a lot of— important thatjoe biden, he's got a lot of his _ important thatjoe biden, he's got a lot of of his plate and most people are looking forward to the restoration of some _ looking forward to the restoration of some sort of element of decency and competence in government. he's -ot and competence in government. he's got to— and competence in government. he's got to roil— and competence in government. he's got to roll out 100 million vaccines in the _ got to roll out 100 million vaccines in the first— got to roll out 100 million vaccines in the first 100 days. that's his promise, — in the first 100 days. that's his promise, it's good that they had rejoined — promise, it's good that they had rejoined the who and also indicative of some _ rejoined the who and also indicative of some of— rejoined the who and also indicative of some of the people he's appointed in key— of some of the people he's appointed in key positions. jake sullivan as nationai— in key positions. jake sullivan as national security advisor. all of these _ national security advisor. all of these people are key inte

all the evidence is thatjoe biden wanted. all the evidence is thatjoe biden wanted. biden wanted. —— one it. the mayor of washington dc called a news conference to explain the steps she was taking to restore order to the city. her chief of police explained how the protests had got out of hand. as you are aware, demonstrators came to our city this morning to exercise their first amendment rights and were largely concentrated in the area of the national mall. following the presidents remarks, a large crowd began to merge eastbound on madison avenue northwest to constitution avenue northwest as the demonstrators approach the united states capitol grounds, there was a noticeable change in their demeanour. they breached the fencing along the us capitol grounds and confronted police lines surrounding the building. mpd was requested by the united states capitol police to provide assistance with crowd management, and due to the violent behaviour towards the police officers there and they are intent on gaining access to the capital, a riot was declared. it was clear that the

of course, one has to remember thatjoe biden is now the _ has to remember thatjoe biden is now the president of the united states, and he has a deep interest in this— states, and he has a deep interest in this irish — states, and he has a deep interest in this irish question. i hate the language — in this irish question. i hate the language of victory when so many people _ language of victory when so many people are dying. we should really stop doing this. it's the wrong time, — stop doing this. it's the wrong time, it's— stop doing this. it's the wrong time, it's the wrong thing to say. i agree _ time, it's the wrong thing to say. i agree with — time, it's the wrong thing to say. i agree with -- _ time, it's the wrong thing to say. i agree with —— i agree completely that we _ agree with —— i agree completely that we need hope, but this kind of tabloid _ that we need hope, but this kind of tabloid is _ that we need hope, but this kind of tabloid is utterly, utterly, contentedly to me. tabloid is utterly, utterly, contentedl to me. �* . ., , ., contentedly to me. britain ready to hel out cont

even this press briefing on the day of inauguration is really pushing home a point thatjoe biden madeat they are keen to get to work and start doing what the country needs in terms of addressing the crises, the coronavirus, the economic situation, the various other things, straightaway, really. thank you very much forjoining us, jen psaki. that press conference ended about 20 minutes ago and it seems, as we have been reporting, to underlinejust have been reporting, to underline just how keenjoe underline just how keen joe biden underline just how keenjoe biden is that he is getting on with thejob of biden is that he is getting on with the job of god —— governing. it came after an inauguration like no other — without the public and amid intense security after the storming of the capitol. mr biden called for unity, and an end to the nation's �*uncivil war�*. our north america editor jon sopel looks back on a different inauguration. music. so far, so normal. announcer: ladies and - gentlemen, the president-elect of the united states. this is what america does every four years, but everyt

hejust something thatjoe biden will want to push ahead with?joe biden will want to push ahead with? hejust said it was up to congress. i thought president elected biden‘s response to that question was spot on perfect frankly. he does have some very serious things to deal with, primarily the coronavirus but he's a creature of congress and he understands that the separation of powers and at this moment in american democracy is hanging on by a thread, the united states congress is created to oversee and put in check the office of the presidency and that has not happened in four yea rs. and that has not happened in four years. given what happened this week there has to be some kind of pushback otherwise we will see some despotic person in the future just step in where donald trump left off, i think it's very important at there be some consequences even if they arejust be some consequences even if they are just symbolic for what happened this week. after the shocking events of this week, a few republicans have suggested that they would be open to co

