months to build their brick house and just in an hour to see if. it's a position shark stream we've never seen it before but ition refused to respect the will of the people refuse respect the rule of law and refuse to honor our constitution joe biden criticizes dole trump for falsely claiming vote fraud is the electoral college formally confirms his election victory. u.s. attorney general william bell has resigned amid tensions with principal trump over his baseless claims of election fraud.

and i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. imposes sanctions on turkey over its purchase of s 400 russian missile defense systems. and we can grow very large corals from tiny microscopic lobby within just a few years this is renewed hope astray research is finding a new way to replenish one of the world's most endangered weakest. so then president elect joe biden has told americans that democracy prevailed soon after the electoral college for me validated his victory in the november presidential election all states have already said to fight their results giving joe biden the win the electors are reflecting that outcome officials in battleground states such as georgia pennsylvania and arizona are among those who voted for the democrat trumpet's falsely claimed that there was massive vote

rigging dozens of cases filed by his camp a failed so far by an accused of trying to sabotage the will of millions of voters by challenging the results. this legal maneuver was an effort by elected officials and one group of states to try to get the supreme court to wipe out the votes of more than 20000000 americans in other states and to hand the presidency to a candidate who lost the electoral college lost the popular vote and lost each and every one of the states whose votes they were trying to reverse its position so large tree we've never seen it before but the action every future respect the will of the people refuse respect the rule of law and refuse to honor our constitution she had her times in wilmington where biden gave that address and he says the president elect's was trying to strike an upbeat. despite that portion chastising the republicans for their attacks on the election result this was a positive

a positive speech is 0 point was look the the system worked monday's so difficult by the electors in the electoral college the latest example of that before that the states of satisfied biden's win where he had won the courts have thrown out most of the legal challenges and even republican appointed judges even judges appointed by donald trump even supreme court judges appointed by dog trouble rejected them. the system has won so now it's time to turn the page not only that he was praising the american people for coming out to vote for the victory of democracy 150000000 of the sort of voters coming out to vote during a pandemic them this is amazing he said as well as 81000000 people voting for joe biden which he said was a record of record amounts and the fact he said that americans didn't want to believe would refuse to believe what they knew was not true and but that's where the trouble for the biden argument runs into trouble what he didn't mention by was

$73000000.00 voters for donald trump another enormous enormous number and a good proportion of that 80 percent according to polls still believe that the election was stolen so this is the problem with all this page turning page turning rhetoric on the plus side for biden 60 percent of americans republicans and democrats and independents do say that you know whether they believe that the election was stolen or not it is time to turn the page let's hear now from steve clemons suzy washington editor at large for the hill and also host about the series the bottom line and he says it's now impossible for anyone in the republican party to deny any biden's victory. today was the day and we've seen major senators like senator roy blunt senator john thune who had really held out and had suspicions himself that he expressed about the solvency of the election came out and said it's time for this to end joe biden is going to be the president and they're coming

around so we've had a good number of republican senators just today come out and say that they now recognize joe biden as the president elect so i think what's going to happen i mean we all you know we're in the business of speculating and i will let the audience know i'm speculating is that i think that that that number of people whether they're senators or members of the house of representatives even those house members that signed the legal brief to the supreme court they're beginning to look like you know comic acts if you will and i think they're going to find the number of those people peel away because there's just no way no serious way to consider it constitutionally how to undo the votes of electors americans don't vote for the president united states directly they vote for electors and those electors from states elect the president united states that occurred today it will of course be certified on january 6th but the election happened today and we all know how it came out and what the numbers are so i think other members will see it and if they don't come along with that because they fear what donald trump may do to them in

donald trump's you know after life in the post presidency then i think they are going to be come fringe politicians and fringe in the eyes of a lot of americans but u.s. attorney general william bell has resigned and will step down next week keep it that will trump this month for failing to support the president tom found claims of election fraud but in his resignation letter both said the allegations would still be pursued trump tweeted that their relationship had been a very good one. let's explore this further we can speak to aaron cohen he's a political commentator and the director of debates at the university of michigan and joins us live by skype from movies in which can i recall welcome to the show did he resign or was he pushed a bit of both. a little bit of believe the president asked her resignation and the. president will when he went to make this announcement.

tonight. is. this news just another example of president always wanting to be a leader. and never forgot and so you know a lot of so to see what happens when you have. yeah it's interesting isn't it because both as a trump loyalist and someone now that the president perceived not to have been loyal enough and he's let go so why in just a few short weeks before he has to relinquish office with donald trump do that what does he have to gain. you know this is something commonly seen with other cabinet members and other officials and trump an inspiration like how the law recently left the monks investigating election fraud. see this not not in the. investigation before the election and so far we've gotten on the. i think.

