe biden. seems like momentum is heading towards joe biden. when seems like momentum is heading towardsjoe biden. when we were talking overnight, but we were looking at was donald trump having leads in states like wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, we were wondering, there are boats out there remaining to be counted. are there enough votes out there in favour of joe biden that he can class way back oi'i joe biden that he can class way back on top? and about 4:30am this morning, joe biden did exactly that in wisconsin, at 6am this morning, joe biden did that in michigan. wisconsin has been called forjoe biden. now michigan is trending his way. pennsylvania is a heavier lift, but description put it out, there are a lot of ballots that lo

abc news white house correspondent rachel scott, ap washington bureau chief julie pace and senior nationalry moran. julie, i want to start with you. we began this program with a tweet by donald trump. it seemed like he was moving towards saying he lost because he said he won, referring to joe biden we assume, because the election was rigged. well, just a short time ago he tweeted again and this time he said, rigged election, we will win and that was followed by he only won in the eyes of the fake news media. i concede nothing. what do you make of that, julie? was that an accident where he said he won? did he not mean to say that or is it just a typical day in tweet world? >> it seems like a typical day in tweet world with big consequences. this is the second time we saw the president inch up to the line and publicly acknowledging what we all know and what we know the president knows privately is that joe biden has won because he won the most number of states and the most number of electoral college votes, not because the election is rigged. the president wants to keep pushing that message

now david lean's washington bureau chief paul is outside the white house in washington in 1000 happening where you are. well you know it's no limits less than 7 hours since the united states know who their next president is and i'm a just a couple of 100 meters away from the white house and people are still poor ring in there bring their signs they are dancing they're bringing their children their own bikes. and skateboards it's still a big big party out here in washington we have to keep in mind that washington is a very very liberal bubble in the united states but it is i have to be honest here it is quite amazing to see the mix of those crowds it's young people older people boom and people a 1000000000 people with. children african americans asian women with headscarves so this is like a real real mix of what the united states is as well. a lot of people have described to us as the most important election in their lifetimes what's at stake exactly can you walk us through the topics that really motivated people to vote. right you know we were able to travel this country all of us all o

president trump will be spending election night at the white house we're joined live this morning with washington dc are bureau reporter raquel martin raquel democratic challenger joe biden is ahead in the national polls but president trump is it you know just all out of the race how do you think he's spending his final hours. well good morning and happy election day we got a notification from the white house late last night, not much on the president's schedule at this point all we know that is he is headed down to virginia later this morning to go to the republican national committee office likely to visit with campaign staffers and then he'll be headed back to washington dc where he'll spend the night. >>looking at the polls act the white house. now this is a much slower pace than what we've seen from the president in the coming days just in the last 3 days he's held 14 rallies and just yesterday he had 4 key battle3round states pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin and north care carolina, all key states. he's clearly trying to galvanize his base and get them out to the polls today. definitely trying to close

and weeks to come i want to bring in now detail the use washington bureau chief to join us she is standing outside of the white house in washington d.c. to get the latest for us there tell us what is happening where you are. well since the moment the victory of joe biden was addressed to washington d.c. the capital of the united states turned into a big party place hundreds of people thousands of people i think it's fair to say i was still coming towards the white house i'm just standing a couple of 100 meters away from and it is a very very happy joyful mood here by the we have to keep in mind washington is not the united states the united states much more d. whited and i mean sure now people come out to want to celebrate and a half of the country if you have to keep in mind is no devastated and disappointed and that will be the big challenge for joe biden the next president of the united states to bring this country together again and he has what kind of reaction have we seen out on the streets have we seen protests and who is mostly coming out she protests if so. it's happy people they want to celebrate that's th

has been a difficult 4 years for relations between europe and the white house so where is it likely to head now i didn't use brussels bureau chief alexandra farm naaman was based in washington until just a few months ago and joins us now welcome alexandra so what would a 2nd term for donald trump mean for relations between europe and the united states . it could be a potential disaster many here feel or they fear that donald trump could feel freer and more empowered to pursue his every whim in global 1st and there are so many issues at stake let's take climate change the european union needs to work with the united states to tackle climate change that's not likely to happen donald trump wins that stake trade trade issues the europeans are very eager to resolve don't know it's trump has strengthened mess of sanctions on the mess of tariffs on european cars and of our goods and let's take nato donald trump has repeatedly questioned the american commitment to the alliance and that was corrosive to the underlying trust among l. lies and many here fear that he could decide to leave the lions if he gets reelected and so would ha

