he certainly had a lot to do because donald trump really rocked the whole nato alliance with his actions you prefer to his threat to pull out of nato referring to it as obsolete back in 2017 stoltenberg did actually get him to row back on that remark however he continually has said to nato members that they he finds himself in a position this is trump that the situation is disproportionate in terms of funding what you also had was a unilateral approach the trump made to members of nato instead of the molten natural conclusory no really a. giving all members a fair share of of negotiating skills he actually for example in 2017 poland lot of talks with poland and he did in fact deploy the biggest u.s. troop deployment since the cold war so that was an example and then you had conversely threatening germany with with basically giving it no help whatsoever so there was an alarm throughout the nato alliance and now biden is expected to put a lot of money into nato one of his 1st that it seems according to his campaign teams he will address the nato issue he will bolden embolden the nato allia

trying to deal with a different type of the nato alliance, where president trump was able to get nato countries to spend $100000000000.00 more to beef up their defenses against russia. and also looking to ease up dozens of sanctions imposed by the trumpet, ministration against russian financier's business executives in corporations own such certainly are number one and 21 of the other hot spots that are going to show up on biden's map. john, i think the relationship between the u.s. and germany is going to be critical here. hollande, clearly there was a personal rank or between chancellor merkel and president trump. and i think president biden who's a very eurocentric has been in his decades in public service, is going to look to repair the relationship between the u.s. and germany, because germany in a post brags that european union is clearly the economic driver of the block. and as germany goes, so goes the european union. and if there is going to be hope,, at least for e.u. u.s. free trade talks in 2021. and also looking to see how the european union can act as it geo political pl

if you think of the nato alliance, the who in the context of covid—19, the world trade organisation which much more direct relationship with. heap on top of that, just embellish the sense james touched on there, the importance of climate and climate diplomacy in the next 12 months. we are already beginning to see this and we will see far more from the british government. a real leaning into climate is something borisjohnson wa nts to climate is something borisjohnson wants to be very much associated with a head of that summit in glasgow, scotland, which will take place in a year's time, postponed from this very weak. he will hope mr johnson has a far more —— he will hope that he has a far more sensitive ear in the white house. not coming to any international consensus will be easy, but boris johnson will be hoping he can sit closer to the centre of this with a new american president and others, and that president biden will be much more receptive to it than trump might have been. there is much more around a trade deal with america. and mr biden was reminding people of his irish roots and

a discussion on the nato alliance and efforts to add ukraine and georgia as member countries. representatives of nato, ukraine, and georgia -- welcome our viewers on both side of the atlantic, actually. good morning. greetings from brussels. ukraineect of today, and nato, is something i would say is part of the dna. we have been working for many years now on georgia related issues. supports fund that vaccines by addressing [indiscernible] in the region. want to thanklly the new europe center for all to support they provided contribute tonight. today, we want to dig into the subject of ukraine and georgia's relationship with nato, and especially how these countries fit [inaudible] reflects the process. this was announced by nato secretary-general jan native --g to see her to see how nato can prepare and this process may lead to a new strategic concept, and this isn't a luxury. the current one dates back to 2007, if i'm not mistaken, so i would argue that there is a need to rethink nato strategy. the world nato operates in today has certainly changed in the last 10 years. i think

the deployment of american troops around the world, representative of the nato alliance are very important messages to the world from the united states but so is america's top diplomat, secretary of state, mike pompeo. you've probably heard this before. i'm going to ask you to listen to it again. listen. >> there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. >> i am very confident we will have a good transition. we will make sure whoever is in office january 20th has all the tools available so we don't skip a bit. >> what goes through your mind. you're a democrat, he's republican. he's secretary of state right now. he's supposed to represent all of america. forgive me to all of the trump people but the math is pretty clear here. when secretary pompeo says there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration and laughs, they think it's funny, how does the world process this? >> you know, i think this is striking. this the nation's most senior person in the state department. his job is diplomacy. his job is to know words matter. you cannot joke about things like

