If you get caught with covid 19, the closest hospital is probably one hour away for most people here. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this has been a day for honoring americas military veterans, of peace and war, amid the political war over the president ial race. President trump still shows no sign of conceding to president elect biden, or
The Historic Mission in space. The new reunion overnight high above earth and what happens next. Caught on video, killer whales repeatedly attacking this boat for hours. We hear from the captain. The new tribute to alex trebek on the monday night football field. And later, the entire town thats going up for sale again. Good tuesday morning, everyone. We begin with the breaking news overnight. Word that President Trump recently asked for options to potentially take military action against iran. It comes amid growing concerns about the lack of cooperation between the Trump White House and president elect joe bidens team. Today biden is expected to receive a briefing from National Security experts, but it wont be an official government briefing because the Trump Administration is refusing to give bidens team access to federal agencies. Meanwhile a developing story from the pentagon where officials are now expecting an order to reduce troop levels overseas before President Trump leaves off
Its interesting. In 2010, it provided that there acts and it was majorndidates organizing transitions. It starts as early as april, certainly by may because theres , organizingh to do , so itsnal government quite a sophisticated operation, and large. Host what do they do . Thet they have to appoint positions. Getting that cleared is important. Then theres the first 100, 200 days of the administration to fulfill Campaign Promises that campaign represented to the public. That gets down to riding executive orders. The third is to organize , and lastly, it is what we are seeing with the president elect today where he is supported by his transition. Ory dont have the trappings the normal organization that would go through. How much money has been involved in this . We just read for our viewers the headline the president elect is crowdfunding his transition costs, raising 10 million already. Guest the transition begins in the spring and it is funded through private sources. Its regulated, if
Jane todays event is sponsored by our tpwhrobal Europe Program under the direction of our newly minted director, dan hamilton, who will take overing moring this program for me in a little while. Its also sponsored by our kennon institute in partnership with the u. S. Helsinki ommission. Dan jones the Wilson Center after holding positions in the u. S. Department of state, including notably, assistant secretary for european affair responseable for nato, the osce and transatlantic security issue os they have in ordericbaltic and balkan affairs. He also retains an affiliation and taught for a while at johns hopkins. Our conversation today marks an important milestone. 30 years ago today, the charter of paris for the new europe was signed by 34 european and north american country, symbolizing an end to the 40year division of europe into two possible camps. It formally signaled the end of the cold war and set the osce, or the csce, the conference on security and cooperation in europe, on the
Established this republic, they created a political and Economic System unique among nations. A system which has led the United States to the very pinnacle in well up and in world leadership. This series of programs is being presented to help all of us understand better our advantages under our mckean way of life. For todays topic, lets join now a group of young people at the National Education Program Workshop in arkansas. At the classroom lectures, the professor, and noted young historian. American adventure, that is rather an unusual designation for a course in economics and political science, isnt it . While, the american way of life, which we will examine here, is rather unusual. In fact, there is nothing quite like it in all the world. All of us want to know more about our country. What makes it tick . Why its the best place on earth . Why its worth understanding. Why its worth saving. Why wars have been fought to protect it. During the 13 weeks of this course in the american adv