Foreign leaders. We begin our coverage this morning with cnns m. J. Lee who is live for us in wilmington, delaware. M. J. , great to see you again this morning. Whats the latest there . Reporter well, you know, five days now since this race was called, and still no concession from President Trump, and as we talked about yesterday, president elect biden is continuing his transition efforts here in wilmington, delaware. One of the key signs that he is now starting to make key appointments to his administration. Last night he announced that he is naming ron klain as his chief of staff. This is somebody who has worked with and known biden for many decades. He has been a trusted adviser, and served as chief of staff when biden was Vice President under president obama, and importantly, he had the role of ebola czar under president obama. And if you look at his twitter feed, he has been very outspoken and critical of President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic. And another sign that this transition effort is continuing for biden is that he is now continuing to speak with World Leaders. As you mentioned, he has spoken to World Leaders from places like korea, japan, australia, but important side note is that there are messages we are reporting now from other foreign leaders. They are basically being held up at the state department, and not being conveyed to the biden team. This is because of trumps refusal to concede. This is usually a process that would be facilitated by the state department but simply is not happening right now. We saw biden briefly at a Korean War Memorial yesterday for veterans day. He met with transition advisers, and we expect he will have more meetings of that kind today as well. Do you expect to see anymore personnel announcements, other Top White House advisers being announced obviously in the coming weeks . Reporter we do, and that is going to be one of the most important things that biden continues to do but what we are told right now as far as cabinet appointments go, those are probably going to take a little while longer and one important thing that the biden team is watching very closely are these two Senate Runoff races that are going to take place in georgia come january because that really will determine the balance of power and control of power in the senate, and sort of what kind of political environment biden ultimately will end up inheriting, and i think its also just important to quickly point out that as President Trump refuses to concede, bidens lead continues to grow in this race. He is about 5 million votes ahead in terms of the popular vote. Obviously when it comes to the Electoral College votes, he is ahead as well. So nothing about requesting recounts is just going to change that political reality. Laura . Good to point out there, m. J. Thanks for all of your reporting as usual. James langford is going where most of his republican colleagues are not. Joe biden should have access to daily Intelligence Briefings and if the white house continues to block him, he plans to intervene. Theres nothing wrong with Vice President biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself and so that he can be ready. Theres no loss from him getting the briefings and to be able to do that. If thats not occurring by friday, i will step in as well to be able to push to say this needs to occur so that regardless of outcome of the election, whichever way that it goes, people can be ready for that actual task. Now, at the same time, langford is defending the president s legal challenging saying he needs to go through the process and get real answers before the Electoral College formally votes in december. Two of the president s backers are trying to get him to face the simple fact that he lost the election. Karl rove, the architect of george w. Bushs campaign, and Geraldo Rivera trying to break the news gently. Rove writes in an oped, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is correct that mr. Trump is 100 within his rights to go to court over concerns about fraud and transparency, but the president s efforts are unlikely to move a single state from mr. Bidens column and certainly not enough to change the final outcome. To win, mr. Trump must prove systemic fraud with illegal votes in the tens of thousands. There is no evidence of that so far. And in this dear donald tweet, Geraldo Rivera congratulates the president for an incredible battle against all odds and tells him the time is coming soon to say goodbye with grace and dignity. Grace and dignity seem to be in short fsupply in the white house. President trump continues to tweet more claims that the white house was stolen. We get more from cnns jeremy diamond, hes at the white house. Good morning, President Trump on wednesday huddling with his advisers for the second day in a row to try and chart a path forward to contest this 2020 president ial election. The president showing no signs that hes prepared to concede this election. Instead, urging his advisers to continue to move forward with some of these lawsuits and recounts that they are pushing in several key battleground states. And while we have definitely seen the president s allies on tv publicly touting the same line as the president on twitter, which is to say making these baseless allegations about voter fraud, irregularities, despite