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 my career as a journalist. it was something that i took tremendous pride and pleasure in, and something i have deep respect for as a result of my own experience for being on both sides. you keep the american people i

blinken's nomination. i don't think i'll get many people from the other side. it's difficult to vote against nominees from one's own party. i would say, if we are to end war, we need to have a real discussion in this body about when we go to war, whether or not we have to declare war and we have to talk about whether or not our developments -- developments -- involvements work in the middle east and instead of saying it was all george bush's fault, faulty intelligence, there is some truth to that, but it is it really about the idea of regime change and that we know what is best for everybody else and when we put in a new regime, it turns out worse. i hope my colleagues will consider voting against mr. blinken because i think he's more of the same. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. risch: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for three minutes on the nomination of antony blinken to be secretary of state. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. risch: mr. president

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

blinken. sec. blinken: thank you for that incredibly warm welcome. more importantly, for serving as acting secretary of state, for leading the transition period at the state department. the department has been in excellent hands with you, and i thank you very much 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's a new day for america, it's a new day for the world. and today does feel 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 assistance in the front office. a little odd, a little bit intimidated, a legendary institution, and a new culture. it did not take me long to figure out one thing, and that is how long the talent and expertise that presides 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 experience, your generosity was the springboard that broug

blinken, welcome.et me start off by saying i got a phone call from a former context of the obama-biden administration. i won't name the individual customer don't want to get that person in trouble but is a very welcome phone call. i i think to summarize it it started out saying that we really and in as a stable position in this country. we're so grossly divided. and particularly in areas of foreign policy. the standard saying is politics ought to and at the water's edge. i hope that can be true. i don't think it ever has been completely true but i think there are some really good areas of agreement. so it was a very sincere attempt to reach out and say let's try to have agreement. by the way, as chairman, ranking them on the european subcommittee with nord stream ii, the european energy security, center murphy, we found the areas of agreement. i really want to focus on that because i think that's one of the ways we can try to narrow that divide which i think is just complete unsustainable in this natio

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

blinken behind the podium. president biden is also facing his first test with vladimir putin, confronting the russian president on a range of issues for the first time since taking office and we'll take you live to moscow. first we go to cnn's nick watt, national correspondent works has more on how all the states are reacting to the biden administration's ambitious vaccination plan. >> okay. so, in other words heard anything from me. >> reporter: a technical glitch at the first official virtual covid-19 briefing of the biden administration. he didn't appear, just scientists and experts. >> the cdc still recommends that people get their second dose as close to the recommended interval as possible. >> we're launching a robust national public education campaign to make sure people know about this vaccine, the facts and not the misinformation. >> to the very specific question of whether or not a factory can be retro fitted to mass produce another vaccine, that's something that's under active exploration. >> reporte

tell us what secretary blinken had to say about that. >> yeah, today, secretary blinken said the u.s.lationship had "adversarial and competitive aspects." but he also said the u.s. wanted to work with china, especially on climate change. and that opening for cooperation, that's a little different than what mike pompeo used to say. reporters also asked about another late trump administration decisions are, and that is to name the uighurs, that is a muslim minority in western china who has been systematically and brutally persecuted by the chinese communist government as victims of genocide. today, during questioning by republican senator marco rubio the anominee said that declaration is under review. >> what they did is horrific, and i look forward to seeing the results of the review being done, but, certainly-- >> the state department issued a designation, i believe, on the president's last day. so is it your understanding that it's now being reviewed by the state department to see if that's appropriate? >> i think the state department is reviewing that now because all of the procedur

secretary of state we'll hear where anthony blinken plans to make changes and where he agrees with his be decisive. and appeal for calm into his yes protests over unemployment and poverty intensify more on that stay with us. for the perfect gentleman. sponsored play qatar airways however we got some rather nasty weather pushing across northern parts of the middle east at the moment we got some rain sleet and snow spilling out to be pushing across into syria lebanon jordan we have got well quite a wintry weather scene across much of. press and this is a stumble over the past couple of days it seems movie star things have turned quite a hit as that wintry weather just tumbled its way a little further south what's at ace with all more disturbed weather pushing into northern parts of iraq and you can see how it stretches right down towards israel the palestinian territories. is there for jerusalem and for damascus that will make its way out of the race was as we go through thursday so iran saying some of that wessel weather that wintry weather success is the top temperature in toronto i'd

