Biden Says "More People May Die" If Trump Keeps Blocking Transition

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🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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President Donald Trump still refuses to concede and continues to push baseless conspiracy theories about the recent presidential election. United States President Elect Joe Biden says that President Trump and the GOP are refusing to allow the transition is "more embarrassing than debilitating" to the country. Biden also says that it is a shame "if it has to wait until January 20 to actually become operational... but maybe that's the only way to get it done." Biden is "hopeful" that Trump will be "more enlightened" by inauguration day. The United States inches towards 247,000 covid deaths and tops 11 million covid cases. Also, the United States sees its 13th consecutive day of more than 100,000 covid cases. Biden says "there's nothing macho about not wearing a mask" while speaking at a public event. He also urges that people limit the number of attendees at Thanksgiving gatherings, with social distancing and masks. Dr. Fauci says "the virus is not going to call a time-out" first. A Trump adviser says that Michigan should "rise up" against covid restrictions after the Michigan governor announced the three week order. Sources say that the United States military is anticipating Trump's order to plan for troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq. 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.
0:10.0	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:12.9	I'm Will Flitzer in the situation room.
0:14.8	We're following breaking news.
0:16.3	President-elect Joe Biden only moments ago and in his strongest language yet said,
0:21.1	and I'm quoting now, more people may die if President Trump continues
0:25.4	blocking the transition of power he called the actions of the president and
0:29.3	as Republican enablers once again I quoting, more embarrassing than debilitating to the country.
0:35.2	And he added it's a shame, quote, if it has to wait until January 20th to become operational,
0:41.0	but maybe that's the only way to get it done.
0:43.0	Meanwhile President Trump is digging in,
0:45.0	refusing to concede the election, and even falsely claiming he won
0:50.0	as he pushes baseless conspiracy theories that the election was rigged.
0:54.2	We're also following breaking pandemic news.
0:57.0	The US coronavirus death toll is now approaching
1:00.0	247,000 people as the country tops more than 11 million cases.
1:06.0	More than 100,000 cases have been confirmed nationwide every single day
1:11.0	for the last 13 days.
1:14.0	Let's begin with more on the breaking transition news that's going on.
1:18.0	Our political correspondent Arlet signs is working the story from Wilmington, Delaware.
1:22.0	Arlet, the president-elect just spoke there. the While Wolf President-elect Joe Biden is forging ahead with his transition planning,
1:34.6	today he virtually met with labor leaders as well as the CEOs of top companies like
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