20 people in power went behind the scenes to see if the indigenous me thinks could pull off a remarkable comeback in living in exile will return on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world and the matter with. luke leading news and current affairs that matter to you. the u.s. attorney general says there's no evidence of election fraud while anger grows among election officials over threats to stop. it to stop. mr president. you will not condemn these actions with this white.

elephant doha everyone i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera priority code 19 vaccines are recommended for healthcare workers in the united states as countries around the world decide on who gets the 1st shots also the un's atomic energy agency wants iran against its plans to halt inspections of its nuclear sites after teheran's conservative comment voted in favor of the u.n. issues and urgent appeal to allow aid in the 10s of thousands of refugees facing hunger in ethiopia's to craig reaching. so u.s. attorney general william but also as the justice department has not found voter fraud on a scale that could have changed the outcome of last month's presidential election comments to the associated press which contradict president donald trump's claims that the vote was rigged of course president elect joe biden bayh trump 362 to

$32.00 electoral college votes in that presidential election will start with the support from alan fischer. william barr got the job as america's top law enforcement officer because he was loyal to donald trump no the president might be questioning that loyalty just hours before a routine meeting at the white house the u.s. attorney general told the associated press he couldn't back up the president's claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020 saying we've not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election william barr became attorney general after jeff sessions was sacked donald trump didn't think he was loyal enough during the days of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 26000 election since he took over bar has often been accused of acting more as trump's top lawyer rather than america's has the part of justice got involved in cases involving trump allies it dropped charges against former national security adviser michael flynn even

though he had method lying to f.b.i. agents and it intervened in the sentencing of course trump roger steward. attorney general barr also announced the findings of the miller prove into russia interference but was accused of misrepresenting the final results to make his boss lose better investment geisha did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities i am sure that all americans share my concern about the efforts of the russian government to interfere in our presidential election. a concern here by robert mueller himself but there was a growing rift between the white house and the department of justice donald trump wanted a pre-election investigation into barack obama and joe biden on the rules in the russia probe an f.b.i. announcement into hillary clinton's e-mails weeks before the 26th you know election

gave him a boost he was hoping it would be the same again but had nothing to work with and couldn't deliver just weeks ago the man in charge of election cyber security said the 2028 presidential was the most secure in america's history that angered the president who claims without evidence that the election was stolen from him so he fired his official when news of bias comments hit capitol hill other suspected what might be coming in response to attorney general bill barr i guess he's the next one to be fired since he now too says there is no fraud. trump's legal team says there's been no substantial department of justice investigation into any allegations of voter fraud the vine covered b.c. they have substantial evidence of wrongdoing in 6 states evidence they've yet to make public or present in court alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house one other note there is an election official in the state of georgia has lashed out at

president trump after election stuff there received threats georgia tearing out a 2nd recount at the request of the trump campaign it has to stop. mr president. you have not condemned these actions or this language senators you have not condemned this language or these actions. this has to stop we need you to step up and if you take a position of leadership show song let's check in with alan fischer now at the white house allan this is supposed to be the final weeks of the administration the winding down period perhaps a period of calm it is the complete opposite and in fact i'm looking at comments now from president trump about 2024. exactly he's had a party here at the white house in the last couple of hours clearly not perturbed by a war bill bob has been saying in fact he said that they're hoping for another 4 years

and if that doesn't happen then he is going to run again in 4 years time he said we'll see you in 4 years his intention according to those at the party is that he won't attend the inauguration fight he has no intention of speaking to joe biden before the inauguration and he has no intention of inviting him to the white house either just look to the public shed jill for weapons day he has lunch with the secretary of state essentially the foreign minister might pompeo and then nothing else so what is interesting is that donald trump even though one of his most loyal loyal allies his top law enforcement officer says there is no evidence of widespread fraud that there is nothing there that could overturn the election donald trump still isn't buying it and continues to retreat and argue that the election was stolen from him bill barr for a very long time has been close to donald trump but as i explained in my report

that has been a rift over the last couple of months donald trump was very keen that bill barr announce an investigation into joe biden or at the very least barack obama for what he saw was spying on his campaign and 2016 of course when bill barr looked at the evidence there was nothing that he could actually move on so he couldn't make that announcement that upset don't trump because of course he was playing the 2016 playbook for the election when that last minute intervention by jim comi of the f.b.i. helped him quite significantly just before the election and hoped a similar sort of thing for one of his close allies would help this time around when nothing was forthcoming it really upset donald trump so we were told that after the election there was a list of people he wanted to get rid of on that list was mark esper the defense secretary he's go on bill barr was meant to be on that list as well. as the head of the cia and the f.b.i. and for the last couple of hours we've all be watching don't trust twitter feed expecting that bill barr might be fired because of those comments saying that he

