His absolute priority and he is getting working already in the next 24 hours hell be naming a corona virus taskforce that he will be sitting up he has been advised by various experts for a long period of time now among them ron klain who was the a boat and barack obama but we understand as well that this task force is going to be headed by beck murphy whos a former said Surgeon General appointed by obama and then fired by donald trump in 2018 as well as a former commissioner of the food and Drug Administration David Kessler so this is really a heavyweight team that will be advising biden and which will form part of his Coronavirus Task force as he and his. Vice president elect come heris go forward but biden has made very clear through his campaign and hes made very clear since he was spoke as president elect that he believes that the way to combat the pen did make is to follow the science. And to find donald trump has refused to concede defeat and is preparing for a series of legal fi
This is one thing i know many of to hear about today is how have they capitalized on the instability of covid19 . The geopolitical priorities are shifting. One of the areas where we dont see stability but on the same end, we do not see a threat to the homeland. It is clear today many of the American People are united by the fact that they want to see us invest at home but as a new yorker, i can tell you this the memory of 9 11 lives on. Not just 9 11, but the myriad of other terrorists attacks. To move on, i know many of us the importance of coalition building. Proactively and robustly, how do we efficiently and effectively fight the terrorist threat . Particularly the gis terrorist threat. How do we fight it . The terroristt threat of today, not just yesterday. We are certainly seeing a resurgence. Some appear to have escaped. Germany wereis in arrested after they planned to attack a u. S. Air force base. In may, a florida man was arrested who planned and attempted to carry out a mass
A choir in berlin to gauge how people are affected by the tiny droplets known as aerosols in the air around us. And the muslim call to prayer in a Protestant Church. As ramadan winds down the church here in berlin has opened its doors to muslims short on space to pray during the time that. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today one of the strongest psych loans in decades is moving in london india and bangladesh millions have fled cycling on fun and Authorities Say low lying areas are risk of flooding theyre also concerned about the spread of the corona virus in the shelters now housing thousands of people. Last ditch effort these bangladeshis are preparing for the worst. Filling sandbags with their bare hands they brave conditions voted on by one of the most powerful cyclists in decades. Of. Meteorologists have dubbed it a super cyclon and as it headed inland it lived up to that name it sent water surging inland some 25 kilometers to the damaged compounded by winds of up to 18
247 news live from moscow this is R T International my names you know real hello and welcome to the program we begin with breaking news several rockets reportedly hit iraq in close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital for more on that im joined by our senior correspondent. Rob what indeed is known at this stage while another. Tense day in. These protests now we have in the evening reports of guided missile attacks. As you mentioned which also houses a number of american troops it is important to caution everybody to take the you know this is a very fired. Mation has no official sources that have confirmed anything but apparently 3 missiles 3 unguided Rockets Hit Balad Air base one of them apparently impacting on the runway theres no evidence yet reports of civilian or otherwise casualties whether anyones been hurt or killed in this attack or material damage but we also see reports these these even less certain of a number of projectiles impac
Been arrested in the 1st place miss urns former chief makes his 1st public appearance since skipping bail in japan ahead of a trial on allegations of financial misconduct. U. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing after a series of strikes on Iraqi Military bases hosting u. S. Troops the strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian commander qassam so the money he was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in baghdad on friday mr trump said hell be imposing new sanctions on tehran until it changes its behavior White House Correspondent kimberly how has the latest. With the u. S. And iran edging dangerously close to war President Donald Trump proclaimed that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the United States intends to strike back hours after riding in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u. S. Military in iraq we suffered ok. All of our soldiers are safe. And only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases it