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while american officials decide who will get no killings at 1st. and the un's nuclear watchdog appeals to iran to reconsider its plan to halt inspections. donald trump's bid to overturn the u.s. presidential election result has suffered another major blow. but the attorney general saying there's no evidence of widespread voter fraud. william bell told the associated press that the justice department investigation has in his words, not seen ford on a scale that could have affected a different outcome. president elect joe biden be trumped 53062232 votes in the electoral college and more than 6000000 in the popular vote. but speak now to our white house correspondent, alan fischer. alan where you barr is or perhaps was one of donald trump's biggest supporters. there must be a particular sort of sting in this one for the president. well know,

for honest i think a lot of people would expect him to be fired in the last couple of hours. he was here on the white house count this for a meeting that was described by the department of justice as routine. he was with the president for about an hour and then he left that before the election, bill barr was saying that voter fraud could well be caused by mail in ballots. but now he's saying, look, we've looked at this and there's no widespread evidence of voter fraud. that goes completely against what the president has been saying, even in the last couple of hours, if you're tweeting out more people who are suggesting that there is widespread voter fraud in the election was stolen from donald trump. you'll remember just a couple of weeks ago, the man who was the head of the cyber security unit for the election said this was the most secure election in american history. donald trump said, yeah, that was because of my administration, but it is still stolen from us. and by the way, you're fired. so that's why people thought that bill barr was headed for the exit door as well. in fact, chuck schumer,

who's the leader of the democrats in the senate, when he was told what bill barr had said, he said, well, he's going to be the next one to be fired. bill barr has had an interesting relationship with donald trump. of course he was appointed because he was a god that is very loyal to donald trump. after jeff sessions was fired because he wasn't considered loyal enough. over the last couple of years, people have said he's acted more as donald trump's top lawyer rather than america's top lawyer, particularly when he's intervened. in cases like michael flynn, former national security adviser, who pled guilty to lying to f.b.i. agents, which is a crime. but then the department of justice under william barr with through those charges, he also intervened in the sentencing of roger stone close trump, who was in trouble with the courts as well. and then you'll remember, of course, it was bill barr who stood up and gave his the farce. findings of the miller report into alleged russia interference in the 2016 presidential election. and people said his interpretation of it perhaps made his boss look better. the report actually did

something that was supported by bill miller himself, robert mueller himself. what is interesting is that has been a bit of a gap between donald trump and bill barr over the last few months, particularly because william barr did not launch an investigation into joe biden before the election. donald trump was very keen and he thought it would give him an electoral advantage that didn't happen. so there's been a bit of a problem between the 2. this certainly isn't going to endear william barr to donald trump in the final days of his presidency. ok, thanks so much for breaking it down. alan fischer. there live from what else? well, anderson is a visiting fellow in governance studies brookings institution and senior editor of nor fair he joins us live from washington d.c. via skype. thanks for your time, sir. so when it has been a staunch ally, as we heard there of donald trump, even in the run up to the election, right, he was a proponent of that narrative that melon votes were susceptible to fraud. so my

question is, why is winning by doing this now? is it just a matter of mis, really having no evidence, or is it sort of like a legacy thing? do you think? well, the attorney general said himself in a difficult position. we heard just a couple of weeks ago that the department of justice was adjusting their internal policies to look into allegations like this. but the problem with coming out with a statement like that is that it creates this expectation that just barton is going to report back on its findings. and i think this is kind of that earlier pledge, which was meant at the time to reinforce the president's claims coming back and biting the attorney general. the center at this point is that the point where he would either have to put up evidence or initiate legal proceedings of some sort based on some sort of evidence that have to produce at some point. or, you know, kind of concede that the efforts that he said he's going to take, haven't produced anything new about himself in the latter camp. i also think the attorney general at this point is probably looking to his longer legacy. he has

