if you treat it and just feel sure, even through the join me richelle carey and up front, it's my gas from around the world. take a hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and pressing issues. here on our just near us president elect joe biden. is finally told he can begin his transition to the white house. donald trump agrees to the process, but insists he'll keep up his fight to overturn the election result. this is out there a lot from. doha also coming up. astra zeneca says it's coded 19 vaccine is 90 percent effective and cheaper than rivals making it affordable for the developing world. and the standoff in northern ethiopia government forces prepare for

a final assault on the city of mackay. like to green forces refused to step aside. and china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon with ambitions to eventually set foot on the u.s. president don't. trump has accepted a full transition can begin for joe biden to take office the head of the general services administration. told by biden the process can begin. now, trump said in a tweet, he's directing his team to cooperate. but he's promising to keep up the fight. biden's transition same as welcome the move. it frees up millions of dollars for the president elect's new administration. and biden's team can now work with federal officials on the pandemic response. national security joins us live from washington. d.c.

now passes good news in a sense for the president elect, but there's no can spare concession speech from president donald trump. in fact, he's vowing to fight on what really can he do now at this late stage. what really can he do? well, he can continue to tweet, but really the avenues are starting to close on him and all eyes are going to be on the republican party leadership in the coming days. because really we're seeing increased pressure on them to buck the president. on this we saw the big wigs of national security officials from former republican administrations. they've all come out and said this is bad for democracy. it's many of them, not all of them. obviously, it's bad for democracy. it's bad for national security and probably more important . we're seeing dozens upon dozens of countries, c, e o's, the most influential republican donors come out in a letter saying this has to, and republican leadership needs to let the president know that it's over, that he's not going to be in the house behind me for very much longer now,

the president is, i think important to point out is not conceding, and the person who runs the g.s.a. went out of her way in her letter did not say president by president elect. not president yet, but he will be. she didn't say that he was going to win the election. she just said that the transition could proceed. but anyway, you look at it, this is a very big day when it comes to the u.s. presidential election. this is the letter president elect. joe biden has been waiting for giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. trump loyalists. emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own. not the biden was going to be president, but that he can start planning in case he is us president deltron tweeted out. he gave her permission to move forward, adding their own case strongly continues. we will keep up the good fight. but almost all of his legal cases have been quickly thrown out of court. i do think

that he did have some interesting legal cases that he could have brought in a lot of these really close states in michigan and pennsylvania. but he didn't bring any of them his, his legal team resorting to these while, you know, series of conspiracy. president trump is also losing momentum in the states on monday in michigan, the results were certified giving joe biden, that critical win. this letter means that biden can now actually plan to be president, but the most important thing is getting all the people who need to be approved to get soetoro approval to get security clearances and there are thousands. and that's the process has been stalled until now. so the fact that we now have an ability through the g.s.a. to begin the process of doing all those clearances and getting all these processes, that means that the by the ministry, hope we have the ground running on the afternoon of january 29th. the money will flow to the biden transition team. it will enable the team to have offices to have

access to the federal agencies that they will be transitioning, the biden teen into officially on january 20th. so it's a significant change. it basically means donald trump and his administration recognized that joe biden was the victor in this election. this is important because since the election, every signal from u.s. president and his team has been that he won the election that he's going to continue to live in the white house. this is the 1st indication that he may be beginning to realize that he didn't. and come january 20th, he will no longer call this home political hang al-jazeera, you know, the white house. tim constantine is a political writer for the washington times and host of the capitol hill show he joins us from washington. d.c. president donald trump strategy seems to be at an over till it's over, but surely right now it is actually over. it is getting very close on monday. of course some of the state certified the results of their election on tuesday. most

of the rest of the spiritual sort of part, interestingly enough to delay here with g.s.a. operas has not been the fall to travel as much as the process for some of the states has taken so long. this time around to count the g.s.a. usually takes 10 days to 2 weeks to sort of try were to agree were in what they believe will be outcome. so when you look at the math, it's just a little over 2 weeks since joe biden was projected to win by the a.p. and c.b.s. news and others. but now we're in a situation where he's not conceding, he's not giving a concession speech, but there is a transition taking place and senior republican donors are actually saying to the president, look enough is enough. you know, i don't, i'm not so worried about the president going through it in your earlier had mentioned that, oh, this was a threat to democracy. it's not by going through the legal system. if you have

