i watched her struggle with the war between her personal feelings and earnest search for what was right for the country i struggled those same feelings. i was proud of secretary clinton when she walked to the microphone and said these words. last night i congratulated donald trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. i hope he will be a successful president for all americans. this is not the outcome wanted but we worked so hard for and i'm sorry we did not win the election but the values we share in vision we hold for our country we've seen our nation is more deeply divided them without but i still believe in america and always will. if you do, then we must look to the future, donald trump will be our next president. we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead. our constitutional democracy enshrines a peaceful transfer of power and we don't just respect that, we cherish it. it takes a strong moral compass to set aside personal disappointment choose country over your own personal feelings. the clinton demonstrated leadership that day. i take the floor today to ask like

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. ♪ >> joe biden's transition to the white house can now begin in earnest.has been doing it without the support of the federal office tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. within two weeks after his victory speech, the head of the general services administration, has finally told the president elect that the transition can formally begin. it means joe biden's new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the pandemic response and national security. trump took to twitter to say he is for the transition and he wrote he wants to

. >> he is going to begin transition work in earnest this week. he'll be making calls.e'll be making announcements to the american people about how he's going to make good on these campaign promises. >> president trump spent a second straight day on the golf course. he is angry and defiant vowing to challenge the election in court and has no plans to concede. however, sources say some of his family members and close advisers are fully aware that the election is indeed over. joe biden thanked a lot of people for their support during his victory speech last night. among them the transgender community. bay area activists certainly took notice. they said after years of being targeted by the trump administration, it is a new day. >> it was definitely a relief. >> reporter: transgender activist was watching president-elect joe biden victory speech on saturday. >> i'm proud of the campaign we built and ran. i'm proud of the coalition we put together, gay, transagenda, straight, latino, white. >> it was intentional, direct. and we all heard him. we are celebrating this moment f

and i am deadly earnest about what i want to do and i believe, i truly believe that i -- we, i can unite this country. i think the country's so hungry for it, including a lot of republicans. >> you can see lester's full interview with the president-elect online at nbcnews.com. >>> diego maradona got his first soccer ball at the age of 3. he slept with it all night and grew up to be a global superstar. maradona died toda of a heart attack at just 60 years old and tonight sports fans around the world are in mourning. here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: he was one of soccer's greatest legends, cheered by millions around the world in 1986 maradona led argentina to soccer's world championship and later attributed this controversial goal to the hand of god. he also played professional soccer in europe and was not known for his humility once urging italians to cheer for argentina over italy during world cup semifinals but maradona would struggle with his fame battling an addiction to cocaine and developing severe health problems later in life. the incredible drama of his global career captured

protesters outside the count there, which continues in earnest. this is in maricopa county.his a bit in recent years because we have seen the level of polarisation reached new highs. but then you add that into a volatile situation like the one we are seeing, the sharpest recession the us has seen sharpest recession the us has seen since the 1930s, but what is sure to be a slow and gradual recovery process. unemployment around 8%, we will get final numbers on what happened in october tomorrow, but nothing looking particularly good in that regard. we will need quick, decisive action, which have avenue it is down, conservative or more expansionary, whichever way the government decides to span, we will need more certainty —— span. and perhaps we will see more that under biden than trump but it is a question of how much can be wrangled through congress. cailyn birch, thank you forward joining us for your analysis today. dan kemp is chief investment officer at morningstar investment management here in london. us stocks leapt despite all this uncertainty over who have actually won.

joe biden's transition to the white house can now begin in earnest.il now, he's doing it without the sport of the federal office tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. within two weeks after his victory speech, the head of the general services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin. they will meet with federal officials to work on the pandemic response and national security. trump went to titter -- to twitter to make sure that he is ready for the transition. she has been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i don't want to see this happen to her, her family, or the gsa. we will continue to keep up the good fight, saying he will prevail. he has recommended emily and her team do what needs to be done. he went on to say that he has told his team to do the same. joe biden's transition team has welcomed the move. in a statement, his team says, today is a needed step to tackle the days ahead. they will have accounting of the national security interest and gain complete understanding of the trump adminis

i don't see how we could agree on anything in earnest regarding arms control . we don't know yet who the next administration will be comprised of. we'll see how those people will mold us policies after the 21st of january. a lot of this rhetoric we're hearing is neither new nor surprising, but with a lot of these issues in particular, arms control the open skies treaty, which the u.s. pulled out from very recently, becoming salient over the past weeks and months. it's hoped that with the new incoming u.s. administration, it is charts for both sides that take, a step back and have a fresh look at the situation. let's bring you to the u.k., where the architect behind the freedom of information learned is calling for a probe into what a new report has described in the unit within the british government, london is being accused of deliberately obstructing the release of potentially sensitive data. kate partridge has been looking into a storm is brewing in the u.k. about freedom of information with a new government, a new report by open democracy describes a so-calle

