Well, these were first reported by the Washington Post. They had been obtained and confirmed by nbc news. Now, the recordings were made in new york. That is a state where only one party needs to consent for a conversation to be legally recorded. Meanwhile, the president is gearing up for a scaled down Convention Set to begin tomorrow. This as joe biden and Kamala Harris sat down for their first joint interview as the Democratic Party nominees. Did you feel pressure to select a black woman . No, i didnt feel pressure to select a black woman, but what i did think and ive said it before, ive probably said it on your show with you, is that the government should look like the people. Like the country. 51 of the people in this country are women that, the old expression goes, women hold up half the sky. And in order to be able to succeed, got to be dealt in across the board. Were going to go first to the white house and of course Kelly Odonnell standing by at her post there. With a good day t
It on fracking. Ban indoors while banning it in his own city. People are fired up. Get ready, we have three hour extravaganza come your way. Jedediah, obviously, you are playing the role of ainsley today and playing the role of steve is pete hegseth. Pete my desk says steve right here. Brian fantastic, thats how you knew where to sit. Hang your clothes up in his office. Welcome, guys. Jedediah yeah, brian, the weekend has invaded the weekday. How do you feel about that . Brian im a little intimidated and overwhelmed. Never met pete in person and jedediah soon go l. Get to meet you. Pete sometimes the backup reinvigorate the starters. Back on track. Here to help out a little bit. Brian in our city some interesting news happened. We found out that if you are one of the 25,000 who own an eatery we are going to wait for a vaccine to open up restaurants in new york city. Isnt that interesting . Pete unbelievable. Pete can you imagine that . Jedediah i can imagine it because we are talking a
As the Incoming White House chief of staff. But with progressives demanding a seat at the table amid a struggle over the partys direction, the question is, will ron klain be able to assemble a staff that doesnt divide everybody more . Its way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that did concede to the alarm clock this morning after a hardfought recount. Im kasie hunt on this thursday, november 12th. Well start with the news. President elect joe biden has named his longtime adviser and veteran of washington, ron klain, as his white house chief of staff. Klain, a strategist and lawyer, has worked with biden for decades. He advised all three of bidens president ial campaigns, was chief of staff when biden was Vice President and was by his side for years in the senate. In a statement from the biden harris transition, the president elect said it was klains work managing the Obama Administrations response to the Ebola Outbreak in 2014 and the economic Rec
Continues threatening u. S. Democracy with baseless claims of voting fraud. Cnn has learned that the president met with political advisers today to discuss a path forward, but sources tell cnn that some trump allies are now saying privately there is almost no chance, no chance the president s legal challenges will succeed. Breaking pandemic news. U. S. Coronavirus death toll topping now 240,000 people and more than 10. 3 million americans have been infected. Yesterday alone, the country saw a record 136,000 new cases and more than 1400 americans died. Lets start our coverage this hour with more on the president ial transition here in the United States. Our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is covering president elect biden for us. Jeff is joining us from wilmington, delaware. Biden started his day by honoring Service Members who were killed during the korean war but he planned to meet with his transition adviser today. What are you learning about the time line, first of all,
President ial transition. Sources now tell cnn the president elect is expected to name his Incoming White House chief of staff as soon as tomorrow and that longtime biden ally ron klain is the leading finalist. Cabinet nominations could be announced next month. President trump on the other hand continues to threaten american democracy with totally baseless claims about voter fraud and his refusal to acknowledge his election loss. The president met with his advisers today to try to plot some sort of path forward, but mr. Trumps allies are privately saying theres almost no chance, repeat no chance, his legal challenges will reverse the results of this historic election. Were also tracking the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 240,000 americans, more than 10. 3 million americans have been infected. And just yesterday the United States reported a record 136,000 new cases and more than 1400 u. S. Deaths. Lets begin our coverage with cnns Arlette Saenz following the biden