Biden to meet with Pelosi and Schumer as challenges loom

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

President-elect Joe Biden will hold his first in-person meeting since winning the US election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

Mr Biden will host the top Democrats in the House and Senate at his makeshift transition headquarters in a theatre in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. Their discussion is expected to be private although the immediate challenges they face are no secret.