the fact we have seen Election Officials across the country denying there has been any voter fraud, irregularities that would swing the outcome of the election. As they are making the case publicly, the president s allies privately are beginning to acknowledge the fact that there is no path to overturning the outcome of this election. Thats been the consensus from sources i have talked to over the last couple of days which is to say they are clear eyed about the fact that this legal effort really is a political effort, aimed at continuing to rile up the president s base, and set the president up for the ability to continue to lead his base. Tens of millions of voters who supported him in the 2020 election as he moves to chart a path for his post presidency. As all of this is happening, we have to note the coronavirus pandemic is worsening, and what we have seen from the president is absolutely nothing. We have seen no leadership from the president , no action, but the White House Coronavirus task force in a report this week to several states is warning them about the seriousness of the spread that they are seeing, a Community Spread that they are seeing, and they are urging states to continue several key efforts, including increasing testing, something that the president himself of course has repeatedly maligned. Christine, laura. Jeremy diamond, thank you so much for that. The pandemic as he mentioned setting new records every day. More than 144,000 new cases reported overnight. Thats the highest daily count of the pandemic so far. Another new record for hospitalizations breaking the one set the day before. Cnns nick watt has more from los angeles. He went to work. That was the last time we saw him. Thats the last time his children saw him. Reporter daniel morales, a 39yearold nurse, among el pasos dead. This city is in trouble, nearly 30,000 active cases, more than some entire states have had all year, another local nurse who helped out in new york in the spring says this. Its been a little bit more rough for me here than its been for me in new york. I have done compressions on more people in the last three weeks than i have in a year. Reporter meanwhile, the president appears to have lost whatever interest he had in the pandemic and the president elect doesnt take power for another couple of months. We have a vacuum of leadership, and i think the vacuum of leadership is the biggest problem we have right now in our country in confronting this pandemic. Reporter the promising vaccine, its impact also still months away, and the holidays are on the horizon. United now adding 1,400 flights to its thanksgiving woke schedule, anticipating high demand, some governors are worried. Do not have people outside of your household over for dinners, parties, or other gatherings. Its not safe to go out. Its not safe to have others over. Its just not safe. Our economy cannot bounce back until we contain this virus. Reporter President Trump might not listen to his own Coronavirus Task force much but they put out a report and distribute it to the states. Last week they warned of significant deterioration across the sun belt. Thats in the south. That continues. This week, they warn of continued accelerating spread across the top half of the country. Its bad all over. Nick watt, cnn, los angeles. Nick, thank you for that overview. Breaking weather news, Tropical Storm eta just made landfall in florida. Woor goi were going to take you there, next. Who is usaa made for . Its made for him a veteran who honorably served and its made for her shes serving now we also made usaa for military spouses and their kids become a member. Get an insurance quote today. Yits more than just a house. Ry spouses and their kids [music playing throughout] its a kitchen thats been passed down, along with the recipes. Three generations on the wall. With room to grow. The rhythm of home. The smells, the sounds, the flow. The feeling of owning a home is not black or white. Citi is working across our business to make Home Ownership a reality for more black americans. 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There was storm surge reported in and around the tampa bay region. In fact, there was about 2 to 4 feet of storm surge, so thats water above normally dry ground, and they had to actually rescue some vehicles from that flood water as well. Now, there were wind gusts reported in excess of 60 Miles Per Hour, just to our south. And that took off some mobile home roofs. Now, here at clear water, in Pinellas County, we have had just a blustery night, but nothing that these residents cant handle. It seems to be another day. We call it hurricane fatigue. We have had so many land falling storms during this record breaking season. What does a hurricane do . It drives people indoors, this set amongst the backdrop of a global pandemic. Its the last thing we need. Last time i checked yesterday, Pinellas County where im located, 213 positive covid cases yesterday, among the 5,000 reported across the state of florida. The last thing we need is people indoors huddling around restaurants and bars, taking shelter from a hurricane. Christine, laura. Stay safe. Thank you so much. Lets get over to meteorologist Tyler Mauldin tracking stor tracking the storm for us. Whos going to feel the storm next . North florida and south georgia will be feeling