hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the new coronavirus vaccine — who will get it first and when. once the trial vaccine is given the green light the mammoth task will begin of rolling it out worldwide — and within each country. we'll look at how it'll be done. the logistics are complex. the uncertainties are real and the scale of thejob is uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. a hard hitting report on child abuse and the catholic church. it says cardinal nichols cared more about the church's reputation than the survivors we probably can't make sure —— the victims, the families.

-- the victims, the families. the catholic church in england prioritised its own reputation over the welfare of sexually abused children. and in england, the boss of the football association has resigned after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. yesterday, we heard the first covidi9 vaccine had come through final trials. today we heard more on the practicalities of distributing it — and of what an achievement this is. normally vaccines take a decade to develop. here's the who. this is an absolutely unprecedented situation we find ourselves in with over 200 vaccine candidates, a0 of them in clinical development within

ten months of any virus being discovered. the vaccine that seems to have won the race — is what's called an rna vaccine — and it's been developed by pharmaceutical companies pfizer and biontech. it's one of 11 vaccines that are currently in the final stages of testing. here's a reminder of how badly it's needed. there are nearly 51 million confirmed cases and more than 1.2 million deaths globally, according to a tally byjohns hopkins university. and experts agree that a vaccine is now the only credible ways of getting out of the global crisis — other than endless lockdowns and economic ruin. and until recently there were serious doubts there would ever be one. here's professor sirjohn bell who sits on the uk's vaccine taskforce. i think what people need to understand is that this is a really big step forward because it wasn't obvious to all of us that we would ever get

a vaccine for this virus. there are lots of diseases that you do not get a vaccine to and there was a real worry that we would not get a vaccine to this one. so, what it means is that you can make a vaccine for this virus and that is a massive step. everything else, i think, it comes rather easier to achieve. so, there needs to be an approval by the regulators they have already started to manufacture and they need to step it up and then they need to distribute it. so, the biggest hurdle of all — coming up with a vaccine that works — has been cleared, subject to it passing regulatory tests. now there's the not so minor feat of actually rolling it out to the entire world population. here's tulip mazumdar on that. how do you go about immunising the road 7.7 billion people? manufacturing plants like this one in the already strained to make hundreds of millions of doses of some the most promising candidates.

once your bottle of the vaccine, you've then got to get them out into communities. this vaccine, this is a big challenge with many different outcomes. second challenge is how to look at this and vaccinate them. the challenge is to billion doses will be delivered to countries. what do we do with... perhaps the biggest threat to global rollout is vaccine nationalisation — when individual countries try to buy up as much stock as possible to cover their own populations. here's the director general of the who. no one is safe until everyone is safe. and here's why no one is safe until everyone is safe. there are still questions over how long people will remain immune once they have the vaccine. as long as covid—19 is still virulent in parts of the world that the vaccine fails to reach,

it's could possibly spread again once immunisation dips in people who got the jab. there would also be the risk of the virus mutating into a strain that makes a vaccine less effective. we've already seen this in denmark where a mutant form of the coronavirus developed in mink, after the animals caught it from farm workers. these aerial pictures show the mass graves of mink after a cull was ordered at mink farms there after the mutant strain jumped from mink to humans, in an effort to contain its spread. the who has also warned that unless countries cooperate, a successful vaccine could touch off a worldwide frenzy. similar to the scramble for ppe gear and the ingredient for testing kits, when governments seized exports, and the us reportedly tried to intercept other nation's shipments at global ports. and because we know demand will outstrip supply in the initial months, a body has been set up to try and ensure any successful vaccine is distributed fairly — and to where it's most needed. here's tulip on that.

three of the big global health and vaccine organisations have come up with a new system that aims to ensure that everyone anywhere in the world who needs the vaccine most its access to it first. it was to procure to billion doses to protect at least 1 procure to billion doses to protect at least1 billion procure to billion doses to protect at least 1 billion people procure to billion doses to protect at least1 billion people in the next year. first, health workers and then the over 65 to be prioritised. so, what you really want is a situation where you can roll the sex inside to begin to weaken the epidemic. but if you have a region thatis epidemic. but if you have a region that is a raging epidemic, you may wa nt to that is a raging epidemic, you may want to put a priority in that region to bring it down than any other place that already has pretty good control. most rich countries are making side deals directly with pharmaceuticals though. the uk has signed up between 600 million doses of three different vaccines. the us hopes to get 300 million doses of