a question, if you're the candidate or i'm the candidate, there is a legal constitutional process that you can go through. and by going through that, what you actually do is confirm democracy. and he's lost virtually every one of these. there's been over 30, i think, all except to have been either rejected or are dismissed, but the process should by the end, even have people who support drum and questioned this by going through the process, their questions should be answered and they should realize joe biden did indeed, when i mean that might be the case 10, but there were questions about the legality and the validity of these cases in the beginning. i mean, those a lot of those republicans and democrats are saying there are those cases should never been brought in the 1st place. well, i mean, that's a judgment call that's up to the court to decide not up to you or me or anyone else in the media to decide you have the right to bring that when you're the candidate.

if you have a question, you can bring it forward. only if there is merit, will it proceed? and in this case it doesn't appear. there's merit and it is proceeding true. bully 3 years from now, 4 years from now? no one, not you, not me, not anyone. is going to look back and go, oh that was such a slow process. we won't even remember this because it is such a meaningless blip in time. but actually, let's just quickly move on very quickly. let's talk about the cabinet. it seems to be not quite a biden cabinet of technocrats, but certainly very experienced people. it's obama light in many ways, some of these folks were either deputy secretaries or, you know, they were involved in some way with the obama biden team. so not a lot of surprises, but it is going to be a sharp turn to the web, going to be a very different direction than the trumpet. ministration team comes in same. thank you very much. if you're the us president elect,

joe biden has released the names of his national security team, with many seasoned veterans returning. so washington has a state department correspondent roslyn jordan. ahead of tuesday's announcement of his cabinet members, president elect joe biden spoke briefly to reporters. but there's a massive security by biden's team of diplomats and military leaders. it's a mill year to washington, insiders and foreign leaders alike. former deputy secretary of state tony blinken, nominated to be the u.s. is top diplomat embassador, linda thomas greenfield, chosen to represent the u.s. at the united nations and former secretary of state john kerry, back in government once more. this time as biden's point person on climate change beneath a photo of his granddaughter watching him sign the paris climate accords in 2015,

kerry told his twitter followers the climate crisis demands nothing less than all hands on deck. foreign policy experts say it will take the us years to repair the damage caused by the current president, donald trump, whose america 1st foreign policy shredded relations with the european union. the u.n. and nato. for the honor to be with you trumps affection for strongman leaders such as vladimir putin and kim jong un. horrified both his political opponents and the u.s. as allies from a refusal to grant asylum seekers. safe haven to deciding to abandon both the paris climate agreement and the iran nuclear deal. experts say trumps foreign policy ultimately undermined the u.s. his reputation overseas. you know, i think repairing and renewing america at home is critical. if we're going to be model soft power influence. countries want to work with us. the biggest

challenge facing the new white house getting too comfortable. the only slight concern is that this team may convince itself that they've got the right answer because they all sort of look at the world the same way. they've all been through a lot of the same experiences, and they're going to have to ask, how do we bring in fresh ideas? some recommendations, finding ways to restart. denuclearization talks with young, young, updating, and improving the nuclear deal with tara hahn and keeping the afghan peace talks on track. no matter how long it takes. but maybe most important, say foreign policy expert, reassuring the u.s. allies that it is reliable. and then proving it from day one. rosalyn jordan al-jazeera, still ahead now does. there are defying coded 19 warnings. the number of people traveling in the u.s.

