it is my great honor and privilege to present the first -- the secretary of state, antony blinken. sec. blinken: thank you so much for that incredibly warm welcome. and, more importantly, for serving as last -- is acting secretary of state for leading the transition at the state department. the department has been an excellent hands with you, and i thank you for that. i am honored to begin work as our nation's 71st secretary of state. i am excited about all that lies ahead. it is a new day for america, and the world. and, today feels a little bit like a homecoming. 28 years ago i walked through those doors for the first time to start my job as a special assistant in the front office. a little awed, intimidated, by a legendary institution and a new culture. it did not take me long to figure out one thing, and that is how much the talent and expertise that resides in this building is so important and so important to listen to the men and women of the state department when thinking about america's place in the world and our foreign policy. your knowledge, your was the springboard the s

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

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

. >> 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

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,

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

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 read it p

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

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 a lot of

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

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

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.

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

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 the sch

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 to be sc

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

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

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

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

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 materialize

antony blinken was confirmed as secretary of state on tuesday, and he's promising renewed us leadershipope and asia, as well as big challenges in the middle east. iran remains an area of concern and the secretary of state says restoring the nuclear deal remains a long way off. president biden has been very clear in saying that if iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under thejcpoa, the united states will do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we call the 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. wall street became a battleground this week, with a fight between an army of small investors on social media versus the big hedge funds. the day traders connected on sites like reddit, realising that big—time investors had placed bets on the stocks of poorly performing companies, predicting they would lose their value a practice known as �*shorting'. and that's where the video game ret

the new us actually of state antony blinken says the u.s. will rejoin the nuclear deal with iran wants to iran has returned to compliance with its commitments. and the united states has temporarily frozen arms sales to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. secretary of state blinken says it's not unusual for a new administration's to review pending on. sales in the final hours of don't presidency his administration had agreed to sell 50 f. 35 fighter jets to the u.a.e. you ease them back to washington says they're working closely with the new ministration towards peace and stability in the middle east william lawrence is professor of international relations at the american university he thinks the sales of the u.s. will likely go through. well there's sort of 2 stories here one is that it is entirely normal as the administration is saying to review such weapons sales when a new administration comes in with its own usual is all of these public statements and all of this turmoil including tweets by senators you know and all and all the brouhaha around i

of state officially said that genocide was taking place, and the incoming secretary of state, antony blinken, agrees with his view. is the prime minister prepared to follow that lead? is he prepared to stand up today and clearly state that genocide is being committed against the uyghur population in china? if he is, will he work urgently with the new biden administration to bring the matter to the un security -- >> prime minister. prime minister. >> so that international pressure can be brought to bear on china? p.m. johnson: mr. speaker, the right honorable gentlemen knows very well that the attribution of genocide is a judicial matter, but i can say for myself that i regard what is happening in xinjiang to the uyghurs as utterly abhorrent, and i know that members on all sides of the house share that view. i commend to him the excellent statement made by my right honorable front the secretary of , state for the foreign, commonwealth and development office on what is happening there, the steps we are taking to prevent british commercial engagement with goods that are made by forced labour in

vonnie: more broadly in terms of just international trade, we know that antony blinken and presidentimself are more free trade thinking individuals -- how much trade will open back up with the china ambassador -- how much trade will open with china? ambassador hills: it will be a slow trip. president biden is a multilateralist and i think where we have similar objectives, he will move forward. he said with respect to trade, for example, with china, that he needs to work at home and to ramp up our competitiveness, and that means investment in human infrastructure, namely education, physical infrastructure, roads, highways, and the like, and to be more competitive so we can actually work more effectively globally. amanda: we have also seen that by america order come down -- buy america order come down, do you think this administration will adhere to the free tail -- trade deals they have in place, including nafta? ambassador hills: i hope that they adhere to nafta and adhere to upgrading through the u.s. -mexico-canada agreement and all other agreements. our credibility was badly injur

secretary of state antony blinken said his country is ready to prosecute ahmed omar saeed sheikh instead he had received the death penalty for the 2002 murder. for retired u.s. ambassadors to ethiopia have written an open letter to prime minister abi up ahead concerned about regional violence in the tikrit region 3 months after fighting broke out amid cross border tensions a crippling aid groups from getting in but as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after witness which is up next. ready. busy busy my name is a sad lander busy. i used to be guards at jollibee chippers and can. never happen. i really did bad things would i be able to for gaev. somebody like me. guilty offer group rich o.j. the lack of motion for will for killing and then violation of the laws of. bus services as of lies a little shift in the as imprisonments. this is me and when i was in school 1st half my school thank you i just cannot believe that this boy is that monster. that becomes a. sorry sure that you know innocent but looking back in my past you know i just can't go there i don't see any

