hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. there is now a vaccine, for coronavirus. us firm pfizer says its vaccine is 90% effective against covid—19. the results of the company's trial are a huge step forward in the fight against the virus. i've never felt professionally such a moment ofjoy, and we werejustjumping up and down in the chairs ofjoy for humanity, joy for medical advances to put an end to this dreadful pandemic. stock markets have surged on hopes of a return to normal, or something like it. but there are huge challenges in getting the vaccine to all those who need it. the us has passed 10 million cases

of covid—19. joe biden has made tackling the pandemic is first priority. 50 that tackling the pandemic is first priority. so that we can reopen our business is safely and sustainably. resume our lives and put this pandemic behind us. donald trump meanwhile is still refusing to concede the election for seven said he has announced the sacking of the defence secretary mark esper, we will talk to anthony zurcher about that. it's nice to bring you some good news. a covid vaccine has been announced. pfizer and biontech say first results from their final vaccine trials show theirjab is highly effective in preventing people catching covid—19. here's pfizer's chief scientific officer. there are more steps that need to happen, but we feel that we are on the cusp of one of the biggest medical advances for society and mankind in the 100 years that

have passed here. plenty of caution is needed, but the preliminary results of the vaccine's trial are highly promising. here are the details. pfizer is a us pharmaceuticals company, biontech is a german manufacturer they say their vaccine is more than 90% effective. and they tell us it's been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and that no safety concerns have been raised. the companies plan to apply for emergency approval to use the vaccine by the end of the month. here's the world health organization's special envoy on covid—19. well, certainly, any promising news about a vaccine is great news and i'm very pleased to hear that there is a vaccine candidate that seems to be going through the phase three trial process, and according to what we've read today, the results are looking good. the who is also warning against abandoning current

measures to stop the virus. this is a statement as far as i can tell that has come from the manufacturer, great news, but i have been involved in vaccine quality assessments before. and there is a lwa ys assessments before. and there is always many steps before regulatory authorities can say to the public, "we are confident that this is both effective and safe." secondly, the vaccine has to be manufactured. thirdly the vaccine has to be offered to people everywhere. these are major tasks and they take time. bearin bear in mind there are currently 12 vaccines in phase three final trials, these include in oxford

vaccine and modernity and are high hopes for them as well. we may have more than one vaccine sooner rather than later. there is optimism that we have not really heard since all of this began. early on i was listening to the bbc present world of one programme. and this is a remarkable moment. my colleague sarah montague asked the question that lots of people were wondering. do we now say with confidence that wife should be returning to normal? yes, yes, yes. i am probably the first guy to say that but i will say that with some confidence. that is fabulous news. yes, yes, yes was the scientist bisect response. the pfizer vaccine uses a completely experimental approach. pfizer vaccine uses a completely experimentalapproach. here pfizer vaccine uses a completely experimental approach. here is our medical editor fergus walsh on how it works. the vaccine uses a tiny part of the genetic sequence of

coronavirus rather than the actual virus itself. synthetic material known as rna is injected into muscle cells in the armfuls of this stimulants the creation of antibodies. y—shaped proteins with should buy onto coronavirus preventing future infections. —— bind unto coronavirus. killer t cells are also produced. these should identify and destroy cells which have become infected. let's speak to our health correspondent naomi grimley. talk me through the process of today to the point where people may be receiving this vaccine? the important point to stress first of all is that the trial is continuing. that will go on for another couple of weeks to the end of november when they think they will get enough data to be more categorical about both its safety and effectiveness. then its safety and effectiveness. then it will go to the regulators to see if they will give it an emergency approval, and then of course you

have got to get to the issue of distribution and also working out which countries are going to get most of this vaccine because remember, lots of countries have already bought it up or at least cut agreements that they will have it including the uk, and then you have got to roll it out and give it to the most vulnerable. in this case it will probably be the elderly and health workers. and then of course you have also got to work out how you have also got to work out how you get it to those low and middle income countries across the world but perhaps don't have things like a cold chain that can help keep this vaccine at the temperatures that we needed to be to be successful. vaccine at the temperatures that we needed to be to be successfullj vaccine at the temperatures that we needed to be to be successful. i was going to ask about which countries get this. we have talked before and outside source about so—called vaccine nationalism, the un has warned against this but what can the un orwho do warned against this but what can the un or who do to stop richer countries pulling rank on this? un or who do to stop richer countries pulling rank on thi57m has been a problem for the last few

months that wealthy countries have been expanding their vaccine portfolios basically doing their own thing if you like and bilateral deals and now this includes obviously america but also the uk, also the eu have been doing this. now behind the scenes, the who and also big ngos like the gates foundation have been trying to ensure that there will be some supplies ring fence for poor countries such as somalia which don't have that kind of health care base or the kind of scientific basis to get their hands on this kind of vaccine. the hope is there will be some that will be ring fence for more vulnerable countries. naomi, thank you very much. pfizer is an american drugs company and there's been plenty of reaction from the us. most recently from president—electjoe biden. we just received positive news wejust received positive news in this fight with the announcement