and i asked him what he thought the speech writers tomorrow are looking at to make the case thatjoe bidenen has met the moment many times with important speeches, and this is certainly one of them. i think that they are looking to make the case thatjoe biden can be a unifying force in a country that is quite divided, make the case that it is actually possible to turn the page on what we have experienced with donald trump and make the case that we can actually solve the great challenges ahead of us, in particular the covid crisis — both from a health perspective and an economic perspective. and so i think he'll be speaking both to history and directly to the american people, and i think you can expect him to ask of the american people that theyjoin him in that effort and that it notjust simply bejoe biden at work and the rest of us waiting for a rescue. you worked for him for a year. were you wary of great rhetorical flourishes? when you hear him speak, it's the simplicity, often, of his language, isn't it, almost the folksiness and his age? is that something that they will be concentratin

to thatjoe biden has been very reluctant to make this period about donald trump.size piece. people getting along. the change in the country. he doesn't want to donald trump to be the central issue, and of course, impeachment would make trump the central issue. if biden really doesn't want this to happen, i very much doubt that speaker pelosi or the democratic leader of the senate would go ahead with an impeachment. i think the talk isa impeachment. i think the talk is a signal to trump saying, don't try something like this again because we are ready to do something. now, when we look at those images of the us capitol being stormed by these protesters wrapped in trump flags, what does it say about the state of trump is on itself? well, it's very. on the one hand, this is a tragic awful event for american democracy and the pictures that went around the world of our capital yesterday were appalling. i think, capital yesterday were appalling. ithink, however, you could also view this as if not the last gasp of trump is on, the beginning of collapse of trump is on. bec

cbs news projects thatjoe biden has been elected the 46th president of the united states.l ticket in the history of the nation! cheering and applause. 7a million! the problem forjoe biden, though — the second—most votes ever cast were also in this election, and it was for donald trump. usa! across many states, there were parties in the street asjoe biden supporters celebrated his victory. but there were also plenty of protests. chanting: where's our votes? where's our votes? we were on the move the day the result was announced. we're in texas! and it's fair to say not everybody here agrees with the outcome. it sucks, that's how i feel. why do you feel so passionate? i think america went from the most respected nation in the world to the most worst one, a laughing stock, that's what i think. you don't always get what you want, but everybody put in a vote. hopefully, if some cheating or some under—the—table stuff was done, i hope that comes out. i hope the truth comes out, for sure, if he really won the election. i didn't vote for him. did you vote for donald trump? yes. wha

he hasjust thatjoe biden has is getting his senate confirmed.ouple of people confirmed at the moment and he has a lot that he wants to do and it will be more difficult if they have to wait a couple of weeks or so for this child to finish. figs couple of weeks or so for this child to finish. �* , . ., , couple of weeks or so for this child to finish. �* , ., ._, ., , couple of weeks or so for this child to finish. a. , ., , ., ., to finish. as always many thanks for talkin: us to finish. as always many thanks for talking us through _ to finish. as always many thanks for talking us through that. _ the uk prime minister says there is some evidence that the new variant of coronavirus spreading across the uk could be more deadly than the original strain. there was good news on the vaccination programme with a record number — more than 400,000 first doses administered in the past 2a hours. but borisjohnson warned that the infection rate is still high and he said he can't consider lifting restrictions in england until the vaccination programmes are work

the first thing thatjoe biden will do tomorrow morning when he wakes up at 9am is going to church behindthews. a staunch catholic, he is invited senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, former ally of president trump, who is likely to vote for donald trump's impeachment, invited nancy pelosi. howeverwe impeachment, invited nancy pelosi. however we are inside what is called the green zone in washington dc, part of the perimeter set up by the secret service running security for this inauguration. there are armed soldiers on the streets of washington dc, it looks more like a warzone than any time i've lived in the city, to be closed down because of that inauguration on the fears there might be armed protesters coming to disrupted, the secret service is running a point that they arejoined by service is running a point that they are joined by 21,000 national guard troops, thousands of law enforcement, the metropolitan police and capitol police making sure people coming in have some form of accreditation and their not allowed inside the green zone, the actual inauguration usually has around 200

presidency is off toa means thatjoe biden's presidency is off to a powerful start.idential election results. normally it's a straightforward process. but this time, a growing number of republicans are claiming they will vote against certification. some republicans have indicated that up to 140 republicans in the house of representatives and more than a dozen senators could vote against certification. but the exact numbers are unclear. here's one. i plan to object to second contested and that january six. i plan to object to second contested and thatjanuary six. i did not take this action lately. i'm acting to protect our democratic process. tens of millions of americans are rightly concerned that the 20/20 election featured unprecedented voting irregularities, unconstitutional overreach by unelected state officials and judges, ignoring state election laws and a fundamental lack of valid integrity and valid security. donald trump has praised those supporting him, and today tweeted this — calling those who are voting in favour of certification as " the surrender caucu

