Viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day, it is wednesday, november 11th, 6 00 here in new york on this veterans day. We begin with president elect joe biden, trying to reassure the American People that President Trumps refusal to concede will not impede the transition. Well, i just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. The only thing that how can i say this tactfully i think it will not help the president s legac legacy. The president elect says he is already speaking with world leaders, even as Republican Leaders try to peddle claims of voter fraud that are being debunked in realtime by state officials around the country. But the outgoing president s actions are causing alarm at the pentagon, after several senior officials were removed and replaced with trump loyalists. One defense officials calls it, quote, scary and unsettling, saying it amounts to, quote, dictator moves. If so, secretary of state mike pompeo is reading from the same dictator playbook. The thinskinned secretary who once demanded a reporter point to ukraine on a map this morning might be searching for his integrity on that map, after he publicly denied the outcome of the election. Also this morning, wheres the president actually been . If hes so certain about the outcome of the election, why hasnt he come out and said it in person . Is it embarrassment that has kept him from showing his face since last thursday . Lack of conviction . Were told that today he will attend a veterans day event. Unclear whether he will muster the energy later in the day to answer questions. He could also address the staggering new numbers in the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Reporting a Record Number of new cases, and a Record Number of people hospitalized. Nearly 62,000. And when you look at this curve, really, theres no sign of it slowing down. It is terrifying to think where this is headed. And how is the Vice President , mike pence, the head of the Coronavirus Task force responding, hes going on vacation. So lets begin our coverage with cnns mj lee, live in wilmington, delaware, covering the president elect, joe biden, what do we expect to hear from them today, mj . Hey, good morning, john. This race was called on saturday. It is now wednesday morning. So incredible that the president still has not conceded this race. But here in wilmington, delaware, we are seeing president elect biden move on with his transition efforts. Already this week, we saw him announce a covid advisory board. Yesterday, he held a press conference and talked about the future of the Affordable Care act. Today, we know that he is going to have meetings with his transition advisers. And yesterday, we really did see him try to project a sense of calm. And cnn is told that that does come from his advisers, as well. But importantly, when he was asked about the president refusing to concede, he had some very sharp words and he also ventured this guest as to why some republicans around the president are also participating in this nonsense. I think that the whole Republican Party has been put in a position with a few notable exceptions of of being mildly intimidated by the sitting president. Reporter Something Else that biden has been doing this week is speaking to world leaders. World leaders from germany, the uk, france, accepting their congratulations. And i should note, even though he is trying to project this sense of calm, all of this is having real ramifications. For example, he cant access transition funding. He also cant receive the president ial daily briefings, which are classified. Biden was asked about both of these things yesterday and he essentially said, look, they would be nice to have access to, but for now, they are unnecessary, because only one person is president at any given time. He also said that for the time being, he doesnt think taking any legal action is necessary. Well see if that changes in the coming weeks. John . Mj, thatnk you very much. It really is notable how the president elect has chosen to behave. There is genuine concern, even alarm among a lot of people about hold up the president is reacting. His behavior, notable. The other thing thats notable, and i dont think we can push this aside, wheres the president been . Its been since thursday that weve seen his face. So hes in some sort of hiding or plotting. The other option, hes conspicuously absent, for sure, for somebody who likes being on television and has done that every day of his presidency. But is it possible this hes behind the scenes doing something other than hiding . Oh, he is clearly a brilliant political strategist, planning these intricate moves. No, i think its fair to ask the question about whether hes so embarrassed and knows that he will face questions about losing an election or forced to justify, you know, the bs lawsuits here, and he doesnt have good answers for. It really is interesting that he lacks the conviction to come out and talk about this publicly or the energy. He either lacks the conviction or the energy. He is stacking the pentagon with his people. Is he . And firing how do you know its not the chief of staff . We dont know, we havent seen him. He has yet to talk about this publicly except by tweet. If he is going to do this, he should come out and talk about it publicly. Lets go to cnns joe johns live from the white house on an update from all of this. The outgoing president has been missing in action and we havent seen him for the last several days, though he has made clear on social media that he continues to refuse to accept the results of the election. And very notably, at a time while the president elect has been trying to stay out of the drama, apparently hoping that the president s Senior Administration officials, as well as republicans up on