that there has been progress made toward a successful vaccine. soon, it is the expectation the fda will runa it is the expectation the fda will run a process of vigorous reviews and approvals. the process must also be grounded in science and fully transparent so that the american people can have every confidence that any approved vaccine is safe and effective. president trump tweeted shortly after the announcement, he said... this was followed shortly after by a tweet from vice president mike pence, who is also head of the white house's coronavirus task force. that's not the whole story though. the head of vaccine research and development at pfizer, kathrinjansen spoke to the new york times. in this article she points out that

pfizer — unlike the other vaccine front—runners — did not take any federal money to help pay for research and development... warp speed being the federal effort to support the development of a vaccine. it promised pfizer $1.95 billion to deliver 100 million doses to the federal government, which will be given to americans free of charge. anthony zurcher. though pfizer and its partner would not see itself as political, inevitably this announcement has a political dimension. absolutely and you can all hear from political dimension. absolutely and you can all hearfrom donald political dimension. absolutely and you can all hear from donald trump's supporters saying how they wish that's had come a few weeks earlier and how that might have helped donald trump politically and the reality is that pfizer is doing their best and have done their best to try to stay out of the politics

was that there is a lot of these drugmakers have because this is such a loaded issue politically, they don't want to get caught up in any of the back—and—forth between democrats and republicans over who gets credit for this, who should ta ke gets credit for this, who should take the blame, etc. anthony thank you we will be coming back to in a couple of moments. there is anthony in washington, dc. joe biden becomes president at his inauguration injanuary — but the work on his transition to power is already in full swing. in a moment we'll look at how he's planning to roll back some of donald trump's most high profile policies. first though covid—19. throughout his campaign, joe biden made the promise of a new approach to the pandemic a central part of his pitch. and already he's announced a new coronavirus team to lead america's response. we are ready to get to work addressing the needs of the american people. today, that work begins. it sta rts people. today, that work begins. it starts with doing everything

possible to get the covid—19 under control. so that we can reopen our businesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives, put this pandemic behind us. the new task force is made up of 13 members — and is led by dr vivek murthy — he was a leading spokesperson on public health under barack obama. this task force has held its first meeting — on zoom of course. voters had a clear choice on covid — and joe biden is far more cautious in his personal approach — and in the advice he gives americans — perhaps most notabkly on mask wearing. he returned to this today. for the foreseeable future, a mask remains the most potent weapon against the virus. today's news does not change that urgent reality. it doesn't matter who you voted for. where you stood before election day. it doesn't matter your party, your point of view. we can save tens of

thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. joe biden's team is promising access to regular and free testing and promising to provide "clear, consistent, "evidence—based guidance". and the challenge is huge. the us has reached ten men coronavirus cases. “— the us has reached ten men coronavirus cases. —— 10 million. and 237,000 people have died. daily infections rose by more than 100,000 on sunday — for a fifth day running. and we're told almost every state is reporting rises in infections and hospitalisations. last month the top us virus expert dr anthony fauci said the us "could not possibly be positioned more poorly" heading into winter. yalda hakim is in wilmington injoe biden's home state delaware. and it sounds as if much of the campaign was centred around covid, the first few actions ofjoe biden as president elect is also centred

around covid. indeed, very much so. he really put covid on the ballot. all of the campaign rallies that he had in the final few months he all of the campaign rallies that he had in the finalfew months he made sure that really they were not rallies. i went to several of donald trump's rallies and there was no social distancing and masks, thejoe biden rally that i went to in wisconsin, there was social distancing, held outside, there was only a select few about on the inside, the media were told to wait outside. he has made the cornerstone of his campaign ended number one priority by putting together that task force today. i am here as you say in wilmington delaware, his hometown, he grew up here from the age of ten, it is where he races to young boys after his wife tragically died ina young boys after his wife tragically died in a car accident alongside his young daughter and it is where he became a senator at the young age of 29 and served six terms here in delaware before becoming vice president and now president—elect

and with me here isjohn carney the governor of delaware who knowsjoe biden very well and because of a friend. thank you very much governor for joining friend. thank you very much governor forjoining us. first of all your reaction to this announcement of president electjoe biden? reaction to this announcement of president elect joe biden? we are so excited about it obviously. he was not born here but we have adopted him from an early age, he grumpy or as you say, raised his family here, our heart is with joe as you say, raised his family here, our heart is withjoe biden. that she grew up here. some six terms in the united senate, our vice president for two terms and now really ha rd president for two terms and now really hard to believe i have to pinch myself every time i think about it that he is going to be the president of the united states, the president of the united states, the president elect. i got my start in public service as a staffer, a low level staffer for then a senator biden, met my wife tracy and they who worked forjoe for about 15 years so we who worked forjoe for about 15 years so we are very close who worked forjoe for about 15 years so we are very close and in delaware everybody is part of the family. everyone refers to him as joe, we see him floating around the home depot or the grocery store, he

