administration? john: well, mark, i think the biden-harris administration is going to face many challenges and threats an rifpks -- and risks on day one and throughout the course of the administration. in addition to having to deal with a very, very challenging domestic environment in terms of hyperpartisanship, covid pandemic, as well as the economic dislocation and disruptions associated with that, it's going to inherit a world stage that the united states really needs to deal with from day one. i think they have a number of priorities in order to address the real as well as emerging threats that are out there i think high on the agenda is going to be trying to repair some alliances and partnerships, relationships with united states' traditional allies and partners around the world. the united states strength on that global stage is derived from those relationships that have been built up over the last 75 years. in addition, i think they're going to try to have a constructive dialogue with both china and russia. these are wig -- big, big countries. the biden administration will have to deal with tha

is partxt, john brennan of the discussion on areas the upcoming joe biden administration should focus on. >> good morning everybody in d.c., good evening to nerve korea, welcome. this week on the capital cable, global threat. the biden-harris transition and the foreign policy environment they'll inherit. tension, issues posed by dprk, china, and interpreting all the signs around the region. our guests this week, john brennan is perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues an we are lucky to have him here today. he needs no introduction but let me go through it. former director of c.i.a., former director of -- former principal advisor assistant to the president for counterterrorism and homeland security in the white house to president obama, former director of the national counterterrorism center, career c.i.a. officer, arabic speaker and author of the best-selling and i would add having read it myself, very interesting book "undaunted: my fight against america's enemies at home and abroad," he is someone who sits at the nexus of intelligence, foreign policy

will address the biden administration's opportunities to re-energize global alliances. mr. rockman has previously worked for the economist and bbc news. 2016, he won a prize for political journalism. over to you. . >> -- >> thank you, very much for the introduction from carolyn and fred. good to be here. let's get straight into the panel and into the discussions. joined byhted to be the former prime minister of heden and stephen hadley, was national security advisor to george w. bush. i can see on these -- you on the screen, but i am assuming that you can see me. there is a lot of talk now about the global democratic alliances. you heard that before. but this is an idea that has been around for quite a while. do you think it's time has come ? >> definitely. >> i think it is very important that we have a very conscious work on supporting democracy because as we know, it is backsliding, very strong backsliding of democracy. and the united states is not taking leadership in promoting democracy and making alliances with other countries. this is about time for democracy. so i am

but i think a biden administration could be very wary of the russians. >> absolutely.have another question in, which is trying to look at the -- i don't know if you would call it the margins, certainly for someone who is facing hunger. but as this great power competition heats up, and consumes our political attention, the question is around human insecurity. which is worsening. and it's one of just many non-traditional threats that are moving front and center. the question here is how can the u.s. make sure it continues to focus on some of these human issues in this complex environment? >> well, i'm really glad that you've raised a question of food insecurity and, you know, the poverty. all the success that very favorable line on eliminating the most extreme poverty. and we're slipping backwards and we're slipping backwards because of the economic consequences of covid and the shutdown. i thought in that and anca's paper, the economics, the sort of fear of further collapse of the middle class in the united states, but perhaps elsewhere, people slipping from the middle

i think the biden administration will be wary of the russians. ryan: we have another question i don'to look at -- know if you will call it one of the marginal issues, hunger. as this great power competition consumes our political attention, the question is around human insecurity, which is worsening. it is one of many nontraditional threats looming front and center. how can the u.s. make sure it continues to focus on some of the human issues in this conflict environment? raised theglad you question of food insecurity and poverty. all the success, that favorable line on eliminating the most extreme poverty, and we are slipping backwards because of the economic consequences of covid. paper, the economics, the fear of the further collapse of the middle class in the u.s., people flipping from the middle class -- slipping from the middle class into poverty. food insecurity being an important component of that. gains that will for sure the attention of the biden administration. their focus on restoring some hope and prospects for success for ordinary a

so i think to round that up i think but we would like to see with the biden administration is the continuation of the trends that we have seen between the bush, obama, trump administration. that the u.s. is seen as an important goal in the region the obama administration with the linchpin of the rebound to trump administration scalded eight key democratic anger. i think the u.s. essentially seen maybe not explicitly. but as a strategic counter balance and economic alternative and democratic contrast to chin china. in other basis has supported india's rise and has invested india's rides. you can expect some adjustments that will help the administration will continue that. and also will not throw the baby out with the bathwater in terms of some of the things he trump administration is done that they've actually liked. spect thank you so much. i want to turn onto jonathan. you've written all southeast asia of the front lines does not want to choose between washington and beijing. so we see the india side basically tied close between u.s. and india. what we see in southeast asia? what is the pictu

