president biden, antony blinken. we're back where we were 20 years ago. like i say, there's some retrenchment, there's some backing off of the position, but i don't hear from either president biden, candidate biden, or from the antony blinken that regime change is wrong. if it were wrong you would expect there was a learning from the iraq war and they would say we won't do the same. but it turns out when we had the obama administration with blinken and other militarying interventionists we got more war. they went into libya. once again the same idea, the idea that regime change works and we will topple this terrible dictator qadhafi and out of the embers, out of the fire will arise thomas jefferson, the thomas jefferson of libya will take over and freedom will ring. didn't work out so much. so mr. blinken in his hearing admitted as much. he said, well, maybe we overestimated the possibility that there would be rivals to replace him. you think? but see, this is sort of expected pattern of the middle east. the middle east doesn't have this thousand-year eng

antony blinken said today he has already picked up from the u.s.ter spending the day on the phone, a strong desire to come back to the table. but how difficult is it going to be for the u.s. to rebuild global alliances? guest: it is going to be a major challenge. first of all, what he has promised, secretary blinken, is the re-professionalization of the state department, deep politicization of the state department, and replenishing its ranks, because they were really depleted in the trump era. so, he's going to have to restore confidence again among america's allies, that the u.s. really needs to work with them, to cooperate with them, and listen to them. but i have a sense there is a lot of goodwill there, because most of our allies would really like to restore a good working relationship with the united states. laura: what do ucsd first test of whether the -- what do you see as the first test of whether we can work with america's allies? guest: china will be the major issue dominating foreign policy moving forward. we have to work with our europe

next, secretary of state antony blinken delivers welcome the marts -- welcome remarks on his first day of the state department. he offers several priorities during this 10 minute address. sec. blinken: it is my honor and privilege to welcome back our new secretary of state, tony blinken. he has a familiar face in these halls, having served previously first and the bureau of european and canadian affairs and most recently as deputy harry secretary of state. he is well and favorably known to the department of state and career professionals. we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. this is an unusual event. normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering employees, i assure you that we had to take extraordinary measures to keep them away at this time. but, do not let that deceive you in any way, there is enormous enthusiasm from the career professionals who have worked with sec. blinken over the course of this year. he has a man of honor, integrity, vision, and character. he will lead this department and advance the -- on behalf of the career professionals,

. >> next, secretary of state antony blinken delivers welcome remarks to staff and colleagues on his first day at the state department. he outlines several goals and priorities of the new administration during this 10 minute address. >> it is my honor and privilege today to welcome back to the department of state our new secretary of state tony blinken. secretary blinken is a familiar face in these halls, having served previously in the bureau of european and canadian affairs. as recently as deputy secretary of state. he is well-known to the department of state in our career professionals. we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. this is an unusual event today. normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering state department employees. i assure you we had to take extraordinary measures in order to keep them away at this time, but don't let that deceive you in anyway, there is enormous enthusiasm on the part of the career professionals who have known and worked with sec. blinken over the course of his career. he is a man of honor and integrity, vision an

. >> thank you for those insights to those antony blinken contents. in january 2000 11, hordes of demonstrators flocked to cairo's square to protest corruption and inequality, but 10 years later that hope and promise of that movement is dissipating. over the past 10 years, the government has cracked down on -- and largely demolished egypt's informal housing settlements. residents often only have one day to pack and leave and are often relocated to faraway towns on the periphery of the capital city, we -- our reporters in cairo sent us this report. >> until 2018, he and his family lived in this working-class neighborhood. these ruins are all that is left is his own -- of his home. >> the front door was here, but there is nothing left. they came and first most of the other sides, then they said, leave quickly. tomorrow, or the day after we will demolish the rest. >> over just a few years, the egyptian government destroyed entire neighborhoods. forcibly removing tens of thousands of inhabitants. as a form of compensation, he was relocated at a residence

