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President-elect Joe Biden is continuing his transition plans by narrowing down his list of potential West Wing advisers. Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain as White House chief of staff.  Meanwhile, Pres. Trump, who continues to fight the results of the election with baseless accusations, met with political advisers to discuss a path forward. Thomas Friedman is a columnist for The New York Times. He tells Anderson Cooper we have a President “who puts himself before country” and who is “trying to soil what is actually the greatest expression of our democracy.” Plus, Trump’s refusal to accept the election results has stalled the required steps to transition government to President-elect Biden. Bob Bauer is a Senior Adviser to the Biden Campaign. He joins AC360 and says the election will not be overturned.

Airdate: November 11, 2020

Guests:

Thomas Friedman

Bob Bauer

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President-elect Joe Biden says he is “well underway” with his transition effort despite Pres. Trump refusing to accept the results of the election. Biden called Trump’s actions “an embarrassment” and that it “will not help the President’s legacy.” Bob Woodward is the author of “Rage” and spoke to Trump frequently on the phone and in person throughout the year. He joins AC360 to react to the President’s refusal to concede and says he is “obviously wounded.” Plus, Democrats have shifted their focus to Georgia where incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are both expected to miss the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff, pitting them against Democrat candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Ossoff and Warnock need to win their runoffs to get Democrats the majority in the Senate. Jon Ossoff tells Anderson Cooper “Democrats in Georgia right now are invigorated like I’ve never seen.”

Airdate: November 10, 2020

Guests:

Bob Woodward

Jon Ossoff

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President-elect Joe Biden declared “this election is over.” Meanwhile, Attorney General Barr has told federal prosecutors to look into unsupported allegations of voting irregularities. CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, Republican election lawyer Benjamin L. Ginsberg and Senior Adviser to the Biden-Harris Transition team Jen Psaki weigh in. Also, the widow of Republican Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain, Cindy McCain, speaks out about the 2020 election results and aftermath. McCain is now a member of the bipartisan Biden-Harris transition advisory team. Plus, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Michael T. Osterholm, who was just named as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, weighs in on the surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S. and Pfizer announcing their Covid-19 vaccine shows that it’s more than 90% effective.

Airdate: November 9, 2020

Guests:

Jim Acosta

Benjamin L. Ginsberg 

Jen Psaki

Cindy McCain

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Michael T. Osterholm

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Pres. Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are giving their final campaign pitches to voters in battleground states. Former President Barack Obama was out campaigning in Atlanta for his friend, Joe Biden. He told the crowd he hadn't originally planned to come to the state, but he was told Georgia "could be the place where we put this country back on track.” Stacey Abrams has been in Georgia politics since 2007 and is the former Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee. She tells Anderson Cooper the winner will be determined by turnout and she thinks Biden will turn Georgia blue. Plus, both candidates were in Pennsylvania on the last day before Election Day which shows just how much they both want and need to win the Keystone State. Trump tweeted that a Supreme Court decision about counting mail-in ballots after Election Day in the state will allow rampant and unchecked cheating. Kathy Boockvar is the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She joins AC360 to react to the President’s comments and says she wants to make sure every qualified voter has the right and opportunity to vote.

Airdate: November 2, 2020

Guests:

Stacey Abrams

Kathy Boockvar

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With Election Day just two days away, both Pres. Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are hitting the campaign trail hard while encouraging people to get out and vote. More than 93 million ballots have already been cast. A source tells CNN the Trump campaign is prepared to declare victory even if many ballots haven’t been counted yet. The President says that’s not true. David Axelrod is a former Senior Adviser to President Obama and a CNN Senior Political Commentator. He tells Anderson Cooper why he’d much rather be Biden than Trump right now. Plus, internal documents show postal service officials are pushing workers “to get every ballot possible to officials” on Election Day. In Michigan, one of the battleground state, ballots must be arrive by 8pm on Election Day in order for them to count. Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan Secretary of State, joins AC360 and says she’s “confident we’re doing everything we can to ensure that every ballot does get in by the deadline.”

Airdate: November 1, 2020

Guests:

David Axelrod

Jocelyn Benson

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With only 3 days until the election, there’s new CNN polling from four battleground states. Already more than 91 million Americans have either voted in person or mailed-in their ballots. That's more than two-thirds of the entire votes cast in the 2016 presidential election. Former congressman and presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke joins Anderson to talk about the tight race in Texas.  

Airdate: October 31, 2020

Guest:

Beto O'Rourke

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