al-jazeera with every. moment of reflection a church for u.s. president elect joe biden as a long time political adversary joins those congratulating him. but donald trump spending another day on the golf course is still refusing to concede defeat we'll look at implications for the transition of power. hello money this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. as airy celebrates after the government announces the capture of

a major city in the disputed region where it's fighting with armenia. and repudiated overseas but still popular at home me at malls young democratic government faces very serious. u.s. president elect joe biden is moving forward with transition plans as a group growing list of high profile figures at home and abroad congratulate him even that cemetery where family members including his late some buried hoping his priorities is covert 19 as infections continue to spike donald trump spend the day goal thing outside washington he is refusing to concede defeat tweeting about legal challenges and vote recounts he insists without evidence that the election was fraudulent. but fellow republican and former president george w. bush says the vote was fair and its outcome clear he's congratulated joe biden as

have israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some of which surely will speak to our white house correspondent kimberly how kids and attach a good name who is in atlanta georgia where a senate rerun is usually take place but 1st to mike hanna who is in wilmington delaware and might find his team already busy pushing for their plans for when he takes over office. indeed yes they have been planning for months in terms of what the priorities of a biden administration are going to be and top of that list as joe biden has explained in a number of speeches in particular is 1st speech as president elect the major one priority is defeating the coronavirus pandemic now he has been meeting with experts for a long period of time now and is expected in the course of monday to announce a corona virus taskforce this will be headed by

a former surgeon general of under the obama administration and 2 years of the trumpet ministration also the former commissioner of the food and drug association so this is a very high powered task force joe biden clearly drawing on expertise he said throughout his campaign he said since the polls closed he said since he was made of intellect that he will listen to the science when it comes to the pandemic and this is exactly what he's doing he is setting up this task force of scientists to begin to create an agenda which he says will become a plan of action immediately he becomes president on january the 20th but there's a long period of time till then and the real problem facing the biden administration of the administration to be is the fact that the pandemic is concerned 10 uing to spike with a massive increase in cases and deaths throughout the united states so even before

he's in a position to be able to assert his new policy there is still that leeway that has got to be made up given that the incumbent president has done little experts maintain to counter this ongoing pandemic mike hanna thank you to washington d.c. and i want to house correspondent kelly hellcats committee what is going on behind the scenes at the white house is there pressure on president donald trump now to concede. yeah this is really exposing the schism in the republican party on the one hand you have some of the more traditional republicans like george w. bush former president and also mitt romney who of course ran unsuccessfully for the white house is now a senator really pressuring the president to concede for the good of the country and to allow for unity and harmony but there are others that have very loud voices in the on capitol hill live in the republican party senator ted cruz senator

lindsey graham that are saying that the president should continue to fight his pursue his legal challenges and in fact just under way are just about to wrap up as a press conference out in nevada where the truck campaign has been releasing detailed list of the evidence it says it has of voter irregularities in nevada so the legal challenges will continue in fact the u.s. president wants to remind it was tweeting today that joe biden will claiming victory is the projected winner by and number of media outlets on twitter he said when does the lame stream media as he calls it call who our next president will be so until that vote is official and certified mid december the truck campaign believes it has a window of opportunity so it is continuing to receive funds soliciting funds in order to finance these legal challenges that are taking place across many states we should point out that the 1st lady malani a trump who normally does not weigh in on controversies did go on twitter today to

support her husband and to say that it is for the protection of our democracy that there should be complete transparency in other words encouraging these lawsuits to continue. house correspondent committee has many signs let's turn to natasha got a name who is in atlanta georgia natasha apart from the close presidential vote that there's a senate rerun there to. there is i want to mention for a 2nd day trump's supporters gathered at the capitol here in atlanta at one point chanting that quote the gates of hell will not prevail and saying that the election had been stolen from trump due to voter fraud yet as many of us already know not a single case credible allegation of voter fraud has surfaced just yet but it does give you an indication of the divisiveness that remains in georgia and across the

country while many americans no matter where you fall on the political spectrum have expressed a fatigue over what was a very bitter election cycle georgians will continue to be in this election cycle because on january 5th they will head to the polls there's a runoff for the 2 senate seats by state law you have to have a majority of the vote if you don't you go to a runoff runoff both of the senate seats are currently held up by republicans so there is a real scramble for among both parties to get control of these seats because what is at stake is control 'd of the senate democrats would love to be able to flip these seats if they could flip both of these seats then the biden administration would have complete control of the government both the house and the senate would be a democrat with vice president elect come on the harris making that tie breaking vote