. >> newly confirmed secretary of state antony blinken held a press briefing with reporters at the state department earlier today. here's that now. >> today i have the privilege of introducing to the first time the 71st secretary of state, mr. tony blinken. i turn it over to him. sec. blinken: thank you, good afternoon. let me start by saying my first ambition is to be known as the man who wrought net price to the state briefing room. that is a mission accomplished. in all seriousness, thank you everyone for coming here today. this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state. and to restate what i said before, it is an honor to be in this job, and i am gratified that the president seemed to fit to entrust me with this responsibility. i am incredibly excited about the work ahead. especially working with the men and women of the state department. to serve the american people and represent our country to the world. i want to spend a few minutes with all of you today. i want to say how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. some of you may know that i started

antoni suspect that san ans got whiplash, there were six different governments. until the 1820's, san antonio was under the overall control of spain. in 1921, there was a revolution in which mexico took control. texas,me the republic of the revolution in 18 d6, -- 1856 related to the alamo. then we had the republic of texas. annexed by the united states. 18 six 21, the confederacy in charge, and four years later, back to the united states. thatbly the single factor shaped san antonio's character and appearance and being was its isolation on the texas frontier. we are inland, a couple hundred miles from the texas coast, and the only way to reach san antonio was by boxcar from the texas coast, and that's when it was not raining or mud. it was a difficult city to get to come until san antonio finally got a railroad in 1877. at which point, san antonio began to explode. the tourism business was one of the first that took off because san antonio had been a familiar topic of magazines and other publications, periodicals, in the united states. reporters left to come to

secretary antony blinken said iran must do so before the united states will consider reentering the deal. >> bret: at the state department rich edson, thank you. the panel on joe biden's energy and climate change actions. first, some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight vox 2 in detroit six men charged an alleged plot to snatch michigan governor gretchen whitmer pleads guilty to kidnapping conspiracy. tigerman appeared in federal court in grand rapids a few hours after prosecutors -- persecutors loaded with details about that operation in his place to cooperate with investigators. fox 2 in san francisco oakland international airport the first in the u.s. to sell covid test kits in vending machines. customers take the test on their own and then return saliva samples via fedex. they will receive results on a mobile phone app. test kits range from $130 to $150. and this is a live look at new orleans fox 8 refill it down there in one of the big stories tonight thousands of houses decorated as floats after the coronavirus outbreak canceled the elaborate parades during

opens this afternoon senators will spend the early part of the day on the secretary of state nominee, antony blinken. we'll take you live now to the senate floor. . the senat. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the lord of all,

antony blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending arms sales don't trump said mr a should have been doing deals down to the wire including one for 50 f. $35.00 fighter jets from lockheed martin to the u.a.e. . to a biden has signed executive orders to address the climate crisis it includes cutting fossil fuel subsidies and pause in oil and gas leases on federal land biden says climate change is at the center of u.s. national security and foreign policy. and just like we need a unified national response to cope with 19 we desperately need a unified national response to the climate crisis because there is a climate crisis we must keep we must lead global response because neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry has pointed out many times by the united states alone we know what to do we just got to do it. when we think of climate change we think of it this is a case where conscience and convenience crossed paths where dealing with this extra sense of threat to the planet and increasing our economic growth and prosperity are one in the same hundreds of prote

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secretary of state joe biden's administration plans to rebuild ties with the rest of the world antony blinken says if iran returns to full compliance under the $25.00 day nuclear agreement the u.s. will also come back to the deal. u.s. has temporarily frozen arms to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. as the lincoln says is typical for new administrations to review pending arms sales all trumps administration have been doing deals down to the wire including one for 50 f. $35.00 fighter jets from lockheed martin to u.a.e. u.s. president joe biden has signed executive orders to address the climate crisis includes cutting fossil fuel subsidies and pours an oil and gas leases on federal land and says climate change is at the center of u.s. national security and foreign policy hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces in lebanon as anger rises of a hoss coronavirus are strict since their devastating economy already on the edge of collapse. but he had a game stopper has read it uses to thank for a soaring share price despite sluggish growth and a poor outlook this is posting on the r

