i did a column about priorities for the incoming aydin administration and that -- for the incoming aydin at -- joe biden administration. many were denied by airlines, they were given vouchers instead. that is against u.s. regulations, it is against furnace. i think the incoming administration needs to address this. the current administration issued awnings to airlines saying you can't do this and then they didn't enforce it. yet situations -- air canada, for example, refused to issue any refunds. they are bound by u.s. regulations but they said no. canadian authorities say we don't have to give refunds. that is not how it works. when you fly in the u.s., you have to abide by u.s. relations for safety and regulation issues. it wasn't just foreign airlines, many u.s. airlines -- the rule is if the airline can't fulfill the fight has to offer you the possibility of a refund. if you voluntarily change your plans, then you get the doctor. part of the trickery going on is that airlines were very late to remove flights from their schedule. they had no intention of flying them but if they waited

win, i think't aydin should certainly -- biden should join in the investigation and stop pretending toe president-elect. that will about wrap it up for this morning's program anywhere here every day beginning 7:00 a.m. eastern. present announcing distribution of the vaccine by the end of the year. next, how speaker nancy pelosi's briefing. then, this evening's nasa re-think and the postponement of the spacex launch until sunday night. and later on the presidential transmission -- later, a forum on the residential transition process. >> c-span's washington journal, three day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day. we discussed policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, president of the network of enlightened women discusses how republican women candidates and incumbents fared in this year's general election. founderck voters matter on the role of black voters, particularly women, played in 2020. c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweet. c-span2 hasn authors an

aydin's efforts to curb russian influence might also offer opportunities for cooperation. ofwill ramp up support countries like georgia to help them improve their ability to withstand russian pressure. that is an area where turkey and of the u.s. can cooperate. supported nato enlargement and ukraine. that is an area where the two countries can cooperate. another important foreign-policy item that presents challenges and opportunities for both countries is syria. remaine in syria will and it could mean a stronger u.s. push to include the syrian kurds in geneva. that has always been a major problem in turkey u.s. relations and will continue to poison the tie. that does not mean that turkey and the u.s. cannot cooperate in syria. the regionalr forces there has prevented a regime takeover. that is an outcome that the u.s. can be pleased to see. the biden administration will want to help and support england. a presence in libya to support -- tripolirly government largely remains on the sidelines there. i doubt biden will want to pursue a more muscular approach. but there has be

i did a column about priorities for the incoming aydin administration and that -- for the incoming aydin-- joe biden administration. many were denied by airlines, they were given vouchers instead. that is against u.s. regulations, it is against furnace. i think the incoming administration needs to address this. the current administration issued awnings to airlines saying you can't do this and then they didn't enforce it. yet situations -- air canada, for example, refused to issue any refunds. they are bound by u.s. regulations but they said no. canadian authorities say we don't have to give refunds. that is not how it works. when you fly in the u.s., you have to abide by u.s. relations for safety and regulation issues. it wasn't just foreign airlines, many u.s. airlines -- the rule is if the airline can't fulfill the fight has to offer you the possibility of a refund. if you voluntarily change your plans, then you get the doctor. part of the trickery going on is that airlines were very late to remove flights from their schedule. they had no intention of flying them but if they waited to

tonight, a new batch of returns from cobb county put aydin within 40,000 votes of surpassing trump inia. -- has arat has a pass path. the state says roughly 122 thousand absentee balance are still not returned, mostly from solidly democratic metro atlanta and savannah. this update on the david perdue race. david perdue was veering ever closer to runoff territory as jon ossoff, the democratic challenger, creeps up with every new trove of absentee returns from democratic-leaning territory. jenna johnson with the washington post, in 2016, the president one dozens of counties that previously voted for obama, helping him flip states like wisconsin and michigan. biden is on track to pry back very few of those counties, instead gaining votes and urban and suburban areas. trumpis from nbc, donald one white women by a larger margin in 2020 then he won them in 2016, this exit poll. preliminaryf abc, exit poll results, voters say the economy was the top issue for them. aju of cnn, exit polls, 79% of voters say the candidate's positions on issues are most important. 53% of voters want to keep the

win, i think't aydin should