mr. biden: good afternoon, everyone. before i take questions, i would like to wish everyone a merry christmas and happy holidays. this has been one of the toughest years we have faced as a nation. the pandemic crisis, calls for racial justice, historic and punishing wildfires and storms. this season of reflection carries a much deeper meaning than it usually does. over 320,000 lives lost to this virus. jill and i send our prayers, as i'm sure all of you do, to all who are facing this dark winter, with an empty seat at a dinner we hadn't table where a yacht -- seen his face where a loved one without checking with used to doing sit and talk and laugh. our hearts go out to all of you is who have fallen on hard just we responded to since he's asked for times, through no fault of your own, i might file add. descended unable to sleep at night, way down -- weighted down with the worry of what tomorrow will bring for you and your family. we are especially grateful for the health care workers on the fro

this as mr. biden campaigns in georgia backing his party's bid to take control of the senate from o'connell and republicans. here's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden rallying democrats in georgia after the electoral college made his win official on monday. >> i think all of you just taught donald trump a lesson. in this election, georgia wasn't going to be bullied. >> reporter: for over five weeks senate majority leader mitch mcconnell refused to acknowledge mr. biden as president-elect, staying silent as president trump made claims about voter fraud and pressured states to toss out results. today mcconnell gave in. >> the electoral college has spoken. so today, i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. >> reporter: just minutes after mcconnell's statement, the president showed he hasn't moved on, again tweeting falsely that there's evidence of voter fraud. but senator mitt romney said top republicans must now speak out against mr. trump. >> we need to have people who are stron

, mr biden takes office onjanuary november's election, mr biden takes office on january 20, november'sn takes office onjanuary 20, a date he has always maintained that cannot come soon enough stop russell trott, bbc news. president trump's acting secretary of defense, christopher miller has suggested security transition meetings were postponed due to a "mutually agreed holiday pause" — the biden team denies any agreement. we put all that to a former defence secretary, william cohen. in a very different, less divisive age, he, a republican, was appointed by democratic president bill clinton. well, my answer as there are no holidays from history, there are no holidays for national security. it's not as though you can take off, fly to mar—a—lago and leave the world to turn on its own. sojoe biden needs to have his team briefed in great detail on issues affecting our national security, and to the extent he is not getting dark, then our nation is put at risk. there is no more, i wouldn't say no more, but one of the most dangerous periods of time is between an election and the new administra

mr. biden has tapped the california attorney general to become the first latino secretary of health and human services. >> it is our turn to build a nation where, as the president- elect so often says, healthcare is a right, not a privilege. >> at the same time in washington president trump renewed false claims that he won the election during a white house vaccine summit. >> we will have to see what the next administration is because we won and the swing states, but the supreme court declined a lawsuit to block certification of mr. biden's win in pennsylvania, delivering a major blow to the presidents legal effort heard president- elect biden is expected to announce more top cabinet picks before the christmas holiday as he is acing mounting treasured to increase diversity among the remaining posts. mr. biden and vice president- elect kamala harris discussed it. >> we are going to help him and hold him accountable. >> he plans to elect lloyd austin to become the first black man to lead the penta

as michael george reports, mr. biden hopes a formal victory will help to unify this country. >> reporter: the electoral college has made it official formally choosing joe biden as the nation's next president. the vote took place in statehouses across the country on monday, including in hotly contested states like georgia. >> i am pleased to announce that joseph r biden has received 16 votes for president of the united states. >> reporter: there were no so called faithless electors. the threat caused michigan to close the capitol to the public. >> we today, the electors, have cast 55 votes, more than any other state, for joe biden as president and 55 votes for kamala harris as vice president. >> reporter: in the end biden received a total of 306 electoral votes. president trump, 232. congress will count the votes on january 6th. after the electoral college, president-elect biden addressed the nation from here in wilmington, delaware. he urged the country to move forward from the election. >> we the people voted. faith in

with respect to president xi, mr. biden faces to immediate hurdles. mr. obama-biden administration which for eight years tolerated china's -- the chinese communist party's bad behavior. a mr. biden and mr. obama told us that, be patient with china, free enterprise will change it. instead, they tried to change free enterprise. to during the eight years of the obama-biden administration, china ate the world's lunch and the jacket came in. at the second hurdle that mr. biden needs to face immediately as to do with his son. hunter biden. i'm not making any accusations, but here are the facts as i see it being as objective as i can. president obama put mr. biden in charge of the foreign affairs of the two countries. the ukraine and china. in both instances, his son walked away with millions of dollars of contracts. i'm not alleging that anybody did anybody wrong. i don't know. i know the message that that's sent to the world. you do too. america's foreign policy could be bought. i think that's the second hurdle that mr. biden is going to have to address pretty