i believe very strongly that the nato alliance is critical for the global security as well as america's security. we all have frustrations with nato. both in terms of financial commitments and capabilities. there is one arena where they are ready. >> unfortunately, my time expires will have to yield back. thank you for your assessment. >> thank y for much. >> ms. horn is recognized for five minutes. >> i yelled back my time. i just walked in. thank you chairman. >> at this point i don't thi we have anyone else seeking time. i have one last question for ambassador crocker. i think it is sort of the crux the pblem and certainly we understand the risks and they been very well expined of what can happen in afghastan. those risks g up to some extent if were not present trying to contain them rated but whenbo you're talng about missus vy long held belief by any people that after the soviets were driven out of afghanistan, our decision to not stay and engag in the impact of that, you know a lot more about afghanistan that i do read i've been there nine times but for not any length. t and certa

mr biden has said he will repair relationships with us allies — particularly with the nato alliance,nding cuts. and — on china — he says the country should be held accountable for unfair environment and trade practices, but instead of unilateral tariffs, he has proposed an international coalition. a key relationship — special or otherwise — will also be with the united kingdom. in the last hour the prime minister boris johnson has spoken to the associated press about the chance of a trade deal with the us — something that is important let's cross to our political correspondent chris mason, who has more. we keep calling it the special relationship i imagine that this problem or an excruciating phase on jane's site. what will it mean? it is fascinating, here in london is around the world there will be lots of foreign ministers and ministers thinking about how their relationship with washington might need to be reset with a very different administration coming in any new year. having spent the last year is adjusting to the unorthodox nature of the trump administration, income is the bid

alliances. to repair with nato partners. do that that gives us a basis for dealing with european security issues like russia and also with global issues. i was a big priority in europe is to repair the nato alliance, to rebuild trust. to reestablish consultations between the united states and its most important allies. sue eck alright suppose the presidents as well was the biggest challenge i'm going to face the middle east? which of course includes lots of different areas by now. give one or two challenges you think the presidential were about the middle east? speech is an extraordinary range of challenges. i think the most depressing one is iran. it's beginning to move out of the confines of the 2015 nuclear agreement. it's not a status quo power. so i've basically say negotiating a follow-on agreement with iran to extend the limits on its nuclear activities. i put that the top of the heat. that i think about how to push back against certain iranian efforts around the region. but there's any number of failed states. yemen

it's been drastically changed during trump's term in office, the four years now, particularly the nato alliancewhy is that? and do you think it will change again after this election? >> from the eu/u.s. viewpoint, the allies were essentially free riders who made use of american support. that was always there. but president trump somehow exerted even further pressure on burden-sharing, threatening, if i may, to pull out u.s. troops. that will not be the case if mr. biden is elected. >> okay. well, in a related question, how do you expect u.s./russia relations will evolve after this election? >> well, that's an excellent question with president trump, u.s./russia relations will somehow be very good between the u.s. and mr. putin. with biden, it's going to be different. with biden, it's all about government to government. with trump, it's about person to person. and there's no question that, well, putin and trump have very, very close relationship. i don't really know the reason. that will not be the case with biden. >> you just talked about the personal-to-personal relationship. there has been th

that means increasing and strengthening the defence and assurance capabilities of the nato alliance,s that when russia does undertake hostile actions with regards to the us or undercuts the sovereignty of other countries that abided administration would work with our allies and partners to impose costs on russia for those actions, but i think it also, vice president biden or now president—elect biden, as emphasised the importance of maintaining dialogue with russia on issues like arms control, crisis management, risk reduction and similar topics so i think what you'll see is an emphasis on strategic stability but from a position of strength and working once again together with our allies and partners. last pop quiz question, specific country i would love to get your thoughts on and thatis to get your thoughts on and that is a run. -- iran. resident elect biden has said he would like the us to rejoin the comprehensive plan of action on iran's nuclear programme stop if iran comes back into compliance with the terms of that agreement, what we have seen again over the last few years is t

that means increasing and strengthening the defence of the nato alliance, it means that when russia doesntries, the biden administration will work with our allies and partners to impose costs on russia for those actions, but also president—elect biden has emphasised the importance of maintaining dialogue with russia on issues like arms control, crisis management, risk reduction, and similar topics i think what you will see is an emphasis on strategic stability, but from a position of strength and working once again together with our allies and partners. last pop quiz question, i would love to get your thoughts on the rhine. again, president—elect biden has emphasised that he would like for the us to rejoin the comprehensive plan of action on iran's nuclear programme, if iran's nuclear programme, if iran comes back into compliance with the terms of that agreement, and i think what we have seen again over the last few years is the us has adopted a unilateralist approach, so now, the us is isolated on the world stage rather than around being isolated, as it was