and this is a step in the right direction i suspect the biden administration will continue. when it comes to the middle east it's going to be fascinating because clearly the trump administration has been anxious, nailed down the -- this relationship with israel and israel with its competitors, if you will, in the neighborhood. and so i think that you'll see the biden administration move rather cautiously, while they said that they would reengage with iran, they put a number of caveats in place, and so i think-- i think you'll see the biden administration move pretty cautiously when it comes to all things in the middle east, especially iran. >> well, thank you very much, speaker boehner. so i see that our time has come to a close. i'd like to express my gratitude to meridien and to stewart, our panelists, and this was quite an hour discussion and i hope that we'll be able to reconvene because we left so much off the table. so, stuart, may i turn this over to you? thank you so much. >> thank you, toni for guiding us in this very broad discussion. i'd like to thank squire, and t

years to bring it back again. >> steve hadley, if i could bring you in, it looks like the biden administration is opening the door when it comes to predicting the world's democracies to work together. >> i think it will maybe prove a little bit less straightforward. the administration i served, the george w. bush administration, many european allies thought we had too much u.s. leadership in that time. u.s.bsequent years as the disengaged and became less active on the issues that the minister described, people began to see the problems with a less engaged, less active united states. i think there is some appetite for a return, but the question is, how does the united states return to a global role? it used to be that when the united states would make it initially, we would have an inter-agency debate, and once we got a consensus, we'd go to our european allies and say, this is an issue. would you sign up? say, we've got a consensus within the government. we can't let that erode. we need a different kind of much inip that has as partnership as traditional leadership. our allies, developing poli

eastern on "afterwards" on book tv on cspan2. >> president-elect joe biden announced more picks for his upcoming administration. jennifer granholm, former democratic governor of michigan, was selected for energy secretary. mr. biden made history by tapping new mexico congressman debra haaland, the first native american woman to be chosen for a cabinet position. me theyrs say to actually -- president-elect biden: it's a little late because i was

she was the assistant secretary for africa in the biden administration -- i mean, i'm sorry, in the obama-biden administration. she's now going to be our u.n. representative. very well equipped to play that role. nterestingly, treasury, with deyamo is our secretary there, his family hails from nigeria. and we know ability his wonderful experience in the obama administration but the experience he developed with black rock. i think we'll see voices inside the administration speaking to the importance of africa. i'd be remiss if i didn't mention the name ron brown. because ron brown as the clinton secretary of commerce, building on the president's message, the importance of the message of dealing with the economy, really worked hard to open avenues for us with africa. turning from aid to trade. and the agoa, african growth and opportunity act initiative. i think that's all there to be built upon. much like we did in the bush administration in particular and in the obama administration. so i'm excited about this opportunity with u.s. relations with africa. ms. verstandig: i would like to turn to sp

rights, we obviously need to have israel in mind in terms of the asks that we made of the biden administrationn tell you that this letter that i worked on when i was at demand progress that we sent to the biden team in may, and we are doing some follow-ups on that letter, that was a letter signed by over 50 organizations, and our ask was that the u.s. should work to build a future in which all palestinians and israelis live in full inequality by upholding, again, a foreign that centers human rights and dignity for all people, and we specifically called on the biden demonstration to use a combination of pressure and incentives, including leveraging the annual $3.8 billion and to get them to come to an agreement that upholds you cure -- to get them to come to an agreement that upholds the agreements. i think israeli's occupation in the west bank and east jerusalem and ending the blockade of gaza and the attacks on civilians, be they israeli or palestinian, so that collectively has been our ask, and, you know, that is an issue that has been pretty challenging. you know, to get key commitments on,