is surging as the holiday season officially begins. i reports a secret meeting between the israeli prime minister and the saudi crown prince. hello because some rather wet weather, pulling away from the eastern side of the u.s. at the moment. eastern parts of canada to a lot of clout showing up here behind our cold front, cooler. just tucking in behind. big area. 5, preciousness keeping things settled for the time. being the west, the weather, the wind, their weather, the wintry weather. that's going to be the one that wins out over the next day or so. and that's going to sweep down off the rockies. some snow coming in here. heavy rain through the great plains, pushing up towards the midwest where we have some snow, some lake effect snow. and that pushes up into one teria maybe manitoba, seeing some of that wetter weather wintry weather too. as we go through,

choose to nassau and continue driving further east, which as we go on through wednesday, some heavy rain writes the way down into the deep south. new orleans could see some of that wetter weather the appalachians ahead of that they're getting squeezed out of the way. make the most of that dry weather that you have as we go on into the middle of the week. it all the time wet here. the thanksgiving. meanwhile, still rather wet across central america. i'm afraid big massive clouston in play just around the caracas, around guatemala, that wetter weather. still fading, quite a few showers in across the region. it links with another system which pushes out into the atlantic and more rain here for wednesday. invitation to bear witness to that like softness, the high, the trials and tribulations. and everything.

just to cease to define the test, if character and documentaries with the delicate touch on al-jazeera you're watching out. is there a reminder of our top stories this hour? the u.s. federal office that oversees the transfer of power in the white house has told joe biden, his transition to the white house and formally began means the president elect's transition team can meet with federal officials. donald trump has accepted the

decision, although he has conceded trump said in a tweet, his directing his team to cooperate, but he's promising to keep up the fight. now biden has chosen several obama era officials to say in his administration will be nominated to the secretary of state . and john kerry will take the lead on combating climate change. now to make his of a 3rd major covert, 19 experimental vaccine have revealed the results of a late stage tests. all said university and the drug company, astra, zeneca say it could be up to 90 percent of effect and cheaper than 2 u.s. vaccines. the drug company has pledged not to make a profit from the vaccine. joining the pandemic raising hopes it could be distributed more widely across the world. pharmaceutical firms, pfizer and madonna, who voted about 95 percent efficiency from late stage trials of their experimental vaccines. hell repos reports from london, it's being hailed as

a vaccine for the world pharmaceuticals firm astra zeneca in partnership with the university of oxford says interim trial results will be sent to regulators immediately in the hope their product is approved for rollout before the end of the year we got a vaccine, which is a fact it prevents severe disease intriguingly in result of a headline is that we do have as our are and then have all those of the back. and i guess where we saw 90 percent or more data may be needed to confirm the 90 percent subgroup results, but cheaper to mass produce, easier to distribute, to more moderate temperatures than its competitors. the british vaccine is good news for poorer parts of the world. in time, the astra zeneca oxford vaccine could lead to an end to the pandemic world wide

reaching parts of the world. the other vaccines on offer simply can't, but on a much shorter time scale, it's already being projected by the government here. that vaccine technology may lead to a resumption of normal life by easter for national restrictions in england was on the 2nd of december, but addressing parliament remotely, while serving a period of isolation himself. prime minister johnson outlined a post lockdown plan for england, a return to the regional system of tiered restrictions introduced in october, but strengthened this time to guard against a further surge 1st. we must get through winter without the virus really out of control. very hard by the gate at exactly the time when the burden on the n.h.s. is always great to plan is designed to carry out safely. just so from december, the 2nd until april shops will reopen,

parts of the economy will be allowed to breathe again. and the government has promised to try malays can meet up over the christmas period. there is more than cautious optimism the didn't and to all of this is insight. jonah, how al-jazeera, a spiraling number of new coronavirus cases is causing alarm as the u.s. approaches one of its busiest travel days of the year. millions of americans have already started their journey to see family and friends for the thanksgiving weekend holiday. despite warnings to stay at home. christensen reports from new york getting together for a big meal in person with loved ones is what the thanksgiving holiday is usually about. but given, traveling and eating together are considered high risk activities in a pandemic. public officials are encouraging people to play it safe. but public service announcements like this one, but i don't care if they're urging and warnings like this one.