i believe very strongly that the nato alliance is critical or mobile security as well as america security. we have all have frustrations with nato both in terms of financial commitments and capabilities. here is one arena where they are ready and they understand -- >> fortunately my time expired so i hav to yield back to chairman but thank you for your assessments there. >> thank you very much. ms. horn is recognized for five minutes. >> i yield back my time. i just walked in. thank you, chairman. >> okay. >> at this point i don't think we have anyone else seeking time. i have one last question for ambassador crocker and i think sort of the crux of the problem and certainly we understand the risks and they've been very well explained of whack happen in afghanistan. you know those risks go up to some extent if we aren't present trying to contain them. but when you talked about and this is, you know, a very long held belief by many people that after the soviets were driven out of afghanistan our decision to not stay engaged in the impact of that you know a lot more about afghanistan than i

i remember the big debate back then was whether nato should be an alliance that should be engaged globally or if it was only to focus on article five territory. do you think the debate today is different? because if nato is to strengthen its partnership, it needs to be outward looking. >> i'm sorry, your question, this will be a very quick answer. the debate goes on, surely, but you an explanation. yes, today we were able to finally submit the report to nato secretary-general. unfortunately, for our today's meeting, we are still obliged to keep silent until obliged by nato foreign ministers to keep silence until their debate, which is to happen on december 1. and then our report is to become public. so, please maintain some patience. yet i think that i'm so much intertwined in affairs of georgia and ukraine and particular links to both countries to nato, which might be interesting to all of you. i still remember my visit to ukraine. it was august of 2006. and standing together with then-foreign minister in front of a panel of journalists, we were debating ukraine's eventual exception to in

donald trump has not only attacked our former allies and sided with putin in trying to damage the nato alliance trying to damage our european partners who have been so important in helping to secure democracy across the globe he has coddled. dictators and really reversed our traditional forms of diplomacy and interaction with with foreign leaders it's going to take a lot of work to get our democracy and our and our diplomatic process season relationships back on track that's not something that's going to happen overnight but i think this is a chance to start rebuilding some of the former alliances that were so critical there will be very confusing aspects of this for example what do we do with our relationship with iran is biden going to go back and try to restore the iran deal that obama put in place and that took so much time and energy and diplomacy during his presidency how we store how we treat russia for example which interfere in our last presidential election in the midterms tried to interfere in this case but was not able to throw the results so there was the. to be a lot of changing f

i believe very strongly that the nato alliance is critical or mobile security as well as america security. we have a have frustrations wi nato both in terms of financial commitments and capabilities. here is one arena where they are ready and they understand -- >> fortunately my time expired so i have to yield back to chairman but thank you for your assessments there. >> thank you very much. ms. horn is recognized for five mites. >> i yield back my te. i just wald in. thank you, chairman. >> okay. >> at this point i don't think we have anyone else seeking time. i have one last question for ambassador crocker and i think sort of the crux of the problem and certainly we understand the risks and they've been very well explained of whack happen in afghanistan. you know those risks go up to some extent if we aren't present trying to contain them. but when you talked about and this is, you know, a very lg held belief by many people that after the soviets were driven out of afghanistan our decision to not stay engaged in the impact of that you know a lot more about afghanistan than i do. i've be

alliance for the their trust and confidence in us. nato has a strong commitment to open-door policy and --. sorry, can we take a short break, because i think the deputy prime minister will join us. >> absolutely. while you are securing the participation of the deputy prime minister, we will get to some questions. some -- let mee take some of the observations of our viewers. some viewers are referring also to the role that russia plays in this whole equation. , ahave a comment here retired u.s. ambassador, who says that president george bush back then pledged that nato will not come to the russian border, and is there any indication that this policy has changed? that's one question we got. who sayhave viewers that perhaps we went to fast, the european union and nato with our integration to the east and not understanding moscow. these are two comments we received. , just want to ask our panel obviously, nato has relationships with ukraine and georgia -- should we consider , what russia means for this? you first. >> thank you. just a quick co

