friendship are being held in any humane conditions that controlled refugee camps in syria, middle east nations could. and in the killing of a wrong top nuclear scientists does tyrol and blames israel on the west. creating a major challenge for the and public biden administration. and teachers in norway say they won't be afraid to show pop tunes of the prophet muhammad in class. after last month's model of a french teacher, we spoke with one of them. after the murder of summer, i decided not to show them at all because i felt i felt my profession was attacked. you know, and while you're watching all the international good choice, i'm sauced detail up. thanks for choosing us today. well, to start us off this hour with the french president's ruling party has a withdrawn a parliamentary bill that would have severely restricted the filming of police officers off to 2 weeks of nation wide on rust. opponents. named 24 would have violated press freedom and allowed the police to cover up acts of brutality reports, president macron, chad and the movement see meeting on monday. as part of that meeting, t

nations in the united states coming up in the show. we ask a former middle east based m i 6 agent whether a joe biden presidency signals a new road to damascus and the renewal of isis al qaeda and u.k. u.s. . the u.s. attempts at regime change in syria, even during a global pandemic, and what bloodshed to expect from obama officials accused of facilitating civilian drone killing and the destruction of libya, africa's richest per capita country. and as an inquiry launches in, rumania after a coronavirus intensive care units that fire and kills 10, we investigate oscar tipped film collective with its echoes of el edged incendiary profit driven corruption for which an inquiry continues here in london into the grenfell fire in the poorest area of one of the richest in the world. all this more coming up in today's going underground, the football star, diego maradona being mourned today around the world. not only once said in my heart, i am palestinian. he declared the motives of western powers in syria was to destroy a secular nation hours before he died. warplanes fr

citizenship are being held in any human conditions that controlled refugee camps in syria, middle east nations, condemning the killing of a wrong top nuclear scientist in the us creates a major challenge for the incoming biden administration.

middle east nations condemned the killing over nucular. scientists blames israel on these us creating a major challenge for the incoming tide ministration. europe's guantanamo bay writes reports that hundreds of ice and family members with european citizenship are being held in, inhumane conditions that controlled refugee camps in syria and teaches.

middle east nations condemn the killing of iran's top nuclear scientist as terror on blames israel and the u.s. creating a major challenge for the incoming administration. europe only kuantan of a rights report says hundreds of i still found those with european citizenship being held in inhumane conditions. kurdish controlled refugee camps syria, and teaches in norway say they would be afraid to show cartoons of the prophet mohammad in clos, after last month's model of a french teacher, we spoke with one of the murder of summer. i decided not to show them at all because i would have all i felt my profession was attacked. 8 pm here in moscow from the whole team at all. very well, welcome to the program. when i start off this hour with how the french president's ruling party has a withdraw in a parliamentary vote, that would have severely restricted the filming of police officers on soft to 2 weeks of nationwide rest. now, opponents of the measure name dots 24 would have to press freedom on about the police to cover up acts of brutality. what has cross live now to our power as a sauna? t

have restricted the filming of police officers thoughts off to weeks of nationwide protests, middle east nations, condemning the killing over wrongs top nuclear scientists are wrong blames israel on the u.s. creating a major challenge for the incoming tide demonstration. europe's own guantanamo bay rights report says hundreds of ice and family members with european citizenship are being held in, inhumane conditions that just controlled refugee camps in syria. and teachers in norway say they would be afraid to show cartoons of the prophet muhammad in class. after last month's model of a french teacher, we spoke with one of them. after the murder of summer, i decided not to show them at all because i felt i felt my profession was attacked. bring me the news at all hours of the day. this is our national welcome along to keep me company. while not to stop to talk about the 1st thing is how the french president's ruling party has withdrawn a parliamentary bill that would have severely restricted the filming of police officers after 2 weeks of nationwide on rust opponent said the measure named alterab

government that i'm aware of, during the bush 41 a administration you were in charge of the middle east among the nationality council staff and later in the bush 43 administration under colin powell secretary of state you were under secretary and the ambassador as well, is not right. >> i was in charge of the policy planning plus i had a separate hat where i was ambassador and did such things, i was the u.s. on void peace process and after 9/11 i was put in charge of putting together the future of afghanistan. >> that is a lot to do and after all that was done, you then became the president of the council on foreign relations in organizations that i am familiar with as well but can you tell us what you do at the foreign relation, what is it for people that are not members. >> is about 100 years old, we can celebrate in 2021, were hybrid organization, national membership organization and have about 5000 members, were a research organization, we have 75 - 80 and part-time scholars essentially a think tank, we published foreign affairs magazine, the leading journal and we have several we do all sorts of educ