antony blinken condemned the harsh action of russian authorities and called for the release of thoserrested, including navalny. navalny has been an outspoken critic of vladimir putin and said he was poisoned last year. >>> there ware 100 million case of covid-19 this week. cnn correspondents are covering this global story. > >> i'm melissa bell in paris. germany has announced they will have ordered vaccines for 2022. some have ground to a halt due to lack of supplies. the president of the european commission held talks with representatives of the big pharma groups in which the eu had signed contracts. she signed up for an additional 9 million doses, taking the full amount that will be delivered to the eu to 40 million doses in the first quarter. this has several million countries continue to worsen. there were protests against the measures, against the restrictions in brussels and budapest where they said the lockdowns had simply gone on for too long. >>> i'm matt rivers in sao paulo, brazil. we've learned that nine children between the ages of one and five have died recently while e

the first hearings include national intelligence admiral hayes, homeland security, state antony blinkentreasury, janet yellen. defense, lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span,

fortunately, we've seen some remarks by the nominee for secretary of state, antony blinken, about notping over ourselves to reenter the deal. that is a refreshing change from some of the earlier indications that the biden administration might be tripping over itself to get back into it. but we have a lot to talk about here, eric, because there's many components that go boo this negotiation. go into this negotiation. eric: yeah. you know, the reports say that they've got some secret facilities, they're not cooperating with the iaea, they're continuing their enrichment. and then they come out with a video that they want to drone president trump, you know, on the golf course in some video. so how do you deal with an adversary that acts like that, that still chants death to america? and, as you said, at least the administration is saying they want to get in it at some point, but tehran has to move first. they're not going to do that, you know? do you' them moving first? -- see them moving first? they say we need to get rid of the sanctions before they do anything. >> right. iran is going

. >> newly confirmed secretary of state antony blinken held a press briefing with reporters at the stateepartment earlier today. here's that now. >>

hearings include national intelligence, avril haines, homeland security, alejandra mae arcus, state antony blinken, treasury, janet yellen, defense, weight austin. watch the confirmation -- lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span, c-span.org are listed on the c-span radio app. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. mr. speaker, may i proceed? thank you, speaker shepherd. and to senate pro tem jimmy hickey, and to the honorable members of the general assembly. thank you for that warm greeting. let me assure you that is gratefully received. and hopefully that signals a strong relationship, as we enter this session. i also welcome those members joining from the senate chambers, and those joining from the public. first, let me extend my congratulations to the new members. by my count we have 20 members newly elected in this session. and for some it is a return in a new role and for many others this will be your first regular session. as you remember, when i was elected governor, we hit the ground running. and we did not intend to slow down. so buckle your seatbelt because we have

newly confirmed state antony blinken was sworn in moments ago. he'll have his first briefing later this afternoon. joining me nbc news chief white house correspondent and "weekend today" co-host kristen welker. a doctor from johns hopkins and a member of the advisory board during the transition and an epidemiologist at bellevue hospital in new york. and our medical correspondent dr. john torres. kristen, they had a lot of problems with the live stream, the quality of that. i'm hoping you were able to hear the big headlines out of this briefing today and the big changes from what we saw before. i think big changes include restoring scientific integrity across the federal government. what tone does that set? >> reporter: well, i think that the administration and the president aiming to set a tone of transparency, andrea, and there you had those officials leveling with the american people about the fact that this is going to get worse before it gets better, that there are some significant supply shortages, and that they cannot just film a switch and

