he went on to say that the government is hoping that while it's presenting the appearance of reconciliation, it's actually slow walking the process and hoping the protest movement will lose momentum. but so far, that's clearly not the case. scott, either al jazeera, bangkok, this is out there and these other top stories, u.s. election officials are released a statement describing the presidential vote as the most secure in u.s. history, and deny any form of fraud. donald trump has still refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. ellen fisher has more from washington d.c. . this is going to be happy reading for donald trump and me well to the pressure to him to concede the election. if not concede the election at the very least. acknowledge that joe biden was the winner,

is the winner and perhaps drop some of the legal actions that he is staging throughout the country just in the last hour of the trump campaign. as had another conference call for reporters, the are working through their process. they are still gathering evidence and they still believe that a number of these cases they can convince the judge to throw out a number of these votes. the u.s. president has banned americans from doing business with companies that could help the chinese military. the ban takes effect on january 11th, just days before trump is scheduled to step down. popular chinese own video sharing app take took a can keep operating in the u.s. for now after the ban was hold it at the department of commerce says it will abide by a temporary rolling pending further legal developments. president donald trump called the app a security threat because of its chinese ownership. the ruling party

has won another seats in parliament to form myanmar's next government. national league for democracy party won at least 346 out of 412 seats after sunday's election. the government excluded more than and 1000000 people belonging to ethnic minorities from the if you know of his prime minister says the military has liberated western parts of northern take, right. where the federal government is battling local forces. and amnesty international says that $100.00 civilians have been brutally killed police and peruse capital, blocked processes from reaching government headquarters. they're marching against the impeachment of former president martin vickery. he was voted out of office over corruption charges. those are the headlines at the news continues on al-jazeera after the bottom line. the celebration for reconciliation and from ancient civilization.

al-jazeera wild goes on a mouthwatering hungry jannie from spain to the middle east. to discover the hidden history behind, some of the region's best love dishes, savoring the past on out is the i am steve clemons and i have a question with the election behind us. will the republican party dump trump? let's get to the bottom line. even though he was voted out of the white house, most agree that donald trump and trump ism are not going away. the vote was close. the senate is still republican controlled, and republican members of congress defeated democrats all over the country. so even though he lost the election, trump is still the major force driving his base and his party. what does it mean for the future of republicans over the next few years? what lessons is the party learning from this election?

and how would they deal with the incoming democratic administration led by joe biden and camila harris. joining me is former senator chuck hagel, who has served as defense, secretary in the obama administration. he was a conservative senator from nebraska and a lifelong republican, well known as one of america's lead, bipartisan voices. thank you so much for joining us today. you're part of a group called the national council on election integrity. we've just had this major election more americans voted in this election than have voted in a century in this country. they're back, they're back at it. a lot of people are saying that election is not over. you are republican. but one who does not support what do we need to achieve at this point to get a sound secure trustable election result that more americans will believe in then are they are on the case now. steve, thanks for having me on. i've always believed the essence of democracy is

a trust and confidence in our a free fair, secure our elections. and if most americans feel that this past election was fair and was secure and was honest, then that's a big thing. that's a big deal because that's where you start. if the citizenry of this country don't believe that the elections were fair or if they were stolen or if they were fraudulent, they're not going to believe anything. they're not going to believe in. their leaders are not going to believe what their leaders say. so i think, to a great extent, we've accomplished a good deal of that. i know there are lawsuits. there will be more i know there are recounts, but we've always had recounts it's in the law. you can have recounts but i think what we've got to do is try to find ways and leaders have this responsibility . ready to really answer readjust america's confidence

in its institutions. again, you do that not by saying it or talking about it. but by showing that they can trust their institutions of governance. and by the way, not just governance, the media all has to to sions, higher education, religion, journalism, the law congress, politics and no, it's not a perfect picture, but i think that's where you start. and i think if joe biden can accomplish that, and in the 1st few years of his administration, he will have brought this country back a long way and that's, that's what we have to do. we've got to trust the system. then. then we can ever have base and we can have our differences then we can fight it out. but, but that trust and confidence is the number one baseline for tomorrow's sector hegel. what failed. i remember covering you in the united states senate and you