nations. highlights are conflicts in indonesia, the middle east, and pakistan. >> plans for a final victory. more important, and the foundations for permanent peace for a united nations organization. rushing germany from the east and the west, they met at the river and joined hands in the celebration of victory. they fought the good fight together, final victory was in sight. man's hopes of lasting peace were high. butt the great architect was not to see the final victory. he left the united nations organization, the frame work for lasting peace on earth. world war two ended, and in tokyo bay, general mcarthur spoke for all people. and that gold will preserve it always. >> meanwhile in san francisco, delegates met to form the united nations organization. he had a hopeful expression of man's resolution to live in peace. the nations were united. they launched a rule of law that they did not think they would find. the united nations was set up. and to enforce it's legislation soon it was put to the test. people felt a strong desire for inexpense and it had been seen in the united nations charter

foungd of the united nations and documents how the international body responded to crises in its first five years. highlighted are conflicts in indonesia, india and pakistan, the middle east and the korean peninsula. >> laid plans for final victory in world war ii. station and kroefl germany. but more important, churchill, roosevelt and stalin dedicated their nations to the foundations for permanent peace through a united nations organization. crushing germany from the east and west the allied armies met at the river elb and joined hands in celebration of victory.

middle east crisis? >> i've been a leader. a person has to set a clear vision and convince people to follow. i got a strategy for the middle east. let me say that our nationt speak with one voice during this time. i applaud the president for working hard to diffuse tensions. our nation needs to be critical --credible, strong, we say we are somebody's friend, everybody has got to believe it. israel is our friend and we will stand by israel. we need to reach out to modern arab nations as well, to build coalitions to keep the peace. -- think we need to be patient, you cannot put the middle east process on our timetable. it has got to be on the timetable of the people trying -- we are trying to bring to the peace table. you cannot dictate the terms of peace. you have to be steady. you cannot worry about polls or focus groups. you've got to have a clear vision, that is ready leader does. we also understand that the united states must be strong in keeping the peace, saddam hussein still is a threat in the middle east. saddam ision against unraveling, sanctions are loosened. the man who may be developing weapons of mass distraction, we do not know because the sp

nationalism. he stood in staunch opposition to trump's middle east plan, which he called the fraud of the century and condemned recent agreements normalizing relations between israel and gulf nations. this is saeb erekat speaking in 2018. have palestinians, we defined their interest as no one benefits from achieving more than as an nobody stands to lose more. amy: erekat is survived by his wife, four children, and eight grandchildren. back in washington, d.c., president trump has fired defense secretary mark esper. this comes months after esper clashed with trump by opposing the deployment of active duty troops to respond to the nationwide protests sparked by the police killing of george floyd. on monday, trump announced christopher miller, the director of the national counterterrorism center, would serve as acting defense secretary. senator ron wyden responded on twitter by writing -- "donald trump fired someone who wouldn't order u.s. troops to attack peaceful protesters and is replacing him with someone he may think will carry out those orders." during an interview last week with "the military

more than 39,600 people have died from the virus in iran, the worship nation in the middle east.onavirus restrictions are also being reimposed in several states across the u.s. as infections generate more records there. according to the coming tracking project 131,000 confirmed cases were confirmed on tuesday and texas has become the first state to record more than one million cases. over 162,000 people are hospitalized with a virus. measures have been tightened in new york and several midwestern states. >> i tell you this in all sincerity, oklahoma, we are in trouble. our local and state health care resources are approaching their limits, and if nothing is done soon to score the rising cases our hospitals will be more overwhelmed than they already are and we will not be able to be there for all of those who need it. ♪ host: u.s. president donald trump as made his first public appearance since joe biden was named president-elect on saturday. trump mena suvari -- veterans day -- trump mark -- he still has not conceded publicly since losing his bid. he has launched a barrage of law

