Mary bruce tonight with the Biden Campaign. President trump this evening taking legal action in an effort to stop the counting in michigan and some of the counting in pennsylvania. And tonight, his team calling for a recount in wisconsin. Jon karl and what hes learning from inside the Trump Campaign tonight. And our teams from wisconsin to pennsylvania, from georgia to arizona, and what we could learn as early as tonight. America waits. A special edition of world news tonight begins now. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. A very tense nation still waiting tonight to learn who will be the next president of the united states. So Many Americans exhausted by this pandemic, exhausted by these polarized times and now americans across this country are being asked for their patience as every vote is counted. And we knew in this pandemic, it could take time. There is news coming in tonight on the election. Two key states now, abc news can now project fo
This marks another apparent change to the white house schedule following the president s early return from florida yesterday. All of this amid renewed military tensions with iran in a few minutes well have a live report from tehran from you. And over on capitol hill just moments ago Senate Republican leaders blocked efforts to bring a vote on 2,000 stimulus checks to the floor in a rare holiday session of congress. We start on the latest with the white house transition. Joining me now nbc news political reporter at the white house, nbc news correspondent mike memoli, and victoria soto, the director of communications. Im going to start with you, monica. Vice president pence asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit led by house republicans, it would have expanded his power to overturn the election when congress meets to certify bidens win. Talk us through what this all means. Vice president mike pence is expected in his role, of course, as the number two in government, to oversee th
Capitol, which they see as a success. Investigators warn that online chatter is, quote, off the charts. The National Guard is preparing to find improvised explosive devices like pipe bombs and molotov cocktails ahead of next weeks inauguration. A federal Law Enforcement official tells cnn that the evidence suggests that the siege at the capitol was planned. We have brandnew video this morning that captures even more of how violent this attack was. This was not a protest gone wrong. The fbi says it has received tens of thousands of digital tips, including some that appear to show members of congress with extremists who later showed up at the insurrection. Joining us now, cnn White House Correspondent john harwood and cnn National Political reporter, maeve reston. John, my question is, what happens now. What are the open questions you have about the senate trial that we now understand will not begin until Joe Biden Takes Office . Well, the biggest questions, john, are how long the trial
Somers will be with me shortly. Are we out to degrade and destroy the enemy this time . Well look ahead on sunday morning futures. Good morning. A turbulent stock market, ebola anxiety, as we head into the last couple weeks before election day. This as the race for which party will control the senate could not get any tighter. Paul ryan is the congressman from wisconsin and chairman of the house budget committee. Congressman, good to have you on the program. Welcome. Good morning. Nice to be back with you. Good to see you. Congressman, i would like to get into three things with you. The mid terms, the governments response to ebola and isis and then of course talk about the economy and budget issues. So lets start with the mid terms. How confident are you that the gop takes the senate . I feel pretty good about it actually. Ive been around the country. We have fantastic candidates. I was just with pat roberts on friday in kansas. I think all of our candidates are doing very well. I thin
70s. Nabors and his partner have been together for 38 years. Barbara streisand performing at the Academy Awards for the first time in 36 years. Can you guess what she sang in 1977 . The theme from a store is born that. Does it for me here. Check out the latest interviews. Cnn. Com brooke. Now, wolf blitzer. The situation room begins right now. Hey, wolf. Brooke, thanks very much. Happening now, deadly weather. A thousand mile long of dangerous storms and tornadoes stretching from the gulf coast to new england. Also, he listened to his wifes impassioned plea for gun control and then spent hours answering senators questions. Mark kelly joins us this hour live in the situation room. Plus, the mother of an American Woman making her very first visit overseas and vanished in turkey. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room we begin with a deadly storm here in the eastern part of the United States. There is wind damage all across the southeast, some of it from tornadoes. One death is repo