president-elect joe biden criticized the trump administration for falling behind in its rollout of covid-19 vaccines. biden warned if it doesn't pick up the pace, it could take years before the american population is fully vaccinated. >> the trump administration's plan to distribute vaccines is falling far behind. we are grateful to the companies, the doctors and scientists and researchers, clinical trial participants, and operation warp speed for developing the vaccines quickly. but as i long feared and warned, that efforts to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should. >> governments are dealing with record numbers of new infections in europe. large-scale public health operations are underway to ensure vaccines are distributed across the region. thailand is warning stricter coronavirus measures could be enforced after an outbreak this month mainly among migrant workers. the government is hoping to control the spread by allowing workers from some countries to apply to work in thailand legally for two years. emergency workers in central croatia are searching fo

announcer: how will the incoming biden administration change the nation's education policy? american university hosted this panel of education experts on president-elect biden's positions on k-12 education, and what he was signaling with his nomination of miguel cardona to be his education secretary. lisa: good morning, and welcome. i am lisa stark, the assistant vice president for communication and media at american university. thank you so much for joining us this morning to hear from our experts here at american university on what education policy over the next four years might look like, and about the new selection of the nominee for the secretary of education. president-elect joe biden is officially introducing his choice for the job, dr. miguel cardona, to the nation this morning, so this is very timely. and we will take a look at what that means for the country and for lots of schoolkids throughout the nation. first, i would like to introduce the four experts from american university for joining us this morning to have this discussion. dr. traci dennis is a lecturer in

at least the first year of joe biden's administration. then he will have to pick someone else. janetwell served on the federation, they had some disagreements but he has continued to meet and speak by phone with her. he succeeded her as chair. i think it is safe to say these are people who can work quite well together. it will be interesting to see now that the outgoing administration has made changes to see what janet yellen does and how that relationship with chair powell unfolds. is a chieftimiraos correspondent for the wall street journal. we are talking about the economic team announced by the biden administration. we welcome your phone calls. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. all others, 202-748-8002. janet yellen set the tone for what the biden administration wants to do in terms of responding to the pandemic. here is a little bit of what she had to say. [video clip] will produce a downturn with more devastation. we risk missing the obligation to address deeper structural problems. inequality, stagnant wages, espe

the obama administration officials will be in the biden administration, i think it is a good thing, butministration made lots of mistakes in syria and created a lot of misunderstandings between washington and ankara which led to anger on the ankara side and the will to work with the russians. >> you do understand that when joe biden takes over and his team is in charge, one of the first things they will address will they have two options, run out's ownership of the s400 or allow for a joint monitoring committee very have to be pretty much in control of what happens and how do you deploy the s400. will erdogan accept these? >> i do not think erdogan will accept the first choice, getting out of the s400 system out of turkey. but the second choice, turkey already offered to the united states. that has never been constituted from this perspective. we can understand the technical issue is not correct. this is a political issue but turkey will not increase the tensions between the united states and turkey with a biden administration, it will try to ease and resolve the problem but it does not

so, i think to sort of round that up, what i'd like to see with the biden administration is the continuation of the trend we've seen between the bush, obama, trump administration, that the u.s. has seen that indian played an important role in the region and administration called it a linchpin and the obama administration called it a dedemocratic anchor. i think that the u.s. has essentially seen india maybe not explicitly, but a counter balance and economic alternative and a democratic contrast to china and on that basis has supported india's rise and while deli would expect some kind of adjustments, it would hold the administration would continue that and also will not throw the baby out with the bath water in terms of some of the things that the trump administration has done that they've liked. >> thank you so much. >> i want to turn to jonathan, you've written how southeast asia doesn't want to choose between washington and beijing and we've seen on the india side, basically ties that are close between the u.s. and india. what do we see in southeast asia? what is the picture there? >> wel

including the isis task force and are they doing this to take away the information that the biden administration could be getting from these personnel and just to make it more difficult for biden? thank you. >> so, yes, immediately after the election there was a significant waive, and the most clear-cut one was secretary mark esper who was fired and the undersecretary of policy, james anderson and joseph kernen who was a tier below the secretary of defense were also forced out along with parts of their staff and replaced by people who were seen as trump loyalists. one is named ezra cohen wattnick at the security council very early and another is taba who had been placed in the pentagon after he couldn't get a confirmation by republicans in the senate for the policy job. he is now in charge of the policy job in acting capacity and the secretary of defense's chief of staff was replaced by cash patel who is a devin nunes aide and a republican attack dog on the russia probe. >> these are people who are very loyal to the president and they're not afraid of that either. they are very loyal to the pres