more than 39600, people have died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. restrictions are also being reimposed in several states across the u.s. as infection shatter, more records. according to the coded tracking project, 131000 new cases were confirmed on choose day, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus more than ever before. measures have been tightened in new york and several midwestern states. i tell you this in all sincerity. we are in trouble. our local and state health care resources are approaching their limits. and if nothing is done soon to slow the rise in cases, our hospitals will be more overwhelmed than they already are. and we won't be able to be there for all of those who need it. us president donald trump has made his 1st public appearance since joe biden was named president elect on saturday. veterans day at a ceremony in arlington, virginia, but to don't speak to the media. he still hasn't conceded or spoken publicly since losing his bid for

more than 39600 people have now died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. or corona virus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u.s. says, infections shatter, more records there. according to the covert tracking project, the 131000 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases and daily cases. are rising in 49 states, almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus that's more than ever before. measures have been tightened in california and several midwest states after the onset of colder weather has begun to overwhelm some hospitals. i tell you this in all sincerity, oklahoma we are in trouble are local and state health care resources are approaching their limits. and if nothing is done soon to slow the rise in cases, our hospitals will be more overwhelmed than they already are. and we won't be able to be there for all of those who need it. at least $85.00 people are now confirmed to have died in the violence surrounding ivory coast's disputed election. that's

more than 39600, people have now died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. coronavirus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u.s. as infection shots are more records there. according to the tracking project, 131000 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus more than ever before. all measures have been tightened in new york and several midwest states. libya is expected to hold elections within the next 18 months after reaching a breakthrough. during u.n. backed political talks in geneva, it comes after rival factions agreed to a road map to unite libyan institutions. many of the institutions are split among the un recognized government based in the west. and warlord khalifa haftar libyan national army in the east. this is fire was agreed between the warring sides last month. stephanie williams, the un's acting envoy to libya, says representatives from both sides agreed to a road map for the elections. today

more than 30 $9600.00 people have died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. quote, a virus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the united states as infection shot more records than 2. now, according to the coded tracker project, 131000 new cases were confirmed on cheese day and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus more than ever before. measures are being tightened in new york and several midwest states. i tell you this in all sincerity. we are in trouble. our local and state health care resources are approaching their limits. and if nothing is done soon to slow the rise in cases, our hospitals will be more overwhelmed than they already are. and we won't be able to be there for all of those who need it. us president elect joe biden has named his white house chief of staff despite donald trump's refusal to concede and allow a smooth transition of power. wrong plane is one of biden's most trusted advisors. he's already served as chief of staff to

middle east. he has also captained ghana's national team, the black stars for years, with that background, even from the bench he mentors the younger football is something he hopes to do more. while playing in the low colleague, maybe household name and people look up to me, especially the local players. they look up to me. he says, but yes, he is happy, everybody is happy. you know, because it was a bold decision i took and i think there are a lot of few players in africa was done. but i'm very happy to be part of this history making. just look at our club knows the west of the investment in him. the expect him to have an instant impact on the team down as a very known brand all over the world. we believe the football has now gone very commercial. it's gone very business like these days, you also need to find avenues of making money and we believe that having a brand would help us in that regard. john is best remembered for his spin out of the 2010 world cup in south africa. the anguish that they still love him and saying its name, expecting a lot from him this season. the tactics of our son were j

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pentagon after a shakeup in leadership suggests our troops could be heading home from the middle east very soon. and nationalt jennifer griffin with the latest on, this hi, jennifer. >> hi, dana. well, the changes at the top of the pentagon have sent shock waves through the military, according to officials that i have spoken to since monday. >> i'm concerned any kind of period of transition is a dangerous time. our enemies adversaries, rivals think it might be a time to act out against us. we show weakness and division, of course there are a lot of maligned actors who want to take advantage of that. >> the white house is essentially removing those who disagreed with the president in the past on issues such as u.s. troops withdrawals and declassifying intelligence the president hoped would exonerate him in the russia probe. the new top adviser to the acting defense secretary is arnold mcgregor who in the past has argued for the elimination of the marine corps he compared them to the horse cavalry in the 19 '0s. mac greger has called for a complete and haitiany withdraw of all u.s. forces from afghanistan. a d