biden's administration plans to rebuild ties with the rest of the world secretary of state anthony blinken says his top priority is the humanitarian crisis in yemen as well as the relationship with china which he described as arguably the most important for his country but he also insists the u.s. needs cooperation with iran in order to save the nuclear deal. 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 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 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 well tensions of the 2015 nuclear agreement have been building for a while iran di

so, blinken's view on human rights makes complicate the effort on climate. >> how do you cooperate with china in climate change when you say you agree that it engaged in? >> the interest of china and the interest of the united states and countries around the world to make concrete progress in combating global warming. >> close to 90%, about 88, i guess, of all of the missions come from outside our borders, too. so the whole world has to come to this table together to solve this problem. >> shannon: by the way, tonight, foxnews.com is reporting that the kerry family

secretary of state and to me blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending arms sales all trumps administration and been doing deals down to the wire including one for 50 f. 355 jets from lockheed martin to the u.a.e. u.a.e. is the best into the u.s. is this country will work closely with the biden administration to add peace and stability in the middle east. we share with townsend joins us now live from washington d.c. 1st talk about the nuclear deal the u.s. wants iran in compliance before it comes back to the j.c. p.-o. way iran wants sanctions lifted before it comes back to compliance and how tricky is this going to be for the biden administration. 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 other issues but then he always goes into a great deal of detail about how it will take such a long time to assess iran's compliance but what is the assumption there with a timetable that so that means only iran ha

a blinken said he did say one other thing that i thought was really important that the israeli drive to equate criticism of israel with an anti semitism and stop support people supporting b.d.s. the sanctions. against israel movement around the world the blinken the sensually said well the he doesn't like biden doesn't like b.d.s. either but the 1st amendment constitutional right in the united states gives every citizen the right to say and do what they want as long as it's not against the law so that was a pretty important statement. cattles foreign minister is calling on other gulf states to bridge relations with iran israel and count about jihad zarif has backed the efforts on twitter saying iran welcomes my brother foreign minister mohammed bin abdul rahman bin jasim out fanny's call for inclusive dialogue in our region as we have consistently emphasized the solution to our challenges lies in collaboration to jointly form a strong region peaceful stable prosperous and free from global or regional hegemon and we are hopeful that this this should happen and we still believe that th

you just heard tony blinken. it's a more nuanced assessment.osition remains largely unchanged. if xi is expecting the biden white house to abandon many of mr. trump's tough policies any time soon, they may be in for a big disappointment. remember mr. biden himself during a campaign said there is a need to get tough on china and that sentiment is now being echoed by his cabinet secretaries, not just blinken but also treasury secretary yellen and defense secretary austin. there is this consensus or continuity really emerging from washington in terms of how to deal with an increasingly powerful and aggressive china and/or a strongman leadership of xi jinping. what tony blinken also said during his confirmation hearing, he actually agreed with trump's tough on china principle. what he rejected is the approach. we expect tony blinken and other senior officials to use some of trump's policies but with finesse. they're going to rally u.s. partners and allies to form a united front against china on trade and policies. so this multi-lateral approach is

secretary of state nominee anthony blinken outlines his foreign policy priorities. signs of coronavirus success in south korea we'll look at the progress made as a country monks one yes and it's with us calls. for the person. sponsored plan qatar airways. hello we are losing the snow across japan as we go through the next couple of days still a few wintry flurries into northern parts of honshu into a card over there in the process of pulling out of the white bright skies coming in behind 7 celsius there for tokyo and a similar value that into so as we go into thursday wetter weather will move through the yellow sea towards the korean peninsula some snow when the northern flank of that from north korea so want to see snow flurries just pulling away from a kind of before much of japan at a state it will be try and find in temperatures creeping back up into double figures the central and southern parts of china could see some sherry but nothing too much to speak of the plenty of right now moving towards the philippines we have what may well develop into a tropical stor

secretary of state anthony blinken said washington wants to return to the 2050 nuclear deal which trump pulled out of the blinking 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 is 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 other issues but th