various vaccines by january. let me show you this graphic from the one campaign. it shows the results of their vaccine access test, which ranks countries and companies developing vaccines, in terms of the fair access they'll likely provide for poor countries. as you can see, pfizer is way down their list. jenny ottenhoff is the health policy directorfrom the one campaign — shejoins me from washington dc. thank you very much for your time. help us understand why you positioned pfizer so down on that list study will be created the test to evaluate the actions that countries are taking in relation to the covid—19 vaccine countries are taking in relation to the covid-19 vaccine for close for the covid-19 vaccine for close for the way into global access. and companies that made deals for promising vaccine candidates including pfizer. it is due to the

lack of collaboration with international efforts and nonprofit pricing will submit a lot of deals, bilateral deals with different companies that potentially monopolized the initial supply of vaccines in high—income so six buyers of high income and at least 1.1 billion doses of the 1.3 billion dosage that pfizer is projecting for 2021. that means is lent 20 million doses for everyone else. if i get this interrupt, it is not taken a federal money to help with the development of this vaccine. it is developed it all on itself with its collaboration with germany. will you be able to go to wealthier countries and charge more for the vaccine in order to recoup its investment? recouping the investment for vaccines, this is an unusual situation and there is some strong

global markets and need for this vaccine and we have to have any that come togetherfor anyone vaccine and we have to have any that come together for anyone who needs it, starting with the most vulnerable first wherever they are. the bottom line is, when there is an effective vaccine available, we are going to end the pandemic when it is available to everyone in needs it and that includes the most vulnerable people no matter where they live. despite your concerns and referred similar concerns from the secretary general, at the moment there are some vaccines which will be sorted disproportionately to other countries, is there anything we can do to stop this securing of the market? we are seeing some great actions by some pharmaceutical companies, including johnson & johnson that are committed to working with covax, the covax facility that have access to lower income countries at the centre of the model. there are different ways that countries and companies should

be collaborating multilaterally with covax, with the access to covid—19 technologies excelerator to make sure that not only high income countries have it as well as lower income countries. once the logistics are sorted and the vaccine is ready to go, there are lots of conspiracies not just by vaccinations but about the timing of this announcement coming just after the us election. there are also many outlandish ideas about vaccines as a tool of mass genocide 01’ vaccines as a tool of mass genocide or micro—chipping the entire population and that's talk to mariana spring who is been going through this.

the bbc‘s marianna spring is here to go through it with us. what are you sing about the sex and? it is nothing there. i been looking into this for the past few months —— what are you sing about this vaccine. this vaccine has benefited from coronavirus and so much that it is used it as a way of plugging new narratives, false narratives about vaccines, particularly coronavirus. there's some really outlandish things out there were quite frequently we are seeing suggestions that bill gates is going to use it to commit mass genocide to kill lots of people, that it's a way of the populating a method of depopulation and we are also seeing various kinds of things about microchips, that microchip will be used to inject microchips and the people and control them. and obviously those are totally different from legitimate concerns about vaccines, they want to be safe, they want to properly tested and not to be rushed. and those are legitimate concerns that people can express and

there are worlds away from what we're seeing about bill gates and genocide and it is the us election and we have seen a lot of them misinformation about vaccines went to the us election with the suggestion that it was announced after donald trump atlus the presidency in a bid to stop and being reelected. there is no evidence to support that and it is really important reminder that people that misinformation is to spread on the political backdrop and also stuff that makes us feel really also stuff that makes us feel really a motive and submenu people are excited about this news and other really worried about and i'll be the perfect time for conspiracy theories to spread. when discussing diversity in

football during a meeting with mp5. the equality charity said to belong to the dustbin of history before a play you this report from dc sports editor dan rowen, i should warn you that it includes some language that you may find offensive. football has been through a lot lately, gloss of fans sparking financial crisis, the sports leaders are asters provide some answers and instead a new controversy. during questions on diversity, the top of the english game sing this. if you go to the it department of the fa, there's a lot more celebrations than there are for afro—caribbean, they have different career interests. but that's not all that he said, referring to black players using an offensive and outdated term. i profiled coloured football players and the abuse they take. a few minutes later came ms.. which like to withdraw that language because it is not the sort of language that inclusion is not a

reality even though football is very diverse? one, if i said it, reality even though football is very diverse? one, ifi said it, i deeply apologise for it, secondly, i am a product of having worked overseas, working in the usa for many years for i was required to use the term people of colour and sometimes that was the product of their diversity legislation and positive discrimination format. sometimes, a trip of my word. they have united of racism and many believe those effo rts racism and many believe those efforts have been undermined. racism and many believe those efforts have been underminedm racism and many believe those efforts have been undermined. it is a grisly compilation of ignorant stereotypes. so, ithink a grisly compilation of ignorant stereotypes. so, i think that since there is an underlying attitude and thatis there is an underlying attitude and that is a problem and i think it is legitimate to ask the question, is that the right person to be leading this organisation? and the fa dramatically announced that he had stepped down after what he an a cce pta ble stepped down after what he an acceptable words that did a disservice to our game. this has been another grim day for the sport, greg clark's resignation, the lesson

football needed after wolves a period of crisis for the grassroots of the game suspended in terms of style still shut, agreement or for a bailout to help clubs survive as proved elusive and increasing tension over the future structure of the club game. footballs authorities and said there'd been expecting to come together to help the sport and instead, the governing body has another crisis. health ca re care make the supreme court is hearing a case which could overturn the affordable care act which is better known, republican states backed by the donald trump republican states — backed by the trump administration — are trying to strike down the law. if they‘ re successful — it would invalidate the health insurance for up to 23 million americans. this is the hearing.