is very successful. —— accessible. what sort of president do you think he will be and do you think it will be different from an obama worldview? i think it will be different, he will bring the personal approach to every human being and family in our country as he has learned here with our very personal politics in the state of delaware. it is hard to translate that into a larger venue as he will have to do is president but it is that common touch, that empathy, that common touch, that empathy, that understanding of the hopes and aspirations of every family, every person. i think that will inform just about everything that he does. and in that sense, i served in the congress for our state for six years. all my colleagues and democrat side love joe. he was one of us if you will. and had that kind of us if you will. and had that kind of relationship that others haven't had. but this remains a deeply divided nation and we have a president who won't concede. so, i think that is the great thing about joe. this moment is perfect for him,

just the kind of person to bring the country together. we have heard him say we are not just country together. we have heard him say we are notjust red states and blue states, where the united states of america and is going to be a president for all of america. and thatis president for all of america. and that is friendly when he differ all those years in the united states senate bringing democrats and republicans together to come up with practical solutions to the challenges that we face, the kitchen table challenges that every family faces on a day—to—day basis. governor thank you so much for joining us. and roz we have heard in the last hour that donald trump has fired his defence secretary on twitter and this is really something that we have seen over the last four yea rs, that we have seen over the last four years, the hiring and firing of people on twitter in the last say 72 days of his presidency. yes, he is still very much the president and still very much the president and still very much has the power to do that and he looks like he is when to use that power. we would turn back to that soaring a few thank you.

us media is reporting thatjoe biden is planning on issuing a raft of executive orders to reverse some of donald trump's policies as soon as he assumes the presidency. executive orders are a key tool for any us president who wants to make an instant mark on government policy. donald trump issued four of them in his first week in office. and joe biden is planning on following suit. he tweeted this last week... that's going to go down well internationally — the vast majority of countries are signatories of the paris accord. the city's mayor anne hidalgo tweeted... joe biden is also vowing to reverse donald trump's decision to freeze funding to the world health organization.

donald trump has been highly critical of the who throughout the pandemic — accusing it of being "china—centric". that charge is strongly denied by the who chief. and he had this reaction today. we congratulate president—elect joe biden and vice president everett kamala harris and we look forward to working with his administration very closely. we need to reimagine leadership, built on mutual trust and mutual accountability. to end the pandemic and address the fundamental inequalities that lie at the root of so many of the world's problems. —— vice president—elect. throughout his presidency, donald trump floated the idea of pulling out of nato — he calling it "obsolete" at one

stage — though was more positive towards the end of his term. we'll see howjoe biden plays it. here's some advice for him from kurt volker a former us ambassador to nato. the first thing is to meet with personally the chancellor of germany, the president of france, the prime minster in the uk, others in the alliance, speak with them and build a personal trust and personal relationships. the second thing is to ta ke relationships. the second thing is to take advantage of a process that is already in motion at nato, this reflection group that the secretary general has called went by an american wes mitchell and a german. they are producing recommendations from across the line & what nato needs to do to refresh itself. —— the alliance was of you remember that president macron called nato brain debt, this is an answer to that criticism and points nato towards the future and i think embracing that process and pushing nato forward to deal with challenges such as, nato forward to deal with challenges such as, concerns we nato forward to deal with challenges such as, concerns we have with china, with nontraditional threats such as 5g or technology—based threats, i think these are things the alliance needs to do and that

president—elect biden would be able to lead a process on. anthony zurcher is in washington. if you are drawing up a list on the donald trump policies he wants to reverse , donald trump policies he wants to reverse, what also be on the list? another thing would be reimplementation of the protections for children of immigrants who entered the country illegally, so—called daca, the dreamers, this is something donald trump had been trying to wind down unsuccessfully in the courts and he may had tried to do again in a second term. i think it is pretty clearjob biden will ramp up meant that policy and do away with the muslim band of certain majority most on nations that donald trump admitted in his first year —— muslim nations. also bring up the number of refugees resettled in the united states. that was something done trom cut fairly drastically. also funding for the boardwalk, donald trump was reallocating monies from the defence department to further construct the

border wall on the border with mexico. i think that a sunday that joe biden will very quickly put to an end. donald trump right on a lot of these executive actions for some i thinkjoe biden because he may not have control of congress and may not be able to have as robust a legislative policy, he will focus on those actions to make a statement about how things have changed under his presidency. i wonder if i can pick up on a point made earlier to what degree do you see this biden presidency as an extension of obama presidency? you do have to see it somewhat as a continuation of obama's legacy simply because joe biden was barack obama's vice president but you also to keep in mind thatjoe bynum's political career does not cite with the vice presidency, he has been in politics for almost half a century and he has had presidential ambitions for almost as long. his first run for the presidency was in 1987 and i think he has clear ideas of what he wa nts to think he has clear ideas of what he wants to put on the white house on

