The election, raising some new concerns as this pandemic spirals out of control. Our country just experienced a seventhstraight day of more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases. Just since election day, the United States has seen 878,000 new cases. Its adding urgency to what president elect joe biden warns could be a dark winter. And it comes, as were learning his lead over President Trump has now passed some 5 million votes, nationally. Lets go right to our reports on the ground. Mike memoli is in wilmington, delaware, covering the biden team. Monica alba is covering the trump team and the white house. Mike, well start with you. President elect biden, told you they are already beginning the transition, despite President Trumps refusal to concede. Take us through what that looks like. Well, craig, its interesting. This week weve seen something of maybe a Good Cop Bad Cop routine play out. Bidens Transition Team and the president elect, himself. Democrats, really, still outraged, frankly,
Some Holiday Events are adapting to the coronavirus, including here in manhattan. The 94th annual thanksgiving day parade was still as festive as ever. The streets were largely empty thanks to planners adapting the program to prevent crowds. And Los Angeles County urged residents to cancel all plans, even outdoor gatherings. California is struggling to get its cases under control. Officials say theyre seeing the, quote, most alarming metrics weve ever seen. We begin with our current and future president s. Each with a different approach to those metrics and each spending thanksgiving differently. Today, president elect joe biden is spending the holiday in delaware with his family. Meanwhile, President Trump is golfing at his club in northern virginia. He canceled his annual trip to maralago in south florida. Joining us from washington are nbc News White House correspondent cara lee and with us in rehoboth beach, delaware, is nbc political reporter allie vitaly. It seemed like President
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