the people came out with its own proposal for a global alliance. this has opened democratic societies and market economies. the eu and the u.s. agree on the strategic challenges presented by china's growing assertiveness, even if we don't always agree on the best way to address this. and this encompasses everything from climate to our differences on primacy and big tech. we do believe this could be as important as the end of world war i and world war ii in terms of shaping the global future together with partners allies. the atlantic council ease in the forefront of thinking of the values that should guide democracies in the 21st century. in 2019, the atlantic council had at nonpartisan cochaired by hadley andsteve madeleine albright and released seven core principles to guide nations that could be the basis of such a charter. we will conclude today's events with a panel on global risks, looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing the biden administration, as well as u.s. allies and partners abroad. this week, the atlantic council scop

the people came out with its own proposal for a global alliance. this has opened democratic societies. the eu and the u.s. agree on the strategic challenges presented by china's growing assertiveness. even though we don't always agree on the best way to address this. we do believe this could be as important as the end of world war i and world war ii in terms of shaping allies. in 2019, the atlantic council cochaired by madeleine albright will be bringing prosperity and peace. this could be the basis of such a charter. we will conclude today's events with a panel on global risks, looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing the biden administration as well as u.s. allies. councilk, the atlantic will be publishing a paper of the top 10 risks and opportunities for 2021 which we encourage everyone to read. we will take -- contain the panels for china. again, a theme of the by the administration. we will also be releasing quite an important paper on strategy toward china. i hope you will read all of these are tomorrow. use the #renewing u.s.

our economy, we also need to lead the defense department into the future, rebuild and renew global alliances and partnerships, and make sure the united states is prepared to address new threats and new challenges from cyber to climate. the fundamental responsibility of our responsibilities and any administration, is keeping the american people safe and secure. my whole career has been about keeping americans safe. in the united states senate i served on the homeland security and intelligence communities. i've trafd to iraq, afghanistan and the middle east, where i have seen historic training and heroism. i am absolutely confident that general lloyd austin is the right person to lead the department of defense at this critical moment. we need a proven leader to help address this pandemic, someone with the experience to help make sure safe and effective vaccines are distributed equitably to all. a leader who will honor of service and sacrifice of those who wear the uniform of the united states, provide for their well-being, and make sure they and their families are treated with the dignity and

in day to remain through the global alliance in the fight against corby 1000 called coverts uganda has ordered 1000000 doses expected by the end of may but that can only vaccinate about 2 out of 10 ugandans. the out free eggs in bank reported last admits that africa needs at least named $1000000000.00 to buy dozes and upgrade systems to effectively administer the vote signals. now as they call them is source funds and scientists work hard to suppress the pandemic elphick sports see that the public too must play the part of complying with procedures to limits their raising spirit of the virus the year end rally continued around the globe this tuesday investors have a lot to be jubilant about and a stimulus package from the united states a last minute breaks a deal and the rolling out of the 1st vaccinations against the coronavirus things can get better you'd hope. crisis what crisis the german stock market in frankfurt is and record breaking mood at the end of 2020 the blue chip stocks indexes gained around 4 percent since the start of the year despite the pandemic but what's behind the

we do that best with global alliances, not going alone. and i really believe that this is not a bipartisan politics. we should do it with republicans and with muscularity and determination to confront russia and china and rogue nations everywhere we find them. >> laura: when you say to confront russia and china, russia's economy -- last time i checked it's about the size of france? china has a larger a standing army than ours. china is poised to overtake the u.s. economy, no doubt about it. but in russia and china in the same plane -- that seems outdated. >> i don't think so. they have a military alliance. >> laura: right, which is why we needed a stronger relationship than russia. >> they are building alliances against us which we must confront. forget obama. >> laura: still waiting for that the russian reset. >> look -- >> laura: we have to roll, but i love your feed. "the ingraham angle" has breaking news on all that next. ♪ >> laura: have you seen this list so far? the list of top nominees is already the who's who of establishment retr

