allan: that is so true. stacy: i think we will see much more of that as we see these amazing fortunes dedicated to philanthropy. and the other work that gates was involved in particularly with the giving pledge to encourage more of that. i want to thank you both for a very engaging conversation. i think you helped our audience in so many ways. thank you so much for your time, and i hope we get to continue these discussions at a different point. good luck with everything. >> american history tv on c-span3. eventsng the people and that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, an interview on leadership with james baker who served as secretary of state under george h w bush and as ronald reagan's chief of staff and treasury secretary. on lectures on history, professor thomas bowser see on the close and remote relationship between two prominent mid-19th century politicians. james buchanan, elected the fifth president, and william rufus king who served briefly

the findings of sir alex allan's report into priti patel were stark.government's most senior ministers had shouted and sworn at staff, and some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. yesterday, she apologised. i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. but she stays in herjob, and that's put the focus back on her boss. borisjohnson‘s decision to back her and override sir alex's judgment on the ministerial code is drawing more criticism. the system depends on the prime minister standing up for standards in public life, and for taking action when his or her ministers breach those standards, and, for the first time, as far as i can remember, we have a prime minister who doesn't seem willing to stand up for high standards in public life. and there are claims that the prime minister had asked for the report to be toned down. a source has told the bbc that back in the summer there were discussions between sir alex and borisjohnson about the challenges the r

if that is the case, why has sir alex allan resigned?g in hisjob, and it is not precedented that ministers who have found to have broken the ministerial code stay in theirjobs. i do not know why he has resigned. i imagine you will have to ask him. why do you think? i would not like to speculate. i do not know him or why he has resigned. the prime minister has read his report and that has been taken into account, i think it is very important that these reports have been made, but he has decided on balance that the home secretary does have his confidence and she has not breached the ministerial code. i fully support him in that. have you spoken to priti patel since this report was published ? i know it is just out publicly. has she ever told you that she felt patronised in thejob in the home office by civil servants? that is some of the defensive lines we have been hearing. i am not going to reveal any private conversations i have had. but she is highly respected in the parliamentary party because of her character and integrity. she is a w

host: peter, we'll get an answer from allan lichtman. guest: the answer is we have obsolete 18th century institutions that we have, in fact, modified. amending the constitution is not violating the constitution. so we've had amendments i just described at length to change how the electoral college works. we've had amendments to change from the senators being elected by the state legislatures in the states to senators being elected by popular vote. so there is nothing inherently wrong with amending the constitution to reflect the fact that we are very different country in the 20th century, now in the 21th century, than we were in the 18th century. and this idea that we're independent states, i think i've spoken about it before, of course there were lots of powers to the states, but we are one nation, and the constitution establishes the federal law as the supreme law of the land. and i understand we elect representatives, and we are a democratic republic. and the original intent of a democratic republic is to have the representatives refl

borisjohnson decided to overrule his adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, who found the code governing ministers' behaviour. priti patel wasn't sacked and instead sir alex resigned. ultimately the decision was the prime minister's but it's attracted criticism. the system depends on the prime minister standing up for standards in public life and for taking action when his or her ministers breach those standards. for the first time as far as i can remember, we have a prime minister who doesn't seem willing to stand up for high standards in public life. after having the report on his desk here for some time, in the end borisjohnson rejected its findings. a source has told the bbc that in the summer there were discussions between the prime minister and sir alex allan about the challenges the report posed. another whitehall source said sir alex had resisted pressure to make it more palatable. downing street said the prime minister spoke to sir alex allan to further his understanding of the report, but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. there has been an invest

number 10 has rejected the claims and insisted the conclusions, made by sir alex allan, were entirelyrrespondent, leila nathoo, reports. she holds one of the top jobs in government. priti patel is still in her post despite an independent report into how she treated her staff concluding that some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. yesterday, she gave this apology. i'm here to give an unreserved apology today. i'm sorry if i've upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. borisjohnson decided to overrule his adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, who found the home secretary had broken the code governing ministers' behaviour. priti patel wasn't sacked and instead sir alex resigned. ultimately, the decision was the prime minister's but it's attracted criticism. the system depends on the prime minister standing up for standards in public life and for taking action when his or her ministers breach those standards. for the first time, as far as i can remember, we have a prime minister who doesn't seem willing to stand up for high standards in pub