the country and some of that may not be what barack obama wanted it. he has much more of a wheeler dealer, he knows congress very well so i won't be spies if he would tragedy more bipartisan actions, work with some of these republic and senators and asi some of these republic and senators and as i mentioned before he will have to do that now if you want to get anything accomplished legislatively. —— with these republican senators. the last thing i want to talk what is the accounting something we were upset about it until a couple of days ago, it is still going on. he was announced the winner on saturday for days after election day. states have yet to officially certify the results and at the moment we are doing in projections, candidates usually accept the independent analysis of major us media companies. not in the case of donald trump normally. it was the pennsylvania projection that got him the 270 electoral votes he needs to become the president elect to. cou nty become the president elect to. county continues in all three though but they're only 1—2% of votes

remaining in each state. north carolina and alaska are expected to be projected for donald trump putting about 232 electoral college votes. two states are still a going concern, arizona and georgia. joe biden appears to be ahead in both and georgia a recount has been ordered as the results were so close. it was on a has been called forjoe biden by the associated press, and major us news agency but others are saying at the moment they cannot project because it is too close. in the scheme of things in terms of the presidency, it doesn't matter though. the beeps he hasjoe biden at 279 votes, donald trump at 214. he can't bridge the gap however this goes. arizona has 11 events for votes which is why you would see some media putting joe brenda to 19. if projections are correct, joe biden will end up on 300 62 donald trump's 232 which is a decent size margin especially for a closely contested election. anthony it is funny isn't it how we are entirely focused on the numbers until that

moment someone reaches 270 and then we'd do not turn up at they become less important. they do become less important although it is still significant because of the challenges that donald trump is now the legal challenges in a number of states and if the margins continue to grow, it makes it much less like it that anything doctor tries to do will change those vote totals enough evenif will change those vote totals enough even if he finds some small evidence of mistake or fraud to swing the votes, we a re of mistake or fraud to swing the votes, we are talking about 40,000 votes, we are talking about 40,000 votes now in pennsylvania and job biden will win that more than donald trump did fouryears biden will win that more than donald trump did four years ago.|j biden will win that more than donald trump did four years ago. i saw you tweeting in less you miss that mike pence is taking a break for the next few days. he is going down to florida on the west coast to have vacation, so donald trump plain call for a couple of days estate and mike pence taking a holiday in florida. if this were such a vast conspiracy to throw the election to the democrats, you think that the two people on the ticket would be focused a little bit more on this rather than biting someone like rudy

giuliani handle the nuts and bolts of it. and just finally i'm asking questions that all the subject today but quickly explained why so many focuses on georgia now. georgia is a traditionally conservative state, 1992 was the last time that the democrat carried it, bill clinton. the fact that it could be trending blue and the lead byjoe biden seems to be growing is significant evidence that perhaps the south is becoming much more competitive. and if georgia becomes a democratic state, that opens a lot more options for democrats going forward not only in the future but also in january when there are two senate seats up in runoff elections. if the democrats win but the senate seats, then they will control the us senate and have a better chance of being able to annex some of that legislation i talked about. anthony think very much indeed. there is an awful lot of attention and you suspect an awful lot of money heading in the direction of georgia and those two senate runoffs. we will have plenty of coverage and that in the coming weeks was at the

actual vote is in the new year in january. see you in a couple of minutes. good evening. monday brought us a mild and day with showers but they we re mild and day with showers but they were clearer spells around. this was the scene in motherwell as the sunset a little early on in the evening. as we had food this evening and overnight, we are going to keep and overnight, we are going to keep a lot of cloud around for most areas. temperatures mild for the time of yearand areas. temperatures mild for the time of year and certainly frost free tonight. a few showers around chilli us across the north of scotla nd chilli us across the north of scotland under those clearest skies but we still have what is fairly a week weather from tripping it's way east but that will bring a few splashes of rain as we head for the overnight period across parts of ammon and wales, some showers. an odd rumble of thunder but the showers are few and far in between. scotla nd showers are few and far in between. scotland and northern ireland look at drier through the night with the sclera skies across the northern

half in scotland and here to purchase will follow us. in the countryside the could be down to about two or three degrees but elsewhere frost free with the could be down to about two or three degrees but elsewhere frost free with this temperatures staying mild. first things murmuring double figures. high—pressure dominating to say setting out towards the east but we have this week weather front which will be pushing its way slowly eastward through the day. wanted to two showers perhaps coming with the morning... they should ease away later on but most of the places looking marjorie dreyfus up early missing hill fog,... looking marjorie dreyfus up early missing hillfog,... —— looking marjorie dreyfus up early missing hill fog,... —— looking marjorie dry for us. temperature is still mild between about 12—15 degrees but just down still mild between about 12—15 degrees butjust down a notch to recent days. it's a 17 celsius for insta nce recent days. it's a 17 celsius for instance on monday. it will be all... and active weather front with deepening low pressure squeezing isobars and windy are woelfel ——

