PBS NewsHour; November 17, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- JUDY: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE "NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT. - SOCIAL MEDIA UNDER FIRE -- THE - LEADERS OF FACEBOOK AND TWITTER - FACE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTIONING - OVER ALLEGED POLITICAL BIAS ON - THEIR PLATFORMS. - EN, ESSENTIAL WORK, THE MEN - AND WOMEN OF BOTH PARTIES WHO DO - THE WORK AT POLLING PLACES - ACROSS THE COUNTRYONFRONT THE - CONDEMNATION OF THEIR SERVICE. - PLUS. - ONE YEAR LATER -- AS THE WORLDAW - AITS A VACCINE FOR COVID-19, - E ARE ON THE GROUND TO SE - ERE THINGS STAND AT THE VIRUS' - EPICENTER. - >> THIS BEHIND ME IS WHAT'S LEFT - OF THE HUANAN WET MARKET WHAT - MANY PEOPLE LIEVE IS THE - ORIGINAL SOURCE OF COVID-19. - THERE ARE NO BUSINESSES - OPERATING INSIDE ANY MORE, AND - MANY OF THE BUSINESSES AROUNDTH - OUTSIDE, INCLUDING EATERIES, - AS WELL.CULAR, REMAIN SHUTTERED - JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON

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- CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE - SECURITY AGENCY. - HE HAS BEEN CREDITED BY MANY FOR - SECURING THE U.S. ELECTIONS - AGAINST DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN - INTERFERENCE. - TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT E Y - BE BEHIND TEST MOVE, NICK - SCHIFRIN IS BACK. - HELLO, AGAIN. - REMIND US WHO CHRIS KREBS IS AND - WHAT HIS JOB WAS. - NICK: HE WAS THE ELECTIONS ARE, - ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP - CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS. - HE TOOK INFORMATION FROM - OVERSEAS AND PASSED IT ONTO - LOCAL OFFICIALS - HE ALSO ENSURED DOMESTIC VOTING - EQUIPMENT WAS SECURE AND HE TOOK - DOMESTIC DISINFORMATION AS WELL - HEAD ON. - HE RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORTAS - OU SAID, IN THE DAYS AFTER - THE ELECTION, THAT HE A HIS - TEAM SUCCEEDED AT SECURING THE - ELECTION BUT TONIGHT, THE

- PRESIDENT HAS TWEETED TS. - I WILL READ THE WHOLE THING FOR - YOU. - "THE RECENT STATEMENT BY CHRIS - KREBSSE ON THRITY OF THE - 2020 ELECTION WAS HIGHLY - INACCURATE IN THAT THERE WERE - MASSIVE IMPROPRIETIES AN FRAUD, - INCLUDING DEAD PEOPLE VOTING, - LL WATCHERS NOT ALLOWED INTO - POLLING LOCATIONS, GLITCHES IN - THE VOTING MACHINES, WHICH - CHANGED. - VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN, LATE - VOTING AND MANY MORE - THEREFORE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELYH - CHRIS KREBSAS BEEN TERMINATED - AS DIRECTOR OF THE CYBERSECURITY - AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY - AGENCY. - TO BE CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT IS - MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. - HE IS MISINFORMED ABOUT THE - ELECTION AND WHAT HIS - ADMINISTRATION DID IN ORDER TO - CURE IT. - THES PRESIDENTFERRING NOT - TO A STATEMENT BY CHRIS KREBS - PERSONALLY, BUT TO A STATEMENT - BY NOT ONLY HIS AGENCY INSIDE - TH - SECURITY, BUT THE NATIONAL - ASSOCIATION OF STATE ELECTION - DIRECTORS. - COMMISSION.N ASSISTANCE - THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

- SECRETARIES OF STATE, PRETTY - MUCH EVERY SINGLE PERSON - INVOLVED IN TH ELECTIOADE A - STATEMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS - CRITICIZING. - I SHOULD ALSO ADD TO THAT LIST, - CYBER COMMAND, WHICH DS ENDED - ELECTIOM FOREIGN - INTERFERENCE, ALSO SAID THEYCC - DED AT PROTECTING THESE - ELECTIONS AND JUST IN THE LAST - FEW MINUTES,HRIS KREBS HAS - TWEETED, "HONORED TO SERVE. - WE DID IT RIGHT. - #2020."TODAY, SECURE TOMORROW. - JUDY: BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES - SAID THERE WAS NOTHING UNTOWARD - IN THE SELECTION, ONE OF THE - MO SECURE THE HAVE EVER BEEN - INVOLVED IN. - HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THIS AND - SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT - HAPPEN.

- IS THAT RIGHT? - NICK: YES. - LATE LAST WEEK, H T BEGLING - OFFICIALS THAT HE WOULD BE FIRED - PEOPLE WHO TOLD JOURNALTS LIKE - ME THAT HE WAS EXPECTING TO BE - TFIRED AND W LED UP TO THAT - WAS A SITE CALLED RUMOR CONTROL. - THIS WAS A SITE BORN TO - ESSENTIALLY COMBA THE MYSTIC - AND FOREIGN DISINFORMATION - BEFORE THE ELECTIONS. - WHAT KREBS AND HIS TEAM DECIDEDW - TO DO USE THE SITE TO REFUTE - POSTELECTION DISINFORMATION, - MOST OF WHICH CAME FROM THE - PRESIDENT HIMSELF AS WELL AS THE - PRESIDENT'S ALLILUDING - RUDY GIULIANI. - SOME OF KREBS' POSTS AND TWEETS - ON THE RUMOR CONTROL WEBSITE HAD - A LITTLE F. - HE CALLED ONE OF THE CONSPIRACY - THEORIES THAT THE PRESIDENT - SUGGESTED HAPPENED DURING THE - ELECTION NONSENSE AND USED AN - EMOJI TO DESCRIBE IT. - AFTER THAT, I WAS TOLD WHITE - HOUSE PERSONNEL TARGETED HIM, - TRGETED ALL OF HIS WORK, TO - POINT THAT INDEPENDENT

- CYBERSECURITY OFFICIALS ARCHIVED - THE RUMOR CONTROL SITE TO MAKE - SURE JUST IN CASE THE WHITE - HOUSE DID NOT PULL IT DOWN. - THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS - BIPARTISAN AEEMENT THAT CHRIS - KREBS WAS SUCCESSFUL, AND THE 50 - STATES THAT BELIEVE THEY WERE - SUCCESSFUL, THAT IS WHAT THE - PRESIDENT IS ATTACKING TODAY. - JUDY: THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE WAS - DOING HIS JOB AND KEEPI - ELECTIONS SECURE, AND FOR THAT, - THE PRESIDENT HAS FIRED HIM. - NICK SCHIFRIN BACK ON THE - RAM TO REPORT ON THIS - LATE-BREAKING STORY. - THANK YOU. - NICK: THANK YOU. - JUDY: -- - STEPHANIE: I'M STEPHANIE SY WITH - WE WILL RETURN TO JUDY WOODRUFF - AFTE THE LATEST HEADLINES. - THE WAVE OF U.S. CORONAVIRUS - INFECTIONS HASIT ANOTHER HIGH - -- - 166,000 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. - WTHAT'S UP 80 % INKS, AND - IT'S PROMPTING MORE STATES TO

- IOTAKE ACTION. - ODAY IMPOSED AN OVERNIGHT - CURFEW FOR BUSINESSES. - AND, IOWA MANDATED MASKS IN - INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES. - REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLD - GAVE THE ORDERTER MONTHS - OF RESISTING THE IDEA. - >> IF YOU CAN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE - AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A - PROLONGED INTERACTION WITH AN - INDIVIDUAL FOR MORE THAN 15 - MINUTES, THEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO - WE A MASK. - AT IS WHAT IS IN THE - PROCLAMATION, THAT'S THE - EXPECTATION. - SO I AM ASKING IOWANS, ONCE - AGAIN, IT'S NOT WHERE WEANTO - BE, BUT WE NEED EVERYBODY TO - STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING. - STEPHANIE: ALSO TODAY, - 87-YEAR-OLD REPUBLICAN SENATOR - CHK GRASSLEY OF IOWA TESTED - POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. - HE IS 87 YEARS OLD AND PRESIDENT - PD - A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSITIONS ON - HIS WHITE HOUSE STAFF TODAY. - ANONE IS LOUISIANA CONGRES - CEDRIC RICHMOND. - HE'LL RESIGN HIS SEAT TO BECOME - A SENIOR ADVISER TO THE - PRESIDENT. - MEANWHILE, TWO WEEKS AFTER THE - ELECTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP HA - YET TO CONCEDE DEFEAT, OR START