and i know there are millions that think thatjoe biden is not a legitimate president and that the electionher now is just a challenge on top of a whole load of other challenges. it really is and joe biden has spoken of the need for unity today on his inaugural address and also in that event that has just been under way, it finished a short while ago, celebrating america event. he also made reference to the need for unity in this country, a country that's divided over a variety of issues, not least of course the coronavirus crisis, the failing equality —— economy, racial inequity and so on. it is going to be a herculean task forjoe biden but he vowed of course all along to be a president for all of america, notjust represent those who voted for him certainly there has been an up eat spirit today. we have seen a lot of celebrities coming out to hail the inauguration of mr biden and kamala harris. among them, of course, this evening, bruce springsteen, john legend and jon bonjovi, amongst and jon bon jovi, amongst others. and jon bonjovi, amongst others. a new chapter is being written in amer

clearly you are not a fan of mr trump yet this is not the way thatjoe biden would use to start his terms that we see at the moment on our screens pans out, it will not heal the wounds we saw some exposed last wednesday and it may well get in the way of the things thatjoe biden really wants to do such as the stimulus bill to deal with the pandemic. it stimulus bill to deal with the pandemic— pandemic. it was already on their way — pandemic. it was already on their way because _ pandemic. it was already on their way because our - their way because our legislators and lawmakers had to hover under tables and be in a room together, fearing for their lives. they were not protected, our us capital was not protected. so it is already affected. everything in terms of all eyes on the inauguration next week, all lies in terms of making sure our vice president—elect and president—elect and president—elect are protect it, our legislators are protected, anything that they have to do to protect themselves is going to protect themselves is going to take some time away from the very focus of whatjoe bid

done a us and uk paper, let's look at the figaro, which is focusing lizzy on the confirmation thatjoe bidenhe united states. the headline though, "joe biden on a volcano". at that was what faiza was alluding to. that there is an awful lot of unrest and unease and dissatisfaction in the united states and joe biden will now have to deal with all of that and bring the nation together. yeah, exactly. there is some hope that this has united some of the softer republicans with the democrats and maybe this has had a bit of a healing effect, actually. but the fa ct healing effect, actually. but the fact that this is being covered in the french press as well, it really is the only story in town and the whole world is watching it. emmanuel macron said that the right was un—american and boris johnson macron said that the right was un—american and borisjohnson as well was disgraced —— condemning it as disgraceful. —— the riot was un—american. you have to ask whether trump will be pardoned by biden in orderjust to get back to a state to wipe the slate clean. indeed and all the international papers are f

thing to point out is that— first thing to point out is thatjoe _ first thing to point out is thatjoe biden not like the british parliamentary system~ _ like the british parliamentary system. where the prime minister controls the agenda, or at— minister controls the agenda, or at least tries to. so, it's not — or at least tries to. so, it's notjoe _ or at least tries to. so, it's notjoe biden taking this. the risk is — notjoe biden taking this. the risk is that if the senate gets bogged — risk is that if the senate gets bogged down in a trial, that could — bogged down in a trial, that could take place afterjoe biden— could take place afterjoe biden becomes president on january— biden becomes president on january 20, it could distract the senate from the business of confirming the appointees or the nominees thatjoe biden has announced for leading the various— announced for leading the various cabinet offices. so, i there — various cabinet offices. so, i there was— various cabinet offices. so, i there was something today about president—elect biden trying to negotiate with the senate, and if

do you think this relationship will have been damaged in any way by brexit, something thatjoe biden hasy that role as ridge will that be paris or berlin? the european union is represented in brussels and the number to call has a belgian area code, if i may say so. and there is a standing invitation right now forjoe biden to come to brussels and the european commission member states, the council, the parliament would be honoured and pleased to have him here. and what our british friends are concerned, they have a long—standing historical ties to the united states and i am sure they are as happy as us to now have joe biden in the white house and the first female vice president, kamala harris, so we look forward to that. that is the president of the un eu commission saying thatjoe biden can always call brussels if he needs to read —— reach europe. forces across the country were on high alert for attacks by americans. we travelled to texas to explore the nation's ongoing divisions. the inauguration here is marked by an upturned flag, so convinced is eric braden that donald trump somehow had