a legal and political career that predates president trump, and he may hope to have one that posted to him as well. and in that case, continuing to play along with the rudy giuliani camp. that is being increasingly isolated, even within 6 months of quarters of president trouble, probably problematic for attorney general barr and he may have the that at this point it's time to stick with the more republican mainstream. that's not quite willing to go along with a full length of the president's narrative, as are rudy giuliani in a couple other key figures. as our correspondent talked about william as an attorney general has been accused of acting in the political interest of donald trump as a poet, as opposed to in the political interests of the interests of the united states. i mean, for an international audience, i guess the question is, how can he allowed to be that way? how can that be allowed to go down that route? well, in the united states, we have an idea that some people ascribe to critically strongly, that the president, as the head of the executive branch, gets to exercise

a lot of control over the different functions. the executive branch about includes the attorney general and the prosecutorial option. but attorney general barr has always been a very strong opponent of this q. and i think a lot of the actions we've seen him take and taking in the president's favor. if you view them in perhaps the most favorable light could be seen as an expression of bad you and how the constitution of supposed to work. but the president supposed to have a lot of control over the investigatory of prosecutorial functions of the justice department. logic would disagree with that, you know, a lot of things to criticize but that you, but nothing else, attorney general bars the system and that you dating all the way back to this person as attorney general, even before that. so there is the sort of tension there between presidential control and the independence of the attorney general. just partment. that's part of the reason why some people oppose that after the trial ministration leaves office. maybe want to take steps to make the justice department more legally and institutionally independent of presidential control that now thanks so much for

breaking it down. scott anderson there. a visiting fellow in governance studies brookings institution. we appreciate your time. thank you. u.s. president and extra biden has asked congress to possibly run a virus aid package that has been stalled for months. he spoke while unveiling his economic team to deal with the crisis. a bipartisan group of lawmakers on val the $908000000000.90 for the thrill aimed at breaking the long deadlock biden is hopeful. it will pos that says his team is focused on the next session of congress . right now, the full congress should come together and pass a robust package for relief to address these urgent needs. but any package passed in a lame duck session is likely to be at best just a start. my transition team is already working on what i'll put forward in the next congress to address the multiple crises. refacing, especially are economic and cultural crisis. let's go live now to kristen salumi,

who is in wilmington, delaware. kristen, how did joe biden's economy team if you like picks janet yellen? senior roles suggests a plans to go about building back betta, as he puts it. yes. well, as joe biden himself said, it's a team of nominees that come from very different backgrounds, but share his economic outlook, his economic vision for the united states. and we heard a lot about that today. a real emphasis on helping working class americans, particularly minorities and groups that have been hard hit by the pandemic. and one common theme throughout all of these nominees is that they've advocated for stronger government response. in the past. for example, cecilia rouse, you mentioned her, she will serve as the chair of the economic advisory council of economic advisers.

and she wrote a letter months ago calling for more action on the part of government to help with the pandemic. some of the people who will be under her on the council, jared bernstein, heather boo, she progressive democrats that, you know, called for targeting black unemployment at the federal reserve. they called for increasing the minimum wage. so progressive proposals that really involve more government involvement, more government action to help improve the situation. and of course, janet yellen, who's got 20 years of experience at the federal reserve alone. and she also is a strong proponent of fiscal stimulus, an action to as she put it, stop what would turn into a downward spiral more immediately faced with the task of the lawmakers to face with the task of the coronavirus relief bill package. even if this one that we just mentioned, this $908000000000.00 package, even if it doesn't cost us now, i mean,

does it show that perhaps the $2.00 sides are getting closer to signing off on something i think there's a common sense of urgency between republicans and democrats. there's a lot of concern that the economy is heading into a dark place. the forecasts are not looking good, but the plan that was laid out by joe biden is a very ambitious one. and one that republicans in congress are likely to have a problem with he's talking about more than just continuing unemployment benefits for workers. he's talking about structural change to address the underlying and make you iniquities in the system in things like child care for families and debt relief for student loans than rent relief affordable health care for people who've lost their jobs. and. and you know, with the child care and sick leave,

things that would allow people to go back to work without worrying about their families, essentially. and he goes even farther, and he talks about creating new jobs by paying for infrastructure and for creating clean energy jobs. that these are very expensive proposals. but ones that he said will put the economy growing in the right direction. but it will be very difficult. and no doubt given that congress is so divided in this is going to remain pretty divided even after he's sworn in and likely compromises will be necessary. kristen salumi. thank you. us drug habits, german partner by when tech have said that they hoped the vaccine could be rolled out in europe within weeks of us. the european union's medicines agency for emergency approval, which could come by december 29th could mean at least 2 vaccines approved in europe . and the united states, by the end of the year, a panel from the u.s.

