Biden Names Coronavirus Advisory Board

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

US tops 10 million coronavirus cases and 237,000 deaths. Pfizer says it’s Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective. Wolf goes one on one with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Agency overseeing the presidential transition hasn’t recognized Biden’s victory, and they're withholding funds and national security tools. Trump fires defense secretary, lashes out after election loss. Vice President Pence tweets “this ain’t over” as Trump team refuses to accept defeat. McConnell: “Trump is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities, weigh his legal options”. Housing Secretary Ben Carson and Trump campaign adviser, David Bossie test positive for coronavirus. U.S. tops 100,000+ new cases a day for 5 straight days. Gov. Whitmer say's her “intention” is to stay in Michigan; when asked about the possibility of joining Biden's cabinet. Dr. Fauci: “Help is on the way with a vaccine”. Georgia Secretary of State refuses to step down, indicates Trump may not win GA electoral votes. 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	This is CNN breaking news.
0:09.4	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:12.0	I'm Will Flitzer in the situation room.
0:14.0	We're following the presidential transition.
0:17.1	President-elect Joe Biden is moving full steam ahead right now in one of his first
0:21.5	acts since winning the White House. He's named a
0:23.8	coronavirus advisory board to help battle the surging pandemic and he's
0:28.2	calling for unity in the face of the crisis saying wearing a mask is quote a good way to start pulling the country
0:34.7	together. Meanwhile President Trump is lashing out in the wake of his election
0:38.9	loss refusing to concede and firing his defense secretary Mark
0:43.3	Esper in a tweet.
0:45.0	As the election drama unfolds, the pandemic is raging in the United States,
0:49.0	which has just topped 10 million confirmed
0:52.0	coronavirus cases with more than 237,000 deaths.
0:56.6	But in a positive development, Pfizer is now announcing that early results show its vaccine
1:01.9	is 90% effective and the company could apply for emergency use
1:06.2	authorization as soon as next week.
1:09.2	We'll talk about it with Dr Anthony Fauchy.
1:11.3	He'll join us live here in the situation room in just a few minutes.
1:15.0	Stand by for that.
1:16.0	First, let's get more on the presidential transition.
1:18.7	Our senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zelenie is covering President-elect Biden for as he's in Wilmington, Delaware.
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