Two vaccines to get people to be complacent. Help is on the way. But help is not here yet. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. And we begin with outgoing President Trump exacting revenge for his loss. Last night he fired the top Election Security official in the country because that official reported the truth, that there was no widespread voter fraud. And then republicans in wayne county, michigan, tried to block certification of the votes in that state or county. The Trump Campaigns lead county bragged that this would allow michigan to appoint protrump electors, essentially giving trump michigan. Even though he lost that state by, john homemade graphic 148,000 votes. This isnt about how far the president will go. Thats not the question, the question is how far will republicans let him go at this point. And think about when this is happening. Right . We just had t
Jesse those are members of the team wrapping up a press conference. Im jesse waters and katie pavlich, juan williams, dana perino and greg gutfeld. This is the five. The fight for 270 still on. Several key states remain up for grabs. You just heard from the trump team. Now were awaiting a News Conference from the pennsylvania secretary state on Election Results in that state, which is still undecided. Also still too close to call are nevada, North Carolina and georgia as the results continue to roll, the legal battle over them is ramping up. Joe biden speaking about 30 minutes ago. Hes confident he will come out on top. No doubt when the count is finishes, senator harris and i will be the winners. So i ask the people to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed. Well know very soon. Jesse the Trump Campaign unleashing a blizzard of lawsuits in these key states. Lets check in with john roberts. John . Good afternoon to you. We have a lot of press conferences from t
6 00 here in new york. And breaking overnight, american democracy. Actually, it didnt break, but it wasnt for lack of trying from President Trump. A dizzying 12hour period where the president assaulted dedicated Civil Servants while simultaneously trying to undermine the outcome of an election. First, the president fired a key official at the department of Homeland Security, whose crime apparently was to protect the integrity of the election and who committed the unforgivable sin in trump world of telling the truth about the absence of widespread fraud. Then, republican allies in wayne county, michigan, detroit, temporarily blocked certification of the votes there. The Trump Campaigns lead attorney bragged that this would allow michigan to appoint protrump electors. Essentially give him the state, even though he lost by more than 148,000 votes. Again, they bragged about this. Bragged about disenfranchising voters. Finally, the county board relented overnight and certified the votes, bu
Was telling the truth. Refusing to say there was widespread fraud in the election. Almost simultaneously republicans in wayne county, michigan, which includes detroit, tried to block certification of votes in that county. The Trump Campaigns lead attorney bragged that this would allow michigan to appoint protrump electors. Essentially overthrowing the will of the people. Throwing out the entire election that joe biden won in michigan by 148,000 votes and handing it to donald trump. Now, that board late overnight reversed that decision. It might not be over yet, we will speak with the governor of michigan in just a moment. More states also issuing new coronavirus restrictions, including curfews, mask mandates and business closures. 19 states are dealing with record hospitalizations. But there is some hopeful breaking news this morning, pfizer reporting another round of promising data on its Coronavirus Vaccine. The drug maker will soon seek emergency authorization from the fda. Much mor
Mother trying to figure out what to do and what she will do if congress does, in fact, not act. Our team of correspondents is covering all of this for us. But i want to start with president elect joe biden and his Team Moving Forward on policy and cabinet picks. Ali, good to talk to you this afternoon. Thanks for joining us on this. Lets talk about the latest announcement from joe bidens camp and the possibility of some of these picks hes going to be announcing this coming week. Talk us through what we know so far. Reporter it seems like the day is going to be tuesday, Incoming White House chief of staff ron klain saying this morning on one of the sunday shows that thats the day that joe biden is going to start announcing some of his picks for the cabinet. We had been anticipating this as names started swirling, but now weve heard that the day for those picks is going to be tuesday. No word yet on what agency heads were going to hear, but certainly a lot of speculation mounting now at