January runoffs that will decide control of the u. S. Senate. Were going to keep fighting until every legal vote is counted. Reporter late today, following their meeting with the president , those michigan lawmakers released a statement saying they are not aware of any information that would change the election outcome in their state. They also said they believe the process should be free from threats or intimidation. Margaret. Brennan important clarity for the public. Thank you, paula reid. Today, president elect biden met with top democratic lawmakers, urging quick action on billions in pandemic relief once he takes some of his aides are now raising alarms over president trumps refusal to let the transition begin. Here is cbs ed okeefe. Reporter on his 78th birthday, president elect biden met today with two Democratic Congressional leaders hell partner with next year. In my oval office, me casa su casa. Reporter but there is growing frustration inside his Transition Team as the Trump
Ultimatum, saying surrender or a military assault will begin on your capital. U. S. President elect, joe biden, announcing some major cabinet nominees for the top diplomatic post, secretary of state, he has picked antony blinken, who is deputy secretary of state under president obama. He also has a French Connection he went to high school in paris and speaks the language fluently. Another notable nominee, former secretary of state, john kerry, has been chosen to lead the effort to combat climate change. For more on how biden is filling out his National Security and Foreign Policy teams, lets bring in our washington correspondent. Tell us more about the pix biden made today. Reporter there are two words at describe these six pix. One is diversity and the second is expertise. Diversity because there are, as a first in these cabinet picks, if these people are confirmed, starting with errol haynes, who will become the first woman director of National Intelligence if she is to be confirmed.
Fabric. Thank you, john. Tonight, the math and the momentum in pennsylvania appear to be with joe biden. Votes from heavily democratic areas like philadelphia are giving him a widening lead, and the keystone states 20 electoral votes are in his sight. Cbs Jericka Duncan is in philadelphia tonight. And good evening, jericka. All eyes on where you are. Reporter thats right, norah. It is an important state, and these candidates knew that. When you just look at how many times they visited the keystone state leading up to this very important election. But what continues to happen as we continue to talk about this is the counting. The way that it works is almost like an Assembly Line of sorts, when you think about it. They have to sort ballots, then they open up them up and they go through a scanning system of sorts to go through all of those ballots, and many of them still here remaining in philadelphia. But right now, former Vice President joe biden is leading President Trump by his bigges
Opposition, open up the economy, get jobs back, or shut down. No. Put shut down away and say were going to use Public Health measures to help us safely get to where we want to go. Odonnell and theres much more of dr. Lapooks interview with dr. Fauci. Thats this sunday on 60 minutes. Tonight, there are growing questions about the man once known as americas mayor, rudy giuliani, and if he is being used by russia to influence the 2020 president ial campaign. We now know that giuliani met extensively with a man considered an active russian agent and sanctioned by the u. S. Government. The Intelligence Community was so concerned, that the president was warned. Here is cbs paula reid. Its bidens son. Its hunter. Reporter President Trump on the attack today going after joe biden and his family with dubious accusations. Ill tell you what, its an organized crime family, as far as im concerned. Reporter the president is referencing a tabloid newspaper story with emails purportedly swiped from th
To accommodate a president diagnosed with covid19. But with just 25 days to go, the Trump Campaign has little time to spare. Norah. Odonnell ed okeefe, thank you. Tonight, michigans attorney general says that shocking plot to kidnap and possibly kill Governor Gretchen Whitmer is not the only case of domestic terrorism being investigated. More arrests are expected in similar cases. More than a dozen suspects are now in custody, and tonight were learning about the extraordinary measures taken to keep Governor Whitmer safe. Heres cbs jeff pegues. Reporter with the suspects behind bars, new details are emerging about how much of a threat the group, some of them seen at armed protests in the state capitol, posed to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. At times she and her family had been moved around as a besult of activities that, you know, Law Enforcement was aware of. Reporter today, news of another arrest in south carolina. Paul edward bellar charged with providing Material Support for terrorist