centers for disease control is recommending that front line workers and nursing home residents should get the coronavirus vaccination 1st. an independent advisory team made up of 15 medical and public health experts voted in favor of the guidance states and other local authorities will ultimately decide on the issue. and gallica is following developments from miami. they issued their recommendations to the, c.d.c. who more than likely will approve them and then issued guidance to the states. as you said, it's up to each individual state how they handle this. but all indications are that all 50 states will follow these guidelines, meaning they should get these vaccines out to health care workers and those living in long term care facilities. of course, those are 2 groups of people that have suffered a great deal under this pandemic here in the state of florida. 40 percent of all fatalities are from the residence of long term care facilities, but there are some hurdles to go before this begins to happen. to drug makers will

be seeking f.d.a. approval, emergency approval in the next couple of weeks, but they say if they do get that approval, they can begin rolling out those vaccines within 24 hours. but there are a great many logistical challenges ahead. some of these vaccines require more than one dose. they also require extreme refrigeration, and there is a shortage of these refrigeration units across the country. of course, he's talking about 25000000 people here about 21000000 health care workers and 3 or 4000000 people living in long term health care facilities. so that is a challenge, but in the wider picture, there's also questions about how communities of color will be prioritized because they of course have been hit pretty hard as well. and there are another couple of vaccines coming down the line that may get approved. but the bigger picture here is that the general population of this country are not likely to get vaccines until the spring. and we are heading now into the winter. and officials say this could be the most brutal time of this entire pandemic in the united states,

and they are warning people do not let your guard down for now. still ahead on al-jazeera tests in 10 minutes. why? putting its hopes on rapid results before a crowd of us vaccine arrives a medical breakthrough on world aids day. now a new injection could be a game changer in the prevention of hiv. however, the weather slouchy dry for china on the cold side. having said that little more clout, just pulling away from japan, want to see showers just around the eastern side of japan for a time easing further east was the loose such as shall us see effect showers. just coming in to watch that western side of holland, she pushing into the we got to clear weather there. there we go. with that cold

temps just now higher than about 4 or 5 celsius into northern pass. perhaps one or 2 showers a little further west become further south. could well see a developing tropical storm here just to the east of the philippines. that's going to drive some heavy showers into the philippines as we go through the next couple of days of the moment. the west, the weather is to central and southern parts of the region. still a few showers. germany on the northeast, the monsoon, just pushing in vietnam, but the wetter weather is across southern thailand and on into the malaysian peninsula. more of the same as we go on through thursday. follow that same line of wetter weather across the andaman sea into the been goal of the circulation coming in here. and that's going to bring some very heavy writing could well develop into a tropical cycling as we go through where to stay on into thursday. flooding rains coming in, we have got red warnings in force for tom will not do. and that wet weather gradually spreading through carola

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attorney general william barr says the justice department has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in last month's election. president trump's team says the legal fight will continue. u.s. president elect joe biden has formally unveiled the economic team. he says, will deal with the crisis caused by the pandemic. he stressed the need to open businesses and schools safely and provide relief to millions. jobless, at a bipartisan group of lawmakers has unveiled a new $108000000000.00 relief bill aimed at breaking a long dead. the president elect 5 and is hopeful it will pass, but says his team is focused on the next session of congress. but the u.s. government wants the 1st vaccines delivered within 24 hours of getting approval. but distributing it is not going to be easy. thousands of cargo flights will be needed for his plan alone depends on 20 flights a day. and there's also the issue of keeping vaccines at super low temperatures. airlines are working on how to safely use large quantities of dry ice and shipping