state leaders in wisconsin certified mr. biden as the winner following recounts in two counties there. meantime, mr. biden has received his first classified presidential daily briefing. ed o'keefe is covering the transfer of power. >> reporter: as his presidential transition rolls on, president-elect joe biden suffered a setback while playing with major. he has hairline fractures and will require a walking boot for several weeks. that didn't stop the president-elect from receiving his first top level intelligence briefing since election day, previously blocked by president trump. mr. biden's staffing announcements included historic firsts, all female communications team. >> i'm excited to come out here and chat with all of you. >> reporter: with the most visible being jen psaki to serve as press secretary. janet yellen will be the first woman to be nominated treasury secretary and myra tendin is budget director. some claim she had been too critical of president trump. john cornyn thinks she'll be radioactive. >> the hypocrisy is o

could mr biden had gone forever, could he have even gone further with a national mask mandate? g. i know the biden tea m interesting. i know the biden team was trying to figure out what they could do legally versus what they could do by asking americans to wear masks. and this is the compromise they came down on. there are lots of federal buildings, lots of places where americans will be taking public transportation there. they will be a mask mandate in other places. the president—elect is planning to ask americans to voluntarily wear a mask. in ask americans to voluntarily weara mask. in my ask americans to voluntarily wear a mask. in my coverage these past weeks and months, i won't be surprised if we see more legal challenges now to biden‘s mask mandate. we have seen local mask mandate already be challenged in court. you know of course that the biden tea m know of course that the biden team has been complaining about a lack of cooperation from the outgoing administration. has this also impacted the efforts to combat the virus, the pandemic? that is my question also. i asked th

. >> reporter: mr. biden warned the current administration's vaccination plan will fall short without additional funding. >> there's a real chance that after an early round of vaccinations, the effort will slow and stall. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci, who biden has tapped as his chief medical adviser, helped devise the new plan and gave the president-elect credit for leaving politics out of it. >> i believe, as you do, that in the fight against this pandemic, we must lead with science. >> reporter: fauci skipped a vaccine summit hosted by president trump today, which featured no representatives from vaccine manufacturers and members of the incoming biden administration, who will handle much of the distribution, also were not invited. >> every american who wants the vaccine will be able to get the vaccine. >> reporter: mr. trump continued to insist he won the election. >> hopefully, the next administration will be the trump administration. >> reporter: even though nearly all 50 states have certified their re

mr. biden's son hunter said he's under f.b.i. investigation for tax fraud. today, the president-elect was asked whether his son committed a crime. >> i'm proud of my son. >> reporter: but mr. biden ignored a question about when he learned that his son was under investigation, and he wouldn't answer when he might be vaccinated against covid-19. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you very much. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." the ultimate super-spreader: more than 300,000 covid cases traced back to this one event. plus a covid outbreak among big cats at a zoo. it gets between fibers to remove visible and invisible dirt. if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide. managing you're on it.es? staying fit and snacking light? yup, on it there too. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your

what more could mr biden do with it?istration has used it, but not to its fullest extent by any means, both in terms of the amount of personal protective equipment, for example, and drug shortages that have cropped up and we could have better testing on line. it has been used kicking and screaming. so to hear the president—elect say that that is one of the tools that he has at his disposal was actually newsworthy, to me, to say that this is not something that they are willing to do but one thing they are looking forward to doing. it's literally a difference in how you look at whether or not you should wield the powers of the office. are there other areas where you think mr biden is not going far enough? he suggested that a lockdown is off the table. i would not take anything off the table because when you have a situation where you have overflowing hospitals, everything must be used so we don't lose lives. i understand that the future president has to be political here and not say things he think will cost him dearly but

