With legal challenges to the election process. Im Clay Richards and welcome to the show joe biden has begun his 1st a full day as u. S. President elect by getting down to work by 1st went to mass at the Catholic Church in his home town willing to wilmington delaware where his son is buried hes planning an overhaul of government with a task force to tackle the coronavirus pandemic as his top priority earlier abidin used his victory speech to reinforce his message that its time to heal a divided nation. Meanwhile a defiant President Donald Trump has returned to the golf course where he was playing when u. S. Networks declared that biden had won the election trump has yet to concede defeat he insists the election was stolen from him and his family to press ahead with legal challenges. To washington then our correspondents is standing by sumi trump on the golf course while biden it goes to church what are we to make of this. Well clear we know that joe biden does go to Church Weekly this is part of his regular routine so even after that somewhat wild ride yesterday and late night after President Trump before heading to the golf course again for the 2nd day this morning on twitter he repeated again those baseless claims that this election was stolen from him and he said there was in particular severe fraud in big cities like philadelphia so hes targeting these big democratic strongholds where africanamericans in particular deliver joe biden a strong victory so the president clearly is not backing down despite a lack of any sort of legal basis to carry on a fight at this point we are hearing reports here in washington from c. N. N. That members of the president s inner circle including the 1st lady malani a trump and his son in law are urging him to accept the result so we dont know yet whether president trouble heeded those calls or whether hes going to continue to dispute the results Going Forward well be keeping an eye on that closely in the meantime lets take a look at the scenes last night after biden was declared president elect. Fireworks light up the docks sky in delaware but will a new dawn soon be upon America Joe Biden has one power promising just that. To a country that has been living through a year of pandemic cannot rest the veteran labor is promising to bring a new by. The bible tells us to every day there is a season a time to build a time to return to time to serve and a time to hear oh this is the time to heal in america. Alongside biden a woman who says shes determined to heal the countrys rice who divisions Camilla Harris will be the countrys 1st female a minority Vice President she did the key to victory to the Civil Rights Movement and said it will help restore us democracy and when our very democracy was on the ballot in this election with the very soul of america at stake and the world where. You ushered in a new day for america. In washington d. C. And in many of americas blue states that was celebrations for these people and many elsewhere not motz a huge victory in americas beats a culture war they see themselves as weakness whove won back their own country like america again and i feels like it feels like were now back on the right track america is back we have regained america all people time is static for the nation. But the other americans being out on the streets 2 on saturday stop the steel rallies were held in closely contested states. Like here in michigan these people believe the president s on verified theories the buttons claims to be the we know we suspicion. Believe they had their lands on the ground its night and them if they get it it was ill never been encouraged president tried to continue with lawsuits. You know fight for you know this the stealing of this stuff is new in this election right now the current president looks like hes digging into his bunker as joe biden won the election and donald trump went golfing supporters cheat him on the way back to the white house for much of red America Donald trump is still very much their president. And back to you soon leave already heard the fighting is getting down to business right away what are the biggest changes we can expect to see in this administration. Well 1st and foremost we have to say that the attention really has been on donald trump until now and at this point were going to see the limelight start to be split between the current president and the president elect and as you said joe biden is setting up his task force on the coronavirus starting tomorrow he says hes going to bring together scientists and experts to find the best way to stop the spread that is still tearing through this country right now and the u. S. Is still reaching new daily records on infection rates and he stressed that his approach would be based on science compassion and empathy and that in itself is a change from the messaging that weve gotten on this pandemic from the Current Administration are also going to see joe biden and come choose who they want to have around them so their chief of staff their advice their advisers and so on and were watching those choices closely to see what they might tell us about the direction that theyre heading but one more point on that clear it is a very tight window from now until inauguration on january 20th there was a lot to be done and it hasnt helped that the election result took more time to be decided and of course that the president still hasnt conceded. And no doubt at this hour the Republican Party is taking a step back and taking stock what do you think the future of the g. O. P. Is without trump as president. Well 1st of all weve now seen that the Republican Former president george w. Bush has called joe biden to congratulate him that is pretty notable and he released a statement as well saying that he knows joe biden is the person is capable of unifying the country he said that the president does have the right to launch legal challenges but he added that the American People can have confidence in this election that it was flight fair and that the outcome was clear so that for the last republican president in office accepting the result is something to take note of beyond that however most high ranking republicans until now have been mostly silent they have been waiting to see how the chips fall here for President