let me just say that it will be antony blinken, he isa that it will be antony blinken, he is a greaty up, joe biden used to say about tony that he is the only person that knows more people around the world than joe biden knows more people around the world thanjoe biden does, he isa world thanjoe biden does, he is a very nice guy, he that cannot be a bigger difference between mike pompeo and antony blinken. this will signal a very different approach for the us and the world? absolutely, he isa us and the world? absolutely, he is a man of the world, speaks various languages and is a really good guy, and i am very happy that he is doing this and that joe very happy that he is doing this and thatjoe biden picked him. there has been a lot of speculation about moving onto the rest of the cabinet, that this will be a more diverse cabinet than ever before?” think in the obama administration, the first four yea rs, administration, the first four years, 30% of the jobs went to women, 35% in the second four yea rs, women, 35% in the second four years, joe biden seems like he will blow past that

something antony blinken may wa nt to something antony blinken may want to address.morning, but still quite misty and murky in the south, with some areas of fog to lift. and then we'll see that patchy rain getting blown southwards. not much rain at all across southern england. most of the rain will be over the hills in the west. and in scotland, after some rain in the morning, we'll get some sunshine and the odd shower in the afternoon but it starts to cool off a bit here. elsewhere, those temperatures still around 9,10 or even 11 degrees in the afternoon. with clearing skies for central and eastern parts of the uk after some rain overnight, tuesday morning starts with a touch of frost across eastern scotland and the north east of england. and it's going to be a cold day here because the cloud that's still out to the west starts to topple further into the day, —— still out to the west starts to topple further into the uk, bringing with it a little light rain or drizzle. but through the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, some welcome sunshine. loo

and this happening as we hear netanyahu going to saudi arabia denied by the saudis, and antony blinken. this old obama era official being selected by joe biden to be the next secretary of state. is what i think her principal, the main aim and this at the moment and the main aim that netanyahu had, i think, with these visit to saudi arabia, kmiec m.b.'s, the crown prince. the 1st priority for relief for israel is to get iran put at the top of the agenda for the administration. the same coming administration will have many other domestic issues to deal with. it's not clear whether they will control the senate or not. it's not clear they'll get their agenda through and he wants to put iran really sort of front and center. so this is a way of calling attention to it. calling attention to iran, if you like, what he would term adverse regional role. and i think the other

‘s multiple news outlets are reporting that antony blinken, a veteran diplomat and longtime confidantcan now speak to our north america correspondent david willis. hello david, what do we know then about antony blinken?. lot of speculation that antony blinken will be named asjoe biden's secretary of state on tuesday, and he is someone who has been atjoe biden's save 20 yea rs, has been atjoe biden's save 20 years, the major man, as far as vice to mr biden on foreign policy matters is concerned, he served under barack 0bama and he isa served under barack 0bama and he is a man who is it thought could calm some of the foreign leaders who have been aghast by the literary‘s rather nationalist, nationalistic posting as far as foreign policy is concerned. we are also expecting the possibility ofa also expecting the possibility of a nomination for treasury secretary this week, and a number of names in the frame there, including the former chair of the federal reserve, and joe biden of course under pressure to name a very inclusive cabinet, one as he puts it will represent america, the face of

that is true of antony blinken, who is deputy secretary of state. it really gives the idea that joe biden has said before announcing thate wanted people who knew what they were doing and people who represented the united states, and he said he wanted a team that would be ready on day one of the biden administration. this as donald trump is still stalling and not going along with the transition process. it is important to have these people who know how things work, who have the contact, and who will be ready to start working on january 21. charli: donald trump used the phrase america first to sum up his foreign policy. what do these choices signal about the foreign policy direction a biden administration would go toward? reporter: first of all, the symbol of announcing them in a certain order, starting with the secretary of state, shows that foreign policy is going to be a very important partf the biden administration. this is the first name that comes up in the list. in a press release the biden team put out explaining those picks, they said joe bid