and the blinken was officially sworn into office on tuesday at the state department he's promised to rebuild relationships with america's allies and move it away from the america 1st policy which dominated president trumps of ministration for more on this let's go live to washington a white house correspondent kelly how good is that for a so what sort of difference will answer the blinken make particularly in the story we were we were talking about moments or moments ago with iran being threatened by israel's military chief of staff. yeah so there are let's put this into 2 little baskets here big baskets actually. first of all in terms of anthony blinken and his swearing in on the job already has made a series of international phone calls and also made a very important address that is to the staff this is something that we typically see from new secretaries of state as they dress the diplomatic corps and this one was watched very carefully for its tone its tenor because there was this eagerness from the diplomatic corps that during the trumpet ministration actively push back against

brokered normalization deals between israel the united arab emirates bahrain moroc oh and sudan blinken also reiterated biden's campaign pledge to end the u.s. support for the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen for more on this we're joined by al jazeera analyst of our good to have you with us so so far let's start with the overall picture here is this a u.s. administration there is going to focus now more on multilateralism the exact thing that the trumpet ministration tried to pull the u.s. away from. i think the biden administration has no choice but to change and do trump's approach to the clinton policy to the american putting policy in the global order and the global south but the challenge for the by the in the administration as far as i'm concerned is how to be imagined and medicare's for important to see in light of the imagination of the american soul that is happening within the united states by didn't build his presidency campaign and won the presidency on the masses in the uk you storing the american soil but the question is where is the american soil then american saw i

stance toward china which blinken says is the greatest threats among nations to the u.s. he said the u.s. must approach that relationship from a position of strength he said that he agreed with trump ministrations efforts to be tough on china and he just did not agree with the way that it was what about enforcing those policies. now as far as the relationship with iran that is something that blinken will certainly face he reiterated the president biden's commitment to re entering the nuclear war with iran but he said that would not be easy would not be around the corner and on saudi arabia he said that the u.s. would stop selling arms to that nation and its in its war that it's leading against in yemen and that by the administration would quickly reconsider the recent designation of who the rebels as a terrorist organization so again the final vote in confirming blinken as biden secretary of state is 78 to 22 wide margin supported by bipartisanship of course this obviously weighs in with the articles of impeachment against for president trying to reach the senate. being d

tony blinken did agree with your assessment, did call out the. and what's happening with them right now. >> i was very pleased to see the statement that i'd made, the determination i've made about this was concurred with by secretary blinken. i think that's fantastic and true read these are real facts and real people being truly impacted by things that we haven't seen since the 1930s, the atrocities that have taken place there in the actions of sterilization, forced abortion continuing to take place there for a historic proportion and the world, not just the united states on the whole world needs to unite and put cost on the chinese communist party edges they change and stop these atrocities that are taking place there. >> i want to move on to the middle east and the great work you did in terms of the abraham accord and the normalization with israel but before i get there, taiwan. it feels like beijing is testing this administration. they are testing them with taiwan, obviously 12 aircraft's on saturday, 15 on sunday, fighters and bombers into ta

secretary of state nominee anthony blinken is facing a senate panel.is secretary of defense nominee retired general austin. during blinken's hearing, he made clear his top priorities include china. >> let me say i believe president trump was right in taking a tougher approach to china. i disagree very much with the way that he went about it in a number of areas, but the basic principle was the right one and i think that's actually helpful to our foreign policy. >> i want to bring in susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst. that's interesting. he said no doubt china poses the most significant challenge of any nation state to the united states. he said in that regard the tough stance was good. what did you think of him? it was kind of a compliment. >> look, our future secretary of state knows he's testifying in front of the senate and is looking for republican as well as democratic notes and i think a nod to the reality, new real ity of the situation, this is probably the area, brianna, where this might be a group of obama administration veterans to fi