and one of the issues thatjoe biden is going to be tackling as soon as he gets into the oval office fromling that's covid crisis and the resulting economic crisis. so one of the things he intends to do is to make it mandatory that in federal lines, across state highways and anything that he has for rent —— federal authority, anything that he has for rent —— federalauthority, he anything that he has for rent —— federal authority, he will require that masks be worn come already this is happening on planes, but he is making sure that that practice is in law. secondly, he is promising to inoculate, essentially, took about 100 million vaccines in 100 days, which is something that the trump campaign has called operation work speed, but hasn't happened as fast as the biden transition would've wanted. . , as the biden transition would've wanted. ., , ., ., ., ~ wanted. 0k, larry, for now, thank ou ve wanted. 0k, larry, for now, thank you very much _ wanted. 0k, larry, for now, thank you very much indeed. _ wanted. 0k, larry, for now, thank you very much indeed. let's - wanted. 0k, larry, for now

the number one thing thatjoe biden needs to do from today, when he becomes president, is handled theoss the country, bring down the number of people who are dying in america because of the coronavirus. what do you think the incoming president can do differently, compared to what mike pence was doing when he was leading the coronavirus task force in the donald trump administration? ltrul’eiiii donald trump administration? well the first thing _ donald trump administration? well the first thing is _ donald trump administration? -tt the first thing is to speak with a unified voice, to tell people the situation, to get everyone united and behind them. a simple issue like that has created so much division in this country. and also to support the states, support the governors who have basically been played against each other and used as a pawn for president trump along the way who actually did not enable them. he did not support them, he played politics with the virus and the important thing is to put the politics aside at the moment to get the vaccine distributed, get ppe out to the peopl

to look for as i have no doubt that joe biden and think we had to look for as i have no doubt thatjoe bidenhis team will step up. look at the people he appointed, he put people in place that if at these jobs before so they can get on track as quickly as possible. but the real test, today, tomorrow in the next day, ted cruz, all the republicans who are aiding and abetting donald trump in this folly that he has engaged in trying to hold into office. all the republicans that have let him go for years and never held him accountable. donald trump is to be held accountable. the fact that he had to go on tv and twitter to try to beg him to put that statement out tells you everything. so, this day was years in the making but the reckoning is today and let's see what they all do every day forward. i think america voted forjoe biden to bring us back to some normalcy and make us better and that is going to take a lot of work, but the real pressure in the real test is on the republicans. let's see what they do. it's fear within the republican party in one side of the social is taking over and on the le

so, it's absolutely no surprise thatjoe biden, even having criticized boris johnson before when he comes ok, let's have a look at the express, david. covid, main splash forthe express, david. covid, main splash for the express, relax at our peril. because, of course, it has been the deadliest day in terms of the number of deaths, even though the number of cases are falling quite significantly.- cases are falling quite significantly. cases are falling quite sianificantl . , , significantly. this is the most problem. _ significantly. this is the most problem, because _ significantly. this is the most problem, because for- significantly. this is the most problem, because for most i significantly. this is the most. problem, because for most folks significantly. this is the most - problem, because for most folks to what to _ problem, because for most folks to what to make of these statistics, the view— what to make of these statistics, the view and some of us is the failure — the view and some of us is the failure of— the view and some of us is the failure of the government to communicate the

potentially just - getting all of them vaccinated nearly brings them to the target thatjoe biden is targetingoe biden is taruuetin? ~ ., targeting? well, some of those workers may — targeting? well, some of those workers may fall _ targeting? well, some of those workers may fall into _ targeting? well, some of those workers may fall into other - workers may fall into other categories as well. within the bond administration, but i think through this letter, amazon as well as other tech companies are trying to welcome in the biden administration and set a new tone perhaps to the previous more contentious tone that tech giants had with the trump administration. film. that tech giants had with the trump administration. oh, that is interesting, _ trump administration. oh, that is interesting, do _ trump administration. oh, that is interesting, do you _ trump administration. oh, that is interesting, do you think - is interesting, do you think they are trying to win favour with the biden administration coming in? i with the biden administration coming in?— coming in? i think it is in their favour— co

has there ever been a president in living memory that has the kind of inbox thatjoe biden has? ida. i don't think so. _ inbox that joe biden has? no, i don't think so. a _ inbox that joe biden has? no, i don't think so. a new _ inbox that joe biden has? no, i don't think so. a new presidentj don't think so. a new president coming in, inheriting the most appalling situations, wherever you look across the political waterfront, the state of the economy because of the pandemic, then the pandemic and the fact there are 400,000 dead and a roll—out of the vaccine that is going very slowly, you look at the racial tensions left by the death of george floyd and the aftermath of a number of incidents of that nature which have left people feeling fractious and uneasy, so what we will see from joe biden in these opening date is a flurry of executive orders committing he can sign that you not need congressional approval. but big legislation will still be difficult, the senate is on a knife edge, he cannot get his legislation passed easily. then become due today, he talked about a winter of peril