it's in audio only and held online. remember conservative justices now occupy six of the courts nine seats — including the most recent appointee amy coney barrett. there will be no judgment made until late spring. this latest challenge is being brought by 18 republican states — led by texas. it targets a requirement in the legislaton that obliges virtually all americans to buy health insurance. republican officials argue that became unconstitutional — after congress made another law removing the financial penalty for anyone that failed to do so. california — and a number of democratic states, are defending it. the law has already survived two legal challenges in the supreme court — one in 2012, and one in 2015. nomia iqbal is in wilmington injoe biden‘s home town delaware. — what's the issue? why republicans would argue to do

something which could remove insurance for millions of americans? yet, the republicans have been wanting to get rid of the affordable ca re wanting to get rid of the affordable care act also known as obama care for, ever since he came about more than ten years ago and for them, it isa than ten years ago and for them, it is a case of they do not believe that the government should be making decisions about peoples medical needs and medical decisions. i think it should be nothing to do with them whereas the democrats wanted to expand it, they want to improve on obama care and obama care is a signature policy of the obama administration and they want to restore affordable, the health care actress donald trump is been trying to repeal it and replace it, repeal and replace but hasn't actually given any details of what he would replace it with and this all took

place during a global pandemic were more than 2 million americans have been affected by coronavirus and more than 230,000 people have died andi more than 230,000 people have died and i think the democrats of always said trying to get rid of health ca re said trying to get rid of health care and any time is morally responsible but trying to do it during a global pandemic which is to be totally irresponsible and we expect, there was a something along those lines when around half an hour or $0. those lines when around half an hour or so. don't go anywhere. two hugely popular aspects of the law are at stake. one of them famously protects people with pre—existing conditions, and the other allows adults up to the age of 26 to stay on their parents‘ insurance plan. professor daniel dawes was one of the architects of the affordable care act. this is his assessment. it leaves a major gap and policy for us it leaves a major gap and policy for us andl it leaves a major gap and policy for us and i would push back when they talk about socialised medicine because this was not the bill that many of us really wanted. in fact, i

would argue that this could not be a more republican bill. the aca was developed with templates and lawmakers, so if i were to be overturned, i am afraid that we would see an unraveling of our health care system and there will be dire economic and national security issues at stake because of people are not able to get access to health care, if they are dying prematurely, then how the world can we outcompete our global competitors, how can we defend the nation? especially younger folks who are being afflicted by this covid—19 pandemic. joe biden made it a campaign pledge to expand the affordable care act rather than ended and that is not a huge surprise. he played a key role ina huge surprise. he played a key role in a passing was vice president under barack obama. if i can bring you back in here, i need to understand this process a little

further. when joe biden understand this process a little further. whenjoe biden takes over, he will seek to deepen the affordable care act, but we're still waiting for a ruling of the supreme court and we had in one direction then are forced to go in another. that is right. that's we heard, the supreme court is hearing all arguments today and when not getting any rulings yet, it's been interesting because so far, some of the arguments put forward have been met with skepticism and bread kevin na was appointed by donald trump and you've got the newly appointed justice on the bench, also appointed by donald trump and she has been critical about the affordable care act before, but she is also expressed her concerns as well if you strike out the mandate part, then you do not want to destroy the whole act entirely and we know the supreme court is supposed to be nonpartisan and they certainly have

ruled on issues in the past which show that but also, the affordable ca re show that but also, the affordable care act has been in the domain for more than ten years and people are used to it now. and when you look at various surveys and research, it shows that americans don't necessarily want to get rid of it, they want to improve it. there are lots of reasons for the moment that it might go their way. thank you very much and staying with us for the next hour or two. but still with us politics bring up to date with where we have the election. first to the fallout of attorney general william barr authorising an investigation into voterfraud. mr barr sent this memo to state attorney generals asking them to look into "clear and apparently—credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual state". he added that "specious, speculative, fanciful or far—fetched claims" should be ignored.

