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THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US AS
WE COME ALIVE TO YOU FROM
DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
DOWNTOWN DALLAS. TODAY IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8th.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S
VICTORY OVER DONALD TRUMP
SPARKED CELEBRATIONS IN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE WAKING UP TO WHAT SOME
SAY IS A NEW DAY IN AMERICA.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S
VICTORY OVER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP SPARKED CELEBRATIONS IN
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., STREETS
WERE FILLED AT THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PLAZA WITHIN SECONDS OF
THE RACE BEING CALLED.
FROM NEW YORK, DENVER AND
AUSTIN, BIDEN SUPPORTERS
CELEBRATED, HONKING HORNS,
DANCING AND POPPING CHAMPAGNE
IN THE STREETS.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
I'M CLEO GREENE.
A LOT TO COVER.
JOSEPH R BIDEN JR. SET TO
BECOME THE 46th PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE THE FIRST
WOMAN TO BECOME VICE PRESIDENT.
BIDEN/HARRIS CELEBRATED THEIR
VICTORY IN DELAWARE LAST NIGHT
WITH THEIR FAMILIES JOINING
THEM ON STAGE.
WE ARE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE
LATEST.
LATEST.
LATEST. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT-
ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, JOE BIDEN.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
PLEDGING TO HEAL A DIVIDED
NATION AFTER A BITTER AND
HISTORIC ELECTION.
HISTORIC ELECTION. >> OUR WORK IS HARD, AND THOSE
WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR ME, AND
THOSE WHO DID.
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR DECADES
IN PUBLIC OFFICE, BIDEN REVELS
IN THE MOMENT AND SHARES THE
SPOTLIGHT WITH KAMALA HARRIS
WHO MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST
WOMAN, FIRST BLACK PERSON IN
FIRST AMERICAN OF SOUTH ASIAN
DISSENT TO BE ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> WHILE I MAY BE THE FIRST
WOMAN IN THE OFFICE, I WILL NOT
BE THE LAST.
BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE GIRL
WATCHING TONIGHT SEES THAT THIS
IS A COUNTRY OF POSSIBILITIES.
>> Reporter: A RECORD 74
MILLION AMERICANS VOTED FOR THE
BIDEN TICKET AND AFTER DAYS OF
ANTICIPATION WHILE BALLOTS WERE
TALLIED, MANY CELEBRATED
VICTORY.
VICTORY.
VICTORY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS
GATHERING AND ECHOING THE
PRESIDENT'S FALSE CLAIMS THE
ELECTION IS BEING STOLEN.
THE PRESIDENT HAS YET TO
CONCEDE AS HIS CAMPAIGN VOWS
MORE LEGAL ACTION CONTESTING
RESULTS.
RESULTS.
RESULTS. TOP REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SILENT
AFTER BIDEN'S WIN.
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PROMISES TO
REACH ACROSS PARTY LINES AND
GET TO WORK ON AN AGENDA THAT
STARTS WITH WRITING THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. >> AMERICA HAS CALLED UPON US.
THE FORCES OF DECENCY, THE
FORCES OF FAIRNESS, THE FORCES
OF SCIENCE, AND THE FORCES OF
HOPE IN THE GREAT BATTLES OF
OUR TIME.
OUR TIME.
OUR TIME. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL ABC
NEWS THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN
PLANS TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDERS
ONCE HE TAKES OFFICE THAT WOULD
REVERSE SOME OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S POLICIES LIKE REJOINING
PARIS CLIMATE ACCORDS AND THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>>> THE VICTORY SPEECH WAS ONE
OF UNITY AND HOPE. WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT IN HIS 100 DAY PLAN WHEN
IT COMES TO POLICY?
JOINING US IS A POLITICAL
SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT SMU.
ARE YOU THERE?
>> I AM.
>> I AM.
>> I AM. >> TRANSFER WAKING UP EARLY
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. GOOD TIME TO BE WITH YOU.
>> A LOT OF POLITICAL EXPERT
SAYING THE SELECTION WASN'T
ABOUT POLICY DIFFERENCE.
IT WAS HONESTLY ABOUT THE MOOD
OF THE COUNTRY.
HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN IT COMES
TO THAT?
TO THAT?
TO THAT? >> I THINK IN THE FOREGROUND
CERTAINLY WAS A DECISION BY
REPUBLICANS TO TRY TO KEEP
DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
AND BY DEMOCRATS TO SEND THEM
BACK TO MAR-A-LAGO.
THE DEMOCRATS WON THE FIGHT AND
NOW THE TRANSITION BEGINS, THE
HEALING BEGINS IF BIDEN IS ABLE
TO DO THAT.
