Place wisconsin just finalized bidens victory there following a partial recount only hours after arizona certified bidens win in that state. Those are two more significant blows to President Trumps false claims of voter fraud and his refusal to concede defeat. Were also following breaking news on the coronavirus crisis. The fda has scheduled a meeting to discuss modernas application being filed today for emergency use authorization for its vaccine. And an operation warp speed official now says 100 of americans who want a vaccine will have gotten one by june. Lets go to our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny covering the biden transition. The president elect is now getting the intel briefings he should have been receiving weeks ago. Reporter wolf, good evening. He is. It is 51 days before president elect Joe Biden Takes Office and he did get that president ial daily brief today for the first time in four years since he served as Vice President. That was something that was not o
Iran amid the funeral for its Top Nuclear Scientist. Good to have you with us. U. S. President elect joe biden will receive his first president ial briefing today, as his cabinet and inner circle come further into focus. His Economic Team is set to be the latest announcement in the hours ahead. Cnns mj lee has the details on that and why biden made a weekend visit to the doctor. Reporter president elect joe biden paying a visit to the Doctors Office on sunday, the Transition Office announcing on sunday that on saturday he had an incident where he was playing with his dog, major, slipped and hurt his ankle. He visited an orthopedist. The xrays showed he did have a sprain in his right foot. The Biden Transition Team also making a slew of announcements as well, including key women who will be serving in White House Communications team. Some names worth mentioning include kate bedingfield, who is being named the White House Communications director, jen sochi, who will be standing behind th
On how many people could gather in one place. Lets bring in nbcs Erin Mclaughlin at Los Angeles International airport and dasha burns at Bristol Regional Medical Center in bristol, tennessee. I know theyre getting ready to open new Rapid Testing centers for travelers at lax. Tell us how that will work . Reporter thats right, ellison. That center is set to open next week for results in one to two hours for anyone that wants to pay 150 for a test, building on an interim Testing Center opened last week. Those results are available in one to two days, meant for travelers going places that need to quarantine or prevent a negative covid19 test. It has to be said, while more testing is welcome, l. A. Officials are telling people to stop all nonessential travel. Thats how serious the covid19 situation is here, particularly in southern california, asking people to stay at home. Nevertheless, weve seen an uptick in travelers at lax ahead of the thanksgiving holiday, reaching a peek last friday o
Meanwhile coronavirus cases in the u. S. Are closing in on 13 million. The cdc now believes the real number could be much higher. A new report from the agency reveals the country could miss eight covid cases for every single case that is recorded. The u. S. Reported nearly 125,000 new infections just yesterday alone. That means by the cdc estimation the actual number could be closer to one million cases. As leading Health Experts warn that travel over the thanksgiving holiday time could make the current surge worse in the weeks to come, they believe that thanksgiving could prove to be a super spreader event of its own. More breaking news this afternoon out of iran. That countrys Top Nuclear Scientist is dead in an apparent assassination. This story could have serious implications across the groub. Were going to get the latest from tehran in just a few minutes. Let us begin with the pandemic and the growing concern that the thanksgiving holiday will worsen the surge that we are already
Gillian so in that first post election interview President Trump spoke to our own Maria Bartiromo yesterday. He doubled down on the election being rigged and stolen but understands it will be difficult to change the outcome. Still insisting he is not going to accept defeat. Listen. President trump my mind will not change in six months. There was tremendous cheating here. The mailin vote is a disaster. If republicans allow it to happen, you will never have another republican elected in the history of this country. At a senate level or president ial level. Trace john roberts is live from the north lawn. Good morning. Another week, no end in sight for the president s legal battles apparently. It is going on and on and on with no end in sight. Good morning trace and gillian. The president prolific about the topic on twitter yesterday. No way did we lose this election and also questioning why republicans did so well in down ballot races particularly in the house yet he lost the president ia