antony blinken is his pick for secretary of state. mr. blinken: hi, i am antony blinken.r: someone with a touch, able to reestablish relationships. >> nations or countries from all over the world come together. it is a great pleasure to welcome all of you oday. reporter:oe for biden, he has been advising him for nearly years. he is so close to the president elect, he has been described as an alter ego, a virtual mind meld. they will be returning to familiar ground. he h beg career at the white house during the clinton administration and was a key figure on barack obama's national security team president obama: killed osama bin laden. reporter:as he at the table for all of the important meetings. he is a signal the u.s. is continuing its conventional role after four years of donald >> what can america do, and for the next president, it comes down to leadership, cooperation, sums up the profound differences between president trump and prpoident biden. er: blinken's goal will be to reestablish the u.s. as a trusted ally, with agreements such as the world health organization

president-elect joe biden is expected to nominate antony blinken for secretary of state. he's been a close adviser to biden for decades scene here in the situation room the night osama bin laden was killed. as biden makes his cabinet picks, his chief of staff is frustrated over lack of coordination by the trump administration. >> our transition isn't getting access to agency officials to develop plans. there's a lot of focus on the vaccine roll out plan and we have no access to that. >> reporter: we're learning more about trump's possible plans for the future. "the washington post" said he could announce his run for the white house in 2024 by the end of this year. mona? >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> a 15-year-old is under arrest for the mass shooting at a mall outside milwaukee. police say friday's violence stemmed from a dispute between two groups. the suspect initially escaped by leaving with the mall crowd after the shooting. eight people were wounded. police say all of them are expected to recover. >>> time for a look at your monday morning weather. the radar shows rai

sit at the head of the table, biden's choices our policy, veterans like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that we are a former federal reserve chair, janet yellen is to serve as treasury secretary, she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of long period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see and outgoing trump administration make. i think people like that that's over i think

countries' biden's choices or veterans with many years of experience like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named for the position of secretary of state. he will be tasked with steering the country back towards the paris climate agreement, the world health organization, and they run a nuclear deal. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, who is poised to become biden's climate change. and boy. from our federal reserve chair, janet yellen says to serve as treasury secretary, if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role and would face the difficult task of shaping u.s. economic policies. at a time when the country is facing both a pandemic and recession biden also named avril haynes as the 1st woman to become director of national intelligence. a question is whether this was a wise action and a $100.00 majorca, as the 1st latino to have the department of homeland security. biden appears to be making good on his campaign promise that his cabinet will reflect america's diversity. linda thomas greenfield was appointed to the helm of the u

but there is something that rings a bell about his name: antony blinken. his name is a. blinken. "abe lincoln!" a. blinken will be joined in biden's cabinet by interior secretary "joe orgewashington" and attorney general "jay effkay." blinken's record is spotless, except for one rhinestone glued in the corner, because on his twitter bio, you'll see his titles from the obama administration, his co-founding of west-exec advisors and... hold your horses. follow ablinken on spotify? oh, you know i will. 'cuz our new secretary of state has his own rockin' dad band! and here's a little taste, with the man himself on vocals: ♪ ♪ note oh yeah ♪ ♪ i got to got to got to ♪ i don't expect you to feel the way i do ♪ ♪ that this love is for real >> stephen: sorry... whoa! baby! that's some foggy bottom! if his diplomacy are as smooth as his hot licks we're back on the world stage baby. my man is going to lock israeli and palestinian leaders in a room and when things get tense, he's gonna pull out that guitar and say "you two get to the negotiating table, or i'm gonna start 'stairway to heaven

carley, what is really disturbing here is have you got antoni blinken and michelle make very lucrativeeals once they are in positions of power. >> carley: first order of business for any incoming administration is to pick a cabinet. and i think that what is unfolding right now could be a little taste, a little sampler, platter if you will of the next four years where you have moderate democrats that think that joe biden is doing a good job. his picks make sense. republicans thinking that he is doing a horrible job and everything is terrible. and progressive democrats also saying the same thing for a very different reason. and, you know, on the progressive front, president trump has changed politics forever. we touched on this in the first block a bit. he has changed the republican party. he has also changed the democratic party. i don't think the progressive squad would have risen to the prominence that it currently is without being a foil for president trump. and now, they stand to sort of under cut the incoming biden administration by pushing back on a lot of his ideas and the democr

