joe biden and kamel harris this will steer the fate of the u.s. for the next 4 years the stage is set for the incoming u.s. president. and. after also winning the runoff in georgia democrats have a razor thin majority in the house of representatives and the senate for the 1st time in a very long time. u.s. vice president camila harris will be the deciding vote that will also allow democrats to push their agenda through the legislature in the future giving them some much needed breathing room for example when appointing supreme court judges in the future. or on new spending proposals for a coronavirus for the environment. and socio economic policies all proposals that republicans are likely to block there may be only a short window of opportunity to pass important legislation the midterm elections are coming up next year by then the razor thin democratic majority could be gone how much of the democratic agenda can biden harris really get passed. so let me ask all 3 of you joe biden has repeatedly promised to be the president of all americans to. he

and the shopkeeper says joe biden kamel harris merchandise is selling like hotcakes although he says more customers ask for harris' dolls than biden figurines. all right make what you want out of. our show that's it for me in the business team thanks as always for watching do check result along. thanks for joining us usage. and the 2 faces of the panda. since 2 tourists disappeared some are struggling to make ends meet. there is almost nothing has changed and they are always on. this is how both news and digital new mantra experienced a crisis different would. be 3 to. 60 minutes on d w. 26 enough that the budget the queen because i want to see a gemini with a mate the last few years have been quite o'brian friendly and. unworthy of the love home but when it comes to gemma big also in the church it is perhaps the biggest on the new hobby of mine i'm going down the river route i'd like to be in the news there are pros in their account but when you feed them all together they'll realize that cultures of the another way of never say are you ready to meet the dr and then bird me right. w

biden's deputy kamel harris made history and her swearing in she's the 1st woman to hold the post of vice president the 1st black person of south asian descent woman california attorney general was sworn in by supreme court justice sonia sotomayor at the capitol in many ways this moment embodies our character as a nation it demonstrates who we are even in dark times we not only dream we do we not only see what has been. we see what can be we shoot for the moon and then we plant our flag on it we are bold fearless and ambitious we are undaunted in our belief that we shall overcome that we will rise up this is american aspiration. well those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera risking it all. the sea turtle said that a lot of wanted and hear a little of course in the hope that soon all of a sudden. heard or legal assistance. us. eat of venezuela a country in crisis. hyperinflation political instability said their debt and chronic food and medicine shortages. once the wealthiest country in the region venezuela is mired in the worst economic crisis and its history. a

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructed outgoing president and a continuing pandemic just how different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration on al-jazeera. moving venezuela a country in crisis. hyperinflation political instability said vedat and chronic food and medicine shortages. once the wealthiest country in the region venezuela is mired in the worst economic crisis and its history. almost exclusively dependent on oil revenues and this way in a 1002 the severe economic recession of 2 oil prices dropped and 20. 14. the economy contracted by over a 3rd between 20 102017. inflation increased by more than 1000000 a cent the cost of basic commodities like flour and milk skyrocketed some venezuelans turn to the trafficking of fuel to make a living. they found a good source of accomplices and buy is here in neighboring colombia. fuel costs $1.00 cent per liter in venezuela it's resold for more than 30 times its original pr

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructive a for the president and a continuing pandemic just so different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration announces enough. my name is modi simone t.v. i'm an investigative journalist in brazil. it is a very challenging time to be a journalist right now because of our president's jailable so not. i. i think i. think you hit. it if you think i. since taking office in january 2019 president also not one has consistently many people waited to truth to suit his private cultural business agenda. when brazil's spatial research institute released evidence that the 1st station had massively increased bosso now rubbish to his own government's figures hinting at one of his favorite conspiracy theories. a plot by international n.g.o.s to limit brazil's sovereignty. of the people to the policy book at the founding of the past. serfs. his message is the rainforest is open for business and he's eve

