Biden preparing to accelerate distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
He'll share more details on the plan next week, aides say.
Ed O'Keefe is CBS News' senior White House and political correspondent reporting for all CBS News platforms.
O'Keefe served as the lead correspondent for the Biden-Harris campaign and presidential transition. Over the course of the 2020 campaign cycle, he led coverage of the Democratic presidential contest from the early primary states and conducted several interviews with top contenders, including Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Julian Castro.
O'Keefe served as the Network's lead correspondent at the 2020 Democratic National Convention and helped lead coverage of Election Night and the ensuing days from CBS News' Election Headquarters in New York City. He also joined CBS News' hours-long coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the United States Capitol.
Since joining CBS News in April 2018, O'Keefe has contributed to coverage of the 2018 midterm elections, the contentious confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the funerals of former president George H.W. Bush, former Arizona Senator John McCain and former Georgia Rep. John Lewis, the record-long 2019 federal government shutdown and the blackface and sexual misconduct scandals that rocked Virginia state government that same year.
O'Keefe previously spent more than a dozen years with The Washington Post covering Congress and presidential elections. He is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and once served as one of the group's national vice presidents.
He'll share more details on the plan next week, aides say.
He also plans to name Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to head the Labor Department.
The group, led by Senator Ted Cruz, is working separately from Senator Josh Hawley in his effort to challenge the Electoral College results.
Georgia holds Senate runoff elections January 6 for two seats that will decide who controls the Senate.
If confirmed, Haaland would be the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary.
He has served as North Carolina's top environmental protection official since 2017.
Granholm served as the state's governor and attorney general.
Tai would be the first Asian American woman to be USTR. McDonough was President Obama's White House chief of staff.
The president-elect will also nominate nominate Tom Vilsack as the agriculture secretary, a person familiar with the decision told CBS News.
Austin will require a special waiver passed by Congress in order to exempt him from a federal law requiring military officers to wait seven years before serving as defense secretary.
Becerra, 62, has served as California's top prosecutor since 2017 when he succeeded now-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the role.
In the last 28 years, the Senate has confirmed 95% of a president's cabinet secretary nominations, a new study finds.
The president-elect is facing significant pressure from competing elements of the Democratic Party to fill remaining Cabinet positions and other senior government posts with minority nominees.
The office is responsible for an administration's spending and policy plans.
The Biden-Harris transition office has been operational since late summer in accordance with federal laws dictating how a smooth and peaceful transition of power should occur.