Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says there has been significant progress. The exact details of the bill are unclear, but we will ask some lawmakers about it this morning. And we will also break down what we do know ahead. Overnight, President Trump turned on senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell for finally congratulating president elect joe biden. You know whats interesting . Vladimir putin acknowledged that biden won, but the president hasnt said anything about that yet. Cnn has also learned that mcconnell is urging Senate Republicans to not to stage any stunts when congress meets to count the electoral votes next month. Later today, president elect biden will formally announce Pete Buttigieg as his nominee to be transportation secretary. That will be interesting. And this morning, were also getting new details about who else biden is selecting. Meantime, more than 3,000 new deaths reported from coronavirus overnight. Hospitalizations again reached record numbers. Obviously,
much. former vice president mike pence previewed his upcoming announcement yesterday in iowa at the annual roast and ride event in des moines. and i don t have anything to announce today but i can tell you when i got time to announce come this wednesday, i m announcing in iowa. pence then donned a leather vest and saddled up on a harley, the only likely or declared candidate to go for a spin. the national political reporter for the messenger, a newspaper based in fort dodge, am i right about that? we re national. just lauchbed a month ago. there s a great piece in vanity fair that just published about a week ago with our ceo joe finkelstein. i was in iowa yesterday. and going back to images of