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructive for the president and a continuing pandemic just how different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration announces in a al-jazeera well it is into the murky world of state sponsored spyware. and the discovery by al jazeera journalists at 0 click technology stocks the small ones their free system. is this the new frontier of espionage. think about the sophistication of exports to break into phones this is as good as it gets. the spy in new york on al-jazeera. al jazeera. where every. u.s. house democrats introduced a motion aiming to impeach tomo trump for his role in last week's deadly attack on the capitol. and with threats of more protests the u.s. secret service will begin special security arrangements for the january 20th presidential inauguration earlier than planned. otherwise everyone for the get this is al jazeera live also coming up the outgoing trumpet ministration puts cuba

particularly strong views on anything these days except maybe once in a now and no one in the room likes kamel harris according to john l. j. trump the election is not free and fair if he is not the victor but now they're surprised really. artsy new york. and i say whistleblower william binah says media tax or something trumps had to put up with since the start of his political career. before the president trying to go up as they were after him they were against him from the very beginning i mean it's a part of the swamp i mean all this rhetoric about them all it's tens of thousands of people down there in washington d.c. terrorists it wasn't them they they had it they are going to shake my head video i saw today although nobody in the mainstream media say this that video where the washington police were escorting bus loads of people in in-car the word fitting in with the the from supporters to make america great had to and so on i believe those people who broke in should be arrested and tried but but the rest the vast majority they were not terrorists they weren't doing a damn thing they were sittin

strong views on anything these days except maybe luncheon and now and no one in the room likes kamel harris according to john jay trump the election is not free and fair if he is not the victor but now they're surprised really. artsy new york. always good to welcome on the program chris hedges chris is host of on contact on art good to see you we're hearing more and more talk in the media of the end of trump ism is that really what we're witnessing right now. no. and i think singling out trump. is essentially a mistake on the part of the hierarchy of the democratic party but it fits completely with the inability of the democratic party establishment to examine their own complicity in the reconfiguration of the economic and political system into a very repays oligarchy acutely that is caused widespread suffering and given rise to trump trump is the symptom he's not the disease but i think it is you you can't just in a news report. if this is correct what's happened is that the divide is only widen . and the demonization of both sides which has been perpetuated by these media silos has essent

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructive for the president and a continuing pandemic just different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration on houses and. it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and mishit you off last week you know. that's not insignificant in numbers that insignificant ideologically the insignificant event is a crime against the very significant by dictating the government and the fucked up policy now shall not kill the radicalized youth series on al-jazeera. he started as a modest man. i carry a soldier who'd never imagined he might one day become president of egypt. he had an ambitious wife and son he became an autocrat and was imprisoned for the almost the killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family episode one but i was just. the un is always of in fact the people all right the world this has been going on for a number of that but you can't be

ensure that we have a safe inauguration and that president elect joe biden vice president elect kamel harris are sworn in as the new president and vice president of the united states in a matter consistent with our history with our traditions in a way that gives honor. to the american people and to the united states but counting has begun following uganda's closely contested election where the final results expected within 48 hours will be one use also a popular singer is aiming to end incumbent un rima seventies 35 year rule hundreds of wind supporters and monitoring polling stations as votes are counted because of fears of fraud senior u.n. officials are urging the u.s. government to reverse its decision to designate yemen's hooty rebels a terrorist group when it could tip the country into a large scale famine sectors take my pump air says the aim is to hold who the rebels accountable for what the u.s. says are terrorist acts one i want to east is up next more news for you after that thanks very much for watching life and. al jazeera is an investigative unit obtained censored and unseen vi

their race then it will be easier for them because the democrats will will have the majority with kamel harris casting the the type breaking vote course the democrats have to win both of those seats in order to. control it is a big yes in georgia is traditionally a republican stronghold what makes democrats think they have a chance of flipping those seats this time i think hope i think when you look at also at the map of what happened in the election that some states that were red turned blue including georgia and i think that these candidates give them hope and also was a protege of the late great. i've just from forgot history of the late great john lewis who risked his life fighting for civil rights for all of his life and reverend. raphael warnock is also important because he is an activist he's well known in georgia and he's a minister at the same church where reverend. dr martin luther king was minister so there's this hope by this grassroots organization that's been registering more black and brown people that these 2 candidates will attract more voters to the polls very exciting race w