AND THE POLICIES MOST LIKELY TO
BE FOLLOWED IN THE FIRST 100
DAYS AS WAS SUGGESTED IN YOUR
PIECE, EVERY NEW PRESIDENT
UNDOES WHAT OF THE PREVIOUS
PRESIDENT HE DOES NOT LIKE AND
CANNOT DO AND THEN LOOKS FOR
SOMETHING EARLY ON.
I WOULD EXPECT MITCH McCONNELL
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL WORK
ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN
THE FIRST MONTH OR SO.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WE WILL GET INTO THAT MORE, BUT
NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR,
HISTORY WAS MADE LAST NIGHT.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF BOTH JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS IS A
SPEECH?
SPEECH?
SPEECH? >> THOSE SPEECHES WERE QUITE
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. KAMALA HARRIS WAS GIVEN A LOT
OF LATITUDE FOR A NEWLY ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT TO SET THE TONE
FOR THE BIDEN SPEECH THAT
FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY.
FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY. AND WHAT KAMALA HARRIS DID IS
TALK ABOUT THE MEETING OF THE
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, SOUTH
ASIAN DISSENT, ALL OF THAT STUFF
. AND THEN BIDEN WENT INTO HIS
THEME OF HEALING AND TRYING TO
BRING THE COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. THAT IS GOING TO BE A TASK THAT
WILL TAKE SOME TIME, IT WILL
NOT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.
ALL OF THOSE PICTURES OF
DEMOCRATS CELEBRATING IN THE
STREETS GRADE ON EVERY
REPUBLICAN THAT VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND STILL BELIEVE
THE RACE MAY NOT BE OVER.
THE CELEBRATION, ONCE THEY
STOP, THEN THE HEALING CAN
BEGIN.
BEGIN.
BEGIN. WE
BEGIN. WE WILL SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES.
ALSO WHAT FORM IT TAKES, AND IN
FACT WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE
ACCOMPLISHED.
ACCOMPLISHED. >> WORLD LEADERS HAVE
CONGRATULATED JOE BIDEN, BUT
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS YET
TO DO SO AND REPORTS I-80
REFUSES TO CONCEDE.
WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THAT?
>> DONALD TRUMP'S REFUSAL TO
CONCEDE IS OF LITTLE IMPORT IN
THE LONG RUN BECAUSE THE
TRANSITION HAS BEGUN. WHEN
THOSE SPEECHES WERE OVER LAST
NIGHT, I FLIPPED OVER TO WATCH
SOME OF THE COLORADO FOOTBALL
GAME, AND EVEN THE ANNOUNCERS
IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME
WERE TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT-
ELECT BIDEN.
ELECT BIDEN. THAT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.
EVERYBODY BUT THE PEOPLE INSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE ACCEPTED AND
UNDERSTAND IT IS HAPPENING.
THERE ARE EVEN THE SILLY RUMORS
AT THIS POINT THAT JARED KUSHNER
IS ADVISING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. THAT IS UNNECESSARY.
THE RESULTS ARE ACCEPTED BY
EVERYBODY THAT COUNTS AND
THAT'S MOST OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THE WORLD IS WATCHING CLOSELY,
SO OUR TRANSITION NEEDS TO BE
SMOOTH AND PEACEFUL.
>> A PEACEFUL TRANSITION.
GETTING BACK TO THE 100 DAY
PLAN, BIDEN SAYING LAST NIGHT
DURING HIS VICTORY SPEECH THAT
COME MONDAY HE WILL ANNOUNCES
CORONAVIRUS TASKFORCE.
CORONAVIRUS TASKFORCE. WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THAT AND
WHAT DO YOU KNOW SO FAR?
>> THAT IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
WANTING TO SHOW MOVEMENT ON
WHAT HE SAYS IS HIS FIRST
PRIORITY COMING INTO OFFICE.
OF COURSE, HE HAS TO BE
RELATIVELY CAREFUL WITH THAT
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A
PRESIDENT, AND THAT IS DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP.
TRUMP. HE
TRUMP. HE WILL BE IN OFFICE AND WILL
BE MAKING THE DECISIONS, FORMAL
DECISIONS, ON THE CORONAVIRUS
FRONT AND OTHER THINGS UNTIL
JANUARY 20.
JANUARY 20. SAID JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO
GET STARTED.
GET STARTED. HE IS GOING TO APPOINT AN
COMMISSION THAT WILL ADVISE HIM
AND MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
IT HAS TO BE CAREFUL THAT
PUBLIC STATEMENTS ARE NOT IN
CONFLICT WITH WHAT THE
PRESIDENT'S CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE
HAVE BEEN DOING.
