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CNNW CNN Tonight With Don Lemon November 13, 2020

Widespread voter fraud. Theyre doing what they can for trump in georgia. Theyre hand counting every ballot again. Its not what their law provides. I know, but come on. You know what that is, right . Yeah, i think thats bending over backwards to do what trump wants. Its about whats going to happen in january. And im not talking about the inauguration. Special election. Im talking about the special election. Thats what thats about. Theyve got to keep the people riled up, okay . Theyve got to keep them riled up so they have energy to go out to the polls. Its like the folks i saw today coming into work. I sent you the video. Theres a trump parade with giant trump flags. I just wanted i didnt say i just drove by and took video of it. I wanted to say, hey, its over. Trump says its not over, suggests he may run again. Well there you go. I wont even go there. One of the smartest things he said tonight, and you say a lot of smart things ah. Is that we have weve gotten better at treating this disease, at keeping people alive. Its not that its changed, that its morphed and all that, that its less invasive or deadly or infectious. It is that weve gotten better at treating people, at keeping them alive. You dont throw them on ventilators right away. You keep their lungs strong. And you know and the things that you went through, the advice you gave people. For everybody whos out there thinking its no big deal, dont wear the mask, i dont want the lockdown. If you dont want the lockdown, its very simple. Just do what the experts tell you, socially distance, look out for others, wear a mask, so on and so forth and maybe we wouldnt have to close restaurants down and all of those things. Who wants that . Nobody wants that. Ive got to tell you though, this is like a real philosophers dilemma because you dont want to shut things down. Its scary. People dont like it and its been politicized. Right. But you dont have a lot of tools against this thing ether. No. And you get it both ways z a politician and im okay with that because thats what they signed up for. If they make the right calls, they win. If they make the wrong calls, they should lose. But im going to new york, my brother is now having to deal with this were going to close restaurants at 10 00. Some people will be happy, some wont. Some should say it should be 8 00, some say leave them open, some say it doesnt matter. If the numbers keep getting bad, what options do you have . Then you make the move you have to make to keep people alive. We both have a friend who owns restaurants here in the city and out in the hamptons and also in palm beach. Yes. But do you know what he wants to know. He doesnt know what to do. Do i have to have people out of my restaurant by 10 00. Hes okay with whatever the governor says. He just wants to have clarity about do i have to shut the restaurant down . Hes not going to get it. Hes not going to get it because they do it on the fly. Thats what they want to know, what to do. Ill tell you what because i have to run. Heres what i have to say. Its not hindsight, its 2020. We knew this. Everybody whos saying oh, my god, i cant believe, these governors and democrat cities and all that, if we had done the right thing in the begins, if you had done the right thing in the beginning, if you had believed in wearing masks, social distancing, all the things that dr. Fauci and dr. Birx and all the people were saying and not what the president was saying, perhaps we would be at a different place right now and you might be able to see your loved ones for thanksgiving. Thats all im saying. So, this time around, believe in the science. Do what the experts say. Ive got to go. I love you don lemon. Preach. Beat you to it. Thanks chris. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Ive got a lot to tell you about tonight. So, you remember this, right . The promise is very simple. The promise was make America Great again, right . Maga. Fit so well on that little bright red hat. Well, here we are, america. We had an election just nine days ago. The president was roundly rejected, and he and his party just refuse to accept that. So, now what . Here we are, america, living under a pandemic. Weve known for months what to do to get it under control. We were just talking about it, except the party and his party, they those to make a simple piece of cloth a culture war issue to fuel up their base when they could have been saving lives. And now what . Make America Great again . How did that work out for you . The new covid19 model from the institute of Health Metrics and evaluation at the university of washington, a model the White House Task force or task coronavirus force has used, it is projecting up to 439,000 deaths here in the u. S. Thats by march 1st. And the institute says that covid19 is the second leading cause of death here in the u. S. I know its hard even still to comprehend a president who wouldnt protect the american people, except this president doesnt even bother to protect his own people. Heres the proof. At least six people who attended that maskless indoor, nonsocially distanced white house party, just happened last week, they have tested positive for the virus including the chief of staff mark meadows, corey lewandowski, david boise, hud secretary ben carson and who knows what else. We may not know about some folks. Maybe they havent tested yet. Who knows. And where is the president . Where is president donald j. Trump anyway . Where is he . Where is the Vice President mike pence . Mike pence is the head of the task force . Where is he . Where are they . They want to claim to power they have no claim to and yet they are invisible donothings. Trump i dont know if hes in a bunker, but hes certainly holed up inside the white house. Hes tweeting, and hes watching the tv. Hello. Hes showing absolutely no leadership. Youre not showing any leadership right now, President Trump, outgoing President Trump. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was. Looking desperately for a scheme to steal the election, yes, from joe biden, but really steal it from you, the american people. This office belongs to no man. The one man who did hold it, and thats the former president barack obama, tonight telling cbs news why he thinks trump and his enablers are still pushing false claims of widespread Election Fraud. They appear to be motivated in part because the president doesnt like to lose and never admits loss. Im more troubled by the fact that other republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in deli jit mizing not just the Incoming Biden Administration but democracy. It sounds like a president. Complete sentences. Train of thought. Havent had that, have we, for about four years. Didnt more than 77 Million People just vote to stop getting dragged down dangerous paths by the president of the United States, and yet and yet sons, donald trump, jr. , eric trump, pushing the president to aggressively fight to the end. Like their father, theyre claiming without evidence that the outcome of the election is rigged. No evidence. No evidence. Trumps daughter, ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, both senior trump aides, said to be concerned that his refusal to concede could damage his legacy and his business, that it could do that going forward. So, theyre worried. Theyre very concerned, very concerned, very concerned. Wonder what theyre concerned about. The legacy or the business . You want to know what passes for standing up for reality for republicans in d. C. These days . Senators lindsey graham, Chuck Grassley and john thune saying that biden should receive the intel briefings. Other senators joining them. At this point, just as a matter of protecting our nations interests, i do think that both the president and his competition here, the Vice President biden, should have access to those classified reports. We should be in the same posture we were in throughout the whole campaign with both of them receiving briefings as theyre both e pr pairing. Okay. And guess what they didnt say. Still wont say that he got elected. Did anybody say president elect biden . I dont know, maybe they did. I didnt hear it, but let me know. Theyre acting like it is still a campaign and its any mans race to win. Your guy lost you want to turn up the volume . He lost and heres whats so funny to me about the way the Republican Party cant say, boo, to their golden goose. This is the new york times, okay, as a next step, mr. Trump is talking seriously about announcing that he is planning to run again in 2024, aware that whether he actually does it or not, it will freeze an already crowded field of possible republican candidates. So, these republicans are willing to put trump first and democracy second because they want the trump base. But here, think about it. Trump is never ever going to let you have it, you people who think youre running in 2024. Never going to have it. Never. Hell accept all of those followers as his own. Those are his followers. I guarantee you that. And if youre a republican out there and youre sucking up to President Trump because you want to run in 2024 after soontobe president biden, guess what . Hes going to freeze you out and keep that base all to himself. So, good luck with that. [ laughter ] boy, theres a turnip truck somewhere with yalls names on it and an open vat. Kayleigh mcenany was asked about this weak sauce grasp on reality, this whole both men should get the briefings position this morning. Here it is. This has been brought up by senator lankford, a republican, said give joe biden a president ial daily brief. After all senator harris gets these on the intel committee. He has high level security access. Has the president considered that . I havent spoke ton the president about that. That would be a question more for the white house. What do you even say to that . Id ask the White House Press secretary except thats you kayleigh mcenany, thats you kayleigh. Thats you. Youre the White House Press secretary. Unbelievable. So, heres a look. Last thing we reported sources saying President Trump is dragging all this out as he figures out how to profit from the chaos, raising money for his election defense fund, with some of that money going to his newlyestablished Political Action committee. Sources also saying trumps being encouraged by top aides, including kushner, his attorney Rudy Giuliani and Campaign Adviser jason miller to hold rallies in order to gather support from his base for recounts. So, if you think about that, thats a pr move. And there is a snag, they say, okay . Heres the snag. Ask all the people who go on tour around the