have close relations on intelligence and so on, but for britain since the 1940's, it has been the nato allianceink joe biden has made clear he believes in the alliance, and that would be very welcome in particularly if we are together that another trump america's might put membership of nato at risk. this is suggested in john bolton's book. this would be in are mostly unwelcome to britain. give thek u.s. would eu greater priority than it has done in the past, and we will be missing for that, but there are other elements that are very important for a bilateral relationship, and those will be anchors for the london-washington religion ship. -- washington relationship. alix: joe biden has already said that if there will be no u.s.-u.k. trade deal, if britain goes back on its treaty is signed with the eu, they have talked about the relationship with northern ireland and how those can be deal breakers as well. how do using this conversation plays out? david: i think it is a very important element. i think we should take very seriously the message that has come from joe biden and indeed from the demo

throughout his presidency, president trump demanded other nato members pay their fair share and even considered withdrawing the us from the defence alliance seek to lead an international coronavirus response. many world leaders have congratulated joe biden on his victory, but so far russia say it is appropriate to wait for the official results of the election until speaking. china are also yet to comment. sir nigel sheinwald who served as uk ambassador to the united states between 2007 and 2012, working closely with joe biden. so you knowjoe biden pretty well, from the sounds of things. what is he like and what was working with him like? i first met him in the 19805 him like? i first met him in the 1980s when i was a junior diplomat in washington. as you say, was ambassador when he was head of the foreign relations committee of the senate and then barack obama's vice—president. so yes, i had a lot of co nta ct vice—president. so yes, i had a lot of contact with him during that period. as your programme has been bringing out, he is a centrist and a traditionalist and an internationalist. and i think those things are what define him as far

institutions set up after the second world war which create that multilateralism included the nato defense allianceident trump has really gone on the attack against many nato allies, but particularly singling out germany, calling them delinquent for not, in his eyes, paying their dues. and he has threatened to withdraw, to reduce the number of u.s. troops in germany and the alliance is basically hoping, yes, for a biden win for that reason, for stability and the return of the kind of communal decision-making and approach to securities. next march, nato is reported to be planning an early summit to welcome in president biden if, in fact, he would does win the election. cash does in the election. host: well, if donald -- one of donald trump's biggest foreign-policy decisions was to pull the u.s. out of the iranian nuclear deal. joe biden has offered to rejoin the agreement if you're on shows compliance. ties with the u.s. has deteriorated in iraq as well, home to about 3000 american soldiers. let's bring in our correspondent in baghdad and the iranian capital of toronto. s -- tehran. simona, it is a

seeks to undermine our democracy and our partners in europe -- sorry, including the members of the nato alliance-term a rising china poses the greatest strategic challenge to the united states and our allies in asia and in europe ultimately over the long term the greatest geopolitical threat, he said an existential threat to all countries is climate crisis. so what do you make of where he appears to stand there? >> martha, thanks for having me on first i want to commend the state department birk wits policy planning the internal think tank for producing an outtgand properties about the chinese communist parties to replace the united states as the world wanted dominant super power. reminisce cyst sent in what john kin then wrote long telegram at the beginning of the cold war. something joe biden needs to read. bob gates who served in the obama-biden administration has been wrong about nearly every major foreign policy and national security decision over the last 48 years. should he become president i wish he would change that record but it doesn't sound is unlike is he going to. i remember when b

awaiting to do the business of their alliances and particularly on the european alliance, the nato allianceary of state pompeo is in france at the moment. i understand from talking to french diplomats this was at the request of the united states. we think that he's going to be talking about afghanistan. they do not want the u.s. to pull troops precipitously out of afghanistan or iraq without peace proposal on the ground. and things like obviously terrorism, the transatlantic allies and the transition. >> there is this famous photo we can put it up of the president at one of the summit meetings where he's got his arms crossed and everybody is standing around him. they haven't had communiques has they normally do because the president simply refuses to go along. is that the biggest relief from the global leaders that they know biden is an international nationalist? they know he'll hug and embrace, and then rejoin the paris accords. instead of america first, they have an america reengaged in the world? >> you know, john, i do think that is the case. look, you cannot underestimate or overestima

