But is promising to keep up the fight and has more from washington. All eyes are going to be on the Republican Party leadership in the coming days, because really were seeing increased pressure on them to buck the president. On this we saw the big wigs of National Security officials from former republican administrations. Theyve all come out and said this is bad for democracy. Its many of them, not all of them. Obviously, its bad for democracy. Its bad for National Security and probably more important. Were seeing dozens upon dozens of other countries. C. E. O. s, the most influential republican donors come out and a lot are saying this has to and Republican Leadership needs to let the president know that its over. Joe biden has chosen several obama era officials to serve in his new administration. And so they blinken will be no one wanted to be secretary of state, and john kerry will take the lead on combating climate change. British drug company, astra zeneca, an Oxford University sa
Now meet with federal officials. Donald trump has accepted the decision, although he hasnt conceded trump said in a tweet, hes directing his team to cooperate, but is promising to keep up the fight political hay and has more from washington. All eyes are going to be on the Republican Party leadership in the coming days, because really were seeing increased pressure on them to buck the president. On this we saw the big wigs of National Security officials from former republican administrations. Theyve all come out and said this is bad for democracy. Its many of them, not all of them. Obviously, its bad for democracy. Its bad for National Security and probably more important. Were seeing dozens upon dozens of countries. C. E. O. s the most influential republican donors come out in a letter saying this has to. And Republican Leadership needs to let the president know that its over british drug company, astra zeneca, and the University Say late stage testing of their code 19 vaccine shows i
And lotsof and china launches its 1st unmanned spacecraft to the moon and aims to bring back from the lunar surface. So many weeks of delay and uncertainty, but finally the u. S. President elect joe biden is formally beginning his transition to the white house ahead of the g. S. A. The General Services association has now designated biden as the apparent winner of this months president ial election. So that clears the way for the transition to finally begin. Joe trump has refused to concede, of course, but he has authorized the administration to initiate the process while still vowing to keep up the fight. Hes insisting without evidence that the election was, quote, corrupt for their part joe bidens team welcoming the decision which now frees up millions of dollars for his new administration. It means it can now work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strategy that some of the support from patty in washington. This is the lette
One of the windows of the capitol. She was also accused of using a bull horn to direct rioters. This all comes as were days away from the start of trumps second Impeachment Trial. One person we wont be seeing or hearing from, however, is donald trump himself. His defense team confirming trump wont testify. A new reaction this morning from congressman ruben gallegos. Well, this is more a typical trump move. This is not about defending his presidency, its not about defending his actions, its about, again, dividing america. Its a very cynical move because he believes and he understands the Republican Senate is not going to hold him accountable. Theres a lot of new information to run through with the trio of nbc reporters and we will begin with nbcs mike memoli, joining us from wilmington, delaware, where President Biden is spending his weekend. Mike, welcome to you. In the past few minutes were learning more from the white house on the former president and intel briefings. What do you kno
A final assault on the city of mackay. Like to green forces refused to step aside. And china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon with ambitions to eventually set foot on the u. S. President dont. Trump has accepted a full transition can begin for joe biden to take office the head of the General Services administration. Told by biden the process can begin. Now, trump said in a tweet, hes directing his team to cooperate. But hes promising to keep up the fight. Bidens transition same as welcome the move. It frees up millions of dollars for the president elects new administration. And bidens team can now work with federal officials on the pandemic response. National security joins us live from washington. D. C. Now passes good news in a sense for the president elect, but theres no can spare concession speech from president donald trump. In fact, hes vowing to fight on what really can he do now at this late stage. What really can he do . Well, he can continue to tweet, but really th