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today, mr. biden called mr.mp out for failing to respond. >> this assault happened on donald trump's watch when he wasn't watching. it's still his responsibility as president to defend american interests for the next four weeks. but rest assured that even he does not take it seriously, i will. >> reporter: the president-elect called on the administration to publicly announce who is responsible, noting that it looked like russia's doing. attorney general bill barr and secretary of state mike pompeo agree, but mr. trump said it may have been china and downplayed the seriousness of the hack. the president-elect was asked how he would respond. >> let us determine what the extent of the damage is, and i promise you there will be a response. >> reporter: meanwhile, vice president-elect kamala harris' california senate seat has been filled. on twitter, governor gavin newsom broke the news of his appointment of secretary of state alex padilla, who would be the first latino senator from the state. >> i'm honored, man. an

and it came after the electoral college voted on monday to make mr biden's win official. ral college has spoken. so today, i want to congratulate president—elect joe biden. the president—elect is no stranger to the senate. he's devoted himself to public service for many years. i also want to congratulate the vice president—elect, our colleague from california, senator harris. beyond our differences, all americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president—elect for the very first time. this afternoon, mr biden said that he had rung senator mcconnell to thank him and that they had agreed to get together soon. however, no one seems to have got the white house's agreement on the change of plan. yeah, when asked about it, president trump's press secretary referred to the president's ongoing legal challenges and declined to say whether biden would be invited to the white house. virginia congressman denver riggleman was one of 27 congressional republicans who last week acknowledged the president—elect‘s victory. hejoins us now from virginia. congressman, thanks v

before mr biden gets persuaded to go down the garden path and believe everything he reached in the media ok a pleasure having you on the program as always ray mcgovern former cia officer life are too interesting most welcome well that is our house our local news update for now but i'll keep the stories coming at the top do you hope you'll stick with us tell them more great programs right to life from moscow as it is art.

joe biden has nominated his former rival pete buttigieg to be transportation secretary, a move that would make him the first openly gay member of an american cabinet. mrs the former mayor of south bend, indiana and campaigned for the democratic nomination for november's election, but later dropped out of the race and supported joe biden. let's go to indianapolis and speak to adam wren, contributing editor at politico who's spent a lot of time covering pete buttigieg. i know you spent a lot of time covering pete buttigieg, back to 2018, i think. what do you make of this? when you look at it on paper it really begins to make sense. president—elect biden is someone who has compared pete buttigieg to his late son joe compared pete buttigieg to his late sonjoe biden who passed away —— beau biden. he is taking ona away —— beau biden. he is taking on a position that he himself had under president 0bama in 2009 when he saw the distribution of the federal stimulus act money across the country and that is going to be potentially one of buttigieg's primary tasks hair if there is a stimulus bill passed around infrastructure, so this is a position where he will go

hawley is the first member of the upper house to back formal congressional attempts to dispute mr biden's victory. the missouri senator claims congress has failed to investigate voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. he has not cited any specific examples of fraud, and the courts have already rejected dozens of allegations from the trump legal team. the development follows a move earlier this week by some republicans to sue vice president mike pence, who will oversee the congressional certification. they're demanding that he recognise sets of alternative, pro—trump electors sent of behalf of local republican party groups in swing states won by president—elect biden. i asked juliegrace brufke, staff writer at the hill, to break all this down for us. definitely january 06 is teeing up to be a crazy day. the conservatives in the house now have a senator on board. you need to have a member from each chamber to be able to challenge election results. senator hawley has made it very

today, mr. bideno acknowledged that his own inauguration will be transformed by the pandemic. >> it's highly unlikely there will be a million people on the mall going all the way down to the memorial. my guess is there probably will not be a gigantic inaugural parade down pennsylvania avenue. >> reporter: while mr. biden plans to make masks mandatory in federal buildings and on interstate travel, he said today he does not think the vaccine should be mandatory. but he said his own plans to take it publicly should help boost confidence among all americans. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. the disappointing jobs report is adding new incentive for a deal on hundreds of billions in stimulus spending. today, house speaker nancy pelosi said it could get done by next week, raising hope for millions facing financial hardship that help could finally be on the way. here's cbs' chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> reporter: this is normally peak shopping season, but the new numbers tell a

mr biden noted that security agencies had suffered enormous damage to their capacity under donald trump'sat a time when they're facing challenges posed by both china and russia. the president said it was important for his administration to get a clear picture of budgets and planning in order to avoid confusion that america's enemies could exploit, and he stressed the importance of making sure information was not lost in a handover between administrations. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. president trump's acting secretary of defence christopher miller has suggested security transition meetings were postponed due to a ‘mutually agreed holiday pause‘ — the biden team deny any agreement. i put all that to a former defence secretary, william cohen. in a very different, less divisive age, he, a republican, was appointed by a democratic president, bill clinton. well, my answer is there are no holidays from history, there are no holidays from national security. it's not as if you can take off and fly to maralago to go play golf and leave the world to turn on its own, and sojoe biden needs to h

