Public Health Officials should alert states directly. All the while President Trump refuses to accept the Election Results. Nbc news has also learned the president has discussed pardons for family and close associates. Joining me now jeff bennett with the Biden Transition Team in delaware. Monica alba and pete williams. Monica, let me begin with you. Tell me what we know about these president ial exit plans including skipping the inauguration and instead announcing he plans to run for president once again in 2024. Reporter our team has learned from three sources familiar with the sudiscussions that the president is having these conversations about launching his 2024 president ial run. Hes still mulling it over. On his successors inauguration day. What does that mean . He would skip that event. He wouldnt be at the inauguration which would be notable given it hasnt happened in the last 30 or 40 years. There are some notable exceptions, but for him to do that also signals to me he is making preparations for life beyond the white house, even though he publicly hasnt accepted his defeat. It shows he is making plans knowing that is the reality. He may even we are told hold an event the day of joe bidens inauguration. He may hold a rally. All this could go out the window if the president decides he wants to actually make these plans known sooner. We were told after december 14th when the electors will make this official, that president elect biden will be coming into the white house and President Trumps response to that could be i want to announce my campaign for 2024. Back in january of 2017 the president filed for reelection just hours after he was na inaugurat inaugurated. He may want to do that again, even though its not his own inauguration day, its joe bidens. Jeff, lets talk about the Incoming Administration. What more are we learning about president elect bidens next set of appointments . All eyes on some key positions. Reporter the president elect has made clear confronting the Coronavirus Crisis is his primary goal. We have learned as early as next week joe biden could name his health team to include his secretary for health and human services, cdc director and covid czar. Peter alexander has been told that jeff sainz will likely get that job. For hhs secretary our reporting is that dr. Murthy and rhode island governor gina ramundo is on that list. Linda darling hammond is on the short list for education secretary. For Small BusinessAdministration Im told by two sources familiar that the leading contender is Atlanta Mayor keisha lance bottoms. Were also paying attention to the degree to which members of the Congressional Black Caucus used their influence to make sure theres africanamerican representation in one of those big four cabinet jobs treasury, defense, secretary of state and also department of justice. Joe biden has already named his picks for treasury secretary and state department. Pay attention to who he chooses to serve as attorney general and to lead the pentagon. Well be delving into that later. Pete, there was a flurry of reporting coming out of the department of justice on all sorts of fronts. Have we learned anything new about the justice departments investigation into a possible bribery for pardon scheme that could potentially involve the white house . Reporter the simple answer is no. Theres so little in this document. The only thing weve been told is no current officials are the subject of the investigation, no former officials are the subject or the target of this investigation. Beyond that, we dont know anything. What more have we learned in terms of the john durham investigation, potentially as it goes into a new administration, the fact that attorney general bill barr elevated his position to that of special counsel perhaps insulating him from being terminated by an Incoming Administration . Reporter that was the goal here. Barr said he didnt announce it at the time in october to affect the election. At the same time he wanted to make it known that he wasnt broadening durhams portfolio. He was wanting durham to focus on the fbi which has been barrs concern all along and he wanted to make it clear durham wasnt be given additional tasking. The big news yesterday was this possibility that the president reporting discussing pardoning members of his family and close associates. A source telling nbc news that the president feels he can do this, not because he or his family has done anything legal. Can he do this . Reporter absolutely. Its been done many times before. People think of a pardon as something you get after youve committed a crime or after youre in jail, but you can issue a pardon at any time for any past offense. You cant pardon future conduct, but for past offenses yes. Andrew johnson pardoned anybody that had anything to do with the confederacy. Jimmy carter gave amnesty for anybody who evaded the draft. Monica, has the white house had anything more to say about the pardon headlines . Reporter Kayleigh Mcenany was asked about this by Kristin Welker to give us anymore information about whether pardons were discussed, who was in the discussions, was this brought up yesterday with the attorney general. Kayleigh mcenany said she couldnt comment on that and she wasnt aware of any individuals, whether the president s oldest children are part of the calculation for potential pardons. She said the only pardons she was aware of was Michael Flynn which was issued in the last week. The other person in the mix is rudy giuliani, the president s personal attorney, who denied hes discussed this with the president , even though we know from a source familiar with the matter that this has been floated. Its something thats being weighed and discussed. Now you have the white house on the record pushing back that theyre not aware of it in any public way that theyre ready to come forward with. Jeff, the symbolism of the transfer of power that takes place on inauguration day, has the Biden Campaign talked about the