Thousands of american workers. More on that when i talk to Garrett Haake on capitol hill in a moment but i want to start with nbcs peter alexander. Hes at the white house and ali vitali also in d. C. Peter, President Trump full steam ahead on the rally front. Big rallies all weekend. That is his jam. Any worries from fallout from tuesdays debate or hes just going to keep churning ahead and hoping to move the news cycle . The president does seem unfazed but his allies are worried with him trailing in the polls to attract those undecided voters, he squandered that opportunity, even repelled some of those undecideds. If the white house and campaign, as our team has been reporting, was quiet and in shock, one of the real challenges for this president is its another two weeks before the next debate between him and the former Vice President joe biden. Any chance for a course correction. Has to wait. He has to marinade in a lot of those bad headlines until that. And that puts pressure on the
Biden and trump in georgia, where a statewide hand recount has been ordered. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that absolutely refuses to believe in bad luck on this friday the 13th. Im kasie hunt. And weve got more breaking news overnight. China congratulated president elect joe biden today on his election victory. China, along with russia, had avoided congratulating biden and his Vice President ial running mate, kamala harris, after the election was called last weekend. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Today said, quote, we respect the choice of the american people. We congratulate mr. Biden and ms. Harris. But the spokesman did not give a reason for the delay, saying, instead, quote, the result will be confirmed according to u. S. Laws and procedures. Earlier this week, turkish president erdogan, who had a close relationship with President Trump, also congratulated biden after initial silence. On monday, the kremlin announced that russian president Vlad
To walk through it. For his part, President Trump says republicans should take a handsoff approach. Let obamacare fail. It will be a lot easier and i think were probably in that position where well just let obamacare fail. Were not going to own it. Im not going to own it. I can tell you the republicanss are are not going to own it. Well let obamacare fail and the republicans are going to come to us and say, how do we fix it or how do we come up with a new plan. So, well see what happens. So we want to lead this hour with dana bash, our chief Political Correspondent up on capitol hill there and all of your fabulous reporting, my friend. But let me just weave in the fact that as weve been doing television, the White House Briefing is underway right now and since we cant take it leave, let me tell you that the deputy spokesperson, Sarah Huckabee sanders, is apparently placing blame squarely on the democrats shoulders so theres that. But dana, lets talk about republican strategy here. Stil
Tight tidal wave. Senator al franken resign, taking one final shot at the president. I am leaving, while a man who has bragged on tape about Sexual Assault sits in the oval office. Another congressman steps down. Now more accusations and more calls for resignations. I think that he should voluntarily resign. Out of control, 140,000 acres of california engulfed in flames. Nearly 200,000 people evacuated. Some of the 6,000 firefighters on the front lines are going from heroes to victims. I ask them to go by and check my house and he texted me back saying im sorry, you know, told me its gone. And hes sure no coffee boy. The fiance of George Papadopoulos speaks out this morning, saying he was far more than a bit player in the campaign. He was constantly in touch with the higher level official in the campaign. Never took any initiative without the blessing of the campaign. And it is jobs day. 228,000 jobs added in november. Well have more on that in a moment. Weve got to begin on capitol hi