joe biden and kamel harris this duo will steer the fate of the u.s. for the next 4 years the stage is set for the incoming us president and his 2nd in command. after also winning the runoff in georgia democrats have a razor thin majority in the house of representatives and the senate for the 1st time in a very long time. u.s. vice president camila harris will be the deciding vote that will also allow democrats to push their agenda through the legislature in the future giving them some much needed breathing room for example when appointing supreme court judges in the future. or on new spending proposals for coronavirus the environment. and socio economic policies all proposals that republicans are likely to block there may be only a short window of opportunity to pass important legislation the midterm elections are coming up next year by then the razor thin democratic majority could be gone how much of the democratic agenda can biden harris really get passed. so let me ask all 3 of you joe biden has repeatedly promised to be the president of all americ

criminal investigation and mr trump's comments also drew condemnation from vice president elect kamel harris. certainly then. and it was. buz powered by the president and the united. well let's pick that up with gloria j. brown marshall who's an associate professor of constitutional law at the city university of new york's john jay college of criminal justice her latest book is called she took justice the black woman law and power she joins us from new york city you know welcome back to d.w. so did president trump to do anything illegal in that call to broad raffensperger not so much illegal and that she abused his power as president he wasn't preach this time about this time last year so this would have been an impeachable offense the problem is he's heard it the law he presented evidence to make it appear is though he was asking based on evidence not just abuse of power so therefore even though some people have said it was an out in out crime i would have to say constitutionally it was an abuse of power was it a criminal misuse of power i think it might be difficult but i do believe that w

joe biden and kamel harris this will steer the fate of the u.s. for the next 4 years the stage is set for the incoming us president and his 2nd in command. after also winning the runoff in georgia democrats have a razor thin majority in the house of representatives and the senate for the 1st time in a very long time. u.s. vice president camila harris will be the deciding vote that will also allow democrats to push their agenda through the legislature in the future giving them some much needed breathing room for example when appointing supreme court judges in the future. on new spending proposals for coronavirus the environment. and socio economic policies all composers that republicans are likely to block there may be only a short window of opportunity to pass important legislation the midterm elections are coming up next year by then the razor thin democratic majority could be gone how much of the democratic agenda can biden harris really get passed. so let me ask all 3 of you joe biden has repeatedly promised to be the president of all americans

ensure that we have a safe inauguration of the president elect joe biden vice president elect kamel harris are sworn in as the new president and vice president of the united states in a manner consistent with our history with our traditions in a way that. gives honor. to the american people and to the united states. that's going to have 200 capitol hill and intense security in washington and state capitals around the u.s. especially you know what we're getting more information from the f.b.i. about what they think the potential threat so. that's hard lauren and at that press conference a follow the security briefing with the vice president we also heard from the f.b.i. director saying that he was concerned about the potential for more arm dryads ahead of and during the inauguration of president elect joe biden christopher re saying that there was concern about right wing groups this is coming out after reports that the f.b.i. is tracking chatter in which these right wing extremists have said that they feel emboldened by the seizures that took place here at the capitol a week ago that they

biden's deputy kamel harris made history and has swearing in former california attorney general is the 1st woman to hold the post of vice president and the 1st black person and 1st person of south asian descent. president biden has said that tackling the pandemic will be his top priority the u.s. is facing the world's worst outbreak recording 400000 deaths and biden says that the crisis is far from over we need all our strength to preserve persevered through this dark winter we're entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the voters. were set aside politics and finally faced this pandemic as one nation one nation. and i promise you this. if the bible says we remain endure for a night jory comet in the morning we will get through this together together. is the director of elizabeth agression program at georgetown university medical center she says there's hope the new administration could put forward an efficient plan to tackle the virus. but the federal government really can only mandate public health actions on federal lands but i think it's part of sending a larger me

