63 days to go until the transition is complete and Donald Trump is sworn back into the presidency ... thank you for counting down with us.

On today's Countdown 2024: Back in 2016 when Donald Trump first won the presidency and had a Republican House and Senate, conservatives were giddy ... but couldn't really pull off the sweeping transformation of the federal government for which they were hoping. This time both the president-elect and his MAGA faithful are determined to charge full steam ahead ... we'll hear from the CEO of The Federalist about how they'll execute their plans. And we'll talk with a former CDC investigator who thinks Robert F. Kennedy Junior might not be the disaster many fear as head of Health and Human Services.

66 days to go until Donald Trump officially re-takes the reigns of power at the White House ... thank you for counting down this complicated transition period with us.

On today's Countdown 2024: The promises from president-elect Trump and several other Republicans to kill off the U.S. Department of Education came early and often during the campaign ... so now that he's back in charge, can he actually shut down a sprawling federal agency overseeing the public educations of some 50-million American kids ... and WOULD he actually do that? We'll hear from a former Secretary of Education. And at the end of today's show: if Donald Trump is a reflection of the American people, what does that say about us?

The transition to a new president and a new controlling party in Washington D.C. marches on ... with 67 days left to go before Donald Trump is sworn back into office. Thank you for counting down this post-election period with us.

On today's Countdown 2024: Donald Trump's nomination of controversial Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has a lot of people worried that Trump will follow through on his threats to use the Justice Department to exact revenge on his political enemies ... so we're talking with the ACLU today on its plan for resistance. And ... can Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy really root out trillions of dollars in government fraud and waste?

68 days to go until January 20th, when Donald Trump will be sworn into the presidency to serve a second term ... thanks for sticking with us as we cover this complicated period of transition.

On today's Countdown 2024: we're focusing on foreign and military policy under the incoming Trump administration ... which means asking about the fate of Ukraine, the fate of NATO and whether a Fox News host is up to the task of leading the world's biggest and most advanced military.

One week ago today Americans made their choice to send Donald Trump back to the White House ... and we're tracking the 69 days until the president-elect is sworn back into office. Hope your election hangover has eased a bit over the last week!

On today's Countdown 2024: We'll look at why Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's defeat were generations in the making because of deep-seeded economic patterns in this country ... and ask whether Trump can do anything to change those patterns. And we're picking through the first round of cabinet appointments ... for clues to how Trump will govern during his second go of it.

Almost one week after election day, we are now an even 70 days away until Donald Trump is sworn in to become the 47th president of the United States ... thanks for sticking with us as we countdown towards another landmark for the country.

On today's show: President-elect Trump consistently promised two things on the campaign trail over the last year: Sweeping, across the board tariffs ... and broad tax cuts for just about every segment of the economy. Can he now pull off those pledges and what will the impacts be for you and me?

It's election day plus-three ... and there are now 73 days until Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. Thanks for joining us as we look ahead to the big changes in store for Americans.

On today's show: What went so horribly wrong for the Democratic Party in Tuesday's election? We hear from a California Congressman on everything from the candidate to the messaging. And we'll talk with California's state senate president on whether the Golden State can find a way to work with its old arch nemesis, President Trump.

It's election day plus-two ... or, another way to think of it: there are 74 days until Donald Trump is sworn back in as the 47th president of the United States. Thanks for joining us.....

On today's show: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump said he would implement a mass deportation of illegal immigrants on "day one" of retaking the White House ... and now he'll have an opportunity to enact what could be one of the most impactful policies of his second term. How would mass deportation look ... and what might it mean for the society and economy of Southern California?

Welcome to the post-election phase of Countdown 2024 ... where instead of looking ahead to election day, we're now preparing for Donald Trump's transition back into the White House.

On today's show: we have a postmortem on Kamala Harris's defeat and Trump's big win, and look ahead to what a second Trump administration will bring for the country. Then we're turning our focus on Southern California election results, where a new law-and-order district attorney will take office ... and major changes are likely coming to LA County governance.

We're finally here. Election Day. It's what we've been counting down to.

While people cast their ballots and we wait for results, we're going to look at the election from the view of people overseas. How much are our allies paying attention? And if you know someone who's threatening to pack up and leave the country if the election doesn't go the way they want, we're going to explain just how easy it is to do it.