i think they need to remove through the global alliance in the fight against corby 1000 called coverts uganda has ordered 1000000 doses expected by the end of may but that can only vaccinate about 2 out of 10 ugandans. the out free exam bank reported last admits that africa needs at least $9000000000.00 to buy dozes and upgrade systems to effectively administer the vote signals. now as the economy is source funds and scientists work hard to suppress the pun dimmick health experts say that the public too must play the part of complying procedures to limits their rising spray the virus. the year end rally continued around the globe this tuesday investors have a lot to be jubilant about the stimulus package from the united states last minute breaks a deal and the rolling out of the 1st vaccinations against the coronavirus things. you'd hope. crisis what crisis the german stock market in frankfurt is in record breaking mood at the end of 2020 the blue chip dax index is gained around 4 percent since the start of the year despite the pandemic but what's behind the optimism. that the markets

and open our economy we need to lead the defense department into the future, rebuild and renew global alliances and partnerships and make sure the united states is prepared to address new threats and new challenges from cyber to climate. the fundamental responsibility of our administration and any administration is keeping the american people safe and secure. my whole career has been about keeping americans safe in the united states senate. i have served on the homeland security and intelligence committees. i've traveled to iraq and afghanistan and the middle east where i've seen the extraordinary training, commitment, and heroism of our service members. and proudly represented california, the state with the largest number of active duty military and veterans in our country. and i am absolutely confident that general lloyd austin is the right person to lead the department of defense at this critical moment. we need a proven leader to help address this pandemic. someone with the experience to help make sure safe and effective vaccines are distributed equitably to all. a leader who will honor the

alliances are essential to the future. we will hear from accomplished speakers on a variety of topics. we begin today with a panel on the biden administration's opportunity to renew american global leadership and reenergize democratic alliances. topics include the idea of a summit of democracies, which president-elect biden said he would convene in his first year. a new charter. august will mark the anniversary, before the u.s. was in the war between roosevelt and churchill. i would hope this would be more of a global charter of democracy this time and not an atlantic charter. there's a lot of good news happening. the european union came out with its own proposal for a global alliance for the biden administration. quote, as open -- this reads from the proposal. as open democratic societies and market economies, the eu and u.s. agree on the strategic challenge presented by ch ed be assertiveness, even if we do not always agree on the best way to address this. this encompasses everything from climate to differences on the digital privacy and big tech. we do believe at the atlantic council this could be a period as important as the end of world war i and world war ii in terms of sh

g20 countries to make sure that all great emitters can commit to net zero and be part of this global alliancebilise also the business community, mobilise the cities, mobilise states, mobilise everybody! everybody must commit an act zero in the middle of the century and 2021 is the moment to do so and to adopt the measures in that direction. it is the year in which we must reverse the trend of extension —— extinction that we are witnessing in biodiversity and it is the year to seriously start a global programme on the oceans. we have the international conferences that will allow to move in that direction. the cop23 in relation to biodiversity, and the oceans conference. in many other areas, in 2021, we will have the opportunity to really address the dramatic challenges that our planet is facing. we need to have a holistic view. it is not enough to talk about climate change or biodiversity — everything is interlinked. we need to combine everything into a global strategy of reconciliation between humankind and nature, 2021 is the key year to do so — that is why we are now in early december and i

to therves as leadership rest of the global alliance that is needed. was created because of global international support. u.s. leadership and global coordination can restore it to where it was. sep. hawley: nathan, let me ask you to share about your time on the legislative council of hong kong, a unique opportunity you had not a young age. you were stripped of your seat. tell us about that experience and what you learned about the ways beijing does business, about their desire to transform the city, the region, and the globe for the worst. mr. chu: thank you for the question. even nice to see you again though it is virtually. younitely grateful for what have done for hong kong. that is a good question. 2016 at the age of 23 and by then we were having a more normalized legislative council where we could talk about policies and challenges on different issues, even politically sensitive issues. self-determination of hong kong people. that motion was approved and discussed in the chamber, definitely something we could not have imagined happening in hong kon