remember the trump campaign has provided no evidence to back up its claim that the there was widespread electoralfraud. we're told within hours the man who oversees investigations of voter fraud — richard pilger — resigned.. according to the nyt he sent this email to his colleagues saying the context here is that william barr is one of donald trump's closest allies — and this directive breaks from a long—standing practise that the justice department doesn't start investigating alleged crimes involving elections until after the results of those elections are certified. the fear here is this. justice department prosecutors — speaking anonymously to the nyt — said "the memo is unlikely to change the outcome of the election but could damage public confidence in the results"

there will be a smooth transition. we are ready. the world is watching what is taking place. we are going to count all the votes, the process is complete, there will be an elective selected, there is a process and the constitutionalists laced up pretty clearly. the roach of every confidence that the state department is functioning today and will be successful today and success with the president that is an office onjanuary with the president that is an office on january 20, with the president that is an office onjanuary 20, and it will also be successful. will grant at the white house. democrat reaction to the wiilliam barr invest. well, as you can imagine, i think the approach from thejoe biden transition team is pretty much the same throughout. they‘ re transition team is pretty much the same throughout. they're trying to remain presidential air trying to act as business as usual and the

question of moving the transition forward , question of moving the transition forward, the difficulty that they haveis forward, the difficulty that they have is that some of those that you have is that some of those that you have been discussing very clearly in the top there about william barr sending out the authorisation to federal prosecutors for the breath of the land to investigate claims what he called, claims of voter irregularity, it holds the whole process up and certainly, thejoe biden camp are hoping for their own legal position in terms of bringing forward emotion or some kind of lawsuit against part of the administration that really holds the purse strings the letter needs to be signed by an administrator who has not even sign that which would free up not even sign that which would free up millions of dollars in transition funds and of course members of the joe biden staff and the government buildings to begin transitions. so there looking at their own legal options and so looks like the start ofa options and so looks like the start of a very naughty, complicated legal and prolia. i am curious, what is

going on next to the white house?|j am going on next to the white house?” am not entirely sure. there have been a lot of construction work, plenty of journalists been a lot of construction work, plenty ofjournalists using this metaphor as you can imagine in their writing about cranes and the president being removed and so, i wa nt to president being removed and so, i want to go into any of that but what i will say is that there is a very odd feeling and it strikes a lot of people who were celebrating in this area, this is black lives matter plaza and which are reported at the time and discussed, those people who we re time and discussed, those people who were on the streets the timer feeling very uneasy about the legal machinations. i cannot see a great deal more than that but there's a lot of needs that if things go forward , lot of needs that if things go forward, members the administration applying such a role that they're getting a bit worried that this is not as cut and dry as they thought it was. in the next half of the

programme, they look at the republican position on donald trump's ongoing refusal. hello there. much of the country today was dry again like we saw yesterday, but we saw more sunshine around but we saw more sunshine around today, and again it was pretty mild with fewer showers around. tomorrow, though, quite different story for the north and west of the country. windy and wet. what elsewhere we should continue to hold onto the dry weather. now this wet and windy weather will be pushing into northern ireland, much of north and western scotland through the night. some pretty heavy and persistent rain in places, but elsewhere mainly dry and variable cloud. a few clear spells, lighter winds here. so we could see issues with mist and fog developing again. and here it will be quite cool, six to 8 degrees and milder for the west where you have that wind and rain. and the reason for the rain is this new area of low pressure which will be very slowly moving its way eastwards because it is bumping against this area of high pressure.

but there will be more isobars on the chart soon soon tomorrow so it windier day for all. certainly windy for much of scotland and northern ireland with some heavy and persistent rain here. the rain moving very slowly pushing into words western england and wales by the end of the day. but elsewhere much of eastern scotland, certainly england and wales will stay dry, albeit rather windy. could see a little bit of brightness around. 12 to 1a degrees here a little bit cooler than what we have had through today. and around the low teens for the northwest. that band of rain, some of it have spreads its way eastwards right across eastern scotland, england and wales through wednesday night. take the strong winds with it too and leaves in its wake something a bit cooler and fresher, and a little bit drier, just a few showers across western areas. so here's the pressure charts as we head on into thursday. we are in between weather systems, a ridge of high pressure will bring a fine day for thursday before this next area of low pressure will bring more unsettled weather to end the week. so any early rain will clear the way from the east and then

it's dry and bright. in fact, thursday not looking too bad at all. should see quite a bit of sunshine across the country. particularly central and eastern areas. further west, one or two showers around and it starts to turn windy and cloudy in the northwest ahead of this new weather system. a slightly fresher day, though, i think for all areas. temperatures of nine to 13 degrees. and then this next weather system starts to hurtling for thursday night into friday. should clear through but it will end up being a rather breezy day through friday with sunshine and showers. some of these will be heavy across western areas and then it turns unsettled. wet and windy conditions as we head into saturday. but it will be on the mild side both days.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the new coronavirus vaccine — who will get it first and when. once the trial vaccine is given the green light the mammoth task will begin of rolling it out worldwide — and within each country. we'll look at how it'll be done. the logistics are complex. the uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. protesters have stormed the armenian parliament, their anger about a peace deal. steve rosenberg is in armenia and will expand to us what is happening. a long awaited report finds two popes and top catholic officials turned a blind eye to serial abuse by a former us cardinal.