of course, the biden administration or the incoming administration has talked about free community college, free four-year education for families making under a certain amount, forgiving student debts. do any of you want to weigh in on where you think we will see some movement on higher education? >> i will just weigh in on that briefly, lisa. i think a populist approach, an approach that takes into account the needs of the working class really puts a focus on community college, and because dr. jill biden has worked her career at community colleges, including right here in northern virginia, to support that movement that biden has for unity college, that is a huge stepping stone for opportunity. however, there is huge political on student loans, and biden upon this proposal i think is for $10,000 instead of the proposal made by warren and sanders before, forgiving whole amount or up to $30,000, $50,000, so his proposal is about $300 billion. the other proposals were ranging trillion, and5 really, last year's revenue for the government was $3.5 trillion. student loan forgiveness, wiping out

biden to urge wearing masks for the first 100 days in office, this entire we, the incoming biden administration, and telling positions, and biden taps murphy as nation's top doctor, joe biden coronavirus crisis tapping a veteran of the obama administration to serve as america's top doctor the country suffers a surging pandemic. former us surgeon general has been asked about an expanded version of the new administration according to individual familiar with the decision. let's hear from bob in duluth, minnesota. >> they should make it a priority to repeal the tax scam, and if they don't, social security is not going to survive and neither is medicare. the taxes of the average citizen is going to go up. that is my comment. >> to alabaster, alabama, republican line, priorities for the biden administration. >> priority >> caller: the economy needs to be opened up again by all the democrats that have it shutdown, so people can get a job. number 2 there is no biden administration, the election is not over, you need to cover the election, fraud election hearings going on in georgia, pennsylvania, mich

this is a step in the right direction and i suspect the biden administration will continue. when it comes to the middle east is going to be fascinating becauselearly the trouble administration is anxious and they kneel dow this lationship with israel and rael with its competitors if you will in the neighborhood so i think you'll see the biden a administraon move rather cautiously while they said they would reengage they put a number of caveats in place so i think you'll see t biden administration move pretty cautiously when it comes to all things in the t middle east escially iran. >> thank you very much saker, i see our time has come to a close would like to express my gratitude to a meridian and to stuart, ouranelist, this was quite an hour discussion and i hope we will be able to reconvene because we left so mu off the table, stewart may i turn this over to you, thank you so much. >> thank you tonyor guiding us in this very broad discussn i would like to think, the group that we have here a the prime attic leaders that we need to be guiding our country going forward and i

what are you expecting in terms of the trade agenda from the biden administration? been talking about the brexit deal and how tricky it has been to get it done. what is your assessment of what the biden administration is going to deliver on this front? prof. o'halloran: the biden administration will face a divided government, and i think this is going to make passing any trade agenda difficult. expectingaren't anything much different than what we have seen from trump, and it is interesting because in --y ways, i think where we will see movement is perhaps in some of the areas that were contentious with some of our more prominent trade partners such as japan and europe and issues around national security, steel and aluminum. beould not expect there to in a very big new trade agendas -- new trade agreements being negotiated and in the first couple of years -- negotiated in the first couple of years. discussions about u.k., but they will be a top purity and maybe some of the asian issues, so i think those of the areas but what is most likely to change is going to be th

>> no, i mean i think on the contrary, i think that the biden administration has made clear that it willrt united states world leadership. i think something that trump administration kind of gradually withdrew from a leadership role and undermined a lot of our alliances particularly with regards to nato. with regards to the middle east, i think that the united states is going to continue to play a role in working with our arab friends in the middle east in working with israel, to confront two adversaries. one is iran and the secretary rich. so i don't think there will be any efforts to try to undermine the work that has been done to build those alliances and to work with them in order to make sure that we can advance peace in the region. gerry: leon panetta, thank you very much indeed for joining us. that will certainly be something we'll follow closely as months, next few weeks and months unfold. thanks very much for joining us. >> you bet. gerry: coming up, georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan how the state's two senate runoffs could change the balance of power in the senate. >> loo