what is the optimism from people you speak to thatjoe biden can heal people across the us and that trumpreally combust now and who leads the right in the us? i think this is being analysed across the political spectrum in the united kingdom because of the perhaps exaggerated importance of this special relationship. an exaggerated sense of importance which i think it an exaggerated sense of importance which i think raises many interesting questions in light of what is happening at the moment. as james pointed out. the answer is, i suggest at the end of my previous bit of analysis, people do not know. what this portends, for sure. there is optimism about biden. because, he is, i mean, just watching his reactions, the speeches he has made every now and again since wednesday, you are dealing with someone so different from trump. that there is bound to be an optimism that the united states will begin to engage again with the european union, with the uk, albeit his wariness ofjohnson is a factor i think in all of this. so, yeah, there is — in terms of the republicans, it's going to be fascinat

it probably won't mean very much difference to the fact thatjoe biden will be declared the winner butce, if you like, on the part of those who are loyal to donald trump and it presents a particularly republican senators, with something of a dilemma. do they support the democratic outcome of this election and the courts have proven that it was joe proven that it wasjoe biden's victory in that election, or do they support the man who is, without question, the most popular member of the republican party, namely donald trump. it is an invidious decision for them to make and i might add as well that wednesday will also see a mass rally of donald trump supporters in the us capital, washington, dc. none of this, however, likely to preventjoe biden from being inaugurated as the 46th president of the united states in just over two week time. the kuwaiti foreign minister is saying saudi arabia will reopen its airspace, and land and sea borders to qatar. there's been a long—running dispute between qatar and several of its gulf neighbours. saudi arabia led a coalition of countries in the gulf and

and i've heard this in the middle east from middle east leaders, they believe thatjoe biden and the europeanss. it made just be talk but it will all be in the mix. the last brief word to tonia on this. we have to bear in mind that it is a huge task forjoe biden�*s administration, because he wants to restart a new nuclear agreement with the kremlin, so deciding how to react. they need to condemn what happened to alexei navalny and the cyber attack thatjust happened. they condemned the situation, but ifjoe biden wants to sign the nuclear agreement and restore the cold war security architecture, important for everyone in the world, it is now, with the crisis of the relationship, very important. he has to be very careful how he reacts to what is going on in russia. i do not expect that the present administration will be very proactive on sanctions. unlike, maybe europeans. let's stay with the question of united states. "my whole soul is in this", said us presidentjoe biden as he assumed office on wednesday. "bringing america together, uniting our people, uniting our nation". he was echoing abraha

janet yellen, president biden�*s picked to be the next treasury secretary has said thatjoe biden wills in infrastructure. the biggest thing britain wants and needs from the us is a free trade deal post—brexit and there were hopes it would happen before the spring. may be some alarm. i've seen some stuff aboutjoe biden removing from the oval office a bust of winston churchill. if that's going to be the metric by which you measure the relationship i think it would show a good deal of insecurity on the british side. the relationship when the us and the uk is built on much firmer foundations and defence and intelligence sharing are the real measures by which it should be looked at but i think the trade thing is the most immediate concern and that's one to watch very closely. concern and that's one to watch very closel . . ~ concern and that's one to watch very closel . ., ~ , ., a bomb attack on a busy market in the iraqi capital, baghdad, has killed more than 30 people and wounded at least 100. it's the city's deadliest attack in three years. witnesses say two blasts exploded in quick su

well, the big weapon that joe biden has got is the - thatjoe biden has got is the executive order, whicheans he does not have to go to congress. you will see a big economic stimulus package which is going to hopefully revive the us economy after the pandemic. the other priority is the pandemic itself, he wants to make wearing masks monday to become for people across the united states. i heard you talking earlier about the vaccine programme in the uk, well, it is going a lot better there than it is going a lot better there than it is going a lot better there than it is here, and he wants to see i million vaccines in the first 100 daysin million vaccines in the first 100 days in office. mil million vaccines in the first 100 days in office.— days in office. all of this, of course. _ days in office. all of this, of course, will _ days in office. all of this, of course, will be _ days in office. all of this, of course, will be happening i days in office. all of this, of. course, will be happening after days in office. all of this, of - course, will be happening after the inauguration, tell us