we have been speaking with independent journalist allan nairn.nt to bring in jane mcalevey , union organizer, negotiator, and scholar, currently a senior policy fellow at uc berkeley's labor center. publish part of her first-hand account and a florida in 2000 and its lessons for today. interview is headlined "prepared to hit the streets after election day." she's the author of several books, including "a collective bargain: unions, organizing and the fight for democracy." thank you so much for being with us. why don't you lay out what you're sayingow and what you feel nee to be done. >> good morning. thank you for having me. in florida, i was among the first people to land in florida, like literally the nt morning at 6:00 a.m., and one of the last people to leave. i spent an incredible amount of time on the ground in florida in 2000. experience and alec twled coup. al gore did when florida. consequences of that decision we're sll paying for. the parallels that are nerve-racking from my viewpoint are the followin one, what we hear from we hope pre

sir alex allan said he recognised it was for the prime minister to make a judgment on whether actionsmounted to a breach but he felt it was right that he should now resign from his position. sir alex allan couldn't have been clearer that the home secretary has not consistently met the high standards of the ministerial code. the home secretary is the person in government responsible for law and order. i government responsible for law and order. lam government responsible for law and order. i am frankly shocked that the home secretary remains in post when it is sir alex allan who has made those findings and had a very distinguished career and yet it is him who is resigning today. there has been a furious reaction from the civil service union as well. what message does it send notjust a civil servants and the home office but across the several service? if you want to raise a complaint against a minister about their behaviour the outcome of that will depend on politics happening at the time. that is the clear message from the prime minister. there are calls from critics and allies alike f

downing street has insisted the conclusions of sir alex allan's investigation were "entirely his own"ur political correspondent, jess parker reports. standing by her, borisjohnson says he has full confidence in priti patel and considers the matter closed after an independent report found her approach had, on occasion, amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying. with evidence, it said, of shouting and swearing. i'm sorry that my behaviour has upset people. i have never intentionally set out to upset anyone. i work with thousands of brilliant civil servants every single day and we work together, day in, day out, to deliver on the agenda of this government and i'm absolutely sorry for anyone that i've upset. the report said priti patel had legitimately not always felt supported at the home office and that there was no evidence she had been aware of the impact of her behaviour. but the prime minister's independent adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, concluded she had breached the ministerial code even if unintentionally. borisjohnson disagreed and, as prime mi

why has sir alex allan resigned ? notjust one occasion. why has sir alex allan resigned?ime minister has read his report and that has been taken into account, i think there is very important that these reports have been made, but he has decided on balance that the home secretary does have his confidence and she has not reached the ministerial code. i fully support him in that. have you spoken to priti patel census report was published ? spoken to priti patel census report was published? i know it isjust spoken to priti patel census report was published? i know it is just out publicly. how she ever told you that she felt patronised in the job in the home office by civil servants? that is some of the defensive line is we have been hearing.” that is some of the defensive line is we have been hearing. i am not going to reveal any private conversations i have had. she is highly respected in the parliamentary party because of her character and integrity. she has a warm person, she is strong and assertive. as i said, we can all empathise with situations where people an extremely

will go and do our fact checking in the meantime we will stay across that for you here absolutely allan session there with all the very latest from washington d.c. thanks so much allan well let's now go straight back to jim out i have joe biden's home state of delaware joe biden and joe biden i believe has started to speak out and what we're hearing from biden character. so he's just we to. start america i am honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country the work ahead of us will be hard but i promise you this i'll be a president for all americans whether you voted for me or not i will keep the faith that you have placed in me. and that's been accompanied with a video of some sorts assuming that it's showing kind of the program that he wishes to follow as a president so that is the 1st time that joe biden has essentially claimed victory since tuesday's vote it is something that obviously is going down very well with the handful supporters that have gathered to celebrate this moment maybe we can speak to some of them here and i'll tell you tell us a bit about your feelings ri

