Over it in the two hours ahead. President trump giving his first interview since he lost the election, and it is everything that you would expect. Full of lies, lashing out and loads of conspiracy theories. So back to the real world. Joe biden moves closer to takingover the reins of power. His first daily brief tomorrow since winning the election and his picks for his cabinet in the days ahead. Plus as schools struggle on the decision of Remote Learning every day, a new report from one School District highlighting the impact this may be having on students. I want to talk to former education secretary arnie duncan about that, ahead. We also have a collection of reporters covering news today. Lets start with carol lee who is at the white house for us. Carol, good to do see you this afternoon. Thanks for joining us on this. Wow, you get the distinct pleasure of talking about the president s first interview since this election with maria bartiromo. There were a lot of falsehoods, there were a lot of lies. It was pretty hard for us, actually, to find any truth in that interview. Talk us through a little bit of what folks may have missed. Reporter it was a lot. He spoke for 45 minutes, largely, and it was the president venting frustrations about the lack of a path for his legal efforts. He sounded very frustrated. He was lashing out at everyone from the governor of georgia, who is an ally of his, who he says now he is ashamed to have ever endorsed. He sounded out against judges who ruled against cases his team has brought, including in pennsylvania, and he generally just put forward allegations of fraud and corruption, none of which have been backed up by any evidence, and some of which have already been debunked. Lets take a listen to some of what he said. You start with these machines that have been suspect, not allowed to be used in texas. We have glitches where they moved thousands of votes from my account to bidens account. These arent glitches, theyre theft, theyre fraud. And this is a wellcoordinated attack because you dont do it with everybody. Maybe it would happen in philadelphia but it wouldnt happen in detroit. Detroit and philadelphia, milwaukee, these are among the most dishonest, political places in use. Just look at the past history. Im not being rude to anybody. These are highly corrupt locations politically. I want to file one suit, donald j. Trump, president of the United States against and i put everything in one simple suit and they say, sir, you dont have standing. I say, i dont have standing . You mean to say as president of the United States, i dont have standing . What kind of a court system is this . Reporter i just want to address the dominion accusation hes made there. The president s allies have made an accusation about voting in georgia and michigan. They said its not true, that thi things the president says are just false. Well be Digging Deeper into this interview, as deep as we can go, and fact check what you just did there, carol, pretty brilliantly. For now, carol lee, thank you. The Trump Campaign paid for a recount in two wisconsin counties, and that has ended. For 3 million they picked up 87 votes for joe biden, actually. Dade county finished its calculation doing little to change the number in the state for the president elect. And a big week in the Biden Administration with ali vitale live for us. Ali, thank you for being with us. We also heard from the Transition Team who is saying buckle up, were going to get a lot more announcements, a lot more appointments in the coming weeks. What are we expecting . Reporter that was the warning we got was bundle up for december, because we know we got that first slew of picks, Foreign Policy and National Security, but now were looking for picks related to the economy. We know our sources have told us that janet yellen is likely the next pick to lead the treasury department, but a lot of other speculation happening for other parts of the cabinet and a lot of jockeying behind the scenes as allies and other parts of this Democratic Party try to push whoever they think is best suited for these roles and in an administration that is going to prioritize the Pandemic Response over everything else, the role of secretary is key. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus saying they would like to see michelle lewan grisham in that role. Dr. Vivek who is on the Covid Task Force right now, raul ruiz of california, and representative karen bass of california. We heard that name a lot over the summers. She was considered as one of bidens running mates, now being considered for health and Human Services secretary. Then you look to the department of defense. Were seeing a lot of names floated here, but one that keeps coming to the top of the list is top official michelle flournoy. Also former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson as well as tammy duckworth, one of the women in contention over the veeps pick period, and if a woman was chosen for the pentagon, she would be the first woman in that role. We look at a slate of cabinet members who look a little bit like what some are likening to a third term of the obama administration. Its not a comparison this biden team has loved, and i want to show you William Mcraven pushing back on that idea this morning. Ive heard that refrain a lot since the nominees were announced, and i dont agree with that. The fact of the matter is these are different times. The challenges out there may be the same in terms of a rising china and an aggressive russia, but this new group of National Security professionals coming in are incredibly experienced, incredibly talented. They are going to approach these issues differently than certainly the Trump Administration did, and i would offer, to some degree, differently than the obama administration. Reporter and, yasmin, the way he lays it out there are really interesting, because youre seeing a group of people whose experience comes from the obama years, but the stakes have never been as high as now by a recession thats spurred on by this ongoing pandemic. Stakes incredibly high right now. Ali vitale, good seeing you. Joe scarborough is going to tell me about his new book and what the Incoming Administration can learn from history. Its going to be a good one. I want to turn to the coronavirus nationwide. The u. S. Reporting 266 thor,000d in the last hour. Also to colorado where Governor Polis has tested positive for the coronavirus. He has been in quarantine since wednesday and will remain there for the appropriate time. And the denver mayor was given backlash after traveling for thanksgiving and he said he made the decision with his heart and not his head. Millions making their return home today. Nbcs Cori Coughlin is live for us in the suburb of lake forest. Cori, good to see you this afternoon. Thank you for joining us on this. It is the sunday after thanksgiving. We know that car travel accounts for more than 90 of holiday transportation specifically this year. How busy are you seeing the roads so far . Reporter yeah, yasmin, good afternoon. Theyre surprisingly light today, and that is reflective of the fact that there were some changes in travel plans for people, which ill get into in just a moment, but aaa did expect, as you mentioned, that there wasnt going to be a major dip in travel. We had 4. 