all the presidents together because they all had a different perspective, but we stuck to the nato alliance, we stuck to the leadership, we had sustainable policy for all of have years, we did not preemptive wars wit which some are urged. we gave the system time to work out. world,anged the gorbachev helped save the world from catastrophe, and that is the way i link it right now. i would add two more people in the middle east. sadat whod president had a vision about peace in the middle east and his influence was enormous. the israeli leader. the way he was able to reach out. the leadership in that part of the world is important and have not had nearly enough enlightened leadership in the middle east. stan: the cold war as we mentioned has been over a most 30 years. as we stand here now, 75 years after it began, what lessons did we learn from it? are we safer now then we were at the height of the cold war? what is the great legacy and lesson from the cold war that senator nunn takes? fmr. sen. nunn: there are many but let me think of a few. one is that we still do have nuclear weapons that a

a discussion on the nato alliance and efforts to add ukraine and georgia as member countries. epresentatives of nato, ukraine, and georgia -- welcome our viewers on both side of the atlantic, actually. good morning. greetings from brussels. the subject of today,

how easy is it for us to work our way back into the nato alliance at this point?> very, very easy. i think we've already seen it tonight. i think the door has been swung open for president-elect biden, for the united states to come back to the fold. you saw that tweet, and i think you mentioned it earlier from the mayor of paris. welcome back, america. there was a cartoon in "der spiegel" in which the statue of liberty is being made whole again. the head is being put back on the statue of liberty. and it says "we're making america great again," meaning america as the world knew it, this symbol of democracy, which is important, which seemed broken that america is a place where people can go. they can work hard and get a fair shot and have the ability to change their leaders. that example to the world had been tarnished. and i think around the world people feel that the united states with this election redeemed itself, redeemed as a symbol of democracy. >> very quickly, i'm almost out of time, but talk about the middle east. the one country that might be sad today i

members like poland rather than taking a multilateral approach, which is the whole point of the nato alliance. talking about things like with jury u.s. military personnel from germany demanding that european members contribute more to their defense budgets. all this sort of rhetoric and talk over the years has weakened nato, in the eyes of stoltenberg. so he will be a very happy indeed to be dealing with a president that is much more likely to take a more integrated multilateral approach that is much more likely to be supportive of the alliance. but of thanks for the potential bottle there in paris. let's get a view from russia, alexander god, for has more on the future relations with the us from moscow. joe biden has a very long political career during which he was many times on the opposing sides when it comes to russia or with russia on certain global issues. and for surely, didn't forget that in 2011, he supported big putin, a protestant here in russia, on the other hand, because of his stands being known, he is predictable. and not all the things that he might do or during his presidency

but we stop to the nato alliance, we stop with the leadership, we had sustainable policy for all these years. we did not have preemptive wars, or some urge, where we had a nuclear advantage. and we gave the system time to work out. but then, the campaign changed the world, gorbachev have, in my view, had saved a world from catastrophe. that's the way i'll make it right now. i would add to more people,, i would add some presidents to that. who had a vision about peace in the middle east and also, this man from israel. he had a vision where he was willing to reach out. we haven't had nearly enough leadership in the middle east. >> senator, the cold war, as we mentioned, has been over now almost 30 years. we stand here now, 75 years after it first began, what lessons did we learn from it? are we safer, now, then we were at the height of the cold war, when we were worried about all those? what is the great legacy and lesson from the cold war that senator nunn takes. >> there are many, but let me just name a few. one is we do still have nuclear posture, that is extremely dangerous. i think

mr biden has said he will repair relationships with us allies, particularly with the nato alliance, which, he says the country should be held accountable for unfair environment and trade practices, but instead of unilateral tariffs, he has proposed an international coalition. a key relationship, special or otherwise, will also be with the united kingdom. a short while ago, the prime minister borisjohnson spoke to the associated press about the chance of a trade deal with the us — something that is important for the british government after brexit. i congratulate president—elect biden very much on his victory and kamala harris on being the first female vice president as she will become the history of the united states they are our closest and most important ally and that has been the case under president after president, prime minister after prime minister. it will not change. i look forward to working with them on a lot of crucial stuff in the weeks and months ahead. tackling climate change, security, many other issues. the queen has led the nation in marking remembrance sunday as people

institution set up after the 2nd world war which create that multilateralism including the nato defense alliance now president trump has really gone on the attack against many nato allies but particularly singling out germany calling them delinquent for not in his eyes paying their dues and he has forgotten to withdraw to reduce the number of u.s. troops in germany and the alliance is basically hoping yes for a biden win for that reason for stability and a return to the kind of communal decision making and approach to security issues in fact next march nato is reported to be planning an early summit to welcome in president biden if in fact joe biden does win the election and the barber there in london thank you very much. one of donald trump's biggest foreign policy decisions was to pull the us out of the iran nuclear deal and reimpose a tougher economic sanctions on tehran joe biden's offer to rejoin the 2015 agreement if iran shows compliance ties with the u.s. have deteriorated in neighboring iraq as well home to about 3000 american soldiers now let's bring in a whole team in baghdad and aske