whether developing with particular wind around the south west coast. rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotland later in the day western fringes and further east most day western fringes and further east m ost pla ces day western fringes and further east most places are looking marjorie dry through the day. still mild around 11-14 through the day. still mild around 11—14 degrees cooler in recent days and you will notice the strength of that wind in the west where there could be gales at times. still some wet and windy weather lingering in the south on thursday, then more rain heading towards the north—west of the uk on friday so turning fairly unsettled to the second half of this week. bye—bye.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. there is now a vaccine, for coronavirus. us firm pfizer says its vaccine is 90% effective against covid—19. the results of the company's trial are a huge step forward in the fight against the virus i've never felt professionally such a moment ofjoy, and we were just jumping up and down with joy for humanity. stock markets have surged on hopes of a return to normal, or something like it. but there are huge challenges in getting the vaccine to all those who need it. the us has passed ten million cases of coronavirus. joe biden has made tackling the pandemic, his first priority.

brexit talks are continuing but both sides of a trade deal could be closed and we will check in on that and also coming up in the programme. we will try to figure out why this gardening firm, landscaping firm, four seasons was chosen for a crucial trunk can press conference on saturday. there is selling some merchandise. we will get to that in a few minutes' time. there's been massive reaction from the stock markets following pfizer's annoucement of a successful vaccine. drugs firm pfizer's own shares leapt 14% after it said that look, this is what a relief rally

looks like. when you have wall street investors, companies breathing a collective sigh of relief and an idea that potentially you can now see an end to the lockdown. mapping the next few weeks, in fact it may be taking many, weeks, in fact it may be taking any weeks, in fact it may be taking many, many months. this is better than where we were 24 hours ago and that's why these stocks have just shot through the roof. those areas, those industries that were particularly by the pandemic to a stocks, hotels, that's where you are seeing the biggest gains. carnival cruises up about 35% last time i checked. as these companies that have really been struggling and where, frankly, some people i wondered how long they could hold on. now there's an end in sight and that's really what we are seeing being reflected on the stock market. and is this surge in stock value being seen across the board michelle? in the same way that there

we re michelle? in the same way that there were a few stocks that did better during the pandemic, those same stocks are now seeing some of that, some of those gains be taking away. zouma is one of those that we all talked about, how everyone has been doing conference calls and social calls online using that app but is not just them. at sea, calls online using that app but is notjust them. at sea, netflix, amazon, they have all seen their share prices trim slightly. the idea that that pandemic economy, clorox which is benefited from all of us buying those wipes and cleaning products. that assumption that perhaps we may have returned to some kind of new normal come of that is really what is driving this swing in stocks. the question is has he gone too far or not, as of the investment specialist will be discussing for a while. the other thing to bear in mind is what impact this will have on any future stimulus. if there is a sense that may relief is assumed going to be around the corner will

that pressure to get stimulus done, will that die down? we've been talking about joe will that die down? we've been talking aboutjoe biden, but remember joe biden is the president elect — but presdent trump continues to maintain that he's won the election and that it's been stolen from him. he hasn't offered any evidence to back that up. but he has promised a range of legal challenges to make his case. let's look at them. pennsylvania is one focus. it carries 20 electoral votes — and whenjoe biden was projected to take the state, that gave him victory in the election. well 98% of pennsylvania's votes have been counted — and several court battles are under way. here's what mr trump's lawyer rudy giuliani told fox news' sunday morning futures. it is, it is required that both sides observe and why wouldn't they let us observe? you have to be stupid not to figure out why. because for three days there were labouring mightily to make up the 700,000 votes deficit they had in a

city is an epicentre of voter fraud. now it's not true that republican poll watchers had no access in the state. because of covid—19 and concerns about intimidation — a 20 foot perimeter was put in place around those counting votes. that was challenged in court and reduced to six feet. republicans took it to court again on thursday — this article from abc has more detail. and here's what the state's top election official told journalists — here she is speaking on friday. and the counties, again, as i have talked about in the amazing county

election officials, they take this so seriously. they are such professionals. so i canjust say, really no matter how you chose to vote this year and so many pennsylvanians have a looks like it's really going to be a great turnout, it will be finalised the numbers that every method is incredibly safe and secure. the legal challenge in pennsylvania also centres on the state's decision to count ballots that are postmarked on election day or before — but arrive up to three days later. the supreme court declined to hear that case before the election — something donald trump criticised during the campaign — and republicans are seeking an appeal. but even if that were successful, officials say those ballots make up a small proportion of the overall votes. to michigan now. joe biden is projected to win with 99% of the vote counted. the day after the election, the trump campaign filed a lawsuit to stop the count — again over claims of a lack of access for observers. the lawsuit was dismissed.