the bines deputy kamel harris made history in her swearing in a former california attorney general is the 1st woman to hold the post of vice president and the 1st black person and 1st person of south asian descent. who by the administration has called chinese sanctions on trump officials unproductive and cynical beijing announced measures against 28 officials including outgoing secretary of state. well as biden was taking the presidential oath part of biden's challenge comes from inherited trade tensions donald trump started a trade war with china and relations between the between 2 of the world's biggest economies since worsened domestically the issue of the week has become harder for washington to ignore and that he blinken who takes over might pompei as secretary of state has said he believes china is carrying out a genocide on ethnic minorities in. will taiwan is another potential flash point out of the outgoing administration is last acts was one of the outgoing administration is last long standing restrictions on officials contacting the taiwanese counterparts. and he joins us f

strong views on anything these days except maybe luncheon and now and no one in the room likes kamel harris according to john l. j. trump the election is not free and fair if he is not the victor but now they're surprised really. artsy new york well we've been discussing the rule of the media in the unrest with a number of guests. well i mean the rhetoric's overblown it there's been an attempt at c.n.n. and others have tried to call this an insurrection or a coup not covered in sore actions and coups i was 20 years overseas and there was no planning for who they you know they spontaneously with in fact some assistance from the capitol hill police in some cases who wandered into the halls with no clear plan of what they were going to do and then they were kind of school largely escorted out without any major repercussions although now there's been a push push for arrested originally there are only 26 arrests so i think the rhetoric on both sides is very heated. i do think we have to note that when black lives matter protests took place in washington the entire area around the capitol was mil

kamel harris will be sworn in as us vice president on wednesday the 1st woman to hold the position she will join joe biden in the white house after 4 years as the junior senator from california and a career as a senior prosecutor alan fischer looks at the impact terrorists may have on the incoming administration. only. a moment of history a moment when it became clear would be the 1st female vice president. she will also be the 1st black and 1st of asian heritage too so it's taken you know nearly 245 years for this moment to happen because racism sexism myside war they're all deeply ingrained in us politics how does his father's from jamaica her mother from india she attended a historically black college in washington d.c. and joined alpha kappa alpha a historically white society for female students after graduation she wore to we are from attorney general in our home state of california. to senator a run at the presidential nomination ended early or connections to the biden family put it in prime support for the vice presidential nomination 1st of all is the answer yes. come on how th

particularly strong views on anything these days except maybe one china now and no one in the room likes kamel harris according to john jay trump the election is not free and fair if he is not the victor but now they're surprised really. artsy new york. was a pleasure and interesting to hear the few of charles or tell a private investor right here live on the program charles good to see you. we're not hearing talk only in the media of the end of trump is numerous and it's using the term is it really what we're seeing some 71 or 74000000 people depending on who you believe said that they voted for trump are we just going to are they going to change their worldview just bought dollars like that. it's not just like this i think around the world there is an ongoing battle between people who espouse unregulated globalism where in cronies can thrive the average population suffers this is something and people who believe that national governments make the most sense and there's nothing racist about wanting a national government there's something noble about wanting globalism this is a battle that that it wa

issues like racial justice and police brutality what do president joe biden and vice president kamel harris have to do to overcome these divisions and can they be overcome. you know so. just living through systemic very systemic racism excuse me an injustice every day can feel suffocated and so to have it hurled at you in your face every day on facebook on instagram on twitter from the oval office for 4 straight years is extremely suffocating and humanizing and so right now black americans are definitely feeling some sort of sigh of relief taking a breath to be able to recognize that this transition of power is definitely the start of something great and so right now with racial injustice at the forefront of the many issues that abide in here is a ministration has to tackle we're expecting bold and relentless policy we cannot set a lot gets that the united states has owed for over 400 years to the black community without reparations we can't do that without setting policy in place with lee and immediately while we can take advantage of a democratic control of the thin it and while we can ta

