First lets go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, the president s North Carolina rally begins very soon. So what more are you learning . Another very important day. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump is claiming hes done a, quote, good job, great job on the coronavirus, he says, as the number of dead in the u. S. From covid19 has reached approximately 190,000 people. The president s wishes for a vaccine by election, though, just got a dose of reality as dr. Anthony fauci just said, that is unlikely. The president is also doing damage control after revelations that he used crude language to describe fallen u. S. Service members. As it turns out, there is video from 2016 that appears to show mr. Trump describing military commanders as, quote, losers. In the meantime, Trump Supporters you were just showing this picture a few moments ago. Theyre gaths ring in North Carolina right now for a campaign speech. We can show you that video if we have it available to
Im erin burnett. Reckless, the president is about to hold a rally in North Carolina. The infection rate there now topping what is considered safe for reopening, and this is the scene. Almost no one you see it. This is live. No masks. There is no social distancing. And there are hundreds of people all packed together. They are following the example, of course, set by the president whos about to appear before them, a president who will not wear a mask himself and even mocks those who do so. Youre going to have to take that off please, you can take it off. How many feet are you away. Ill speak a lot louder. If you dont take it off, youre very muffled. Ill just speak a lot better. Is that better . Its better, yeah. Its better. Did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him . And then he makes a speech and he always has it not always but a lot of times has it hanging down because it gives him a feeling of security. If i were a psychiatrist right . I would say i would say this guys
National security concerns. Four top leaders inside the pentagon are now out. They have been replaced by trump loyalists, including a retired general who once referred to former president obama as a terrorist. All of this is happening as the nation is continuing to be ravaged by the coronavirus. The country is breaking yet another record for daily cases with more than 136,000 reported just yesterday. Hospitalizations are also at a record high, yet we are seeing no leadership from this current administration. Lets go straight to the white house to our correspondent there, Kaitlan Collins. Kaitlan, what are you hearing about whats going on from the administration . Reporter well, publicly, brooke, they are still pushing forward with this move to contest the election. They are meeting with the president s advisers again today after meeting with him yesterday to discuss going forward. You see the president is responding on twitter, but publicly we only heard from the president last thursda
Continues threatening u. S. Democracy with baseless claims of voting fraud. Cnn has learned that the president met with political advisers today to discuss a path forward, but sources tell cnn that some trump allies are now saying privately there is almost no chance, no chance the president s legal challenges will succeed. Breaking pandemic news. U. S. Coronavirus death toll topping now 240,000 people and more than 10. 3 million americans have been infected. Yesterday alone, the country saw a record 136,000 new cases and more than 1400 americans died. Lets start our coverage this hour with more on the president ial transition here in the United States. Our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is covering president elect biden for us. Jeff is joining us from wilmington, delaware. Biden started his day by honoring Service Members who were killed during the korean war but he planned to meet with his transition adviser today. What are you learning about the time line, first of all,
To bluster or bs or by his way out of difficult situations, lawyers, lawsuits, legal settlements. This is a case where hes run into a brick wall of the american electorate. 77 million votes and counting. Clear majority for joe biden. The president just doesnt have many options beyond trying to send out messages, rouse his base, raise money from his base. He sent out more than 100 email solicitations for money during this period while hes refused to concede the election. And its only a matter of time before that resistance wears down. We dont know if that comes next week or subsequent to that. We know that the states are supposed to certify the results of their electoral outcomes by december 28th. Thats an end point of some sort. We will wait for Senior Republicans to call an end to this but the president certainly not prepared to call an end to it yet. Its amazing recognizing reality is somehow a sign of wisdom or character. John harwood, thank you very much. President elect biden is m