About the transition to a biden presidency. This is live coverage on cspan2. Political aspects that are still unfolding but were facing a lot of challenges that require that the kind of continuity that a country is known for, one government can hand over to another government, the landscape in the tools that are necessary to do with these issues especially in the middle of the pandemic and our hearts go out to all those who are affected around the world by the pandemic and we hope the 2021 would be a brighter year. Thank you for joining us and i will turn it over to toni. [inaudible] as we wait for toni i will just say that all the presenters that i have described have deep reservoir of experience on the legislative side of the aisle. Theres toni right there. Welcome. Shes actually at reading right and were delighted to have you join us. So over to. Thank you. Thank you, stewart. I really appreciate its an honor and privilege to be here. Meridian has been very much a part of my persona
Protesters rally in the heart of the french capital as anger builds over the recent Police Clearance of a temporary migrant camp in paris. And the developers of russias new vaccine say its not only highly effective, but also highly affordable, costing as little as 20. 00 wherever you are, whatever you are, whoever you are, its time for the news that arch international. My name is donald quarter and im joining you here in the studio. Welcome to the program. Now in the u. S. President ial. d president elect joe biden announced his top cabinet picks for the white house. He said the world has its hopes resting on his team to restore americas historic role as a Global Leader in calls from World Leaders that ive had about 18 to 20 so far. Im not sure the exact number in the weeks since we won the election. Ive been struck by how much theyre looking forward to the united states. Reassert its historic role as a Global Leader both in the pacific as well as in the atlantic all across the world.
Certainly i will. Certainly i will. And you know that. Howie when reuters correspondent jeff mason kept pressing him about the Electoral College, the president punched back. Look, between you people dont talk to me that way. Youre just a lightweight. Dont talk to me that im the president of the united states. Dont ever talk to the president that way. Howie the media largely celebrating President Trumps decision to cooperate with a joe biden election without concession. The 2020 president ial election was not fair. No honest person would claim that it was fair. They rigged the election in front of all of us. And nobody did anything about it. Unless the legal situation changes in a dramatic and frankly unlikely manner, joe biden will be inaugurated on january 20th. To say this constitutes living in reality. And if i offered you a false reality, if i told you there was an excellent phenomenal chance that the Supreme Court was going to step in and deliver a victory to President Trump, id b
We are talking about nominations i want to thank senator klobuchar and senator menendez for being here. I had a productive discussion with the secretary of state, tony blinken, and the director of National Intelligence delegate. We had a discussion that covered the priorities for the u. S. , foreignpolicy National Security. In particular i urged the Incoming Administration to be tough on china, but in a smarter, more multilateral way than the trumpet administration was. Ist was immediately clear that president elect bidens Foreign Policy and National Security team are exceptionally qualified. Accomplished individuals with the to protect our nation and advance american interests abroad. In addition to tony blinken and , president elect biden continues to rollout and oppressive slate of nominees to his cabinet, another key administered position. After all we went through over the past four years i would expect almost all the president elect bidens nominees would be widely acceptable to t
Global threat. The bidenharris transition and the Foreign Policy environment theyll inherit. Tension, issues posed by dprk, china, and interpreting all the signs around the region. Our guests this week, john brennan is perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues an we are lucky to have him here today. He needs no introduction but let me go through it. Former director of c. I. A. , former director of former principal advisor assistant to the president for counterterrorism and Homeland Security in the white house to president obama, former director of the National Counterterrorism center, career c. I. A. Officer, arabic speaker and author of the bestselling and i would add having read it myself, very interesting book undaunted my fight against americas enemies at home and abroad, he is someone who sits at the nexus of intelligence, Foreign Policy, at the white house, abroad and at langley, also knows a Little Something about northeast asia, the pride of hudso