every single democratic senator all 50 to vote for the covert package and then vice president kamel harris can cast the tie breaking vote so it's unclear if they're going to take that step. republicans say that would set a horrible precedent he said he wanted to unite the country at the same time joe biden has said look it's going to pass we have to do something we'll either do it with republicans or without the big question though is can he keep all 50 democratic senators aligned keep in mind the corporate america of a lot of the people who give contributions to these senators they don't want to see the minimum wage raised. so i mean that's going through congress now but when it comes to preventing further corona virus infections the c.d.c. has mandated the wearing of masks on public transport from tuesday but considering how divisive the issue has been how is that likely to be implemented i mean will there be fines for people who refuse to we know how it's going to work. well i read the order it said the transportation security administration could be part of the enforcement they also sa

and kamel harris will steer the fate of the u.s. for the next 4 years the stage is set for the incoming us president and his 2nd in command. after also winning the runoff in georgia democrats have a razor thin majority in the house of representatives and the senate for the 1st time in a very long time. u.s. vice president camila harris will be the deciding vote that will also allow democrats to push their agenda through the legislature in the future giving them some much needed breathing room for example when appointing supreme court judges in the future. on new spending proposals for coronavirus the environment. and socio economic policies all proposals that republicans are likely to block there may be only a short window of opportunity to pass important legislation the midterm elections are coming up next year by then the razor thin democratic majority could be gone how much of the democratic agenda can biden harris really get passed. so let me ask all 3 of you joe biden has repeatedly promised to be the president of all americans

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructive eye for the president and a continuing pandemic just how different will the traditional celebrations going to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration are now to 0. i am fairly ok today on the strain when looking at the fallout out of the capitol building in riots in the united states recent arrests of activists in hong kong and a vaccine has to see during the global pandemic there was a lot going on in the show if you have a comment or question you know what to do if you're on you tube jumping to the comment section and need to you can be part of this discussion we start in the united states where people are still talking about what happened a wednesday the washington d.c. well the events that took place here in washington d.c. at the capitol building on january 6th may have been a surprise for some for those of us that study terrorism and extremism it unfortunately wasn't so much of a shock we've seen strong polarization t

only need $51.00 votes the problem for them is there's 50 democratic senators so vice president kamel harris would be the 51st vote there's a democratic senator from west virginia who is saying look i think maybe we need to negotiate with the republicans so that is the republicans leverage here they can try and make sure senator manchin joe manchin from west virginia continues to insist that it has to be bipartisan because that's it they can't afford to lose even one democratic senator so in the coming days we're going to see butt. so far all the signals from the administration fronts that democratic leadership is look this is what we need 1.9 trillion and we need it now so they haven't shown any indication yet that they're willing to compromise but you better be talking over the next couple of days for the update thanks very much political home there for us in capitol hill at least 3 people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu a car bomb exploded at the hotel which is frequented by government officials police say a gunman then entered the building and ope

the democrats take both seats the senate will be split $5050.00 now as incoming vice president kamel harriswould be the deciding vote giving democrats control while republicans only need to win one of the seats to hold their majority especially going to joins us live now from the city of columbus georgia natasha good to talk to you again how's the turnout been going so far. well it's been very light at polling centers like the one behind me across the state that's not a surprise that wait times are less than 10 minutes because of record early voting turnout in the state of georgia more than 3000000 people the thinking is that republicans would tend to vote on election day so the republicans are looking for a high turnout today there has been a real concern that because trump has overshadowed this race because he has spread disinformation about the integrity of the election process that this would depress voter. turnout among republicans democrats on the other hand feel they are coming in on into election day buoyed by a very high turnout in early voting period more than 76000 new voters wer

joe biden and kamel harris will steer the fate of the u.s. for the next 4 years. for the incoming u.s. president. and. after also winning the runoff in georgia democrats have a razor thin majority in the house of representatives and the senate for the 1st time in a long time. u.s. vice president camila harris will be the deciding vote that will also allow democrats to push their agenda through the legislature in the future giving them some much needed breathing room for example when appointing supreme court judges in the future. on new spending proposals for a coronavirus the environment. and socio economic policies all proposals that republicans are likely to block there may be only a short window of opportunity to pass important legislation the midterm elections are coming up next year by then the razor thin democratic majority could be gone how much of the democratic agenda can biden harris really get passed. so let me ask all 3 of you joe biden has repeatedly promised to be the president of all americans to. heal the divisions marcus you said in your opening s

