Joe bidens transition to the white house can now begin in earnest. Until now, hes doing it without the sport of the federal office tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. Within two weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin. They will meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Trump went to titter to twitter to make sure that he is ready for the transition. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i dont want to see this happen to her, her family, or the gsa. We will continue to keep up the good fight, saying he will prevail. He has recommended emily and her team do what needs to be done. He went on to say that he has told his team to do the same. Joe bidens Transition Team has welcomed the move. In a statement, his team says, today is a needed step to tackle the days ahead. They will have accounting of the National Securi
Who through their silence, are spreading Donald Trumps absurd false narrative that he won the election. Each of us in this body has sworn an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the United States. Stand up for our democracy, to support peaceful transfer of power established there. My colleagues, it is time for every senator to do your sworn duty and stand up the constitution and for our democracy. Make no mistake, january 20, joe biden will be sworn in as the next president of the United States and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as a next Vice President of the United States but that does not mean that what donald trump is doing now is harmless. That does not mean that the silence or acts of complicity of republican senators is harmless. It is downright dangerous for our democracy and our National Security interests. We have enough challenges protecting our democracy from foreign enemies and foreign adversaries who seek every day to undermine faith and confidence in Democratic
Biden is joined by his former boss barack obama in the crucial swing state of michigan. Hi my name saeed this is al jazeera live from also coming up. Another lockdown for england this time for one month as it like other European Countries grapples with spiraling Coronavirus Infections. Allegations of illegal weapons used during fighting in the golan a cutback no sign yet of any ease and violence. During. The 1st action hero after a career that spanned 5 decades sean connery dies at the age of 19. Just 3 days out from the 2020 u. S. President ial election both candidates are making a final push in key battleground states right up until polling day president is holding the 3rd for rallies in pennsylvania hoping to cling on to a state that he won by just one percent back in 2016 he stole supporters his opponent off as no future for america. Baidu will imprison. Your people your families in your house while letting rioters roam free loot you streets and loot you still are under bargain the
To covering congress. Today in the Senate Lawmakers will debate the nomination of eileen cannon to be u. S. District court judge for the Southern District of florida. Votes are expected at noon eastern. Now live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we honor you for your glory and strength. Your glory fills us with reverence and your strength inspires us with courage. Bless our lawmakers. Inspire them to find fulfillment in the splendor of holiness. Lord, remind them that you expect people of faith to illuminate the darkness of this world with exemplary actions that prompt people to glorify you. May our senators remember that their conduct, particularly during times of adversity, has longterm consequences. Lord, we praise you that you continue to rule our universe. We pray in your awesome name. Amen. The president pro tempore p
Since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters this week and take a look at Political Trends that can give us clues. And we go live now to hear about u. S. Relations with china from assistant secretary of state for east asianing and pacific affairs, david stilwell. The events hosted by the Hoover Institution. Pacific affairs, david r. Stilwell, who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of todays session, covert, coercive and corrupt, counterrerring Chinese Party malign influence in free societies. Following his address, he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville shell and arianna movstro. But first, its my pleasure to introduce condoleezza rice. Im delighted to open this session of our project at hoover on chinese sharp power. And i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. This project, i think, is one of the most important that were engaged in because we face an extra