benefit, but it is about the overall strategy and that serves as a leadership to the rest of the global alliance that is needed. china is not a country -- i think i often say that hong kong was created because of global international support, the hong kong we knew. it is going to be require u.s. leadership and global coordination to restore it to where it was. >> very good. thank you for that. thank you for that answer. >> nathan, let me ask you to share a little bit about your time on the legislative council of hong kong. this is a unique opportunity you had at a young age. tell us a little bit about that experience. what did you learn from that, about beijing's intentions, about the way beijing does business, the way to transform the season and ultimately the region and globe, give us your unique perspective on that. >> yeah, thank you so much for the question, senator hawley. it's nice to see you again, even though it's virtually. it's grateful for what you've done for hong kong. and this is a very good question. in 2016 at the age of 23 i was elected and we were seemingly having more normali

rebuild and renew global alliances and partnerships, and make sure that the united states is prepared to address new threats and new challenges from cyber to climate. the fundamental responsibility of our administration and any administration is keeping the american people safe and secure. traveling to iraq and television and the middle east where i have seen extraordinary training, commitment, and heroism of our service members and proudly represented california, the state with the largest number of active duty military and veterans in our country. and i'm absolutely confident that general lloyd austin is the right person to lead the department of defense at this critical moment. someone with the experience to help make sure safe and effective vaccines are distributed equitably to all. a leader to honor the service and the sacrifice of those that wear the uniform of the united states. they are making sure they and their families are respect and return and a leader that recognizes that our service members represent america around the world and must uphold our nation's highest values a

speaking of the political west, is that if we are true to the hypothesis that we are an alliance, a globale alliance of like-minded democratic nations, free nations, we have to make sure that when we start not only to regulate, but to legislate, to introduce w technologies into our lives. we have too make sure that they ddve embedded also the value part, what really makes us the kind of open society that we are. and this is a formidable task, and this is something that i believe sort of a transatlaic digital community, if you want. some form of -- also e.u. is making some proposition to the incoming american administration to try to see how can they put together our collective, collective instruments of economics, psychological, financial but also values, ethical and international norms into this. for us in nato, it is very important not only to look into the traditional arms control and the tradition a always in which we try to regulate military competition and armaments around the world, but this new generation of technology that is also in security terms becoming dominant is not rigorous at all.

spend up to $1800000000.00 on the 1st phase of covert 19 vaccines that's according to the global vaccine alliance gavi it is the world's 2nd highest caseload and plans to not collate 300000000 people over the next 6 to 8 months that requires 600000000 shots brazil has now reported more than 7000000 cases but is beginning to plan a vaccination program on a chaotic if is in rio de janeiro and explains the need to reassure the public. as infections are rising in brazil and specially here in rio de janeiro the city's mayor canceled the new year's eve party it's the 2nd largest tourist attraction in rio after carnival which has also been suspended and around 3000000 people come to this beach to watch the fireworks but this year with more than 182019 related deaths brazil has little to celebrate except the beginning of an immunization campaign the government has just announced it will begin 5 days after the health regulatory agency approves any of a list of back currently being tested these will be free but not obligatory the government will nevertheless start a campaign informing people that they are

countries to make sure that all great mentors commit to net zero and are part of this global annoyance for allianceneutrality everybody must commit to net zero and 2021 is the year to do so and to adopt the measures in that direction. it is the year in which we must reverse the trend of extinction that we are witnessing biodiversity in the year to seriously start a global programme on the oceans at the level that the conferences will allow to move in that direction. the costs in regards to biodiversity in the office. in areas in 2021 love the opportunity to address the dramatic challenges that our planet is facing. we need to have a holistic view to talk about climate change are biodiversity and everything is interlinked. we need to combine everything into a global strategy and reconciliation between human kind and it is the key year to do so thatis kind and it is the key year to do so that is why now, in early december, it is time to mobilise everybody for this objective that is essential for us this objective that is essential for us all. we have some climate activism will be answering the questi

