Werent really going to have an instore event this week but then we heard ruths book was coming out so we decided we had to have it. [applause] so thank you very much for bearing with us. I am Bradley Graham the cone are of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine. Thank you so much for coming. We were very excited when we learned after last years clematis hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knew that if anyone could deliver an indepth behindthescenes account of what happened and also put the whole drama into a grand and political context it would be roof. She hasnt disappointed. Her new look supreme ambition is fastpaced and makes for a really compelling read. In the acknowledge mens rev calls this a book shes been preparing to ride for her entire career and indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience, educated in history at yale and harvard ruth went right into
Dpeering up to take gearing up to take on this pandemic, dr. Fauci said theres progress on that front. I have been in contact with ron klain. Nothing substantive in the sense of plans but Touching Base with me, telling me we will be talking about it very soon now that the transition is in process. The relationship is so critical as the country just saw its deadliest day since may. The president elect plans to address the nation on all of this later today. Just step back and juxtapose them what the current president is doing today, going instead with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to pennsylvania, to do what . Push more unproven claims of voter fraud. Were covering all of the angles this morning. We will begin the hour with rosa flores from miamidade international airport. Good morning, rosa. Despite the cdc saying do not travel, a lot of people are still doing it. Jim and poppy, they absolutely are. Millions of americans are traveling. Just take a look around. Let me show you. I thi
Apparent winner, 16 days after he was actually declared the victor. That frees up million of dollars and, importantly, makes the transition official initiating background checks on the president elects nominees. President trump says his legal team is moving full speed ahead even though they have lost every major battle that could have affected the outcome. The president elect officially announced his nominees on monday. He will not unveil his full Economic Team until next week but nbc news has confirmed that former fed chair and past head of the White House Council of economic advisers, janet yellen, will be his nominee for treasury secretary, the first woman for that role. On wall street, the dow cleared 30,000 in the last hour, a new all time intraday high. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent Geoff Bennett in delaware and weekend today cohost Peter Alexander at the white house. Geoff, first to you, the biden transition entering a key phase. We expect to see him as soon as 1 00 unl
They are talking about repealing and replacing obamacare. There were a couple of highlights of what we just heard. Number one was sean spicer not saying whether the president had confidence in his attorney general amid the report indicating that perhaps there was unease on the part of the president. The press secretary said he had not had that conversation with the president himself. One of the last times that that statement came out. You have news about the president s tweets. What this mean when is it comes to james comey testimony, sean spicer said the president is the most effective messenger. The president wants to be conveying and talking about his own message wn he is faced with qstio about whether its the russia investigation or anything else. I would also highlight the discussion surrounding qatar. That tweet came out and was o r overshadow overshadowed, but he avoided the questions when it came to what this meant with the relationship moving forward. Choosing to focus on fund
All familiar with. It references our military posture. Its a direct reference to weaponry. Its pretty clear. But then this morning, things got less clear. Vice president pences chief of staff, marc short, was asked about the tweet and the term locked and loaded. Heres what he said. I think that locked and loaded is a broad term that talks about the realities that were also far safer and more secure domestically from energy independence. Locked and loaded, hes saying, is a broad term about energy independence. Has anyone ever actually used the term locked and loaded in that way . Our fossil fuels are locked and loaded . Doesnt really make sense. Were locked and loaded with natural gas and other fossil fuels, not to mention wind and solar. Keeping em honest, we all know what the president meant by locked and loaded. Clearly, the Vice President s office doesnt want to come out and say, just disregard the tweet sent out by the president last night. Instead, theyre pretending it means somet