the deputy jeffrey remains the acting attorney general for the rest of the term i don't think a lot of promise but you could see another acting attorney general insult someone like we saw recently. and i really need to. point to special counsel to investigate $105.00. tax returns and things like that are always going to direct this acting attorney general trying to investigate all a lesson for us in the 24 months and maybe. we don't. have to look at another job before the end of the the and not the need to connect aren't. certain ok so even though he would have less than a month in office the acting attorney general different as you say could still get

things done that would favor double trump. the only. difference was going to do it now he could always resign and the doing of that. there were already. a lot of them. in the last month of the administration will have to see if either or willing to do the things. that a lot of wanting on them. and many of our. families. aren't involved. says that allegations of voter fraud will continue to be reviewed and he's just saying this to please all buses and the because there's no money down that right now is a. no no word got out of the electoral college voted. congress to the electors again or 6 democrats control the house and so there's no way forward for anything that happened there you know. they would even challenge it. mainly

just to. try to appease like you mentioned the president trying to run a point 24 he want to have. a little less easy. to give him the best chance of regaining the 4 years. i recall from the university of michigan thanks for that. now the number of deaths linked to cave in 19 in the in the united states is now past 300000 that grim figure was reached on the same day the largest vaccination campaign in the country's history began medical workers were among the 1st to be immunize with the pfizer biotech drugs but health officials still warn it could get much worse before it gets better particle he reports now from washington d.c. . never before has the nation been so caught up in watching

a delivery packed up shipped out and flown to its destinations all under the watchful eyes of security usually anonymous workers now celebrated probably very humble. happy to shoot with the even began. these are the 1st coronavirus vaccines from fines or almost 3000000 doses shipped out across the country and it led to very unusual live television it's not often you hear this when anyone gets a shot. what happened in the. state governors from kentucky to colorado new york to louisiana waiting to see them arrive with this you. start to see our ability to preserve life protect our people we are going to be told it starts right there. one of the 1st shots watched on live television intensive care nurse in new york who wanted to send

a message i hope they flock to getting a very painful time in our history. i want to instill public confidence that america the way all of these made for t.v. moments meant to let people know that the vaccine is safe and everyone should take it when they can as polls show as many as 50 percent of adults say they won't there's also a question about how long it will take to have enough vaccine for all americans right now you should see the millions. video initially already has been manufactured and you're allocating it next year will be 1300000000 and we're watching to make much we haven't bought so the 1300000000 cities our commitment to the world but you don't want to make much another vaccine from the company madeira is expected to get approval later this week that will increase supply and experts say they think that that means by the spring every american who wants to get the

vaccination will be able to find one it's a positive news but it comes a very grim day as it's announced that the u.s. has now lost 300000 people because of covert and experts say without big changes it's only going to continue to get worse. al-jazeera washington. still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll bring you the latest on the nationwide lockdowns as coronavirus case and surge cross europe. made to marry why sierra leone is see a sudden surge in the number of child violence. winter in the u.s. is getting further and further south every day the last trunk sure whether this cold front here went through arkansas was a surprising resource now in colorado you were surprised that that is course

a very high state that it came across nebraska and oklahoma and towards arkansas which you don't think of as a particularly cold site but there we are all the same snow on the ground that is now going eastwards and we've got rain head of it and it's chased away by that but it's snow and the cold air that tucks in after was just have a look at these temperatures go way down to the south coast used to have degrees atlanta 14 raly is at 14 all monday on that is it drops down to 7 by tuesday the same time on the pacific coast the next storm system is making some. in-roads there displacing the fog has been hanging around in montana for example bringing rain factory down to us california the same time the next tranche of code as it shows itself a drop ronnie's temperature $4.00 to $14.00 that the rock stays at 7 and has more snow on it is why rally should be around about 12 degrees so it's cold here to this cold eventually exacts in the gulf of mexico if not on tuesday then on wednesday

when it does so it hans's the rain in the yucatan peninsula beyond that is quite quiet. but. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the heidi's the learners the trials and tribulations. and see minutes and everyday miracles the injustices the define it's the tests of character and the past may take 2 weeks witness documentaries with a delicate touch on al-jazeera. movie. i've. i've.