joined by normaroule, who had a 34-year career at c.i.a., nncluding as station chief the middle east, and was the nationalelligence nager for iran until september 201 >> norman roule, welcome to "newshour". what's the significance to his killing and the impact on iran's nuclear program. >> good evening. the killing of the 59-year-old iranian official removes from iran its greatest institutional memory on its weaponization program. it will be very diricult fo iran to replace this, and it will actually impair their ability to reestablish a weaponization program, should they decide to do so. >> reporte what's the message being sent byhoever killed him, and not only day but the recent death of a top al quaida figure reported in tehran and mysterious explosions throughout iran, including atof onran's top nuclear s,cilities? >> these incides well as the killing of i.r.g.c. force soleimani earlier this year, message e iranis that thir most sensitive individuals, personnel and issues are not beyond the reach of western security services. ideally, it would tell iranian officials they should not undertake a covert

my comp, a of the secretary of state is going to visit 7 nations in the middle east in europe starting friday. all of those countries have congratulated joe biden and recognized him as president joe biden has been calling foreign leaders. the heads, of germany, the u.k., france, ireland, chalking to them about things like climate change and the kind of cooperative things that they can do together. biden, meanwhile, is putting together his cabinet, even though he has not been recognized. that's why he's got to do it from here at the queen theater in wilmington, delaware, because he has not been formally acknowledged. what happens is the general services administration, the chief of bad organization signs that document. and that says that biden will be the next president. well, the trumpet, ministration refuses to do that. so joe biden is doing it all from here and he says he's working on putting together a cabinet that reflects the gender and ethnic diversity of america. so you've got black americans, white americans, asian americans, a whole array of people. many women being considered

middle east. he has also a competent gannett's national team, the black stars for years, with that background, even from the bench he mentors the younger football is something he hopes to do more. while playing in the low colleague, maybe household name and people look up to me, especially the local players. they look up to me. he says, spark. but yes, he is happy, everybody is happy. you know, because it was a bold decision i took and i think there are a lot of few players in africa was done. but i'm very happy to be part of this history making and just look at club knows the west of the investment in him. the expect him to have an instant impact on the team down as every known, brown, all of the, well, we believe the football has now gone very commercial. it's very business like these days you also need to find avenues of making money. and we believe that having a brand would help us in that regard. john is best remembered for his pen, artemis, at the 2010 world cup in south africa, the anguish that year. they still love him and seeing his name, expecting a lot from him this season. the tactics o

middle east. he has also a competent ghana's national team, the black stars for years, with that background, even from the bench he mentors the younger football is something he hopes to do more. while playing in the low colleague, maybe household name and people look up to me, especially the local players, they look up to me. he says that if he is happy, everybody is happy. you know, because it was a bold decision i took and i think there are a lot of few players in africa. and i'm very happy to be part of this history making and just look at club knows the west of the investment in him. the expect him to have an instant impact on the team down as a very normal run all over the well, we believe the football has now gone very commercial. it's gone very businesslike. so these days you also need to find avenues of making money and we believe that having a brand would help us in that regard. john is best remembered for his pen not amazed at the 2010 world cup in south africa. the anguish that they still love him and think its name, expecting a lot from him this season. the tactics of our son were joh

middle east. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha powers hails it as an examination of u.s. regime change efforts in the middle east. the journalist robin white calls it must read for everyone interested in america's foreign policy. and let me note for all cfr members on today's call, that you should receive an e-mail on september 17 provide you with the opportunity to receive a free copy of losing the long game as well as two other cfr books published this month. ask you to all take us up on that offer. with that i went to introduce philip gordon. zack it's great to be here and look at the participants have a great group some looking forward too the conversation. direct first let me say congratulations on the publication of the book and the praise received from early reviews. begins with the question of why this book, fill at this time? >> as you said jim this is a history of u.s. regime change in the middle east. written in the spirit of trying to learn our history lest we repeat it. i really started to thinking about this in particular and i'm thinking about regime change

obama's kind of anding deal with iran actually supported or real ally in the middle east, which is israel, and all the arab nationsack ted that. the people supported the tax cut and deregulation. one of the things that showed in this election was people realized that the policies of the current president were in many ways successful, they just did not want four more years of the division. why did he lose? he could have won if he had been more presidential. one of the things that was remarkable about the late stages of the selection or the contrast between the first debate and the second. in the first debate, president trump was repellent. he was constantly interrupting. he was rude. he looked his worst. he of his figure advice to drop that and behaved a great deal better in the second debate. i think if he had debated in the first debate the way he did in the second, where he looked assured and confident and strong, he might well now be celebrating victory rather than trying to prevent defeat. host: we have calls lined up for you. our first call is from mary in chattanooga, tennessee, supporter of the president-el