more republicans calling for the transition to begin in earnest >> it should happen tomorrow morning because it didn't happen last monday morning. i just think you have to begin that process. >> reporter: president trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the results of the presidential race in pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey wrote in a statement, i congratulate president-elect biden. >> here in michigan, it was 154,000-vote margin by president-elect biden. no one has come up with any evidence of fraud or abuse. >> reporter: maryland's republican governor larry hogan tweeted back at an attack from the president, stop golfing and concede. even trump allies now criticizing the president's post-election efforts to overturn the results >> and what's happened here is, quite frankly, the conduct of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> reporter: but no sign today the president is backing down. his campaign calling for a new taxpayer-funded recount in georgia, which has already certified its results and where two january run-offs wil

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♪ >> joe biden's transition to the white house can now begin in earnest.ntil now he has been doing it without the support of the federal office tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. within two weeks after his victory speech, the head of the general services administration, has finally told the president elect that the transition can formally begin. it means joe biden's new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the pandemic response and national security. trump took to twitter to say he is for the transition and he wrote he wants to thank emily murphy at the gsa for her steadfast dedication and loyalty. he went on to say she has been harassed and threatens and -- threatened and he does not want this for her or anyone at gsa. he won on to say our case strongly continues wanting to keep up the good fight and believing he will prevail, nevertheless that he is recommending emily and her team do what needs to be done, with regard to initial protocols, and that he has told his team to do the same. joe biden's transition team welcome to

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i don't see how we could agree on anything in earnest regarding arms control . we don't know yet who the next administration will be comprised of. we'll see how those people will mold us policies after the 21st of january. a lot of this rhetoric we're hearing is neither new nor surprising, but with a lot of these issues in particular, arms control the open skies treaty, which the u.s. pulled out from very recently, becoming salient over the past weeks and months. it's hoped that with the new incoming u.s. administration, it is charts for both sides that take a step back and have a fresh look at the situation. r.t. russian hosts maria buton, i going rights activist who was falsely accused of espionage back in 28 deen, has released a book about her time spent in a prison, but began writing while she was behind bars. in tallahassee, florida notes become the basis for her book titled, a prison diary. she is now a member of russia's human rights council that takes part in numerous projects that help russian nationals who find themselves in trouble. i brought, yes. no

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today more republicans calling for the transition to begin in earnest. >> it should happen tomorrow morning because it didn't happen last monday morning. i just think you have to begin that process. >> reporter: president trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the results of the presidential race in pennsylvania. republican senator pat toomey wrote in a statement, i congratulate president-elect biden. >> here in michigan, 154,000 vote margin by president-elect biden. no one has come up with any evidence of fraud or abuse. >> reporter: and maryland's republican governor, larry hogan, tweeted back at an attack from the president today. stop golfing and concede. even trump allies now criticizing the president's post-election efforts to overturn the results. >> and what's happened here is quite frankly the concept of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> reporter: but no sign today that the president is backing down. his campaign calling for a new taxpayer-funded recount in georgia, which has already certified its results and where two january ru

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we started our diversity inclusion initiatives in earnest when i was there.arted our first employee resource groups, which provides the african-american network and lgbt plus, now we have nine. we really set forth a strategy of how we are going to make sure everyone can bring their whole self to work. it was a big piece of our culture. and we started looking at the data. we continue to work on it. it is not something you can ever get a check mark. if you look at senior leadership, we have opportunities there. in fact, we are working on some aggressive objectives for the next five years with my team to continue to change that. david: your chairman of the board is a woman and you are a obviously a woman. is there any other fortune 500 company where the chairman is a woman and the ceo is a woman? there must be none. tricia: i don't think so. we have 12 members of our board and six are women, and one of the females is person of color. david: when you were in line to be the ceo, did you think they were going to give the job to a woman or you thought this would rev

i don't see how we could agree on anything in earnest regarding arms control. we don't know yet who the next administration will be comprised of. we'll see how those people will mold us policies after the 21st of january relations between russia and the e.u. . and us certainly have been bumping over the last few years to say the very least . so a lot of this rhetoric we're hearing is neither new nor surprising. but with a lot of these issues in particular, arms control the open skies treaty, which the u.s. pulled out from very recently, becoming salient over the past weeks and months. it's hoped that with the new incoming u.s. administration, while an improvement in relations perhaps is too much to hope for that would be too optimistic. it is charts for both sides that take a step back and have a fresh look at the situation and see if any compromises on those issues can be reached. somebody is reporting then the architect behind the freedom of information act is calling for a probe into what a new report is described as an orwellian unit within the u.k. governm

