Formally initiated the transition, providing the biden team with access to money and materials. Today, the president has had his busiest public schedule in three weeks since the election with two appearances. Minutes ago, took part in the annual thanksgiving turkey pardoning at the white house. And made a surprise one minute visit to the Briefing Room to celebrate the dowjones hitting a record 30,000 points which analysts are attributing to the gsa moving forward with the biden transition. Now, the president once again left the podium while ignoring questions about formal concession. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. And that is where we begin this hour with the latest on the transfer of power. Joining us, nbc news political reporter ali vitale with the team in wilmington, delaware, and correspondent kara lee outside the white house. Ali, let me begin with you. Whats the message joe biden was sending about how Foreign Policy and National Security would work under his administr
But the federal government cant do this alone. Each of us has a responsibility in our own lives to do what we can do to slow the virus. Every decision we make matters. Every decision we make can save lives. None of these steps were asking people to take are political statements. Every one is based on science, real science. The good news is, theres been significant, recordbreaking progress made recently in developing a vaccine. And several of these vaccines look extraordinarily effective. It happens were on track for the first immunization to begin in december. Its just going to take time. Im hoping the news of the vaccine will serve as an incentive to every american to take simple steps to get control of the virus. Theres real hope. Tangible hope. So hang on. Dont let yourself surrender to the fatigue, which i understand, its real fatigue. I know we can and will beat this virus. America is not going to lose this war. Well get our lives back. Life is going to return to normal, i promise
People traveled just wednesday alone, the highest since march. Overnight the u. S. Hit a new daily record high, more than 200,000 cases. Now daily deaths are fast approaching that record set in april. As we do say good morning, everybody, it is sunday, november 29th. Im kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. Were happy youre with us and have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest. Lets begin in washington, d. C. President trump is returning to the white house after spending the last three days golfing in Northern Virginia with his time with the president ial helicopter dwindling, he used marine one to shuttle him directly to the course. Like right there, landing him right there. In the meantime, his administration suffered another setback as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a republican lawsuit targeting mailin ballots, that blow delivered just a day after trump appointed federal judge rejected the campaigns request to not declare biden the winner in the battleground s
Emergency use authorization for the Moderna Vaccine. More than 230,000 new cases and 3,300 americans died yesterday. The cdc now projecting that it could reach 391,000 deaths by january 9th. Thats about three weeks from today. Were witnessing an economic split screen. Nearly 900,000 people filed for unemployment last week. Thats the highest number since early september. While the s p 500 hit a record high in anticipation of a covid relief deal. Joining us now mike memoli with the Biden Transition Team in delaware and kara lee across from the white house. Lets start with the breaking news about. Mike, youve been working your sources. We now have a pick, president elect joe biden making his decision on his interior secretary. Tell me more about it. Reporter thats right, ayman. Yesterday we heard president elect joe biden talking about his cabinet and now congresswoman deb haaland from new mexico is his choice to lead the interior department. Whats interesting about this, ayman, it was se
Prevent a repeat of last week and make sure the transfer of power is peaceful. We are live in washington and in state clols across the country as the inauguration collides with impeachment, a trial that could start while joe biden is giving his inaugural address. We might get an answer this morning on when haass Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send that article across the capitol. She will speak live from there as one gop senator now openly saying the house was right to impeach the president. Were talking about one of the impeachment managers congresswoman Stacey Plaskett here live in just a moment. Good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, tom costello over on the hill, dasha burns in lansing, michigan, Maura Barrett is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. Tom, let me start with you. We confirmed a few hours ago that all of these security concerns, i mean, there is going to be a delay in a weekend inauguration rehearehearsal. I was down at the capitol yesterday