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

trump pulled out of but blinken called on iran to act 1st jabatan see reports i give the new u.s. secretary of state once again pledge to rejoin the joint c.p.o. iran nuclear deal president biden has been break clear in saying that 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. but there is still a great deal of ambiguity about the new administration's approach sometimes officials around biden appear to be saying the administration will rejoin the j.c. as it was with no change lifting the u.s. is crippling economic sanctions concurrently with iran's return to compliance while leaving open the option of follow on deals to address other issues of concern that did seem to be what lincoln said on wednesday but at other times they suggest the u.s. will use its economic leverage to strike a tough a deal before it lift sanctions we are a long ways from that point iran 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

a sound bite from anthony blinken when he said we have no choice but to lead in the world because if we don't lead in the world then be one of 2 things one some someone else will step in a lead like china russia and that will be horrible out to where they would be chaos that's sort of an amazing thing you know judging from where we are after 25 years since end of the cold war because for mr blinken and apparently for mr. president by the end the idea of a multi-polar world does not even figure its i that i support chaos america has to lead and of course we know from in recent history america's leadership has not always been you know a plethora of good well it led also to the invasion of iraq at that thought a number of disasters the idea that america needs to work with the allies it also needs to work with other global powers like china like europe on the question of climate on the question of global health these are key issues that president biden knows all too well are indispensable for global security then also in indispensable for american leadership the small arrow and the sense

secretary of state anthony blinken spoke about 2050 nuclear deal which donald trump of lincoln said the u.s. now wants to return to the agreement that called on iran to access. 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 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 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. chaper townsend has more now from washington d.c. . it just isn't clear what the buy did ministrations actually saying because what they had promised on the campaign trail and even said during the transition period was we will go into compliance when iran goes i

blinken remain open for peace efforts with the talent ban. a deal is condition based.en said the administration would view current policy by the country. rob: to carry out a denuclearization deal and china blinken gave a lot to the outgoing president for taking a hard-line stance against officials. >> i believe donald trump was right in taking a tougher approach to china. i disagree very much with the way he went about it in a number of areas but the basic principle was the right one. >> outgoing secretary of state mike pompeo accused china of genocide against muslims, there is significant evidence to support this accusation, and issue president-elect biden will have to address upon taking office as a major human rights issue around the world. neil: donald trump assessing more crossfire hurricane documents that include information related to the fbi investigation into ties between his presidential campaign and russia. the president did not reveal what information declassified. jillian: a new mexico college professor calling out a double standard on riots. >> if you cal

tell us what secretary blinken had to say about that. nick: the u.s.elationship had adversarial aspects, but he also said the u.s. wanted to work with china on climate change. that opening is different than what mike pompeo used to say. reporters asked about another trump administration decision, to name the uighurs, a muslim minority in western china who has been brutally persecuted by the chinese government, as victims of genocide. today during questioning by senator marco rubio, the u.n. nominee linda thomas-greenfield said that declaration was under review. >> what they ardoing is horrific. i look forward to seeing the results of the review that's being done -- >> the state department issued a designation on the president's last day. your understanding is it is being reviewed by the state department? >> i think the state department is reviewing that now because all the procedures were not followed and they are looking to make sure they are followed to ensure that designation is upheld. nick: today blinken said he did support the genocide declaratio

secretary of state and blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending arm sales donald trump's administration had been doing deals down to the wire including one for 50 f. 35 fighter jets from lockheed martin to the u.a.e. the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. says his country will work closely with the biden administration towards peace and stability in the middle east let's bring in william lawrence he's a former u.s. diplomat and currently professor of international relations at the american university joins us via skype from washington d.c. we have great to have you back on the program so how significant then is this arms sales freeze by the u.s. and why is that bad ministration doing this now do you think. 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 i'm 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 it that that's quite a typical it's very likely tha

secretary of state anthony blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending sales. administration had been doing deals right down to the wire including one for 50 f. $35.00 fighter jets from lockheed martin to the u.a.e. you e's ambassador to the us this is country will work closely with the biden administration toward peace and stability in the middle east. over time he joins us now live from washington d.c. she have so the u.s. wants iran in compliance before it comes back to the way iran wants sanctions lifted before it comes back to compliance plus now there's the israel factor so how tricky is this going to be for the biden administration. it just isn't clear what the buy did ministrations actually saying because what they had promised on the campaign trail or even said during the transition period was we will go into compliance when iran goes into compliance and robert rules the u.s. off straw that broke the terms of the deal broke international law by breaking a un ratified treaty you about the u.s. and the u.n. and iran so the assumption was not least becaus

from pulled out of in 20 teen but mr blinken 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 probably lost are 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 iran 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 iran's foreign minister zarif has tweeted in response to mr blinken saying this the u.s. violated the iran deal and caused harm to its population through reimposed sanctions so if says tehran had been abiding by the deal and had sought remedial measures he goes on to say the country will never forget what he called trump's maximum failure to