it's led to the resignation of the man who wrote the report, sir alex allan.into allegations about priti patel‘s conduct as a minister in three different government departments. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. he's standing by her. boris johnson's taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as "bullying." priti patel shouted and swore at staff, but the prime minister's judged that she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticisms in the report. are you a bully? well, i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. and, vicki, i'll be very candid. you know, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging, so if i have upset people, that has been completely unintentional. that was not my intention. the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards found that the home secretary: despite these findings from sir ale

that led to sir alex allan resignation.g that his committee will be looking into. and where does this leave priti patelin and where does this leave priti patel in terms of her relationship with the people who work for her?” think there is a broader issue in terms of where it might lead relationships between the government and the civil service. borisjohnson today i think trying to emphasise that he is very grateful for all the work of the civil servants, but, look, the prime minister has all along backed priti patel on this issue. mps becoming out overnight and into today supporting her. priti patel is pretty popular with a lot of the conservative party. i've spoken to mps before that say that when the home secretary comes to their events, people are pretty delighted to see her. she goes down well with the crowds. there have beena well with the crowds. there have been a lot of tory mps coming out today in support of her. remember of course the history between boris johnson and priti patel. both brexit years. she holds an in

allan the hours are ticking away and both candidates seem determined to stay on message. exactly and the message from donald trump is going to be that joe biden is dangerous and should not be elected and therefore you should stick with another 4 years of trump certainly is in north carolina which is a state which hasn't often return presidential candidates barack obama. hasn't returned democratic presidential candidates barack obama was the last one is in his 1st run for office before that you've got to go to the 1976 and jimmy carter when he won election so he's really talking to the faithful there and they'll be hoping that they will come out and make sure that north carolina is actually electoral college votes all go to the trump campaign he's also going to have a number of other places today he's going to hit pennsylvania is going to hit michigan michigan is an interesting choice one because it's where he ended his campaign in 2016 and 2 because he's going to the exact same place he did the last time but if you look at all the polls in michigan he is behind the joe bi

it's led to the resignation of the man who wrote the report, sir alex allan.egations about priti patel‘s conduct as a minister in three different government departments. a former top official in the home office told the bbc that she had been urged not to shout and swear at staff a month after becoming home secretary. this afternoon, ms patel told said that she was sorry if her behaviour had upset people. our deputy political editor vicki young reports. he's standing by her. boris johnson's taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as "bullying." priti patel shouted and swore at staff, but the prime minister's judged she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticisms in the report. are you a bully? i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. i'll be very candid, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging so, if i have upse

session allan what are you hearing there is there potentially a concession speech or a victory speech on the horizon. of course of the movie so i suspect he's going to reach some sort of reaction but given his tweets in the last couple of those when he tweeted out this election by a lot. that he thinks that bad things happened in the election then you can see that doing so. isn't going to go quietly i don't know whether you can pick up the sound that's coming from black lives matter plaza which runs in front of the white house and the few 100 people that are gathered here and the big gathering every day since the election are no celebrating and cheering the news there joe biden has been declared president elect of the united states by at least 2 media organizations of course the trump campaign insists that there were problems in counting the vote in arizona there were issues in the valley there were problems in pennsylvania there were difficulties in georgia and all of those cases need to be addressed by the court so while the media organizations are saying that this race is in this i

allan: that is so true. stacy: i think we will see much more of that. and the other work that gates was involved in, encouraging more of that. i want to thank you both for a very engaging conversation. you helped our audience and so many ways. thank you so much for your time, and i we get to continue these discussions at other points. good luck with everything. >> tonight, remarks from former president clinton on affordable housing and the racial wealth gap. it airs tonight at eight caught eastern on c-span. right after that, interviews with cardmembers of congress on race and gender issues. that event was held virtually by the hill. >> joe biden as president elect, stay with c-span for live coverage of the transition of power. ofpan, your uncensored view politics. ♪ on washington journal friday, cnbc business reporter lauren thomas discusses how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is affecting the retail industry, as the holiday shopping season kicks off. in foundation for the defense of democracy, talking about escalating tensions between the u.s. and ir