saw no widespread fraud but nothing from donald trump and as of this moment bill barr is still the attorney general of the united states at this moment yes allan functions at the white house for us thank you allan on to other news in just weeks before the 1st covert 19 vaccines are potentially distributed in the united states health experts are recommending her to get them 1st the advisory committee on immunization practices says health care workers and the elderly need to be a priority more from andy gallacher. in hospitals across the us medical staff are making preparations to receive the 1st but use of the coronavirus vaccine currently to drug makers pfizer and medina a seeking emergency approval for their drugs as the u.s. averages 150000 new cases a day the death toll according to johns hopkins university stands at close 227-0000 the advice from health experts to the c.d.c.

is that the elderly and frontline medical staff should receive the vaccine as a priority it's estimated that close to 900 health care professionals have died after contract in the virus. 50 concerns of prompted health care workers to strike in illinois we pack our workers die from coal that we have health keeping laundry dietary worker's activity a everywhere all departments have died from this disease and so we might have to pay for our workers the elderly and those who care for them of also being hit hard by the pandemic the doctors say they'll be prepared when the time comes company has not yet told us all the details but we do know there's maybe a little bit ahead a years after the vaccine but that's good because that means you're now getting a response and certainly i mean aside of that are they getting kind of it. ready the food and drug administration will meet with drug manufacturers later this month to discuss emergency authorization if vaccines are approved they'll be ready to

ship within 24 hours ultimately it's up to individual states who gets vaccinated 1st but logistical challenges remain some vaccines require refrigeration at great expense others need more than one dose in all 321000000 health care workers across this country and 3000000 people living in long term care facilities despite the challenges many states have been preparing for months for people who are in rural michigan at an example we're going to make sure that they don't get left out. the stage is doing a lot of back and figuring out you know. how many people where and they're going to distribute it that way health experts say the general population may not get the vaccine until spring next year warning that people will still need to wear masks and practice social distancing the next few months are expected to be brutal as winter takes hold and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida also brazil is unveiled

its plan for vaccinating nearly $110000000.00 people which is more than half the population indigenous people health workers and those aged 75 and above will be top of the list those aged between 60 and 74 and then people with prior health conditions will be vaccinated later the final phase includes teaches 1st responders prison staff and inmates and in europe the us drug from fines and its german partner biotech have said they hope their vaccine could be rolled out within weeks of oss the european union's medicines agency for emergency approval could come by december 29th potentially we're talking at least 2 vaccines approved in europe and the united states by the end of the year. but it's always about isn't distributing a vaccine is not going to be easy especially in poorer and developing nations the cheapest vaccine so far is the oxford astra zeneca one that's about $3.00 a dose but even that's too expensive for many people in developing and poor parts

of the world you've got to think about distribution to remote rural areas of asia africa and south america this is a challenge because as we heard vaccines need to be stored at low temperatures airlines are working on how to safely use logic quantities of dry ice while shipping companies a building new phrases sites around the world the campaign group global justice now has warn that up to 85 percent of the world's poorest people won't actually have access so let's talk to dr ali fadhil he's with us from ann arbor michigan an expert on viral and bacterial vaccine research the chief scientific officer at blue willow biologics thank you for your time doctor. this it's effectively a supply chain here and for europe for the united states for many other parts of the world this will be not easy but it will be doable how do you get a vaccine say to parts of asia and the people who inevitably will need it there but

the supply chain isn't quite as strong. well let's stop at the good news we have to actually use the jews you have been appointed to go home although this is not really applicable for a poor countries they don't have the infrastructure for 3 generation and distribution and network and so forth so we have a problem here also in the united states and other countries which is the amount the manufacturing of the event seen in the quantities that we have also the minus 7 in the case of pfizer that's a problem also here that need to be a result so that all the drawing issues in the affairs to whom there are issues with the who are warbles out of the 2nd of their role in those cases we have issues there which we go into yes the infrastructure especially when it comes to vaccines that need deep refrigeration life pfizer and the mood and also because