if it came to that but political analysts say that is very unlikely so now what georgians face in the next 9 weeks is more campaign appearances being bombarded by advertisements on the democratic side the political wins they believe are shifting in georgia and the reason biden is leading so far by more than $10000.00 votes as the votes continue to be counted in georgia is because they believe after almost a decade of work trying to get people. a vote register getting them to the polls educating them about voter suppression their efforts are paying off so as one activist told me on saturday we will celebrate today but sunday we're getting to work their goal registering 30 to 40000 new georgians to get to the polls and vote in january so perhaps they can flip at least one of these 2 senate seats the sox are going to aim for us in atlanta georgia many thanks he is

more a former u.s. president george w. bush's message of congratulations which he posted on instagram he thanked biden for the patriotic message that he delivered on saturday night adding that he also called kemah harris to congratulate her on her historic election to the vice presidency he went on to say though we have political differences i know joe biden to be a good man who is one has all but unity to lead and unify our country and i offered him the same thing i offered president obama my prayers for his success and my pledge to help another republican senator that mitt romney believes trump will accept the results if his legal challenges fail but he cautioned trump on the language that he is using i think one has to be careful in the choice of words i think i think would you say that the election was corrupt or stolen or rigged but that's unfortunately rather rhetoric that gets picked up by authoritarians around

the world and i think it also discourages confidence in our democratic process here at home and and with the battle going on right now between authoritarianism and freedom why i think i think it's very important that we not use language which which can encourage. a course in history which would be very very unfortunate. saudi arabia's king crown prince mohammed bin sama have joined world leaders congratulating biden and come on harris for the election victory they were the last among gulf leaders to do so ties between riyadh and washington have been exceptionally close them to trump chose riyadh as his 1st overseas destination as president trump through public backlash after he refused to denounce the crown prince for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and palestinian president mahmoud abbas pictured here with biden in 2016 said he looks forward to working with the new administration has refused to deal with the white house since

trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital and move the u.s. embassy there and benjamin netanyahu in his message of congratulations to biden also paid tribute to donald trump. for myself and for all citizens of the state of israel i again thank president trump for the great friendship is shown to the state of israel and to me personally i congratulate him for recognizing jerusalem and the golan for standing up to iran for the historic peace accords and for bringing the american israeli alliance to impress you dented heights so thank you president trump harry force it is in west jerusalem he says netanyahu has a delicate balancing act after getting so close to trump. he has to try and find a way to define himself a new not just to the new president of the united states next year but also to his own electorate because he has branded himself here as the one israeli statesman who

could've secured the kind of concessions that he's got from the united states from his incredibly friendly relationship with donald trump and he's had some criticism for that for splintering bipartisanship in the united states between republicans and democrats when it comes to israel as well as a lot of credit as well 70 percent or so of his ratings when polled said that they would see a donald trump presidency continuing as being best for israel as far as the palestinians are concerned well this really does put in deep question if not totally dispensing with the idea of the trump peace plan and any imminent at least u.s. approved israeli an extension of the occupied west bank so there are many palestinian leadership figures who are very relieved and expressing that relief publicly some news just coming in from iraq where at least 11 people have been killed in an attack in western baghdad at least a gunman opened fire on an army post this is

a developing story as soon as we get any more information on it we will of course bring it to you. coming up after the when we look at the long list of challenges for president elect joe biden as he passed office. however we have a massive temperature contrast in the weather across north america the moment big area of cloud across the northern place pushing up across the prairie is canadian for areas to sliding out of the pacific northwest that's going to sink its way further south with over towards the east plenty of heat blowing out of washington d.c. for example $22.00 celsius but there's that cold air washington state temperatures near 8 degrees celsius and we are subzero across the border there in calgary so

we're going to see that coag gradually awaiting its way out so we'll lose the heat across the central parts at least and behind that cooler looking a fabulous snow even through the rockies through the canadian prairies once again central areas scotchwoman it's hoba and some wintry weather to just around the iraqis there plenty of fact some wetter whether they're moving towards the midwest and then look at changes to slide its way down across the central plains we will hang on to the heat in d.c. in new york temperatures getting up into the low twenty's he said not too bad a toll further south of course all eyes on the hurrican 8 and is now tropical storm asia continues to bring some very heavy rain across cuba it will punch this way up towards the florida keys and gradually make its way into the gulf of mexico. a secret agent claimed by both israel and egypt well in the case of. receive.