host: peter, we'll get an answer from allan lichtman.e answer is we have obsolete 18th century institutions that we have, in fact, modified. amending the constitution is not violating the constitution. so we've had amendments i just described at length to change how the electoral college works. we've had amendments to change from the senators being elected by the state legislatures in the states to senators being elected by popular vote. so there is nothing inherently wrong with amending the constitution to reflect the fact that we are very different country in the 20th century, now in the 21th century, than we were in the 18th century. and this idea that we're independent states, i think i've spoken about it before, of course there were lots of powers to the states, but we are one nation, and the constitution establishes the federal law as the supreme law of the land. and i understand we elect representatives, and we are a democratic republic. and the original intent of a democratic republic is to have the representatives reflect the wi

areas we will be getting you those updates as soon as they come in this hour we will be speaking to allan fisher who is in washington d.c. there he is who is in biden's home state of delaware let's begin our coverage with this report from mosul enjoyed. shortly after 2 am on wednesday president donald trump told his supporters and the nation that democrats were trying to steal his election day victory and trump said he was suing to hold on to the oval office so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court we want to all voting to stand but with the vote count still unfinished in at least 10 states trump's claim a victory was dubious earlier in the night trump's democratic rival joe biden urged his supporters to as he put it keep the faith i heard tell your night we believe we're on track to win a selection. was. we were because of the odd pressure down early voting a mail in vote that's going to take a while we're going to have to be patient until way on the hard work of tally of votes is finished it's long been standard practice in u.s. elections to count all the ballots no matter how many d

he should have accepted the advice of sir alex allan.hink he has a badly wrong. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to top to us. a pre—inquest review has heard the tv presenter jeremy kyle may have caused, or contributed to, the death of one of the guests on his programme. steve dymond is suspected of taking his own life after failing a lie detector test on the show. a lawyer for his family told the hearing in winchester that mr dymond became distressed after he failed the test. the hearing continues. for anyone tired of hearing the same old christmas songs, three bin men have put out something new. ‘boogie round the bins at christmas time' has been released with a video, showing the three men dancing as they make the rounds in wolverhampton. they're hoping to bag the number one spot — with some of the proceeds going to charity. just don't say it's rubbish. keith doyle reports. lockdown has shone a light on many heroes. three binmen from wolverhampton have been raising people's spirits through the year, dancing around bins on

allan, what's the reaction been to this announcement from within the white house? well, you would expect a number of democrats to be angry about this, and they are, they think that the president is doing something that is leaving a problem for joe biden to mop up. but there's also some disquiet among republicans as well. one republican congressman described it as a recruiting tool for i. so you may remember back just when barack obama was coming to his term at the end of the end of his tear in the white house, he made an announcement that he was pulling troops out of iraq. the reason he was doing that was because of an agreement that had been reached by his previous essar, george w. bush, and the date had been set as well. so we really didn't have much option, but of course he didn't put up much of a fight to stop it either. and the republicans were saying that this really helped spawn the growth of i saw they were emboldened by the decision of the american president. while the leader of the republicans in the senate is saying this decision could have the same impa

allan, let me start with you. back in august you picked biden as the winner.e enough to do a little gloating? >> yes. look, i also predicted donald trump as the winner in 2016. so my system is purely nonpartisan and it works because it ignores the polls and the pundits, pays no attention to the day-to-day events of the campaign and instead looks at the big picture of incumbent strength and performance and the way it works of 6 of my 13 keys go against the white house party, they are predicted losers. trump was only down four keys at the end of 2019. then his failed response to the pandemic and to the cries for social and racial justice cost him three more keys. the short and long-term economic keys and the social unrest key for seven. never in the history of our country has an incumbent president suffered such a sudden and dramatic reversal of fortune in just a matter of a few months and he has no one to blame but himself. he's the president and unfortunately he gave us in his reaction the worst moment in presidential history when he needlessly and dangerously

sir alex allan couldn't have been clearer — that the home secretary has not consistently met the highel will be a popular decision with conservative party members, but it will bring mrjohnson more political pain. it's 75 years since the surviving leaders of nazi germany went on trial at nuremberg. they stood accused of the deaths of millions of people. fergal keane reports on the legacy of the world's first international war crimes trial. newsreel: attention. tribunal. judges from britain, america... it was a trial of crimes that defied the imagination. nazi leaders faced a court that established the principle of internationaljustice. 75 years later, we have been hearing from some of those who have lived in the long shadow of nuremberg. newsreel: vengeance is not our goal, nor do we seek merely a just retribution. my name is ben ferencz. i am the sole surviving prosecutor from the nuremberg war crimes trials. ben ferencz was a soldier and lawyer and he wasjewish. but, for him, seeing justice done meant leaving all personal feelings aside. vengeance is not our goal. nor do we seek mere