benefit, but it is about the overall strategy and that serves as a leadership to the rest of the global alliance that is needed. china is not a country -- i think i often say that hong kong was created because of global international support, the hong kong we knew. it is going to be require u.s. leadership and global coordination to restore it to where it was. >> very good. thank you for that. thank you for that answer. >> nathan, let me ask you to share a little bit about your time on the legislative council of hong kong. this is a unique opportunity you had at a young age. tell us a little bit about that experience. what did you learn from that, about beijing's intentions, about the way beijing does business, the way to transform the season and ultimately the region and globe, give us your unique perspective on that. >> yeah, thank you so much for the question, senator hawley. it's nice to see you again, even though it's virtually. it's grateful for what you've done for hong kong. and this is a very good question. in 2016 at the age of 23 i was elected and we were seemingly having more normali

spend up to $1800000000.00 on the 1st phase of code 900 that seems that's according to the global vaccine alliance gavi india has the world's 2nd highest caseload and plans to create 300000000 people live the next 6 to 8 months a plan because 600000000 shots in the best case scenario the country would receive up to $250000000.00 doses of a vaccine under the global kovacs facility meaning the government would need at least $1400000000.00 to fund the shortfall want to chaotic if is in rio de janeiro and explains how brazil is trying to reassure the public about vaccine safety. as infections are rising in brazil and specially here in rio de janeiro the city's mayor canceled the new year's eve party it's the 2nd largest tourist attraction in rio after carnival which has also been suspended and around 3000000 people come to this beach to watch the fireworks but this year with more than 182019 related deaths brazil has little to celebrate except the beginning of an immunization campaign the government has just announced it will begin 5 days after the health regulatory agency approves any of the list of

what are your thoughts about strengthening the global alliances? i think it is appropriate.you are the commander of the pacific command or european command, one of the things you in addition to your command of u.s. forces, you will always be working with the militaries of allied regions. we have plenty of allies in europe and the middle east working with us. it's not as though he is coming to this larger defense role without any experience working with his allies. tot is some ordinance emphasize. that is part of his experience and it's another reason why president-elect biden can say confidence he is appropriate for being secretary of defense. david from talk to texas on the republican line. good morning. things i've got a couple to say. one thing that strikes me about the biden administration is they will reverse energy policy that has allowed trump to use economic power and policy and other countries so for the first time ever we fullable to use our economic power. tofact, we are still able produce more oil than we need. ruth tois there any chu what i have heard that -- tr

designation of some of these groups, especially as we see dedicated efforts to coordinate and build alliances globally. you take a white supremacist extremist group domestically, they tend to want to develop relationships whether it is for training, tactics financing, for ideological support. they like to travel to celebrate special events and their ideologies history. we need to look at those international connections and consider whether we can designate them as foreign terrorism. i also think we need to relook at the definitions should the fbi -- at the definitions. the fbi does a great job policing criminality, not ideology. they do that with other parts of the u.s. code without a peer domestic terrorism violation or criminal statute. that said, it should be looked at a new whether some of the material types of concepts we use for foreign terrorist organizations could be used without violating first amendment or other constitutional protections. i do think there are some news -- some new tools and strategies. point ofith fran's attack platforms are doing more. . very good to see the hosting and th