companies to build a new freezer sites around the walls. drug companies are already getting large quantities of their vaccines to strategic points, to speed up distribution when they get the green light. well anneliese, while the smith is a professor of emerging infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, she says the upcoming vaccines will be easier to distribute and to store clearly for this vaccine that needs an ultra cold chain, it needs to be delivered in specialized centers that know how to keep the alpa call shame and so kindly for exam in germany, they're repurposing halls or factories or certain places at the source so that indeed people will need to come to those places. so, but the next, you know, the upcoming vaccine that we will have, you know, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th vaccine, they look easier in terms of logistics and they can probably be delivered in normal

temperatures of means $2.00 to $8.00 degrees celsius. and then such vaccines that can be delivered in your local to your outpatient clinic or at pharmacists, etc. so the initial vaccines that have now a bigger logistic hurdle that because we are desperate to diabetics in nation, we now need to proactively, you know, face these challenges and find solutions. england is entering a tougher system of ted coronavirus restrictions from wednesday. the plan was approved by parliament 55 members of boris johnson's conservative party voted against the measures. and the biggest rebellion since he became prime minister, more than 40 percent of the country will be subject to the toughest level of restrictions. as far as a month long national lockdown before a vaccine is widely available, testing remains the best route to getting many countries operating in any way like normal. now, u.k. developer says its rapid test could provide

a result on the spot within 10 minutes. but as john a whole reports from manchester, economic concerns is still coming up against privacy rights. it's tempting to think the arrival of a vaccine will mean the end of all this students being tested before returning home for christmas, whole city populations trying to reduce transmission. but it won't, we don't have many long term. we don't know people, we need an annual back. so there's a lot of things we don't know. so in using diamonds that at the moment i'm a bit, you know, in the media and the law is going to be really important. fast, accurate testing remains of vital goal. 5 trees, which will be the cultural flux at this is a, do it yourself test delivering results in 10 minutes. the mid-east certain 19 test is being trialled in spain. it's u.k. developers say it's faster than existing alternatives using nothing more invasive

than a saliva sample that was partnered with an app, a unique q.r. code. there is the potential here for a digital immunity passport system. there's a timer allocated to the test that you've actually undertaken in terms of days, hours and minutes, and then to view your actual passport of freedom, you have your q.r. code, which has been bonafide for the device. you have a q.r. code that tells you i've had a test, my test is negative, i'm good to go correct. and all of that information is then border is put together . once the test result is confirmed, there's much speculation, but the u.k. government insists it's not considering a system of immunity passports to determine where people can go or what they can do, depending on whether they've had a test or taken a dose of the vaccine. it's an idea that offends libertarian sensibilities, but given uncertainties about the pace and the long term effectiveness of any vaccination program, it may well be a necessary evil. i think. back around. do you need to be,

did we think so that we now whether they have back nation where they were really in the world is holding its breath, expecting an imminent return to normal life of normality may not be quite as we remember it. john holt al-jazeera the un's nuclear watchdog is urging iran to reconsider its plan to halt unrestricted access to its science. its parliament has passed a draft motion that allows iran to resume more uranium enrichment at levels of 20 percent chance. another violation of the 25th day nuclear deal, reports from tehran and urgent motion passed during an urgent session in parliament on tuesday. $251.00 parliamentarians are demanding that the government stop unrestricted access by inspectors to rein in nuclear sites. this draft bill

would also oblige iran's atomic energy organization to take you rein him in richmond to 20 percent. it is now at 4.5 percent. and under the 2015 nuclear agreement, iran should be producing enrich uranium at only 3.67 percent. the much least indeed sends the message to the enemies of iran that this one sided game is over. this motion will now have to go to the guardian council for approval. but all the citizens about iran's nuclear program are made by another body. as the supreme national security council, but this move by the conservatively controlled parliament, comes at a critical time. on friday, 63 year old nuclear scientists, most and factories are there, was assassinated near to her on when his motorcade came under attack in broad daylight. in a rare move, the government released these never before seen photos of factories other receiving

