The rational, politics. Full stop. More on that in a moment and on the president s plans before he leaves office. Lets begin with jessica dean on soontobe President Bidens agenda this morning. Were getting new details actually about exactly what hes going to do and if we read between the lines of the details on his schedule you start to see the contrast between what a President Biden administration will look like versus President Trump and his administration. Let me walk you through it. Its going to start with a Church Service late this morning, as i reported late yesterday he invited Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to join him as well as congressional leadership showing a bipartisan unity going into this very important day in American History and more than ever for us to see members of different parties coming together. They will attend that Church Service together and then you will have the oath of office and inauguration for Kamala Harris and joe biden. We know hes still work
Candidacy with little experience. She will now be taking over one of the key diplomatic posts. Trump also naming betsy devos to be the next secretary of education. He called her an education advocate. Shes been a major proponent of vouchers and Charter School movement. Devos, too, was a strong critic of trump in march. She called him an interloper who does not represent the Republican Party. Meanwhile, nbc reporting that dr. Ben carson is mulling an offer to join the trump administration. The president elect recently tweeting that he is seriously considering carson to be the head of hud. An announcement is forthcoming in a statement he wrote, after serious discussions with the trump Transition Team, i feel that i can make a significant contribution particularly to making our inner cities great for everyone. For the latest, how trumps cabinet is shaping up. Joined by Kristen Welker in palm beach, florida. Lets start with the two officials picks that we do know about. Haley devos, youre
Before they operated on him. The president and steve boone reason helping out the future, i guess. Because every time they endorse a candidate, the candidate fails. Its fun. Well, i mean, i dont know if its fun. Im having fun this morning. Whats that about, louis and aymon, i dont get it. Who a remarkable night. I got to tell you, it was a night. It once again proves that nobody knows nothing. There was a joke, somebody tweeted the early exit polls could show that john kerry was going to be the next president of the United States but he tweeted that, to which john kerry tweeted too soon. Too soon. At 10 00 last night, i had been told by top alabama officials across the state that there were not enough votes for doug jones. This was at 10 00. Then i talked to some people at nbc and other places, its too early to call this. But it certainly seems to be going against doug jones. Then boom it showed he was going to lose six out of the seven swing states. That didnt happen. The vote verse a
Campaign staff believed not only would donald trump not be president , he probably should not be. And to say that trump knew nothing, nothing at all about the basic intellectual functions of the job was a comic understatement. And of inauguration day, nearly one year ago, throughout the morning he was visibly fighting with his wife, who seemed on the verge of tears. The white house is now firing back that bannon has lost his mind. But not everything in this book appears to come from bannon. Were one hour out of the Daily Briefing at the white house, and that could be interesting to say the least. Lets get right to it with our team of reporters. Nbc news intelligence and National Security reporter ken dlanian joins us from our d. C. Bureau. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is at the white house. Also in Washington White House bureau chief for the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst phil rucker. Ken, lets start with this don junior meeting. This idea that bannon says it was treasonous for don