Federal appeals court denies Trump campaign’s effort to challenge PA results: “the claims have no merit”; CDC committee calls for emergency meeting Dec 1 on vaccine distribution; U.S. aircraft carrier moving back into Persian Gulf for cover as troops are moved out of Afghanistan and Iraq; U.S. surpasses 13 million COVID cases;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 27 November 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Trump snaps at reporter who asked about conceding; For the first time, Trump says he will leave white house if electoral college votes for Biden; Trump won’t say if he will attend Biden’s inauguration; Trump says he’ll campaign in GA senate runoffs; Ex-election security chief: “I stand by” my statement, the election was the most secure in American history; Biden & Harris to receive first presidential daily briefing on Monday; Biden expected to announce economic team next week;
U.S. sets record for hospitalizations for 17rth day in a row; Doctor: quarantine if you had Thanksgiving with family; Expert: there is “no zero-risk” option for travel; New survey: 51% of shoppers are nervous shopping in stores; 11 college football games canceled or postponed; FDA aiming to authorize vaccine a few weeks after Dec 10;
Iran warns of “severe revenge” after top nuclear scientist is assassinated; Without evidence, Trump warns of fraud in Georgia races; Control of senate hinges on Georgia senate runoffs; Supreme court sides 5-4 with religious groups on COVID restrictions;
CDC committee to vote next week on who gets vaccine first; FDA to make vaccine authorization decision in a few weeks; Managing stress and anxiety amid holidays and the pandemic; New research:37% of parents anticipate the pandemic will have negative impact on their long-term mental health; 45-year-old army reservist dies from coronavirus;
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome to the lead on this Friday. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Pam Le Brown in for Jake Tapper today. |
| 0:05.7 | And we want to start with our 2020 lead |
| 0:08.2 | and another major legal defeat for President Trump's campaign. |
| 0:12.0 | This afternoon, a federal appeals court shooting down, |
| 0:15.0 | the Trump team's attempt to challenge the election results in Pennsylvania, |
| 0:19.0 | saying their claims have, quote, no merit. |
| 0:22.0 | And this ruling comes just hours after President Trump admitted for the |
| 0:25.6 | first time since the election that he will leave the White House in January |
| 0:29.3 | if the Electoral College votes for Joe, but the president stopped short of |
| 0:34.2 | conceding once again without offering any proof that there was massive voter |
| 0:39.8 | fraud. Those repeated denials aren't stopping the Biden team though from preparing for another round of cabinet announcements next week as Biden spends today with his family in Delaware. |
| 0:50.0 | And late this afternoon, President Trump chopper to Camp David to meet up with his family after an early round of golf all while avoiding reporters again as CNN's Caitlin Collins reports. |
| 1:02.0 | Before joining his family at Camp David, President Trump spent the day at his golf course after claiming |
| 1:08.0 | President-elect Biden can't enter the White House until he can prove he got 80 million votes. |
| 1:14.2 | That tweet came after Trump confirmed he will leave office at the Electoral College |
| 1:18.7 | certifies Biden's win. |
| 1:20.5 | Certainly I will. |
| 1:21.5 | Certainly I will. And you know that. But I will. Certainly I will. |
| 1:23.0 | And you know that. |
| 1:24.4 | But I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th. |
| 1:28.8 | Trump took questions Thanksgiving night for the first time since the election and three weeks later he's |
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