. ♪♪ >>> secretary of state antony blinken began his first full day on the job today. holding a briefing this afternoon. we'll take you live to the state department at 3:30 eastern as he talks about the biden administration's foreign policy. you can also watch live online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> biden cabinet nominees are on capitol hill this week for their confirmation hearings. on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, one hearing for two nominees, ohio congresswoman marcia fudge for secretary of housing and urban development, and cecilia rous nominated for chair, council of economic advisers. watch the confirmation live on c-span, on demand at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. listen to c-span's podcast, "the weekly." this week andy card, former chief of staff in the george h.w. bush administration and former deputy chief of staff in the george w. administration. shares his advice for biden chief of staff ron klain. >> i actually told him to pay attention to decisions that are being made by the president. you don't wa

the first hearings include national intelligence, avril haines, national security, state, antony blinken, treasury, janet yellen, defense, lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app app. -- c-span radio app. ♪ you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was greeted by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these companies, who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. -- to viewers as a public service. of our video inside the rotunda of the u.s. capitol and the statute of the reverend martin luther king jr. this was shot as part of our 2006 documentary, "the capitol," that will air today on c-span. you can find online as well at c-span.org. we will spend the next half-hour asking you about what the founders with think of our republic. (202)-748-8000 is the line to call for those of you who are democrat. (202)-748-8001 for republicans enter independent and others, (202)-748-8002. it is the 35th observance of the martin luther king holiday. a couple of tweets and co

charli: secretary of state nominee antony blinken emphasized he is committed to rebuilding alliancesamaged under donald trump and also taking a tougher stance towards adversaries. >> we have to start by approaching china from a position of strength, not weakness. it's a position of strength when we are working with, not denigrating, our allies. charli: most controversial of the group may be defense nominee lloyd austin. needs to obtain a congressional waiver because he has only been out of uniform four years instead of the seven required by law. he would be the nation's first black defense secretary. biden's cabinet confirmation process has been badly delayed due to congressional republicans stalling in recognizing his election victory. this means biden is likely to be the first president in decades without his national security team in place on day one. host: german chancellor angela merkel and state premiers agreed to extend a lockdown for most shops and schools until february 14 as part of a package of steps to rein in covid-19. a draft document has shown that those plans have bee

the onset of both of those questions is yes 5 i think that the people around bite and in particular antony blinken have already made clear that they intend to pursue their regime change in the in syria they agree vj that. during the obama years they failed to achieve what they were often aimed at the toppling of charles and so therefore they that this is something that they would want to do i like and the same applies to ukraine and ukraine is really a biden's bating wik i mean he was there was no point man on ukraine. and he was very involved in the post-coup regime and of course you know the whole story about. how much he was making in the ukraine so i would think that that is a personal project of bidens to try to push russia out of ukraine and try to fuel war. to increase the likelihood of a more intense war between russia and ukraine and already the overall project i think of the incoming by team will be to make life as difficult as possible for russia and that i think will be driving force both in syria ukraine a caucus.

ok antony closely should explore germany. take dives into. everything out there's a lot going on in. germany tried and tested to get to. 60 minutes on. the literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see as the kids find strength growing up her. might. be good on you tube. you can almost feel the freezing cold on europe's biggest glacier in iceland more on that coming up later in the show. but 1st a very warm welcome to new edition of your i'm max and.

antony blinken says it is typical for new administrations to review pending arms sales. donald trump administration had been doing deals down to the wire, including one for 50 at 35 fighter jets from lockheed martin to the uae. joe biden has signed executive orders to address the climate crisis, it includes cutting fossil fuel subsidies and pausing oil and gas leases on federal land. biden says climate changes at the center of u.s. national security and foreign policy. >> just like we need a unified national response to covid-19, we desperately need a national response to the climate crisis. there is a climate crisis. we must lead the global response. neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry pointed out many times, by the united states alone. we know what to do, we just have to do it. when we think of climate change, it's a case where conscience and convenience cross paths. we are dealing with this existential threat to the planet, and increasing our growth and prosperity are one in the same. anchor: hundreds of protesters have classed with security forces in leba

