To know why the why dont you go down with the white house. So i dont know how i dont think its the fault of the clothes. Of the. Top that wanted to develop. A new number 1000001 it. May. 6 6 2 well. To so think of visionaries me Sophie Shevardnadze in times of uncertainty empathy our moral compass and altruism is our way through but how to make sure that our good intentions are not pave the road to hell i ask effective altruism evangelist professor of philosophy at Oxford University william mccaskill. William macaskill professor off the last of the at Oxford University and the cofounder of the center of for effective altruism its really great to have you with us today welcome to our show was. Great to be here thank you for inviting me on so all right so the movement here associated with this called sect of altruism i mean the very notion of this active altruism makes me wonder can altruism be in the affective or even harmful and in what cases yes i think suddenly isnt very often as ine
Disease and that this task force will be working with state and local officials to allow for schools and businesses to reopen so this is a clear agenda promise that was made on the campaign trail by joe biden and Camila Harris that they would make this a top priority but make no mistake about it there will be other Top Priorities for this Transition Team as well including how to hit the ground running following inauguration to do a number of the trumpet ministrations policies including rejoining the Paris Climate Accord rejoining the World Health Organization and even on doing parts of the travel ban for a handful of muslim majority countries so its very clear in the statement being made by this team is that they want to have drastically different policies beginning on day one. 0 meanwhile donald trump is still refusing to concede defeat his team is preparing legal challenges to some of the counts in battleground states that favored biden that are republican and former president george
election. Continues. Host we are joined by scott long with the hill newspaper, covering congress for quite some time. You have a lameduck session coming in here shortly in the u. S. But before we get to the next congress, tell us what the next few weeks or month looks like on the u. S. House side in particular. Guest the house of representatives will come back to washington after this historic election to hold their leadership elections. It looks like democrats are moving forward with their leadership elections next week. That favors nancy pelosi. The quicker the election, the less time there is for their to build any momentum in opposition against her. Nowe is some chatter right from moderates who are just crumpled about the number of seats that have been lost by democrats in a very surprising fashion. At least seven vulnerable democrats in the house went down to defeat. That has caused some andternation in the party has incited some chatter about whether or not there should be a chal
Force pierce. After this big celebration on saturday night the team is during the transition process. One of the new Top Priorities is the creation of the covid19 task force that will heap the handling of the mandate. Repealing Trump Administration travel ban from several majority countries and putting new safeguards in place to play protect dreamers from deportation. He believes his job is to work with everybody. That is the message for the American People on thats how joe biden use governing. Trump wants to fight the results. The waiver result division, even when you dont get your way in an election is to count every legal pallet. Make sure illegal ballots do not reduce the civil rights and votes of those who voted legally. The attorney general says no evidence of fraud has been submitted to them. Releasing a statement sunday saying in part, our office takes allegations of voter fraud extremely seriously. Should anyone file this complaint with our office, we will conduct a thorough i
Some of the legal challenges that are continuing in several states to the election by the Trump Campaign. We will tell you more about those as we look for your calls and comments momentarily. Here is the reporting on the incoming Biden Administration. The headline biden plans to move fast on the pandemic and the economy. President elect joe biden and his advisers planned this week to demonstrate a far more assertive strategy against the coronavirus then President Trump. Biden may take a more proactive role in the coming weeks and congressional negotiations over an economic stimulus package. Bidens proposal, some of which were posted on his new transition website, include aiming to secure funds for ramping up coronavirus testing, requiring additional protective equipment such as masks and gowns, and investing 25 billion in vaccine and manufacturing and distribution. His aides say they recognize the United States has one president at a time, nonetheless, hope to seize on the momentum fro