Pandemic as we speak. Today, biden expected to unveil a 12person coronavirus Advisory Board. We will be watching and listening to find out precisely when that is going to happen. As you can see there on stage, the president elect with Vice President elect Kamala Harris getting that briefing. Lets get to mike memoli in wilmington. He is following the Biden Harris Team as they press ahead to wednesday, january 20th. Mike, the biden team clearly making the pandemic its top priority. We just got that glimpse of the president elects meeting. His team rolling out this new Advisory Board with some key names. What more do we know about who is going to be on that Advisory Board at this hour, sir . Reporter yeah, craig, the last time we saw the president elect, the Vice President elect, they were celebrating saturday night with the great fireworks display. Now, its all about the work ahead. So, of course, joe bidens final weeks in the campaign, months really, were all about the pandemic, blastin
Foreign leaders. We begin our coverage this morning with cnns m. J. Lee who is live for us in wilmington, delaware. M. J. , great to see you again this morning. Whats the latest there . Reporter well, you know, five days now since this race was called, and still no concession from President Trump, and as we talked about yesterday, president elect biden is continuing his transition efforts here in wilmington, delaware. One of the key signs that he is now starting to make key appointments to his administration. Last night he announced that he is naming ron klain as his chief of staff. This is somebody who has worked with and known biden for many decades. He has been a trusted adviser, and served as chief of staff when biden was Vice President under president obama, and importantly, he had the role of ebola czar under president obama. And if you look at his twitter feed, he has been very outspoken and critical of President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic. And another sign that
Republican Election Officials were trying to they refused first to certify the vote in wayne county. Why wayne county . It went heavily for joe biden. He gave joy join michigan, and to let the voters be heard, for their votes to count. Those Election Officials ultimately relented. Well, the law is clear and the vote was overwhelming. Joe biden won michigan by 14 times the number of votes that donald trump won michigan in 2016. We had a full, free fair and secure election. The will of the people will stand, and i think, you know, we have to go into this, of course, bracing ourselves for more shenanigans, but at the end of the gale, the will of the people will be respected. Joe biden won michigan. Now, theres also news today on the trump strategy in wisconsin. The Trump Campaign saying it will pay for a recount in two heavily democratic counties. Well have more on that ahead. Republicans in wayne county did not wasnt to certify the results. They ended up flip flopping. One of the local o
Vaccines are going to have a major positive impact. Theyre going to start being implemented and deployed in december, and as we get into the early part of the year, its going to be january, february, march, more and more and more people are going to be able to be vaccinated. If we could just hang in there, do the Public Health measures that were talking about, were going to get this under control, i promise you. The cavalry is coming, he says. Good to hear from dr. Fauci. Thats hope inducing. It is, for sure. Were following those headlines. Also this, president elect biden moving forward this morning with his transition to the white house despite no cooperation from the Trump Administration. Also calls from World Leaders and intel briefings all blocked. All during a crucial time that experts fear will force bidens team to play catchup on day one. Lets begin there this year. Mj lee is following the president elect this morning, and a big appointment, a big bit of news overnight that he
Campaign just lost another legal challenge in michigan. One of the five trump states biden flipped. Moving forward at the white house under the assumption there will be a second trump term. It would look pretty bad if he did not attend the inauguration. It would look like sour grapes, wouldnt it . I think the president will attend his own inauguration. He would have to be there, in fact. And while the president s political posturing continues, the number of u. S. Coronavirus cases has broken record highs. Yesterday was the ninth day in a row with over 100,000 cases reported. Supreme Court Justice samuel alito is tackling covid restrictions suggesting that theyre endangering Constitutional Rights. The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty. All sorts of things can be called an emergency or disaster of major proportions. Simply slapping on that label cannot provide the ground for our most fundamental rights. We will talk more about that and al