of. the stability of the backseat after you saw it from these the temperature for instance in the case of pfizer we have to use it within 5 days in that case affirmatively you have to use it within 50 days which is a relief they have yeah but so it makes these 1st 2 rexy is in addition to the cost as a problem in the poor who will go on the theory who are these all these things are happening and not much money is availability economically it's almost impossible well let's pick up on that issue of cost then sorry to interrupt you because as i said i think $3.00 a dose is what it is for the office oxford astra zeneca one which doesn't sound maybe on the face of it too much but for a rich nation that's fine they can probably throw money at it and and inoculate their populations is there an onus on those richer nations to help out poorer nations who couldn't afford it. yes i think that's morally and ethically

some commitment among these manufacturer these companies that actually they have the i look a did some proportion of their manufacturing to the poor countries which is a great also we may be lucky with that we'll have us the president of x. in comes on board with all the question there are hound vaccine and the issue with the menu with if it could see it could be that that that would be a solution in addition to that there is also all kinds of a arrangements with manufacturers in other countries like india like other countries in the fear of war that they can manufacture for themselves and in the you know in the left in america and so forth and therefore they look at manufacturing is would be provide a cheaper rate for these countries right so and also we would anticipate that more

and more vaccine will come on board that would not require refrigeration r. and d. but if regeneration and also can use the already exist and infrastructure for immunization in addition to the help from the show and other international organization for immunization and nonprofit organizations all of this comes together provably poor countries in the world countries have to wait for a little bit and they will some of those who actually became available and for distribution and for. providing the people in those countries with the vaccines it's going to take time but it's coming here and always we have sure at least that . immunization can work in the case of this infection which is a great achievement for everybody and we have to remember this is all happened inside a year as well as it which is quite extraordinary dr alley thought and joining us from ann arbor michigan thank you thank you. 3 prominent

pro-democracy activists to do to be sentenced in hong kong up to pleading guilty to unlawful assembly this is during last year's protests just for walking agnus china ivan learned they were taken into custody last month they could face up to 3 years in jail. protests the triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill which has since been shelved in the news ahead joe biden unveils the team he hopes will lead the united states out of a coronavirus economic crisis and wrecked retort versus reality rhetoric i think i mean to say we look at the record of mexico's president as he mocks 2 years in office. but. we have something of a cold arctic blast across much of central america very wintry weather across the

eastern side of canada the northeastern corner of the u.s. what an active area of low pressure this one tightly packed i suppose wrapped around that and they dragging in some very cold situation as we go on the through the remainder of choose day coal where to run to the rockies i was there was a western side and that cold plunge if anything takes a little further south it's a nice which as we go through the next couple of days we are going to say it's a retreat slightly as we go through friday want to show us some of the wintry just around the central plains pushing a little further south was a southerly wind strong some warm moist air up from the gulf of mexico producing some rather heavy rain into louisiana for a time become a little more widespread as we go on into thursday just not a little further east east and west of that it is generally dry it's on the cold side crisp sparkling sunshine for many in that sunshine stretches down across a good part of mexico we got some showers just coming into the yucatan peninsula

want to show. i was still just around honduras some really heavy rain in place there for costa rica over the next couple of days and that cool some flooding. from. the past past box. travels the road to mexico raising ecological know when. caring creative solution to the country's most remote. demonstrated cotton of id and the struggle for a better speech. passed passed by. congress of the viewfinder latin america seen on outages there and. move.

top stories on al jazeera this hour u.s. attorney general william bass 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 there will continue and a panel from the u.s. centers for disease control is recommending frontline workers and nursing home residents get the coronavirus vaccination 1st states and other local authorities that will decide on the. web so that iran where the un's nuclear watchdog is urging the country to consider its plan to halt unrestricted access to its nuclear sites the iranian parliament passed a draft motion which would allow iran to resume uranium enrichment at levels of 20 percent which is another violation of the 2015 if 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 radium and 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 that i had. 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 the 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 dollar 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 sas a nation of one of the country's top nuclear and defense officials i think it's quiet telling indicating the fact that iran already when you and debates on the

