1920 an all black officiating crew takes the field on monday night football. Plus a Major General motors recall involving some of the auto giants most popular and expensive suv models welcome to tuesday early today starts right now good morning, im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The Trump Administration is finally giving the green light for president elect joe bidens transition the head of the General Services administration cleared the way for the transfer of power last night after slowwalking the process for weeks. Our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us now with the latest tracie, good morning biden will have a lot of catching up to do. Reporter so, phillip, this means that joe biden will have 57 days instead of the 77 that president obama had to get his administration together before Inauguration Day this letter of ascertainment just signed off by the General Services Administration Director calls him the apparent winner of the election and directs more than 7
G20 meeting early this morning and the biggest subject was covid. Yeah, no kidding. Saying covid is the biggest topic at the g20 is like saying, i was at the oscars, and the big subject was movies. And then, he skipped the session devoted to Pandemic Response to play golf again. Theres the caravan of carts. And there he is, aintdoin, jack nicklaus. As graceful as a dumptruck. He golfed on saturday and sunday this weekend. Ive never seen a guy try so hard to keep a job he doesnt even do. This is his schedule today. No Public Events again. Just some eating and private screaming into a mypillow. On friday, he did do something. He attempted to personally interfere in the election. He invited the Senate Majority leader and speaker of the house for the state of michigan to the white house. For some bigly buttering up. That didnt work, because today, the michigan board of canvassers certified the results, officially declaring joe biden the winner. Trump had another big loss in pennsylvania to
First time in decades. Well talk to cindy mccain about his achievement and her role in the biden Transition Team. Plus y more republicans are side with the president elect on a matter of national security. And the dawn of a new era in space travel. Well have an inside look at a Landmark Mission for four astronauts launching this weekend. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Were running out of time and were running out of options. Weve gone through hell. Keep going. This is literally a matter of life and death. The u. S. Sinks deeper into the coronavirus pandemic. The country isnt just breaking records. Its blowing through them. Wearing the mask, they think its uncomfortable and annoying. You know whats really uncomfortable and annoying . When you die. Republican senators are calling on the administration to give biden Intelligence Briefings. Theres no legal basis. Hes getting support from members of the Republican Party who are not challenging him. And tha
Of a surge on top of a surge in the coronavirus pandemic as people return from thanksgiving travel. Americans want to get back to normal as we inch closer to a vaccine being approved. For now, the harsh reality is that cases continue to spike. Yesterday, the u. S. Saw nearly 139,000 new cases. Since beginning of november, more than 4 million cases. More than double since october. Debra alfarone, many people were warned. Many people traveled anyway. What can you tell us about the new warnings now . They are saying if you traveled during thanksgiving, you should assume you have the virus and get tested this week. Reporter millions of americans are now home after a trip to see family and friends. Everybody was nervous. Health officials warned against gathering. Many are getting tested for covid19. We had a few people over just to be safe. Hospitalizations are already at record high in 33 states. We may see a surge within a surge. Officials say it will get worse. If your family traveled, y
He tweeted it in lower, sentence case. Thats as close as trump is gonna get to making a concession speech. Hes like a kid slowly realizing nobodys coming to his birthday party. We should never have given him that diet coke button thats hard to give up. This had to put a little crinkle in his tin foil hat. The department of homeland securitys cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency this is one of trumps own cabinet agencies, put out a statement debunking his claims of widespread fraud. They wrote, the november 3rd election was the most secure in american history. And then they took another dig at the boss baby, while we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should, too. And how did the president react to that statement of reassurance from his own agency . Most fraudulent election in history [ laughter ] [