that said, mr biden can doa senate.n moratorium, at the moment this bill would extend that through january, president biden would more likely than extend that. he may also be able to do what president trumpeted in august and put a little bit more money towards the unemployed in april and may but at the end of the day, congress holds the purse strings and it is hard to do a lot more money without congress agreeing. the sharply increased number of new cases in the uk is being linked to the new variant of covid being more infectious. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports now on what we know about the mutation — and now it happened since the pandemic started, we've learnt a lot about coronavirus, but it's been learning about us too. it's had practice at dealing with our immune systems and has developed an extra way of fighting us — this new variant. it's changed 23 times. many differences are linked to the all—important spike protein, the part of the virus that lets it bind onto human cells. so, the worry is that

mr. biden is also scheduled to meet with ahead of operation work speed this week. the program in charge of developing the manufacturing industry beating coronavirus vaccines. >> we have yet to see any kind of detailed plan. >> reporter: president trump will host a vaccine summit tuesday, ahead of thursday's fda meeting. at the white house, he commented on his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who is now tested positive for covid- 19. >> he is doing well, i spoke to him, he is doing very well, no temperature, and he actually called me early this morning, he was the first call i got. he is doing very well. >> reporter: on capitol hill, congress is back in session, focused on getting a deal on coronavirus relief before the holiday. democratic leaders and president-elect biden have back to bipartisan 908 billion- dollar as the starting point for additional emergency aid. and congressional leaders have indicated that that additional covid relief could become, could become part of the larger government spending bill. we learned today that it looks like the house and senate

mr. biden's cabinet appointments.he media elevation of blm made its political claims for black americans preeminent. and by default reduce those of hispanics and asians. naturally they noticed. now they are demanding what has come to be called equity in mr. biden's cabinet. that was from dental -- daniel henniker from the wall street journal. former attorney general for california javier pasera. here is what he had to say when he was announced by joe biden. >> almost a year ago on new year's day, my father passed away at home, surrounded by his family. we got to celebrate christmas together. when the end came, my dad knew we were there with him. no one, no one should ever have to die alone in a hospital bed. loved ones forced to stay away. that seems contrary to the values of a great nation. the values that drew my parents to come to america. manuel and maria theresa had only hope when they arrived in california. a road construction worker with only a sixth grade education and a clerical worker who arrived in her teen

mr. biden's pick to be interior secretary. would be the first to lead the department or to begin the cabinet and she would be overseeing natural resources including tribal lands. john yang looks at what the pick spring to the table. >> a mix of familiar faces and not so familiar faces, including michael reagan, the head of north carolina's department of environmental equality to head that a fire mental reduction agency. gina mccarthy to be his senior climate change advisor. and jennifer granholm to be engy secretary. earlier, mr. biden named former secretary of state john kerry as his global climate change envoy. amy harder covers energy for axios. she joins us now. thanks for joining us. what is the significance? representative holland would be the first native american to run the interior department, which oversees a huge amount of land in the united states including tribal lands. >> she will be the first, if confirmed, the first native american to lead this agency. that is important because the interior department runs and

mr. biden's choice >> reporter: mr. n's choice for white house budget director, neera tanden, recalled how her immigrant mother from india relied for a time on federally subsidized housing and food stamps. >> i'm here today because of social programs, because of budgetary choices, because of a government that saw my mother's dignity and gave her a chance. >> reporter: but tanden, head of the liberal think tank center for american progress, is facing stiff republican opposition for her sharp criticism of the g.o.p. >> if we want to make sure this nut job, tanden, doesn't become director of the budget, in charge of the office of management and budget, then make sure we win in georgia. >> reporter: "georgia" is a reference of course to those two senate runoff elections scheduled for january 5 in georgia, around the time the new congress is set to begin. today, mr. biden called on the senate to schedule confirmation hearings for his picks early next year, regardless of which party controls the senate. norah. >> o'donnell: ed

mr. biden will introduce top health officials later today, and is expected to announce his pick for secretary of defense. cnn's jeff zeleny is in wilmington covering the biden transition. >> reporter: good morning, laura, and boris, president-elect biden is poised to introduce his new health team we have been talking about for the last several days. front and center, javier bacerra, the california attorney general long time member of congress will be nominated to lead the helalth and human services department. several members of the health team have become household names during the pandemic. we learned late last evening, mr. biden has settled on defense secretary, he's going to nominate, we are told, lloyd austin, a retired army general. he retired in 2016, he led the central demand during the obama administration, a 40 year veteran of the army. if confirmed by the senate, he would indeed become the first african-american man to lead the defense department. of course this would be the latest i