j.c.b. your way moving to a are for you know situation and rhetoric i think will best well have an effect on the future. negotiations on the j.c. you know i am compliance with them to use this motion allows the government one month to implement these demands. i asked this other after the article 176 of the iranian constitution states it is a matter beyond the 3 branches of government or the legislative body which is the mag list no political body or branch 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 $300.00 kill. grams of enrich uranium putting its stockpile at nearly 4000 kilograms. the killing of most and factories this notion in parliament are all just adding pressure to their honey administration in the last few months that they have left in office president some money 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 name reman to do so for such a hard. time. in israel the alternate prime minister and current defense minister benny gantz says his party will back an opposition bill in favor of dissolving parliament says he's lost patience with benjamin netanyahu and is ready to break their alliance if a long overdue budget isn't passed immediately the move could force israel's 4th election in less than 2 years. because. i had no illusions in regard to netanyahu i knew his record as a serial promise violator but i thought that the citizens of israel are more important than any leader and that netanyahu will rise to the occasion it didn't happen netanyahu promised unity he promised netanyahu said there will be no tricks

he promised responsible management of the corona crisis and the public is paying the price he didn't lie to me he lied to you the ethiopian government says a senior politician linked to the t.p.r. left the people's liberation front has surrendered to federal forces prime minister and has claimed victory in the month long conflict over the not the region but the conflicts not over united nations appealed to ethiopian authorities for access to the thousands of eritrean refugees in the region. is the un refugee agency global spokesman says the month of all conflict has only worsen the situation for refugees in. they are quite worried about the safety and security of civilians in the to greedy and in general but also the region which hosts thousands of into tree and refugees topia has been a generous host for for many refugee populations including those refugees from

italy are we as human italians have lost access and contact with the refugees since the last one month that this fighting has been ongoing and now there are worrying reports of attacks. of actions and also off recruitment. in and around these refugee camps where these refugees have been soviet unity are are asking for urgent access to these refugee camps to go and help those desperate refugees which according to worrying read reports have been affected far further more by this ongoing conflict. us president elect joe biden has urged congress to pass a coronavirus package that's been stalled for months he spoke while unveiling his economic team to deal with the crisis bipartisan group of lawmakers on vale the

900000000000 dollars covert 19 relief bill aimed at breaking the long deadlock. it is exactly 2 years since the mexican president and the rest manuel lopez obrador came to power a tide of optimism his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and other crises have tarnished his image model rapper reports from mexico city but didn't happen for more mexico's president and this manila piece of bread or amber as he's referred to by both fans and critics says mexico is nearing a transformation. that's funny that he said the money's mo the president's optimistic tone however stands in contrast to a loosening economic crisis and one of the most dire coded $1000.00 health emergencies in the world yes yes. they did but thanks to the support of nurses and doctors who have put their lives addressed we have not been overwhelmed and showed the no sick person lacks medical care and we have to save thousands of lives.

as am locates off the 3rd year of his presidency criticisms over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic have only grown coby $1000.00 cases and deaths in mexico have doubled over the last month even since the start of the outbreak in mexico the president has been criticized for downplaying the severity of the virus and for rarely wearing a face mask when appearing in public less portuguese and hindi and this week the world health organization expressed concern at the worsening contagion and called on mexico to take the situation more seriously and we expect leaders to be examples we want leaders to be modest we want influencers to be models when we say leaders they could be political leaders they could be religious leaders they could be traditional leaders and they could be other influences and they have to set the example of that wise i mean

doubling of cases and business in a few weeks. is a bug sight. the coby the outbreak in mexico has also exacerbated the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades this coupled with historic levels of violence nationwide has damaged the image of the lopez obrador administration which the president refers to as mexico's 4th transformation in reality i believe that that for a deal is a transformation is much more of a narrative construct rather than actual change i believe that's the best thing the president does he talks about the successes and these constant battles is government is we against all of these forms right. it is this epic struggle that opulence leaders sell to their supporters to keep them rally. on arrival despite the many criticisms against him 2 years into his 6 year term and most still

enjoys an approval rating of 60 percent much of that has to do with his self-proclaimed crusade against corruption which to many represents an overdue departure from the type of leadership that dominated mexican politics for the past 100 years when reliable al-jazeera mexico city cuba is pushing ahead with a range of monetary reform economy suffers from a combination of u.s. sanctions and the pandemic that means the cuban peso will be devalued for the 1st time in more than 60 years cuba's used 2 versions of the peasants $994.00 only one of which is only interchangeable i should say in cuba it's part of efforts to loosen state controls of the economy a funny china says it has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon beijing launched its 5 a probe last week and one crude vessel which will attempt to collect about 2 kilograms of rocks from

a previously unvisited area of the moon it would make china the 3rd nation 2 of the tree lunar samples after the united states and russia.