What is the most glaring or salient way in which the transatlantic relationship is likely to change with the incoming biden administration. Well biden also people have picked for his cabinet and his kind of close coworkers are very committed to transit lantus as spies having that said we have to keep in mind that it was president obama who came out with this doctrine leading from behind and this is something President Biden will continue to do he will ask your own people ask. Germany to pay their fair share in the Defense Community to pay more money for their own military equipment so its gonna be a tricky part for President Biden because for sure he doesnt want to send back troops overseas and hurt military families that wouldnt be good policies either so its going to be tricky but i think it is fair to say that hes very committed to stable and consistent transatlantic relationships. Washington bureau chief in his poll reporting to us there from the u. S. Capital thank you and as bang
A shooting on monday night the government calls it a terrorist attack. Ugandan politician will be winds arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections. Its 600. 00 g. M. T. And 11 am in the eastern United States where polls have opened for one of the most divisive and highly anticipated elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months its now up to the American Public polling has opened in all but one of the states the far flung island state of hawaii the man battling for the presidency havent stopped campaigning with biden in scranton pennsylvania and trump in arlington virginia. Heres our team on the ground weve got natasha got him standing by for us in minneapolis in minnesota d and he gallacher is in Miami Florida thats a key battleground state but 1st lets go to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan that they are is accounting a way to this election and yet the messaging still continues. Exactly 8 hours till the
A shooting in the austrian capital vienna the government calls it a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections. And the sports news argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although hes done to says its not related to code 19 all of the details coming up this hour. Its 1500 g. M. T. And 10 am in the eastern United States where polls are open for one of the most controversial and highly anticipated elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months its now up to the American Public people in all but 5 states are now voting with 3 of those california idaho and oregon opening their. Polls this hour the man battling for the presidency havent stopped campaigning with biden in scranton pennsylvania and trump in arlington virginia. Lets speak to our coverage good begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan where int
Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an apparent ultimatum already wow this shutdown of the consulate is only the latest sign in a growing trend of countries being punished by the u. S. State department in fact its not just china. As of this writing the United States has a whopping 7967. 00 sanctions and place 7967. 00 sanctions its a somewhat bizarre and almost a stunt to shing list that includes not to. Countries but even individuals People Stores Small Companies and tire corporations governments types of governments even branches of governments the usual suspects of course on the sanctions list are countries like iran and north korea russia venezuela turkey on and off and now the biggest target of all china but then there are
People the right to end their own lives even if they are not suffering from any medical condition. The u. S. Accuses china of sponsoring. American Companies Working on a vaccine for 900. On the back with more headlines in about an hours time but right now it is news with rick sanchez coming up. Live from the World Headquarters of the r t america our Nations Capital this is the news with rick sanchez. Hi everybody im rick sanchez i want to welcome all of you who are watching us from all over the world including those of you who are watching us on your phones using the portable t. V. You are there this morning in a dramatic escalation at apparent breach of diplomatic protocols the. U. S. Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an appa