mayor would be the first openly gay senate-confirmed cabinet official, and cbs news has learned mr. biden is also expected to name former michigan governor jennifer granholm as energy secretary. granholm as energy secretary. the president-elect plans to announce mr. buttigieg later today just up the street. meanwhile, mr. biden says that he'll be taking the covid-19 vaccine soon, at the urging of dr. fauci, who says it's actually in the interest of national security. the president-elect says that when he takes the vaccine, he'll do so publicly. gayle. >> we'll all be watching. thank you very much, ed. >>> on capitol hill a new covid relief deal is still on hold. it's been 264 days since congress passed the original stimulus bill. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where congressional leaders met late into the night. nancy, i know christmas break is fast approaching, so how did that meeting go? >> reporter: well, gayle, all of those leaders left the meeting saying they're getting closer. they're making progress. they're exchanging numbers and they're going to meet again today, so that is a bi

.>> president trump has yet to concede the race to mr. bidend still asking courts to overturn results. in a video released tuesday president trump again has yet to concede the race to mr. biden. meanwhile steph curry met with the media this morning then raced home so he can interview president obama on instagram life. the two talked for nearly 45 minutes. everything from the president's new memoirs to social justice and obama's jumpshot that went viral last month.>> oh. >> that's what i do, that's what i do. >> can i borrow "that's what i do, that's what i do." i won't have any fans in the gym so you will probably hear me yell it. >> i'm looking forward to it and expecting it now. >> i guess we will have to wait and see if curry says it, that's what i do. >> you know he will because that's what he do. coming up next, a long-awaited vote that could mean a lot less traffic along a trouble spot on highway 101. >> there's too many cars and not enough road.>> it's almost unbelievable because we've been added for so long. >>> some scary stuff, in nor

today, mr. bideno georgia to campaign for two democrats in runoff races that will decide control of the senate. anthony? >> nikolle, thank you. >>> president trump will finish his term without his attorney general. william barr handed in his letter of resignation yesterday. he praised the president that he had assisted, defended and occasionally rebuffed over the past two years. ben tracy is at the white house. ben ben, why is barr leaving now? >> the timing of this is certainly strange but it's no secret the president has been unhappy with the attorney general, mainly because barr has not backed up the president's claims of election fraud. >> mr. attorney general, were you fired, sir? >> reporter: sources tell cbs news attorney general bill barr was not forced out of his job. his resignation letter is a full-page tribute to president trump. barr writes the president's unprecedented achievements in the face of a partisan onslaught. >> and bill barr should have stepped up. >> reporter: but lately, pres

mr. biden's pick to be interior secretary. if confirmed, she would be the first native american to lead the department overseeing a big piece of nation's natural resources, including tribal lands. john yang looks at what his picks bring to the table. >> yang: judy, mr. biden's team appears to be a mix of familiar faces and some not-so familiar. the president-elect's other choices: michael regan, the head of north carolina's department of environmental quality, to head the environmental protection agency. former e.p.a. administrator gina mccarthy to be his senior climate change advisor. and former michigan governor jennifer granholm to be energy secretary. earlier, mr. biden named former secretary of state john kerry as his global climate change envoy. amy harder covers energy and the climate for axios. amy p thanks so much for joining us. let me start with interior, what is the significants, representative haaland would be if con firnled the first native american to run the interior department which oversees a huge amount of l

mr. biden's involvement in that china deal. the media didn't want you to know about. insisting biden sr. knew nothing about them, though this is challenged by hunter's business partner at the time. what's not in dispute is that the son of the next president of the united states has been peddling influence for years, often to powerful foreign entities. and here's the real irony in all this. the media and big tech tried to up press the story when it broke just before the election because it was supposedly a russian disinformation campaign. and to cover it, they said, would be to undermine u.s. national security. that was always completely bogus. in fact, the real concern should have been not about supposed russian attempts to influence the election, but whether there were chew news efforts to influence the next president of the united states -- chinese efforts. the media, of course, never let that story get a proper airing before the vote. so much for real democracy. welsh that's it for us this week. be sure to follow me on twitte

mr. biden's win but not change the outcome. >>> the man called the most prolific serial killer in u.s. history has died. 80-year-old samuel little was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder. he died at a hospital in california yesterday. little confessed to killing 93 people across the country between 1970 and 2005, mostly in florida and southern california. >>> the nashville police chief says officers acted properly when they visited the home of anthony warner more than a year ago. last week warner detonated an rv filled with explosives injuring three. a 2019 incident report shows police received a tip from warner's girlfriend that he was building bombs in a recreational vehicle at his home. police chief john drake said officers went to the home, but did not make contact with warner or look inside the rv. >> there was no signs of any bomb-making. so it would have taken signs that a crime was being committed, that a bomb was being made for the officers view, the only thing they saw was an rv that he couldn't see inside and wasn't allowed access into. >> chief drake did s