the brunt of eta next. We had eta make landfall near cedar key, and as it pushes to the north, its going to continue to weaken. This graphic that you see here, this isnt just a lot of silly string, nope, not quite, we actually saw 12 named storms this is Hurricane Season. It is a recordbreaking Hurricane Season for us, and eta is the 12th named storm to make landfall. You can see it here on radar imagery, pulling up the moisture across the peninsula of florida. Were going to continue to see rainfall and we do have flood alerts in effect, because were going to continue to see rainfall in areas that have already picked up way too much rainfall. To add insult to injury there. Weve got on shore winds bringing on the storm surge threat and that storm surge threat is going to get up to 5 feet today across portions of the west coast of florida. Now, as the storm pushes to the north, were going to see this Tropical Storm conditions to continue to push to the north with it. Thats when we have a Tropical Storm warning in effect for north florida and south georgia. Where does it go from here. It does go across north florida, and it starts to push off of the atlantic, off into the western atlantic, where a confideld fro keeps it right offshore. It will strengthen and it restrengthens up to a 45 Miles Per Hour storm. We have to watch this. Its going to provide moisture to mid atlantic, and it could lead to flash flooding in the area. We know youre staying on top of it. Thank you so much. Absolutely. Goldman sachs is bullish on the u. S. Stock market. Wall streets recovery from the pandemic is just getting started. Thats the analysis from its economics team, forecasting the s p 500 hits 3,700 by the end of the year. Thats a 4 gain from the current level. Its more bullish from next year. Goldman sachs sees a rally to 4,300 by the end of the year, and 4,600 by the end of 2022. The s p 500 closed higher wednesday in the middle of a pandemic and the jobs crisis, the s p 500 is up 10 1 2 this year. Why . Well, largely on hopes for a vaccine from pfizer. Goldman sachs strategist told clients a vaccine is a more Important Development for the economy and markets than the prospective policies of a biden presidency. Looking past President Trumps efforts to overturn the results of the election. Elections have consequences for policies and markets, congress will most likely stay divided, little scope for tax hikes and legislative changes. 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The president elect spoke to more World Leaders including the prime ministers of australia and japan, and the president of south korea, but many messages to biden from countries around the world, theyre sitting unread at the state department. Officials there preventing biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders. Lets go to cnns m. J. Lee, live in wilmington, delaware, nice to see you this morning, m. J. Good to see you, too. Five days later, still no confession from President Trump, but the biden team is full steam ahead with their transition everies he efforts in wilmington. Biden announced hes naming ron klain as his chief of staff in the white house. This is somebody he has known for decades and worked with for decades. He served as chief of staff to biden when he was Vice President and importantly he was the ebola czar under president obama and youll notice in recent months he has been very critical and vocal in taking on President Trump and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, another sign that things are moving ahead here in wilmington, biden continuing to have phone calls with foreign leaders who are congratulating him on his victory. Last night, he spoke with the leaders of south korea, japan, and australia, but important side note here, there are other messages cnn is learning from other foreign leaders that are basically being held up at the state department. This is because biden currently does not have access to state Department Resources so he basically cant get ahold of he is messages. The biden team is in a strange position where they are having to find other ways of reaching out to foreign leaders on their own. As for bidens schedule this morning, we dont quite know exactly whether we will see him out in public, but we do know he will continue his meetings with transition advisers. Give me a sense of the time line here. When can we expect to see more appointments from the president elect, who hes hoping to be on his team and his cabinet . Reporter what we are told is that as far as cabinet appointments go, those probably wont be coming for a while, perhaps until after thanksgiving. And one of the things that the biden team is watching very closely are these two Senate Runoff races coming up in georgia in january, and this is because that is going to determine the control of the senate in congress, and that is going to determine a lot of sort of the political environment that biden is going to ultimately inherit. We just also want to point out quickly, since we are continue to go talk about trump not c conceding this race. Biden continues to pull ahead in this 2020 race as far as the popular vote goes. He is already some 5 million votes ahead. Obviously when it comes to the Electoral College votes as well, he is ahead as well. All this talk about recounts from the trump team, that is not going to change the political reality that biden is the winner of this 2020 race. M. J. Lee in wilmington, thank you so much. Well, the president elect is vowing to cooperate closely with south korea on relations with north korea. Biden spoke with south koreas leader who called to congratulate the president elect on his victory. Cnns Paula Hancocks is live in seoul, south korea, with more on this. Paula, nice to see you. What did the two leaders discuss . Well, laura, certainly one of the main things they discussed was how to improve the alliance, the u. S. South Korea Alliance as we expect to happen as president elect biden considers alliances very important, and also how to progress with north korea. Now, notably north korea has still not mentioned anything about the u. S. Election, and i dont think its any secret that north korea leader kim jong un would probably have preferred a second term for President Trump. This is the legacy of President Trumps north korean policy. Historic meetings with leader kim jong un, thankless letters described by the u. S. President as love letters, a statement signed in singapore but little tangible progress on denuclearization. Its not at all in a better place as a result of the sort of reality tv diplomacy we saw from President Trump. The thugs like in north korea. Reporter president elect biden is very unlikely to have been north koreas preference. Theres been no reaction from pyongyang. North korea has often welcomed a new u. S. Administration with a provocation. Pyongyang launched a missile three weeks after President Trumps inauguration. Opinion is split on whether a test is planned for the early days of bidens presidency. The premise of a test is kim jong un is desperate, you know, for attention and he needs it. Thats not what im seeing. Kim jong un looks very focused on just getting through covid. North korea has had a really bad year economically. I know from my discussions reporter president elect biden has not mentioned north korea as a pressing National Security priority as outgoing president obama considered it four years ago. Coronavirus, climate change, racial inequality dominating his attention. Hes also not necessarily expected to return to the policy of strategic patience. Waiting for pyongyang to come to the negotiating table, a feature of obamas time in office. He has emphasized denuclearization, but at the same time, he has emphasized what he called principled diplomacy, so i would hope that the engagement door would be more open now. Ambassador yun cautions against ignoring what trump did achieve by talking to kim jong un. We need to save what we can, preserve what we can, and build from that. Reporter so experts may be split as to whether or not there will be a Missile Launch or some kind of welcome for president elect biden, but they do agree that his approach will be far more conventional when it comes to north korea, that there will be working level diplomacy if any diplomacy at all, and the days of the personality led theater of President Trump and the top down approach really seem to be coming to an end. Laura. Thats a good way to put it, the personality led theater. Paula, nice to see you. Thank you for your reporting. 69 days until joe bidens inauguration as president. Time for three questions in three minutes, lets bring in cnn senior political analyst, john avlon. John, voices on fox starting to move, karl rove with an oped, and jgeraldo apparently trying o get the president to see the writing on the wall. Are the walls of denial coming down . These are two voices that have some credibility inside the president s psyche, and thats helpful when you want a president to recognize reality. Karl rove laying out the fact that the math isnt there. Geraldo rivera trying the politics of personal diplomacy, as discussed in a slightly different context. All of this might help move the president slightly. At the end of the day, the president doesnt listen to anybody but his own sel self interests. If more people appeal to his selfinterest, maybe he will start to recognize reality and get off this trisick cycling of cliff. Theres this, heres what a doctor on bidens transition Advisory Board said last night. We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individual workers, for losses to Small Companies to medium sized companies, for city, states, county governments, we could do all of that. If we did that, then we could lock down for four to six weeks, and if we did that, we could drive the numbers down, like they have done in asia. Like they did in new zealand and australia. What can we tell from these appointments about how biden will handle the pandemic . Hell handle it proactively, hell handle it with policy as opposed to some combination of denial and a back door herd immunity, which has been basically the white house position. Ron klains appointment is a big deal. Its not a total surprise. He has been close to biden forever. He was played by kevin spacey recount for his role in the contested election. You have a chief of staff whos experienced, a steadyhand who understands contested elections and ran the obama administrations ebola policy. Thats a very good thing in terms of somebodys experience and personal connections that are totally relevant to what our country has got to deal with today. John, staying with the transition