didn't always like my coverage sometimes. you know, you would duck me, but i would, i would, i would, you know, ask you in the sense that you were unpredictable to me on occasion. you were not a predictable vote in one column, particularly in foreign policy issues. and i'm just wondering, one, are you bothered by how predictable votes have become voters on the supreme court votes in the united states senate? you know, i'm just wondering where the thinking in introspection is, you know, and i think secondly, what happened to that kind of republican, why have you failed and your colleagues failed to keep the republican party a thoughtful party? well, obviously i can't speak for my former colleagues or anybody in office now, but for me, steve, answer your question. i always had a northstar. it didn't mean i was always right or i had the right answer, but i had a northstar. i knew why i was there and i used to say,

and you heard me say it and i said in the form of a cite and speeches when i was being i was being ridiculed. so my republican colleagues as a rhino republican name all mean i was, i was disloyal to the republican party. i used to say, we take an oath of office to the constitution. we don't take an oath of office to a political party or a president or anybody else, just the constitution. and as long as you have that privilege of serving this country and some capacity in elective office, your focus, your northstar should be what you think is the right thing to do for your country. obviously who you represent your state. but for your country. and i never got confused about that again. didn't mean i was any better than anybody else where i was right all the time. but i think we've lost some of that and i think we lost over the years. i don't think it was just president trump. i think he put

a fine point on it the last 4 years, but this idea of you got to be all republican or all democrat and support everything the democrat says, or their vote and say, or you're not a good party member is nonsense. we've never been that way. there's no corner on the market on good ideas or honesty or the right thing by one party and the other party is excluded. so that's a democracy. that's the way democracies work. you come together, you listen, each other struck each other. you debate out your differences, you subtler you compromise and you move, you move the country ahead for the good country. you know, you're right and, well, no as a foreign policy realist. and for those who want to quick dose of what real is a means, that means you see the world as it is not the world you'd like it to be. you know, as you see, other foreign leaders looking at our leadership right now, both in donald trump and this change to joe biden. in the white house, from

a realist perspective, what are they seeing? do they see the united states as a pushover? do they see the united states as in strategic contraction and not going to matter as much i'm interested in and this is your world. how do, how do you think they see? well, i think the last 4 years, and i've talked to many, many ambassadors, foreign ministers, defense ministers, prime ministers. and so this is not just my opinion. this is in talking with a lot of people i think because they see it as they see this in a way that it's confusing to them. certainly since world war 2, this country has engaged the world. we've engaged other countries. we lead in building a new world order after world war 2, the liberal trade order that built institutions of common interest, united nations,,

general green on tariffs and trade world bank, i.m.f., collective security, nato says so on and so on. and so the been confused as to who we really are the last 4 years because we've pushed back, we've not engage, we've essentially tariffed, unsanctioned our own allies. we've questioned their friendship. we had a president who said, i'm not sure we need nato there. they have lived off of us, we've supported the world, we're not going to do that anymore. that's confused. our allies, s. confused the world, and i think in biden they see a whole different approach because 1st of all they know, but biden was in the senate 36 years foreign relations committee, 36 years 8 years. as vice president, there's hardly any leader in the world today. he does not have a personal relationship with they know, and they trust that don't always agree with him,

but according to the round in any business, but especially in foreign policy and politics is trust. you trust that person's word, you may disagree with him, but you trust him. i think they trust joe biden. they know that joe biden is an engagement person who as president will engage us again. will bring america back. i think we've kind of found ourselves the last 4 years on an island. i think we've isolated ourselves and where america is, i slid when america is off balanced. the world becomes more dangerous. i mean, not to every problem in the world is our fault, or we need to deal with, not at all, but we are the one. i know this is a trait expression. started by president reagan, but we are truly the one beacon in the world. there's no other country like ours as many mistakes as we make it in where imperfect and do dumb things sometimes. but the world world trust that and when that's gone,

there's no other beacon and people get lost, get confused, and bad things happen when you were secretary of defense and again, you know, just reporting on you at that time. there wasn't always a consensus in the obama administration about how to deal with a problematic country, like syria or what to do in response to russia. or, you know, china's growing influence in the sights south china sea and globally. and so i'm wondering what you think is going to be the case around joe biden, when he comes in because there's a wing of foreign policy, you know, in lot of bernie sanders, supporters who, who in their own views sound pretty similar to donald trump, that they don't see that global engagement pays off. is, is joe biden going to be caught in a vice between these same kinds of groups that often created some confusion in president obama's foreign policy?

