I richard good afternoon, everyone i am richard fontaine, ceo of the center for new american security. I would like to welcome everyone to the discussion on Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and intelligence on the Biden Administration. This session pulls together several critical issues, all of which are moving targets in the trumps administrations final weeks and as we head into this new political era. Great group. Jeh johnson, the former secretary of Homeland Security and serves as general counsel of the department of defense. He also represents new jersey in a seven state counsel that coordinates covid related reopening. Sue gordon is the former Principal Deputy director of national intelligence, the nations secondhighest intelligence post. She served in the Intelligence Community for over three decades in senior positions. Carrie cordero is the robert gates senior fellow and general counsel. She served at the department of justice and in the office of the director of it is a gre
Pennsylvania gave the weekly democratic address. He talked about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. I am senator bob casey. This week our nation as lost over 1000 americans a day to covid19. As daily case counts have 150,000, we mourn those we lost and pray for those still suffering and their families. Prayers and condolences are insufficient. The United States senate must act. In may, the house of representatives passed a bipartisan heroes act in order to contain the virus and help americans suffering from the virus. The heroes act took a range of steps we desperately need, including providing direct relief to workers and families, increasing testing capacity, and helping Small Businesses stay afloat. For all these months this vital legislation has collected dust in the senate because majority leader mcconnell refuses to bring it to the floor for a vote. Instead of providing real help to all of americans, republicans in the senate avenue been focused on broad corporate
Georgia, but hes also leading that by just over 14000 votes. Officials say the recount will begin at the end of the week. The current margin stands at 14111 between the president and senator biden, Vice President biden. My office will continue to investigate each and every instance of illegal voting, double voting. Felon voting, people voting out of state. If you report it, we will investigate it. Every legal vote will count. Elevation has more from washington d. C. Dont trump isnt giving up the idea that hes won this election, hes been tweeting out in the last couple of hours that servers were allowed into accounts in pennsylvania and in michigan, he says that hundreds of thousands of votes shouldnt have been counted there. Therefore he wins. The reality is that the argument about observers has been tested in court in pennsylvania. It was through a note in michigan, the judge said it was simply hearsay that was being presented by the trump campaign. That they were basing their claim o
Message away from what joe biden had to say. And the politicize ation of basic Health Measures with. The most impassioned that weve heard joe biden on that particular issue saying that by wearing a mask you could save the life of somebody packing shelves in a supermarket you could save the lives of one of your childrens teachers you could save your own life this was the absolute thrust of what hes saying and that takes particular residence at the moment given the news of a potential vaccine that weve heard in the course of the day joe bidens response to that welcoming congratulating the team who working on the development of this particular vaccine all of this of course while donald trump still refuses to concede defeat his team is preparing legal challenges to some of the counts going on in battleground states that favor joe biden. Other world news a new round of talks on libya is underway in tunisia as capital 75. 00 libyan representatives from various groups have been invited by the
A vaccine as soon as possible i was there no effort to turn this pandemic around once were sworn in january 20th to get our kids back to School Safely our business is growing and our economy running full speed again and again to prove that c manufactured and distributed as quickly as possible to as Many Americans to as Many Americans as possible free of charge will follow the science head of the World Health Organization cautioned against seeing it as a Silver Bullet advice and is needed urgently to control the pandemic but as you know it will not fix the vulnerabilities at its roots advice seem proud of not address the Global Investment in the central park you can find shoes and brazilian tele systems. U. S. President has fired his defense secretary donald trump said marcus would be replaced by the head of the countrys Counterterrorism Center but Christopher Millers only set to be in place for just over 70 days before joe biden is inaugurated as commander in chief will be trumps 5th s