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Formally under way. president-elect joe biden rolling out his first cabinet nominees. members of his national security team, the history made. the first woman as director of national intelligence, who said to the president-elect standing right there, i will speak truth to power, you know i have never shied away from that. the first latino nominated to run the department of homeland security, the son of immigrants, and his one word -- welcome. signaling a major shift in tone and policy. reporters alerted the president would hold a briefing at the white house today. it was 64 seconds long. to ...

Tonight. feels like a long time ago. the transition only beginning last night, officially, but tonight, you're learning the biden team already speaking with all federal agencies and they've been in touch with dr. fauci, as well? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. president-elect joe biden saying as soon as those federal agencies were given the green light, the outreach was immediate and sincere. his team now in touch with dr. anthony fauci and operation warp speed about plans to distribute a coronavirus vaccine and this of course does open the door for joe biden to start getting those cri...

And you've already touched on it. republicans themselves didn't run on gee, these are the things we're going to do to fix this poor failing economy. so how do these two parties, players, come to this table now and say, hey, look at what we did? >> obama, he was talking about this stuff during the election but nobody wanted to be seen with him standing on stage. there was not a democrat -- >> i did not see obama do that lit any that he did at that press conference. the president did not lay out, not on oil, on jobs on the economy. >> but those numbers were really good just before that press con...

Across the board with the s&p up by five points right now, the nasdaq up by ten. but, again, the biggest news of the day, the dow breaking 13,000. well, amid tensions and rising tengs, iran is threatening to take preemptive action against anyone it considers a threat against national efforts. now, while iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is touting his country's advancements in uranium enrichment, the red cross is calling for a daily two-hour cease-fire so aid can be delivered to the wounded and sick there. this follows 16 reported death this morning after heavy shelling from government f...