not thatjoe biden is shedding any tears. that's what i am looking forward to — him leaving office.ay over here, that he indicated he wasn't going to show up at the inauguration. one of the few things he and i have ever agreed on. it's a good thing, him not showing up. in the wake of the riots and the president's incendiary words, he's faced multiple resignations and the threat of removalfrom office. that explains the astonishing volte—face from donald trump last night. he had no option. and there's this. just before he spoke, it was confirmed that one of the capitol policemen, brian sicknick, had died from injuries he received while trying to hold the rioters at bay. today, it was ordered that flags should fly at half—mast in his honour, but they're also flying at half—staff for american democracy. that report byjon sopel. and jon joined us from the white house to provide further analysis of trump's position you can see already that the democrats are planning to draw up articles of impeachment, to impeach him a second time in the house. apparently, this is being planned when the ra

georgia were recounted twice, was that was my hand, was my machine and both timed it was found thatjoe bidene. ijust wonder how much president trump may have been enboldened by the fact that a growing number of republican senators are saying they will challenge the electoral college vote tally when congress meets to what normally is a ceremonial approval of the results. donald trump has been pressuring his party to take such steps for quite some time. i'm not sure if he was emboldened or it's just the fact that we've had access to this audio. which is quite unusual. the attempt by those lawmakers to try and challenge the electoral college results when they come to congress in thatjoint session is likely to fail. it will essentially take the democrats voting to object to their candidates win which is not can happen. former republican senatorjeff flake gave his response to the president's phone call. it's tough to be shocked any more by what the president does. but this was truly shocking. extraordinary, to put pressure on the republican secretary of state to find the votes. i mean, that's awf

the final verdict or decision was never in doubt even before the events of the past few hours, thatjoe bidene certified and he will become the next president of the united states on 20 january, which is less than two weeks to go before that date, but clearly the events of the past few hours have raised a lot of uncertainty and fear in the minds and the hearts of americans around the country as to what the next two weeks are going to be like. while it is a foregone conclusion what's going to happen in thejoint houses in the next few hours, people it has to be said i'm quite concerned about how events might unfold over the next two weeks. thank you, peter bowes, with the latest on what's happening at the moment with regards to politicians in the united states, the senators, those in the upper house and also the house of representatives, who are now debating the objection from pennsylvania. let's continue to get reaction to those events in washington, dc. us corporations and business groups have united in condemnation of the violence on capitol hill and called for a peaceful transition of power

but actually, in terms of policy, you're saying thatjoe biden is going to pursue a fairly tough policyith china and make it more of an emphasis on human rights violations against the weakest and that kind of thing? that's your point. 0k. ———against the uighurs. more of an emphasis on human rights, a little bit more concerning with with allies. but but, yes, this is going to be a fairly robust policy. all right, valeriejarrett. i mean, when barack obama was president, obviously you were in the obama biden white house. you knowjoe biden very well. obama talked so much about the tilt to asia. are we going to see a tilt to asia underjoe biden, do you think? 0h, most definitely. and i would remind your audience that the reason why president obama and vice president biden were so supportive of the tpp, the trade agreement that would have bound the united states and 11 countries, not only would it have opened up a huge market for us companies to trade in asia, but it also would have isolated china and we would have set high standards in terms of everything from human rights to the environment

is the direct payments or payments for child health care to state and local government funding thatjoe bidener than just a straight party line vote. where do you think the pushback will come from? it will come from all sides most likely. republicans will go back to their old arguments about the rising debt, we cannot afford this, and they think we are bailing out irresponsible state and local governments and democrats will argue that actually student loan debt relief should have been part of this, the payments should be larger. we will see probably the traditional back—and—forth but i think the goal here for the biden administration is to show that they have deep contacts in congress and joe biden has bargaining skills, and they want to send the message that this is important for republicans and democrats. i don't know if they will get there, but that is the effort. what do you think will be the main challenges he faces, other than the covid—19 pandemic, on the day that he takes office? the economic crisis will be a presence every day, all day. you already see the headlines, the administrati