allan fischer there for us in washington d.c. . now libya is expected to hold elections within the next 18 months after reaching a breakthrough during u.n. back to political talks. in tunisia, it comes after rival factions agreed to a road map to unite libyan institutions. many of the institutions are split amongst the un recognized government based in the west and ward cleaver, have to libyan national army in the east. a cease fire was agreed between the warring sides last month. stephanie williams, the un's acting envoy to livia's, says that representatives from both sides have agreed to a road map for elections. today. the participants of the libyan political dialogue form reached a pulmonary agreement on every map for ending the transitional period and organize free, fair, inclusive, and credible parliamentary and presidential elections. they now find clear steps for reaching the election law. moved to tripoli, the u. n. acting envoy to libya, stephanie williams seems to be optimistic, especially in her presser. today, the most

sir alex allan couldn't have been clearer — that the home secretary has not consistently met the highopular decision with conservative party members, but it will bring mrjohnson more political pain. let's have more on the us presidential elections. seth weathers is a republican strategist and was donald trump's former political director in georgia. he joins us from atlanta now. seth, we wanted to speak to you so seth, we wanted to speak to you so much that we will speak to you on the phone because our video linkjob done. can you hear us? i can hear you great. good stuff. we have a nice photo of you up so our viewers know what we're dealing with. let's deal with this disconnect, shall we? we have rhetoric coming out of the white house of corruption and legal challenges. the reality in the courts, what is it, 20 odd now court cases have been withdrawn or have lost. what is going on with this disconnect? there is a lot going on and i think there are a lot of opinions floating around but i think the reality is we are going to have to wait until some of those reach higher courts. some will

despite these findings from sir alex allan, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed.pendent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points to what they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and that she's apologised. ms patel‘s friends think she's been the victim of snobbery and sexism. but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam. he resigned in february as the most senior civil servant at the home office. reporter: how much confidence do you have in the inquiry? in a statement today, he said he wasn't asked to give evidence and says he did repeatedly advise ms patel that she needed to treat staff with respect. his former department has also been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive, but the home secretary says the culture has now changed. at the time, it says this in the report, that issues were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you'r

for the moment allan thank you. well joe biden is expected to address the nation in the coming hours but before that he has tweeted that he is all nerds that america has chosen him to lead he says the work ahead will be hard but he promised to be a president for all americans whether they voted for him or not and he's promised to keep the faith that americans have placed in him well jim let's say i'll joins us live now from outside biden said quarters in wilmington delaware we can really see people gathering behind you there jamal obviously getting ready to celebrate because we are waiting to hear from biden himself in the coming hours are only. indeed barbara we expect that the president elect will take to the stage behind me here in roughly about just over maybe 5 hours from now 8 pm local time more and more of his supporters have been converging onto this parking lot area just outside the chase center where his campaign headquarters has been set up for several days some of these people have been coming and going

for the moment allan thank you and let's go to our visitors jamal and show you who joins us live now from wilmington in delaware which is of course joe biden's home state to tell us a little bit about the mood there and what people in joe biden's home state have been telling you today. but it's a cliche but it's cautious optimism probably is the best way to describe it barbara in the sense that these are people who very much feel the wind is in their tide essentially that there is a real chance that their candidate joe biden will win these elections they're pointing to not just the polls but those high virtue voter turnouts more than 100000000 people choosing to vote early they believe many of those are people who will be voting for who have rather voted for joe biden obviously this is his hometown it's expected he'll win it's very easily the states of. delaware however that hasn't stopped him from continuing canvassing right up until now actually he's been in several places particularly the last in philadelphia which obviously is one of those about so ground states that many people