. >> reporter: that's jonas peterson, ceo of the las vegas global economic alliance.e says the city's unemployment numbers hit great recession levels, but he says the hospitality industry is primed for a major comeback in 2021. >> the big key to success is that the vaccine. so once that hits and now has a program, delivery schedule, i think you see a confidence return. >> reporter: but the vaccine is still months away for most americans, and right now businesses across the country are facing down new restrictions. in new york state, governor andrew cuomo warned that indoor dining could again stop in new york city. that's if the rate of covid hospitalizations does not stabilize soon. >> if you overwhelm the hospital capacity, you will have to go back to shut down. there are no options. >> reporter: and in california, some small business owners are pleading with governor gavin newsom to reopen outdoor dining and salon services. >> let us prove to you that we can do this. that we are being safe. >> and then there are the workers who say they're close to losing everything

the report was issued by the people's vaccine alliance which includes amnesty international, frontline aids, globale now, and oxfam. this is winifred byanyima, executive direct of unaids, in a video produced by the people's vaccine alliance. >> huge pharmaceutic companies are keepinghe vacci research secret. they are deciding how many vaccines get made, how much to charge for them, and w gets ccinated this wl no doubt leave billions of people behind. pharma companies are putting profit, not people, first. yet billions odollars of taxpayer money is fuing their work. we cannot let the ceos of handful of pharmaceutical companies decide our fute. we need a vaccine that everyone can have free of charge. no matter where you live or whether you arrich or poor. we need companies to share all the research so we can make enough safe vaccine for everyone. owned by allcine pandemic, wed-19 need to pull together once more. amy: that was the unaids executive director, part of the people's vaccine alliance. the world health organization has also warned about the inequitable distribution of the vaccine. this is wh

alliance. i have no disclosures. the global patient alliance is the umbrella organization of 200 patient organizations representing hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. threements fall into basic areas, dedication, commitment to science and transparency, and innovation. we went to applaud the dedication of scientists both within the private companies and within the fda. for the last year at scientists and researchers have fought tirelessly to create a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and put it through a processes to ensure its safety and efficacy. knowing thatted in the fda will require rigorous post distribution data monitoring to ensure any vaccines will be safe for the population. we know during these unprecedented times the people of america and the world deserve to know that there governments are working to eliminate this threat. we want to make sure that the fda knows that we will continue to hope that it keeps the patients at the forefront of all of its policy and approval decisions on these vaccines as well as

global program aimed at securing fair access to covid-19 vaccines for pollination's since roughly doubled it supply. arrangements for nearly 2 million doses have been made as part of the covid allianceliveries do next year. it's an initiative between three global health players, including the world health organization. so for, 92 -- so far, 92 middle income and lower countries are set to receive it. dozens of higher countries are pooling their vaccine buying power. once the job gets regulatory approval, it will be aliquoted to -- allocated to all participate in countries at the same rate proportional to its total population. a virologist at lancaster university joins us now live via skype. under this scheme, who decides who gets what in terms of which vaccine of debt or the number of doses? -- or the number of doses? >> in the facility, we have 11 participating vaccines. and for though and middle income countries, countries were given the choice to apply for this facility and to take part in this one. and out of all the 92 middle to low income countries, 87 have deposited their request and requirements. so, based on how much is the availability of the vaccine and who has applied wha

in northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st d.w. . phenomenon or threats to the global economy china continues its astonishing recovery from the coronavirus and dam expand outpacing other major economies we talk to our china expert clifford coolant also coming up the e.u. says it's time to limit the power of taking giants the european commission is about to unveil new rules for the digital sphere. and with coronavirus cases in germany spiraling out of control and a tougher lockdown looming christmas shoppers are clogging the high streets for last minute gifts. come to do business and want to get johnson good to have you with us and we're starting with news from china which really seems to have left the pandemic behind it a country's national bureau of statistics reports industrial production grew 7 percent year on year in november that's the fastest pace in 20 months the improvement in industrial production was underpinned by strong exports as many of china's biggest trading partners returned to virus restrictions that feel to demand for medical equipment and work from