a criminal investigation mr trump's comments also drew condemnation from vice president elect kamel harris. certainly then. and it was. the old views of how and why the president of the united. well that's picked that up with gloria j. brown marshall who's an associate professor of constitutional law at the city university of new york's john jay college of criminal justice the latest book is called she took justice the black woman law and power she joins us from new york city you know welcome back to day doubly so did president trump do anything illegal in that call to broad raffensperger not so much illegal and that she abuses hours president he wasn't peach this time about this time last year so this would have been an impeachable offense the problem is he skirted the law he presented evidence to make it appear is though he was asking based on evidence not just abuse of power so therefore even though some people have said it was an out in out crime i would have to say constitutionally it was an abuse of power was it a criminal misuse of power i think it might be difficult but i do believ

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructed president and a continuing pandemic just how different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration announces if. it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and need heat actually you know of the next not insignificant in numbers that insignificant ideologically that is significant even is a crime. down very significant by dictating to governments and the fact that policy shalt not kill part of the radicalized youth series on al-jazeera we know what's happening in our region we know happen get the places that others cannot and i was just thrown here a guy by the party the only purpose i did the rap that time in any programming to go live on the i'm going to live to work another story that may not be mainstream but the fires are still on the enormity of you. by. the way that you cal death story is what can make a difference. hello i'm barbara starr in london these of top s

there from the joseph or biden jr of the state of delaware receive 29 votes for president and kamel or d. harris of the state of california receive $29.00 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of vote of the state of new york the tellers verified appears to be regular in form an authentic hearing on this certificate from north carolina the parliamentarian's advised me as the only certificate of vote from that state it purports to be a return from the state as an axe to it a certificate from the state purporting to appoint an ascertained electors. this president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of north carolina seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there from the donald j. trump of the state of florida received 15 votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received 15 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of vote of the state of north carolina it's tellers verified appears to be regular in form an authentic this certificate from north dakota the parliamentari

rachel warner if the democrats take both seats the senate will be split $5050.00 as vice president kamel harris would be the deciding vote giving democrats control while republicans only need to win one of the seats to hold their majority live now to the city of columbus in georgia and our news correspondent natasha gunn i am so natasha it literally couldn't be any closer. and a professor at emory university i interviewed expects this race will be tight that's given the shifting demographics here in georgia and years of robust voter mobilization efforts georgians head to the polls after 2 months of an intense and often caustic campaign they also head to the polls in a climate of and precedented threats against election officials one election official in fulton county that is where atlanta is said he received death threats that's due to president trump making unfounded claims questioning the electoral integrity the integrity of the entire process here in georgia and verbal e attacking both the republican governor and the secretary of state but so far across the state things seem to be moving pre

think kamel or harris or law. we were just told that there has been tear gas in there. it's not jazz it's insurrection. the rules much. league. would want to be hard to believe. believe. believe. to hillbilly a harmless caricature or a malicious label denying the people the culture to justify the exploitation of their natural resources that the batting haka thing has been so successful that even people in the region believe the stereotype then becomes dangerous it's only a region of trash so. why not trash it what's in a name hillbilly a witness documentary on al-jazeera. on the deserted streets of they've become familiar figures couriers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them here are venezuelan migrants michael most a mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them receive health insurance for their work and exposing themselves and very few seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as a skilled migrants now say they're essential to control the virus and receive messages on the scene

after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and kamel harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructive for the president and a continuing pandemic just so different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration are now busier as the perseverance space rover has to to land on mars we ask nurses lead engineer how her journey as an immigrant has influenced to work creativity and resourceful that is incredibly important perseverance as well like don't give up aerospace engineer deanna trujillo talks to al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. al-jazeera has an investigative team a team censored and unseen video for blue hot filmed as the coronal by was a great he's just beginning. leaving on all those years to actually tell me about. exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha ha and a health system struggling to cope i'll just see the investigation 3 days that still the world. the dutch government collapses over a child benefit scandal for wrongly labeling thousands of

