To be an unfortunate misrepresentation. That is why we gave them the 1. 5 billion. We will work to secure an emergency use authorization, which should be coming down extremely soon, and my administration will then coordinate the distribution of the vaccine, and it will be approved, i think again, very, very quickly. Jessie the president also saying other vaccines in addition could be ready soon, and while joe bidens team has discussed the possibility of future lockdowns, President Trump said that wont happen on his watch. This administration will not be going through a locked down. Whatever happens in the future, who knows . I guess time will tell, but this administration will not go to a lockdown. Jessie all right, a lot of good news. I guess this was developed five times faster than any other vaccine, and they could get 20 million doses out by decemb december, and the rest of the country could see distribution by april. The only way for this nation to get out of this pandemic, the ch
Attempts to over turn the election results. Over night, president elect biden expanding his victory in wisconsin. Biden adding 132 votes to his total bringing his margin of victory to more than 183,000 votes. New reaction from Vice President elect Kamala Harris to reports that President Trump is mulling another run in 2024. Take a listen. President trump has been making motions he will run again in 2024. Do where you feel like you and president elect biden would be ready to face face him again. Please. Theres that. And then this. The number of coronavirus cases nationwide surpassing 13 million. The u. S. Adding one million new cases in each of the last two weeks. Helping us to expand is a trio of correspondents. Were going to begin with aly vitali. Theres another split screen weekend. The president who spent time at his golf club while Vice President elect spent time with Small Business owners. Reporter another split screen weekend. Another juxtaposition of how the administration is sp
Cabinet. You see some there. And President Trumps former defense secretary, jim mattis, listen to this, he is giving joe biden some free advice on how not to deal with other world powers. Were going to have more for you on that in a moment. And biden and excuse me, Vice President elect Kamala Harris are meeting virtually with the conference of mayors right now. This is all happening as another drug giant is announcing the successful results of a Covid Vaccine trial. It is welcome news, obviously, for a country still shattering its own hospitalization records and right as Health Experts warn the thanksgiving holiday could lead to a tsunami of new cases. Lets start with this lets go to cnns jessica dean who is following the president s transition. Jessica, as i mentioned, former secretary mattis, no stranger to setting the record straight on where he disagrees with this current administration, but this news coming out about what he is saying to joe biden is a pretty big deal. What is it
Former assistant secretary of state, expected to be the next u. N. Ambassador. That would be restoring a professional diplomat to the u. N. Post. The president elect will continue to focus on the coronavirus pandemic during a meeting with the u. S. Conference of merritts later this afternoon mayors later this afternoon where there is nothing on President Trumps schedule again. After a weekend filled with more false claims about the Election Results and more rounds of golf. This time while other World Leaders were taking part in the g20 virtual summit. That was of course hosted by saudi arabia this year. President trump did take part in opening statements. Joining me, nbc White House Correspondent geoff bennett, in delaware, nbc political reporter monica alva, at the white house. Reuters White House Correspondent mike jeff mason, and New York Times washington correspondent michael schmidt, author of donald trump versus the united states. Welcome all. Geoff bennett, lets talk about the e
Closely. Give us the latest. What are we hearing . What do we know . President elect joe biden is slated to roll out his first cabinet picks on tuesday. We are learning that among those are expected to be the position of secretary of state. As you mentioned, the leading contender for that job is tony blinken. Someone who previously served as deputy secretary of state and has known joe biden for decades, going back to bidens time in the senate. He also served as National Security advisor to biden while he was Vice President. Tony blinken was actually here in wilmington, delaware, meeting with biden and other National Security experts during a virtual briefing. We saw the two of them walking out of the queen theater together last week. We are also learning that in addition to biden announcing his expected to announce his secretary of state tuesday, there are other Foreign Policy roles he is going to be announcing. Our colleagues reporting that in addition to secretary of state, biden is