we share that with sorrow... and we will look about how the republican party is root dealing with the refusal of donald trump to concede. six weeks of fighting have ended in armenia. they have signed up peace six weeks of fighting in nagorno karabakh has ended. armenia and azerbaijan have signed a peace agreement — and it's clear from the reaction in both countries which one is happiest. this is baku, the capital of azerbaijan. celebrations went through the night and into today. in contrast, this is what happened in armenia. protesters stormed the parliament, attacking the the speaker and reportedly looting

the prime minister's office. today he tried to explain why he signed the deal. translation: the army said that it was necessary to stop. because there are problems that have no prospect of a solution. because resources a re no prospect of a solution. because resources are exhausted. we do not have any alternative. the azeri president was much more upbeat. translation: what has happened, he asks. this will probably be the talk of the town for many years. that's orla guerin translating for the president there. here's more from her in baku, the azeri capital. from the point of view of azerbaijan which does not defy fight more. its chief victories on the ground but also know a double medic agreement which means that refugees, people who are displaced from here almost 30 years ago can return, and that's

been a key demand of azerbaijan all the way along. this is the history. both countries fought over nagorno karabakh in the late 19805 and early 905. it was then that the region declared independence from azerbaijan — and effectively became part of armenia. this displaced many azeris who lived there — they are the refugees that orla was referring to. the fighting began again in september and armenia has lost ground. this deal means azerbaijan means will hold on to areas of nagorno—karabakh that it has taken during this recent conflict. armenia has also agreed to withdraw from several other areas. before i continue any further, i can see the president electjoe biden stepping onto the stage so we will listen to what he has to say. thank you, and good afternoon everyone. this morning as was stated in the united states supreme court heard oral arguments on the case of

great importance to the american people. this case represents the latest attempt by the far right ideologues to do what they have been repeatedly failing to do for a long time. in the courts and the congress, in a court of public opinion over the last decade to eliminate the entirety of the affordable care act. twice already the supreme court has upheld the landmark law. in 2012 and again in 2015. and the congress expressing the popular will of the american people on a bipartisan basis has rejected numerous attempts, numerous effo rts rejected numerous attempts, numerous efforts by president trump to erase the law as well. now in the middle ofa the law as well. now in the middle of a deadly pandemic that has infected more than 10 million americans, nearly one in every 32 americans, nearly one in every 32 americans often with devastating consequences to their health is ideologues are once again trying to strip health coverage away from the

american people. the goal of the outgoing administration is clear. from the brief they filed in the supreme court. it asserts, and i quote, the entire aca and thus must fall. end of quote. and i'm not navy but the fact that health care is an issue that has divided americans in the past. but the truth is the american people are more united on this issue today and they are divided. recently as last month a leading survey found that american people want to keep the affordable ca re people want to keep the affordable care act in place by an overwhelming margin. of 58% to 36%. 79% of the american people including nine out of ten democrats, eight out of ten and of republicans wants to keep the aca protections for people with pre—existing conditions which would be eliminated if this lawsuit were to succeed. this does not need to be a partisan issue. it's a human

issue. it affects every single american family. and we can't subvert the growing consensus that the american people based in an argument put forward in the briefs seeking to invalidate the law that even many conservative legal scholars, including in the national review considered to be quote ridiculous. let's be absolutely clear about what's at stake. the consequences of the trop administration's argument are not at the academic or an abstraction. for many americans they are a matter of life and death in the literal sense. this argument will determine whether health care coverage are more than 20 million americans will acquired under the affordable care act will be ripped away in the middle of the nation's worked pandemic in a century. over 100 million people as the vice president elect pointed out, over 100 million people with pre—existing conditions like asthma, diabetes, cancer, could once again be denied coverage with the convocations from covid—19 like lung

scarring and heart damage with the next flight of priests and conditions use as an excuse to jack up conditions use as an excuse to jack up premiums or conditions use as an excuse to jack up premiums or coverage conditions use as an excuse to jack up premiums or coverage altogether. for millions of survivors who have struggled, one and fought against the coronavirus, fought against the loss of their life. this armament will determine whether women, as is pointed out what you can be charged higher premiums just because they are women. were seniors will see their prescription drug costs go up. and like kids whether or not they can stay on their parents plans until age 26. with annual lifetime benefits will be reimposed. so someone can walk in and say die in peace, you have run out of your coverage. this is not hyperbole, this is real. as real as it gets. when a family is faced with the awful news of a child prospect diagnosis of leukaemia or mum forced bow against breast cancer, an