i spoke to allan lichtman a few weeks ago and asked him for his prediction. let's take a listen.d trump will become the first sitting president since george h w bush in 1992 to lose a re—election bid. well, allan lichtman — presidential historian from the american university in washington — spoke to me again a short time ago. i asked him how he was feeling about that prediction. i'm feeling pretty good, not for myself, but for our country. look, our country is in deep trouble. donald trump exhibited the most shameful moment in the history of the us presidency when he went on national television and trashed our democracy and the legitimised our elections. we have never seen anything like that before. joe biden is no firebrand, he has no barack 0bama, but he has a reconciling figure which is what america may need right now to heal and come together. it's not so much the american people that's polarised, it's donald trump who fans the flames of polarisation and hatred and photography. despite everything you have just said, photography. despite everything you havejust said, many mill

biden could effectively and the race but a recount has been ordered in georgia ok let's go back to allan in that you were able to listen to. nancy pelosi talking there it's the 1st time we've actually heard from any of the senior democrat side before this point and we. definitely declaring victory she is saying that the biden hardest administration will soon be in the white house and taking action just to clarify a point while the secretary of state in georgia says he thinks it will be. under georgia law it's up to one of the parties to call for that recount so it doesn't automatically happen even though the margins are very tight indeed as far as the truck campaign is concerned they have put out a statement in the last couple of hours saying that this election is not over the false projections of joe biden winning. is based on the results from 4 states which are far from final they've talked about where they might possibly take legal action a given indications of where and some of those 4 states you think there were problems in georgia or the think it was harvesting where people go arou

the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary hady met high standards required by the ministerial code. her approach on occasions had amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying and, to that extent, her behaviour had been in breach of the ministerial code, even if unintentionally put up despite this, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. demonstrate points to what they call mitigating circumstances, they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and the fact she has apologised. miss patel‘s friends think she has been the victim of snobbery and sexism. the home secretary insists the culture in the home office has changed. at the time, it says this in the report, shoes were not pointed out to me, we we re shoes were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. peop

sobering thoughts there,, allan fashion regulators from outside the white house. thank you. now, u.s., president elect joe biden is moving ahead with the transition to his administration . on monday he received his 1st daily security briefing, and he unveiled his nominations for 5 key economic positions. it's being described as the most diverse white house econ, economic team in history. biden has nominated former federal reserve chair janet yellen to the post of treasury secretary. and while we are the who will be the 1st black deputy treasury secretary, rumors of yellen supporting contributed to the dow jones, reaching a record high of 30000 last week. well, robert scott is a senior international economist at the economic policy institute. he explains what we can expect from biden's team. each of them brings to the table a different set of expertise and tools. they're all well trained in labor economics, though, of course, janet yellin is, has got a background in banking and monetary theory. but just on the economics team, you know, cecilia rouse to share those specializes

allan messages of congratulations have been rolling in from leaders around the world for president elect joe biden a but the president himself trump has not conceded yet tell us what the what he's planning and his team are planning from tomorrow monday. well he's been on the golf course for most of the day is obviously just come off because about 10 minutes ago he tweeted out since when does the lame stream media get to the clear who the president as well the answer to that is the project what the polls are suggesting and they've done it for many many elections so he is obviously still upset about that just in the last few hours we've heard from george w. bush who sent his congratulations to joe biden said he'd spoken to the vice president elect he was a good man who won the opportunity to lead our country and said like barack obama and donald trump before him he would be praying for his success but there has been no call between donald trump and joe biden absolutely no contact which would suggest that he's not going to call them anytime soon with a concession instead his intention is to

and that's where we find out on fish air at this hour 11 am on sunday morning allan donald trump on the golf course. on twitter his twitter feed starting to look like a cigarette packet with the number of warnings on it. who can blame i'm going to the golf course in the beautiful day like this and get away from some of the concerns and the wider use of the election campaign he hasn't been able to play golf for a few weeks because of course he's been on the campaign trail he has been people have been appearing on one of his favorite channels faux news in the last few hours watching an election expert saying that there were irregularities that have to be investigated and if they aren't it could put the whole election result at question and also retreating newt gingrich who listed the usual grievances from those who support donald trump don't trump has said that he is going to go ahead and pursue all legal avenues available to him and that will start 1st thing on monday morning that is reporting here in washington that jerry krishna his son in law and senior advisor reporting that go to se