indication of how it can develop over the next 4 years president biden's nominee for secretary of state antony blinken had this to say during his senate confirmation hearing i also believe that president trump was right in taking a tougher approach to china i disagree very much with the way that he want about it in a number of areas but the basic principle was the right one and i think that's actually helpful. and there were other indications as well from blinken about the future u.s. stance on key issues with china secretary pump aoe designated the chinese communist party as having engaged in genizah regarding the we muslim population do you agree with it does that would you my judgment as well you do agree yes there's been a strong and long bipartisan commitment to taiwan. taiwan relations act also the communiques with china and part of that commitment is making sure that taiwan have the ability. to defend itself against aggression and that is a commitment that will absolutely endure in a in a biting district for more i'm joined by professor steve tying his director of the china institute at

yet a familiar face returning to the white house briefing podium sidelined for many months stuck to antony found she is a central figure in the new pandemic task group and he made clear reference to the difficulties he experienced as a scientist under president trump there were things that were said. regarding things like a drug seqlock when another things like that that really was uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact i can tell you i take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president but the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know what the evidence what the sciences and know that sit let the science speak it is somewhat of a liberating feeling there's been shock at how little planning had been put to to combating the pandemic but there has been no centralized federal strategy it's been left to governors and their states to plan and sometimes fund and pandemic measures administration officials say that when they are sapient assesses for a pandemic plan there wasn't one. many members of congress are dismayed what did we

and the senate foreign relations committee has also confirmed antony blinken as secretary of state.said he would order a review of the decision to designate yemen's houthi rebels is a terror group and he will build on the u.s. normalization deals between israel and arab countries. u.s. pharmaceutical company moderna says its covid-19 vaccine appears to work against new variants. early finding show success against the variant detected in the u.k. but the vaccine is less effective against the south african one. how this works are concerned about mutations that a p or to be spreading faster and maybe deadly. >> as the fight to contain a global pandemic continues, several new variants of the virus are spreading. early research suggest the so-called mutations are more infectious and potentially deadlier. one variant first discovered in the u.k. and in other soft -- and another in south africa and the focus of moderna's efforts to develop a booster. the company says its original vaccine does fight the u.k. variant of the virus. there are questions about the mutated strain discovered in so

assume the civilian post of defense secretary in another hearing room secretary of state nominee antony blinken a career diplomat was deputy secretary of state under former president barack obama after his expected confirmation lincoln will be tested to rebuild the u.s. is diminished global leadership when we're not engaged when we're not leading then one of 2 things is likely to happen either some other country tries to take our place but not in a way that's likely to advance our interests and values or maybe just as bad no one does and then you have chaos besides immediately having the u.s. reengineer the paris climate accord and the world health organization blinken will have to take on strained relations with iran russia and china as we look at china there is no doubt that it poses the most a given challenge of any nation state to the united states biden will take office wednesday with few if any senate confirmed cabinet secretaries a democratic push to waive some senate rules to expedite the process has already met republican resistance then there's trump's impeachment trial still

the man who will replace mr pompeo, antony blinken, told his confirmation hearing that he agreed witha commissioner to the us commission on international religious freedom. he explained what the decision means for us—china ties. this is a huge development, and also this shouldn't surprise those who have been following the development here in washington, dc, because it shows the seriousness of the us government. we have been looking into the evidence, we have been looking into the open source information put out by the chinese government. we also have a credible witness and survivor testimonies. the evidence is overwhelming that the chinese government is committing genocide, crimes against humanity in daylight. we have been, as a government entity, been asking the us government through the facts and legal tools to evaluate this, at least as early as may of 2020, but it requires some time, required some investigation, deliberation to come to this conclusion today. when somebody commits a crime, they should know that the crimes always have a label, is the case for the atrocities being co