capitol hill come to their senses. While President Trump is hiding from reality behind the white house walls and refusing to concede his defeat, president elect joe biden is moving forward. We dont see anything thats slowing us down, quite frankly. Reporter biden says hell continue to work even without access to many resources that should be available to him as president elect. We are already beginning the transition. Were well underway. And the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognize our win does not change the dynamic at all and what were able to do. Reporter as the Trump Administration delays the transition, they are also unwilling to accept bidens victory, including secretary of state, mike pompeo. There lab smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. All right, were ready. The world is watching whats taking place. Were going to count all the votes. Reporter on capitol hill, Many Republican lawmakers openly supporting trumps lies. The president wasnt defeated by huge numbers. In fact, he may not have been defeated at all. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell saying hes waiting to recognize bidens win. The Electoral College votes, anyone whos running for office can exhaust concerns about counting, in any court of appropriate jurisdiction. Its not unusual, it should not be alarming. At some point here, well find out. Reporter this dispute no evidence of widespread voter fraud or illegal voting in the United States. And little chance any of the Trump Campaigns legal battles will change the outcome of the election. Massachusetts governor baker sending a rare rebuke from a republican to the president. Im dismayed to hear the baseless claims coming from the president , from his team, and from many other elected republican officials in washington. But this latest move to deploy the department of justice in all of this is so wildly inappropriate. Reporter democrats calling trumps refusal to start a peaceful transition of power, extremely dangerous. Its a real concern, any way you look at it, and we dont know what will take place in the next two months. It could be, you know, very smooth in terms of Foreign Policy or National Security threats or we could have a real crisis. Reporter Vice President elect Kamala Harris emphasizing theres no reason to question the results. Joe biden won the election decisively. With more votes than have ever been cast in american history. The president has not held a public event since last thursdays speech in the White House Briefing room in which he took no questions, but he is expected to make an appearance today at Arlington Cemetery in observance of veterans day. Alisyn . Okay. Well keep an eye out for that. Thank you very much, joe. Also developing this morning, new coronavirus numbers that show that the pandemic is rapidly accelerating. The u. S. Smashed its record for new cases with more than 136,000 overnight. Hospitalizations also reaching Record Numbers. More than 61,000 americans are so sick with the virus they are in the hospital this morning. Cnns Adrian Broaddus is live in chicago with more. Whatsthere, adrienne . Reporter we are seeing an increase in cases, especially yesterday when the nation saw the most new confirmed cases throughout the entire pandemic. Health experts are warning people to wear a mask and watch their distance in an effort to take the strain off of hospitals, which are seeing an increase, too. The United States hit another grim milestone in the pandemic. More than 136,000 new coronavirus cases were reported on tuesday, marking the eighth consecutive day the u. S. Has seen more than 100,000 new cases. Dr. Anthony fauci is concerned the country is growing fatigued from the pandemic. I hope that the fact that people realize that help is on the way in the form of a vaccine and soon, that that would get them to be even more motivated to do the Public Health measures, because when you know help is on the way, dont give up. Reporter as cases continue to spike across the country, more people are now in the hospital with the coronavirus, than at any other point in the pandemic. Texas reporting more than 12,000 new covid cases tuesday. One of the highest counts the state has recorded in a single day, and making it the first state to have more than 1 million confirmed cases. In the northeast, a concerning uptick in cases in several states, including maryland and new jersey. The governors of both states issuing new restrictions on indoor dining. Too many businesses are failing to comply with the state regulations and orders. Sadly, as a result, the virus has returned to our state in a big way. Reporter in the midwest, positivity test rates continue to rise, signaling rampant spread throughout the region. The Surgeon General addressed the uptick of cases in south dakota and implored residents to mask up. If we can save a life from covid or from a heart attack or Something Else, simply by wearing a mask, then why not . In nebraska, new mask and social distancing requirements are taking effect today. And in wisconsin, more than 7,400 new cases reported tuesday. Governor tony evers issued a new executive order, advising the people of wisconsin to stay home. Wisconsin, this is serious. The crisis is urgent. Reporter and here in illinois, the state reported more than 12,000 new cases on tuesday. In the suburbs of chicago, lines of cars stretches back for miles of people, waiting to be tested. And starting friday, chicago will implement a new travel order. That order designates states one of three colors. Red, orange or yellow. If youre traveling to chicago from a red state, you must quarantine for 14 days or receive a negative covid test no more than 72 hours prior to your arrival. That would be helpful. I think people are looking for guidelines right now of what theyre supposed to be doing. Thank you very much, adrienne. All right, multiple defense officials warning that the Trump Administration is acting like a dictatorship. We have new details from behind the scenes about how bidens Transition Team is responding, next. 