and just to follow on from what allan was saying there after months of speculation about the relationship between donald trump and his defense actually mark has been sacked via twitter trump tweeted that he been terminated. esben trump collided over white house pressure to deploy federal troops during nationwide protests against racism and police brutality as also attracted by effectively banning the display of confederate symbols in military installations had been reported that s but prepared a resignation letter anticipating the inevitable but he poured cold water on that in an interview with the military times publication last week saying my soldiers don't get to quit so if i have to quit it better be over something really really big. let's go to mark jacobson here's a senior adviser to former us secretary of defense asked cos he's currently assistant dean of washington programs with sarah keyes university's maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs joining us from washington mark many thanks for speaking to us and i'll just share 2 months left of this administration why fire th

allan lichtman is a presidential historian from the american university in washington. you very clearly, very confident in saying joe biden would win. he hasn't won yet but how are you feeling? i am feeling pretty good, not for myself but for our country. look, our country is in deep trouble. donald trump exhibited the most shameful moment in the history of the us presidency when he went on national television and trashed our democracy and delegitimise our elections. we have never seen anything like that before. joe biden is no firebrand, no barack 0bama, no orator, but he is a nonthreatening, reconciling figure which is what america may need right now to heal and come together. it is not so much the american people that is polarised, it is donald trump who fancy flames of polarisation and hatred and autocracy. despite everything you have just said, autocracy. despite everything you havejust said, many millions more people voted for donald trump this time it than they did last time. lots of the regular polling organisations just didn't get that. that's right. i will giv

well, let's join allan now in washington, d.c. and allan developments on the legal front when it comes to pennsylvania. what seems to be happening just in the last couple of hours, according to pennsylvania, has thrown out 5 court cases, brought by the trump campaign. the judge decided there was absolutely no merit. and that short time after donald trump tweeted out that 700000 ballots in pennsylvania had not been observed. therefore under the constitution we were in this state. that's not quite how it works. clearly this is just a sign that donald trump is getting a bit desperate. again, claiming victory on twitter, but the reality is that when they take cases to the courts, they're simply not getting past the legal threshold to be taken any farther. and also they're running into problems of credibility as well. for example, in atlanta, they named 2 people who had voted in the said they were dead, local t.v. station managed to turn up 2 of those people and they were both very much alive. one of them had voted for joe biden. the c

thanks very much allan fisher. now still ahead here on al-jazeera we report from germany as it goes back into coronavirus lockdown to tackle a rising number of new infections. that. hold out hope to children including a toddler rescued from the rubble in turkey 3 day don't rebound from. how we got some wet weather now in the process of pulling away from japan fair but a cloud showing up here brought to the skies for a time will see 2 bad weather coming in as we go on through choose a $21.00 celsius that's ok but as the winds come in from a northwesterly direction we're going to fade quite of a rash of showers not only still brace for these showers there to western parts of hunchy in particular they'll still be in place as we go on through wednesday said the process of freshening up somewhat 900. struggling to get to double figures there for seoul come across charters lousy dry western areas will see some clouds and right i just want to draw your attention to this collision here that is developing thai food which wi

the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary hadtandards required by the ministerial code. her approach on occasions had amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying and, to that extent, her behaviour had been in breach of the ministerial code, even if unintentionally put up code, even if unintentionally. despite this, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points to what they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and the fact she has apologised. miss patel‘s friends think she has been the victim of snobbery and sexism. the home secretary insists the culture in the home office has changed. at the time, it says this in the report, issues were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you are making excuses and actua

i spoke to allan lichtman a few weeks ago and asked him for his prediction. let's take a listen.president since george h w bush in 1992 to lose a re—election bid. allan lichtman, presidential historian from the university of washington spoke to me a short time ago when i asked him how he was feeling about the prediction. i'm feeling pretty good, not for myself but for the country. the country is in deep can't —— trouble. donald trump exhibited the most shameful moment in the history of the us presidency when he went on national television and trashed our democracy and delegitimise our elections. we have never seen anything like that before. joe biden is no firebrand or no barack obama or order but he is a nonthreatening, reconciling figure which is what america may need right now to heal and come together, it is not as such the people who are polarised, it is donald trump who fans the flames of polarisation and hatred and autocracy. despite what you've just said, many more millions of people voted for donald tripp this time the last time thatis tripp this time the last time that