antony blinken, nominee for secretary of state.ou can continue to watch the comments from the rest of the nominees. i'll hundred mayorkas, avril haines, jake sullivan, and john kerry. e go.is on livr g we return with jeremy kress. obviously, we didn't get the treasury secretary announcement today but we expected to be soon, expected to be janet yellen. you were about to tell us about the overlap between treasury and the banking sector. jeremy: the treasury does not regulate banks likely. that is the job of the fed, if the ic. however, the anticipated announcement of janet yellen as treasury secretary is meaningful for banks in two ways. it is an endorsement of the approach that janet yellen and her colleagues at the federal reserve took toward implementing the dodd frank act. during her time as vice-chairman of the federal reserve and then share from 2014 to 2018. i think perhaps we could read some tea leaves into the overall financial regulatory approach that the body and administration will take toward banks from the yellen appoi

. >> antony blinken has been tapped to be secretary of state.en says blinken has worked to strengthen ties with allies in the asia-pacific region. he served as deputy secretary of state during president barack obama's second term. john kerry will be the presidential envoy on climate change. he was a key architect of the paris agreement and was secretary of state under obama. biden has nominated former deputy cia director avrill haines to be the director of national intelligence. she'll be the first woman to hold that post, if she wins confirmation. alejandro mayorkas is the nominee for secretary of homeland security. he'll be the first latino and first immigrant to fill that role if confirmed. meanwhile, president donald trump defended his american first approach at the annual thanksgiving turkey pardoning event at the white house. >> we send our love to every memberf the ard forces and the law enforcement heroes risking their lives to keep america safe, toeep america great. and as i say, america first. shouldn't go away from that. america firs

antony blinken will be appointed secretary of state, the former number 2 in the department also served as a national security adviser for president obama, former presidential nominee john kerry has been named as a climate envoy with admiral haynes the 1st woman to be director of national intelligence a saudi foreign minister has denied reports of a secret meeting between the kingdom's crown prince and the israeli prime minister israeli media reports that benjamin netanyahu flew to the saudi city of new home. on sunday, for talks with mohamed bin sound man and u.s. extra state might compare face here from governments to leaders integrate 72 hours to surrender or face an assault on the region's capital. local leaders have denied military claims that the city of mcalary has been surrounded by the sides. claims, hard to verify. as communications have been disrupted, hundreds of people are thought to be killed in nearly 3 weeks of fighting with tens of thousands fleeing into neighboring sudan. to stay with us, if you find that america is up next more news after that i phone app. i care abou

it's our understanding that the president-elect has chosen antony blinken to be the next u.s.ate. not a name most people have heard but he's well thought of and was biden's national security adviser. both pennsylvania and michigan certified their votes today and in georgia the trump campaign has asked for a recount of the recount. >>> over the weekend a strange development in the legal team representing donald trump. two members, rudy giuliani and jenna ellis said sydney powell, there in the middle, was not part of their legal team despite earlier calling her part of the, quote, elite strike force. and appearing with her where she made allegations the election had been stolen by a team of conspirators that included venezuelans and an algorithm that switched trump votes to biden votes. as usual the team offered no proof of that. en asked for proof one of the lawyers said that's not how the legal system works. but then powl took it a step further over the weekend accusing the republican governor and the republican secretary of state in georgia of being part of the conspiracy. >>

antony blinken was picked as secretary of state. he was deputy secretary of state during former president obama's second term. he nominated former deputy cia director haines to be the director of national intelligence. she will be the first woman to hold that post if she wins confirmation. alejandro mayor casse was nominated to be the secretary of homeland security. he will be the first latino and first immigrant to fill that role, if confirmed. the news conference was held one day after the country's general services administration cleared the way for the transition of power to officially begin. but president donald trump has not conceded defeat. >>> abraham lincoln's cabinet has been characterized as a team of rivals. scientists are trying to gauge how these appointees might shape biden's presidency. one of them is matthew wild from the bipartisan policy center. nhk world's catherine kobayashi spoke with him earlier. >> mr. wild, what beliefs do you think the people standing behind the president-elect share in america's role in th