- THE TRANSITION. - THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO - RESIST THE FINALCO O, IN - MICHIGAN, REPUBLICANS BLOCKED - CERTIFICATIONS IN THE STATES - LARGEST COUNTY. - UNOFFICIAL RETURNS SHOW JOE - BIDEN DEFEATED PRESIDENT IN - DETROIT BY MORE THAN 100,000 - VOTES, BUT THE COUNTY BOARD - DEADLOCKED ON CERTIFYING THE - RESULTS. - A STATE BOARWILL DECIDE. - THE ELECTION'SIA AND GEOAID - HE IS BEING PRESSURED BY FELLOW - REPUBLICANS. - THAT STATUS DOING A RECOUNT - AFTER PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN WON - BY 14,000 VOTES. - BUT SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD - RAFFENSPERGER SAYS SOUTH - CAROLINA SENATOR LPLDSEY GRAHAM - D THAT HE SHOULD DISCARD - LEGITIMATE BALLOTS. - RAFFENSPERGER SPOKE V - INTERVIE - >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYOU - LEL VOTE CS AND EVERY - ILLEGAL - I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CONSERVATIVE - REPUBLICAN AND I WANT TO MAKE - SURE WE HAVE A LAWFUL PROCESS - , BECAUSE I THINK INTEGRITYS. - STILL MATT - STEPHANIE: GRAHAM DENIES

- RAFFENSPERGER'S CLAIM. - THE PENTAGON CONFIRMS IT'S - CUTTING U.S. TROOP NUMBERS IN - AFGHANISTAN NEARLY IN HALF -- TO - 2,500 -- BY MID-JANUARY. - TODAY'S FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT CAME - DESPITE WARNINGSY NATO - SECRETARY-GENERAL JENS - STOLTENBERG. - HE SAID AFGHANISTAN COULD AGAIN - BECOME A BASE FOR TERRORISTS. - WE'LLETURN TO THIS, LATER IN - THE PROGRAM. - CENTRAL AMERICA WAS BATTERED - TODAY BY HURRICANE IOTA. - THE STORM CHARGED ASHORE IN - NICARAGUA OVERNIGHT WIS - SUSTAINED WI 155 MILES AN - HOUR. - IT ALSO BROUGHT EXTREME RAINFALL - AND HEAVY FLOOANNG. - HUMANITAROUPS WARNED OF A - LONG-TERM DISASTER. - >> CONTINUED FLOODING IN - COUNTRIES LIKE GUATEMALA, - HONDURAS, AND NICAGUA, IS - GOING TO AFFECT THE INCOMING - HARVEST. - AND THIS WILL SEVERELY STRAIN - SUBSISTENCE FARMERS AND ALREADYL - IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS, IT - IS QUITE, IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT - THIS WILL EXTEND THE EMERGENCY - EVEN INTO MID-2021. - STEPHANIE: EARLY REPORTS TOLD OF - WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND DROWNINGS

- OF TWO CHILDREN IN NICARAGUA. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE U.S. - SENATE BLOCKED JUDY SHELTON'S - NOMINATION TO THE FEDERAL - RESERVE BOARD. - SECTTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT-E - KAMALA HARRIS CAST THE DECISIVE - VOTE, JOINING HER FELLOW - DECRATS AND TWO REPUBLICAN - THEY OPPOSED THE CONSERVATIVE - ECONOMICS COMMENTATOR OVER HER - NUNCIATIONS OF THE FED, AMONG - OTHER THINGS. - STILL TO COME THE LEADERS OF - , FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FACE - CONGRESSIONAL QUESTIONING OVER - ALLEGED POLITICAL BIAS. - POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS FROM - YROSS THE COUNTRY DISCUSS THEIR - EXPERIENCE IN THR'S - HISTORIC VOTE. - PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSISTS IN HIS - REFUSAL TO CONCEDE DEFEATWO - WEEKAFTER ELECTION DAY, AND - MUCH MORE. - ANNOUNCER: THIS IS THE "PBS - NEWSHOUR,"ROWETA STUDIOS IN - WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST FROM - THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF - JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSI.

- JUDY: SOCIAL MEDIA UNDER FIRE, - TOP EXECUTIVES OF TECH GIANTS - AMNA NAWAZ REPORTS.AKERS TODAY. - AMNA: A BARRAGE OF ITESTIONS AND - ISM FOR THE CEO'S OF - TWITTER AND FACEBOOK, APPEARING - VIRTUALLY BEFORE A SENATE - JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING ON - CENSORSHIP, DISIORMAON, AND - THE 2020 ELECTION. - >>NC WHAT EVIDO YOU HAVE - THAT THESE LABELS ARE EFFECTIVE - IN ADDRESSING PRESIDENT'S - ALLIES? - >> 'S TIME WE TOOK ACTION - AGAINST MODERN-DAY ROBBER - BARONS. - AMNA: THE TECH BUSES DEFENDED - >> WE DID EXACTLY THAT. - AMNA: THE HEAD OF FACEBOOK MARK - ZUCKERBERG. - >> T WE HAVEEN DOWN MORE THAN - 100 NETWORKS OF BAD ACTORS. - WE ARE -- WHO WER TRYING TO - COORDINATE AND INTERFERE - GLOBALLY. - WE ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT FACT - CHECKERS TO ESTABLISH MORE THAN - 50 LANG GOERGES.

- AMNA: BUT SENATOR BLUMENTHAL - FROM CONNECTICUT INSISTED THAT - IS NOT ENOUGH. - MISINFORMATION IS AINCENDIARY - SCOURGE ON BOTH PLATFORMS AND ON - OTHERS. - AMNA: DEMOCRATS LARGELYOCUSED - ON HOW TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION - AND DISINFORMATION EVEN WHEN IT - COMES FR THE PRESIDENT. - TWO WEEKS AFTER ELECTION DAY, - THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO TWEET - BASELESS CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD - AND BH TWITTER AND FACEBOOK - LABELED SOME OF THE PRESIDENTS - POSTS AS MISINFORMATION. - SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN, THE - DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA, ASKED - ABOUT THIS TWEET SAYING "I WON - THIS ELECTION BY A LOT." - TWITTER SAID, OFFICIAL SOURCES - HAVE NOT CALLED THE RACE -TH THE - RACE WHE WAS TWEETED. - >> DOES THAT LABEL DO ENOUGH TO - EEPREVENT THE HARMS WHEN - THE TWEET IS STILL VISIBLE AND - IS NOT ACCURATE? - >> I BELIEVE IT IS REALLY - IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW PEOPLE - THE BROADER CONTEXT, AND THAT - E INTENTION OF THE LABEL. - IT IS NOT JUST TEXTS BELOW A

- TWEET. - IT IS A LINK TO CONNECT TO A - MUCH LARGECONVERSATION AND - THESE ARTICLES ACROSS THE - SPECTRUM. - AMNA: REPUBLICANS TODAY FOCUSED - THEIR FIRE ON ACCUSATIONS OF - BI AGAINST CONSERVATIVE - VOICES. - CHAIRMAN LINDSEY GRAHAM, - REPUBLICAN FROM SOUTH COLINA, - FIRST CALLED THE HEARING AFTER - TWITTER LOCKED A NEW YORK POST - ARIDCLE ABOUT HUNTER THAT - VIOLATED THE POLICY ON SHARING - HACKED MATERIALS. - AFTER BACKLASH, TWITTER REVERSED - COURSE, AMENDING TO BLOCK ONLY - CKERS AND ASSOCIATES AND - ADDING A LABEL TO BLOCK CONTENT. - >> I HOPE TS ILLUSTRATES THE - RATIONALE BEHIND OUR ACTIONS AND - DEMONSTRATES OUR ABILITY TO TAKE - FEEDBACK AND MAKE MISTAKES AND - CHANGES TRANSRENTLY. - AMNA: BOTH DORSEY AND ZUCKERBERG - REPEATEDLY PRESSED ON WHAT - CONTENT THEY ALLOW OR TAKEDOWN. - THE FACEBOOK POST FROM FORMER - TRUMP ADVISOR STEVE BANNON. - >> T CONTENT IN QUESTION DID