the worst truth or lies fact or fiction most of the documents are for people fighting against you and the al-jazeera world tells the story of a man of many secrets. the super spy on al-jazeera. you're watching out of their mind a top stories this hour u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined his administration's 4 big priorities the

coronavirus pandemic being the biggest among them is name 2 members of a covert 19 working group and is expected to name the others on monday as the u.s. continues to report a record a number of infections. a defiant donald trump has refused to concede defeat and is preparing for a series of legal fights to contest the outcome of tuesday's vote former president george w. bush has become the 1st high profile republican leader to openly congratulate biden 1st victory. and more well leaders a congratulating biden come harris on their win trump's allies israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the saudi king and crown prince are among them. biden is assuring a shop break from policies and acted on the president trump what all the tension chances of reaching agreement with what could be a divided congress reynolds takes a look. once the celebrations by joe biden and kamel harris's supporters have

faded the enormity of the task facing the president elect and his deputy looms ahead and i'm humbled by the trust and confidence you placed in me. biden has pointed to the covert 19 pandemic now rampaging virtually unchecked throughout the country as his most urgent priority our work to get through getting covered under control by the time he takes the oath of office the situation may be far worse than it is now there are several months between now and when biden actually takes control if the current administration doesn't do an about face we will see much more misery much more unnecessary death infectious disease specialists say biden must work hard to convince the millions of people swayed by trump's rejection of science and math swearing to change their behavior needs to gather the right people

around him. which i know he will do he needs to get rid of those individuals who have been voicing nonscientific and unsound. bad advice some things will be relatively easy for biden to accomplish by executive action rejoining the paris climate accords reinstating environmental protection rules bill limited under trump and reversing the so-called muslim ban but if the senate stays under republican control biden may be forced to compromise on vital matters like the size of an economic stimulus and relief legislation even more. well to get through the senate will be biden's plans to increase taxes on high earners extend health care insurance to more americans and overhaul immigration laws we know one thing about president elect biden it's that he's somebody who has that instead of

getting things done reaching across the aisle especially in a place like the senate and i think that's going to be exactly the set of attributes be so important to getting anything done at all it's an old cliche to say after an election victory now comes the hard part but for joe biden and campbell harris the path ahead is as steep and as difficult as that of any incoming administration in u.s. history rob reynolds' al jazeera los angeles adam goodman is a republican strategist he joins us live on skype from washington d.c. many thanks for joining us on out is there the world is moving on for the good of the country is it time for donald trump to concede defeat. well it's appropriate in a close election and this happens thousands of times literally a year and a close election that you make sure the count is accurate and if it's very close either it goes into automatic recount or many times

a campaign will will challenge legally and make sure that the farm result is indeed just that but the question you're asking is when should the president basically say this is the will of the people a move i think the if it's a short course over the next $3.00 to $7.00 days a legal challenge and nothing much turns i think that's one kind of way of looking at this if it doesn't turn obviously i think it behooves the president and the country to move forward but can i just point out we're talking about a difference here in 4 states of about 100000 votes which is point 6 tenths of one percent of the votes and 50000 votes the other way you have a different verdict so it's i think it's appropriate and ok if you do it with the right attitude frankly and moving to a challenge in one or more places but this country's very to move forward and we're moving forward frankly on 2 different fronts we have a looks like a obviously a new president and a new vice president but unless there's

a surprise in january the republicans will control the senate and joe biden and comma harris as pointed out in the package leading into this story are going to have a real challenge and making and moving poor with a need to show unanimity and appeal to a broader audience in the audience they had to appeal to perhaps in the presidential campaign. going forward how do you think the republican party has changed on debt president and do you think it's a permanent change. well there are 2 ways to look at this election there is a president who is going to go down in history as one of a kind i said back in 16 that he was really a party of one but he ended up i think in gauging the republican faithful and you can see what happened in terms of the base turned out for him the other day and terms of ideology this election not only elevated joe biden comolli heris into the

white house but it also reaffirmed you might say the current american way of life in the way of doing things which is why the senate against all expectations looks like it's going to hold as republican and the house of representatives became a little bit tighter republicans actually gained over democrats there so i think in terms of ideology that ideology in terms of center or center right is still relatively popular in this country and that was validated in terms of donald trump it's been an interesting poor years and he did and there are a lot of things history may may remark on that he actually did effectively but he is going to now pursue his next career and and heaven knows what that's going to be except it will be anything but invisible and and silence well what do you think he still has a role to play in politics for the republican party because as you say you know he brought people out to vote for him have a 70000000 americans voted for him i mean could we see him campaigning in georgia