the order of service for his role in the 2015 nuclear deal. a fact which was not, public knowledge until now. in 2018, u.s., president, donald trump withdrew from the deal and imposed a series of crippling economic penalties on iran. as a result, iran reduces commitments to the deal in phases and the access to international atomic energy inspectors is all of what remains. as part of the deal, there is a lot of pressure on the government inside iran to respond to the sasa nation of one of the country's top nuclear and defense officials. i think it's quiet telling indicating the fact that iran or the when he and debates on the j. c. p. u, a moving to a are for you know, situation and rhetoric, i think will best well have an effect on the future. da, logs and negotiations on the j.c.

new way and compliance with tuesday's motion allows the government one month to implement these demands. i asked this other after the article $176.00 of the iranian constitution states, it is a matter beyond the 3 branches of government or the legislative body, which is the magnus, no political body or branch of power could act beyond that. the latest report which came out in november said that iran now has 12 times more than the permitted amount of 300 kilograms of enrich uranium, putting its stockpile at nearly 4000 kilograms, the killing of most and factories out there. now this notion in parliament are all just adding pressure to their honey administration in the last 2 months that they have left in office. president some heidi has already said that iran will avenge the death of the high ranking official. what's clear now is that he doesn't want to use the remote to do so, or such a part out 0. israel's prime minister and defense minister bet against says

his policy will back an opposition bill, in favor of dissolving parliament again says he's lost patience with benjamin netanyahu, and is ready to break their alliance of a long overdue budget is not hostile mediately. the move could force israel's 4th addiction and less than 2 years each. the u.n. says almost a quarter of a 1000000 people have died in yemen's war. aid groups are also warning the humanitarian crisis is getting worse with tens of thousands of children at risk of dying. due to a cute malnutrition around 131000, people have been killed by indirect forces, such as lack of food, health services, and infrastructure. years of finally has brought the country's economy to a halt. ethiopian government says a senior politician links to the 2 great people's liberation front has surrendered to federal forces. are going to bed has claimed victory in the month long conflict of the north region. but to gray davis said the conflict is not of the united

nations appeal to ethiopian authorities for access to thousands of eritrean refugees in the region. but a separate 1st is world aids day. and while more people will die from covert 19 this year than aids related illnesses, the u.n. is worried about setbacks. researchers hope they have a new tool in the fight prevention method sense easier than taking a pill and has more for people in their twenty's looking to protect themselves from h.i.v. . medication has been an effective prevention method for years. young people visiting this mobile clinic, their parts are learning about the importance of taking the medication at the same time each day. with ted, you have to remember that over today i have to take your power. and with my thoughts, as i'm working in the mall budget exam time, i get home very me that i have to take that perhaps in jackson, i knew that it didn't matter what i did, something that i'd move around with me and i did it take you to getting back to

that healthy attitude and behavior prep may soon be replaced with a shot given every 2 months. it's called kabateck if you're a clinical study involving 3200 women across 7 countries in sub-saharan, africa has shown how promising it may be. researchers at south africa's hiv prevention trials network and the university of wood water strand believe it will particularly help women under the age of 24 who are at highest risk. current press, which is a daily our all pill is associated with a number of challenges. it's hard to take a pill a day, but also young women experience judgments about the sexual activity. and what we saw is that the people who received had basically only 4 infections compared to $34.00 in the trip. and what they told us that was that captivate was 9 times more effective in preventing a child. more than $32000000.00,

people have died from aids related illnesses. over the past 4 decades, deaths are down 60 percent since the peak in 2004. and more than 26000000, people are on antiretroviral drugs, but there are still around 12000000. people living with hiv who are not on treatment in the pandemic has put some gains in jeopardy. the challenges of the 19 bundle mean that the world is moving important grown in the fight to end aids as a public assured by 20 certainty. the un says the response to hiv aids demonstrates what can be achieved by working together and what can be done when all have access to the treatment they need. and al-jazeera dissolves there and these the top stories u.s. attorney general william ball says the justice department has found no evidence of widespread voter for last month's election.