beijing is not waiting for tony blinken's reviews.t it is a strong geopolitical force and it tends to flex its muscles. aman? >> we have about 25 seconds on the topic of iran. most people anticipating that this administration would rush to join the jcpoa. that's not what we heard. he's putting the onus on iran to get back into the jcpoa, but it was the trump administration that broke out of it. >> reporter: that's right. look, this is where this diplomatic three-dimensional chess fits together. i think it's america's allies in europe that may be the key to this. they have stuck with iran to try to keep the jcpoa going, and i think there will be behind the scenes negotiations going on. >> he promises to speak to the press regularly. keir simmons, thank you. >>> i'll see you right back here tomorrow for 3:00 p.m., and bill gates joins ari memelber tonigh at 6:00. "deadline: white house" begin right after this quick break. "deadline: white house" begin right after this quick break a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c und

that was anthony blinken there.fellow at the middle east institute in washington, hejoins me now. thank you very much for your time. anthony blinken has worked with joe time. anthony blinken has worked withjoe biden for a long time and people say they really can't see daylight between them. what he is proposing is likely to be very different from the trump administration and also the obama demonstration from the side of it. ., , obama demonstration from the side of it. . , ., , side of it. pleasure to be with ou. it side of it. pleasure to be with yom it is _ side of it. pleasure to be with you. it is absolutely - you. it is absolutely different. everything we are hearing so far is sounding very different from the previous demonstration, the obama expression and the trump administration. with obama, we saw that the president didn't really include the us regional allies and partners in the negotiations with iran and they didn't take their perspective into account. and then with trump, it was really unpredictable and

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. has 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 us 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 sch

. >> 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

andrea, we saw secretary of state tony blinken arriving for his first day on the job. this is a new day for diplomacy in the biden administration i want to play for you the message he had to every single state employee. >> the state department i'm walking into today is not the same one i left four years ago. we at state have a role to play in all of this. and i believe it starts with rebuilding morale and trust. this is a priority for me. >> andrea, what are your sources telling you about the diplomatic attitude now, moving forward in the biden administration, particularly after that phone call, very significant, between president biden and vladimir putin? >> well, actually, that was front and center, because the first phone call with vladimir putin was completely different than any phone call, any meeting, in fact, that donald trump had ever had with vladimir putin so that the importance of it was that there is a deadline, a hard deadline today, their parliament in moscow voting to extend the long range missile treaty, the new start treaty, obama-era treaty, that was

on the senate foreign relations committee has confirmed anthony blinken as sexy of states paving the way for a full senate vote during his confirmation hearing blinken said he'll order a review of the decision to designate yemen's who the rebels as a terror group. dozens of people in the netherlands have been arrested as protest against measures and a curfew continue for a 3rd night and night time restrictions on movement on the 1st time in the country since the 2nd world war. those are your headlines coming up next witness. soon as the sun goes down the law is a very challenging place to work from and i think you're always pushing boundaries a lot of the times the most always longer love dogs we are the ones grappling the extra mile we're all the media the only goal we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. you know. using just. 10000. 0. 00. i handled. ok. go vonnie daisy ski. am. just a young intelligent yet to get a leg up just another man's hands events young woman inside her home cited indiana margie full of. national news in the internet that's completely a li

has the numbers now to be confirmed as biden's secretary of state during his confirmation hearing blinken straight away from from trying to from being bored into making controversial statements he took some stances that were applauded by members of both parties in fact it was lindsey graham a strong trump ally who said that lincoln was quote an outstanding choice to be biden's secretary of state on foreign policy challenges that are facing the u.s. lincoln said that on china that the u.s. needs to approach that challenge from a strong position of strength he said that trumps administration was right to be tough on china but that he disagreed with the way that went about enforcing those policies targeting china on iran and he restated biden's commitment to wanting to re enter the nuclear deal but blinken said that would be no easy task not something that's immediately around the corner he said on saudi arabia that the u.s. would stop arms sales to help fund the war on yemen led by saudi arabia and that the bottom ministration what immediately take another look at the trumpet ministrations