reports that President Trump could skip the inauguration and what that would mean for the country . Reporter in a word, no. The biden transition prides itself on not commenting on the whims and controversial statements of President Trump. If President Trump wants to keep busting norms, that has everything to do with the outgoing president and not the incoming one. Thanks to all of you. Now as the United Kingdom prepares to begin distributing vaccines next week, u. S. Officials are warning the covid risk to all americans is at a historic high according to the white houses Coronavirus Task force report. Cdc director Robert Redfield made this grim predictions. Watch. Were in that range starting to see 1,500 to 2,000 to 2,500 deaths a day from this virus. Unfortunately before we see february we could be close to 450,000 americans who have died from this virus. Now the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation at the university of washington says that the u. S. Is currently on the path to 471,000 deaths by march 1st. Joining us now is dr. Celine gaunder, an Infectious Disease specialist here at nyu. Doctor, were a week out from thanksgiving. Do you think the unseen effects of the thanksgiving holiday will drive the numbers even higher . Well start to see very shortly here an increase in cases resulting from transmission over thanksgiving and then a few days to a week after that is likely when well start to see hospitalizations. A couple weeks after that unfortunately deaths. I am concerned that come christmas, come new years well have a lot of people who got infected over thanksgiving in the hospital, in icus and perhaps unfortunately dying. Let me ask you about the big news out of the uk. They became the first country to approve a covid vaccine. Why do you think the uk was the first . Is the fda going too slow . Are they doing Something Different than europeans when it comes to taking up emergency use authorizations . This is not a race. The fda is the worlds preeminent drug safety organization. Its really important they follow their normal processes so americans dont feel like corners are being cut. Ultimately what matters is whether people feel comfortable this is a safe and effective vaccine. It doesnt help us to have a vaccine approved but sitting on the shelves because people are nervous about it. What does the Transition Team think realistically when realistically will people start being vaccinated in the u. S. . We anticipate by the end of december well start to see the initial groups of Health Care Workers and nursing home residents and staff being vaccinated. That will likely proceed through much of january before were able to reach everyone. Were talking about 20 Million People when you talk about Health Care Workers and nursing home residents and staff. Thats quite a chunk of the american population. Let me ask about the cdc sho shortening quarantine time from 14 days to 7 and 10 if somebody has been exposed, but no symptoms reported. What is your thinking on that . Why is it now were able to make the cdc is able to make this declaration . We have more data. I think this is the key thing to understand, whether its about masks or vaccines or quarantine. As we learn more, as the science evolves, well change our recommendations. The public needs to be prepared for that. These new recommendations are if youre exposed to somebody thats had coronavirus or engaged in highrisk activities you should quarantine for ten days. If youre able to access testing at the end of seven days, if you get a test and its negative, that can put an end to your quarantine. Is the thinking that seven days is enough of an incubation period and you can get tested and if you dont have it, safe to say you wont get it in that sevenday period . Right. If we dont find measurable virus by seven days after exposure, based on what weve seen in terms of testing other patients at that point youre pretty much in the clear. Dr. Gaunder, thank you so much. I appreciate your time. Election official ness georgia are pushing President Trump to stop making baseless false claims about Election Fraud in their state. 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Vaughn, at the same time Brad Raffensperger condemns President Trumps allegations of fraud, his office sent out a press release theyre launching an investigation for allegedly encouraging false allegations. Walk us through this now. Reporter this is where republicans find themselves, ayman. You have a rally in the atlanta area taking place with former Trump Campaign lawyer Sidney Howell who is encouraging georgia voters to not vote until they believe their Voting System is backed by one of integrity. That is where republicans find themselves. Thats where you saw today secretary raffensperger say they are launching an investigation into some of these groups, making the allegation that there are voters here in georgia and out of state that are receiving essentially being encouraged to register to vote. New georgia project which is a group started by stacey abrams, the executive director pushed back saying as georgians are turning out in record numbers to have their voices heard, the secretary of state is attempting to smear organizations and scare georgians registering to vote. This is where you see raffensperger who has come under assault, as well as the republican governor here by donald trump essentially trying to make the case to voters that this is going to be a fair election. They are intent on making sure this january 5th runoff is safe and secure. At the same time this is an election already under way. More than 11,000 voters have sent in absentee ballots and theres question marks ahead of this saturday. President trump is coming to town. Whats the purpose of the rally . To get people to vote for Kelly Leffler and david purdue or call into question his own Election Results . Will he encourage georgia voters to vote come january . 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