do you expect the biden administration to fundamentally change that and go back to the way in which u.sns oppose the middle east before? >> i think on the contrary. i think the biden administration has made clear that it will try to reassert united states world leadership. i think something that the trump administration gradually withdrew from a leadership role and undermined a lot of our alliances in regard to nato. with regards to the middle east i think i think the united states is going to continue to playle a role and working with our air friends in the middle east, and working with israel to confront twore adversaries. onee is iran, and the second is terrorism. i don't think there will be any effort to try and undermine the work that has been done to build those alliances and work with him to ensure we can assure peace in thatat region. leon panetta think it's much for joiningfo us at something we will follow closely as the next few weeks and months unfold. thank you very much. coming up georgia lieutenant governor geoff duncan on how the states to senate runoffs could change the

the biden administration just might do so. be a pioneering of a forum that resonates with our friends abroad and with the american people at home plate aviator that can convene -- a leader that can tackle challenges. the council remains convinced that strong alliances are essential to shaping a better future. aday, we will continue to discussion on two key topics. we will start with the discussion of building foundation at home and abroad with secretary madeleine albright. aerica's credibility as global leader depends on its ability to live up to its values at home. this discussion will consider how the biden administration and rebuild the domestic front vision u.s. leadership in the underpinning of american power. and importantly, how to establish public support for american engagement in the world. will conclude with a discussion on global strategy 2021 and addressing the challenge of china into a rules-based system. the latest strategy paper has been released on this topic. of, is the copperheads nonpartisan strategy to add

foreign policy would look like in a biden administration. this brookings institution panel talked about afghanistan peace talks, america's role in the middle east, and the impact of the current troop withdrawals in iraq and afghanistan ordered by president trump. this runs an hour and ten minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. and welcome to this event. i'm michael handland. we're going to be talking about the so-called forever wars and what a biden presidency, along with the 117th congress should do about them. i'm joined by scholars and friends from numerous institutions all around washington, but nonetheless reflecting a real divergence and breadth of thinking, experience, and approach in thinking about these kinds of conflicts. with a lot of broad expertise and hands on expertise. chris preble is at the atlantic counc council, a long-standing scholar from the kato institute. his most recent book is "peace, war, and liberty." he's also a former navy officer and is, in many ways, one of the great skeptics and contrarian voices in american f

and then for the biden administration to say that is a bipartisan issue in the biden administration has to consider safety and stability if not there the movie at the terrorist haven. and the 25th of june soldier figure was a number that was agreed upon with the pentagon and the white house. they wanted to so forces but these numbers can be tricky. and those large numbers of persons in kuwait have to keep an eye on this and see the actualct members of interesting to come in right away but it's hard to believe they will not increase has something ove the next fourer years. >> persons are policy below to determine policy for the pentagon how much as we does congress have to determine true numbers overseas m? >> troop movement is controlled by the commander-in-chief not congress byno law. congress put and box one - - blocks that will cut spending here to confirm that. and he can do that if there is not legal obligation but congress over the last 11 and to the use of military force in a position to force and allow the executive to take charge. >> you in the military will say we need to take

from a security perspective, the biden administration has been receiving briefings. president-elect biden yesterday was talking about national , saying and once again he will rely on allies in europe allies in europe and take a much more multilateral approach that the current admin -- then the current administration. it's a lesson in reddick -- in reddick rick dachshund rhetoric rick dachshund rhetoric but it contrast and ideology. guy: thanks for the briefing. we will have more about this later in the day. this is bloomberg. ♪ it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. now that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. guy: this is bloomberg surveillance. i am guy johnson in london. to u.k. apparently poised gain another powerfu

in your conversations with the biden administration about this community, do you get the sense that their commitment is structural and real? >> absolutely. president-elect biden has a tremendous policy platform for indian country, one of the strongest pillars of his platform is tribal consultation. i trust president-elect biden to make sure he is bringing tribal leaders to the table for those important decisions. he is not going to make decisions that affect indian country without talking to them first. that will be a breath of fresh air compared to what this current administration has done, blasting apart sacred sites, for example, to build a southern border wall and texting the tribal leader two hours ahead of the time that dynamite is being implanted in the ground. so the biden administration will absolutely have the best interests of indian country at heart in the best interests of communities of color at heart. i have every bit of faith in joe biden and kamala harris to ensure that they are bringing those voices to the table and i am actually looking very forward to it. one last thin