. >> next, a look at the nato alliance, efforts to adieu crane and georgia as member countries, and russia's opposition. the german marshall fund hosted this discussion. >> and i'm very pleased to welcome our panelists and our viewers on both side of the atlantic. so good evening, europe. good morning, america. greetings from brussels. the topic of today, ukraine, georgia merging with nato, something i would say is almost partrt of the german marshall fund. we have been working for many years now on ukraine and georgia-related issue is. we do -- issues. we do -- [inaudible] support the new society and -- [inaudible] also by addressing -- [audio difficulty] so i also really want to thank our partners in this event, the new europe center for all support, they provide a terrific lineup of speakers ready to corrupt tonight. so today we want to dig a little bit more into the subject of

nervous than they were yesterday as you say that and that's probably true but when it comes to the nato alliance the climate change accord the united nations the fact that the president wanted to pull out of the show was certainly i think cat has no plans to do you think those things will be easy to fix. well i think i would look at it we don't want to just go back to the day the president trying to cough is what i think we want to do is use the chaos of the last 4 years to say how can we build back better that's joe biden's campaign slogan so can we expand the u.n. security council can we improve the w.h.o. can we take this moment in history to take stock use american leadership to build a new coalition to improve some of the major problems that we have president elect biden has made clear that the number one issue is this pandemic we have lost over 225000 americans more than the rest of the population 25 percent of the world that's his number one challenge but then to rebuild our alliances and look at take stock of where we are in the world income inequality challenge challenges of climate cha

all the presidents together because they all had a different perspective, but we stuck to the nato alliance, we stuck to the leadership. we had sustainable policy for all of those years. we did not have preemptive wars, which some urged when we had nuclear advantage, and we gave the system time to work out. but then don chau ping changed world, gorbachev in my view helped save the world from catastrophe. that's the way i link it right now. i would add two more people in the middle east. i would add president sadat who had a vision about peace in the middle east, and i think his influence was enormous. and also rabin in israel. he was willing to reach out. leadership in that area of the world is still very important and we haven't had nearly enough enlightened leadership in the middle east. >> senator, the colder war as we mentioned, has been over 30 years. as we stand here now 75 years after it first began, what lessons did we learn from it? are we safer now than we were at the height of the cold war? what's the great legacy and lesson from the cold war that senator nunn takes? >> there are

i remember the big debate back then was whether nato should be in alliance or whether it is job was only to defend article five territory and back in 2010 answer was clear that it was article five territory. now, do think the debate today is different because if nato is to strengthen its partnerships it needs to be n outsourced looking? >> i'm sorry, i will answer your question and be quick. i'm sure the debate goes on shirley but i owe you one point of explanation. yes today we wer able, several minutes ago, we were able to finally read the report to nato secretary of trade general and fortunately for our today's meeting we aretill obliged to ep silent until orbliged by nato foreign ministers to silence their debate so that will happen december 1 and then our report is toe public so please maintain some patients that yes i think i am so muchi intertwid in the affairs o georgia and ukraine and particular those countries to nato that my remarks might be interesting to all of you. i still remember in my visitnt o ukraine it was august 2006 and standing togetr would then foreig minister bor

and many of those alliances that under girded that, nato, probably most critical at the forefront, have been really tested at the trump administration. how do republicans square this -- they want to criticize

and many of those alliances that under girded that, nato, probably most critical at the