it's the worst hit nation in the middle east. covert 19 restrictions are being reimposed in several u.s. states as infection shatter, more records. according to the covert tracking project, 131000 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. u.s. president donald trump has made his 1st public appearance since joe biden was named president elect on saturday, trying veteran's day at a ceremony in arlington, virginia, but developments to but did not speak to the media. he still hasn't conceded or spoken publicly since losing his bid for reelection. instead, he's launched a barrel of lawsuits in several key states. libya is expected to hold elections within the next 18 months after reaching a breakthrough during a un backed political talks in tunisia. talks will now focus on the new transitional government to oversee the run up to the elections. at least $35.00 people in are confirmed to have died in the violence surrounding i recoded disputed election. that's double the

foungd of the united nations and documents how the international body responded to crises in its first five years. highlighted are conflicts in indonesia, india and pakistan, the middle eastnd the korean peninsula. >> laid plans for final victory in world war ii. station and kroefl germany. but more important, churchill, roosevelt and stalin dedicated their nations to the foundations for permanent peace through a united nations organization.

founding of the united nations and documents how the body responded to crises in its first five years. highlighted are conflicts in india, indonesia, and pakistan, the middle east and the korean peninsula. >> plans for a final victory. more important, churchill and stali decla stalin declared their participation in the united nations organization. rushing germany from the east and the west, they met at the river and joined hands in the celebration of victory. they fought the good fight together, final victory was in sight. man's hopes of lasting peace were high. but the great architect of victory was not to see the final fight. franklin roosevelt was dead. he left the united nations organization, the framework for lasting peace on earth. world war ii to end, and in tokyo bay, general mcarthur spoke for all people. >> and that god will preserve it always. >> meanwhile in san francisco, delegates of 50 nations have met to form the united nations organization. president truman came from washington for the signing of the historic charter. minister molikov of the soviet union lent his voice to the hopeful expression of man's resolution to live in peace. the nations

finding of the united nations and documents are the international body representative crisis and the first five years. highlighted our conflicts in indonesia india and pakistan, the middle east and the korean peninsula. final victory in world war ii. control of germany. more important, churchill, roosevelt, and stalin dedicated their nation for the foundation of the united nations organization. crushing germany from the east and west, the allied armies met and joined hands in celebration of victory. russia and the united states with their allies had fought the good fight together. final victory was in sight, man's hopes of lasting peace were high. but the great architect of victory was not to see the final fight. suddenly president franklin roosevelt was dead. morand throughout the world, he left in the united nations the framework for lasting peace on earth. world war ii ended and in tokyo bay general macarthur spoke for all people. >> i pray that peace now be restored to the world, that god will preserve it always. >> meanwhile in san francisco, delegates of 50 nations had met to form the united nations. president truman came from washington for the signing of the charter.

james dorsey is from the national university of singapore as middle east institute. he believes the trump is looking for some last minute victories to cement his time in office. i think what you're seeing is that the last the next 2 months as his legacy, with other words, a legacy that will allow him to exit with successes in his my rather than whining over a last election and successes that we could help him were he to decide to run for another presidential term in 2024. i think there are a number of things which he may do, which are going to be difficult for joe biden. so if he were to entertain an attack on iran that would complicate a return to negotiations with iran and the nuclear cord. similarly, we have to see what kind of sanctions he is likely to still impose on iran. in one of the last rounds, for example, those sanctions were imposed not as part of the maximum pressure with regard to the nuclear core but of counterterrorism sanctions. and that makes them much more harder to, to, to rescind. so if its goal is as much his own legacy as it is trying to limit

founding of the united nations and documents how the international body reacted to crises in its first five years. highlighted our conflicts in indonesia, and pakistan. the middle east and the korean peninsula. laid plans for final victory in world war ii, control of germany. more important churchill roosevelt and stolen, laid the foundations for permanent peace for united nations organization. crushing germany from the east and west, the allied armies met at the river, and joined hands in celebration of victory. russia and the united states had fought the good fight together. final victory was in hope, of lasting peace were high. took the great architect of victory, was not to see the final -- . franklin roosevelt was dead, more in throughout the world, he left in the united nations organizations, the framework for lasting peace on earth. world war ii ended, and in tokyo general mcarthur spoke for all people talk. >> peace now be restored to the world and let god preserve it always. >> meanwhile in san francisco delegates to 50 nations have meant to form the united nations organization president truman came from washington, for the signing of the charter the soviet