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Joining us now, cnn pentagon correspondent, Barbara Starr and cnn National Security analyst, samantha vinograd. She was a National Security adviser under president obama. Its great to have both of you and all of the reporting that youre going to share with us. Barbara, whats the thinking at the pentagon of why President Trump is doing this . Well, i think thats the big question, because right now, there has been no public reason for given for the president to replace any of these individuals. Its well known, theyre all trump loyalists. One of them worked with mooebic flynn in the white house at the early days of the National Security council. Another one has promoted conspiracy theories and antiislamic statements. And the new acting secretary of defense, chris miller, may be a very fine person, but until just a few months ago, he held a relatively junior position as Deputy Assistant secretary here at the pentagon. His career specialty has been special operations being secretary of defense. Much wider portfolio than that encompasses a lot more complex issues. Basically, the person in turning ow decades of experience here at the pentagon in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of a transition, and there is just a lot of concern about what the president is doing, why hes doing it, and what may come next. Barbara, im going to stick with you. No one is better sourced at the pentagon than you are. And im talking about not just now, but for decades at this point. Whats the vibe inside the walls this morning . And how much could this cadre of loyalists do in the next 70 days . Well, lets take the second one first. How to say this correctly. I mean, the u. S. Military and civilian officials follow legal orders of any president of the United States. There is civilian control of the military in this country. The president of the United States, if he issues a legal order, it will be followed. So take that where you will. What is the mood . You know, i think its important to say, the people who work in the pentagon, of course, dont represent the entire u. S. Military. Hard to say what troops overseas are thinking. Theyre very involved in what theyre doing around the world, but here at the pentagon, where theres a lot of visibility into the political side of washington, look, i mean, one official who may well be the next to go said to me yesterday, for now, it appears the public beheadings are over. Beheadings, you dont, you know, usually hear those kinds of words. Another official said, its scary, its unsettling, and it feels like these are dictator moves. Weve heard that before now from former secretary william cohen. Not words you hear describing the mood at the pentagon. So, sam, publicly, president elect biden is projecting calm. He is saying to the American People, well get past all of this obstructioobstruction, don. Behind the scenes, what are they saying . Well an , alisyn, it is wort noting, i think the public should be reassured by president elects comments. Hes done this before, surrounded himself with people with deep government experience and theyve hit the ground running. But that said, based on my conversations with members of his team, the team is firmly focused on the work at hand, Public Policy agendas, getting personnel lists together and that sort of thing, but theres certainly a recognition, if not a concern that the continued delay in the transition process could harm the Incoming Administrations ability to govern from a fully informed and fully staffed position on day one. The longer this drags on, the more harm that could be done to our National Security going forward. And frankly, any american with any ounce of patriotism should be concerned about this delay in the transition process. You know who else is concerned about that . People who have been there before in just this circumstance. Andy karr, john podesta, to bill clinton, they wrote a joint oped, a republican and a democrat overnight in the washington post, and i want to read you part of what they said. With the covid19 pandemic continue to wreak havoc, the costs of it are clearly much higher today than any other time in history. A delay in the transition of power could hinder economic recovery, slow the distribution of a vaccine, and god forbid, put american lives at risk. It goes on there, sam. To alisyns question, you know, the president elect is portraying confidence. And i actually dont question that he has confidence that it will all work out in the end. But whats the level of anxiety behind the scenes, not just about whether or not this will hinder the transition and the ability to do the job, but the overall political atmosphere in the country in biden world. Youre well sourced in this world. What are they saying in wilmington . Well, the specific focus right now, again, is trying to get the work at hand done. But there is certainly a view that the longer that this drags on, this becomes a partisan issue. And this pits members of the Republican Party against the administrationelect. This should not be a bipartisan sticking point, john. Remember, the president ial transition act of 1963 and subsequent legislation was passed because there was a bipartisan consensus that there needed to be an orderly transfer of power. And many of the officials in the federal government that should be working with the Incoming Administration are career officials. Theyre not only political appointees. So there is a concern that this could turn into a political