tv The Papers BBC News November 8, 2020 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT
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joe biden has spent his first morning as president elect at church in his home town. he is now preparing a transition team to decide key policies and priorities ahead of his inauguration injanuary. mr biden says a new strategy to fight the virus is his top priority. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the world passes 50 million, with over 100,000 new cases a day in the united states alone. donald trump is coming under increasing pressure to concede that his presidential rival won the election, but on twitter, he continues to assert that the election has been "stolen" without supplying evidence. and in other news, queen elizabeth has attended a ceremony to mark remembrance sunday to honour the dead from the two world wars. people across the uk and in may other countries took part
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary broadcaster tony grew, and the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. thanks for coming back. i'll chat in the moment. let's start with the telegraph. it reports that donald trump is under mounting pressure to concede, as congratulations continue to pour in forjoe biden. but the metro says donald trump is refusing to accept defeat, as he criticises what he calls "thieves" who "stole" his presidency. mr biden is determined to hit the ground running, despite the prospect of a turbulent transition, so says the guardian. there's a different story in the mirror.
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it carries a warning from unions, that many exhausted nhs staff could quit unless they get a pay rise. according to the times, gchq has launched a cyber—operation to disrupt anti—vaccine propaganda being spread by hostile states. and the daily mail says the bbc is facing a crisis amid mounting criticism over its panorama interview with diana, princess of wales. 0k, ok, let's start. tony, you can kick us off this time around. the front page of the times and a cyber war. this is an interesting story that gchq are looking to combat some of the anti—vaccination propaganda that's being spread ahead of hopefully, the uk discovering a
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vaccine and rolling out next year. there's one line in the story that says gchq, the government's spy agency, it's not legally permitted to disrupt content written by ordinary citizens. people have the right to say back ship stuff online. this isn't about people using their facebook or twitter or social media, it's about the really dangerous and malicious way in which countries, particularly russia, use the internet and the freedom the internet and the freedom the internet has to spread disinformation and to spread fear and make people feel that vaccines aren't safe. like caroline? this is going to be increasingly important. the last thing we want is a vaccine to go through so many trials and all
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the challenges we know they will face even before they get to the vital patients all around the world. then for people to a been convinced by all the sprocket been —— propaganda, of course, that would seem propaganda, of course, that would seem to be a huge success on the pa rt of seem to be a huge success on the part of these actors. but that would bea part of these actors. but that would be a terrible day when you think of what we've had getting to that point. quite interesting to know how they're going to disrupt the propaganda because they can't tell these social media companies what to do, can they? well, at the moment, they can. president biden has some interesting ideas... my understanding is they are targeting... let's move the guardian. president trump is not happy, but joe biden is getting on with it. president trump is not happy, but joe biden is getting on with it. oh yes, he's determined to hit the ground running. this is the day he's been waiting for for many years. we
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know he's campaign twice, and here he is. one of the first thing we heard is specifically to tackle coronavirus in america. i'm really hoping, i haven't seen his name on the list, but i'm hoping that anthony filed she will be on that list because we seen him fight valiantly to be heard against the anti—coronavirus propaganda —— anthony fauci. similarly, joe biden has also talk about racism in america. a freshly highlighted problem this year, also unemployment and that great hovering time bomb of climate change. so, certainly, he got his work cut out. even without the distraction of donald trump demanding a recount. when we were talking about his mandate, before he got this projected windfall, a lot of people were talking about him
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being a nice guy but nice isn't going to get the work done, is it? joe biden is also... he's been vice president for eight years, he's been on the senate for 36 years. he understands how washington works and how the senate works. he no doubt is already reaching out to republican leadership to find a way forward, certainly on major issues such as coronavirus and the economic recovery. so, ithinkjoe coronavirus and the economic recovery. so, i thinkjoe biden will... by recovery. so, i thinkjoe biden will. .. by the recovery. so, i thinkjoe biden will... by the way, he's more powerful than he ever will be. no matter what the white house thinks, that mandate is decisive and there are legal processes already in place in which the united states government gives money to the transition team so that they can get up transition team so that they can get up and running on these issues so that whenever a president—elect —— president—elect biden takes it, he can hit the ground running. we saw
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what happened with 0bama and controlling the house and the senate. he has to get those two votes in come january, senate. he has to get those two votes in comejanuary, otherwise when it comes to policy and legislation, he's going to struggle, is that he? sure. that will be more convincing, but i agree with tony. we should remember that during the 0bama years, joe biden was 0bama's secret weapon. whenever he defined himself up against the house, it would be joe he would send up to the hill. he's a man who can pick up the phone and lean on those many years of co nta cts phone and lean on those many years of contacts on both sides of the house. donald trump and his outsider status, he went from a different angle, but it's a pragmatic way of getting things done and it will serve as a short... yes, if it gets across the line in georgia, the line becomes deleted for him. across the line in georgia, the line becomes deleted for himlj across the line in georgia, the line becomes deleted for him. i feel as if you want to add something, tony.