the losses antony again does buying public recklessness for the rapid spread of the virus i can't even imagine what it be like to be a governor right now of a state. especially california california is a powerhouse right it's got the 6th largest economy in the world and. the fact that you know businesses are shutting down you have a lot of very vocal californians and and they were giving him a tremendous amount of pressure to open up and i understand that but you could open up safely and people just weren't big saving why i would drive by bars and people would have their masks off and there be it be densely densely crowded and then you hear people like running out homes and having parties where there's 1000 people there so it's the public it's us it's the ignorance of the human being we continue to. defy the recommendations of the c.d.c. we continue to gather and i understand how important holidays are there just as important for me i haven't seen my family in mines it's terribly serious and people need to understand that you have to be careful and it doesn't matter your age it doesn't

well the context of rejoining the world health organization made very clear by the news too that dr antony found she who's now a part of joe biden's. coronavirus team will be taking part in a virtual conference with the world health organization in the course of the next 24 hours and mike there was such a change of tone and atmosphere in that press briefing room wasn't about what we're likely to see that move to congress as well can biden bring bipartisanship. well there's a very different tone in that press briefing i remember 4 years ago the 1st briefing of that the new press secretary was all about numbers false claims about numbers that started off with what is basically a lie there you had in the press briefing and the pledge being made to transparency and truth so it's a long way ahead but certainly a very different beginning and then what we are seeing as well in the senate was very significant the 1st cabinet member was confirmed in a senate vote. against the director of national intelligence but what was important is that the vote went into 84 to 10 it was a bipartisan vote which

secretary of state antony blinken said washington wants to return to the 2050 nuclear deal which donald trump pulled out of that lincoln has called on iran to act 1st if. iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j c v.o.a. the united states would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we called a longer and stronger agreement and to deal with a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with iran but we are a long ways from that point around it is out of compliance on a number of fronts and it would take some time should it make the decision to do so for it to come back into compliance in time for us then to assess whether it was meeting its obligations so we're not we're not there yet to say the least there's shihab rattansi at the state department with the latest. it's really unclear what the biden position is on the one hand lincoln always begins with a statement that the u.s. and iran will return to full compliance this will then be used as a platform to address othe

yet familiar face returning to the white house briefing podium sidelined for many months stuck to antony she is a central figure in the new pandemic task group and he made clear reference to the difficulties he experienced as a scientist and the president there were things that were said. regarding things like a drug cyclone rick when another things like that that really was uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact i can tell you i take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know what the evidence what the sciences know that's it let the science speak it is somewhat of a liberating feeling there's been shocked at how little planning had been put to to combating the pandemic but there has been no centralized federal strategy it's been left to governors and their states to plan and sometimes fund and pandemic measures administration officials say that when they are safe says for a pandemic plan there wasn't one. many members of congress are dismayed what did we learn this mornin

antony blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending sales on trump's administration had been doing deals down to the wire including one for 50 f. $35.00 fighter jets from lockheed martin to the u.a.e. . joe biden has signed executive orders to address the climate crisis that includes causing fossil fuel subsidies and pausing oil and gas leases on federal land by then says climate change is at the center of u.s. national security and foreign policy just like we need a unified national response to cover 19 we desperately need a unified national response to the climate crisis because there is a climate crisis we must keep we must lead global response because neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry is pointed out many times by the united states alone we know what to do we just got to do it. when we think of climate change we think of it this is a case where conscious inconvenience crossed paths where dealing with this actually threat to the planet and increasing our economic growth and prosperity are one in the same as hundreds of protesters have clashed with sec

we have antony blinken's vote for secretary of state in the committee.d see the full floor vote as soon this week. this as we wait on the house to deliver former president from's impeachment article -- former president trump's impeachment articles to the senate. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome to "daybreak: asia." i'm shery ahn. haidi: i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney. our top stories. asian stocks look set to slide after a choppy session on wall street. china calls for more global cooperation and an end to cold war thinking. xi jinping snfroion is a dead-end street. the u.s. senate confirms janet yellen at the treasury and now turns its attention to impeachment. president trump is the first american leader to be tried twice. china's top company -- tencent -- shery: we take you live to the u.s. capitol as we see members of the house delivering donald trump's impeachment article. of course, we are now seeing members of the house of representatives in the u.s. delivering president -- former president from's impeachment article -- former president trump's i

