Al this is al jazeera live from doha youre watching our continuing u. S. Election coverage including. Supposed to celebrate bidens win across the country including the wattles. By donald trump and his supporters a defiant president showing no signs of conceding as he prepares to challenge ballot counts in several states. That hasnt stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have had a rocky relations with trump. Joe biden has declared victory in the u. S. Elections earlier he and his running mate carla harris. Addressed the nation from his home state of delaware he spoke of uniting a country that has seen deep divisions with a pandemic and racial unrest from dominating headlines a White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb reports. Addressing the nation for the 1st time as president elect joe biden spoke to a divided america and appealed for unity. People of this nation have spoken. They delivered us a clear victory we won with the most roads ever crash
Votes 270 i needed for victory when our White House Correspondent Committee Held at times more on trans wavering lead in georgia now we are watching as joe biden is closing in on Donald Trumps lead we expect by the next time that the votes are announced that dont trouble potentially have lost that state and digitally have lost the election at that point because there are very few paths for donald trump without also winning the u. S. State of georgia and this is why were seeing the u. S. President fighting so hard. 8 prodemocracy politicians in hong kong have appeared in court over a fight as a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago its their 1st appearance since being arrested earlier this week theyre accused of contempt and obstruction related to an incident in may Chinas National Health Commission has reported at least 36 new cases of covert 19 it says 30 of those came from overseas there hasnt been any new deaths reported the entire population of liverpool in the United
Trump and other republicans want the law struck down an official has more from washington d. C. The 2 judges seem to suggest in questioning that they were keen in dismantling the act they were a bit worried that. States like texas were asking them to take action that congress wouldnt deal with and so they seem to be edging away from pulling the act apart now if you had the 3 liberal justices on there that would be a 54. 00 majority in favor of retaining the Affordable Healthcare Act as it stands that would be a blow to the states that are trying to scrap it but also to donald trump and his administration who are part of the moves to scrap the act completely Russian Peacekeeping troops are being deployed to go on occur following a deal to end 6 weeks of fighting the disputed region is internationally recognized as part of the by jan that is controlled by Ethnic Armenians as areas have spent the day celebrating whats seen as a way in delivering swathes of territory to their country but i
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. It is looking more like the president will get his christmas wish, a tax cut bill. Republican leaders today rolled out the final version of their plan. They expect the house to vote on tuesday followed by the senate. Key g. O. P. Holdouts fell in line today, and nancy cordes is on capitol hill. We have delivered for the american people. Reporter the bill republicans filed tonight reflects months of haggling and decades of g. O. P. Yearning for deep tax cuts. The final plan retains seven personal tax brackets, though the rates would drop for almost everyone. A family making 75,000 a year would see its marginal rate go from 15 to 12. With so much at stake, the bills authors were tightlipped until the very end on what was in and what was out. What has happened to the Child Tax Credit . Im not going to comment on the content of the bill. Reporter Republican Leaders made an 11thhour change to secure
Bill. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Tax credit . Im not going to comment on the content of the bill. Reporter Republican Leaders made an 11thhour change to secure the support of two g. O. P. Senators. They boosted the refundable portion of a new supersized Child Tax Credit to 1400, meaning lowincome parents pocket that cash, even if they dont owe taxes. Another holdout, tennessees bob corker, set aside his concerns about want bills cost calling it a onceinageneration opportunity to make u. S. Businesses more product and i have competitive. The bill slashes the Corporate Tax rate permanently from 35 to 21 . Most of the personal tax cuts would expire in 2025. I do predict both the house and senate will approve this tax reform bill. Hey, guys, how are you . Reporter but its still unclear whether two ailing g. O. P. Senators will be able to return for next weeks vote. John mccain . Well, i i dont want to go there because i think john mccain will b