- VIOLATE OUR POLICIES AND WE TOOK - IT DOWN. - HAVING A CONTENT VIOLATION DOES - NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOUR - TACCO GETS TAKEN DOWN AND THE - NUMBER OF STRIK VARIES - DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF - OFFENSE. - NA: BUT WHEN ASKED IF FACEBOOK - WOULD TAKE DOWN BANNON'S ACCOUNT - ALTOGETHER -- - >> > SENATOR, NO, THAT IS NOT WT - OUR POLICIES WOULD SUGGEST WE - DO. - AMNA: CENTRAL ALL THIS, - GROWING CALLS TO REFORM SECTION - 230 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS - DECENCY ACT A 1996 RULE DESIGNED - , TO PROTECT INTERNET COMPANIES - LIFROM LIA. - >> TO BOTH OF YOU SUPPORT CHANGE - TO REFORM OF SECTION 230? - >> I DO. - AMNA: WITH THE GEORGIA SPECIAL - ELECTIONS LOOMING IN JANUARY -- - WHICH WILLETERMINE SENATE - CONTROL -- BOTH CEO'S PLEDGED - CONTINUED VIGILANCE. - FOR THE "PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M AMNA

- JUDY: PRESIDENT TRUMPLIND HIS - CONTINUE TO SO DOUBT IN - THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, AT TIMES - QUESTIONG THE INTENTIONS OF - ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS AND POLL - WORKERS. - YESTERDAY, WILLIAM BRANGHAM - SPOKE TO ELECTION OFFIALS - ACROSS T NATION, BOTH - DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, ABOUT - NTEIR WORK AND WHY THEY ARE - CONFIDENT IN THERITY OF - THE 2020 ELECTION. - >> MY NAME IS BEN HOVLAND. - I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. - ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMM ASION, - WHICH EDERAL AGENCY - DEDICATED TO STUDYING BEST - PRACTICES IN ELECTION - ADMINISTRATION. - AS FAR AS EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN - THE SPACE, EVERYONE A - COMMITTED PROFESSIONAL TO - ELECTIONS, THIS WAS THE SAFEST - ANECTION WE'VE EVER HATHE - MOST SECURE ELECTION WE'VE EVER - HAD. - >> MY NAME IS NATALIE ADONA, I - AM THE ASSISTANT CLERK RECORDER - VOTERS FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA - . - THE E THING THAT WE ALL HAVE

- IN COMMON IS THAT WE CARE REALLY - DEEPLY ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND - MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK. - SO IF WE NEED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, - REGISTER A VOTER, IT DOES NOT - MATTER WHAT THAT VOTER'S OPINION - IS ABOUT POLITICS.CA - WHAT W ABOUT IS, IS THE - PERSON QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO - VOTE. - >> MY NAME IS REYNALDO - VALENZUELA. - I AM THE CO-DIRECTOR FOR - MARICOPA COUNTY AND I OVERSEE - EARLY VOTING ANDESLECTION - SERV - WE' AGNOSTIC TO THE POLITIC - PARTY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE - DOORS. - AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT - HAVING THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT - FROM OUR STAFF THAT KNOWS THAT - THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. - MAGGIE TOULOUSE - OLIVER, NEW MEXICO'S SECRETARY - OF STATE AND PRESIDENT OF NASS. - IF YOU SEE A STATE ELECTION - OFFICIAL WHO IS OF ONE PARTY OR - THE OTHER, AND YOU SEE THE - OUTCOME FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THE - JHER PARTY, THE SAME AT THE - COUNTY LEVEL, THT GOES TO - SHOW YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THESE - JOBS, THAT NONPARTISAN ATTITUDE - OF MAKING SURE THAT OUTCOMES ARE

- ACCURATE AND THAT VOTES ARE - COUNTEAND COUNTED FAIRLY IS - ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. - >> MY NAME IS LAURIE ELUM AND - I'M THE DEMOCRATIC DIRECTOR AT - THE KANSAS CITY BOARD OF - ELECTIONS. - I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF US - SIGNED UP TO RISK OUR LIVES FOR - PEOPLE TO VOTE. - IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD WHEN - I LOOKED IN THE DISTANCE DOWNHE - PASTRAIN TRACKS AND I - COULD SEE 200 PLUS CARS OF COVID - POSITIVE PEOPLE, THAT WERE - ENSURING WOULD VOTE. - I REALIZED WHAT WE WERE DOING - WAS HUGE. - A PART OF HISTORY. - >> MY NAME IS JAMES YOUNG.I' - 'M A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR - INCLUSION SOLUTIONS. - PREVIOUSLY I SERVED AS ELECTIONS - ADMINISTRATOR IN LOUISVILLE, - KENTUCKY, AND A SPECIAL - ASSISTANT TO THE KENTUCKY - SECRETARY OF STATE. - PART OF WHAT I DO TODAY IS I - TRAVEL THE COUNTRY FULL TIME. - I WORK WITH ELECTION - ADMINISTRATORS. - TSTHIS IDEA THAT BALRE - SHOWING UP IN THE BACK ALLEY AT - 4:00 A.M. - IS VERY INSULTING TO THE - INTEGRITY OF NOT JUST THESE P - THESE CAREFESSIONALS, BUT - ALSO TO THE POLL WORKERS THATSE - OVTHE PROCESS. - >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY OU - ECTION SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED,

- ALL OF THE PIECES OF IT HAVE - CHECKS AND BALANCES, HAVE - BIPARTISAN TEAMS OF REPUBLICS - AND DEMOCRATS WORKING TOGETHER - TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS ISFA - IR AND ACCURATE IF THERE'S ANY - CREDIBILITY, ANY FACTS TO THESE - ALLEGATIONS, WE SHOULD SEE THAT. - BUT IT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED IN - THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN A COURT - OF LAW WHERE A FAIR ARBITER CAN - MAKE THAT DECISION. - AND WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN - ANYTHING - OF REAL CONCERN. LEVEL - >> A ARIZONA HAND COUNT - AUDIT. - WE LOOKED AT OVER FOY SEVEN - -- 47,311, TO BE EXACT OVALS. - , WE WENT FROM ARROWS TO OVALS, - OUR NEW BALLOTS, BUT 47,311, AND - NOT ONE HAD A DISCREPANCY. - THAT'S AMAZING. - AND THAT'S A LARGE VOLUME. - SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF AT - LEAST GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE - THAT WE HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES - SO SOMEONE WHO SAYS I DON'T - BELIEVE, WE HAVE THE DAT - >> WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO VOTE.

- IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHAT - YOUR POLITICAL LEANING IS VERSUS - SOMEBODY ELSE, WHAT I JUST WANT - YOU TO DO IS VOTE. - I HAVE NOTHING BUT THE UTMOST - AND DEEPST RESPECT FOR PEOPLE'AN - POLITICAL GS AND THEIR - BELIEFS. - THE QUESTION IS, DO PEOPLE - BELIEVE THAT I FIND THAT - IMPORTANT? - I HOPE SO. - >>Y I THINK LIKE ECTION, - THERE WERE HICCUPS, THERE WERE - ISSUES THAT CAME UP. - THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. - BUT I THINK GIVEN ALL OF THE - THREATS TO THIS ELECTION,WH - HER IT BE FROM THE - CYBERSECURITY POINT TO JUST THE - FACT OF COVID-19 AND ITS SPREAD - AND ALL OF THE HURDLES THAT THAT - ER ATED, THE FACT THAT YOU H - SMOOTH FLOWING ELECTION PROCESS - ELECTION DAY, THAT YOU HAD - RECORD NUMBERS OF AMERICANS - TURNING OUT TO VOTE, I THINK - THAT IN AND OF ITSEL - DEMONSTRATES THE FACT THAT THE - ELECTION RAN JUST ABOUT AS WELL - AS IT POSSIBLY EVER COULD. - >> IT'IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER - I'M A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN. - I VOTED A CERTAIN WAY THAT MAY

- NOT BE REFLECTIVE OF THE OUTCOME - OF THE ELEC'N. - THAT DOESNT MEAN THE PROCESS - SHOULD BE BURNED TO THE GROUND - AND THAT WE SHOULD QUESTION THE - INDIVIDUALS WHO COUNTED THE - ACTUAL BALLOTS. - >> I GET CHOKED UP TALKING ABOUT - IT BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY - IMPORTANT. - MY TEAM REALLY STOODOR - SOMETHING. - I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS - TEAM. - AT LEAST I KNOW THAT FOR A TIME - IN MY LI - REAL PURPOSE.ED WITH A - WILLIAM: SO JUDY, THAT IS JUST A - CROSS-SECTION OF THE TENS OF - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOR - EVERY YEAR IN EVERY ELECTION TO - MAKE SURE ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AIR - ND TRANSPARENT AND AS - ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE. - I SPOKE 12 THOSE PEOPLE - YESTERDAY. - WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TODAY - NCE THE NEWS THAT SENAT - LINDSEY GRAHAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN - CONTACTING ELECTIONS OFFICIALS - AND IN ONE CASE MIAVT - SUGGESTED TO ONE OFFICIAL THAT - HE TOSS OUT CERTAIN MAIL-IN - BALLOTS.

- ALL OF THEM, OR MANY OF THEM - THAT ANY CONCE - POLITICAL PRESSURE WAS BEING - EXERTED ON SECRETARIES OF STATE, - ESPECIALLYECAUSE THESE PEOPLE - ARE ALREADY FACING BOGUS - ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY ARE PART - OF A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY. - MANY OF THEM ARE RECEIVING DEATH - THREATS AND VIOLENT EMAILS. - THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM NEW - MEXICO, WHO YOU HEARD, MARY TO - LOSE ALL OF HER, SAID IF THE - SOUTH TWO STATIONS -- THESE - ACCUSATIONS ARE TE, THAT THERE - S AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THROW - OUT BALLOTS, SHE CALLED IT - DISENFRANCHISEMENT. - DY: SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM THESE - LINES AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. - WE THANK YOU. - WE TURN NOW TO OUR LISA - DESJARDINS AND YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. - LISA, I WILL START WITH YOU, - LINDSEY GRAHAM, ADMITTING HE DID - REACH OUT TO OFFICIALS IN STATES

- WHERE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THE - RESU. - THIS IS GHLY UNUSUAL. - AS WE KNOW. - WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? - LISA' IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT - BECAUSE HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE - JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THAT - OVERSEES LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS - COUNTRY. - CHAIRMAN GRAHA SPENT THE LAST - DAY EXPLAINING TO REPORTERS WHAT - HE BELIEVES HE SAID. - EXPLAINS IT.OW HE - HE SAID "I WANTED TO FIND OUT - HOW YOU VERIFY MAIL-IN BALLOT - SIGNATURES, AND THAT WAS THE - EXTENT OF THE CONVERSATION WITH - THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF - GEORGIA." - SENATOR GRAHAM IS SAYING - TECHNOLOGY AND GEORGIA WAS UP TO - THE SNUFF FOR FIGURING OUT THOSE - BALLOTS, AND WHETHER THE - SIGNATURES ARE ACCURATE FOR MAIL - IN VOTES. - BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS - LI PART OF THE CONVERSATION, - SENATOR GRAHAM I LARGE - NUMBERS OF BALLOTS SHOULD BE

- THROWN OUT IN BALLOTS THAT THE - TECHNOLOGY DID NOT MEET WHATEVER - SENATOR GRAHAM'S STANDARD WAS. - AT HE SAID IERAL.TIONS GBOUT - I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT - SENATORS AND HOW THEY LOOK AT - THIS, A LOT OF SENATORS HAVE - BEEN STATE OFFICIALS. - E OF THEM,T, FROM CONNECTI - SAID IF HE'S TRYING TO GET - INFORMATION, THAT'ST FINE. - HE'S TRYING TO INFLUENCE - BALLOT COUNTING, THAT'S - PROBLEMATIC. - IT'S HARD TO TELL, THIS IS A HE - SAID SAID WITH WHAT SENATOR - GRAHAM WAS TRYING TO SAY. - ANOTHER THING IS WHETHER - REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE - ACTSPTING THE RES - THEY SEEM TO BE TIPTOEING TOWARD - ACCEPTANCE. - SENATOR RPRIO TODAY SAYS - IMINARY RESULTS INDICATE A - BITE AND WHEN. - SENATOR JOHN CORNYN SAYS HE - DOESN'T THINK ANYTHING CAN - CHANGE THE OUTCOME. - AND NOTABLY, VICE - PRESIDENT-ELECT HARRIS,RR SENATR - WAS ON THE FLOOR TODAY - AND RECEIVED CONGRATULATIONS, I - HEARFROM REPUBLICAN SENATORS, - LANGFORD, BROWN, TIM SCOTT AND - SENATOR GRAHAM GAVE HER A FIST

- BUMP. - HE REPORTEDLY SAID "IF IT WORKS - OUT, CONGRATULATIONS. - " - JUDY: INTERESTING, SINCE THESE - ARE SENATORS WHO BY AND LARGE - SAY THEY REPORT THE PRESIDENT'S - CHALLENGE. - YAMICH WHAT IS THE LATEST ON - THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES - ELECTION RESULTS?WILLIAM: -- YAA - STRING OF FAILED LEGAL - CHALLENGES, THE PRESIDENT IS - CONTINUING TO FIGHT ON AND NOT - EXALT -- ACKNOWLEDGE HE THE - IS DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS - INCLUDING LEANING IN ON - SENATORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS - AND HAVING ALLIESMPING THEY - SHOULD REACH OUT TO STATE - OFFICIALS TO TRY AND SEE WHETHER - OR NOT THERE CAN BE THINGS DONE - TO SWAY THE STATES IN THE - PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIO - THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO KEEPING UP - HIS RHETORIC. - HE TALKS ABOUT THAT THE EENCTION - WAS STROM HIM. - HE STRING THAT IN FUNDRAISING - EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES. - CRITICS SAY THAT'S GOING THROUGH

- A LOOF MONEY THAT WILL END UP - IN A SLUSH FUND AND AT TIMES - HELP HIM LEAD AN EXPENSIVE - LIFESTYLE. - THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS IT IS PART - OF HIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. - ON THE LEGAL FONT, THE PRESIDENT - CONTINUES TO HAVE LAWSUIT AFTER - LAWSUIT FILED. - WE ALSO SAW THE PRESIDENT CODED - COURT IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHILE - LAWYERS ARE STARTING TO QUIT - SAYING THEY CANNOT DEFEND THE - PRESIDENT'S LEGAL CHALLENGES. - TODAY THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME - COURT RULED AGAINST THE TRUMP - CAMPAIGN SAYIN THAT THERE ARE - GAL CHALLENGES WHO DID NOT - HAVE THE PROPER ACCESS, THAT - WAS NOT FOUNDED. - WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER - STRATEGY, THE SHIFTING RHETORIC. - BEFORE, PEOPLE WERE SAYING IF WE - CAN GET RECOUNTS, WE CAN WRESTLE - BACK SOME STATES. - NOW PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE - PRESIDENT TOMMY, MAYBE - ME, YBE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS - AUDITING THE SYSTEM, SEEING WHAT - THE FLAWS WERE. - ONE OTHER THING THEY WERE SAYING - OVER AND OVER AGA, THEY WANTED - RECOUNTS AT EACH AND EVERY - STATE.

- WE ARE BEI TOLD NOW THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO BE - DEMANDING A RECOUNT IN - WISCONSIN. - THAT WOULD HAVE COST $8 MILLION. - WHAT YOU SEE IS THE TRUMP - CAMPAIGN CONTINUED TO SAY WE CAN - WIN THIS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO - ACTUALLY PUTTING MONEY - TOWARDS THAT, THEY ARE NOT DOING - IT. - WE SHOULD ALWAYS WATCH THATOU AD - OFE LOCAL OFFICIALS - FEELING PRESSURE. - WE HAVE BEEN MAKING CALLS. - ON THAT HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE - REPORTING ON WHAT HAPPENING - THERE. - JUDY: AND THE PRESIDENT - CONTINUING TO SAY THE ELECTION - HAS BEEN STOLEN IN MOST OF HIS - STATEMENTS. - YAMICHE OLSO, LISA, THANK YOU - BOTH. - HOW TO END OUR LONGEST WAR. - WE HEARD THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE - PENTAGON BOTH PROMISE TODAY TO - BRING U.S. TROOPS HOME. - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS THE DETAILS. - NICK: JUDY, THE U.S. IS REDUCING - ITS FORCES IN THREE COUNTRIES -- - AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, ANDIA.

- THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE THAN - 4,000 FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN, AND - RE000 IN IRAQ. - BY JANUARY 15, TILL BE - 2,500 U.S. FORCES IN EACH - COUNTRY. - HERE'S WHAT ACTING DEFENSE - ABOUT THE WITHDRAW FROMODAY - AFGHANISTAN. - >> THIS IS CONSISTENT WITHTA - ISHED PLANS AND STRATEGIC - OBJECTIVESUPPORTED BY AMERICAN - PEOPLE, AND DOES NOT EQUATE TO - CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY OR - OBJECTIVES. - NICK: WE NOW TURN TO A MAN WHO - WAS AT THE CENTER OF PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S DECISIONS, SERVING AS - NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. - FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR - H.R. MCMASTER, A RETIRED GENERAL - HAS SPENT MULTIPLE TOURS IN IRAQ - AND AFGHANISTAN. - HIS LATEST BOOK IS - "BATTLEGROUNDS: THE FIGHT TO - DEFEND THE FREE WORLD." - ACTING DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYING - THAT THE -- THE MISSION IS NOT - CHANGING. - GEN. MCMASTER: I DON'T THINK IT

- CHANGES. - I THINK IT GOES BEYOND THE - PALTRY NBERS OF TROOPS. - THESE ARE HISTORIC LOWS ANYWAY. - I THINK IT IS THE OVERALL - STRATEGY. - ESSENTIALLY IN AWEHANISTAN, WHAT - AVE DONE IS WE PARTNERED - WITH THE TALIBAN AGAINST THE - AFGHAN GOVERNMENT. - THE AFGHANOVERNMENT OFFICIALS - ARE SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE - FROM THE TALIBAN AT DOHA, AND - DEFEATED THE WORLD'S GREATEST - SUPERPOWER, WHY ARE WE TALKING - WE ARE GOING TO DICTATE THE - TERMS. - NICK: I SPOKE WITH A SENIOR - AFGHAN OFFICIAL TODAY WHO ECRU - --CHOED THE FEAR. - BUT I ALSO SPOKE TO OTHER AFGHAN - OFFICIALS WHO SA' THEY DON' - KNOW IF THE MILITARY'S - CAPACITIES WILL GO DOWN. - ACTUALLY AFGHAN OFFICIALS ARE - HOLDG OUT AND SAYING THAT IF - THE CAPACITIES OF THE - MILITARY BRINGS TO AFGHANISTAN - TODAY ARE CONTINUE, WHICH THE

- U.S. MILITARY SAYS THEY WILL, - F'S OK TO DRAW DOWN - THOUSAND, IT'S NOT A BIG - DIFFERENCE. - GEN. MCMASTER: OF COURSE THAT - REMAINS TO BE SEEN. - I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW J WHAT - MILLER THINKS AND THE - ASSESSMENTS ON THE GROUND. - THE NUMBER DOESN'T MATTER. - YOUR POINT IS RIGHT, THE AFGHAN - OFFICIALS POINT IS RIGHT. - IT IS MORE ABOUT, WHAT IS THE - CAPABILITY?DO - WE HAVE ENOUGH SOUP -- CAPACITY - TO SUPPORT THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT - AND SECURITY FORCES IN THEIR - PLIGHT TO MAINTAIN THE FREEDOMS - 200 HAVE ENJOYED SINCE - AND PREVENT JIHADISTNI TERRORIST - ORTIONS FROM GAINING THE - STRENGTH TO COMMIT MASS MURDER - AGAIN ON THE SCALE OF 9/11? - NICK: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE - MILITARY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO - THAT WITH 100,000 TROOPS, SO ERY - DOES IT MAF THERE ARE 4200 - OR 2500? - GEN. MCMASTER: IT'S FFICULT TO - PROVE A NEGATIVE, BUT I WOULD - SAY OUR SUSTAINED COMMITMENT - ABROAD HAS PREVENTED JIHADIST - TERRORISTS FROM COMMITTING - ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE SCALE OF

- 9/11. - WE SHOULD REMEMBER IT IS NOT A - THEORETICAL CASE. - WE KNOW IT WAS THE SAFE HAVEN - AND SUPPORT BASE IN AFGHANISTAN - AND IT IS THIS TERRORIST ECHO - SYSTEMSTING BETWEEN - AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN THAT - POSES A GREAT THREAT BECAUSE IT - GIE S THESE GROUPS ILITY - TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, PLAN, - ORGANIZE, AND ALSO FUND THEIR - MASS MURDER ATTACKS AGAINST ALL - CIVILIZED PEOPLE. - THE ARGUMENT I WOULD MAKE IS NOT - FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF - TROOPS IN A REGION. - AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO - SUPPOR THAT. - WHAT WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT ARE - THOSE BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE - FIGHT. - ABOUT 30 AFGHAN SDIERS OR - POLICE GIVE THEIR LIVES EVERY - DAY FIGHTING THESE GROUPS. - I THINK THEY ARE WORTHY OF OUR - SUPPORT. - WHEN I SAY OUR SUPPORT, THE U.S. - AND A COALITION OF NATIONS. - ACTUALLY, U.S. FORCES ARE LOWER - IN NUMBER THAN THE REST OF THE - COALITION SUPPORTING THE AFGHAN - FORCES THESE DAYS. - PUCK: SOMALIA DID NOT DISCUSS - ICLY, BUT THE U.S. IS - DRAWING DOWN IN SOMALIA WHERE

- THE U.S. TRAINED SOMALI TROOPS - TO FIGHT AL QAEDA LINKED - AL-SHABAAB AS WELL AS DRONE - ATTACKS IN SOMALIA. - CAN THE U.S. CONTINUE THAT IF - THERE IS A DRAWDOWN IN SOMALIA? - GEN. MCMASTER: I WOULDAY THAT - THERE ARE OFFICIALS WHO KNOW - BETTER, BUT WHAT'EAY - IMPORTANT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE - MATH, THE FORCES WE HAVE, HIGHLY - CAPABLE FORCES, EXTREMELY - COURAGEOUS SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN - WHO OPERATE WITH A PARTNERS - COMPARE THE SMALL NUMBER TO THE - CAN NOW ACCESS TO FIGHT AGAINST - THESEERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, - IT IS A WIN FOR US. - ECONOMICAL, ACTUALLY. - IT'SMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE - THESE GROUPS, MANY OF THEM ARE - MORE DANGEROUS TODAY THAN THEY - WERE SEPTEMBER 10, 2001. - THE REASON WE HAVE NOT SEEN - MASSIVE ATTACKS ON OUROIL IS - BECAUSE FORCES HAVE BEEN EAGED - AGAINSTHEM AND THESE TERRORISTON - ORGANIZAHAVE TO WORRY - ABOUT THEIR OWN SECURITY MORE

- THAN THEY CAN WORRY ABOUT WHATDO - THEY WILO US NEXT. - I THINK SUSTAINING THE EY ORT IS - CERTAI OUR INTERESTS. - IN 1998, AL QAEDA HAD ALREADYAR - DECLAREDS EARLIER IN THAT - DECADE. - THENHECOMMITTED THE FIRST - WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBINGS. - THEN THEY ATTACKED OUR - EMBASSIES. - UNDER THE BILL CLINTON - ADMINISTRATION, WE FIRED SOME - CRUISE MISSILES AND CALLEIT A - WELL, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON - SEPTEM1.R - IT'S NOT THEORETICAL. - WE HAVE TO RAIN ENGAGED - MILITARILY BUT ALSO - DIPLOMATICALLY, AND AMKIG - PARTNERS W TOGETHER TO - SECURE HUMANITY FROM THESE - JIHADIST TERRORISTS. - NICK: YOU WORKED FOR PRESIDENT - OUTRUMP. - AREONCERNED IN WHAT HE - MIGHT TRY AND DO IN THE 60 DAYS - BEFORE INAUGURATION? - GEN. MCMASTER: I HOPE HE - PRIORITIZES A SMOOTH TRANSITION - TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. - ANYTIME YOU HAVE A CHANGE IN - ADMINISTRATION, IT'S TURBULENT. - I THINK OUR ADVERSARIES AND - RIVALS INTERNATIONALLY ARE

- LOOKING OPPORTUNISTICALLY FOR - WAYS THEY CA ADVANCE THEIR - INRESTS WHILE WE ARE - DISTRACTED. - THK THE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE - ON A SMOOTH TRANSITION, AND I - HOPEHAT EVERYONE RISES TO THE - OCCASION. - ENTHE PRES, ANY POSITION IN - EYGOVERNMENT, HOULD ALL BE - BIGGER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL'S - EGO. - WE SHOULD ALL WANT WHAT IS BEST - FOR THE COUNTRY AND I HOPE THAT - SENTIMENT PREVAILS HERE IN THE - LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE TRUMP - MINISTRATION. - NI FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY - ADVISOR H.R. MCMASTER, THANK YOU - VERY MUCH. - GEN. MCMASTER: THANK YOU, NICK. - JUDY: DESPITE DENIAL BY THE - PRESIDENT, THE TRANSITION TORA - BIDEN ADMINION IS MOVING - FORWARD. - ONE OF HIS CLOSET ALLIES IN THE - CAPITOL DEMOCRATIC SENATOR - CHRIS COONS OF DELAWARE. - HE JOINS ME NOW. - THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