accident that leaves loved ones unable to live the life you have a lwa ys unable to live the life you have always known, it stops your heart. it stops your heart. it wrenches your entire world right off of its axis when it happens and then if you know that from your own personal experiences. believe me, i know the feeling. and too many american families do as well. in that moment the very last thing on your mind, the very last thing on your mind, the very last thing on your mind, the very last thing that should be on your mind is with you can afford the treatment, or the affordable ca re the treatment, or the affordable care act that was created to put a stop to that inhumanity. created to ensure that families thrusted to the worst nightmare of their lives could focus not on money but on the fights that really matters. obamacare is the law that every american should be proud of. it's what people with pre—existing conditions are protected in this country. if the law that delivered vital coverage as

isaid law that delivered vital coverage as i said before, for 20 million americans that did not have coverage. it's a law that reduce prescription drug price costs for nearly 12 million seniors. the law that saves lives and spared cou ntless that saves lives and spared countless families from financial ruin. so this effort to bypass the will of the american people, the verdict of the courts in the past, thejudgement of verdict of the courts in the past, the judgement of congress in my view is simply cruel. and needlessly divisive. regardless of the outcome of this case i promise you this. beginning on january 20 of this case i promise you this. beginning onjanuary 20 from the vice president—elect and i will do everything in our power to ease the burden of health care on you and yourfamilies. i burden of health care on you and your families. i promise burden of health care on you and yourfamilies. i promise you that. asi yourfamilies. i promise you that. as i said i will protect your health ca re as i said i will protect your health care like a protected, like it's my own family. we have been u nfortu nately own family. we have been unfortunately significant consumers of health care. that starts by

building out the affordable care act with a dramatic expansion of coverage and bold steps to lower health care coverage and bold steps to lower health ca re costs. coverage and bold steps to lower health care costs. my transition tea m health care costs. my transition team will soon be starting at work to flesh out the details so that we can hit the ground running tackling costs, increasing access, lowering the price of prescription drugs. families are really right now. particularly the reporters in this room and others listening to him you interviewed a lot of these people around the country as you've gone all over the country in the world. enduring illnesses for the richest choices, losing their employer plans and over 10 million already lost their plans. they need a lifeline and they need it now. they should have to hold their breath, they should not be in a position. waiting to see if the supreme court will wrench away peace of mind. they have come to now rely on. so we are going to get right to work i promise you. addressing the issues that families are talking about around their

kitchen tables this morning. making sure that they can get to bed tonight with the peace of mind that they deserve. fulfilling our moral obligations to ensure that here in america health care is a right for all, not a privilege for a few. so comejanuary all, not a privilege for a few. so come january we are all, not a privilege for a few. so comejanuary we are going to work quickly with congress to dramatically ramp up health care protections, get america's universal coverage, lower health care costs, and as soon as humanly possible. that's the promise i make to you. we will fight for your family public health coverage the same way we fight for our own families health coverage. we want every school american to know if you are sick, if you are struggling, if you are worried about how you are going to get going to get through the day we will not abandon you. that is a promise. we will not leave you to face these challenges alone. we are going to get through this, we are going to get through this, we are going to get through this, we are going to get through it together and

we are going to build health care systems that put you and your families first and that every american can be proud of. want to thank you all for listening to it may god bless you and make god keep you safe in this covid environment and may god protect our troops. i'm told that we are going to have promote your going to take five questions or there about. ok. thank you mr president—elect. during the campaign you said that you are not naive about how difficult it would be to unite the country. it's now three days after you rejected as the president—elect. the president himself says he has won this election, his own administration has not moved forward to give you access to what you need to do to begin the work of your transition. just a few minutes ago his secretary of state when asked if he would co—operate with a smooth transition he said

there would be a smooth transition toa there would be a smooth transition to a second trumpet administration. i would if you have a message for the president who may well be watching right now, and how do you expect to be able to work with republicans when so many of us were has refused to even acknowledge your victory? first of all, we are already beginning the transition. we are well under way. in the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognise this as our win does not change the dynamic at all. we announced yesterday as you know the health group that we put together today, we will be going and moving along in a consistent manner putting together our administration at the white house. in reviewing who we are going to pay for the cabinet positions. and nothing is going to stop that. so i'm confident that the

