grammys. why the weeknd charges them with corruption after he was snubbed in this year s nominations. we ll show you how the grammys are responding. first, here s today s eye opener, it s your world in 90 seconds. the possibility of not being able to see family and friends over the holiday is heartbreaking for all of us. as states across the country see cases double, concern that thanksgiving travel could intensify an alarming surge of infections. at this point in the pandemic, the real threat for infection is not so much the public square, but rather the small household gathering. the white house is allowing biden to receive daily briefings. the news comes after the president-elect introduced his first round of cabinet picks. they ll tell me what i need to know not what i want to know. the president is singing his own praises after a historic day on wall street. the dow surging past 30,000. that s a sacred number, 30,000. extreme weather tore through texas.
he built this economy. some people actually give him credit for it. listen, america created 1.5 million more jobs in the last year of the obama-biden administration than in the first three years of the trump-pence administration. their first three years fell short of our last three, and that was before he could blame the pandemic. listen to that covid clap back with the horns. joe biden also knocked donald trump on his handling of the covid crisis while stumping in pennsylvania. you know what s really sad about this? the president knew this back in february. he lied to us. he told us he hadn t read the intelligence reports that showed how bad this was, how deadly the virus was. they didn t tell us about the virus, the administration gave wall street investors, though, a heads up. he didn t tell us, he just told his wall street friends. meanwhile, trump was in the spring state of wisconsin where he not only downplayed the virus, but, get this, he is now questioning the m
the debate vote, which we have this morning, that whole thing was a mistake. i believe that brett kavanaugh is a good man. i believe that she a good man. it just may be that in my view, he s not the right man for the court at this time. senator jeff flake of arizona was thought to be a potential gop vote against kavanaugh but he ultimately fell in line with the rest of his party announcing his support for kavanaugh earlier this afternoon. he also appeared confident that the nominee would be approved. did our best? think he will get confirmed tomorrow? i would think so. which brings us to today s big question. will the senate confirm brett kavanaugh? joining me msnbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett and betsy woodruff. welcome. at the top ocf the show we said that mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham might have an idea of where susan collins is headed. here is what lindsey graham just said a moment ago. she s done her homework. she s always believed he was q
he can make a difference in florida. but what about other states he carried in 2016? and is his stamp of approval a golden ticket these day sns morgan radmannford and steve foerngy are here with why retired states struggle. we have a team stet up and ready to go. we want to start with the white house. up president trump this around heads to pittsburgh to pay speculates to the 11 victims of the synagogue shooting massacre. at the same time he is also starting to shift attention to the mid-terms just 7 days out about to go on a it final blitz. 11 campaign stops, nine states, six tais. in this final week the president is putting immigration front and center in his closing arguments. nbc hans nichols is it s a split screen moment. the president getting ready to grieve with the families along with the first lady and his family. but at the same time making big headlines with a hard line stance on immigration with a political gam bit. it s a strategy, hallie. the president wanted