extreme nature of some of the opinions of those people who follow president trump, but one thing thatjoe bidenolitically has now in his favour. not that everyone is going to agree with what he plans to do but at leastjoe biden will be able to do things with control of the senate and of the house and of the white house now, he will be able to push forward policies that he at least believes will benefit the vast majority of americans. peter, from the people you are talking to, what about the fallout from today's events? there are suggestions, the new york times is suggesting more resignations around the president to come, cbs news, our partner channel, reporting that cabinet members, trump cabinet members are considering invoking the 25th amendment, essentially removing the president from office because he is unfit to discharge his duties. what strength do you give to those reports? well, if that happens that would be the ultimate in developments that would really shocked so many americans because in modern history that simply hasn't ever happened and coming so close to the end of president trum

after the upheaval, the session to formalise what we already know — thatjoe biden won the election —heavy cloud. we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. we grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls. this president bears a great deal of the blame. this mob was in good part president trump's doing, incited by his words, his lies. we no longer support you! donald trump did call for peace, but in the same breath he once again reiterated the rallying cry that caused the violence — that the election had been stolen. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in washington. the question everyone is asking is, what happens now? donald trump still has 13 days left in office — and there has been talk of invoking america's 25th amendment, which would allow for his early removal. 0ur correspondent paul adams looks at america's options. a demonstration, a coup, even a revolution. the world looked on in horror, but what did yesterday's chaotic events at the capitol really mean and where is america heading? joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and vice preside

the highlight of the day was that memorial service thatjoe biden and kamala harris attended at that reflectingprovided this really beautiful ceremony but also iconic imagery. that happened just about an hour after america recorded 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus. it's a crisis that president donal trump has downplayed, even though he's taken credit for the fast roll—out of the vaccine. two vaccines now approved for emergency use in the us, the moderna vaccine and the pfizer—biontech vaccine, president donald trump spending his last full day as president at the white house, just two or three blocks from where i am standing, across the street is blair house where president—electjoe biden and his wife, doctorjill biden are spending the night. typically they are usually invited their by the outgoing president but in this case, that did not happen. we invited them, the state department and tomorrow they start the day in church but the last four years have been those of chaos, the stark contrast of leadership, but it's all over now. he will be at mar—a—lago where he will spend the next four year

georgia was fully recounted twice, was that was my hand, was my machine and both timed it was found thatjoe bidenhat state. ijust wonder how much president trump may have been enboldened by the fact that a growing number of republican senators are saying they will challenge the electoral college vote tally when congress meets to what normally is a ceremonial approval of the results. donald trump has been pressuring his party to take such steps for quite some time. i'm not sure if he was emboldened or it's just the fact that we've had access to this audio. which is quite unusual. the attempt by those lawmakers to try and challenge the electoral college results when they come to congress in thatjoint session is likely to fail. it will essentially take the democrats voting to object to their candidates win which is not can happen. former republican senatorjeff flake gave his response to the president's phone call. it's tough to be shocked any more by what the president does. but this was truly shocking. extraordinary, to put pressure on the republican secretary of state to find the votes. i mean, th

and why don't you accept thatjoe biden is the president—elect, then?o many votes that haven't been counted yet. they're all fake dead people, it'sjust... there's no evidence to support that. really? there is no evidence to support that. really? are you listening to cnn or something? no, we're from bbc news. oh, that's why. sure. 0h, they're from bbc. 0h, shock! they're lying. yeah, i got to go. protests like this were happening across the country for weeks, but it took untiljanuary 6th this year before things really boiled over. as america's elected leaders met to confirm joe biden�*s victory in the presidential election, donald trump was giving a speech. we're going to walk down to the capitol. cheering and applause. what followed was a riot. shouting. feeling like they had the backing of the outgoing president, the capitol building was stormed by trump supporters. five people died after being involved in the clashes. joe biden called on donald trump to tell his supporters to stand down. i call on president trump to go on national television now, to f

us senators who are refusing to accept reality, refusing to see data, see facts, the very fact thatjoe biden in a landslide. the same word that donald trump used in 2016 for his win. this is about so much more than trump, though, this is more than meets the eye. there is a lot here and really it will be a good week in washington politics. a good week for commentators? certainly. are you worried about the integrity of the democratic process, though? this as an election that was won by millions of votes, that is being challenged in the courts, as is the right, and correct thing to do, but the courts in several states have thrown this out and said you can't just come with allegations and no evidence. this isn't how things are done. isn't there a corrosive element to all of this? there is. but i'm smiling and saying it is a good week for a reason, because democracy will win. no matter what stance these senators have planned for wednesday, we know that democracy is going to win out. we know there is nothing more they can do to undermine, frankly, democracy. that is what is at play here. we know t