football, when it should be an area of agreement between republicans and democrats. Samantha vinograd, Barbara Starr, thank you both so much for your insight and your reporting. Really appreciate it. One of the key questions this morning is how long can this go on . What are republicans waiting for . What moment will they say, okay, finally, we accept the outcome of the election . Thats next. We are already beginning the transition. Were well underway. And the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognize our win does not change the dynamic at all, and what were able to do. How do you like that notsosubtle message from the president elect. Hes saying that foreign leaders have called him, but members of the u. S. Senate havent. All right, joining us now to discuss, ana palmer, senior washington correspondent for politico. Also with us, natasha alfred. I want to start with you, because i love it when you send the playbook out two seconds before you come on our air. Your reporting this morning is that most republicans on the hill and around the country, theyre engaging in what you call performance art. That there really arent many people who believe that theres any chance of delaying or changing the outcome of the election, but theyre playing along to let the president tire himself out, as performance art, you call it. So how long will this performance go on . And what sign or what moment will they stand up and say, okay, the performance is over . Republicans on the hill have really had a hard time standing up to this president for the past four years. I think theyre going to let this play out for as long as they necessarily need to. The date that we hear is certainly the certification of a lot of the ballots in the state. That happens mostly, state by state, but a lot of them will happen at the end of this month or early into december. I also think you have to really look at a political play here with the Senate Republicans looking at those two races in georgia. They do not want to piss off Trump Supporters and potentially make it so that they dont turn out, because that is going to be their only lever of power in a biden administration, to actually keep control of the senate. Natasha, meanwhile, listening to republicans try to do the verbal gymnastics of whats happening here is painful. Here is rick scott of florida, trying to explain why were in limbo. Senator, have you congratulated president elect biden yet . Well, first off, we need to finish all the votes. All the votes need to be counted. I mean, we need to have all the votes counted. So i look forward to that being finished. But the race was closer in 2016 and republicans congratulated President Trump then. Well, i can tell you then that we still theres still a lot of challenges out there, still. So i think we need to get all the votes. And is there any instances of fraud that youve seen . Is there any evidence of fraud, senator . He walks away, natasha. Verbal gymnastics is the perfect phrase to describe what were seeing. And, you know, what were seeing is what enablers do, right . Whether were talking about addiction or politics, they sit by and do nothing and say nothing. And in this case, i think a lot of members of the gop are afraid to have a backbone, to take a stand. And whats different from what weve seen over the past four years . And, you know, so i think whats concerning is that were seeing the repetition of phrases like legal votes and illegal votes, which mean nothing, but similar to fake news, if you say it again and again, it starts to seep into the american consciousness and erode peoples faith in the process. And so, you know, this is bigger than president elect biden or donald trump, this is about american democracy, and its truly a shame that members of the gop, who have actually worked with president elect biden for years are disrespecting him in this way. And are not putting the American People first and protecting democracy. I have to say, to continue the verbal gymnastics metaphor here, rick scott didnt stick the landing there. He didnt stick the landing. He fell off the beam, the pommel horse hit him right in the crotch. The only judge that would give him a passing score is the russian judge at this point. Rick scott sued to stop the counting in 2018 in florida its like hes saying the polar opposite of what he said in his own senate race just two years ago. So that is quite some performance. If you look up in the dictionary squirm, it has a picture of rick scott right there. Ana palmer, the president elect. His decision to address this as really just not of major concern right now, that this is something thats going on in the sidelines, im going to plow forwa forward. How do you think that will land with the American People . How long can the president elect keep that up . This has been his strategy for the last several months. Hes tried to present himself as the actual president ial alternative to donald trump. Whether it comes to coronavirus, whether it comes to our National Security. I do think that this scenario is something that behind the scenes, biden aides and allies have contemplated, though i dont think that they are necessarily surprised that this is happening. And theres clearly a strategy to say, hey, im the serious guy in the room. The transition is continuing. Were not going to be distracted by this side show. The question is how long that can actually last. And at some point, is there going to have to be some kind of, you know, resolution, if trump does not actually stand down, does not concede, and there is a real transition of power issue. See, natasha, theres two different schools of thought. One is the pet lanulance school. Which is, everyones sort of mollifying the president , hes going through the five stages of grief, hell work his