consultations before nominating and prime minister the car and can take it. prime minister and the g. mccarthy is one of the contenders to be the next premier. now once the prime minister is selected, it's the job to form a new government process that could take some months. 11 on has a unique power sharing system. it's designed to balance power among the nations different communities. so the president must be a matter annoyed christian. they serve as head of states and canada in chief of the armed forces. a prime minister must be a so need muslim, they run the government and they have significant executive power. and then you have the speaker haldeman who has to be a she, unless them he will lead parliamentary debates as well as playing the role of political media to say in a call that has moved from their route. the process has begun when parliamentarians head to the presidential palace and say named their choice of the next prime minister, the man who receives the majority of both. of course, this happens in consultations with the newly elected president, will be named as a new prime minist

holding consultations before nomination, appoint minnesota car and can take a prime minister in a g. mccarthy is seen as the front runner wants to counter that is selected. it will be the jump to form a new a just told from the wall 5 ravaging, los angeles county has risen to $24.00. it's feed, the 5 could west and as wins or food costs to strengthen before wednesday. now some of those affected have been visiting pop up donations sides to get water, food, and clothes for volunteers, for level reports now from acadia, which isn't in the eastern 5, it is the worst things in life that can bring out the best in humanity. the eat and fire is still burning up in the mountains above. i lie, but down on the ground, it is left thousands in need that just trying to get 5 minutes find minute meal buying meal from the old to the young. they all don't they think? oh is here to donate my backpack since i got a new one for christmas. i just wanted to be nice. um volunteering. i just wanted to feel like i was helping thousands of cars and trucks, bringing food, blankets, and other essentials to this site, ma

damascus, where we had a very high profile diplomatic visit by the 11 east prime minister in a g. mccarthy. what was the outcome of that meeting of the that was a very interesting meeting that was also very significant in its own regard to one of the reasons because the 11 east care take appointment as soon as you can, the caught the, his visit was the 1st visit by a head of state to syria since the fall of the said redeem. also the 1st time that a lebanese prime minister has visited serious since 2010, the last lebanese prime minister, the visit damascus in 2010. as i mentioned, that was sort of how the, the former prime minister of 11 on so just significant, even for the symbolic reasons, the countries really tried to show a united front going forward, trying to turn the page and started a new chapter. and really trying to showcase warmer relations. going forward you had in that meeting that took place between mccarthy and the head of serious new administration. now having to shut off, it lasted a little over an hour. both men, stress, but of paramount importance to them was the issue of

mccarthy. excepting on behalf of of lewis ready. collin sykes junior excepting on behalf of collins sykes. eleanor smeal. bennie g thompson. wayne sis any. thomas j -- francis visco. paula wallace. and evan wilson. ♪ distinguished guests, the president of the united states. ♪ [applause] pres. biden: hello, hello. please have a seat. happy new year. welcome to your house, the white house, the people's house. as i've said before, the most important title in america is not president but citizen. it is we the people, these are the words on which the entire nation has been built, not hyperbole. we gather here in the east room next to the portrait of teddy roosevelt. reformer, soldier, governor, president. he promoted the cause of active citizenship. despite his rugged individualism, he believed in forging common ground. he once said, grave perils are yet to be encountered in the stormy course of the republic but there is no reason we should fear them or doubt the capacity to overcome them. we should live so as to deserve the high praise of being called a good american citizen. that's what you all are, good american citizens. th