here, senator James Langford republican from oklahoma says hes going to quote step in if the president elect doesnt start getting the president ial daily briefings, security briefings by friday. My question for you is why wait until friday. I feel like theres arbitrary deadlines the president s allies have been setting, while the idea that theres going to be a recount or movement there. Why wait until friday . In a rational world you make a good point. Republicans have been coddling this president , and ill take a republican saying that biden should be getting briefings and insisting upon it over the kind of mute bleeding response that we have gotten to date from the vast majority of republicans. So lets take it one step forward with oklahoma senators saying this is not acceptable for National Security for trumps denialism to be affecting the transition of power and americans safety. Fair enough. Cnn senior political analyst, always nice to see you, thanks. Take care, guys. Its not an official stayathome order but Illinois Health officials are urging people to do just that with a new coronavirus spike. Cnn has the pandemic covered coast to coast. Im athena jones in new york, starting saturday, indoors gatherings will be limited to ten people, and bars and restaurants that serve alcohol will have to close at ten. They can sell food for pickup or delivery. In announces the restrictions, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Contact Tracing shows the biggest spreaders of covid are places that serve alcohol, gyms and indoor gatherings at private residences, increases in covid19 rates are the reason for the policy change. Here in illinois, theres one request from top doctors. Stay at home for the next three weeks. Recommendation from the Illinois Department of health, only go outside for essential services, for example, purchasing groceries or picking up medication if needed. This after illinois reported more than 12,000 new coronavirus and probably cause cases. The state also reported on wednesday, 145 additional deaths. Im martin savidge, the mayor of pensacola has declared a state of emergency over covid19 after hospitalizations of the city spiked. The Florida Department of health said theres greater Community Spread in the past week compared to previous weeks. Meanwhile the state of florida says more than 3,000 people are now hospitalized due to coronavirus. Wednesday, florida reported 5,838 new cases of the virus. As Governor Ron Desantis continues to push for a return to normalcy. Im Stephanie Elam in los angeles. Due to uncontrolled spread of covid19, the Navajo Nation has more than doubled the number of communities under a Health Advisory to a total of 34. Navajo leaders say the rapid spread is due to travel out of Navajo Nation as well as family gatherings with people from different households. Two things the nation is asking residents to refrain from doing for now. The Navajo Department of health says the advisory will be in place until the risk and cases decline. A 56hour weekend curfew will begin friday night. Thanks to all of our correspondents for those updates on the virus. The state of georgia is set to conduct a full recount of millions of president ial ballots by hand. Joe biden leads by more than 14,000 votes in the state but the results are being questioned ahead of two crucial runoffs that could change the balance of power in the senate. Cnns kyung lah has more. Reporter christine and laura, control of the u. S. Senate comes down to georgia and the two senate seats here in play. Two republican incumbent senators, Kelly Loeffler and david perdue are trying to rally their base. Loeffler was the headliner of a save our majority rally north of atlanta. Now, this rally comes on the heels of her and senator perdues attacks on a member of their own party. The republican secretary of state in charge of the election. The senators are calling on brad rafe r rafens perger to resign, questioning the legitimacy of the results. He fired back saying he will simply do his job. I have my job to do and ill follow it faithfully. I think that integrity still matters. The secretary of state did announce a hand count of the nearly 5 million votes here in georgia, and that could start as soon as thursday. Christine, laura. Thank you so much for that. Questions surround the new number cruncher just hired by floridas governor in the middle of a pandemic. That story is next. New neutrogena® rapid tone repair 20 percent pure vitamin c. A serum so powerful dark spots dont stand a chance. See what i mean . Neutrogena® for members like martin. An air force veteran made of doing whats right, not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. 