michael george live in wilmington delaware where mr. biden is bringing on his cabinet. >> reporter: tonight we are getting our first look at just to the president-elect wants for his cabinet. also some good news on the economy as we are hearing that congress is very close to reaching a deal on a badly needed covid relief bill. >> a cabinet of barrier breakers, cabinet of firsts. >> joe biden praise the historic and diverse makeup of his cabinet nominees while announcing pete buttigieg as his transportation secretary pick read if confirmed that former south bend indiana mayor could become the first openly senate approved cabinet official. and he will also be one of the youngest. >> i got to know pete on the campaign trail. he's one of the most smartest people i've ever met and one of the most humble. >> the judge will be expected to lead the way on improving the nation's infrastructure. >> america should not settle for less than her peers in the developed world when it comes to our roads, bridges, railways and transit systems. >> plans are und

. >> reporter: mr. biden asked dr. anthony fauci to serve as chief medical adviser. >> we have got a lot of hard and demanding work to do in the next year. >> reporter: the president-elect also urged congress to pass a $908 billion relief bill this month. going back to what dr. fauci said, this is not a magic bullet. people cannot get complacent with masks and social distancing, and a pew research study says about 60% of americans say they will take the vaccine, but dr. fauci says we need to get that up to 75% to 80% so we can crush this outbreak. anne-marie? >> that is all about informing the public, and hopefully that's what's going to happen over the next several weeks. debra alfarone in washington, debra, thank you so much. >>> so on to the election now. and in just five days, the electoral college meets to formally cast votes for president based on the popular votes in each state, but the gop is still fighting the results, which show mr. biden won. texas attorney general kent paxton, a trump ally, wants the suprem

mr. biden himself, president-elect biden has said extend s willing to these treaties. we are ready for that but we need to get an official reaction from the u.s. you said, if it is not extended, is there going to be an arms race? there is already an arms race. once the u.s. withdrew from the treaty, that's what happened. what you are forced to do is prevent our nuclear capacity from the -- from being nullified missile o create and defense systems and had to introduce new weapon systems system he super sonic hich speed is over max 20. and no missile can stop such a missile. now has the creation of these new super sonic weapons, has this in any way affected the balance of power? actually, we have tests not long ago and most of the testing, ost of the work is complete. -- [indiscernible] >> and the missile can be mounted on stationary launch systems, on ships, on submarines broughtalso be -- well, to neutral waters. does this in any way change the situation? yes, it does. of course it does. erican

the announcement was issued shortly after the us electoral college officially confirmed mr biden's winn: these diplomatic words tell one story, but what can we really expect in the biden—putin relationship? here's our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. i think russia is expecting a very different kind of u.s.—russian very different kind of u.s. —russian relationship now. forfour u.s. —russian relationship now. for four years, u.s. —russian relationship now. forfour years, donald u.s. —russian relationship now. for four years, donald trump went out of his way not to criticise rutter, not to criticise rutter, not to criticise vladimir putin and at times openly praised vladimir putin. joe biden is very different. a vocal critic of the kremlin and someone who has for many years, expressed criticisms of russian policy and recently he labelled russia the main threat to america. let's speak to angela stent, an expert on us—russia relations and author of ‘putin's world: russia against the west and with the rest‘. good to talk to you, thank you for your time. i know you have your own sources

mr. biden's warning tonight: the toughest days of the pandemic are ahead as he accuses the trump administrationf falling behind. in florida, long lines as seniors wait to get their shots. and the warning from experts: at this pace, vaccinating most americans could take years. so, what's causing the delays? out of control: more than a million americans infected in just one week as a new strain of the virus is detected in the u.s. and with hospitalizations in the u.s. at an all-time high, the overwhelmed hospital treating patients in the gift shop. locking down: california extends its stay-at-home orders and l.a. county ramps up restrictions after cases there skyrocket nearly 1,000%. will movies and tv shows be forced to shut down? checks and balances: president trump lashes out at members of his party for refusing to back his stimulus plan. what he's calling republicans who don't support his push to send $2,000 checks to americans. double trouble: one-third of the country now in the path of two major storm systems. will you be ringing in the new year with snow, ice, and rain? profiling the bombe