- BEFORE I ASK ABOUT THE - TRANSITION, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT - THE GEORGIA RECOUNT. - SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH - CAROLINA HIMSELF HAS SAID HE - PHONED GEORGIA'S REPUBLICAN - SECRETARY OF STATE, AND I'M - QUOTING, MR. RAFFEPERGER SAYS - "MR. GRAHAM ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE - WAYS BALLO COULD BE - DISQUALIFIED, INCLUDING WHETHER - THE SECRETARY OF STATE COULD - REJECT ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN - COUNTIES THAT HAD A HIGHIG NUMBR - OFTURE MISMATCHES." - WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS? - SENATOR GRAHAM IS DENYING IT. - WH IS YOUR VIEW? - SE COONS: THIS ELECTION IS - OVER. - THE ELECTION IS TWO WKS AGO - TONIGHT AND THE SATURDAY - NEWS OUTLET WAS BEG TO, EVERY - CALL THE ELECTION FOR - EN.IT IST-ELECT JOE B - LONGPAST TIME FOR THE PRESIDENTO - ACCEPT THIS TRANSITION AND BEGIN - MOVING FORWARD. - THESE ACTIONS BY SENATOR GRAHAIN - OF SOUTH CARARE GREATLY

- CONCERNING, AND CERTAINLY THE - ACCOUNT BY THE REPUB - SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA OF - THATN CONVERSATGGESTS HE IS - MUCKING AROUND IN EEORGIA - INTERNCTORAL POLITICS, AND - TRYING TO SUGGEST OR MOVE THE - SECRETARY OF STATE IN A - DIRECTION THAT WOULD NOT BHE - SUPPORTED BY LAW AND MY - UNDERSTANDING OF THESE FACTS. - DY: IS THIS UNETHICAL? - SEN. COONS' THAT' A QUESTION I - CAN'T SPEAK TO, I AM THE VICEE - CHAIRMAN OF NATE ETHICS - COMMITTEE SO I SHOULD NOT GIVE - YOU AN OPINION ON THAT. - JUDY: LET ME MOVE ON. - DO YOU AT THIS POINT KNOW IF ANY - REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ARE AT - THE POINTHERE THEY ARE - PREPARED TO ACKNOWLEDGE JOE IS - THE PRESIDENT-ELECT? - SEN. COONS IT HAS BEEN A - STRIKING WEEK ON THAT FRONT. - ERE ARE QUITE A FEW REPUBLICAN - SENATORS WHO HAVE CONVEYED THEIR - CONGRATULATIONS INDIRECTLY TO - THE VICE PRESIDENT W ELECTN - SHE APPEARED ON THE FLOOR OF THE - SENATE THIS AFTERNOON, TO THEES - ENT-ELECT. - I AM ENCOURAGED BY EACH OF THEM

- TO -- I AM ENCOURAGING EACH OF - THEM WHO HAV DONE SO TO ME TO - STEP FORWARD PUBLICLY, AND SAY - THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER, IT'S - TIME FOR A TRANSITION. - YOU JUST HAD GENERAL MCMASTER ON - AND HE MADE CLEAR ITS IN THE - ,ST INTEREST OF OUR COUNT - OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, OF THE - THIS TRANSITION BE PROMPTLYTHAT - AND BE SMOOTH AND APPROPRIATE. - JUDY: LET ME ASK ABOUT SOMETHING - GENERAL MCMASTER JUST SAID TO - NICK SCHIFRIN. - DEBTORS THE MOVE BY THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION TO DRAW DOWN U.S. - TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 2500 - BY JANUARY. - WE HEARD GENERAL MCMASTER SAY HE - THINKS THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. - WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? - SEN.OONS: WHEN I LAST SPOKE - WITH P TSIDENT OF - AFGHANISTAN AND WHEN I WAS LAST - BRIEFED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES ON - THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN, WHICH - HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF MONTHS, MY - IMPRESSION I IT WAS AMERICAN - POLICY THAT WE WOULD MAKE A - CONDITIONS BASED DECISION ABOUT

- WHEN TO DRAW DOWN TROOPS FURTHER - BY A POLITICAL TIMELINE.RIVEN - THIS STRIKES ME AS AN EFFORT BY - THE OUTGOING TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION BY PRESIDENT - TRUMP HIMSEO MAKE A - SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR - SECURITY PROFILE IN THREE COULD - -CALL COUNTRIES WITHOUT - CRITICAL COUNTRIES WITHOUT - CONSULTING ALLIES AND WITHOUT - CHANGES ON THE GROUND TO JUSTIFY - IT AND A WAY THAT WOULD PUTID - PRT-ELECT BIDEN AND HIS - INCOMING ADMINISTRATION ON THEIR - BACK FOOT IN DEALING WITH - SECURITY ON THIS CRITICAL AREA - OF THE WORLD.JUDY: DO YOU BELIEE - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN, UPON - TAKING OFFICE, WOULD REVERSE - CESE MOVES? - SENS: I CAN'T SPEAK TO - WHETHER HE WIDOW WOULDN'T DO - THAT, BUT IT ISIN CER UNSAFE - AND UNSOD FOR AN OUTGOINGNI - ADRATION, WITHIN ACTING - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN THE ROLE - FOR JUST ONE WEEK, TO MAKE - ABRUPT DECISIONS OR CHANGES. - ALTHERE WER SOME ALARMING - REPORTING IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

- THAT THERE WAS A MEETING INE THE - WHOUSE TO SERIOUSLY DISCUSS - A POSSIBLE STRIKE AGAINST IRAN - LAST WEEK. - THESE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS - THAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE IN THE - MIDST OF A TRANSITION, WHERE - THERE'S NO INTELLIGENCE SHARING - WITH THE INCOMING - ADMINISTRATION, AND WHERE ANY - ONE OF THESE SUDDEN MOVES, - EITHER A DRAWDOWN IN THE THREE - COUNTRIES OR AGGRESSIVE ACTION - AGAINST ANOTHER COUNOULD - PUT US IN AN INSECURE AND - UNSTABLE POSITION RIGHT IN THE - MIDDLE OF A PRESIDEN - TRANSITION. - JUDY: SEPARATE QUESTION, A LOT - OF CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR BEING - IN THE RUNNING TO BE SECRETARY - OF STATE UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN. - YOU HE SAID YOU WOULD BE - HONORED TO ACCEPT, IF YOU WERE - INVITED. - DO YOU THINK YOU ARE UNDER - SERIOUS CONSIDERATION? - SEN. COONS: I THINK THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT IS SERIOUSLY - CONSIDERING QUITE A FEW PEOPLE - TO FILL HIS CABINET FROM A WIDE - RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS. - HE'S BLESSED TO HAVE A TEAM FROM - A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO HAVE VERY - SENIOR EXPERPONCE IN FOREIGN - CY WHO SERVED WITH HIM WHEN

- HE WAS IN THE SENATE, WHEN HE - WAS VICE PRESIDENT. - HE HAS GREAT SELECTIONS IN FRONT - OF HIM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO - DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO WORK - WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - HERE IN THEENE OR IN SOME - OTHER ROLE, IF THAT COMES A - POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTE. - JUDY: VERY QUICKLY, WHAT IS YOUR - SENSE OF HOW THE TRANSITION IS - GOING GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE - TRUMP ADMINISTRION IS NOT - COOPERATING, NOT AGREEING TO - MOVE AHEAD WITH ? - SEN. COONS THIS IS PUTTING - AMERICAN LIVES AT - BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SEEING A - SMOOTH AND PROFESSIONAL - TRANSITION AROUND THE VACCINE - AND RESPONSE TO COVID-19, OR A - PROFESSIONAL TRANSMISSION -- - TRANSITION AROUND TELLIGENCE - AND NATIONAL SECURITY. - VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT HARRIS AND - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN ARE - CONTINUING TO WORK DILIGENTLY - AND CONSULT EXPERTS ON SECURITY - AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND MOVING - AHEAD. - THAT SORT OF RESPONSIBLE - LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE RESPONDED - TO IN KIND BY THE OUTGOING - ADMINISTRATION AND BY LEADERS

- HERE IN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IN - THE SENA. - BUT SO FAR, WE ARE JUST NOT - SEEING THAT RESPONSIBLVIOR - OUT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP OR - REPUBLICAN CAUCUS HERE IN THE - SENATE. - JUDY: SENATOR CHRIS COONS OF - DELAWARE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, THE FIRST - KNOWN CASE OF CORONAVIRUS - INFEFCTION WAS RECORDE - CHINA'S HUBEI PROVINCE, HOME TO - WUHAN, NOW KNOWN THE WORLD OVER - AS THE ORINAL VIRUS EPICENTER. - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PATRICK - FOK WENT TO WUHAN TO TRY ANDTH - PIECE TO PARTS OF THE - PUZZLE AND SEE HOW CHINA IS - SHAPING THE STORY OF WHAT - HAPPENED THERE. - PATRICK: IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE - THIS PLACE WAS ONCE ON THE - FRONTLINE OF CHINA'S CORONAVIRUS - OUTBREAK. - HEJINYINTAN HOSPITAL, INORTH - OF WUHAN, TREATED SOME OF THE