. >> today, it is a look at the future of the transatlantic alliance and nato's role in securing ukraine and georgia. our live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or you can listen live with the free c-span radio app. tuesday, nevada secretary of cegavske went before to certify the election, with a record amount taking part. this is just under 20 minutes. ms. cegavske: for the record, i am barbara cegavske. majority of nevada's supreme court justices assembled come and can therefore proceed with the canvas. i would like to welcome chief justice pickering, justice , justiceustice hardy stigledge, and justice silver. before i begin the review of the results of the 2020 general election, which occurred on tuesday, november 3, i would like to take this opportunity to comment on the election. the covid-19 pandemic clearly had a significant impact on the way the 2020 election was conducted. we made the decision to conduct an all mail-in primary election, which saw historic turnout of 29.5%. while we were hopeful to return to traditional in-person voting model

more traditional take on foreign relations for america 1st policy he says he'll cement old alliances like nato and be tough on russia he's also pledged to rejoin the world health organization and the paris climate agreement. in other news there's been an escalation in the conflict between azerbaijan and armenia and azerbaijan president. says his troops are now in control of shusha the city is the 2nd largest in the nagorno-karabakh enclave armenian officials deny that the city has been captured. and votes are being counted in myanmar as a general election despite rights groups calling the entire process fundamentally flawed leader and sound suchi is expected to retain power in the poll which was widely seen as a referendum on her government. those are the top stories to stay with us witnesses coming up next and then my colleagues in the house will have more news in half an hour i'll see you on wednesday thanks for watching. in an election led seen as a test of its 1st some across a key elected government ma'am i will vote for a new parliament faced with international pressure over a military c

announcer: wednesday it is a look at the future of the transatlantic alliance and nato's role in securing ukraine and georgia. the german marshall fund hosts. our coverage begins at 11 a clock a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. announcer: on wednesday, a washington post columnist discusses the impact of the trump presidency. forgroup jews united democracy and justice is the host for the event. coverage online on c-span.org, or listen free with the c-span radio app. announcer: tuesday, french president emmanuel macron announced the peak of the second wave of the pandemic was over and some covid-19 lockdown restrictions would be eased in time for the christmas holiday. in his address to the nation from paris, he gave an update on vaccine development. france is still under a full lockdown until december 15, 2020. this is courtesy of france 24 television. ♪ pres. macron: fellow citizens, when on october 28 i spoke to you, i told you i would report to you on the epidemic and the decisions that would be taken some one month later. where d

they want to rely on multi-lateral institutions like the united nations and the dysfunctional nato and alliancess the "wall street journal" says only hurt america and empower our enemies. jake sullivan pedalled the phoney dossier and the trump russian collusion lie invented by his boss hillary clinton. he was knee-deep in the email scandal. he was sending top secret classified documents to hillary clinton's private server. he should have been prosecuted. thanks to the misfits like james comey and peter strzok he was never prosecuted. blinken meeting with hunter biden and 2 days later joe biden makes a threat to the ukraine. you would i think that joe biden would be smart enough to steer clear of people tainted by scandal, but he stepped right into it. >> jason: i don't think he cares about that. congressman, there are a number of investigations. i look at the report from the inspector general and the investigations you have been involved with. there won't be any justice for those who misused their surveillance powers. what will happen? >> that's the concern we have now. we understood where durha

take on foreign relations following trump's america 1st policy biden says he'll cement old alliances like nato and be tough on russia he's also pledged to rejoin the world health organization and the paris climate agreement stick a look at some of the day's other news there's been an escalation in the conflict between azerbaijan and armenia azerbaijan's president says his troops are now in control of shusha the city is the 2nd largest in the nagorno-karabakh enclave armenian officials deny that the city has been captured and votes are being counted in me on mars general election despite rights groups there calling the entire process fundamentally flawed leader and says suchi is expected to retain power in the polls which was widely seen as a referendum on her government. those were the top stories stay with us rewind continues next that i'm going to have the al-jazeera news hour for you in just under half an hour lots of reaction to the u.s. results by. well in one of the most. remarkable mining mind that's about thomas song. i want a song which is. our . i want to. call to. mind. would put. i

very briefly, each of you, 15 seconds on the impact of the nato alliance have not adequately consulting with them. >> i think it makes it hard not consult with allies makes it harder for them to make a case to the own populations to keep a presence in afghanistan that we need because it provides additional value to us. >> thank you. ambassador crocker. >> clearly, , we've got to do a better job of communicating with our strategic partners in nato. we have seen the statement of the secretary-general of nato this past week after the president's announcement expressing his distress over where we we're going and how we doing it. so yes, nato has did a force in afghanistan. they are with us there now. they need to hear from us that we will stay the course. >> thank you. mr. biddle, very briefly. >> our alliance since of one of the great grand strategic advantages of the united states relative to our primary competitors in china and russia, neither of them enjoys the alliance light system the united states and joystick respect for allies enables us to take advantage of the things that this mi

