Joe bidens, transition to the white house can now begin in earnest until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office thats tasked with overseeing the transfer of power will then 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Trump took to twitter to announce that hes ready for the transition. He wrote, i want to thank emily murphy at g. S. A. For her steadfast education and loyalty to her to our country. Shes been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her family or employees of the g. S. A. Ok, strongly continues. Well continue to keep up the good fight, prevail saying nevertheless, in the best interest of our country, hes recommended that emily and her team do what needs to be done. He went on to say that he
States armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the American People and supporting our like minded allies and partners worldwide. Well, just minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdads green zone. Some landed near the u. S. Embassy. Others were intercepted by ed offense, estens. A child was killed and at least 5 people injured. Trump has fired the top u. S. Election security official, who had refused said the president s unsubstantiated claims of ford. Chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland security, is agency that monitors election security. If your peers government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the Northern Tier gray region. As strikes have been launched to the regional capital mckelway, thats the main base for the to great Peoples Liberation front which governs the 3, former prodemocracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong. Police are questioning ted at each y
On Peaceful Protesters in october, killing 12. This comes after cnn aired of military using live ammunition. We will speak to cnns Award Winning Foreign Correspondent nima elbagir about the killings in nigeria, as well as the crisis in ethiopia. Then we to india where an estimated 250 million workers, farmers, and their allies recently participated in what is believed to be the largest organized strike in history. India is my country and delhi is the capital. Im not even allowed to enter. Our Home Movement has been peaceful. Theyre shooting this with Water Cannons. We were also beaten. But no farmers retaliated violently. Amy this comes as Indian Farmers continue to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modis move to deregulate agricultural markets. We will speak to indian journalist p sainath, founder of peoples archive of rural india. We will speak about Narendra Modi and covid in india. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im a
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Call the committee to order. The fullommittee hearing on Us Military Mission in afghanistan and the implications of the Peace Process with us involvement. We are doing ts hearing both with some members present and some members remote. We have witnesses that wilbe remote. This the first time we been back for a full Committee Meeting since the covid outbreak so i urge all of you participating and watching to make sure your patnt as we get the bugs out. Before w start the basic rules and outlines of how were doing this hearing i work of the memberwho join us remotely they are reminded they mt be visible on screen within the Software Platform for identityhin verificatn to establish and maintain a quorum and participate in voting. Members participating remotely must use the Software Platform video function while attending the proceeding must they experience connectivity issues that renders the member unable to fully participate on camera if a member has technical difficulties please Contact