global program aimed at securing fair access to covert 19 vaccines for poorer nations has roughly doubled its supply arrangements for nearly 2000000000 though says about that made as part of the kovacs alliance with the 1st a liver is due next year it's the nations of between 3 global health players including the world health organization so far $92.00 middle and low income countries are eligible to receive vaccines as part of the kovacs commitment dozens of high income countries will assist the program by essentially pulling the vaccine buying power once a job gets regulates free approval it'll be allocated to all participating countries at the same rate proportional to its total population. not only is verona just at lancaster university at the u.k. he joins us now live via skype from lancaster could tell you with us again i have it under this scheme who decides who gets water in terms of which vaccine and the number of doses. in the callbacks facility we have 11 vaccines those are participating vaccines and a man will look onto the u.n. definition for low and middle income countries countries were given the choice is to apply for this facility and to take part in this once and for all the

let's stay with the kovacs alliance which aims to provide fair global access to coronavirus vaccine says it's roughly double that supplies the donor funded program joined by 190 countries as it secured 2000000000 to seize of various vaccines pending their approval and the jewel to start inoculations early next year the vaccines will be spread among $92.00 eligible low and middle income countries prioritizing health care workers and the vulnerable among the suppliers are oxford astra zeneca sanofi g s k and the johnson and johnson injection all in different stages of development kovacs hasn't secured any of the pfizer and modernity used in the u.s. but says it is in talks with both companies let's talk now to dr margaret harris she's a spokeswoman for the world health organization she joins us from geneva dr harris welcome back before we get into the nitty gritty of the kovacs alliance boris johnson 2 hours ago telling the world we've got a new strain of covert 19 what does the world health organization do with that development. they say further details that then i will leave you to that

alliance on al-jazeera. the health of humanity is its stake a global pandemic requires a global response. w.h.o. is the guardian of global health delivering lifesaving to lose supplies and training to help the world's most vulnerable people uniting across borders to speed up the development of test treatments and a vaccine keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the womb and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w.-h. on making a healthier world for you. to everyone. for the all. hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the u.k. is now facing the threat of 2 covert 19 mutations with a new strain reported in 2 people who've recently travelled from south africa the u.k. is also reported the highest increase in cases since the pandemic began with 39237 new infections the government also recorded another 744 deaths on wednesday that's the highest death toll since april we are quarantining cases and close contacts of cases found here in the u.k. 2nd we're placing immediate restrictions on travel from south africa and finally and most impo

alliance continues i'll see a bit later. the health of humanity is at stake a global pandemic requires a global response. w.h.o. is the guardian of global health delivering lifesaving tools school supplies and training to help the world's most vulnerable people uniting across borders to speed up the development of test treatments and a vaccine working with scientists and health workers to learn all we can about the virus keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the ward and in the land advocating for everyone to have access to essential health services now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making a healthy a world for you. for everyone. just . not going on enough on the whole well you know you know the whole end. of home about i mean it also would be able to get out of. if you move. the not old. enough. to get to movies you will probably see you do you know why you will be thinking. through all the mode oh i do do our margins and i do just i don't know what i feel form of old let me go about my get there. and know the body to somebody. why do you feel for these going. on in it. and don'

an alliance had been formed expressly to avoid another election. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. haslinda: let's get more on the markets with mark cranfield in singapore. trump back in focus, causing chaos. uncertainty over whether or not he will sign the relief bill. how is that playing out in the market? >> initially, quite a bit of nervousness in equity futures as you might guess. the s&p 500 and stock index futures are one of the first places traders go when they are unsure about u.s. policy and that is about half a percent lower this morning. we have also seen that spread across to some of the other markets. there is a lot of volatility in iron ore, although that might not be completely related to trump's actions. the lack of a coherent policy in the u.s. on the stimulus plan is certainly unnerving investors who probably thought they had put it behind them and they could go away happily for the year end

