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Will of the people, speaking through the constitutional process that we have, and the reason im here today is to defend that process. and until we change the constitution, the electoral college has a meaningful role and i intend to uphold my oath to the constitution. >> congressman beyer, here is what i dont understand. if they were successful, perhaps not mr. pell but some of the others who want to see 37 electors defect, faithless electors and either vote for clinton or for somebody else, it w...

Faithless electors. right now, president-elect trump is projected to have 306 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win. i want to focus first tonight on senator mccains push for a select committee to investigate the russian hacks. this call bipartisan. republican senator lindsey graham, as well as chuck schumer and reed all calling for this. politics reporter for the daily beast and jeffrey lord, trump supporter, and former mayor of philadelphia and a hillary clinton supporter. thank you all for b...

Altogether. >> if theyre able to harm the electoral process, they destroyed democracy. >> reporter: senator john mccain who has been vocal about the election hacks spoke out one day before the electoral college is set to vote. 538 electors, individuals selected by their political parties to cast votes for president and vice president will gather in their respective state capitals on monday to do just that. hillary clinton won the popular vote on election night, but president-elect donald trump g...

Ankara, thank you very much. >> its a pleasure. >> coming up, were staying on our breaking news out of berlin, at least nine people, according to berlin police, not people killed and at least 50 injured after this truck driver plowed into this hustling and bustling christmas market. we have an update for you on that. also ahead, the president-elect donald trump is closing in on the number he needs, 270 electors, meeting all across the country in state capitols to cast their votes, were watching ...

Trump into office. won 306 electoral votes above the 270 needed to take the white house. democrats are urging electors to break with tradition by refusing to vote for mr. trump. keep talking about this. do you think it was fair or tainting because of the alleged hackings? weigh in right now on #keep talking. fedex is delivering. joining forces with the christmas spirit foundation. delivering christmas trees to service members. more than 175,000 trees have already been donated. next the bad. ne...

These electors say that they are going to vote the way that the majority of voters or the pluralityz#r 8#j states voted. we just saw a report from pennsylvania, one of the most hard-fought of the swing states, where all of the electors said were going to vote the way pennsylvania voted, which is for donald trump. bill: you know, hillary clinton wasnt the first choice for a lot of democrats either. but nobodys asking the question as to whether or not electors will vote for bernie sanders. could h...

Select committee, the broad committee to dig deep and air those findings publicly and some republicans want a robust response as well. this will be a big flashpoint in the beginning of a new congress, possibly a vote on the senate floor. >> i now some has to do with subpoena power, right, we know youre watching it. thank you in washington. coming up next, all across the country you have the electors and state capitols are getting closer to the magic number of 270. they are meeting to elect donal...

Christmas songs and patriotic songs, including the national anthem but then when the vote happened and it was announced that all 20 electors went for donald trump and mike pence then a few yelled out, some yelled saying shame on you, another woman who was very vocal yelled, you have just selected hitler. to that they were people inside the chamber who clapped for the ele electors and thanked them for their service. we heard the pomp and circumstance and them thanking the governor of the state wh...

Spired by the islamic state, without actually making contact. were going to find out. if there was terrorism, german police -- lets wait and see. we can revise this next hour or so. >> nine dead, at least 50 injured there at a busy christmas market on a monday evening in berlin. buck and bob, thank you. well keep a close eye on whats happening there. also ahead, were watching electors in texas, they are expected to be the ones to push president-elect donald trump over the threshold to reach 270 ...

270 votes. for that to happen, 37 republican electors must flip. supron is the first one to publicly flip, but he says hes heard from others. >> we believe theres a large group of people who are staying silent out of fear or maybe because they havent made a final decision, but we do believe theres dozens of republican electors who are seriously considering not voting for donald trump. >> the tellers will announce the votes. >> reporter: even if that remote possibility happens, the house of repre...