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Good day, everyone. From msnbc World Headquarters here in new york, welcome to weekends with alex witt. Right here and likely there where you are, the air is electric on this 1st of november, 2020, as we count down to election day. This is it, everyone, with just two days to go, it is a sprint to the finish line. 55 hours from right now, the first polls will close and both candidates are not wasting one minute on the campaign trail. Today, biden is focusing all of his efforts in pennsylvania, wh...

Questions about race that is elected republican senators or house members on the same ballots overseen by the same poll workers and the same secretaries of state. The Justice Department top elections crime prosecutor resigned in protest after bill barr told attorneys to investigate to investigate any allegations of irregularities in the vote. As each day goes by president elect bidens Transition Team says it is losing valuable time. The camp is considering legal action if the Trump Administratio...

We begin on the north lawn. Take us inside the west wing. We havent seen him for several days. Last time we saw him was on thursday when he came out to speak and, as far as i can recall this is the longest we have gone without seeing the president come out and chat with us. Hes always been one of those figures where, at his golf course west of here alton sterling. They have not seen the president in some shape or form in person. Talking about whats on his mind. One of the things we do know about...

Electors send votes to washington to pick a new president. Heres where it is unusual. Even if, unlikely, incredibly unlikely, joe biden won pennsylvania by more votes than donald trump did four years ago, even if they reverse that, joe biden is winning here, leading here, and leading here. President trump would have to overturn results in two, three, depending how it works states, depending which states win, at least two, maybe more than that. It is highly unusual because the math is the math an...

Good day everyone from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends aalex witt. A lot going on on this saturday before the election. Lets bring you uptodate. We are down to the final weekend before election day. The campaigns are on the move in 79 hours the first polls officially close. 7 00 p. M. Eastern time tuesday. In the meantime, the candidates in an allout race tolt wire making final pleas to voters. The president is speaking right now in pennsylvania. Just one of the fo...

Be alarming. At some point here well find out finally who is certified in each of these states and the Electoral College will determine the winner and that person will be sworn in january 20th. No reason for alarm. Now, biden is going to speak here in a short time in wilmington, delaware where cnn Political Correspondent Arlette Saenz is covering the transition. Arlette, the refusal to proceed with peaceful transition of power, where should things be at this point if President Trump were not tak...

Good afternoon. Im katy tur. It is 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. Another east. We are in whats considered the final day to cast the ballot. That is 96 hours if you want to count it that way and polls show him in the lead but joe biden said he is fighting for every last vote. The former Vice President is about to speak at another one of the drivein rallies, this one in iowa. Polls there show a close race and biden is hoping to flip the state back to blue. A reminder the state went for barac...

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 ad...

After an International Inspection showed an increase in that countrys nuclear stockpile. This was happening youll recall right when so many were expressing alarm and wondering why trump was replacing top leadership at the pentagon. The times reports it this way. Quote, trump asked senior advisers in the Oval Office Thursday whether he had options to take actions in the coming weeks. General mark milly, chairman of the joint chiefs warned a strike against irans facilities could easily escalate in...

The outcome in arizona cannot change the fact that joe biden has won the president ial election already with 279 electoral votes, and joe biden is the president elect of the United States and Kamala Harris is the Vice President elect of the United States. Joe bidens first president ial decision, which was made during the campaign, was his choice of senator Kamala Harris as his vicepresident ial running mate. Joe bidens secondmost important personnel decision was the choice of ron klain to be the...