this is not a normal nationwide, daily coronavirus hospitalizations are at record highs in the united states and deaths continue to climb. you put that rate of increase together with an additional increase from the high level of social activity. that is a dangerous situation even in new york with one of the lowest infection rates in the country. private gatherings are being officially limited to 10 people, amid reports of large forbidden events like this orthodox wedding, attended by thousands. but restrictions vary from state to state are clear public health guidance is to see this thing to do is is not to travel. and that is also a very important message along with our message to get travel is being strongly discouraged, but if you must fly, the c.d.c. recommends covert testing $1.00 to $3.00 days before airline passengers are

required to wear masks and airports are supposed to enforce social distancing no one and 6 feet apart, like everyone kind of 3 feet apart, are, you know, part it's more of a law, but with no end to the pandemic in sight, many travelers appear willing to risk. it just felt like ok, it doesn't seem like it's getting any better. i mean, mind relative, chided us, have a little bit of fun without getting sick. transmission concerns are likely to drive some to travel by car, but with intensive care units becoming overwhelmed in many parts of the country and the bodies of the dead still unclaimed from new york surge in the spring. officials are hoping many americans, especially those most at risk, will just stay home. christian salumi al jazeera, new york, china has launched a probe it to the moon to bring back the lunar rocks. the 1st such attempt by any nation in more than 40 is it lost it all from the when chang space center in

southern china, beijing spending billions of dollars on its military run space program. hopes to launch a manned mission to the moon before 2030 could join a you joins us now live from beijing. certainly very ambitious mission, but what is the actual goal? why the goals of this well, the time the 5 actually left for 430, local time from the southern chinese island of hainan. it flew up into space for about 40 minutes before being sent off in the direction of the moon, and it could expect it to land there. in about 8 days now, is named after the ancient chinese goddess of the moon in the aim is for the rover to land on the moon, explore a bit, and to pick up one to 2 kilograms of lunar rocks for the chinese government to better understand the surface of the moon. now what's different about this particular mission compared to say, previous missions pick up samples by the russians, is that the way it's coming up is

a bit more complicated. it's going to go into another orbiting module before being transferred to another capsule. then returning to earth to china in a mongolia province in about $23.00 days. and the reason it's more complex is that china is essentially testing out a new pathway to send up chinese astronauts to the moon, which is what it wants to do over the next 10 to 15 years in the long term plan is to establish a permanent chinese presence there going forward, although it hasn't been smooth sailing. the long march rocket, the rocket, which is used to send the model up into space actually was tested and launched 3 times earlier this year. and there were failures during those 3 times. so it's been a long road to get there and could serve as a so completely domestic effort by the chinese and it's a military run program. so i'm presuming that this is the chinese being very secretive about what their plans might be, but also the technology is well not entirely.

i think this chinese exploration in terms of space is a big point of national pride. john has made no secret of the fact that it wants to really join the elite ranks of space exploration. nations going forward and it was quite behind the u.s. and russia didn't send a manned into space until 2003. but since then, it has been pouring, as you said, billions of dollars of investment and research into this area. and it's not only the government behind this. actually, china has taken a chip from the u.s. in terms of expanding its commercial sector into space exploration. and there are 2 or 3 companies involved there, but going forward, china definitely does have big plans. what we know of so far, at least the plans that have been publicized that we had another 4 right to the moon actually last year, january 2019, which china became the 1st country to land a rover on the fall flood of the moon, and up to 2 years later, it still actually exploring that area. next year, china plans to send a spacecraft to mas and by 2022. china has plans to send to have it or in space

station in orbit. and that project in particular a ton and does hope that other countries will get involved. that space station there hopes that that can fit up to 3 to 6 astronauts and china has put out feelers to other countries to have other countries involved in space exploration missions from that spacecraft station going forward. once it is ready to join a year in beijing, thank you very much. leaders in ethiopia see grey region are denying government claims that the military surrounding the regional capital mckayla promised to be ahmed, has given the team great people's liberation front until wednesday to surrender or face an assault on the city. it's home to around half a 1000000 people, the tepee l f has so far refused to stand aside saying these people are ready to die in defense of their land. sudanese authorities of open 2 camps to cope with the influx of refugees from ethiopia. and as have the morgan reporter gallery states,