way around to it at some point and everything will be good. The other is the plotting school of thought, which is, whats he doing behind the scenes . Why is he installing loyalists into positions of power . Why are the Senate Majority leader and the secretary of state not acknowledging the win . Why is he getting rid of the defense secretary and putting in his own person . Somethings going hes consolidating power. Somethings going on in these final 70 days. So, which one is it . I think that as ana stated, this is more about performance, right . Donald trump is a showman. Hes told once frankly, and from the beginning, that he has a hard time losing. And frankly, he needs to take that up with his spiritual advisers. I think that president elect joe biden is right to have the calm, cool, collected demeanor that he has. The stakes are too high for him to play into this drama. Covid19 is raging. Were thinking about the fact that this was a very close election with razorthin margins. And im thinking about black voters. The fact that it was black voters in the South Carolina primary who really reinvigorated the Biden Campaign and gave him at shot at this presidency. So there are a lot of people who he owes, right . Who he has something to prove. And i think thats why he has no time to waste and has to begin this transition. And the consequences of this delay are very real. President obama wrote an oped about this, and we saw, just the grace. Think about four years ago, the grace that president obama showed to president donald trump, and hes told him, my number one priority is making sure that you have a Successful Transition and think about the contrast right now. So president obama didnt just do that because of the out of the kindness of his heart. Its about america and what happens when foreign adversaries look at this and they see the instability and they take advantage and they exploit that chaos. Donald trump, america does not like sore losers. You need to get over it and move on. Maybe why hes been in hiding since thursday. We havent seen him since thursday. Maybe he did not want to portray himself as the loser. Maybe he was embarrassed to come forward. We will find out much more today when we think he makes his first public appearance. Nah thtasha alford, great to ha you on the show and ana palmer, great to see you, as well. We have reached a Record Number of hospitalizations. More people sick in the hospital right now with coronavirus than ever before. What, if anything, is going to slow this catastrophic rise, next . Time to start brushing with parodontax toothpaste . If your gums bleed when you brush, the answer is yes. The clock may be ticking towards worse. 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Carlos del rio, hes an executive associate dean at Emory University school of medicine at grady health system. Dr. Del rio, thank you for being here. What are you looking at this morning . Well, alisyn, im just terrified. We are entering a very dark phase in this pandemic. The numbers are going up. Not only cases, but as you mentioned, hospitalizations, and were also beginning to see an increase in deaths. And i dont see i dont see two things. I essentially see that the government, the federal government has lost any interest. We havent had any briefing on the pandemic from any federal leader in quite some time. And we have essentially no national strategy, so i feel like we are, you know, navigating without a pilot. And were just going down the rapids very quickly. And this is this is bad. This is really bad. So i would encourage everybody to take, you know, things in our hands and do exactly what dr. Fauci said. Wear a mask, watch your distance, be careful, because this disease is very serious. I want to point out that Vice President mike pence, who is the leader of the Coronavirus Task force, is going on vacation today. Hes leaving. Going on vacation. Weve never had as many hospitalizations in this country has we do this morning. And hes going on vacation. New deaths, 1,400 overnight. That number is rising. You know, were Getting Better at treating people, dr. Del rio. But when you have hospitalizations rising as quickly as they are and the case rate rising as much as it is, even if the mortality per case rate is going down, youre still going to have an Alarming Number of new deaths. And i just dont see, and i dont know if you do, maybe you can help me out, what is being done to slow this rise . John, unfortunately, nothing is being done. And as you mentioned, you know, think about 1,400 deaths in a day. That would be equivalent of, you know, three to four jumbo jets dropping from the sky and killing everybody. If yesterday we had had four planes full of passengers drop from the sky and everybody died, there would be major outrage, right . The fda would be saying something . We would have an investigation, we would try to figure out whats going on. I dont see congress doing anything, i dont see the federal government doing anything . Wheres the cdc director standing up saying, what are we doing . 