Trump this as of the last 4 years turned into trumps party he is the platform he is the vision of the Republican Party and how he decides to navigate the coming days will tell us what other republicans decide to do and we know that Republican Voters are big fans of President Trump so many lawmakers are considering whether they should break with the president or not and theyre tasked with that difficult job of trying to remain loyal to the president while also charting a course forward for the Party Without him. Correspondent thank you. Or World Leaders have lost no time in sending messages of congratulations to president elect joe biden and his running mate come on harris they say they are ready to strengthen their ties with washington after nearly 4 years of often tense relations with donald trump to help show why it is hard bidens triumph is being celebrated well beyond the borders of the u. S. World leaders from every continent have congratulated the new president elect. This year will be sure new on the e. U. Stands ready to intensify cooperation with the new administration and the new congress theres a lot to do if you go we can strengthen our ties from our foundation of friendship and partnership. Britain germany france and other European Countries were the 1st along with canada to send their congratulations most expressed parts of renewed unity and cooperation following 4 years of tense diplomacy i look forward very much to working with President Biden and his team on a lot of crucial stuff for us in that in the weeks and months ahead tackling Climate Change trade its National Security many many many many many other issues on the streets there appears to have been a collective sigh of relief from europe. Im relieved because these last days of insecurity that were wearing on my heart have been lifted will not merit the last few years is over. For us to see what i mean that he said all men have of now will certainly be a new political direction especially when it comes to the environment. So it is the stuff. I see a Brighter Future than before. We dont. Were looking for the movie that if it isnt to asia. We seek biden seems open to accepting peoples different viewpoints and wants to move forward in a united manner thats positive. Africa. Hi. I am absolutely thrilled that bidens one and a little bit scared about what i do next while. I think hes a hes a part of scary unpredictable. And the middle east they say transparent for as raul but i think when youre better for the world youre better for israel to pull to this office as hard biden is very different from trump shes trying to bully dos and wanted us to appease him with. Some countries with a historically difficult relationship with the u. S. But in selection of burkes little heart. So you can alter your the future development of the china u. S. Relationship trump didnt do a good job i dont hold much hope for biden turn. But i. Do but im a drummer we talked about improving relations with russia but it didnt come to anything he wanted to nutriment if you will or biden is openly against russia. Your friend here yeah i feel we are going from bad to worse in the end they cant early about the interests of israel and themselves. Most of the one bus. All eyes are now on biden and what changes he may bring to foreign diplomacy for the u. S. Joining us for more now is Nicole Ranvir associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations what does bidens victory mean for transplant transatlantic relations. Well hopefully you will see now a shift from confrontation to walk corp so on the whole tone will be very different especially because biden has such a long experience with the meeting with the european leaders so we were going to see a real shift in tone and hopefully definitely also to substance and what needs to be done if the transatlantic relationship is to reflect the ways that europe and the United States have changed to become what they are today. Theres a lot of the agenda and this certainly means the europeans and especially germany also have to you know deliver especially when you look at Security Issues a President Biden wont let us off the leash we have to scramble our contribution to what defense and security we also have to put more money into the basket to solar there are many many Different Things all of the europeans have to fulfill our in order to really make this president a success and to make the transatlantic relationship a stable want a successful and now would you agree that europe should not wait for u. S. Administrations but rather assert their own leadership on the world stage to advance their own ideas and goals. Absolutely and. They are already in transition transition teams in the United States working on the transition process from you know one administration to the next and the same should be you know done by the european station come up with a very good and well attire a very good and gentle for the transatlantic relationship and really work on these issues before they fly over all before they talk to the new administration now as weve heard it the last 4 years have been a difficult time for these relationships for this relationship what lessons do you think europeans could it learn from the trumpet ministration. Well that you know a partnership is not a given that you have to work on it you have to you know support this permanently but you also have to be a reliable partner with that part not ask you paul support and go down many many reasons to my trunk quote europe and its partners in the way you did it had a lot to do with the fact that europe and germany and other countries didnt deliver in certain areas and this is what is very important that you show us serious with a new administration it will be easier especially because by is so knowledgeable when it comes to foreign and Security Issues but again we also in europe have to we have to do our work properly right nick thank you very much. In watching the news ill be back with more headlines at the top of the hour and im interested and by then i mean the whole scene thanks for watching. The fish unary under pregnant just the diplomat who always gets straight to the point. The good to institute outgoing director. Close to tell a man. 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