$5050.00 split the only reason the democrats will control the senate is because vice president kamel harris will cast the tie breaking vote in favor of the democratic caucus giving them the upper hand but if one democrat breaks with joe biden on an issue he could be in a situation where it becomes difficult perhaps impossible to advance that policy and so biden's got to walk a real tight rope here he has got to keep the democratic party united that's step one and then he has to try and find a handful of republicans that will be allies on critical issues and that's going to be very very difficult in the 1st few weeks because of course in addition to trying to trying to advance one of the largest stimulus packages in the history of the country a $1.00 trillion dollar kuroda violet cover this relief package he has also or democrats are also going to be dealing with the reality of an impeachment trial that's going to be a really tough they aren't different. it's what joe biden signed up for is this is he is the president of the united states in a time of great crisis you know a great challenge

but if they do it as a budget item then they can pass it with just 50 democratic senators with kamel harris the vice president breaking the tie that could be tough because big business campaign contribution contributors don't necessarily want to see a $15.00 minimum wage put into place and they could be putting pressure there's no margin of error here they have to have all 50 democratic senators so right now you can bet the biden team is trying to sort of whip up the vote see if they've got it and then see if they push through without republicans and meanwhile there is a focus on prevention as well of the contagion rates going up and the c.d.c.'s mandate had the wearing of masks on public transport for tuesday and tell us a little bit more about how that will work but also how you think it will be received because we've seen over the past few months haven't we how the wearing of masks has become incredibly political and divisive in the united states. it really is and this is about as close as president biden can get to making a national mask mandate because he can for example tell people in

push through certain aspects that with the vice president they're having the costing vote 5050 kamel or harris has the costing vote that is very very significant and those 2 daughters seats that will one recently absolutely critical to what the spurs 200 days is going to be for the biden administration. i can with the latest from outside the white house my thank you and we are getting some breaking news coming out of the white house where joe biden has started already trying to roll back the clock on some of the trumpet ministrations actions but we've also heard from the president biden he says that president former president trunk road. a very generous letter now it's tradition that presidents when the handover happens that the sort of the person who is leaving the incumbent or as was leaves a letter for his or her successor her one day maybe and now we're hearing that president biden says that trump wrote a very generous letter what we're also hearing is that president biden has started signing some of those executive orders and one of those includes rejoining the paris accord depart paris c

yeah i was just your supposition that kamel harris might become this sort of international embassador is interesting because on the one hand you know joe biden that's where he cut his teeth his political teeth you know he's a former chair of the senate foreign relations committee he is very well versed in the whole practice of diplomacy and and thinking about that the connections between nations and between the united states and other nations and whether or not he might . turn his focus to the incredible domestic crises that america is facing right now and pass that off to his vice president is an interesting possibility it also sets up an interesting potential trajectory for ms harris because of course she is a potential contender for the presidency in the future and one place where she doesn't have much experience so far is in foreign policy and so this could be a platform that would speak to her own potential progressive ambitions there good point isn't it because well of course be thinking about the next election already and others are ready to go there. what do they say the right

closest allies that maybe i among above all others in this body need to say this joe biden and kamel are harris or lawfully elected. and will become the president and the vice president. on january 20th normally a short process with little fanfare this year's congressional certification of the presidential election result was anything but rather it became a test of the strength of u.s. democracy and a statement that violence cannot prevail castro al-jazeera washington before we cross over to our correspondents and get an update from washington d.c. let's just bring you some breaking news we're hearing from facebook and this is according to the c.e.o. mark zuckerberg what he's saying is that facebook as well as instagram will now extended ban on the u.s. president donald trump's accounts for at least the next 2 weeks that's for the remainder of his term so until the presidential transition is completed that's according to the chief executive officer mark 2nd burger i'll just tell you part of the statement he released which says these shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that