if they linger on his desk, where does that lead the in coming biden/harris administration? it is making a hole that they are already in but just a little deeper. the biden/harris administration always going to inheretit a crumbling economy and american people that's deeply separated. i think it is going to require the focus on the economic stimulus immediately. the biden/harris administration was already planning on putting the focus on helping americans get their feet back. i don't think if that's changing their plans. >> the challenge is we can't keep stimulating the economy until the economy and covid is stabilize. that's the challenge. kenya, charlotte, hayes, thank you all so much. >>> the complex challenge the biden team is facing as it tries to reunite hundreds of families separated at the border. president trump has three weeks left to use his pardoning power. in speculatio speculation is growing whether he'll pardon himself or his children. >> the other big story we are watching on msnbc. >> more on the nashville bombing on christmas day. two hours ago, officials id

>> well, i think that the in coming administration from president-elect biden, a mandate here not justagine but to reinvigorate how this agency operated and how they foresee themselves in the future. for the past four years, we have lived under an administration that have been relentless in their attacks but also misleading the public of what their powers and intentions and the cruelty that we have seen. we are k llooking forward to haa partner at the home security and administration that demands various advocacy groups and for us to essentially take clear stock of what the administration will be moving forward and how they'll restore their own credibility in the public's eyes because for the past four years all we have seen is disaster after disaster when it comes to immigration. family separations and detention cente centers. the list goes on and you cover it here remarkly. my hope is to see clear change . >> i look forward to continue this conversation with the three of you in the coming weeks ahead. >>> next, other massive issues facing america. how the biden administration is push

discussion hosted by the event to counsel on the foreign policy challenges facing the incoming biden administration. >> president-elect biden will be president under january 20. we are joined by an extraordinary group of speakers. linda, steve hadley, former director of national intelligence, james clapper and allen. monitor thes will first panel. as the united states prepares to transition to a new presidential administration, the atlantic council has come together to shape the thinking on u.s. leadership in the world and what we know by listening to jake sullivan, the national security to lead they intend united states in quite a anferent direction with emphasis on partners and allies. the united states remains committed to the idea of robust leadership and strong alliances and partnerships being essential to the future. we will hear from countless figures on a variety of topics. we begin today with a panel on the biden administration's opportunity to renew leadership and re-energize democratic alliances. president elect biden said he would convene democracies in the first year. and the atlantic

it looks like it has gone back a bit with the biden administration. roline: talk to us how worried if the innerworkings of the u.k. bidenment are with the administration. he made it very clear he was not happy with the direction brexit was taking. the u.s. is the u.k.'s number one trading partner. the u.k. is not nearly as important to the u.s. >> the u.s. is not actually the u.k.'s number one trading partner. it is if you look at individual countries. isyou look at blocks, that much bigger. the u.s. is up there as the biggest country. if you look at the individual -- the e.u. as a whole. it is a significant turning partner but i think the british government will find a biden administration much easier to do business with. it is much more predictable. it will re-normalize the international system. thebritish can't permit -- british government has made a lot of being committed to a rules-based system. the fact that the u.s. will unblock some of the arguments in the wto. the fact that the biden administration is recommitting to the paris agreement on cli

has the left virtually said diversity quotas for joe biden and his administration? p joe biden's cabinet juggling act. fears that biden administration will cozy up to china as we're getting new details on the dangers china poses to the united states and everywhere else in this country some are warning that our colleges are basically bought by beijing. stay with us. ♪. this year, we learned a lot about baking. walmart makes it easy with groceries, gadgets, and soo much icing. let's end the year deliciously. ♪ that selling carsarvana, 100% online wouldn't work. let's end the year deliciously. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the whole thing with powerful technology. that's why we've become the nation's fastest growing retailer. because our customers love it. see for yourself, at carvana.com. ♪. charles: with hunter biden under invest

special counsel to look at all things hunter biden to see if he presents a conflict of the biden administration regarding his business dealings with ukraine which is overrun with russian agents and any activity with the chinese government. >> senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham, convinced hunter biden's business dealings warrant a closer look today called for a special counsel to look into his affairs. >> if you believe a special counsel is need to look at the trump world regarding russia how can you say there is no need for special counsel regarding hunter biden. >> a is reviewed biden's financial affairs the graham is needed because of his possible connection for the chinese communist party, fox news obtained a 2017 a male in which hunter biden extended best wishes from the biden family to the principle of the chinese energy concern called cef theater urged the chairman to quickly send a $10 million wire to, quote, properly fund and operate the biden joint venture with the company. cef see which claim $263 billion in revenue in 2015 has since gone bankrupt. speaking at an event in the lo