satellites like poland, hungary, the czech republic, that the united states embraced as a nato military alliance at the end of the 20th century because they look like they were becoming democracies. they are not functioning democracy is right now. and in part that is because we are not of a functioning democracy right now. we have been wounded by russian intelligence operations. and we are rubbing salt in those wounds ourselves. we are doing it to ourselves right now. >> host: that is one of the things that comes through in the 2016 reporting around what russia accomplished in their attack on the united states. what russia's success in the success of the internet research agency online, really was exacerbating existing political division. that russia is not really have the ability to inject division but did not already exist. that exploit the themes of western democracy as they already exist. >> the number-one target of russian information operations , or black americans. and by rubbing salt in the wound of american race relations, they sought out to suppress the black vote. which the trump camp

take on foreign relations following trump's america 1st policy biden says he'll cement old alliances like nato and be tough on russia he's also pledged to rejoin the world health organization and the paris climate agreement on diplomatic editor james bass says there will be relief amongst us allies over the result but things are unlikely to just go back to the way they war before trump. certainly they are breathing a very big sigh of relief most european leaders and they're hoping that what they've seen so far from the speech in wilmington it wasn't about foreign affairs but it was the speech of a very traditional president they're hoping that the u.s. is going to return to that very traditional u.s. role which means taking part in an international institutions taking part with its allies in its alliances the most important being nato but i have to say there are 2 things to say on the other side of the tally one is that president elect biden faces an amazing set of challenges he's taking over at the time of code 19 globally over a 1000000 people have been killed the worst recession the central

long term partnerships based on shared that democratic values by then says he'll cement old alliances like nato and be tough on russia while trump started a trade war with china and blamed it for the coronavirus pandemic biden says he wants to work with allies to pressure beijing on trade and human rights biden has pledged not to meet kim jong un without the concessions on his nuclear program that trump was alternately unable to secure the president elect says he'll end u.s. support for the conflict in yemen stop weapons sales to saudi arabia and hold its leaders accountable for killing and he's indicated he is prepared to return to the iran nuclear deal but he will not lift any sanctions until tauranga returns to strict compliance with the 2015 agreement diplomatic editor james bass says there will be relief. over the result but things are unlikely to go back to the way they were before trump. certainly they are breathing a very big sigh of relief most european leaders and they're hoping that what they've seen so far from the speech in wilmington it wasn't about foreign affairs but it was the

, and t being heart of nato again and the heart of our east asian alliances, which includeia. that is the powerbase of the united stateel and president biden has been very clear on the campaign trail and sinc he h been elected that that will be a priority. laura: what do you make of john kerry being appointed the climate czar? what does that saybouthe two very different approaches of the presidents? >> that is a very strong signal th under president joe biden and vice president kamala harris, climate will be a priority. we knew that from candidate biden during the election. we know it now. john kerry has been immersed in he has been one of the key figures in the united states that participated in the negotiations leading to the 2015 agreement. i think it ia big statement that the united states is going to be back as one of the leading ttcarbon-emission g countries of the world, we will take it seriously and will work with others. cannotnk of a strong goals -- stronger signal than appointing john kerry. laura: traditionally, the u.s. has promoted human rights abroad, but wil

whereas joe biden's seen as somebody who is a big supporter of nato and may look to reinforce the alliance but there are some aspects of that that he won't be changing from the trumpet administration clued in perhaps the 2 percent of the g.d.p. that trump demanded that other nato members pay their fair share that's likely to remain the status quo and those the suggestion that joe biden would not be making a u. turn on other important decisions. joe biden isn't going to change washington's approach to international issues overnight because he can't it's a mistake to believe that everything changes europe must above all count on itself nothing will be easy there are also many issues where i don't think anything is going to change there. there's also the issue of trade this is been a massive problem with all these tariffs that trump has been imposing on e.u. products over the last 3 years now joe biden comes into the presidency with a u.s. trade deficit of $170000000000.00 u.s. dollars with the e.u. so trade is something that is going to be continuously a difficult issue there's also talks co