fa ct stop that. so i'm confident that the fact that they are not willing to acknowledge we won at this point is not of much consequence and are planning a what we are able to do between now and january 20. to have response to secretary pompeo, and also... laughter born during the campaign that is the walls closing on the president you would behave —— he would behave more erratically. he fired his defence secretary on twitter, a radius disabling the government and what you think the world leaders who are calling you at this point about the situation? and letting him know that america is back. we're going to be back in the game, not america alone number one, i've had the opportunity to speak to now six world leaders. and the response has been very fulsome. energetic. and they're all looking forward to being able to come up from great britain to france to

germany, to canada etc. and ireland. i feel good about the ability to, i said when we announced that the next president is going to inherit a divided country in the world in disarray. the reception and welcome we have gotten around the world from our allies and our friends we have gotten around the world from our allies and ourfriends has been real. a number of other calls to return, so i feel confident that we are going to be able to put the, put america back in of respect that had before. mr president-elect, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has suggested today he may not recognise the outcome of this election until the outcome of this election until the electoral college meets. next month. have you spoken to her long—time friend in the senate mr

mcconnell, and what do you make of his specific comments over the last za his specific comments over the last 24 hours? i haven't had it chance to speak to mitch, my expectation is i would do that in the not—too—distant future. i think that the whole republican party has a put in a position with a few notable exceptions, of being mildly intimidated by the sitting president. but there's only one president. but there's only one president at a time. he is president, we're going to have the electoral college and to be making theirjudgement in electoral college and to be making their judgement in december, announced in early january but in the meantime i hope you get a chance to speak to mitch. without transition funding will you be able to go through with the proper transition that's needed, and would you like access to the pdb and will to authorise legal action or will

that be too divisive do you believe? we can get through without the funding. we are in a position that we feel very good about there's nothing that slows of our efforts to put things together. obviously the pdb would be useful but not necessary , pdb would be useful but not necessary, i met the sitting president now. and so we don't see anything that slowing us down quite frankly. thank you. thank you mr president—elect and congratulations to you both. have you tried to reach out at all to the president, and if he is watching right now what would you say to him? mr president, i look forward to speaking with you. and you say you're able to move ahead without interruption but to the point, presumably will need access to more classified information in secure facilities, and the like. what options are you considering, how will you move ahead if the president continues to to concede?

look, access to classified information is useful. but i'm not ina information is useful. but i'm not in a position to make any decisions on those issues anyway. is it said, one president at a time. he will be president untiljanuary 20. it would be nice to have it but not critical. and we're just be nice to have it but not critical. and we'rejust going be nice to have it but not critical. and we're just going to proceed the way we have. we are going to do what we will be doing if he had conceded and said we one can but which we have it. and so there's nothing really changing. but not ruling out legal action with fellow i don't see a need for legal action quite frankly. i think the legal action is you are seeing it play out the actions he is taking, and so far there is no evidence of any of the assertions made by the president or secretary of state mike pompeo. laughter. secretary of state mike

pompeo. thank you, mr president—elect. democrats are on track to lose a handful of seats in the house of representatives. that could make it harder to pass legislation which is democratic votes, i'm just curious how does the impact your plans for what priorities you think you can get through this congress especially if the senate remains in gop control? and during the lame—duck will you be co—ordinate with the speaker of the house to how she should be negotiating with republicans?” spoke to the leader and the minority leader in the house. and one of the urgent things that needs to be done is people need relief right now. right now. small businesses, people we re right now. small businesses, people were about to be effective from their homes because they can't pay their homes because they can't pay their mortgage, unemployment insurance. you know, what's going to happen is we are going to see what people don't realise is the failure to provide state and local

assistance, we are going to see police officers, firefighters, first responders laid off and i think the pressure is going to build. the fact is that i would hope that the president at least has the... the sensitivity and knowledge to know that a lot of people are in real trouble right now between now and the time we get elected. till we get sworn in. it's my hope and expectation that i'm sure the majority leader in the speaker of the house, as well as the minority leader over here right now and they priorities they have laid out. do you plan to be active in those negotiations, working with speaker pelosi to represent democrats on the table? we've been talking and they know my views, and i support what they are doing. my second question was about the senate committee planned to campaign in georgia before your inauguration to help democrats in the two runoff races

there as they tried to flip the senate, and how important is the democratic held the to your agenda? obvious be much better if we had a tie in the senate which means that the vice president would become incredibly important beyond what she a rty incredibly important beyond what she arty is. we are going to do anything we can to do to help. does the democratic senate hugger cabinet chances, does that change how you consider who to nominate to cabinet posts? i don't think so. i take mcconnell at his word understand he said that he will make it clear who he's appearing to support and not support, and that's a negotiation. i'm sure we will have, look, one of the things that i would do as president elect and when i become president elect and when i become president is layout to the republicans as well as the democrats who we intend to name for each cabinet position. i hope we are able to be ina cabinet position. i hope we are able to be in a position to let people

