This is CNN Breaking News.

And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper today and we start with breaking news in our 2020 lead.

Moments ago, President Elect Joe Biden delivered a Thanksgiving address designed to appeal to American

sense of patriotism, calling on the country to unite in the face of a deadly pandemic.

Biden acknowledged deep divisions,

but urged Americans to fight the virus, not each other.

We don't talk much about loving our politics.

The political arena is too loud, too angry, too heated.

To love our neighbor as ourselves is a radical act.

It is what we're called to do. We must try.

Speaking in Delaware there, the President-elect also issued an urgent plea saying now is the time to buckle down to get this coronavirus

under control. He said life would return to normal at some point but he urged

people not to give in to COVID fatigue. He promised on day one of his presidency to change the

course of the virus with more testing, expanded contact tracing, and new guidance for

keeping schools and business open.

At almost the exact same time,

President Trump continued to deny reality.

He phoned into an event with Pennsylvania Republicans

and spewed false claims about a rigged election and massive voter fraud.

But Trump's failure to accept reality isn't stopping the Biden team from meeting

with the current administration's top health officials today,

as CNN's

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