The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

President-elect Joe Biden met with workers and small business owners that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The NAACP is seeking a meeting with Biden and Harris on ensuring minority and civil rights representation in the new administration and Biden agenda. Former President Barack Obama calls on democrats to make room for new voices. 

Congress is under pressure to pass an economic relief bill. Pelosi and Schumer say that the bipartisan senate covid relief bill should serve as the "framework" for compromise talks. 

President Trump releases a rambling video, where he repeats lies about election fraud only the day after Barr says no evidence has been found that proves election voter fraud. A source says to expect a "flurry" of pardons before Trump leaves office in January. White House officials dodge questions on possible Trump pardons for Giuliani and members of the first family. 

New Mexico Governor LuJan Grisham emerges as the top contender to lead the health and human services. The CDC director says that the next three months will be "the most difficult time in public health history of [this] nation."

The United Kingdom becomes the first country to approve the Pfizer-Biontech coronavirus vaccine; the first doses are to be rolled out next week. 

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President Donald Trump's Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press, "there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the election." The AP published an interview with Barr Tuesday. The statements from the attorney general are one of the most recent official rebukes from the Republicans of the president's claims of widespread fraud in his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.

Trump and his attorneys are still pursuing legal action to challenge the 2020 election results in some key states. A number of those key states have already certified their results showing President-elect Biden as the winner. Both Arizona and Wisconsin certified their results on Monday.

Biden is revealing more about his plans for his first 100 days in office. He introduced his economic team tasked with helping the economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic Tuesday. The President-elect also discussed calling on Congress to pass a stimulus bill.

Health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities will be first in line for any coronavirus vaccines. The vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease and Control Prevention voted to include both groups.

Vaccinations are expected to begin in mid-to-late December.

There are now 13.6 million Covid-19 cases in the United States, with almost 100,000 people hospitalized from the virus.

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United States President-elect Joe Biden received his first formal presidential daily intelligence briefing. Monday marked a milestone on Biden's path to the White House after weeks of being blocked by President Donald Trump to the nation's most vital intelligence.  

The President-elect, along with his Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced an all-female White House communications team on Sunday. Biden also named a diverse economic team with four women in top roles.

Arizona has officially certified Biden's victory, following false claims of voter fraud by President Trump. The recent win, awards the state's 11 electoral votes to the President-elect. Biden beat Trump by more than 10,000 votes, the secretary of state's office said.

Trump has not conceded the election and he still claims without basis that he won,

All Americans who want a coronavirus vaccine will be vaccinated by June 2021, says an official with Operation Warp speed. Pharmaceutical company Moderna applied  to the US Food and Drug Administration for authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.

The FDA will meet with its advisory committee in December to review Pfizer's and Moderna's applications.

Right now, there are more than 13.5 million Covid-19 cases in the United States. More than 260,000 people have died. 

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As the Biden transition continues and the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, Trump's campaign continues its efforts to reverse the general election results. 

Biden: "we're doing a piece at a time" amid questions about his picks for CIA Director and Defense Secretary. President-elect Biden makes plans to name economic team next week, will receive his first presidential daily brief on Monday. 

With his lawsuits failing in courts nationwide, Trump reverses course, says "Biden can only enter White House if he can prove" he got 80 million votes. 

In COVID-19 news, the U.S. tops 13 million confirmed coronavirus cases. CDC advisers make plans to vote next week on who gets coronavirus vaccine first. 

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United States President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. United States President-elect Biden said, "we're at war with the virus, not with one another" during a recent speech. Biden also urges people to unite in his recent Thanksgiving speech and calls on Americans to recommit to fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Fauci has "been in contact" with Biden's team. Biden also says, "I know we can and we will beat this virus." 

The United States coronavirus death toll now tops 261,000 with 12.7 million cases amid fear that Thanksgiving will be the "mother of all super-spreader events." New coronavirus cases are averaging 174,000 a day amid record hospitalizations.  

Biden is to get his first presidential daily briefing on Monday. Biden says that in America, "we have full, fair and free elections, then [we] honor the results." Biden also says that, "this is not a third Obama term... Trump has changed the landscape." Biden is open to putting a republican who voted for Trump on his administration team. 

Record lines are forming at food banks amid the pandemic economic crisis. The Mayo clinic is being forced to bring in workers from out of state. 

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