i don't see how we could agree on anything in earnest regarding arms control. we don't know yet who the next administration will be comprised of. we'll see how those people will mold us policies after the 21st of january. while the relations between russia and the e.u. on the us have been bumpy over the last few years, just to say the very least. so a lot of this rhetoric really isn't new or surprising. but with some of those very key issues taking center stage, like i said, the arms treaty in particular, the open skies treaty, which the u.s. has withdrawn from very recently. and those are issues which officials will be keeping a very close eye on. and wanted to talk to me to say there could be an improvement with the relations with the incoming new u.s. administration. certainly it's a chance for both sides to take a step back and perhaps take a fresh look at some of those issues and see if a compromise on any of them can be reached. ok, thank you, dan. it was artie's down, hawkins, that they are. he said behind the freedom of information act is calling for a

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you i have my legislation, have the earnest act, which is senator blumenthal and senator graham participatingwhat you are going to see is we are going to take pieces of the online freedom and viewpoint diversity bill, other components that are there, we are going to craft a bill, and we are going to do what big tech has proven they are incapable of doing, which is to regulate them, and to put these guidelines in place and say, this is your lane, and you are going to stay in the slain, and you are not going to get inherent to these other things unless you change your business model. the issue of antitrust also came up today. and that is a different but there is agreement on each side of the aisle that this is a worthy discussion. indeed, you have doj looking at google right now because of the monopoly on search. and the lawsuit doj has filed against google. you have the ftc in review of andbook and their policies, those components are moving forward. >> -- emily: okay. judt's-- judy'spic, nomination failed to confirm her for the job. do you know if she plans to try again? if so, how soon? sena

it is my earnest hope, indeed the hope of all mankind, from this solemn occasion, a better world shallt of the blood and carnage of the past. you a world founded upon fiddle understanding. a world dedicated to the dignity of man, and his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance, and justice. >> a supreme commander for the allied powers, i announced my from purpose, and the tradition of the countries that i represent, to proceed in the discharge of my responsibilities, with justice and tolerance, while taking all necessary dispositions to ensure that the terms of surrender are fully, promptly, and faithfully complied with. let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that god will preserve it always. these proceedings are closed. these proceedings are closed. with those four powerful words, the deadliest word came to an end. the conclusion of the ceremony, over 900 fighters and bombers that had been in the air over tokyo they drop down and flew over the missouri. fighting for peace came with heavy sacrifices for all. we would like to offer our eternal gratitude for the mem

joe biden's, transition to the white house can now begin in earnest until now he's been doing it without the support of the federal office that's tasked with overseeing the transfer of power will then 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the general services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin means biden's new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the pandemic response and national security. trump took to twitter to announce that he's ready for the transition. he wrote, i want to thank emily murphy at g.s.a. for her steadfast education and loyalty to her to our country. she's been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her family or employees of the g.s.a. . ok, strongly continues. we'll continue to keep up the good fight, prevail saying nevertheless, in the best interest of our country, he's recommended that emily and her team do what needs to be done. he went on to say that he's told his team to do the same. well, joe biden's transition team has welcomed the move from the

it's been eight months since this crisis started in earnest and it almost feels as if outside the medicalstablishment, we in wider society haven't learned anything. >> i think people have become a little bit come place ends because most people don't know someone who has died or been seriously ill. i was interested in your comments about cruise ships because as far as i was aware, there weren't many sailing from europe. there was an industry of people going out to view the cruise ships. yeah. and here we go, we have some cases on a cruise ship already. so it doesn't take very long for people just to forget. and now with the vaccine coming, you know, some people are saying, well, the vaccine is coming, don't worry about it, almost as if the vaccine were a cure. >> it is a cure for the problem. in particular if it looks like it's going to work. i think the better argument to make is that given that we know that a vaccine could well be delivered very soon, we're talk ago few months for the most at risk people, then we just need to hang on with the restrictions a little bit longer and then we