- WORLD'S FIRST COVID-19 PATIENTS - NEARLY A YEAR AGO. - FEW CARS, OR EVEN PEOPLE, COME - IN AND OUT OF THE PREMISES NOW. - IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE - OUTBREAK, WARDS HERE W - BURSTING. - JUST A SHORT WALK AROUND THE - CORNER FROM THE HOSPITAL - AUTHORITIES CONVERTED THIS EXPO - CENTRE INTO A SHELTER TO TREAT - THE SICK. - WUHAN WAS THE HARDEST HIT PLACE - IN CHINA, ACCOUNTING FOR MORE - THAN HALF OF ALL THE COUNTRY'S - CASES, AND THE BULK OF ITS - OFFICIALLY-REPORTED, ROUGHLY - 4500 - THE CENTRE IS NOW HOUSING AN - EXHIBITION, COMMEMORATING - CHINA'S BATTLE AGAINST THE - VIRUS. - >> I THINK PRIDE BELONGS TOER - EVY ONE OF US CHINESE, BECAUSE - WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT - AGAINST THE RONAVIRUS UNDER - E CALL OF THE PARTY, AND THE - UNTRY, AND ACTIVELY FOUGHT - AGAINST IT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP - OF THE GOVERNMENT. - PATRICK: THIS IS AN AUDIO-VISUAL - JOURNEY. - STAT DETAILS CHINESE COMMU - PARTY-LED EFFORTS AGAINST - COVID-19 -- COMPLETE WITH A - TIMELINE OF EVENTS, ACCORDINTO - CHINESE AUTHORITIES, OF HOW THEY - UNFOLDED. - THERE'S A TRIBUTE, ALSO, TO - MEDICS WHO DIED FIGHTING THE

- OUTBREAK INCLUDING LI WENLIANG - -- THE WHISTLE-BLOWER DOCTOR - SILENCED BY OFFICIALS FOR TRYING - TO WARN THE WORLD ABOUT THE - DISEASE, AND WHOSE DEATH SPARKED - OUTRAGE. - ANGER OVER HIS FATE AND A - PERCEIVED COVERUP IN THE EARLY - DAYS OF THE CRISIS HAS BEEST - TURNED INTO Y OF SACRIFICE - BY A NATIONAL HERO. - IT'S THE STORY WUHAN THE - GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TEE - THIS HHIND ME IS WHAT'S - LEFT OF THE HUANAN WET MARKET, - S WHAT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVEE - ORIGINAL SOURCE OF COVID-19. - THERE ARE NO BUSINESSES - OPERATININSIDE ANY MORE, AND - MANY OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND - THE OUTSIDE, INCLUDING EATERIES, - IN PARTICULAR, REMAIN SHUTTERED - AS WELL. - FILMING HERE IS NOT WELCE. - THAT'S DESPITE THERE BEING - LITTLE TO SEE. - PEOPLE USED TO SELL EVERYTHING - FROMIVE ANIMALS TO SEAFOOD A - THIS MARKET. - THERE'S BARELY ANY SIGN, NOW, - THAT IT EVER EVEN EXISTED. - SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE VIRUS MAY - HAVE ORIGINATED IN BATS, AND I

- THWAS PASSED ON TO HUMANS - VIA ANOTHER ANIMAL SPECIES. - BUT THERE ARE DOUBTS ABOUT - WHETHER THIS IS WHERE THE - OUTBREAK BEGAN. - ALTHOUGH MANY EARLY CASES WERE - LINKED TO THE MARKET, NO ANIMAL - HERE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SOURCE - OF INFECTION. - LAI YUN OWNS A JAPANESE - RESTAURANT IN WUHAN. - HE LIVES CLOSE TO THE MARKET, - AND BEFORE THE OUTBREAK, USED TO - BUY SOME OF HIS SUPPLIES THERE. - >> HUBEI IS NOT A PROVINCE THAT - LIKES TO EAT WILD ANIMALS. - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BATS - , AS MENTIONED ON THE INTERNET. - CERTAIT. - PATRICK: IF TRUE, THAT WOULDLE - SEEM TO UT THE POSSIBILITY - OF ANY "JUMP" FROM BATS, AT - LEAST, IN HUANAN MARKET. - CHINESE SCIENTISTS HAVE ALSOY - BACKED AOM ASSERTIONS THEY - MADE PREVIOUSLY THAT THE MARKET - MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE - VIRUS. - MEANWHILE, BEIJING'S RESISTED - GLOBAL PRESSURE TO ALLOW - OUTSIDERS ACCESS TO GET TO THE - BOTTOM OF ITS ORIGIN. - IN MAY, MONT AFTER THAT FIRST - CASE AND THE VIRUS EXPLODED - WORLDWIDE, PRESIDENT XI JINPING

- ENDORSED A WORLD HEALTH - ORGANIZATION-LED INVESTIGATION. - REPORTS SAY A TWO-RSON TEAM T - FR WHO CAME IN JULY. - BUT THEY NEVER WENT TO WUHAN - DURING THE ENTIRE THREE-WEEK - TRIP. - S STILL BEEN NO - INDEPENDENT PROBE ON THE ORIGINS - OF COVID-19 CONDUCTED FROM - CHINA'S OUTBREAK EPICENTRE. - DR. BRUCE GELLIN IS PRESIDENT OF - GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION AT THE SABIA - INE INSTITUTE AND A REGULAR - CONSULTANT TO THE WHO. - HE SAYS IT'S NOW TOO LATE. - >> LOOKING AT SOMETHING X - NTHS LATER IS MAYBE HARD TO - RECONSTRUCT IT, SO THESE KINDS - OF INVESTIGATIONS NEED TO BE - POSSIBLE, GETTING THE TEAMS IN - THERE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THESE - AS QUICKLY AS SSIBLE TO - UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND - TO UNVEIL ANY EVIDENCE THAT MAY - BE THERE. - PATRICK: THE LACK OF ACCESS - GIVEN TO OUTSIDERS HAS RAISED - DOUBT OVER CHINA'S ENMMITMENT TO - FYING THE SOURCE OF THE - VIRUS. - IT'S ALSO HELPED FUEL - ALTERNATIVE THEORIES, INCLUDING - THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT MIGHT - HAVE LEAKED FROM THE WUHAN - INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY, WHICH HAD

- BEEN CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON - CORONAVIRUSES. - THERE'S NO KNOWN EVIDENCE TO - SUGGEST THAT HAPPENED. - PROFESSOR IVAN HUNG IS THE CHIEF - OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S - INFECTIOUS DISEASES DIVISION. - HE SAYS HE THINKS THE CRITICISM - OF CHINA IS UNFAIR. - >> THE ONLY THING YOU CAN - PROBAB COMMENT ON IS THAT THE - LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN WUHAN, - PROBABLY THEY VE NOT BEEN VERY - RESPONSIVE AND THEY CLEANED UP - THE MARKET BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE - TO HAVE ANY PROPERNVESTIGATION - BEING DONE IN TERMS OF THERE - OU INVESTIGATION. - PATRICK:SH IN A O CURB THETH - SPREAD OVIRUS, IT'S - UNDERSTANDABLE, EXPERTS SAY THAT - LOCAL OFFICIALS MIGHT HAVE - RUSHED TO DISINFECT HUANAN - MARKET, INSTEAD OF - EVIDENCE. - STILL, CHINA COULD DO MUCH MORE - TO SHAKE OFF ACCUSATIONS OF A - LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. - AND THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE WHO - TO BE GIVEN GREATER POWEOR TO - OBTAIN ITION. - >> THEY ARE TERFACING WITH - THEIR MEMBER STATES AND THEY - HAVE TO ABIDE BY WHAT THE MEMBER - STATES WISHES ARE.AT - 'S OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IF - E MEMBER STATE DOESN'T WISH TO

- TELL OTHERS ABOUT THAT - INFORMATION. - I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD - LOOK AT THOSE TO MAKE SURE THE - INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS - WHICH ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR - THINGS LIKE THIS, SO WE HAVE - GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY, ARE THEY - ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED THEM TO - DO?PATRICK: UNLESS THAT'S - ADDRESSED, THE WORLD MAY BE NO - ER OFF AT DEFENDING ITSE - AGAINST PANDEMICS IN THE FUTURE. - FOR THE "PBS NEWSHOUIC" I'M - PAFOK, IN WUHAN. - JUDY: NOW A DAY OF RECKONING FOR - THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. - AS MEMBERSHIP DROPS, A DEADLINE - HAS NOW PASSED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE - CLAIMS THAT COULD LEAD TO A $1 - LLION COMPENSATON FUND F - VICTIMS. - JOHN YANG REPORTS. - REPORTER: JUDY, MORE THAN 95,000 - PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD WITH - SEX ABUSE CLAIMS AGAINST THE