anthony- antony blinken.ration willbie big for joe n and he wants to put the message out early. laura: what about the president himself? he did not conalde, but he did w the transition to move forward. >> it almost felt like donald trump was trying to get out of a trade -- get out ahead of the train that is already leading the station. as john mentioned, the gsa had already said that she was goi to release transition funds of donald trump when he said that tweet out monday month -- monday night. murphy said she was not influenced by anything the president did as you know, donald trump does not have to formally concede for all of this to take place. but the procedural obstacles are disappearing. the legal challenges are being put aside. s legal team will give briefings to state legislators and hearings in pennsylvania, arizona and michigan, but that is more for public relations. there is no teeth behind it that could change the outcome. joe biden is putting himself in a position to assemble his cabinet and to

nominations former secretary of state john kerry chosen as climate czar and biden's longtime adviser antony blinken selected as secretary of state, former president barack obama told washington post the president elect has tapped the right people for the job calling lincoln wicked smart young. >>energetic. and i think going to be outstanding so you're seeing a team develop that i have great confidence diplomas. confirmed. it will be the honor of my life to help guide the president elect biden who face transition roadblocks following his election victory will soon have clearance to information like daily classified briefings and funding for his new administration. >>emily murphy be head of the general services administration confirmed on monday in the slider that the smooth and peaceful transfer of power can formally begin say she reached her decision independently and without pressure from the white house this gives biden access to funds and office space for his new team as he prepares to tackle the pandemic vaccine distributions and plans to revitalize the country's economy. president trump has vo

biden's choices are policy veterans like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that with great former federal reserve chair janet yellen is the service treasury secretary, she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet posts we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of wong period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see and outgoing tromping ministration make. i think people like that that's over i think people like janet ye

he's now unveiled nominees for several key posts, including antony blinken for secretary of state. blinken was national security adviser during barack obama's first term as president. he served as deputy secretary of state during obama's second term. biden says former secretary of state john kerry will be a special presidential envoy for climate. linda thomas-greenfield will be ambassador to the united nations, and alejandro mayorkas, homeland security secretary. avril haines, former deputy director of the cia, will be nominated as director of national intelligence, the first woman to hold the post. u.s. media is also reporting biden is expected to appoint former federal reserve chair janet yellen to serve as treasury secretary. that would make her the first female to hold that position. >>> israeli media have reported benne benjamin netanyahu secretly met with the krouns prince of saudi arabia. media outlaws quoted an official saying netanyahu and an intelligence agency met crown prince msnohammed bin salman on sunday one israeli cabinet ministry made comments suggesting the meeti

president-elect joe biden is planning to announce antony blinken as secretary of state, the nation'so -- youcording might joining us now is derek wallbank. he seems to be pretty well-known. he is a bit of a veteran diplomatic hand in washington who has been with joe biden for many years. with joe are simpatico biden which is to say that after four years of hearing u.s. officials say something and then wondering what the top most senior official, the president, was going to say about it, instead hearing you are likely whenve situations where antony blinken says something, it is where joe biden wants to be. that will be a jarring reality for folks that may have been practiced at trying to play one person off of another and one situation off of another. possiblythe u.s. is going to be an extremely more tightly run ship especially more tightly run even than the obama administration. thank you very much for the update. our senior editor with the latest on u.s. political maneuvering. let's get -- talking about maneuvering, let's get to the markets. european equity markets finding some high

long time ally antony blinken, raised in france and a fluent french speaker, is to be the new secretary john kerry who did thatjob under president obama is to be the new climate tsar. their global outlook — and intention to rebuild old alliances — contrasts with the america first approach of donald trump. as our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher reports. hi, i'm deputy secretary tony blinken, from the state department. wow, you have a long name! the us is presenting a new diplomatic face to the world — someone with a lighter touch, ready to reframe america's relationship with the international community. the un stands for united nations — a place where nations or countries from all over the world come together... it's a great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. forjoe biden, tony blinken is the safest possible pair of hands as top diplomat. blinken has been advising biden for nearly 20 years. he's so close to the president—elect, he's been described as an "alter ego", a virtual mind—meld. this veteran foreign policy hand would be returning to familiarground. he b