administration. i'm interesting as we talked about the biden team coming in, i should say biden and kamala harris, whatre the hard choices as you look at it of risk and opportunity that you think matter? as we think about the administration i don't think we should have around raw time, it will be very hard but they have to be market sensitive to the choices that they are going to make. what are the hard choices that you think the biden team needs to struggle with and where you want to push them? >> one of the really difficult challenges is going to be the difference between urgency and sustainability and looking at the long-term, one of the things we discovered was covid as an example on top of chronic, there covid but i'm not sure you can , successfully deal with it unless you have given some attention to both. so dealing with the underlying circumstances, having a better handle on the research platform, diversity in clinical trials as an example would be easy to not , pay attention to today because of the urgency of covid but not sure that unless you can address that you will be able to address the a

coming up sunday morning, a discussion of president trump's legacy and the incoming biden administration. we will talk with national urban league president and ceo mark about civil rights groups and the incoming biden administration. watch c-span's washington journal come live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. he sure did join the discussion with your calls, facebook,, text messages, and tweets. listen to c-span's podcast the weekly. our guest is don ritchie. he joins us to discuss the constitutional things that still need to be finalized before president-elect joe biden is sworn in. court heard oral arguments of edwards versus vannoy. whether they can apply retroactively to other cases. this is just under an hour and a half. honorable come achieve justice and the associate justices of the supreme court of oyez,ited states, oyez, the court is now sitting. god save the united states and this honorable court. chf. justice roberts: we will hear argument this morning in case 19-5807, edwards versus vannoy. mr. belanger. mr. belanger: mr. chief justice, and may it please the cot:

we are so excited that that will be happening under the biden-harris administration, about 700 hours from now. thisi am excited about in bill, and it is really the democratic difference, is what it does for america's working families. as we see food lines all over the country, it was our legislation that had the initiative for food, for nutrition, for our children and schools, and seniors as well as america' is working families. assistance for so many. million children in america are food insecure. highestlts, and the percentage of them, i believe, is in the state of kentucky. nonetheless, the food, the nutrition, piece of it has been central to our democratic proposal. with millions of people on the verge of eviction, we have rental assistance and a until the biden administration. assistance, earned income tax credits, child tax credits for america's working poor families, the democratic difference. assistance for community toelopment, the institutions help small business, minority owned business, women, veterans, native americans, for businesses to participate, because they do not

and the biden administration coming in is going to be faced with an even greater set of challenges thanmal, because they are simply not receiving the same level of cooperation from the outgoing trump administration in terms of transition, in terms of building a smooth process to continue looking at some rather complicated issues going forward. you mentioned several of them. venezuela is however the worst humanitarian crisis in the modern history of the western hemisphere. over 20% of venezuela's population is now outside of the country as refugees. the situation cannot be ignored. the question will be, is there a policy that can really help address some of these issues? and that is what people have struggled to find. and it will be incumbent on the incoming administration to really work to try to find those solutions. i would say, however, that washington is driven often by crisis. and therefore, if something happens that we are not hoping or predicting or wanting to occur, but if some crisis occurs in the venezuelan context, that would push the issue up the agenda in washington. imran:

what can we expect once the biden administration takes office?ll have enough political capital to work some thing out after this huge package? thing weink that one have to consider is the state of the economy. going back a few months, a lot of republican lawmakers that the economy was on a glide path higher to the coronavirus pandemic. we have seen a lot of economic indicators waiver with the second or third waves of virus cases across the u.s.. many people unemployed for the long-term. if the economy still looks terrible in the spring, i think democrats may have more leverage. any goodwill toward the biden administration could be limited. you can get more on the u.s. stimulus bill on today's edition of daybreak. bloomberg subscribers go to bbg go on the terminal. you only get the information on the assets that you care about. when it comes to the markets in asia, we are seeing the nikkei losing ground and reversing some of those earlier gains. it's now down 0.7%. this as we see the japanese yen under pressure, continuing to weaken around that 10