antony blinken's first public briefing and the role, was sort of strategy did he outline? >> every word here being parsed very carefully. blinken saying that iran will have to act first to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. the jcpoa. that is going to be a baseline for the u.s. to do anything else. he did not map out plans for the u.s. scale back some of the sanctions on iran, not setting a timetable. this is all likely to be in opposition to what leadership in iran wants right now. the foreign investor in iran has said the united states needs to act first so we are watching this back and forth of these two countries. both pushing each other to act first. these economists are pretty bearish in terms of this six-month timeframe we have until iran goes to the polls in a new election in june. yusef: stick with us. coming up, we will be talking about -- joined by the ceo of the commercial bank likely to be in focus in the market after reporting earnings yesterday. let's get back to the markets. we are looking at a bit of a somber session. a bit of downside. the s

the first hearings include national intelligence admiral hayes, homeland security, state antony blinken. treasury, janet yellen. defense, lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. court >>. "washington journal continues host: brendan buck has served more than a decade on capitol hill, talking about the split on president trump's second impeachment. what was the more important factor this week, the number of house republicans who joined democrats to vote for impeachment, or who came out and joined those numbers? guest: the take away for me is there weren't any, and i know some people look at this and say, how where there not more than 10? some cannot believe there are any at all. having been working in that house republican conference for so long, i can't tell you how big of a switch it is that there is now a willingness to cross the president in not small ways, but the biggest way you can possibly cross a president. i think it shows that in both ways that he still has a lot of sway that it was only 10, but is als

it is not helping russian citizens on a very large scale, and it's come to the attention of antony blinkene-signed back into the nato peace treaty. what impact does that have? >> we hope to avoid nuclear war, but we can't look away from what president trump has done to hurt t these areas, and i think it's very important that the u.s. clearly be on the side of the broadbased group of people in russia who want change. just to say finally, it's fascinating to me that studies seem to show in the protests last week in rush rush -- i saw that polo considered at this and that's why the russians deserve our support at having a better life for themselves. >> it is extraordinary and historic that so many people would show a willingness in such huge numbers to challenge the kremlin like this. senators joe lieberman and senator gordon humphrey, thanks to both of you for joining us. >>> still to come, millions of americans are already feeling the effects of a huge winter storm. just take a look at this. a fire truck no match for the icy roads in virginia. we'll tell you what happened and where the stor

indication of how it can develop over the next 4 yes' 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 to 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 pompei oh designated the chinese communist party as having engaged in jenna's regarding the weaker most muslim population do you agree with that as that would you my judgment as well we 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 vitamins free from all i'm joined by professor steve sang his director of the china institute at

and antony blinken has been confirmed as the new u.s. secretary of state. the long-standing biden aide will be tasked with renewing nuclear talks with iran, restoring trust with u.s. allies, and confronting an increasingly bullish china and russia. he was approved in the senate by 78 votes to 22. he's pledged a bipartisan approach to the job as america's top diplomat. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm simone foxman. this is bloomberg. yousef: let's get back to our top story. the fed's first meeting of the year is upon us. investors are looking for reassurance from jerome powell he will not pay for asset purchases anytime soon as the global virus continues to worsen. but acceleration of the vaccine rollout and prospects of more stimulus are offering some hope. the imf has boosted its global forecast to 5.5%, the biggest expansion since 2007. they credit improvement in the u.s. for much of the upgrade. >> we estimate that if you can get faster end

. >> welcome back, the senate confirming antony blinken as joe biden's new secretary of state today, some are questioning whether the biden administration is ready and willing to handle pressure from china. my next guest was one of the first trump official sanctions by the chinese communist regime, joining me now his former secretary of state mike pompeo. thank you very much for being here tonight. >> thank you so much for having me on the show, great to be with you. >> i know that you have spent time with the new team, the biden administration, do you believe that they understand the threats that america faces effectively enough? >> i do. i think they understand it and i wish them all the best, this is an adversary that as you know is determined to create of global hedge men to impact asia in ways that are detrimental to united states of america. they know that and see that. i hope they do well. the changes that changes course of action, facing resistance, capacity to impose costs on them, but they get that piece right, i'm confident the american people will be rewarded by the relat