there's a lot of things that trump is unconventional way including bringing peace to the middle east but through arab nations think they're all at risk i think nato will stop because joe biden won't hold theming to the and move away from israel to try to have a approach with iran going to scare the sunni nations i fear he's not going to be as tough on china as donald trump has been. all of those are substantive policy foreign policy issues that biden is going to put his own stamp on now. >> thank you arie good goat your input talk to you a bit later. >> martha bring you into the conversation about this speech tonight that joe biden and kamala harris will give together. quite a moment especially you think about him introducing her i don't know who is going to speak first. i think she's going first but going to have this moment of a huge first in america. >> it is so true dana i've been thinking about history that comes before that moment for her. i think about geraldine first congresswoman from new york at the time really broke that barrier in a huge way. then we have sarah palin, of course, vice presidential

talk with former national national y adviser to president trump john bolton was asked about the trump administration decisions on iran, withdrawing troops from the middle east and number of other issues. >> good afternoon. i am robert costa with the "washington post", national political reporter. today here at "washington post live" we will come back when of the more high-profile former members of president trump's administration, now a high-profile critic who served as national security adviser to president trump and praises certain of the republican administrations, ambassador john bolton. welcome back. >> glad to be with you. thanks for having me. >> ambassador bolton, as you look at the landscape inside of the transition transition peria during this length of treatment after the election, do you believe president trump will take action against iran? >> no, i don't. i think the reports that asked for options is fairly typical of the erratic idiosyncratic, ill-informed, inconsistent way he makes decisions. the thought occurs to them that maybe it would be a good thing to do and so he talks about it and then his talk out of it or something else detracts hi

middle east. he has also captained gannett's national team, the black stars for years, with that background, even from the bench he mentors the younger football is something he hopes to do more. while playing in the low colleague, maybe household name and people look up to me, especially the local players. they look up to me. he says, spark. but yes, he is happy. everybody is happy. you know, because it was a bold decision i took, and i think a lot of few players in africa was done. but i'm very happy to be part of this history making. just look at our club knows the west of the investment in him. the expect him to have an instant impact on the team than as a very normal brown all over the world. we believe the football has now gone very commercial. it's gone very business like these days. you also need to find avenues of making money and we believe that having a brand like would help us in that regard. john is best remembered for his pain, not to miss the 2010 world cup in south africa. the anguish that they still love him and seeing his name, expecting a lot from him this season. the tactics of

more than 39600, people have now died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. coronavirus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u.s. says infections a shatter more records there. according to the covert tracking project, $131000.00 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus that's more than ever before. measures have been tightened in california and several midwest states after the onset of colder weather threatens to overwhelm some hospitals. i tell you this in all sincerity, oklahoma. we are in trouble. our local and state health care resources are approaching their limits. and if nothing is done soon to slow the rise in cases, our hospitals will be more overwhelmed than they already are. and we won't be able to be there for all of those who need it. well, lisa america case is the senior director of infection prevention at the johns hopkins health system. she joins us via skype from baltimore. madame, thank y

middle east headquarters. has anpush higher advisor to the president-elect suggests a national lockdown is not on the agenda.tum building. data from china shows recovery strength thanks to the pickup in consumer spending amid reports president trump plans fresh hardline moves against beijing. and best laid plans. brexit talks with the eu and another crucial week. the u.k. prime minister is isolating, after coming in contact with a lawmaker who tested positive for covid-19. we have this charge higher in equities. there is a gush of money coming into these markets. 44 billion dollars globally across the world. this is critically important because the covid boa constrictor train around our lives and our economies is going to change. advisers say no nationwide lockdown. michigan goes into a three week because i lockdown. the message from the white house, i concede nothing. itthe equity market, much of to the u.s., much of it to growth. yields will not ratchet higher. that holds back from the trade and value versus growth. on record sentiment. investor sentiment at a three year high. standard deviations higher th