- BOY SCOUTS. - EXPERTS SAY THAT'S FAR MORE THAN - THE NUMBER OF ACCUSATIONS - AGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN - THE UNED STATES. - THE OLDEST IN THE CASE IS 93 - YEARS OLD. - THE YOUNGEST IS EIGHT. - FOR SOME, EVEN THE PROCESS OF - FILLING OUT THE CLAIMS FOR WAS - -- FORM WAS TRAUMATIC. - GILL GAYLE, WHO IS 58 AND WORKS - IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, WAS - ABUS BY TWO SEPARATE - OUTMASTERS IN THE 1970S. - >> IT WAS THE HARDEST THING I - HAVE EVER DONE. - IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THEFI - T TIME I TOLD A FRIEND OR - FAMILY MEMBER, IT WAS MORE - DIFFICULT THAN THE FIRST TIME I - TOLD A THEPIST OR THE FIRST - TIME I FILED A POLICE REPORT. - IT IS GUT WRENCHING, AND I - BELIEVE THAT IS WHY SEVERAL MEN - WEREN'T ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND - JOIN US IN THIS PROCESS. - FOR ME, IT -- IT'S COLORED AND - INFORMED EVERY DECISION IN MY

- REPORTER: THIS IS RT OF - THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S - BANKRUPTCY FILING, WHICH THEY - SAY IS THE ONLLY WAY TO DEAL - WITH ALL THE CLAIMS. - ATTORNEY - OF A GROUP THAT REPRESENTS - THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS OF ABUSE. - THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. - ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WAS - TELLING ME THAT IN THE VAST - MAJORITY OF THESE CLAIMS, EACH - CLAIM IS NAMING A DIFFERENT - ERAB, THAT IT'S VERY UNUSUAL - TO FIND EVEN TWO CLAIMS THAT - NAME THE SAME ABUSER. - WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU? - >> IT TELLS ME THAT EVEN THOUGH - CLOSE TO 100,000 MEN CAME - FORWARD, THERE WERE MILLIONS - THAT DID NOT. - EACH ONE OF THE MEN THAT DID - COMENT FORWARD REPREONE OF - PROBABLY 100 VICTIMS THAT - PERPETRATOR ABUSED. - WE KNOW FROM STATISTICS THAT - PEDOPHILES HAVE ON AVERAGE 100 - VICTIMS OVER A LIFETIME OF - OFFENDING.

- HOWEVER DATA SHOWS 95% OF OUR - CLIENTS IDENTIFY ABUSERS THAT - HAVE NEVER PREVIOUSLY BEEN - IDENTIFIED BEFORE. - WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE - ABUSED BY A COMMON ABUSER BUT - THE OVERWHELMING SUPER MAJORITY - WERE ABUSEDY DIFFERENT - SCOUTMASRS. - REPORTER WHAT IS THE NEXT R - THESE PEOPLE WHO FILED THE - CLAIMS? - IT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE - PROCESS? - >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. - PERSLIALLY, I DON'T E - THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEXT STEP - IN TERMS OF A PLAN TO ALLOW BOY - SCOUTS TO EMERGE AND GO BACK TO - I THINK IT'S INEVITABLE THIS - WILL END IN LIQUIDATION, AND - SOON. - THE BOY SCOUTS DON'T HAVE MONEY - TO CONTINUE AND IT SEABS HIGHLY - IMPR THAT ANY DEAL WOULD - BE WORKED OUT THAT WOULD BE - ACCEPTABLE FOR THE VICTIMS. - IN FACT, I THINK LIQUIDATION IS - THE BEST AVENUE FOR VICTIMS TO - RECEIVE ADEQUATE COMPENSATION. - BUT0 WITH 100, VICTIMS AND THE

- FACT THAT THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE - HAD NO REVENUE AS A RESULT OF - COVID AND WILL HAVE NO REVENUE - FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I DON'T SEE A - VIABATH FOR THEM TO GO BACK - INTO BUSINESS. - I THINK THEY ARE FINISHED. - REPORTER: THERE'S THE BOY SCOUTS - OF AMERICA, THE NATIONAL - GANIZATION OF UMBRELLA GROUP - WHICH HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, - THEN THERE AREHE LOCAL - UNCILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT - ALSO HAVE ASSETS THAT ARE NOT - INVOLVED IN THISANKRUPTCY. - WITH THAT BE THE WHOLE KIT ANDHI - CABOODLE YOU WOULD GO - AWAY? - OR WITH THE LOCAL COUNCILS BE - ABLE TO SURVIVE? - >> IT HAS BEEN A FICTION THAT - THE BSA AND COUNCILS ARE PUSHING - THAT THEY ARE SOMEHOW - SEPARATE. - THE ASSETSF THE ORGANIZATION - INCLUDING THE COUNCILS ARE ALL - CLAIMS OF THE - PREDATORS, THE VICTIMS. - WHAT I FORESEE IS THA ALL THE - COUNCIL ASSETS WOULD HAVE TO BE - SOLD OFF AS WELL.

- THE COUNCILASAINTAINED THEY - HAVE A SEPARATE EXISTENCE, BUT - UNDER THE RULES AND REGULATIONS - AND BYLAWS, THEY ARE TOTALLY - OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY BSA - NATIONAL. - REPORTER: BUT IF THIS WERE TO - HAPPEN, IF THEY WERE - LIQUIDATING, WITH THE PROCEEDS - OF THAT LIQUIDATION G TONIGHT - IF THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED - >> FILED CLAIMS? - YES. - NOT JUST THE ASSETS, BUT ALSO - THE INSURANC WHI IS AMPLE. - THE BOY SCOUTS ARE A MELTED ICE - CUBE. - THEY DON'T HAVE BUT A FEW MONTHS - TO LIVE. - I DON'T SEE A DEAL COMING - FORWARD IN TIME TO SAVE THE BOY - SCOUTS OF AMERICA. - THE WHOLE C THING WASPLETELY - MISHANDLED BY THE BOY SCOUTS AND - THE BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS. - AND I PREDICT IT WILL TURN IN - A LIQUIDATION AND I THINK THAT'S - THE BEST RESULT THAT THESE - SURVORS CAN HOPE FOR. - RERTER: TIMOTHY KOSNOFF, THANK - YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU.

- REPORTER: ON ITS WEBSI, BOY - SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAYS SCOUTING - CONTINS, AND TODAY RELEASED A - STATEMENT "WE ARE DEVASTATED BY - , THE NUMBER OF LIVES IMPACTED - BY PAST ABUSE IN SCOUTING AND - MOVED BY THE BRAVERY OF THOSE - WHO HAVE COME FORWARD. - WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT WE - CANNOT UNDO THEIR PAIN." - STEPHANIE: ONE BREAKING NEWS - UPDATE. - THE COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS - IN MICHIGANER RD COURSE - SINCE WE FIRST REPORTED THE - DEADLOCK ON CERTIFYING ELECTION - RESULTS. - THEY HAVE NOW UNANIMOUSLY VOTED - TO CERTIFY PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN - AS THE WINNER IN WAYNE COUNTY. - AND THAT IS THE "NEWSHOUR" FOR - TONIT. - I'M STEPHANIE SY. - FOR ALL OF US AT "PBS NEWOUR," - THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. - ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE - "NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDEBY - -- - WHEN THE WORLD GETS

- COMPLICATED, A LOT GOES THROUGH - YOUR MIND. WITH FIDELIT - WEALTH MANAGEMENT, A DEDICATED - ADVISOR CAN TAILOR ADVICE AND - RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOUR LIFE. - THAT IS FIDELITY WEALTH - MANAGEMENT. - ANNOUNCER: CONSUMER CELLULAR. - JOHNSON & JOHNSON. - BN RAILWAY. - FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM RAYMOND - JAMES. - CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW - YORK. - SUPPORTING INNOVATIONS AND - EDUCATION, DEMOCRATIC - ENGAGEMENT, AND THE ADVANCEMENT - OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND - SECURITY AT CARNEGIE.ORG. - ANDFITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT - THESE INSTITUTIONS. - THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE - BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC - BROADCASTING AND BY - CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU

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