multiple news outlets are reporting that antony blinken, a veteran diplomat and longtime confidant ofspoke to one ofjoe biden's former chief speech writers, mathew littman, about the president elect‘s cabinet choices. so let mejust so let me just say that it will be tony and he is a great choice. he started as a speechwriter worked his way up. joe biden used to say that tony is the only person who knows more people around the world thanjoe more people around the world than joe himself. more people around the world thanjoe himself. tony is a very nice guy. they could not bea very nice guy. they could not be a bigger difference between mike pompeo and tony blinken. so this will signal a different approach for the united states in the world? absolutely. tony isa man in the world? absolutely. tony is a man of the world and speaks various languages and i must say he is just a really good guy and i am very happy that he is doing this and that joe biden picked him. and there has been much speculation now over the rest of the covenant that this will be a more diverse covenant than ever before

soi especially the uk —— antony blinken said.ilateralism but eight feet sense of the devastation in the current tragedy of the pandemic and the need to be negotiate the terms of america's global engagement, because democracy needs to work for people at home. thank you very much, leslie vinjamuri from chatham house. let's return to that breaking news. harry dunn's parents have lost their high court battle against the foreign office over whether their son's alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. harry died last august when his motorbike and a car that was being driven on the wrong side of the road by anne sacoolas were in collision. 0ur correspondent damien, joins us with the update from the courts. at the minute we just have to basic outline, their legal challenge has failed, desperately disappointing for harry dunn's family. they were challenging the uk government, the foreign office, they were saying, had acted unlawfully in agreeing that anne sacoolas had diplomatic immunity, and the basis for that, they were saying, was that

nominations former secretary of state john kerry chosen as climate czar and biden's longtime adviser antony blinken selected as secretary of state, former president barack obama told washington post the president elect has tapped the right people for the job calling lincoln wicked smart young. >>energetic. and i think is is going to be outstanding so you're seeing a team develop that i have great confidence diplomas. if confirmed. it will be the honor of my life to help guide the president elect biden who face transition roadblocks following his election victory will soon have clearance to information like daily classified briefings and funding for his new administration. >>emily murphy be head of the general services administration confirmed on monday in the slider that the smooth and peaceful transfer of power can formally begin say she reached her decision independently and without pressure from the white house this gives biden access to funds and office space for his new team as he prepares to tackle the pandemic vaccine distributions and plans to revitalize the country's economy. president tru

president-elect kamala harris will make key policy and national security personnel, including antony blinken, jake sullivan, and april haynes. watch live at 1:00 p.m. eastern c-span.org,nline at or listen on the free c-span radio app. coming up in an hour, share our billy shore discusses how the covid-19 pendant has exacerbated food insecurity in the united states. the heritage foundation released a 2021 index of u.s. military strength report. ♪ host: good morning. it is tuesday, november 24, 2020. yesterday afternoon, the board of state canvassers in michigan voted to certify joe biden's victory in the state. within hours, the federal transition process got underway after the head of the gsa ascertained biden to be the winner of the election. called it a final decision on the election resulted this morning on "washington journal," we are getting your reaction to all of it.

his former deputy, antony blinken, is now the new secretary of state. what do you make of those?ith the outside world? it is the return of the experts. this is not the kind of blue sky thinking that donald trump applied to some of his initial cabinet appointments. as you say, tony blinken is a career foreign—policy guy. ditto, jake sullivan, the national security adviser. national security advisers seem to be getting younger. it's like policeman, i suppose they are! compared to me they are! the appointment of jake sullivan is a national security staff from the 0bama period. 0n the one hand, the people around biden say we cannot turn the clock back to ten years ago orjust before the trump administration. the world has moved on, china's more powerful, more strident on the way it communicates on the world stage. all those sort of things are different. but as you say, this attempt to kind of restore the expertise, the stability, the common—sense of the 0bama period. this is going to come to a head pretty quickly, i think, on the question of iran, and the biden administration's pledge