also in pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed by a conservative legal group before the election claimed 21,000 dead people were on the voter rolls. the judge said he was doubtful the voters on the list were in fact dead. in michigan, one official twitter account said... it goes on to explain that there are administrative errors in recording the birth dates of some voters that make it look like they were dead — when they're not. this story from the new york times found the same. it says... next — let's take a look at nevada. joe biden is projected to win with 97% of the vote counted. republican concerns there are around out of state voters. here's a tweet from the nevada republican party.

here's a trump campaign spokesperson in nevada on friday. ballots are ballots a re not ballots are not automatically legal votes until they are checked. the case is focussed on voters in clark county, which includes the city of las vegas and has a high number of registered democrats. the registrar in the county said on thursday — the republicans have provided a list of people who were no longer living in the state when they case their ballots. but people who move within 30 days of an election can cast a vote in either their new or old state. and college students from nevada studying elsewhere can still vote there. the politifact website has rated

the republican's claim as false. on the other side of the country, a lawsuit in georgia is over the same issue — absentee ballots — has been thrown out. here's the law professor lawrence douglas with his assessment of the different legal challenges being pursued. whatever happens with these lawsuits commiti whatever happens with these lawsuits commit i should mention it looks like they are pretty meritless to begin with, they are completely unlikely to have any material impact on the outcome of the election. even in the case of pennsylvania, i think it would, it's incredibly unlikely to have any kind of impact on the result in pennsylvania. i cannot even say it's unlikely, it will not have an impact on the outcome of the vote in pennsylvania. but none of this seems to be holding the trump campaign back. this article from axios reports that the president plans to hold rallies focussing on the lawsuits.

it also says that some in mr trump's inner circle know that the legal fight to overturn the election result is doomed — but nobody wants to tell him. that's something that would be strongly contested by the president. it is though certainly a difficult situation for the republican leadership. mr trump may have lost the presidency, but he's not conceding — and he's likely to exercise a lot of influence over the republican party in the coming years. the ongoing legal battles also risk pulling focus from two crucial run—off elections in january that will settle which party has control of the senate. so republicans like the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have been walking a fine line — here's what he's tweeted — nobody‘s disagreeing with that.

the vice president who has been silent until now has 20 a similar statement saying... anthony zurcher. .. he is with us in washington, dc. how do you read these statements from senior republicans? as you mentioned they're trying to walk a fine line here, they don't want to anger the president who will be president for another two and a half months, on the other hand there to start taking about a future that is not going to include donald trump. they have elections to win in two years and four years, they have to try to distance themselves to some extent from a president who by all accounts has lost the selection. so they know that we're in a decent position to pick up seats in the midterms and hold on to the senate. perhaps of a chance to win the presidency back in four years. they don't want to burn

any bridges rest donald trump is just thinking about the next day and two days or next week and tried to find any slim pathway to victory evenif find any slim pathway to victory even if it looks like those doors have already been closed. he has sacked the defence secretary, what is the story? is strange you don't see senior officials being fired was only two and a half months being left in a presidency. donald trump did have some clashes with him over the use of the military to put down u nrest the use of the military to put down unrest in this country a few months ago. perhaps this isjust unrest in this country a few months ago. perhaps this is just settling scores or perhaps this is him acting like he might still have a chance at a second term so he started to make arrangements for it. stay with us on outside source — still to come. we will delve into the details of this now infamous press conference where donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani set up in the yard of a landscaping gardening firm in philadelphia.

the bbc has promised to launch an independent investigation into claims made by princess diana's brother that he was deceived by the reporter martin bashir ahead of the princess's television interview in 1995. the bbc‘s director general says the corporation is taking the matter very seriously. jonny dymond reports. it was one of the biggest tv interviews of all time. princess diana laying bare her loveless marriage, her love for another man, her suffering. but just marriage, her love for another man, her suffering. butjust did help martin get the interview? dina's brother, charles spencer says martin showed him forged bank statement suggesting conspiracy to win his trust and to gain access to his sister. and the graphic artist that created those bank statements has now spoken out. i got home from work

andl now spoken out. i got home from work and i got a phone call from micro and i got a phone call from micro and he wanted me to do a favour for him, and it was really urgent and really important. martin asked me to make upa really important. martin asked me to make up a couple of bank statements that he needed the following day. and he did say that there were just going to be used as copies, so on that night i wasjust making some props for filming purposes. charles spencer says he is speaking out now 25 years later because he found out recently that the bbc knew about the forged bank statements. the men and women who ran bbc news in the 90s have all moved on. the new director general has acknowledged the deceit and promised an independent inquiry. there are a lot of questions. but so far no answers from martin bashir, now the bbc prospect religion editor. seen and about this weekend the bbc says he is recovering from