country for a living, right, tour buses and all that. Rallies are expensive. They dont bring in any money. And we know this is all about the grift, not about the countr country. Its about the grift, money. The wheels have come off the trump white house. The president is clearly no longer interested in governing, so now what. Gop leaders need to find a backbone. They need to tell him its time to concede. They need to let joe biden prepare to run this country. Enough is enough, people. Kaitlan collins is here. Pamela brown as well. And im happy to see both of you. Good evening. Kaitlan, late breaking news at the president s own government is saying the 2020 election was secure. No votes lost, deleted or changed. Theyre refuting President Trumps lies. Reporter yeah, don, not only are they saying it was secure, theyre saying it was the most secure in american history. This is an Agency Within the president s own department of Homeland Security, Cyber Security and infrastructure security saying it was the most secure election in american history. Theres no evidence of any kind of widespread fraud that the president and his allies have insisted there is and alleged without evidence, of course. But also, don, theyre directly refuted something the president just elevated today, this conspiracy, this theory from a fringe site saying there were votes changed because of voting systems in different states. Theyre saying tonight no votes were changed or compromised or anything in this nature. And this is an agency whose job it is to look into this kind of stuff. So, they are directly refuting what the president is saying. The question is how does the president respond to this. These are officials within his own administration. Weve seen how there are purges happening at the pentagon. Its not clear how the president is going to respond. Hes not going to be happy with this because it goes against what hes been saying. Even his political advisers behind the scenes fighting these legal battles in courts, they know theres not a lot of chance of success here. This isnt Obama Administration officials. These are officials for who . Reporter they work in Donald Trumps administration in his department of Homeland Security. Weve seen how the president ial Personnel Office which is in charge of all the political appointees at those different agencies, how theyve responded. Theyre firing anyone who is looking for a job, even though they know Donald Trumps time in the white house is coming to an end. The question is how do they respond to this kind of a statement, rebuking what the president has alleged. Pamela, you have heard you heard the reporting. You heard what i said earlier. This is your reporting that the president is getting conflicting advice from his eldest children about next steps. What are you learning . Reporter yeah, there are these two different approaches that the president s eldest kids are advising him on. And on one side of this, you have don, jr. , and eric trump who want to fight this until the bitter end. They want to fight the election outcome. They want to continue to have this big push with those baseless claims, don, this this election was rigged and thats why donald trump lost, which we know is not true. They want to go guns ablazing until the bitter end. That is what they have been advising their dad on and that is what weve been seeing play out on their instagram and twitter feeds. On the other hand, you have the president s daughter ivanka trump who was also Senior Adviser and we were told by sources that she sees a shelf life to this. She knows her dad lost the election. She knows hes going to have to leave the white house. No one thinks hes going to concede. But basically shes trying to play both sides here. Were also seeing that from her husband jared. Essentially she wants the legal fight to continue up to a point, once we see some of the dubious lawsuits come to an end in the georgia recount which is supposed to end november 20th, that is when thats sort of what shes looking ahead to as the time to turn the corner, new chapter, and for her dad to acknowledge he lost this election, although it wont be in those words because we know how donald trump works. Its also important to point out for context that ivanka trump has an eye toward the future. This is a political calculation. Its about perception. Hes looking ahead to the family business. She knows her future is very much tied to her father. And Jared Kushner also has an interest in having somewhat of a smooth, if you could even say that, transition now at this point moving forward because he doesnt want the work he has done in his middle east portfolio to be undone. So, really its walking a fine line on that side of things. Wow. Wow. Well, im so happy you guys are here reporting. I mean, i cant really believe it, but then again i can. Thank you, kaitlan. Thank you, pamela. Thanks don. Good to see both of you. Trump wont concede. He is purging the pentagon. The cia might be next and the majority of his party isnt condemning him for any of it. National security advisers say thats irresponsible and dangerous. Im going to ask john bolton what the end game is. Hes next. When youre camping with friends and you get the biggest spot, and you swam in the river all day in the warm afternoon sun. Thats pure gold. 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