biden secretary of state nominee anthony blinken echoed his statement this senate confirmation hearing secretary pump designated the chinese communist party as having engaged in generous gurning do we muslim population do you agree with the judges well you do agree yes iran's president hassan rouhani has called on the biden administration to return to the nuclear deal which trump withdrew from in 2018 it's also called the outgoing administration's iran policy a complete failure to embryos that is immediate the ball is now in america's court if they return and apply their commitments we will also our commitment trumps political career is dead and the nuclear deal lives on it's entire efforts were put towards getting rid of the accord and he was unsuccessful. corona virus strain 1st detected in the u.k. has now been detected in at least 60 countries that 10 more countries than a week ago called into the world health organization it believes the new variant is up to 70 percent more infectious than the original strain the w.h.o. also announced the south african strain has been reported in

it is directly a response to the trump administration's approach, so we can see his choice of tony blinkens a good relationship, much like george h w bush and james baker enjoyed, which is close, since the chinese will know that tony blinken is speaking for the president. the approach from this new government will be one that is reliable, that they can trust, and the two nations need to build this trust. for joe biden, his experience and the emphasis on personal relationships and building that trust is something that will work in the favor of those countries going forward. >> front and center in u.s.-china relations is technology. when it comes to technology, we have seen a clamp on big tech in china, in the u.s. how will the joe biden administration view this issue? >> there is a myriad of issues in which the two countries. trust each other, starting with the coronavirus, and the lack of total transparency on the part of the chinese with the who and other nations in looking at exactly what happened with the outbreak. as you say, intellectual property, cybersecurity, the trade issues, not

the president's pick for secretary of state, anthony blinken, he is still awaiting confirmation, buthe is confirmed, he's going to face no shortage of threats and adversaries including those from iran, russia and china. rich edson has more from the state department. >> reporter: biden administration appointees are gradually staffing the state department's washington headquarters. though one nominee is missing, secretary-designate antony blinken is still waiting for his senate confirmation vote. when he does arrive, he'll face a series of major foreign policy decisions especially on china. >> president trump was right in taking a tougher approach to china. >> reporter: blinken agreed with the trump administration accusing china of genocide and blocking chinese products made with slave labor from the u.s. though the biden administration quickly moved to reverse president trump's decision to leave the world health organization as analysts say the w.h.o. last year publicly applauded china as the chinese government was refusing to share information to help contain the virus. >> are we goi

trump pulled out of but mr blinken 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 probably 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. iran's foreign minister zarif has responded on twitter saying the u.s. violated the iran deal and cause harm to its population through 3 imposed sanctions serif said tehran had been abiding by the deal and to sort remedial measures he goes on to say the country will never forget what he called trump's maximum failure towards iran. the u.s. is temporarily frozen arms sales

anthony blinken has led an public sector and is well-versed in both the vast responsibilities of the state department as well as the diplomatic challenges we will face in the months and the years ahead not the least of which the most important of which w is china but not china alone. while mr. blinken and i have policy differences, some of them very serious i have confidence in his ability to represent our nation on the global stage. it's important for a new president whether they be a republican or democrat to have qualified senate confirmed officials in a cabinet without delay. over the past week we have worked to confirm nominees for some of the most critical federal departments and agencies are the secretaries of state, defense, treasury as well as the director of national intelligence has each been confirmed byd the senate with broad bipartisan support. we will continue to process more of the president's nominees in the days ahead. four years ago art democratic colleagues approached president trump's nominees with the grab wake up antics including everything from intentional del

secretary of state we'll hear where anthony blinken plans to make changes and where he agrees with his predecessor. if in his prime minister clings on to his position as he grapples with a pandemic and an economic freefall that stay with us. hello the weather has set fire looking pretty calm and quiet across much of the u.s. for inauguration day at the moment we have got a little area of high pressure just across that eastern side of the country but some pieces of cloud and gray down towards the deep south but that's that they say is going to be a cool one crisp sunshine coming through brighton breezy sunny intervals temperatures no hiding around 3 degrees celsius the say they will be largely try an astronomy to warmer still as we go on into thursday some wet weather moving across the southern plains we got some wintry weather there into that eastern side of kind of that with some snow and some snow just around the pacific northwest but notice some wetter weather there down towards new mexico southern parts of arizona pushing into mexico itself and we got a lot of cloud and rain moving