WE NEED A SMOOTH TRANSITION,
AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS TO
FIND A WAY TO GET PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S COOPERATION IN TURNING
THE GOVERNMENT OVER TO BIDEN,
SO ANYTHING THAT IMPEDES THE
TRANSITION IS UNFORTUNATE.
>> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
LAWSUITS, OR THREATENING
LAWSUITS?
LAWSUITS?
LAWSUITS? HOW DOES THAT STOP THE PROCESS?
>> IT DOESN'T STOP THE PROCESS
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. MOST OF THOSE LAWSUITS HAVE
BEEN GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT BY THE
COURTS. THEY HAVE BEEN
DISMISSED ON THE SAME DAY THEY
COME IN.
COME IN.
COME IN. THEY ARE MOSTLY LAWSUITS ABOUT
PROCESS, ABOUT WHETHER
REPUBLICAN OBSERVERS ARE
ALLOWED CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE
THE BALLOTS ARE GOING TO BE
COUNTED TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
BUT THERE ARE NO LAWSUITS THAT
I AM AWARE OF THAT BRING
CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING
OF A SCOPE THAT WOULD CHANGE AN
ELECTORAL OUTCOME IN ANY OF THE
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. THE VOTES CONTINUE TO BE
COUNTED.
COUNTED.
COUNTED. NO COURT HAS STOPPED THE
COUNTING.
COUNTING.
COUNTING. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT ELECT, IT
IS JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER
DONALD TRUMP CAN BRING HIMSELF
TO ACCEPT THAT IN THE LONG RUN,
AND EVEN THAT MAKES LITTLE
DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE ARE IN A
TRANSITION.
TRANSITION. >> WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THE COMING DAYS.
THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP EARLY
AND SHARING YOUR INSIGHT AND
ANALYSIS THIS SUNDAY MORNING.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> HAPPY TO DO IT.
>>> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS VOWED
TO FILE ADDITIONAL LAWSUITS IN
THE COMING DAYS DESPITE BIDEN'S
APPARENT VICTORY ALLEGING VOTER
FRAUD AND POLL WATCHERS BANNED
FROM OBSERVING THE COUNTING
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. WITH ALL THE TALK OF LAWSUITS,
SETTLING THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING
QUESTIONS LIKE WHO WILL FOOT
THE BILL FOR THE LEGAL
CHALLENGES?
CHALLENGES? AND THE VERIFY TEAM.
>> Reporter: THE VERIFY TEAM
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO
DEBUNK ELECTION MISINFORMATION.
FIVE VIEWERS EMAILED WONDERING
WHO WILL FOOT THE BILL FOR ALL
THESE LAWSUITS.
THESE LAWSUITS. TAKE THIS ONE FROM HAGERSTOWN,
MARYLAND, ASKING WILL TAXPAYERS
PAY FOR LAWSUITS OVER THE
ELECTION RESULTS?
ELECTION RESULTS? SOURCES ARE THE FEDERAL
ELECTION COMMISSION AND BRANDON
FISHER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
FEDERAL REFORM PROGRAM AT THE
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER.
THEY ALLOW CAMPAIGNS AND
POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES TO
USE CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY FOR
ELECTION RELATED LAWSUITS.
HE SAYS THEY COULD USE LEFTOVER
MONEY FROM CAMPAIGNING OR COULD
SET UP A LEGAL FUND WHICH BOTH
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. >>
HAVE. >> THE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE WILL USE
CAMPAIGN FUNDS, AND POLITICAL
PARTY FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE
LAWSUITS.
LAWSUITS.
LAWSUITS. TAXPAYERS WILL BE PAYING FOR
THE PRESIDENT'S POSTELECTION
LITIGATION.
LITIGATION. >> Reporter: IF A CANDIDATE
WERE TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS IT
WOULD BREAK ETHICS LAWS.
THERE'S A CAVEAT.
THE STATES MAY BE INDIRECTLY ON
THE HOOK.
THE HOOK.
THE HOOK. >> THE STATES THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS SUING MAY INCUR
SOME COST IN DEFENDING
THEMSELVES AGAINST THAT
LITIGATION.
LITIGATION. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT WOULD
BE MONEY COMING FROM STATE
TAXES WHICH IS THE CASE WITH
ANY LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE,
SO WE CAN VERIFY GETS FALSE
THAT TAXPAYERS WILL NOT HAVE TO
DIRECTLY COVER LAWSUITS FILED
BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, HOWEVER