the global economy is not going to recover until every country in the world, people are protected. the whoovacs vaccine, vaccine alliancerganizations essentially working together on vaccines, enough a -- purchase vaccine doses to distribute among lower, middle, and upper income countries. at least 2 billion doses, this 2021.t to the end of this would be enough to cover approximately 20% of the population. of course, apart from the bilateral deal that some of the higher income countries have made. 2022 and beyond, we should be able to scale up much faster. limited there will be doses of vaccines available. 5, sixill be 4, vaccines. we have to make sure that those at highest risk. 2021, -- quarter of quickie: i have one question. my grandfather suffers from polio. mostly, it is eradicated around the world but there are still countries that have it. with covid, will there be pockets of the world for years to come where there will still be covid happening? dr. swaminathan: that is definitely a possibility. whether we will be able to eradicate it or not. i think the vaccine efficacy we are seeing gives us a lot of hope that

international alliances have been weakened under president trump, and he said that the go it alone approach from president trump simply will not work to address some of these global challenges, including something like climate change. i also just want to note that the focus on tuesday for the president-elect is going to be covid-19. this as a lot of experts are concerned that we are going to see massive spikes in covid-19 cases after the christmas holidays. christine and ryan, back to you. >> thank you so much for that, mj. today, the vice president-elect kamala harris and future second gentleman doug emhoff are set to receive their coronavirus vaccines. they will take the vaccine on camera, part of the public effort to build confidence in the vaccine. president-elect biden has already taken it. president trump still has not. the vaccine rollout still lagging behind projections. 11 million have been distributed. 2 million have been administered. official says that number trails by several days. but is still behind pace. >>> i think one part of the problem is that the federal government has thought their responsibility ends when the vaccine gets delivered to the s

alliance system. this is one of our greatest strengths is the u.s. against china, 23% of global gdp against 15% of global gdp. if it's u.s. formal treaty allies against china, that's something like 59% of global gdp against china's 15%. working together we're in a much stronger position and that's a major advantage that china doesn't have. it doesn't have friends and trusting partners the way the free world does. >> i think that is a wonderful place to end. tom, did you have-- did you want to add any final comments on that topic? >> no, i think-- >> okay, well, thank you so much tom, sarah, matt, for the conversation today and i'd like to thank to atlantic koicouncil center for hosting this discussion and for the work and this report and go check it outten a peruse its findings and thank you again to all of >> has minority leader kevin mccarthy spoke replete to reporters following a closed-door fbi weaving on his probe -- briefing on his probe of a suspected chinese spy targeting u.s. politicians, including representative eric swalwell. [inaudible] i was tested: yesterday. i don

the world patients alliance is a global umbrella organization of nearly 200 patient organizations from 86 countries representing hundreds of millions of patients across diseases worldwide. my very brief comments today fall into three basic areas, dedication, commitment to science and transparency, and innovation. first, we want to applaud the dedication of the scientists both within the private companies and within the fda. in the last year, scientists and researchers have fought tirelessly to create a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and put it through rigorous processes to ensure its safety and its efficacy. we are comforted in knowing that the fda will require rigorous post-distribution data monitoring to continue to ensure any approved vaccines will be safe for the population. we know that in these unprecedented times the people of america and the people of the world deserve to know that their governments are working to eliminate this threat. and we want to make sure that the fda knows that we will continue to hope that it keeps the patients at the forefront of all of its policy a

alliances. put american leadership back at the table and rally to meet the global threats.o nuclear proliferation, to the refugee crises. as part of our diverse national security leadership team, lloyd austin knows how to do this work. before i turn the podium over to the secretary-designee austin, i want to end on a note of personal privilege. as a leader, general austin has always followed the advice given him by his first platoon sergeant, as my son was he said, i don't have any illusions, dad, i know who runs the army, platoon sergeants. here is what his platoon sergeant told him -- if you focus on your people, take care of them, get out in front and lead them, they'll refuse to let you fail, end of quote. that's why he's inspired so many young people who worked for him and give their very best, to live up to his example of leadership, including for a time a young lawyer serving a year in iraq as a captain with his delaware national guard unit, my son beau biden. i know how proud beau was to serve on general austin's staff. i know until your leadership, the department o