well, i don't know about caught in a vise, steve, but there are differences. as you know, and you noted in a democratic party, there are differences in the republican party on foreign policy. joe biden's going to have to navigate this very carefully. but i think based on his experience, based on people who know and both international leaders, both leaders here in this country and in his own party, they know who he is. they know what he represents. they know his history and i think is long as he deals with everybody directly. and honestly, he listens to everybody listens to bernie sanders, us and everybody. then he, then he's president. he's got to decide he has to make the decisions. he's going to have to do what he thinks is the right thing for this country. and i know i know he'll do that. it's not always, it's not always easy. the world is,

is different. certainly then was 12 years ago when joe and barack obama became the president and vice president, some problems are still the same and they're worse. i think the middle east is in more chaos. other parts of the world a little better. maybe north korea. china has risen over the last 12 years, so it's going to take, i think, a new evaluation, a new review, i think you'll see. and by an effort to review our, our security interests in the world review our policies in the world. i think that's probably under way now, you know, bringing an experienced people who can bring in the best people. he will feel the team of people who were all, can trust united states can trust. and that will be his, his foreign policy,

but at least based on what certainly is good for the united states. and good for the world are, those are not mutually exclusive. matter fact, all those institutions we built live lead in doling out to or to work mutual consensus, institutions of mutual interests, common interests, institutions. if, if the world was more peaceful, that was good news for everybody. trade, education, change programs more freedom, more opportunities, more hope. so this is not a one way street and i think president trump some, i was gotten confused over the years about what foreign policy isn't a gauge mitt. it's not a one way street. it is. it's a 2 way street. it's we can or all as global citizens as all part of a global community benefit from a state prosperous, peaceful world. and i think that that would be joe biden's approach. you know,

one of your other close friends has was jim mattis, you know, who secretary of defense, you know, a successor in your job of course. and so you know, his thoughts and views. well, he's put them out there. but another person who just got terminated, that position is mark esper. he was fired by tweet, secretary defense, you know, really remarkable moment. and secretary asper, you know, went out and said, if donald trump gets a yes man in that position, you know, god help all of us. what do you think our def, con level should be regarding concern, or what mark asked for shared? well, 1st i have great confidence in our national security enterprise, our institutions and our own, our leaders, our uniformed military leaders from the chair of the joint chiefs all away down to the joint chiefs of staff, all our leaders. they will follow the law. they will protect the constitution

regardless who send the sector defenses, regardless who the president is and they are school in how to do that. is they jack to in order. what's the process? so, i'm not too concerned about any of that. i think estrus comments are comments that should be taken seriously, and that matter of fact, mark s. for work for me in the senate. but i think in any secretary of defense would, would probably approach it the same way. ask for again in ways what he said yesterday in those nos remarks, but i have confidence in our system, our people, the enterprise that will be ok regardless of who the president is. it might be messy, it could be messy, it could result in a constitutional crisis. but our military leaders are not going to lay. they

happened in this country. you know, one of the other things that occurs to me because side erekat whom you knew well has just died from cove it. and so it puts, at least for a moment, you know, a spotlight back on the fact that nothing has been achieved in terms of the palestinian statehood issue or, you know, autonomy issue in quite a long time. do you think that is you is one that can just be ignored forever brushed under the rug? or do you think, fundamentally, for stability in the region and middle east, that palestine, israel problems got to be solved in a way that we're not it, you know, attending to right now? well, i think we are going to have to pay attention to it. and obviously the last 4 years, we did everything to essentially just show it out of the way and make it more difficult and more complicated. but it, but it's going to have to be dealt with. and if you just look at the middle east

today, i think the middle east today is more volatile, more explosive, more out of balance, than we, we've seen, probably since the, the 1973 yaka poor war. and that's dangerous, because you look at the centrally nonfunctioning governments in the middle east, syria, libya, yemen. iraq still got deep problems. 11 on essentially has no government. that's not going to get better. that's not going to get better. and i don't lay all out at the feet of the palestinian israeli issue, but, but that is part of the larger framework of issues. and i think biden is always been a leader in this area. and he's always been smart about it. and he's tough. and i, i would suspect he's going to probably dress this up in his