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A retired army colonel who has been pushing for the quick withdrawal of troops from afghanistan and known for his remarks against immigrants has been named a Senior Adviser to the acting secretary of defense. Douglas mcgregors appointment coming on the heels of a shake up among top officials at the defense department. Mcgregor once called for the use of lethal force against unarmed migrants at the u. S. mexico border. The pentagon says his decades of experience will help the continued implementation of President Trumps National Security policies. Florida Governor Ron Desantis has hired a new data analyst. Theres questions about his qualifications. Heres cnns randi kaye. Reporter from ohio sports blogger today that analyst, kyle lam announced his big career move on twitter. I will be doing Data Analysis on several fronts for them, including but not limited to covid19 research and other projects. But the governors new data analyst has also been labeled a conspiracy theorist. During the pandemic, lam supported the idea the virus was created by china as a biowarfare test. Lam has falsely posted that science has never supported mask, stop the spread, that hydroxychloroquine is a very effective treatment and mask lock downs were not necessary, all of which has been debunked by scientists. Still he directed us to his lawyer who told me lam stands by the posts about masks, hydroxychloroquine and lock downs. How did he end up being hired as a data analyst for floridas governor. The governors Communications Director wouldnt say but said lam was hired as a data analyst 2, an entry level position. Adding it has nothing to do with covid19. Yet this week, the miami herald quoted the same spokesman saying lams role would not focus exclusively on covid19. The Governors Office may have been aware of lam for some time. His Communications Director has retweeted posts from miz blhis that kyle lam has contributed to. The governor may have taken notice after a fox news guest mentioned kyle lam by name. A really good researcher on this stuff. Reporter despite the flattery, lams qualifications appear thin even by his own measure. He once wrote, i have no qualms about being a sports guy mo moonlighting as a covid19 analyst. Fact is, im not a doctor, epidemiologist, virologist or scientist. Randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. 51 minutes past the hour p lets check in quickly on cnn business this morning. You can see european shares have opened a little bit lower here. Asian shares closing mostly mixed. A big story in the u. K. , the economy there grew 15. 5 in the third quarter. Thats a huge bump up as lock down measures eased over the summer. You can see the economy in the u. K. Remains much smaller than it was before the pandemic hit. Back on wall street, futures are a little bit lower, mixed. Nasdaq up a little bit. Weve got this latest report on last weeks unemployment claims. That comes out in a few hours, and claims have been stubbornly high as the jobs crisis drags on. The dow down a little bit. The nasdaq finished up about 2 . A big rotation going on as we look ahead to the post covid world here. Coronavirus cases are rising. Theres uncertainty about the economic recovery. But get this, americans are still contributing to their retirement accounts. This new data from fidelity shows the average 401 k balance rose 5 to just over 109,000 in the third quarter. And fidelity says nearly 89 of people left their 401 k contribution rate unchanged. Fidelity also said ongoing financial uncertainty drove withdrawals from retirement accounts in some cases, so that shows the financial struggle of investors. Pfizers ceo filed to sell millions of dollars of his stock monday. That was the very same day the Company Announced good news about its Coronavirus Vaccine. Albert bourla sold 5. 6 million in the stock of the company. The sale, though, of course, part of a regularly scheduled plan for him to periodically sell some of his shares. When asked if bourla thought to cancel the sale with the perception of cashing in on good news, a spokesperson said these are predetermined plans, managed through a third party stock administrator. Executives sell stocks at predetermined times to diversify portfolios, but they can delay the sales to create the appearance of capitalizing. You can obviously go to the Third Party Administrator saying i want to put a pause on that. Theres the argument he may have missed out on money if he sold the stock on that very day and the stock continued to rise, so i think a lot of executives just stick to the predetermined Quarterly Sales so they dont have any kind of question about their behavior. Got it. With that pfizer news, moderna now says it expects to know how effective its Coronavirus Vaccine is by the end of the month. Its conducting a Clinical Trial of 30,000 participants. Half received its vaccine, half get a placebo which does nothing. If enough people receiving the placebo get sick, that means the vaccine protected those who received it. And its interesting, this Moderna Vaccine uses the same technology as the pfizer vaccine, so you could potentially have two in the running now. We could see into next year that hopefully there will be therapeutics and vaccines to get us to the other side. Thanks for joining us. Im christine romans. Im laura jarrett. New day is next. Neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. You have always been my center. Someday i will remind you that you will always be just that. Show her your love is unstoppable. Instore, online or by virtual consultation. Only at kay jewelers. President trump continues his campaign of sowing distrust in americas electoral system. Refusing to admit defeat, even as his advisers privately acknowledge that he cannot reverse the election results. Bidens top attorneys are dismissing those lawsuits and accusations of fraud as political theater. Covid19 is tightening its grip on the united states. Theres been a