Million infections in the u. S. By inauguration day. For perspective right now the country has already 12 million plus infections and that experts say under states the number. Were covering a lot of headlines. Lets begin with Arlette Saenz in delaware. Theyve been doing this quietly the last several days now you get things are accelerating. Reporter thats right. Now the biden transition can work full steam ahead as they have access to key transition resources. That letter from the gsa administrator emily murphy allows for the official transition process to begin. The biden team will now have access to millions of dollars in funding to fund its operations. It also has access to things Like Office Space and i. T. Help. But also the biden team can start launching their Agency Reviews team to start working with the Outgoing Administration to see what is happening in their departments and agencies. It gives them a look under the hood of what the Trump Administration has been up to over the
This is why superman works alone. Im batman. Nice coat. Forget there have been bad batmans out there over the years. Val kilmer, i didnt remember him. Good morning, friday, august 23rd. On set washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay who i gave her a cold. Shes upset. Were sharing everything. Guys, be careful. Okay. Dont overshare, please. Drugs here if anyone touches them. Always be in england. Can i just say, does every boy grow up dreaming of saying, im batman . I dont know. Its a funny joke. Every boy doesnt grow up. Thats good. Oh oh. Discuss that also. Pulitzerprize winning historian jon meacham. Pulitzerprize winning column t columnist, msnbc political ans list, can we shorten the title please, Eugene Robinson and Vice President and executive editor of msnbc. Com richard holt. Hes also the author of the book the message, the reselling of president obama. And thats all we have time for this morning. Back to you. If we did the subtitle of richards book we would run
This is bbc news, the headlines. We start with our breaking news a key Us Government body the General Services Administration Says joe bidens transition as president elect can formally begin. Donald trump has tweeted saying that in the best interests of the United States hes told his team to cooperate with protocols. Mr bidens team will now begin meeting with government officials to discuss the Pandemic Response and other issues. Lets head to washington now and speak with out correspondent nomia iqbal. This came as a surprise, i think. Do we know what is actually making a difference, what has tip to hear . We are not sure, but you are right, the Transition Team from the American News networks, as it was happening. We heard about. This is a gilding of the reality that donald trump lost the election. If the first step
the election. If the first step the initiation had taken to admit its defeat and has come within two weeks since biden was projected the winter, at a formal sign off, a per
Of reopening. Mark meredith is at the white house with more. Reporter the white house is praising americas efforts to combat the coronavirus. The Administration Says its glad to see what people have been doing to maintain social distance. There are still concerns that people may tune out Vital Information during this holiday weekend. Its very important for governors and communities to let people know where there is still high levels of virus, like it is here in washington, d. C. , in chicago, and in la. And to really ensure that those with vulnerabilities are protected. Reporter all weekend long weve seen those videos of americans packing beaches coast to coast. Now we learned that the president s own Campaign Hopes to capitalize on that by flying banners at at least eight beaches. The Campaign Says today it plans to fly banners over galveston, texas, pensacola, Virginia Beach and the south jersey shore. There is still no word on when the president may host a Campaign Rally or event of
Trump dictated his sons misleading statement on the meeting with the russian lawyer. It says that while lawyers wanted the statement to be truthful, there was a change of course at the president s direction. The post rgs is reporting trump personally dictated the statement on air force one while flew back from germany while he had met with putin the first time. The extent of the president s personal intervention in his sons response, the details of which have not previously been reported adds to a series of action that is trump has taken that some advisers fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy. It goes on to quote peter deciden berg be the deputy special prosecutor who investigated the george w. Bush administrations leak of cia operative valerie plaims identity. Thats saying oolts. The thing that strikes me about in is the stupidity of involving the president. They are still treating this like a familyrun business. And they have a p. R. Problem. Wh