1st 4 years. now it's, i know every president sees it as a no win situation. why would i want to get involved? why would i want to do this? why would i want to go there? but i don't think that you can walk away from the united states has to take some responsibility in helping facilitate the agreement there. and my guess is that biden will do that. i think the priorities and his strategic thinking and his foreign policy as it develops is a i necessarily put the palestinian issue at the top. but i think it's going to be on the agenda right now. we're presuming president trump does finally leave the white house. reluctant as he may be. do you think that your friends in the republican party establishment are going to have an opportunity to do an autopsy of

the party, or do you think the party where it is the base is firmly going to carry on with this. trump, this track are there, is there a chance for folks like you and your ilk to come back and play a role in rebuilding and resuscitate ing the republican party? well, i know this is difficult for the trump supporters. i mean, after all, mr. trump received over 71000000 voters support so i know it's tough to lose and these, these people strongly support him. so right now it's still inflammatory still. busy charges of fraud didn't all the rest that we see every day playing out in lawsuits that well that will ease our stabilize once we get certification of a new president. and the confirmation of that,

when the electors meet either in december 14th and then then we can move on. but, but to your point, i think the republican party is going to have to take, a look at itself. what happened here, especially b., you got the republicans actually picking out seats in the house. it appears they've got a good shot at continuing to control the senate pending on the new georgia cities. but yet they lost an incumbent president by over $4000000.00 votes. so what happened, i mean we're on the wrong track. there's another factor here that the republicans are going to look at. and that's demography. look at texas, look what happened in georgia, arizona, nevada. those demographic shifts are not in favor of republicans. they're moving toward the democrats and i remember when i was the lead sponsor of president

george w. bush's immigration reform bill in the senate. and in fact, i took president bush out omar and we kicked off his immigration reform initiative in south on i remember, i think it was 2004 in our tuesday republican caucus luncheon. there was a big debate about it. course it was a big debate about it. i remember kay, bailey hutchison, senator kay, bailey hutchison from texas got up and she said if the republican party does not get right on immigration reform, we will be a minority party in texas in the not too distant future. well, her word right through her words ring true. so republican party has got some real soul searching to do. and i think they'll have to go through that. i hope they'll go through that. i hope they're right. they'll bring in some other voices to take to take a look, but that's the only way you can understand what went wrong and what you have to do

to get it right. and what's where, where's the future going? right. what a final question secretary hagel, i know that you have probably already written a letter to president elect biden. i know that preselect biden will if he hasn't already reached out to you by phone and talk to you, i just, i just know that to be true. what is that pop piece of advice you would offer a president like joe biden, coming into this role at this time in history. what's the most important thing? what's the north star? he has to have? well, i would start with the north star, which in all my time around joe biden, and i know anyone who worked with him in different capacities for 25 years. i've been all over the world, wouldn't been situations where leaders with him. he's always, he's always stayed true to his north star. that's where i would start. the other

advice i would give him is and he knows this too, but we all need to be reminded. sometimes it's and listen, be inclusive. and in reach out. i think those are very important qualities in a president, and he's already said i intend to be a president for all americans. republicans, democrats, and i believe he will do that, and he needs to stay true to that. and the humanity that joe biden represents the dignity the decency don't, don't ever allow that to go away. you are anchored by that decency and that dignity . and we need a new and clear infusion of dignity and decency in the white house. and i think that may may be his biggest challenge in the end, the biggest accomplishment that he can make in 4 years. and if he can do that,

he will have gone a long way in putting this country back on track and having confidence in each other and our institutions because a country cannot survive. if we lose confidence in our institutions, the very government institutions in our society that holds together, if that isn't there, we're doomed. if he can do that, then i think along with other things that he'll do, you know, had a very, very productive, successful, 4 years. and that be my advice. well secretary, chuck hagel, thank you so much for spending time of this today and sharing these thoughts. thank you. that actually? so what is the bottom line? the genius of donald trump was the marquee leitz turn his back on the rest of the world, shout about how he was fighting for the hard working men and women of america, and pander to the fears of the white majority as u.s. demographics keep shifting. this makes for a formula that almost won this election, and there's nothing indicate now that republicans are suddenly going to dump trump

. in fact, the opposite seems true, as many senators and house members are trying to prove their loyalty to him out there by supporting the possibility that fraud gave the win to joe biden and stole it from trump. even a president joe biden will have to make compromises with trump ism, as part of his daily diet when he moves to the white house next january. and that the bottom line the latest news for joe biden and family therapist. the path ahead is as steep and as difficult as any incoming administration in u.s. history with details coverage this week on the dispute that is helping to run to support base afloat, the french and the leaders from around the world. many syrians live in this

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and tell you things are going to mind. my gears on al-jazeera. ready and imran khan in doha, the top stories al-jazeera election officials have released a statement describing the presidential vote as a v most secure in u.s. history and deny any form of fraud. donald trump is still refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. helen fisher reports of washington d.c. . it's unusual for donald trump to keep such a low profile. he's made one appearance but hasn't spoken in public for a week. his twitter feed continues to push claims of a stolen election on thursday. he tweeted a report alleging 2700000.