countries' biden's choices or veterans with many years of experience like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named for the position of secretary of state. he will be tasked with steering the country back towards the paris climate agreement, the world health organization, and they run a nuclear deal. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, who is poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, from our federal reserve chair janet yellen, sisters serve as treasury secretary, if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role. and would face the difficult task of shaping u.s. economic policies. at a time when the country is facing both a pandemic and recession and biden, also named avril haynes, as the 1st woman to become director of national intelligence. a question is whether this was a wise action and alexandro majorca as the 1st latino to head the department of homeland security. biden appears to be making good on his campaign promise that his cabinet will reflect america's diversity. linda thomas greenfield was appointed to the helm of

long—time ally antony blinken, raised in france and a fluent french speaker, is to be the new secretaryate. and john kerry, who did thatjob under president obama, is to be the new climate tsar. their global outlook and intention to rebuild old alliances contrasts with the "america first" approach of donald trump — as our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. hi, i'm deputy secretary tony blinken, from the state department. wow, you have a long name! the us is presenting a new diplomatic face to the world — someone with a lighter touch, ready to reframe america's relationship with the international community. the un stands for united nations — a place where nations or countries from all over the world come together... it's a great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. forjoe biden, tony blinken is the safest possible pair of hands as top diplomat. blinken has been advising biden for nearly 20 years. he's so close to the president—elect, he's been described as an "alter ego", a virtual mind—meld. this veteran foreign policy hand would be returning to familiar gr

the move comes as biden's cabinet nominees begin to take shape with foreign policy veteran antony blinken as secretary of state. and former secretary of state john kerry as his special climate change. and boy astra zeneca, the oxford university in the united kingdom say their new corona virus vaccine could be up to 90 percent effective. it can be kept for a fridge or age or temperatures. unlike other recently announced vaccines astra zeneca says it will have 200000000 doses available by year's end. china has launched an unmanned mission to bring back rocks and debris from the surface of the moon. it's the 1st mission by any nation to retrieve the lunar samples. since the 1970s, the probe is expected to return with material that will help scientists learn more about earth's nearest neighbor, including how it was formed. this is g.w. news from berlin. follow us on twitter and instagram, or visit our website, w dot com. the world is starting the 3rd week in a row with news of yet another promising coronavirus vaccine. today, astra zeneca became the latest pharmaceutical to announce that its

now, when it comes to his record, antony blinken appears to be a strong advocate of u.s. military interventionism. he was an advisor to joe biden. at the time, joe biden voted in 2002 to support the u.s. unilateral invasion of iraq. furthermore, blinken argues that the situation in syria is the result of the united states failing to intervene quickly enough. this is what he has said about syria. we failed to prevent a horrific loss of life. we failed to prevent massive displacement of people internally in syria, and of course, externally is refugees. and it's something that i will take with me for the rest of my days. now it appears when it came to the situation in libya, in 2011, or the united states toppled the government of moammar gadhafi in libya. blinken was more in favor of intervention then joe biden was actually disagreed with biden being a stronger advocate of u.s. military intervention in libya, which had pretty disastrous results. now, when it comes to russia, blink blink and has repeated the allegation that we've heard about the allegation being that that were

long—time ally antony blinken is to be the new secretary of state.tsar. their global outlook contrasts with the america—first approach of donald trump, as our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher reports. hi, i'm deputy secretary tony blinken, from the state department. wow, you have a long name! the us is presenting a new diplomatic face to the world — someone with a lighter touch, ready to reframe america's relationship with the international community. the un stands for united nations — a place where nations or countries from all over the world come together... it's a great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. forjoe biden, tony blinken is the safest possible pair of hands as top diplomat. blinken has been advising biden for nearly 20 years. he's so close to the president—elect, he's been described as an "alter ego", a virtual mind—meld. this veteran foreign policy hand would be returning to familiarground. he began his career at the white house during the clinton administration, and he was a key figure on barack 0bama's nation

