Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

2002 for Wednesday, November 18th. In today's news, Republican appointees in

Michigan certified Detroit's vote tallies in a reversal.

Pfizer completes its vaccine trial with more promising data and the military has a missile defense

breakthrough that might protect us from North Korea.

But first, the big idea. President Trump last night fired a top Department of Homeland Security official

who led the agency's successful efforts to help secure the election and was vocal about tamping down unfounded claims of

ballot fraud. In a tweet naturally, Trump fired Chris Krebs who headed the Cybersecurity

and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS.

Earlier in the day, Krebs had refuted allegations that election systems were manipulated,

saying that 59 election security experts all agree.

In every case of which we are aware,

these claims either have been unsubstantiated

or are technically incoherent.

Krebs' statement amounted to a debunking of Trump's central claim that the November election was stolen from him.

Trump, who still refuses to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, said on Twitter that Krebs's comment was quote highly inaccurate and therefore

effective immediately Chris Krebs has been terminated. Following that tweet

acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf called up Krebs' number two,

Matthew Travis, to inform him that the White House had overruled

succession plans that were in place, which would name him as acting director.

This essentially forced Travis to resign and then a loyalist was installed.

Trump and his allies have offered no proof for his fraud allegations,

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