leader, boris johnson then from a energy secretary, earnest money's -- howst joins a discussion on cities are transitioning to clean energy. ♪ [flute playing] >> inside the once majestic country of cambodia, after a decade of work, history witnessed the collapse of the regime. it was then one of the worst genocides the world had ever seen. this memorial helps to ensure that the world never forgets those who died during the years of the cambodia killing fields. yet, there is more to the story. ofre is the untold episode tens of thousands of survivors who sought refuge inside thailand. this is my father in a refugee camp in 1980. i knew that my father was a survivor of the killing fields but i was shocked to learn that he and many thousands of others faced a more terrifying atrocity. .he massacre me to tells pushed him the story and i always said to him i don't want to. we lived it. he would say just tell me one time. >> that is how we get here to do a documentary. >> james taing, that is the opening to your documentary, "gh mountai -- mountain." james: this is the story of my father and th

it was earnest but not at all saccharine. it didn't have easy answers.? >> "my so-called life" was your actual life. and the idea that everyone in high school is a misfit, that you have this deep insecurity about who you're supposed to be. >> you know how sometimes the last sentence you said like echoes in your brain? and it keeps just sounding stupider? and you have to say something else just to make it stop. >> oh, i just remembered. i owe you $30. >> "my so-called life" was not necessarily the show the cheerleader or captain of the football team were watching. they were still watching "90210." but it was the people who maybe didn't recognize themselves in "90210" who felt like, a-ha, now i recognize myself in "my so-called life." >> demarco asked me if you were getting a sex change. >> exactly. i don't want to be a girl. i just want to hang with girls. >> ricky was out on the show eventually, and that was a storyline treated with great sensitivity. >> and i belong nowhere. with no one. and i don't fit. >> i mean, it was -- it was so deeply felt. it wa

it began, i think, in earnest with, of course, attempting to block the election of donald trump, thenn, the special counsel, an effort to intimidate him, to overthrow him, and it's being carried out across the nation. i want to put up the, your secretary of state there in michigan and what she said specifically on this issue. jocelyn benson. may we have that, please? okay. well, it appears that the truth won in this she scenario. basically, the evidence is clear, there were no irregularities, there was no evidence of widespread fraud and, in fact, they were simply minor clerical errors. then we were discussing actually less clerical errors than in past elections. >> yeah. lou: 71% is fewer than what they had in previous elections? >> technically, it was 72% in the august 4th primary. so i guess that's factually correct. still unacceptable for me as a vote or. i have, in my old senate district, i had clerks that were present there that they would not rest until all of their precincts were balanced. it would be 0% were unbalanced. detroit, for some reason, they have a different set of r

we need an earnest to start reversing the damage of the trump administration and to go beyond where we the obama administration so there are going to be high expectations of what they do. >> that seems to me that alejandro mayorkas will have such an advantage in having already worked there. he's getting the transition period cut short 16 days. he's going to have to go to a department that has just been corrupted by donald trump over the last four years in so many ways that we public lino and other ways that he's going to have to discover. >> oh, i can only imagine what investigations of dhs and other number of other departments are going to uncover. it is unfathomable of the damage that's been done by this administration but at least we can rejoice that we have people in charge now believing the mission of the organization and reforming it and doing right by the american people and by people who are seeking refuge in this country and seeking a better life. that's always partial of who we say we are as americans and we need to return to that. >> the cabinet developing including people w

riyad and and i spoke again intermittently over the next year or so and then begin speaking born in earnest after the 2016 election. that ultimately led me to a point of asking what i basically wanted to ask him for the first time i met him, which is can i write a book about your family? and now four years later here we are. this book "the road from raqqa" it's his story and it's a story of his younger brother bashar. vessels of the members of the family but it really revolves around those two characters, those two brothers. they are incredibly fascinating in different ways. riyad came to america because he fell in love with the idea of this country. he was a student at the university of aleppo and he took a class called american government that transect him, that called him to fall in love with our system and make him want to come here and find out more about it. honestly, with the hope that he could then return to syria and work to institute a similar system there. he was this brother driven by sense of restlessness, a desire to wander, to explore, and the sense of idealism. and so riyad'

assess personnel, litigation, regulation, policy issues, that they could begin to do their work in earnest. it would also mean that i.t. support and other kinds of support would be offered to the biden harris transition team. all of those things right now are frozen because the general services administration, and the administrator there, will not sign the certification necessary to allow that to work. so while president-elect biden is able to announce his white house team while he is able to determine who wants to serve in his cabinet, while he is appointed a covid-19 task force, and i know they are doing policy work internally, they don't have access to all the information they need. towe heard recently prior this show, they are doing workarounds to try and gather that information. that is ridiculous. given the size of our economy, the importance of this country, the fact that we are doing this with bailing twine and glue, when there is a proper way for this to happen, just doesn't make sense. it is not good for the american people, nor is it good for democracy. vonnie: as you wrote in a