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i think president—elect biden because my problems will come from his own side. there's a huge relief amongst americans that they can just get on trying to unite as a country, trying to deal with a pandemic and it's hard for us to remember this because we've had four years of this noise. try to work in a way that is consensual and try to work in a way that moves the country forward, so i thinkjoe biden has a really good chance of doing that. as we turn to the huffington coast. —— huffington post. joe biden is so experienced when it comes to this. borisjohnson over 0bama backlash, he may have to will learn a few lessons. it's nice to see where the story appears to come from. joe biden is a pragmatist. he
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is not a fan of borisjohnson, we understand, but he will work with him. the uk has a special relationship with the united states, i should point out, but he'll want to work in a way that will lead to him achieving his goal, particularly one area in climate change. has to be pointed out that this government, brea ks be pointed out that this government, breaks international law, particularly regarding the good friday agreement and that is something thatjoe biden takes very seriously. on that, caroline, as we come to you, i want to turn to the front of the daily express. what would you like to add on the uk- what would you like to add on the uk— you would cast —— us relationship? the headline says joe biden will sign a us trade deal, and
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then you read the actual article and it says borisjohnson is confident thatjoe biden it says borisjohnson is confident that joe biden will. it says borisjohnson is confident thatjoe biden will. we need to read into more of this, but as tony said, a lot will hinge on how this goes in the coming days, if not weeks. certainly, joe biden as a man who is ever so certainly, joe biden as a man who is ever so proud of his irish roots, we seen that only in the last couple of days, and even since his victory and i think one of the first things he says was he's determined to do everything he can to protect the good friday agreement. it's up to borisjohnson to good friday agreement. it's up to boris johnson to present this in terms that will be acceptable to joe biden before he puts any of his massive weights behind borisjohnson in any meaningful way. this is statecraft. it's a nobody's interest to break this so—called special relationship. nobody wants to be the person that says goodbye to that. it will be very interesting to see just who does pick up the phone. already, we're hearing angela merkel and mr macron are going to be the first thatjoe biden...
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macron are going to be the first that joe biden. .. tony, macron are going to be the first that joe biden... tony, from macron are going to be the first that joe biden. .. tony, from your face, i gather you don't think it's a particularly special relationship. it's a special relationship. america has a very special relationship with france. at i think the president of canada and mexico are america's closest neighbours. there's always a tendency, but terms of military and intelligence support, the countries are very close. i've there is little relation to the actual world that we live in, trade deals take years to negotiate. after yea rs of deals take years to negotiate. after years of negotiation and all the special interests, the trade deal
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then has to go through the house of representatives and the senate. even ifjoe biden says let's try and do it trade deal, it will take years. that relationship was also very much based on access to the eu via britain. now, we are no longer part of of the eu. it's going to be interesting to see how that works out. let's turn to the independent. bush targets trunk. lots of republicans coming out now. george bush is the most senior republican to make his thoughts known on this. he isjoining the voices saying to donald trump, "unless you have any proof of what you're alleging against the improprieties of the election, you really need to do the decent thing and go quietly. " really need to do the decent thing and go quietly." what this does highlight is the conventions of in which these transmission of power always rely. 0n the receiving end of always rely. 0n the receiving end of a very dignified exit by al gore
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backin a very dignified exit by al gore back in 2000, he arguably had the most in the game of any defeated president handled it. yet, al gore found that in the dignity and to pick up the phone and give a very gracious speech. i don't know if we can expect quite the same from donald trump, but certainly at least to pull his cards away from the table and leave the room and help that transition of power. so many other people are putting their voices in the same camp. tony, can you take us to the front of the telegraph? two stories there, but its president trump, the pressure growing on him to go quietly. members of the family are supposedly also saying they need are supposedly also saying they need a bit of dignity and grace here. his career is dead, but no one has told him. concede, don't concede, no one ca res. him. concede, don't concede, no one cares. go to the inauguration, don't
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90, cares. go to the inauguration, don't go, no one cares what you think. he's going to try some... will go nowhere. we just lost you for a minute. let's jump across to caroline. your line isjittering a bit, let's test it quickly. the second story on the daily telegraph, which i think has really shocked a lot of people is what's going on in denmark. this mutated virus. yes, this is turning to a bit of a sci—fi movie. we think we are dealing with one virus and of course, all hopes are still on this vaccine that scientists are working so hard to produce. now, we are hearing that actually, it's mutated. it's been discovered only 12 cases, the population is much more than ours and that's quite a high number.
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those cases jumped onto and that's quite a high number. those casesjumped onto humans, so now across those casesjumped onto humans, so flow across denmark those casesjumped onto humans, so now across denmark calling these meetings. the uk have also quarantine any non—british visitors —— these minks. the biggest problem is with that this mink problem is possibly going to be resistant to the vaccine even when it doesn't rise for the existing coronavirus. this is turning into sci—fi levels. all fingers are crossed that this becomes a contained story and doesn't turn into something where we find out that coronavirus isjust the beginning of the next bigger story. it's not very nice to read. let's hope we don't see it written larger. it is alarming. animalto human, it's gone back from human to animaland human, it's gone back from human to animal and that's enabled it to mutate and it jumping animal and that's enabled it to mutate and itjumping back out
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