Pose a risk to National Security. There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. All right. Were ready. Illegal seizures of government are hysterical. Whether its denial, defiance or delusion. Or a combo platter of all three. Make no mistake the people around the president backed by elected republicans and conservative talking heads are deliberate ri creating the false impression they can somehow stop joe biden from becoming the 46th president of the United States. Because the truth is they cannot do that. Theyre trying to spritz the stench of illegitimacy on a biden harris administration. Its business sr. As izarre as. They are pretending the election never happened at all. Continuing to prepare the Budget Proposal for the next fiscal year. The gsa formally recognizing a president elect for the transfer of power to begin is refusing to green light the process. The process isnt just about getting a tour of the oval office. Joe biden is being blocked from millions o
This broadcast, warned us for months that we would see exactly this as the Colder Weather set in, and they were right. Another oneday record for new cases has been shattered. Over 144,000 of them just today. According to nbc news. We lost over 1,500 people in just these last 24 hours. The spread is uncontrolled in virtually every state. Thats according to data from the covid exit strategy. And now indeed the president is surrounded by it. Two more people at that white house Election Night party have tested positive. One of them trumps political director. President elect joe biden has already taken steps to focus on containing and mitigating the virus and tonight announced his senior hire will be ron klain as chief of staff. Klain is a longtime biden aide who also worked with the former Vice President in the Obama Administration on ebola and other epidemics. Today trump and biden both took part in separate veterans day events. While trump continues to hold up the transition and bidens a
Acknowledge bidens win. This comes as the coronavirus is spiraling out of control in america. In the past 24 hours alone, cases and hospitalizations are hitting a new record and more than 1400 americans have died from the virus. From the pentagon to the state department trumps refusal to acknowledge bidens win is turning into National Security nightmare. We have our correspondents in washington taking it from here. When the pentagon comes back to work after veterans day, the big question will be what happens next. Now defense secretary mark esper fired and gone, a new acting secretary chris miller installed, other new members of the top levels of the pentagon trump loyalists clearly earmarked to carry out out what the president s wishes are. The problem is nobody knows what those are. Toulouse unease and anxiety. A big question is will President Trump make a big military decision before he leaves office. Im kylie atwood at the state department. People are outraged after secretary pompe
Shakeups around the president in the wake of his loss. Lets go straight to nbcs monica alba outside the white house. Good afternoon to you. We just learned about this a couple minutes ago. In a tweet from the president , take us through what we know. And our colleague carol lee had reported that esper had perhaps before the election, or around the time of Election Night, had drafted a Resignation Letter already in anticipation of this. Yeah. Incredible reporting by my colleagues who had been documenting the president s displeasure with secretary esper for months. Weve seen it aired publicly and privately according to reporting. And three defense officials had told them that indeed secretary esper had drafted this letter before last week, before the election, knowing this could be the potential outcome, and that the president as one of his first acts if he had lost, or even if he potentially won reelection, would have moved to get rid of some cabinet officials whom he had clash with at
Democratic process. It can be, frankly, chilling to hear. Take secretary of state mike pompeo this afternoon. Is the state department currently preparing to engage with the Biden Transition Team . And, if not, at what point does it delay a hamper a smooth transition or pose a risk to National Security . There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. A smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. That is madness. And, at the same time, secretary pompeo was saying that, Vice President mike pence was on capitol hill detailing all of the trump lawsuits and supposed voter fraud at the gop senate lunch. The white house is also now currently firing top officials at the pentagon and replacing them with fierce loyalists and most republican officials in washington are going along with this. Here is senator ron johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland security committee. Senator, have you congratulated Vice President biden yet . No. Reporter why not . Nothing to co