antony blinken will reach out to beyond and u.k. and showing america is back.h naivete that america is unchanged and the global context is unchanged. it has clearly changed dramatically. i don't think anyone envisions america being able, willing or interested in pretending like it has not. for some people things will be a throwback. jake sullivan, incoming national security advisor, calling out potential for grave human rights violations in ethiopia. tony blinken talking about egypt. democracy and values; we will see a signaling that multilateral and international matters matter because it matters at home and across the world. this is the message the administration will try and put forward in the first 100 days while trying to tackle the challenges. francine: thank you so much. more on u.s. politics and banking. we will bring you an interview. this is bloomberg. ♪ thousands of mourners for diego maradona lying in state in buenos aires. a very moving picture. he meant so much to so many people. three days of national mourning have begun after he died yesterday a

last night, president-elect joe biden officially announced his policy team, led by antony blinken as secretary of state. after four tumultuous years after president trump. biden: it is a team that will keep our country safe and secure. it is a team that reflects the fact that america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it, ready to sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies. ready to stand up for values. leigh-ann: treasury secretary steven mnuchin and is leaving $40 billion jan the reach of his successor, janet yellen, putting it into a fund that requires congressional approval. democrats are criticizing the move, with one calling it illegally. the treasury reflects that analysis. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg @quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: leigh-ann, thank you so much. now, another record rally yesterday, on promise of a vaccine in a peaceful presidential transition sent stocks

antony blinken, secretary of state.he name that is making a lot of names now is janet yellen who reportedly is going to be named the treasury secretary. i don't think any bloomberg viewer needs an introduction to janet yellen. that is precisely the point. biden campaign in a lot of ways on the sort of return to normalcy. this idea of putting experienced stable hands. the suggestion may be politics can be boring again. by putting in a name like yellen, where you know where she stands on a lot of different things -- the biden administration is signaling both a little bit of stability, but also a little bit of project ability. both other things have been in short supply the last four years. francine: i know we are expecting pentagon, things like that. is there any appointment that could be controversial? what is the key appointment for biden that is still to come? derek: i think the key to controversy holiday lands with the senate elections in georgia. realistically, when you are talking about these confirmations, generall

, sit at the head of the table, biden's choices or policy veterans like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that we are a former federal reserve chair, janet yellen is to serve as treasury secretary, she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that the sort of one period of uncertainty about how much difficulty week see an outgoing trumpet, ministration make. i think people like that that's over i think p

it's antony blinken, a long time biden adviser, former deputy secretary of state under obama.ign service officer. she would be the second black woman to hold that post. president trump keeps insisting he'll still be president for the next four years. courts keep knocking that claim down. by our count, trump and his allies have lost at least 30 times in courts across the country, and judges consistently say trump's supposed evidence doesn't stand up to those rules of evidence developed over centuries. he just doesn't have the goods. meanwhile, the clock is ticking on this effort to overturn the election as states move to certify their elections today. michigan and pennsylvania two crucial states, expected to certify their election results. cecelia? >> terry, thanks. so many cases tossed out. >>> coming up, "little house on the prairie" star melissa gilbert revealing she underwent spinal surgery and how her famous character helped get her through it. >>> also ahead, how people are turning to crowd sourcing online to get through these tough times. this morning, the overwhelming r

president-elect joe biden's pick for secretary of state antony blinken has been part of biden's brainst 20 years. >> mr. president-elect, working for you, having you as a mentor and friend, has been the greatest privilege of my professional life. >> reporter: he worked with biden on the senate frn relations committee. during the obama administration he was in the room for major foreign policy decisions. he served as a deputy national security advisor and the deputy secretary of state. >> he starts off with the kind of relationships around the world that many of his predecessors had to build over the years. i know, i have seen him in action. >> reporter: blinken, who grew up in paris and new york, has a world view formed by his family history. his stepfather survived the holocaust after four years in concentration camps. rescued at the end of the war by a u.s. soldier. >> he ran to the tank. the hatch opened. an african american g.i. looked at him. he got down on his knees and said the only three words in english he knew. god bless america. that's who we are. that's what america repres