Questioning the vote counting. And in other news of the president says his military has taken hold of the strategic city of shock disputed region of not going to cut about. What the next president s promising to restore the soul of the nation but the current president still refusing to concede defeat thats the situation in the u. S. Right now with joe bidens made his 1st address as president elect promising to heal americas deep political divide but dont trump is threatening legal action in an attempt to overturn the election which was called in by favor nearly 24 hours ago. Standing by for us this hour allen fisher who is in washington d. C. And in wilmington delaware joe bidens home state and we will be with both of them in a moment after this report from our White House Correspondent because. Addressing the nation for the 1st time is 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 one w
Ther, president and ceo for partnership for Public Services center for president ial transition. Why is a successful president ial transition so important . Safety isabout our the ultimate answer here. When you think about it, our democratic system envisions transfers of power when you have election so you have accountable government. That means that a new team has to figure out how to take charge immediately on january 20 in an effective way. Its a big task. When you think about our government you are looking at trillions of dollars, 4 million of people 4 million people, hundreds of operating units, and historically president s have aborted 4000 political appointees. Its a massive underage have appointed 400 political employees. Its a massive undertaking. The world is such a dangerous place that there is not a lot of time on the other postosted january 20 january 20 to do your learning curve, you have to be on top of it right away and have plans in place and work well together. That i
Trumps last days in office lame duck, raging bull. Well, thanks very much. Indeed for joining us. My guest here in the studio, our susannah Foreign Correspondent for spiegel magazine, who says trump us, how to devastating impact on americas standing as a reliable global leader. The old america no longer exists. Also with us, eric from a freelance journalist who writes for the l. A. Times and says trumps power is fading by the day, but his failure to ensure a smooth transition to biden has become a real threat to National Security and a very warm welcome to too early for telling the job to a german iranian political scientist with the Afro Middle East Center in johannesburg, and ali argues that overt military adventurism against the iranian interests may prove too costly, even for donald trump. So covert operations are more likely to find you all 3 for being here today. 1st question. Eric Donald Trumps former National Security advisor. John bolton says the big question is how much damag
Office come the house breaks down barriers and highlights sacrifices made by american women but donald trump remains defiant the president showing no sign of conceiving a look at what that means for the transition of power. And in other news azerbaijans president says his military has taken the 2nd largest city in the disputed region of. Transport so kerry is testing its ability to host a safe olympics next year the city has staged its 1st International Competition at the games venue since the olympics had to be postponed due to coronavirus. In the past our former u. S. President george w. Bush has congratulated joe biden on his win calling him a good man and hes told americans to have faith that this weeks election was fair with a clear outcome the former president is now the highest profile republican to acknowledge biden as the elections. When even the current republican president of the trump has refused to concede the statement from president bush comes as president elect biden vo
Now 5 days away from the november 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. With a Record Number of people voting early this election season, there are already concerns tonight about missing ballots in the east bay, dozens of voters reported not receiving confirmation that their ballot was received by the Contra Costa County elections division. Kron fours justine waltman here now with details and whether or not foul play is believed to be involved justine. Well Contra Costa County has 37 drop off ballot boxes. But theres one question tonight, and thats the box thats right outside of Richmond City hall, dozens of voters say they dropped off their ballots there on october 12 and the county has not been able to confirm receipt of those ballots so theyre lost and the county doesnt know where they are tonight. The county is telling us this according to the Contra Costa County Elections Office the ballot box and Richmond City all has been inspected by