know at least a couple that we want before thanksgiving and we willjust work this out. look, i am not a pessimist. as you know. and i think there are enough republicans who have artie spoken out, and i think there will be many more were not many more, there will be a larger number once the election is declared in his i'm sworn in to be able to get things done. i think they understand. for example i cannot imagine they're not being a willingness on the part of republicans, there will be significant pressure to their with health care. through their own constituencies are in that position. i'm not, ithink constituencies are in that position. i'm not, i think we can get a lot done. sir, what you city americans that are anxious over the fact that president trump has yet to concede and what that might mean for the

country? well, ijust think it's an embarrassment, quite frankly. the only thing that, how can i say this, actually, i think it will not help the president's legacy. i think that i know from my discussions of foreign leaders thus far that they are hopeful that the united states democratic institutions are viewed once again as being strong and endured. i think at the end of the day it's all going to come to fruition on january 20. day it's all going to come to fruition onjanuary 20. and between now and then my hope and expect a should is that the american people do know, and to understand that there has been a transition. even among republicans and people that voted for the president, i understand the sense of loss. i get

that. but i think that the majority of the people who voted for the president, lot voted for him, a significantly smaller number, but a lot voted for him. i think they understand that we have to come together. i think they're ready to unite andi together. i think they're ready to unite and i believe that we can pull the country out of this bitter politics that we have seen from the last five, six, seven years. just a follow—up, how do you expect to work with republicans if they won't even acknowledge you as president elect? they will. they will. thank you all so very much. and there goes president tojoe biden speaking in wilmington in his home state of delaware. initially he was talking about health care and reasserting the need to support the affordable care act otherwise known

as obama care which the us supreme court has been considering today. but he actually then went on to take questions, that a lot of interesting things i've been jotting questions, that a lot of interesting things i've beenjotting them down for studies of the fact that are subject to concede defeat is an investment won't help the president's legacy. when asked about do you think you can still work with republicans he said simply i think we can get a lot done. on the issue of the transition he says the fact that donald trump has not conceded defeat its command and i quote, not of much consequence. he said they can't stop us and he said they are busy working on that transition. it's up to the fact that lots of senior republicans have to offer their congratulations were conceded that donald trump has lost he said the electoral college will make its judgement, and river the electoral couege judgement, and river the electoral college systems were each state has a number of electoral college votes and they represent to by people who formally select a president. a low— key formally select a president. a low—keyjoe biden not seeking to inflame a tense situation i think

it's fair to say, we will die just that in the coming minutes. thanks for watching. —— digest that. hello there. much of the country today was dry again like we saw yesterday, but we saw more sunshine around today, and again it was pretty mild with fewer showers around. tomorrow, though, quite different story for the north and west of the country. windy and wet. what elsewhere we should continue to hold onto the dry weather. now this wet and windy weather will be pushing into northern ireland, much of north and western scotland through the night. some pretty heavy and persistent rain in places, but elsewhere mainly dry and variable cloud. a few clear spells, lighter winds here. so we could see issues with mist and fog developing again. and here it will be quite cool, six to 8 degrees and milder for the west where you have that wind and rain. and the reason for the rain is this new area of low pressure which will be very slowly moving its way eastwards because it is bumping against this area of high pressure. but there will be more isobars

on the chart soon soon tomorrow so it windier day for all. certainly windy for much of scotland and northern ireland with some heavy and persistent rain here. the rain moving very slowly pushing into words western england and wales by the end of the day. but elsewhere much of eastern scotland, certainly england and wales will stay dry, albeit rather windy. could see a little bit of brightness around. 12 to 1a degrees here a little bit cooler than what we have had through today. and around the low teens for the northwest. that band of rain, some of it have spreads its way eastwards right across eastern scotland, england and wales through wednesday night. take the strong winds with it too and leaves in its wake something a bit cooler and fresher, and a little bit drier, just a few showers across western areas. so here's the pressure charts as we head on into thursday. we are in between weather systems, a ridge of high pressure will bring a fine day for thursday before this next area of low pressure will bring more unsettled weather to end the week. so any early rain will clear the way from the east and then it's dry and bright. in fact, thursday not looking too bad at all. should see quite a bit of sunshine across the

country. particularly central and eastern areas. further west, one or two showers around and it starts to turn windy and cloudy in the northwest ahead of this new weather system. a slightly fresher day, though, i think for all areas. temperatures of nine to 13 degrees. and then this next weather system starts to hurtling for thursday night into friday. should clear through but it will end up being a rather breezy day through friday with sunshine and showers. some of these will be heavy across western areas and then it turns unsettled. wet and windy conditions as we head into saturday. but it will be on the mild side both days.

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