just a moment i want to take a quick look at joe biden's plane foreign policy and security nobody's antony blinken is said to be secretary of state it held the number 2 job of the department under barack obama and is a long time biden advisor for the 1st time an african-american as biden's choice to lead the pentagon lloyd austin is a former general who was the top u.s. commander in iraq but because he only recently retired from the army his appointment requires a special waiver from congress both democrats and republicans have voiced doubts jake some of them will be the president's national security adviser he has a long history working for biden and was also a key figure in the talks that led to the iran nuclear deal and a low key foreign service veteran has been nominated to represent the u.s. the united nations linda thomas greenfield served as ambassador to liberia director general of the foreign service and top diplomat for africa no one what do you make of that team. well there's a couple of things to be said 1st adrian it seems that. if appointment is policy or if policy is 1st mat

coming considering the nomination of antony blinken to be secretary of state. then at 2:30 p.m., president pro tem patrick leahy and senators will administer the oath for proceeding with the impeachment trial for president trump. the senate will deal with agreements for equipment usage by house managers and the trump legal defense team, issuing summons to the former president, due dates for trial briefs and responses, and the date the senate will reconvene for the trial. coming up in an hour, public citizen president robert wiseman discusses ethics

we want political activist antony raj is right believes that following those events on capitol hill european nations may well be looking at america as a banana republic. i definitely disagree with the president elect of saying that this is not this is not america this is exactly what america is it started with colonization of indigenous land genocide of indigenous people pillage of african bodies forced to work on stolen land continued with jim crow and then of course perfected with the southern strategy of barry goldwater lee at least atwater richard nixon a new king and manifested today in the form of trump ism this is so called america this is exactly who we are and it is a coffer us to really get introspective and to look at ourselves before we even have the temerity to go anywhere else on this planet to preach ideas of democracy and justice and righteousness we're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some banana republic and so the scenes are very very troubling but i have to say unfortunately not too shocking thanks to a company here in

these the top stories about 737500 passenger plane has disappeared shortly after taking off from antony's capital jakarta the planes operated by budget alan sort of die as at this is the last recorded vote from tracking website flight radar 24 local media is reporting it was carrying 56 passengers on board games. has personally suspended u.s. president donald trump's account citing a risk of him fueling further violence this comes after the deadly attack on capitol hill by trump supports president elect joe biden says those who stormed the capitol on wednesday should be regarded as terrorists and should be treated as their bunch of thugs insurrectionist white supremacist and i semites 6 and there's not enough i mean c'mon you know these church there were these are a bunch of thugs thugs and they're terrorist mesti tears and that'll be a judgment for the the justice department to make as to what charges should be but the fact is they should be prosecuted and should be prosecuted the difference here is this had the active encouragement of a city president of the united states and the way in

on antony's is most populous island java hospitals are stretched to their limits these covered 900 patients were able to get treatment but many others are missing out now part of the not fast and i'm among we have rejected so many people in the hospital reject patients every day because there's nothing else we can do the doctors having to reject critically ill patients is a heavy burden the. psion it makes me so sad to turn down patients i read the files of patients who are referred to our hospital they can hardly breathe but we cannot help them. the indonesian hospitals association says hospitals on the island of java and bali are close to collapse doctors are forced to turn away patients because of a lack of intensive care unit beds and a shortage of health care workers. indonesia's covert 19 task force says in some cities all hospital beds are full and health specialists say on average more than a quarter of people are testing positive for the disease. across indonesia the positivity road is 27 percent it's hard the w.h.o. standard is 5 percent to ensure that the president can be control