3 less car travel than last year, not much for a pandemic year. People i spoke to at this rest stop said they didnt want to change their plans, and then other folks i spoke to said they did want to change the way they traveled, so it could be this sunday the packed roads are more spread out now. Listen to what one woman had to tell me about her travel plans this year. Tell me, what were your Holiday Travel plans . I went to see my inlaws in wisconsin. We were supposed to go earlier this year, but we waited until thanksgiving. There were only a few of us there, just immediate family. There was nobody at risk, but we still covered our face, because his parents are a little older, so we took precautions. Reporter all right, yasmin, so folks still wanting to drive, maybe making some alterations. It wasnt the same for airlines, though, Airline Travel down by 47 , but still, tsa reporting some 6. 8 Million People came over the weekend packing those airports, and only about half responded by saying they were planning to isolate when they returned home, very concerning for these hot spot states. Cori coughlin, good to see you. The emergency Field Hospital in the outer burrough of Staten Island. This is disconcerting, to say the least. I was at one in rhode island a couple weeks ago and now one opening in our hometown. What do you say so far . Reporter yasmin, this is concerning. Maybe i glimmer that maybe things arent as bad as they were in the spring, but we did see a steady stream of cars one by one pull in. So they pull in here and then they would drive through these tents and get tested. It was free, you didnt have to have an appointment, but then behind these tents, you see that brick and mortar building, that is a Psychiatric Hospital that was built and it never opened. So back in the spring it was used as this Field Hospital. They treated about 250 patients for covid. Theyve reopened this week. They now have 14 covid patients, and theyre expecting that number to double by tomorrow. So thats a troubling number right there. The people in the Field Hospital, these are nonserious cases. The really urgent covid cases go to the main hospital, and also they have another facility about nine miles south where they can do routine procedures and still keep up with things like cancer treatments. But, yasmin, things in Staten Island are very worrisome. The cases are higher than they were in the aftermath of july 4th and labor day, and right now local leadership is blaming it on peoples behavior. Theyre not masking up, theyre not socially distancing, and one doctor i spoke to, the medical director at this hospital, says if youre not going to do it for yourself, do it for the Health Care Workers. Lets listen. Theyre tired but theyre not exhausted. Theyre tired, and you know what, theyre amazingly resilient. This is like entering the second war within a year. Reporter so, i mean, that is just incredible there, yasmin. Like i said, they have 14 patients. They can accommodate about 100. They can set up to accommodate more, but yasmin, they dont want to do that. Same story, different state. Health care workers, front line workers beyond exhausted dealing with the pandemic for nine months. Coming up, covid and the classroom. What one report from a classroom may tell us how your kid and others are faring in the classroom, and its not good news. Well rejoin after the break to discuss. The break to discuss. [ engines revving ] its amazing to see them in the wild like th shhh. [ engine revs ] for those who were born to ride, theres progressive. This ones for you. You inspired us to make your humira experience even better. With humira citratefree. 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Meanwhile a report on students grades in one of the largest School Districts shows Remote Learning has led to an alarming drop in grades. Fairfax county Public Schools in virginia which has been mostly online since march reporting a middle school earning fs and that failing grades are up for 50 of high school students. Thank you for joining us. I hope you and your family are doing well. How are you doing . Were so fortunate. Many families arent as lucky and were very appreciative every day that were getting stronger and healthier. Lets talk about some of the latest news when it comes to education across this country, and i first want you to react to the latest news out of new york city where mayor bill de blasio is essentially saying, schools are back, theyre back to inperson learning just for grade school children, elementary children, not necessarily for middle school and high school so far. Theres been a lot of back and forth when it comes to opening and closing illinois Public Schools. What do you make of this latest decision . Its obviously not a unique challenge in new york. Other districts across the country are dealing with this. It takes a huge toll on students, on their parents and on teachers. So many districts like new york are in this cycle, unfortunately, of trying to open, closing back down again, trying to open again, and unfortunately, i hate to say it, new york may well be in a position in the nottoodistant future when theyre closing down again. We as a nation have failed to put children first. We had open bars and restaurants for months and didnt keep them closed, and kids with their education paid a huge price. Its a historically difficult challenging time which no one is winning. I just had a conversation with randy wine weingarten and we talked about the possibility of kids falling behind, that they wouldnt learn in the capacity they did when they would go to school every day. Now were seeing the results of this with staggering numbers of failing grades across the board, especially in middle school. But guess who is affected more than anything else . It is black students, hispanic students, students with disabilities as economically disadvantaged students. I think folks anticipated this happening. What is to be done as kids continue to fall behind throughout the school year when we have no time in sight when they will go back to inschool learning . It is tough. Think about the muethnic crises public crisis of systemic racism, and of course the most marginalized, the most disadvantaged communities are always going to be hit the hardest, which is exactly what were seeing with our black students, our latino students, students with disabilities. Unfortunately, they always fare the brunt of any challenges, and this is a difficult time. Not only are our children falling behind, we have possibly 2 to 3 Million Students who literally havent been back to school since march, have not been back to school since march. So this is really for me a moment of reckoning. We have to not wait until january with a new administration, although we absolutely welcome that. We have to go find those children, we have to think about a National Tutoring program for those children who are falling the furthest behind, be that physically, be that virtually, be that a hybrid. We cannot lose a generation of children. It is not the childrens fault theyre put in a bad situation, it is absolutely not their fault. We have to rethink everything now, we have to do it with a renewed sense of urgency, and frankly we need to act. As you demonstrate, that is so far from the case. 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