better get your watching out sirrah remind of our top stories this hour and president elect joe biden says democracy has prevailed after members of the u.s. electoral college formally validated his victory in the presidential election biden accused of trump of trying to sabotage the will of millions of voters by challenging the. u.s. attorney general william barr has resigned and will step down next week you could tell trump this month by failing to support the president's unfounded claims of election fraud. the number of coded 19 deaths in the united states has surpassed 300 towns because fascination campaigned in the country's history gets underway medical workers and elderly care home residents on our ties to a whole lot. but countries around europe are again tightly restrictions with no sign corona virus infection rates are easy the netherlands has followed germany's footsteps announcing a new nationwide lockdown of the upcoming holiday period and in london in the u.k.

new restrictions are being introduced there as general now reports. london's festive preparations dealt a blow to the capital moving to tighter restrictions that will ban households from mixing and see the hospitality sector shut down again the health secretary warns that a new variant of the virus might in part be behind fast rising infection rates the medical advice that we have is that it is highly unlikely that this new variant impinged the vaccine and the impact of the vaccine but we will know that in the coming days and weeks as a vaccine this as the new strand is cultured. london joins much of the rest of the country under tier 3 restrictions a government plan to relax these measures for a few days over christmas itself is fueling fears of a 3rd wave in the new year there have to do what they have to do it's

a shame that things have been left to the last minute this is something that in. the u.k. is far from alone in europe to the christmas lights signal festive cheer but there's not a lot of it about french hotel and restaurant workers in paris protested for the right to work their industry shut since the end of october and won't reopen until late in january. in italy the government is debating tougher measures after an easing of restrictions saw shoppers pouring onto the streets on the weekend the country overtook britain to become the european nation with the highest official death toll more than 64 and a half 1000 italians have died. no such debate in germany set to go back into lockdown on wednesday with the closure of non-essential shops and schools until january the 10th in the netherlands they're about to do the same. we have 600 deaths

a day that's no joke i mean i'm 65 and i'm healthy touch wood but i'd like to stay that way and so now we all have to withdraw bit. even though that's not what i want . in the u.k. the rollout of the pfizer biotech vaccine continues the 1st country in europe to do so a flurry of excitement in recent weeks suggested the pen demick was nearly over christmas besieged by new restrictions proves it's not jonah how al-jazeera. the united states has imposed sanctions on turkey over its purchase of russian missile defense systems increasing tensions between the 2 nato allies washington had already removed turkey from its f. $35.00 jet program because of the deal turkey bought the russian s $400.00 ground to air defense system last year it insists it poses no threat to later president condemn the sanctions targeting turkey's a weapons program and sector. not. from our nato ally the

united states we expect support in our battle against terrorist organizations and forces to have plans for our region and not sanction it we are never country that chases after conflict or tensions with its neighbors or any other we are fighting for the prosperity of our entire region and the world but this situation does not mean we will remain silent against our rights laws and sovereignity been trampled just like we don't want anyone's rights we will not allow anyone to take our rights either robert hunter is a former u.s. ambassador to nato and he explained why the u.s. considered the russian missile defense system threat. it's a fact that if you have. russian military people on an airbase like question a central like where the united states also operates out and if you have a turkish system based upon. that there is a russian type system which can target the most advanced u.s.

airplanes in the region that cause could cause a lot of problems there is a concern that that would compromise some of the most important western american and nato military secrets in terms of technology. mr no one in effect opening the door to the russians it was not very smart for mr turner want if you had a problem with the americans and would nato to have chose that particular route i would have chosen something else a port in saudi arabia has reopened its altered oil tycoon was hit by laden with explosives keep him has described the incident it's just a port as a terrorist attack next year brian says this report. the blast rocked the singapore flagged oil tanker just after midnight causing a fire and sending smoke billowing into the sky the b.w. rhein was parked up in jeddah as poss its owner have near says all 22 sailors on

board escaped unhurt. and media reported that 2 small boats were same before the explosion. it's the latest in a string of attacks on saudi arabia's energy sector mainly claimed by who the rebels from across the border in yemen just 3 weeks ago the who spied a missile which struck a petroleum plant in jeddah damaging a fuel storage tank the who things have been escalating the cross border strikes to pile the pressure on the kingdom this one is just seems to be just another one of these attacks against you know a targets which are very vital for saudi arabia you know as the greatest exporter of oil in the world you know that the bubble among them straight in the waters of the red sea are absolutely crucially important for the oil price and the livery of the big millions of barrels of oil every every day so if you make this unsafe that will have an impact on saudi arabia security and that is a very very high target and that increases the urgency for saudi arabia to do