think of oth alliances like nato, the u.n., whatever, is there an element of giving up sovereignty in those? aside from brexit, just for a moment. guest:eo moste would say in a globalized, you ares giving away b sovereignty all the time. the judgment you are making is die want to gn up to this agreement? -- do i wanthi to sign up to agreement? at that cte change conference, he will want nations around the world to be giving all types of commitments that they posbly can that they will deliver next year. that matters hugely because if they say they will do it and don't, then you are going to deal with dangerous climate change. making this commitments and different forms of sovereignty are ways of making the world right. you can be free of commitments to anyone else that is isolationist. even in the trade agreement, ris johnson is already agreeing to some sort of to say i'm not going to charge tariffs on eu goods. we talked about joining the wto and abiding by wto rules, you could agree that's a loss of sovereignty. but for a lot of exit supporters, you have to term member this comes from a history of being entwined in what they would see is a big, overreaching organizati

there's a global rush to get corona virus vaccine and campaign as a warning that 9 in 10 people in nearly 70 poor nations won't get the job next year the people's vaccine alliance says that rich nations a hoarding vaccines buying up enough doses to inoculate the population several times over the alliance is a coalition that includes oxfam and amnesty international. germany's chancellor angela merkel is calling for tougher coronavirus restrictions there after the country reported the highest daily death toll since the pandemic began nearly 600 more people have died tighter rules have come into force in the southern state of bavaria which is imposed curfews and partial school closures the infection rate has been surging across germany despite weeks of national restrictions officials recorded nearly 30000 new cases on tuesday. britain's prime minister boris johnson says that no leader could accept the post brigs a trade deal that the e.u. is currently offering johnson's face questions in parliament hours before he's due to fly to brussels for a last ditch talks with the european commission chief live on the lead boeing's 737 max jets as a return to the sky after b

, so we as the vaccination alliance, so we as the european union shall shelter our globalher fundamental subjects, enlargement. as you know, we haven't got where we wanted to be. we wanted to be a long time ago. that is embarking on accession negotiations with north macedonia and albania. so, we are waiting, no doubt questions will be faced here, but what are we looking at here? this in a press conference at here? this in a press conference at the end of the meeting between the 27 members of the eu states preparing for the summit later this week. what they've mentioned brexit there are also talking about things we are probably less interested in, like north macedonia, and covid vaccines and so forth, climate change as well. that's why people, if people thought this was a press conference specifically or northern ireland, these other issues being mentioned, imagine one of the first questions to mr sefcovic, who is mr gove's opposite number in the joint committee, will be on the issue we wa nt to committee, will be on the issue we want to hear a bit more about, northern irel

work it all is a global wash to get corona virus vaccines campaigners are warning that 9 out of 10 people in nearly 70 poor nations will not get the next year the people's vaccine alliances the rich nations the hoarding vaccines buying up enough doses to inoculate their populations several times over the alliance's a coalition that includes oxfam and amnesty international. well here's how rich countries are hedging their bets a study shows that canada has enough vaccine doses to inoculate 5 times its population with the option to expand to 6 times it's followed by the u.s. and u.k. in comparison india has an offer on the 60 percent of its people brazil 47 percent existing inequality in both countries has been blamed at least in part for the severity of the breaks and finally there are countries including lebanon whose government is almost bankrupt it has only enough to vaccinate 15 percent of its population bangladesh can cover just 9 the philippine government says that it will have to rely on $1000000000.00 loans and private donations to get enough vaccines jemma island organ reports now from the. general salvatore is a covert 19th survivor he spent 2 weeks in hospital

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 that day one. they'll have to deal with proliferation matters, specifically iran and north korea. these are issues that i know tony blinken and abe sullivan and other members of the national security team are focused on and will have to deal with early on. also just reasserting the united states' role on that global stage. i think during the trump administration there has been a conscious effort to recede from some of those responsibilities and participate in multilat rare -- multilateral organizations such as the w.h.o. and others. final finally i think it's to deal with some of those more concerning longer term threats that are insidious in tells of the impact on the international stage which is climate change,