Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We are going to begin with new pushback from joe biden against President Trumps refusal to accept the results of the election. For the first time president elect biden addressed mr. Trumps unwillingness to concede, calling it an embarrassment. The Trump Administration is blocking the transition process, but mr. Biden is moving forward with his plans for the white house. Debra alfarone is in washington. Debra, how is president elect biden preparing to take office . Reporter hes appointed his Coronavirus Task force, hes spoken to world leaders, now without that formal transition, though, the state department isnt involved in the calls with world leaders, they would normally be, and the biden team, they could take legal action but so far, theyre not moving in that direction. President elect joe biden is preparing to take Office Despite President Trumps refusal to concede. I just think its an embarrassment. I think it will not help the president s l
White house whether the president sticks to that. A lot of people think the president is throwing out a negotiating ploy here. Im taking at his word likes he doesnt want to do it virtually. I dont know what the alternative can be and next debate further back. What are you hearing . Reporter keep in mind, neil, this all happened very quick. The commission on president ial debates this morning said the next president ial debate would be virtual. Moments later President Trump appeared on Maria Bartiromos show, no, no, he will not be involved in that at all. The campaign clearly took the cue from the president they then put out a statement saying instead the president will hold a rally that evening. Joe bidens campaign has just come out and said instead on that evening biden will speak and take questions from voters as the debate was supposed to be a town hallstyle format. Here were first reactions from President Trump and joe biden this morning. Watch. President trump no, i dont want to d
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Where hundreds die every year searching for green gold. Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 7pm in houston, texas, where the top 10 democrats vying to take on donald trump next year are taking to the stage for a televised debate. Front runnerjoe biden will go head to head for the first time with Elizabeth Warren, his fast rising rival. But others like Bernie Sanders, kamala harris, Pete Buttigeg and beto orourke are all looking to make their mark. Laura trevelyan is in houston. Shes watching it all from there. Laura, obviously its the first time we are seeing joe biden come head to head with Elizabeth Warren, but there is a lot of other contenders too. What are their chances . Well, thats right. Theres ten candidates on stage tonight. The debate is about to begin. They have all filed in and are behind their podiums and finally the top contenders to take on donald trump and wh