something about this yemen conflict. the distance between yemen's shores and the port of jeddah makes it difficult but not impossible for the huth east to st to small boats filled with explosives more than 600 kilometers to launch such an attack it could also have been carried out by domestic operators who often don't claim responsibility for several days so far no group has said it was behind monday's blast which saudi arabia's described as a terrorist attack there have been several violent incidents in the country this year last month in jeddah a bomb exploded at a non muslim symmetry injuring several people this is a very tricky actions don't buy buy buy. you know groups or states or. groups supported by states of course they don't you don't find any evidence and normally no one will say i have done this and this things basically you know

me a situation for now maritime authorities are urging vessels in the area to exercise extreme caution alexia brian al jazeera authorities prime minister scott morrison is one china it would be in breach of global trading rules if it bans a strain in coal his remarks follow chinese state media reports of restrictions on australian coal imports morrison says such move would violate world trade organization norms as well as a bilateral free trade agreement the 2 countries have been in a growing trade dispute since australia called for an investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic the international criminal court has refused to investigate allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity in china's shing jang province exiled week is had given the court evidence accusing beijing of locking up more than 1000000 people from the muslim minority and forcibly sterilizing women but prosecutors say they cannot investigate the allegations

because china is not a signatory to the hague based court the united nations says the child marriage rates of surge in sierra leone because of the coronavirus pandemic estimates that hardships resulting from private 19 would drive 13000000 more girls worldwide to marry before the age of 18 to tour again. mary kamara is 16 years old and wanted to be a nurse but the great artist pandemic pushed her family into poverty she says she had little choice but to leave school and marry instead. when he went to meet my parents they called me and asked me about his proposal and i told them you have no money to send me to school so let me get married. marie stepfather runs a tailoring shopping komo in eastern sierra leone he's had few customers this year because of the pandemic worries husband is in his mid twenty's and offered to provide rice for her younger sisters and access to his watering hole as part of his

marriage proposal. to mourn. the past months have been hard for me it's been difficult to afford enough i don't have money people don't come to buy for my business because of this pandemic. the un defines child marriage as a marriage of a girl oh boy before the age of 18 and it says the number of girls getting married in sierra leone before that age dropped from 56 percent in 2006 to 39 percent 10 years later when schools closed in march child marriage rights. activists say many of the girls' mothers were themselves married office teenagers and see child marriage as normal they do not see. children for them it's. this is possibly one of the better investments and better things that i could do for my child. it's a mindset that sierra leone's 1st lady is working to change with her campaign

called hands off all girls child doesn't give consent to sex so if you if you force a child to be at a very early. child and that. schools reopened in sierra leone 2 months ago about the impact of covert 90 me. many girls may never go back to the classroom victoria gate and be their. damage caused after 2 hurrican slammed into honduras last month has cost the country $10000000000.00 storm struck within 2 weeks of the reflooding to much of central america under us was hardest hit country more than 1. 1000 homes destroyed. researches in australia say they've developed a technique to grow and. to grow and transport coral on the great barrier reef i was under. who they may not be the most vibrant but these

corals are healthy and resilient and represent a major lifeline for the most spectacular ecosystem of its kind on the planet. they're part of the very 1st trial of in vitro fertilization for corals or coral i.v.'s. coral large by our collective during what are called mass spawning events they're rare annual moments linked to the cycles of the moon then baby corals are cultivated in floating nursery pools before being transplanted onto damaged areas of the reef. 4 years later the original population has grown large and even survived coral bleaching events. this proves that the lava restoration take works just as we predicted and we can grow very large corals from tawny microscopic larvae within just a few years. scientists say the success of this project is critical for the great

barrier reef the un listed world heritage site runs more than 2000 kilometers along australia's north east coast but it's being severely damaged by climate change and ocean warming it's lost more than half of its coral in the past 3 decades impacting many other species that depend on it. at the beginning of december its status was downgraded to critical and deteriorating that prompted environmental experts to call on the australian government to step up its efforts to protect the reef it's abundantly clear. what we. media in significant we don't need to be chairing the line we need to be. and we need to be watching. leadership as well broad policy change may take longer to achieve but harrison and his team say they're optimistic their technique will work

. soon these will be the world's 1st transplanted coral populations to start reproducing on their own. and it's hoped they'll start to read grow what's been lost on the great barrier reef alexandra byers al-jazeera. so this is down to 0 these are the top stories and president elect joe biden says democracy has prevailed off the members of the u.s. electoral college for many validated his victory in the presidential election by accused donald trump of trying to sabotage the will of millions of voters by challenging the results ship returns he has more on the speech from wilmington. this was a positive.