nations. also middle east policy goals for t biden administration challenges posed by irannd the israeli-palestinian conflict. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome david rubenstein come present of the economic club of washington, d.c. >> welcome everyone, to our ninth virtual signature event of our 35th 35th season but it's really not completely virtual because for the first time since covid has hit we are actually having live guests here today and it's because it's a special program and i want to thank our live guests for coming in at participating and a unique programor us because we have been doing everything virtual for almost nine months now i guess it is but our guests are here to talk out something very special, the abraham accords which assigned at the white house on september 15 with hea of each of these countries as well as president trump eating there as the official host. let me introduce our guess and i will make some announcemen afterwards and then have an interesting conversation. so our first is the ambassador, his excellency abdulla r. al khalif who is the ambassador from bahra

nations in the united states coming up in the show, we ask a former middle east based m i 6 agent, whether a joe biden presidency signals, a new road to damascus, and the renewal of isis al qaeda and u.k. u.s. the u.s. attempts at regime change in syria, even during a global pandemic. and what bloodshed to expect from obama officials accused of facilitating civilian drone killing and the destruction of libya, africa's richest per capita country. and as an inquiry launches in, rumania after a coronavirus intensive care units that fire and kills 10, we investigate oscar tipped film collective with its echoes of el edged incendiary profit driven corruption for which an inquiry continues here in london into the grenfell fire in the poorest area of one of the richest in the world. all this more coming up in today's going underground, the football star, diego maradona being mourned today around the world. not only once said in my heart, i am palestinian. he declared the motives of western powers in syria was to destroy a secular nation hours before he died. warplanes from israel by britain, even

there's a geopolitical paradigm shift in the middle east where the arab nations of the middle east arehe growing coalition in the middle east, sort of like an arab nato that we've been talking about for years, if they just walk away from that because that's a trump thing, and not recognize the significance of what it means strategically for the reason in the united states that'll be a huge mistake pete: general such a great point and another legacy that will live on general jack keane, thank you so much for your time, appreciate it. >> good talking to you, pete. pete: good talking to you all right coming up she was the first woman to graduate from the citadel, and now she's south carolina's first republican woman to serve in congress, congresswoman-elect nancy mace joins us live, coming up, next. if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differ

nation should. pass any issues relating to older middle east some problems which is already important in their own being donor trumpet preventing because i don't think your vision is anywhere close to winning and the kind of work is done for america and that's been if you don't hear from i hope that dump loses big time i think he should write a book on how to destroy a country in 40 years or 100 destroy a country in 40 years which is what he's done i don't care who wins the american dream business. i don't have expectations i just hope the relationship between the u.s. and china will be peaceful luis in that you don't suit the don't you and i saw in terms of politics now many think taiwan can benefit more if trump wins you know turn to the one thing called the white house because he's more than now if he tends to balance china. our hero is here cause us and it doesn't matter who wins both are unpredictable and a bit sick with we know that us presidents are just puppet to speak in a streams of voice so i have no expectations of them but i'm assuring years ago. take a look at some more of those stories fr

middle east pandemic. local elected officials you deserve a special thanks from the entire nation. thank you my campaign team and all the volunteers and all gays so much of themselves to make this moment possible iou iou iou everything. and all the others who supported us i'm proud of the campaign we built ran i'm proud of the coalition we put together the broadest and most diverse coalition to destry democrats republicans independents progress as moderates conservatives ya know all urban suburban her a law against trade transgender worried attenuation native america if i'm reading especially those hominids and especially those moments when this campaign was that was low is there the african-american community. that. was you. and i you know. i said at the outset i wanted to represent this campaign to represent him look like america we've done half. now that's right they ministration a look like an act by problems if you who voted for president trump i understand your disappointment i i've lost a couple times myself but now are let's give each other and chance to in the in the it's

middle east. with me now is nbc news national security and pentagon correspondent courtney kube.ght now at the pentagon amid these staffing changes? >> alicia, there's a lot of concern. you know, i mean, look, the pentagon probably more than any other building i would say in d.c. or any other institution in this government is used to transition. you have military members who tend to serve for two years, they're used to changing jobs and moving around like that. but what's concerning about this is just the timing. so we had secretary of defense mark esper fired. it wasn't a surprise he was going to be fired, but the manner in which it's done and the exact timing was a surprise to him and senior leaders in the building. that was about 48 hours most news networks declared that joe biden was the president-elect. then within about 48 hours, we saw a number of other higher-level pentagon civilians resign, some expected like retired admiral joe kernen, but being replaced by trump loyalists. that's what has people concerned here. what senior defense officials who i've spoken with are loo