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. Youre so right, when you put it into that context. We have all gotten enured, of course, because your Mental Health psyche protects you from having to deal with that level of catastrophe and trauma and death every day. On the promising note, dr. Del rio, do you have a different timeline for the vaccine than weve heard . In terms of the general public being able to get the vaccine, when might that happen . You know, if we look, alisyn, where the vaccine is. And obviously, i have to see the data, but what weve seen so far is encouraging. But assuming that everything goes well and pfizer submits for an eua and the fda some time in late november, early december, we will start having a vaccine available in late december to january. It will be rolled out in phases, and those phases will be initially to, you know, Front Line Health Care workers and emergency responders. It will be to the older, elderly individuals, people with comorbidities. By the time we make it available to everybody out there, its probably going to be i think its going to be actually later than dr. Fauci suggested. I think its not going to be until the summer, probably july, august, maybe by september, well be in a much better place. But we still have many months ahead before we can count on a vaccine. Dr. Del rio, we really appreciate you giving us the hard facts and the frightening truth this morning. Thank you very much. The votes are still being counted and joe bidens lead over President Trump is widening. How decisive was this victory . Harry enten will give us the context and break it down, next. Can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. Otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. Tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. Some people taking otezla reported weight loss. Your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. 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That number is expected to grow a lot. In arizona, joe bidens lead has narrowed to nearly 13,000 votes, but he is still ahead. We are expecting more votes in over the course of the day. Again, the bottom line here is no matter how you look at this, whether the popular vote or the Electoral College, the president elect ahead, by a lot. Joining us now, cnn senior Political Writer and analyst, harry enten. Harold, it is a pleasure to see you postelection, for the very first time, to see your smiling face here. Just give me a sense of how big this win was, harry . Look, its a pretty clear decisive victory for the president elect and you can see that both in the popular vote and the Electoral College. Look, at the end of this whole thing, president elect joe biden will get more than 5 million votes than donald trump. Thats not particularly close. And if you look at the Electoral College, my forecast says that joe biden will get 74 more electoral votes than donald trump. This is not a particularly close election. Yes, it was long nights and a long week last week. But at the end of this, joe biden will have a pretty decisive victory. Lets put it in Historical Context as far as the Electoral College. If you look back since 1960, joe biden is forecast to earn a higher share of electoral votes than all but three challengers. Were talking about folks like fdr and reagan in 1980. This is the company that joe biden is in. He just even if you look at the Electoral College as just running away with the race at this particular point. What about the popular vote in Historical Context . There, its an even more decisive win. Joe biden is forecast to again somewhere between 51 and 42 of the electoral vote. That is a higher share than every challenger, but Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. That was a huge blowout. This is the type of blowout that were talking about here. The type of decisive win. Joe biden just simply put a lot of folks got behind him much more so than usually get behind a challenger to an incumbent. And if youre looking at the percentage victory, it will be greater than 2016, 2004, 2000. It will be greater than 1976, 1968, 1960. I mean, it is a buigger victory than almost any of those. Lets go applestoapples here. Compare this to 2016. Right, look, Hillary Clinton can see that the day after the election, take a look here, joe bidens popular vote. Hes forecast between to get between 51 and 52 . Donald trump just got 46 of the popular vote in 2016. This is going to be five to six point s higher than that. And the Electoral College, you know, trump was carrying around that map with him, joe biden is forecast to get the same number of electoral votes and the same share that donald trump got in 2016. So any way you slice this apple and this pizza pie or whatever food you want to use, joe biden gets to or exceeds Donald Trumps margins from 2016. Its a more zidecisive win. And the fact that President Trump has yet to concede, how unusual is this . Extraordinarily unusual. You know, if you look back at the Electoral College shares, compare them to joe biden at this particular point, everybody single time you had a similar Electoral College forecast forecast for joe biden, 57 plus or minus 5 percentage points, look, the loser had conceded by this point. They had conceded. This includes Hillary Clinton in 2016. I honestly dont know what President Trump is thinking, john. He may not be thinking, at least rationally at this point. Harry, talk about recounts here. Because there will be a recount if the Trump Campaign wants in georgia. Dont know about recount anywhere else. What do we know about how they change things historically . Very, very little. If you look back and look at the share of the vote that right now joe biden has in the most important state, wisconsin, he has a lead of at least 20,000 votes and at least a 0. 62point lead in the states he needs to get to 270 electoral votes. In the recounts, they dont shift it that much. Joe bidens lead is well above any range that they could potentially shift things. It is multiple times higher than the biggest shift we have ever seen in a recount. An important note, harry enten, great to have you on. Thanks so much. Thank you, sir. A lot of news this morning, Tropical Storm in the gulf right now, set to make a second landfall in georgia. We have new hurricane watches just issued. Well give you an update, next. children laughing music swells music fades exhales experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Less oral steroids. 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