has been a difficult 4 years for relations between europe and the white house so where is he likely to head now i didn't lose brussels bureau chief alexander farm norman was based in washington until just a few months ago and joins us now welcome alexandra so what would a 2nd term for donald trump mean for relations between europe and the united states it could be a potential disaster many here feel they fear that donald trump could feel freer and more empowered to pursue his every whim in global 1st and there are so many issues at stake let's take climate change the european union needs to work with the united states to tackle climate change that's not likely to happen if donald trump wins let's take trade trade issues the europeans are very eager to results don't know it's trump has strengthened message saying sions on mess of tariffs on european cars and of our goods and let's take nato donald trump has repeatedly questioned the american commitment to the alliance and that was corrodes it to the underlying trust among l. lies and many here fear that he could decide to leave the alliance if he gets reelected and so would

bureau chief. jonathan carl, chief white house correspondent for abc news. you may ask why is it that we get to periodically steal him away from the mother ship? it's in his capacity as an author. he has written the recent book "front row at the trump show." and dr. kavita patel, clinical physician, former senior aide during the obama administration. these days a non-resident fellow at brookings and among our medical contributors. good evening to you all. susan, i'd like to begin with you. do you see a parallel between trump's kind of original sin denialism of the virus and the ongoing denialism of his rather convincing loss? >> i do say, brian, those are the two most striking things that have happened with president trump since the election. one, is that he is only now taking very small steps towards acknowledging that this is an election he has lost. and the other is that he continues to ignore this terrible pandemic that just gets worse and worse. and as we head into the thanksgiving and the holidays and the winter just has every possibility of becoming e

same beat for the past 3 years my colleague alexander phenomena covered the white house for us she is now our brussels bureau chief and in money well shots covers german politics and that includes chancer on the america's struggle to connect with us president donald trump to all 3 of you it's good to have you here on this election even as i want to start with you u.s. presidential campaign aides there marathons we know that now we've got the final sprint to the finish it may or may not be over tomorrow night what are you expecting right brained i mean for voters and actually also viewers who are hoping to know who the next president of these united states is. i think they will be disappointed if they think we will have the resolve by tomorrow night or even early wednesday morning this result of this election hangs on only a very few states and that has a lot to do with how this country works and the so much of the electorate deciding to use made in ballots this year people are going to have to be patient cell i think it's going to take at least a couple of days before we know who the president of the united

president trump will be spending election night at the white house joining us live this morning, our washington dc. >>in our washington dc bureau correspondent basil john good morning what do you think former vice president joe biden and of course the president when you think they're planning to do as we head into election day what's the focus now. >>good morning guys thank you for having me and yes both candidates have very different going into election day when you look at the past few weeks both candidates spent a lot of time in pennsylvania president trump having multiple visits to the state and vice president joe biden was in the state pennsylvania, just this past weekend. he is still there and he will spend some more time today before he takes a trip over to ohio now when you're looking at president trump yes, you will be here on election night here in washington but before that he is jumping from state to state to show up to his supporters in to grab more attention so he is visited so far a couple of states over this past weekend, including michigan, iowa. north carolina, georgia and florida and he still has more states

house. anita vogel standing by in the los angeles bureau. >> reporter: the race for the white house and controlsenate making the big headlines but also some major shifts in the house of representatives. fox news projecting the democrats maintain their control and expand by at least 5 seats. not the huge gains some were expecting. two interesting races, one in new mexico where republican event parole succeeded small. he won in 2018, part of the blue wave the catapulted democrats to take control of the house. he she has lost her seat after one term in a district where donald trump is very popular. she positioned herself during the campaign trail as a staunch ally of the president. on the east coast the democrat who won brooklyn's eleventh district for the first time since 2010 is down in the account but has yet to concede with some vote still to be counted. his opponent was endorsed by donald trump and his declared victory. nancy pelosi spoke late last night saying a democratic-controlled house is paramount in the party's fight against the virus and healthcare. >> we have held the house and when

joining me now, washington bureau chief of "daily beast" and katherine lucy, white house reporter with "the wall street journal." thank you both for being here. jackie. we have seen more republicans urging this president to give up the game, start the transition. chris christie called the trump legal team a national embarrassment, senator murkowski without merit called legal challenges, accept the outcomes, and past time to start transition. representative upton, it's over. and representative cheney, respect the sanctity of the electoral process, governor hogan, stop golfing and concede, he has told the president. do we think there's any chance this president will listen to any of those folks who are telling him to acknowledge reality at this point? >> no, i don't, but it does seem like there is more of a base building. also just in the last hour, rob portman, senator in ohio is up in 2022. that's not someone you normally would associate some folks that you brought up, people that are normally speaking up and critical of the president with the exception of chris christie, he was more c

