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Trump-Biden transition updates: At least 20 arrested, 1 stabbed at DC protests

The event was largely peaceful, but grew violent after crowds thinned at night.

ByLibby Cathey, Meredith Deliso, and Kate Pastor
Last Updated: November 16, 2020, 2:06 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden is moving forward with transition plans, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump, who still refuses to concede the election one week after Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential race.

Trump has largely hunkered down inside the White House since the election, but on Saturday his motorcade drove drove past supporters gathered to rally in Washington, D.C., on his way to play golf.

Biden, meanwhile, is pressing forward, meeting with transition advisers in Delaware and calling Trump's refusal to concede "an embarrassment."

The Biden transition team and the Trump administration are in a standoff over whether Biden should be granted access to federal resources allocated for the transition of power. The General Services Administration, headed by a Trump appointee, has yet to officially recognize Biden as the victor in the election, preventing Biden's team from gaining full access to government funds and security information.

But a growing number of Republican senators are calling on the administration to start giving Biden classified intelligence briefings, a sign that support for Trump's refusal to concede the election may be waning among his allies on Capitol Hill.

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Here is how the transition is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Nov 13, 2020, 11:21 AM EST

Georgia runoffs ramp up

As the balance of power in the Senate -- and Biden's subsequent ability to pass the big-ticket legislation he's hoping for -- hangs on two election runoffs in Georgia, Republicans are rallying to "Defend the Majority” as Democrats see promise in the purple state.

On Friday, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican and vocal ally of Trump’s, is joining GOP incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler for an afternoon rally in Cumming, Georgia. Earlier in the week, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida joined Loeffler to kick off her runoff campaign at an indoor rally.

Senators Marco Rubio and Kelly Loeffler arrive at a campaign event at the Cobb County Republican Party Headquarters in Marietta, Ga., Nov. 11, 2020.
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Senate candidate Kelly Loeffler speaks to supporters during a Save Our Majority campaign rally with Senator Marco Rubio on Nov. 11, 2020 in Marietta, Ga.
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Loeffler is facing a challenge from Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, while Purdue is facing Jon Ossoff, who nearly flipped Georgia’s 6th Congressional District for Democrats in a special election in 2017. 

The runoff elections will be held on Jan. 5.

Nov 13, 2020, 11:00 AM EST

Biden pledges to improve cooperation with allies 5 years after Paris terrorist attacks

Biden issued a statement Friday morning remembering the five-year anniversary of the ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris and pledging to restore and improve cooperation with allies as president.

“This was an assault not just on the people of Paris but against our common humanity and shared values,” Biden wrote. “My administration will work steadfastly to protect the safety and security of Americans and our allies and partners, countering terrorism and extremist violence in all of its forms -- no matter the ideology or origin.”

While Trump has taken an isolationist approach to foreign policy, pushing the slogan, "America First," Biden ran -- and won -- on a platform of restoring relationships with foreign allies. 

-ABC News’ Molly Nagle

Nov 13, 2020, 10:51 AM EST

Overview: Trump has Operation Warp Speed meeting, Biden meets with transition advisers

Amid heavy criticism that Trump has demonstrated little to no evidence that he is engaged in leading on the coronavirus pandemic in the post-election season, and as cases continue to rise, his public schedule for Friday shows he’s slated to receive an update on Operation Warp Speed, his administration’s plan for a coronavirus vaccine.

The meeting comes in the same week the drug company Pfizer said that its COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective. Trump questioned the timing of Pfizer’s announcement earlier in the week, saying it didn’t “have the courage” to announce a vaccine before the election.

President Donald Trump participates in a Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2020.
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Trump last addressed reporters eight days ago -- the longest stretch of silence in his presidency --as he meets with advisers behind closed doors to discuss his options forward. 

Biden, meanwhile, strengthened his Electoral College margin over Trump overnight, taking Arizona's 11 electoral votes and raising his total to 290 votes to Trump’s 217.

On Friday, Biden is in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, continuing to meet with transition advisers.

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks to the press in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 10, 2020.
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-ABC News' Jordyn Phelps

Nov 13, 2020, 10:40 AM EST

Audit of presidential race begins in Georgia

County election officials in Georgia have begun the time-consuming, labor intensive process of auditing -- by hand -- every one of the state’s nearly 5 million votes cast in the presidential race.

PHOTO:A Chatham County election official posts a sign in the public viewing area before the start of a ballot audit, Nov. 13, 2020, in Savannah, Ga
A Chatham County election official posts a sign in the public viewing area before the start of a ballot audit, Nov. 13, 2020, in Savannah, Ga.
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The audits -- which stem from a state law, not because of any suspected problems with the results -- must finish by midnight next Wednesday, so many election workers will continue through the weekend to complete it in time.

Biden is currently leading in Georgia by a wide margin of roughly 14,000 votes, so it’s unlikely Trump will overcome his lead in an audit -- which rarely change election outcomes.

However, with Biden’s win in Arizona overnight, he wouldn’t even need Georgia’s 16 electoral votes to win. If the audit were to somehow, despite all odds, flip the state in Trump’s favor -- and if Trump were to also take North Carolina as he’s on track to -- he would be at 248 electoral votes, still short of the 270 needed to be president.

Chatham County Board of Elections trainer Billy Wooten, center, prepares a group to sort ballots before the start of a ballot audit, Nov. 13, 2020, in Savannah, Ga.
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-ABC News' Quinn Scanlan

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