many have been displaced before a refugee camp in sudan's got out of state is need too many refugees, but not it has this fight. her parents fled to the camp in 1085 to escape war and famine back in their home country. she's back to the same old camp. this time with her 10 day old child who she gave birth to while fleeing conflict in ethiopia degrade region. and the more leda i went to america to give birth to my child, but then the fighting started and you had to flee. i gave birth to my child while i was running away to come here. he was born on the road. now i'm back to the camp where i was born as a refugee, and my new born is at the same camp. also, refugio was closed in the year 2000, following the return of most of the refugees who once lived in the capital back to ethiopia. but 20 years later, the camp is open again to cope with an influx of ethiopian refugees who started

arriving to sudan. 2 weeks ago. all here have escaped from various parts of degree . nearly 40000 refugees have fled to sudan altogether, following a government offensive on the to great people's liberation front. the offensive was a response to an attack by the front on a military base, which came after months of tension between the regional government and the federal government. had hoped not to come back to the camp when he left here, 2 years before it was closed. but he says the fighting has left him with no option has a home on how to they're killing us. integrate. there are people being killed, our own children, bombs are being dropped on buildings. it's sad that many of us are displaced again, but we want to live. we don't want to die in war. more than 6000 refugees now live in the camp. it's opened less than 2 weeks ago. even though receiving refugees isn't new for the the number of those arriving here has been increasing so fast that many of them are still without shelter. access to basic services such as clean

water, food and healthcare is also challenging. yet for many, this place is once again providing them with a refuge. the united nations says it expects 200000 refugees to arrive to sudan in the coming months if along with lack of humanitarian access continues. so these authorities say the camp has a limited capacity and more camps need to be established. and we're urging donors and international organizations to help us cope with the situation because it's very dire. some organizations are provided aid, but there's too many people for the state, and for a few we're going to zation. they need services and they need care, which we can't provide alone. sudan already has its economic problems. so we need the international community to help us with this crisis. that has says, she told her children would never live the life she had left. but with 3 generations of refugees in her family, she wonders when the search for a permanent refuge and stability will end. he will morgan al-jazeera,

get out of state. the saudi foreign minister has denied reports. a secret meeting between the kingdom's crown prince and the israeli prime minister. according to israeli media, benjamin netanyahu flew to the saudi city of new york. on sunday for talks with mohamed bin and the u.s. secretary of state mike. foreign minister, prince feisal been says only americans and saudis were present at the meeting. netanyahu has refused to comment, or the number of israeli ministers paid. it will confirm the visit, as harry forces explains from ramallah in the occupied west. the education minister said it was a great achievement, despite the semi official way in which it had come out. netanyahu rival and alternate prime minister and defense minister benny gantz was criticizing. and you know, for having this meeting leaked out in such a way, the israeli prime minister himself was asked about it during an appearance of the israeli parliament, the knesset, during which he said that for many years he had never publicly commented on such

things that he wouldn't start now, but that he continued to work to expand the circle of peace. so i think the preponderance of evidence, certainly from the israeli side is that this meeting did take place. it was 1st seen in a flight path of a business jet which has been used by netanyahu in the path which left israel on sunday evening, went to this future would be high-tech resort town that the crown prince of saudi arabia had been. someone wants to establish on the red sea coast, we know that he was there with the u.s. secretary of state might pompei o. and if israel had wanted to totally shut this down, it has very powerful censorship laws with which to do so. it was pretty clear that the israeli government wanted this to come out, presumably had there had been some kind of called nation with the other parties involved as well. despite this denial coming from the saudi foreign minister,

israel's cabinet has approved a new chill visa exemption agreement. with the united arab emirates ministers ratified the treaty, which was signed in tel aviv last month. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he hopes the development will strengthen economic ties with the u.a.e. . the emirates is normalize relations with israel in just result 0, and these are the top stories, the u.s. federal office that oversees the transfer of power in the white house has told joe biden, the full process can now begin. it frees up millions of dollars for the president elect's new administration, allows access to federal officials. donald trump has accepted the decision, although he hasn't conceded. trump said in a tweet, he's directing his team to corporate support is promising to keep up the fight. has he called high and has more from washington this is the 1st time the president.