. >> joining me now, white house correspondent for pbs news hour and susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today." what does it mean to have someone from an immigrant family? how does that relate to all the disputes we've had over immigration, daca, reversed executive order january 20th or 21st. what does that mean having kamala harris in the white house? >> for people who are critics of president trump and celebrating president-elect joe biden and vice president kamala harris this is feeling like poetic justice for them. the president started his career questioning the birth place of the first african-american now projected to leave with african-american woman coming into the white house. a thing to note she paid tribute to icon john lewis saying at one point that democracy is an act and everyone has to do their part. she also said african-american women and women of color are often overlooked, that will not be anymore. they should lead with conviction. this was also a moment we saw president-elect biden say black people, you had my back, i'm going to have yours. he talked about

might refuse to make a transition smoothly all right our washington bureau chief in as paul reporting for us in front of the white house on this historic day. of course of joe biden's victory crowns a long career in politics one that includes 2 previous a failed presidential beds and of course 8 years in office as barack obama's 2nd in command sic a closer look now at the man who will be in charge of the white house a for the next 4 years. it began half a century ago at 29 joseph biden was one of the youngest candidates ever elected to the u.s. senate his success though laced with sadness when just weeks later his wife and daughter died in a car accident he remarried and made his 1st presidential bed in 1988 and again 20 years later my grandmother would yell out spread the faith. he was chosen to be barack obama's running mate. the best buy's president barack has ever had mr joe biden. and he resigned to never quite reaching the nation's highest office until donald trump came along that's why the dam announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. that we have to with this decades of experience biden said h

coming from him tonight when our i'm joined again by a washington bureau chief you know as paul was standing standing by outside of the white house in washington d.c. he has it what's it like there what's the latest since we last spoke. more and more people are pouring in it's like a big party atmosphere here and you know what is amazing is like so many different people you have young women and men you have many children with the parents ever actually you have white people you have everything americans you have asians you see women with headscarves you see. women visit very short shorts it's like a really a mix this is kind of what the united states looked like so so this is a celebration and we talked to many people on the streets you see literally people crying holding each other it's such a relief for so many that's donald trump lost this election and won't be the president of the united states for another 4 years but there we have to keep in mind this is washington and this is a very liberal bubble we hardly see any trump supporters here so we have to keep in mind this is not like the situation or representative of the situat

washington bureau chief who is outside of the white house and out washington and as we know that trump i arrived there a short time ago after returning from a golfing what is the latest from where you stand now. right i mean people were kind of waiting if you would react or not or me just heard from sue me that we probably won't hear anything from him tonight which actually could also be a good sign because there are fears that he kind of would have been willing to stir the pot in that regard that he would again have said the things that the elections are rigged and you know i just want to read to you a little to read from his son the donald trump jr that's what he wrote. last night ago he called for his father saying to go to total war over this election and then quote it's time to clean up this mess and stop looking like a banana republic so what does that mean it means that there is really a realistic threat that the white house donald trump or his supporters really will call for action and fight this outcome so as happy as you can see that behind me and around people are dancing he

and road closures around the white house for november, 3rd tomorrow and law enforcement around california all on standby for possible election-related protest. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains how they're getting ready. >>metal barricades and caution tape surrounded the california state capitol monday, the state highway patrol is denying any permits to demonstrate around the building this week. pulling into the eastern side of the building monday afternoon sets of portable security lights. 3 of them set up near the exterior of the governor's office state leaders and law enforcement agencies are preparing for possible protests this week based on the outcome of the election the california highway patrol is on tactical alert. statewide this week. a spokesperson monday didn't get into specifics, but said the agency has officers available to respond to any incident and that chp will continue to monitor the situation and plan resources accordingly as some states request help from the national guard ahead of election day a spokesperson for the governor's office of emergency services says there are no plans to do that for now in sacramento, ashley za

thank you very much let's cross over now to our washington bureau chief who is standing by for us in washington d.c. outside of the white house what does it joe biden stand for at this moment of american history. many people are relieved saying that now the united states can come bank of what it used to be kind of a reliable country a country just as stacey said which believes in scions a country where the truth matters a country of people. from all around the world i mean you have to keep in mind this is a country of immigrants besides the native americans everybody comes from somewhere and this is the big hope here in front of the white house it's a super die worse crowd i was here it's people younger younger americans older americans asian americans every kid americans women wearing head scarves. i mean it's just like what what america can look like when it once to come together so this is the big hope at the moment we also actually see a lot of energy b g q flags because the gay community wasn't threatened so much by trump himself but by the judges he appointed to the supreme court so many of the gay can community fear th

