Biden Meets with Transition Advisors

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Sources say President-elect Joe Biden likely to name Chief of Staff soon, cabinet nominees next month. Biden discussing climate change in conversations with world leaders. President Donald Trump meets with advisers to discuss path forward as some say privately there’s almost no chance legal challenges will succeed. Biden poised to announce White House Chief of Staff as early as Thursday; Ron Klain is leading finalist. Wolf one-on-one with Senator Bernie Sanders. Senator Sanders says what Trump is doing is an “outrage.” Georgia Secretary of State orders hand recount of ballots. Wolf one-on-one with Georgia Secretary of State. United States Coronavirus death toll tops 240,00 with 10.3 million cases; Country sets another single day record for new cases. Officials increasingly worried about virus spread over Thanksgiving. White House Task Force warns of “continued, accelerating community spread.” New CDC Guidance: Masks protect both wearers and those around them. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Will
0:10.7	Fletcher in the situation room and we're following the presidential
0:13.9	transition.
0:15.5	President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden both marking Veterans Day today.
0:19.8	Sources are not telling CNN that the President-elect is likely to name his White House
0:23.8	chief of staff soon with cabinet nominations being announced next month.
0:28.0	President Trump meanwhile continues threatening US democracy with baseless claims of voting fraud.
0:34.7	CNN has learned that the president met with political advisors today to discuss a path forward,
0:39.8	but sources tell CNN that some Trump allies are now saying privately there's almost no chance
0:46.3	the president's legal challenges will succeed.
0:49.3	We're also following breaking pandemic news.
0:52.0	The U.S. coronavirus death film now topping 240,000
0:56.1	people and more than 10.3 million Americans have been infected. Yesterday
1:01.2	alone the country saw a record 136,000 new cases and
1:06.8	more than 1400 Americans died. Let's start our coverage this hour with more on
1:12.2	the presidential transition here in the United States
1:14.6	Our senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleney is covering President-elect Biden for us
1:18.8	Jeff is joining us from Wilmington Delaware Biden started his day by honoring service members,
1:24.4	Jeff, who were killed during the Korean War,
1:26.2	but he also planned to meet with this transition advisors today.
1:30.0	What are you learning about the timeline, first of all, to fill all the top cabinet and other senior positions in the administration?
1:37.0	Well, tonight we are learning that the President-elect is moving forward with his senior staff who will
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