for example in january when senate seats are up for grabs. no question and you can use to talk about the vote joe biden commentaries got the most vote ever in american electoral history the 2nd most donald trump to make bets donald trump will still exert a lot of them florence moving forward i think i like to think that he will be perhaps the most important in effective influential unelected american maybe in american history he has that kind of stature and standing he has 50000000 people that will go to the ends of the earth and back for him so when joe biden wants to move on major initiatives president elect wants to move forward in certain initiatives if donald trump is in the other corner not agreeing with that particular pursued that's something i think the president elect is going to have to actually be concerned with if he wants his policies to move forward adam kadmon

republican strategist many thanks for speaking to us on officer my pleasure take care. the peaceful transfer of power has been a whole mark of american democracy the bought in paris team is already in the process of filling 4000 government roles off to each state signs off on its results members of the electoral college meet in december to cost reflecting the state's fight the results have been set to $5.00 by the new congress in january and according to tradition trump would be expected to attend joe biden and come horace's swearing in ceremony on january 20th if trump's lawyers are able to vacate the election or delay its results the line of succession would be trickett the speaker of the house of representatives would step into the presidency. now while all eyes have been on the election the u.s.

has seen 4 straight days of new corona virus infection records more than 126000 cases and about 1000 deaths have been reported on saturday at least 230000 people and known to have died from 1000 in the u.s. and its total infection count is nearing 10000000. turkey has congratulated by john's president he said his forces seized a key city in the disputed region. and he says his troops are now in control of shusha that's one of the most important cities in the far back. quickly turned into a big street party. president. with once again under their control.

dear brothers and sisters it is with great pride that the city of fuchsia has been liberated from occupation is ours. is ours. limited to the. people came. the much anticipated announcement. in armenia is the 2nd largest city in the disputed region the mountain town occupies a key location. with armenia the claims of victory were dismissed by the going to administration defense ministry says heavy fighting continues and it's not surprising to hear that no they are not accepting the liberation of. army but as it has been stated by the head of the state we are ready even today just to sit behind the negotiations table and start political settlement but for this.

commitment on the withdrawal of all its forces from still. civilians in indiscriminate. the no letup in fighting despite several. groups which include the united states. celebrations continued in the night with restrictions. people also with turkish and pakistani life to thank 2 of us are by john. in 1902 tens of thousands of people have been displaced from the city and have dreamed of returning home. but other like the you've got to love the city a future which they see as the country. in the most they know the war is over but they're hoping that this announcement moves them closer to victory in the whole disputed region if there are. if prime minister ahmed is replacing top government officials the foreign minister

the head of intelligence and the army's top command all been removed from office the reshuffle was made as troops fight with the regional government and its backers in the northern tier a region holds a closed in myanmar's general election its 2nd since the end of military role the national league for democracy. is expected to win a 2nd term but with a smaller margin florence levy reports. this is what voting looks like during a pandemic mosques and physical distance. despite a surge in corona virus cases across myanmar voters were eager with some arriving even before polling stations had opened. even 19 break seems really bad right now i had made up my mind that i must vote in this election all my family members to the national league for democracy. is widely expected to win

a 2nd term while her international reputation has suffered because of her failure to speak up for the after they were targeted in a violent military crackdown in 2017 she remains hugely popular at home. but the analogies margin of victory is expected to be smaller this time economic growth has fallen short of expectations and ethnic conflicts persist in the country. the polls have been described as fundamentally flawed by rights group human rights watch more than one and a half 1000000 people mostly ethnic minorities want to be able to vote voting has been cancelled in more than 50 townships in areas the election commission says are troubled by unrest some ethnic political parties have accused the election commission of trying to block votes in constituencies dominated by ethnic parties most of the ruling the minority are also excluded having been stripped of their citizenship and rights throughout the years and whichever party wins they'll have

to share power with the military which is guaranteed 25 percent of the seats in parliament enough to block constitutional changes but despite the challenges voters optimistic by louisiana. i think this election is very important and everyone who is already 18 should vote because one vote can change the result so everyone should vote regardless of which party they support the l.d.s. main opponent in this election as it was in the last is the military backed union solidarity and development party florence louis al-jazeera. hello this is al jazeera these are your top stories u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined his administration's 4 big priorities as the coronavirus pandemic being the biggest among them is name 2 members of a covert 19 working.