heart surgery and is unable to a nswer heart surgery and is unable to answer questions. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... a good story, the development of the first proven vaccine against coronavirus has been hailed by its maker pfizer is a great day for science, and humanity. brexit negotiations are continuing — with a slightly different slant, now thatjoe biden has won the election — more on that in a minute. the latest talks between the uk and eu negotiators are taking place in london. here live pictures from the house of lords. intermarket bill of rights parts of the withdrawal agreement that the uk signed with the european unionjust months that the uk signed with the european union just months ago commit if it was used would break international law. it's expected that laws will strip those measures out of the bill. inflicting a defeat on the government although boris johnson has indicated it will use his

majority in the house of commons to overturn that. britain and the eu signed up to this legislation take into account the historical and geographicalfacts. into account the historical and geographical facts. on the lid into account the historical and geographicalfacts. on the lid is pa rt geographicalfacts. on the lid is part of the united kingdom and the republic of ireland is in the european union. no border checks of any type between the two set the peace deal, the good friday agreement, in the 1990s. everyone wa nts to agreement, in the 1990s. everyone wants to avoid border checks coming back on ireland but how do you do that if the republicans in a single market and northern ireland isn't? there is no easy answer but last autumn boris johnson agree there is no easy answer but last autumn borisjohnson agree to put some customs check between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, so customs checks within his own country. that unlocks the stalemate. but then in september the government announced the current legislation which would allow the uk to modify or to supply those rules. in the rules involving state aid as well.

20 of criticism ensued included from joe biden, he tweeted back then we can't allow the... and there's this. you've probably seen this clip already, my colleague nick bryant speaking to — or attempting to speak to — the then candidatejoe biden, on the campaign trail back in january. mr biden, a quick word for the bbc. the bbc? i'm irish! help me understand howjoe biden fits of the equation if at all. it's not simple, there's two things going onjust not simple, there's two things going on just now. the arguments of a brexiter once we have talked about many times of four. issues in the talks as both sides are trying to solve but two things different at the moment, one is the changing geopolitical landscape so you've

gone from having a president in the white house who was passionately pro brexit and promising the uk a free—trade deal to a president who is anti—brexit and sounds quite sceptical about the uk path explains to ensure trade within the uk after brexit. the other thing is time now really is of the essence. only until the 1st of january to a degree and ratify a deal. both sides are getting twitchy that the talks to been going on for so long and still have not come to an agreement. donald trump's defeat was announced while the president was playing golf — and when his campaign set up in a gardening firm's yard — just by a six shop and a crematorium. donald trump tweeted that there would be a press conference on saturday morning at the four seasons in philadelphia. people assumed he meant here — the four seasons hotel. but another tweet followed with a clarification. not the hotel — but four seasons total landscaping —

a gardening company in an industrial area on the outskirts of philidelphia. the washington post took in the arc of donald trump's presidency — with a story headlined — ‘it began on a gold escalator. the articles quotes the company's director of sales: "i have no idea whatever the reasons, the trump campaign had made its decision — and set up in the yard. as you can see from these pictures — it was a low—key affair. a sign attached to the wall, a podium, some journalists, some trump supporters. a few doors down from the six shop " fa ntasy island". and just across the street from the local crematorium. and it has here that president trump's personal lawyer learned that his man had lost. who was it called by? oh, my goodness, all the networks? wow! all the networks!

we have to forget about the law. judges don't count. richard hall — a journalist for the independent — was there. he wrote this article, which starts... richard halljoins me now from new york. he's live with me from new york. sound like a morning to remember. like you said it began with one of those strange presidential tweets and ended up like you saw. describe the scene that was playing out in those minutes around the projection ofjoe biden as president—elect. rudy giuliani had gathered the press, and yet remember that pennsylvania was the tipping point state at this point. in the press together there to await the results and people are been staring at cnn

for days and days waiting for results to come in almost going a bit crazy. in the president called this press conference or one rush there graduates from japan, germany and all over the world were gathered in this car park next to fantasy island which is in adult book store andi island which is in adult book store and i think it was around five minutes before he came out that someone one of the journalists said the race had been called angela started to leave this big press conference company president and his lawyers, so very strange scene and that out on the street we had people turn to celebrate and trump supporters clashing with biting supporters clashing with biting supporters so very strange place to hear the result. lots of people from europe peeping their horns but were there people say no this is not over? there was, i spoke to a couple of trump supporters outside four seasons total landscaping work took

place and they simplyjust echoed the president's of substantiated claims about the voter fraud and a rigged election. none of which has been proven. no evidence tied in and he did not provide evidence which he said he was there to do. how long did it last? it lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. iactually did it last? it lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. i actually left the press co nfe re nce 20 minutes. i actually left the press conference early because i had been covering the attacks against the integrity of this election for a few months, and rudy giuliani has held about three or four press comments is promising to deliver evidence and once it became clear he was not going to deliver evidence there's no point in staying there, i went outside and started to be talk to the people celebrating about the election. thank you, you can see his report on the online of course. the press conference had been called to draw attention to the trump campaign's claims that the election has been stolen. no evidence was offered — but more broadly it certainly drew attention. two days on, the event