white house here in california. we will have a vacant senate seat kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala joins us now liverom sacramento with details and how this would all work to replace senator kamala harris, ashley how does it go. >>yeah well it all starts with governor gavin newsome he ultimately has the power to decide who would replace her and i asked him back in august during the pandemic during probably terrible timing but it was right after she was chosen to be the running mate for joe biden governor newsom said he was not focused on that that he had until january of 2021 to make that decision but that there is no shortage of people who have reached out to him vying for this position. so sorry, i thought we were doing a talk back i >>so a couple of people that have reportedly been at the top of the list of who could possibly fill her seat that newsome could pick could be secretary of state alex attorney general how of also read possibly representative karen bass, there is no shortage of people in the state that news could pick from from local leaders. state legislative leaders congressional lead

white house in just a few weeks. we get the latest tonight from nbc news tehran bureau chief ali arouzi. >> hey, alicia. after that brazen attack yesterday in broad daylight on the mastermind of iran's nuclear programs, tensions in tehran are running high. anti-american and anti-israeli protests have broken out in the capital today. people are calling for a hard revenge, even demanding that iaea inspector, the u.n. nuclear watchdog be kicked out of the country, while burning u.s. and israeli flags at the same time. today iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei also vowed revenge for the assassination, saying iran's first priority was the definitive punishment of those perpetrators and those who ordered it. he also showered praise on fakhrizadeh's scientific achievements in the nuclear field, in the missile field, in the defensive field, saying that the country lost its most eminent nuclear scientist, who was martyred by brutal mercenaries. underscoring just how important he was in this country amongst the ruling establishment. iran's president hassan rouhani also blamed the u.s. and israel, accused th

election day inside the white house as he waits for the results to come in and this morning we're joined live with washington dc bureau reporter raquel martin. joining us live as you can see there and i've actually heard to that he's actually going to have some kind of a larger event there are gathering at the white house. >>good morning and happy election day yes that's what we're hearing at this point but nothing confirmed just yet nothing on the president's schedule. >>we got it late last night and only thing on they're actually at the fact that he is heading down to virginia into the republican national committee building. so we're going to wait and see what happens at the white house tonight. so far we do know that the president will be watching the polls come in but this is definitely a much slower pace for the president than what we've seen in the last few days just in 3 days. he's had 14 rallies and he hit 4 key battleground just yesterday that includes pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, north carolina. he's definitely trying to galvanize his voters to come out today and get their ballots casted really close t

bureau chief. she was of course moderator of the vp debate this cycle. she's barbara bush's biographer. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" along with his wife and writing partner, susan glasser, he happens to be the author of the new best-seller of the life and times of one james baker iii. and jeremy peters rejoins our fold at long last. and a veteran reporter at "the times" and not to be outdone he's the author of a forthcoming book about trump's takeover of the republican party. hopefully we've ticked everything up a notch or two on amazon. good evening and welcome to you all. susan, i'd like to begin with you. the president told us what he'd do if he didn't win. of course for four or five years bill maher has been warning his audience the guy's never going to leave or at least he's going to try to stay. we see what he's doing now he has lost. he's never had a great love for institutions and that's an understatement. talk about the institution he's so badly damaging every day now. >> you know, there were some things we knew was going to happen in this election. we knew counting t

. >> we are coming very close to having what the bureau calls a barricaded subject, it is in the white house. what we saw the president-elect do today is right on the money with regard to initial negotiation with a barricaded subtsds. we saw a very calm joe biden, we saw him essentially shrugging off that he doesn't have the money or the keys to open transition offices, he is not getting the classified briefing. the staff isn't getting access to briefings from the various agencies. that is exactly what you do in the initial stages, whoever is advising him is doing it right. you want to let that barricaded subject know that this is going to be okay. i'm going to listen to what you have to say. you can vent and vent and vent and call me names and not acknowledge my authority but eventually we'll get this done and eventually in this case there's going to be a time where joe biden calls the s.w.a.t. team. may be a legal challenge to the gsa refusal to acknowledge him as winner, may be that u.s. marshals have to come take the president out and as we say to a barricaded subject we can do this hard

white house reporter for the associated press. mara gay, a member of the "the new york times" editorial board, former city hall bureau chief for the wall street germ. also happens to be a covid-19 survivor. and a.b. stoddard is back with us. currently associate editor and columnist over at real clear politics. good evening and welcome to you all. jonathan, i'm going to begin with you because of your beat covering this president and this white house, so there's a couple of things going on. there's the daily flail. there's the unique moment we're in where we haven't heard from the president in person for days. there's the ongoing attempt to decapitate our intelligence community in broad daylight in plain sight, and maggie haberman reports this tonight. quote, as the next step mr. trump is talking seriously about announcing he's planning to run again in 2024, aware that whether he actually does it or not it will freeze an already crowded field of possible republican candidates, and republicans say it will keep the wide support he showed even in defeat and could guarantee a lucrative book deal or speaking fees. so jonathan, this is ab