>> THANKS, LAWRENCE.
>> "THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN.
DAY 1,393 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
69 DAYS NOW UNTIL INAUGURATION
DAY, AND IT’S BEEN FIVE DAYS
SINCE THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION WAS CALLED FOR
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN.
TRUMP STILL HASN’T SHOWN ANY
PUBLIC SIGN THAT HE’S READY TO
CONCEDE AND END HIS BLOCKADE OF
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S
TRANSITION.
NO PUBLIC RECOGNITION THAT HE
WILL NO LONGER BE PRESIDENT AS
OF NOON, JANUARY 20th.
BUT THAT’S THE CASE.
IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE WE’VE
ACTUALLY HEARD FROM HIM OUTSIDE
OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
TONIGHT MAGGIE HABERMAN OF "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS TRUMP IS
FLOATING VARIOUS STRATEGIES TO
STAY IN OFFICE INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, QUOTE, WHETHER
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS COULD
PICK PRO-TRUMP ELECTORS IN A
HANDFUL OF KEY STATES AND
DELIVER HIM THE ELECTORAL VOTES
HE NEEDS TO CHANGE AND GIVE HIM
A SECOND TERM.
BUT THE PIECE GOES ONTO NOTE ONE
KEY ADVISOR WHO SAYS HE KNOWS
IT’S OVER.
TONIGHT NBC NEWS REPORTS A
PERSON FAMILIAR WITH ITTHE
DISCUSSIONS CONFIRMS TRUMP HAS
INDEED TOLD SOME ADVISERS IF THE
ELECTION IS CERTIFIED FOR JOE
BIDEN HE WILL ANNOUNCE A 2024
CAMPAIGN SHORTLY AFTERWARD.
IT’S CLEAR THAT THE MULTIPLE
LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THE GEORGIA RECOUNT ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE
RECOUNT ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE
DONALD TRUMP THE ELECTION
REVERSAL THAT --
>> WE KNOW THERE ARE ISSUES SO
ALLOW THE LEGAL PROCESS TO GO
THROUGH AND ONCE WE GET ALL PAST
THAT THEN WE’LL KNOW WHO THE
ACTUAL WINNER IS.
>> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT
BOTH CONTINUE TO GET THOSE
BRIEFINGS.
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE CLASSIFIED
REPORTS.
>> I WOULD THINK ESPECIALLY ON
THE CLASSIFIED BRIEFING THE
ANSWER IS YES.
>> SHOULD JOE BIDEN GET SECURITY
BRIEFINGS?
>> OVER IN THE HOUSE ONE OF
TRUMP’S LEADING ACOLYTES,
REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY WAS LESS WILLING TO FOLLOW HIS
WAS LESS WILLING TO FOLLOW HIS
SENATE COLLEAGUE’S LEAD.
>> HE’S NOT PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW,
DON’T KNOW IF HE’LL BE PRESIDENT
JANUARY 20th, BUT WHOEVER IS
WILL GET THE INFORMATION.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOW
WEIGHING IN ON THE RESISTANCE TO
JOE BIDEN’S VICTORY.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH "60
MINUTES" OBAMA WAS ASKED ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF FALSE CLAIMS ON
WIDESPREAD ELECTION FRAUD.
>> THEY APPEAR TO BE MOTIVATED
IN PART BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT
DOESN’T LIKE TO LOSE AND NEVER
ADMITS LOSS.
I’M MORE TROUBLED BY THE FACT
THAT OTHER REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS
WHO CLEARLY KNOW BETTER ARE
GOING ALONG WITH THIS, ARE
HUMORING HIM IN THIS FASHION.