at the four seasons continues to generate stories from politico, usa today, the atlantic, south china morning post — the list is a long one. but credit where credit‘s due. the philadelphia inquirer has been doing a lot of the heavy lifting on the story — publishing a detailed account of the whole thing. it tells us... "the 78—year—old employee manning the counter well the team at four seasons total landscaping appears to have taken this in their stride. in response to criticism online — it's posted on facebook saying it would ‘proudly hosted any presidential candidate's campaign at our business." maybe it will be a become a fixture in pennsylvanian politics. it's certainly been quick to see an opportunity. go online now and you can buy a range of "make america rake again" and "lawn and order" merchandise. and while they quite reasonably make the most of the attention, it remains unclear whether the trump campaign booked the whole thing in error or not. either way, at close to 11.24 on saturday morning — america reached a historic moment —

cnn announced joe biden as the president—elect, donald trump played golf, and his campaign was in a backyard by fantasy island. of course the situation we are in now with your monitoring both the president and the president elect. in terms of the president—elect we have very been discussing howjoe biden has announced his coronavirus task force and already saying he's planning to offer a piece of advice in terms of how americans should behave. is a put emphasis on wearing facemasks, something donald trump has been ambivalent about in recent months. we also say these live pictures coming in from pennsylvania, the state we have just been talking about. lawyers for the republican party are holding up has conference on legal action over mail in ballots. the centres on the position that as long as you posted your ballot on election day on tuesday or days before that, if it has a post—market was allowed to

arrive up to three days later, so it could arrive up to friday even though election day was the tuesday. the republicans had hoped the supreme court would consider this matter before the election much too donald trump's frustration it declined to do so. the system remained in place so it does not mean the republicans have changed their criticism of this system, they believe that it opens up the possibility of voter fraud and problems of the election is not in good order. as we've been detailing on the programme so far no allegations of voter fraud have been established, have been confirmed in a court of law but the republicans continue to make their case and said it will be bringing legal challenges not just it will be bringing legal challenges notjust in it will be bringing legal challenges not just in pennsylvania it will be bringing legal challenges notjust in pennsylvania but a number of other states, we will talk about nevada and georgia. his supporters continue to make the case that this election was, to use the president's words, stolen but so far no evidence has been provided to back up those claims. much more on the bbc news website. and those of

you watching on bbc world news i was even a minute, those of you on the bbc news channel, see you tomorrow. good evening. monday brought us a mild and fairly cloudy day with a few showers. there were some clearer spells around too. this was the scene in motherwell. as the sun set a little bit earlier on in the evening. now, as we head through the rest of this evening and overnight we are going to keep a lot of clout around for most areas. temperatures on the mild side still for the time of year, so certainly frost free tonight. a few showers around and it will be chilli us to cross the north of scotland under those clearest guys. but we have still got this fairly week weather front that's just drifting its way eastwards. that will bring a few splashes of rain as we head through the overnight period. particularly across parts of england and wales. some showers around here. could be the odd rumble of thunder, but the showers are fairly few and far between. scotland, northern ireland look drier through the night with those clearest skies across the northern

half of scotland, and it's here that temperatures will fall lowest. in fact in the countryside it could be down to about two or three degrees, but elsewhere it frost free with those temperatures staying mild. double figures first thing tomorrow morning. so we start of tuesday, high—pressure still dominating sitting out towards the east, but we've got this week weather front here which willjust be pushing its way slowly eastwards through the day. so perhaps one or two showers coming out through that weather front through the morning. particularly across parts of wales, perhaps in southern england as well they should ease away later on. at most other places looking largely dry. some early mist and hill fog for northern and eastern parts in particular, that should left and clear through the day. more sunshine on tuesday compared to what we had on monday, temperatures still mild between about 12 to 15 degrees, and just down a notch compared to recent days. we saw 17 celsius on monday. looking towards the middle of the week and it's going to be all change as we got quite an active weather front moving in from the atlantic and deepening area of low pressure. the isobars squeezing as well. so windier weather developing on monday, at a brisk southerly window. particularly windy around these west coasts. some rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotland,

later in the day into western fringes of england and wales. further east most places are looking largely dry through the day. still mild around 11 to 14 degrees, but a little bit cooler than recent days and you will notice the strength of that wind, particularly the west where there could be gales at times. still and windy weather lingering in the south on thursday, and then more rain heading into the northwest of the uk on friday. so turning fairly unsettled through the second half of this week. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. the headlines at 8pm — a major breakthrough in the fight against corononavirus — a new vaccine is developed, and it appears to be more than 90% effective. the drug company pfizer says it's a great day for science, but others urge caution. the prime minister says the nhs will be ready for its roll—out. we have cleared one significant hurdle but there are several more to go before we know the vaccine can be used. hundreds of thousands of tests are being dispatched by the government to local authorities in a further move towards government targets. the us president electjoe biden

says tackling the pandemic is his