the thing that is missing is a crucial sentence and that is thatjoe biden has won, i lost and he is the. he still does not say that and his supporters, and many republicans, believe that mr biden�*s winner is not legitimate. biden's winner is not legitimate.— biden's winner is not lecitimate. ~ . ., , , , legitimate. what happens next and do you _ legitimate. what happens next and do you think _ legitimate. what happens next and do you think the _ legitimate. what happens next and do you think the senate i and do you think the senate trial will actually go ahead? i think the senate trial will go ahead. we don't quite know when because nancy pelosi has not handed over the article of impeachment yet. we do know it will not happen before the inauguration. mitch mcconnell, the senior republican in the senate said that was the case. but there is a great deal of urgency on the democrat side to get it done so probably shortly after the inauguration. joe biden has put in a statement after the impeachment to say that he is hoping the senate can deal with the impeachment and also with the order o

we know thatjoe biden is somebody who really values the kind of traditions around lawmaking and the traditionsand his wife will be attending on the 20th. lebo diseko reporting from washington. these are pictures from the white house where the flag is being flown at half mast in memory of capital of the said brian sicknick who died as a result of injuries that he sustained during the riots at the capitol building. —— capital officer. nancy pelosi ordered flags at the capitol to be lowered on friday also in honour of mr brian sicknick. scientists think robotic health care assistants could $0011 robotic health care assistants could soon become a reality. a team at the university of sheffield in the uk are developing ways of using new technology in hospitals and care homes, as luxmy gopal has been finding out. this is benny the robot. he's in a home lab in sheffield, but he is being controlled in real time from manchester. through the technology, anyone anywhere can immerse themselves in the robot. i become the robot simply by putting on a vr headset. and now i can see everything the robot sees. a

not thatjoe biden is shedding any tears. that's what i am looking forward to — him leaving office.he wasn't going to show up at the inauguration. one of the few things he and i have ever agreed on. it's a good thing, him not showing up. in the wake of the riots and the president's incendiary words, he's faced multiple resignations and the threat of removalfrom office. that explains the astonishing volte—face from donald trump last night. he had no option. and there's this. just before he spoke, it was confirmed that one of the capitol policemen, brian sicknick, had died from injuries he received while trying to hold the rioters at bay. today, it was ordered that flags should fly at half—mast in his honour, but they're also flying at half—staff for american democracy. just 12 days left of president trump's term in office but a lot can happen in 12 days. it's going to be a very long 12 days, because you can see already that the democrats are planning to draw up articles of impeachment, to impeach him a second time in the house. apparently this is being planned when the raid on the co

advantage to the democratic party because if their candidates when those senate seat, it means thatjoe biden'sy is off to a powerful start. nomia iqbalfor us there in atlanta. two democrat congressmen have called on the fbi to investigate donald trump's phone call to the top election official in georgia. they say the president's request for enough votes to be found to overturnjoe biden's victory in the state broke election law. georgia's secretary of state says he only took a controversial call from mr trump because of pressure from the white house. the president had pressed brad raffensperger to find votes that would overturn joe biden's narrow victory there. the former us defence secretary, william cohen, gave this reaction to trump's phone call. it isa it is a continuation of who he is and who he has been, namely he uses intimidation, rate of lawsuits, anything he can to bend people to his will, even breaking the law. he did this, an example of it, was with the president of the ukraine, zelensky. and he has done it here which is so outrageous in terms of going to the secretary of state and

this is a case in point thatjoe biden is not serious in what he is doing because he did sign the 94 crimes doing is putting rhetoric to get both in popularity but he is never going to do anything. having joe biden and _ going to do anything. having joe biden and bill— going to do anything. having joe biden and bill clinton - going to do anything. having i joe biden and bill clinton have both disowned that bill now. you are not willing to give them but the benefit of the doubt? ., , , , doubt? no because it is convenient _ doubt? no because it is convenient in _ doubt? no because it is convenient in politics i doubt? no because it is l convenient in politics that you can disown it now that you are trying to run and get someone's vote. i would say this, he has no history of changing any of his perspectives, he has no history of doing anything positive for black people even when he was the vice president after he signed the 94 crime bill, and he got kamala harris as his vice president, and she has a terrible record with the black community in california. i would like to see him actually do s

controlling both the house and the senate, investments are trained up at the stimulus package thatjoe bidengo through more quickly and that help is on the way to those americans who have especially lost theirjobs and are desperate to get the cash they need for day—to—day living, really. that is why we have been seeing some reaction, wall street doing well throughout the session and they did and slightly flat lower end we are expecting some reaction skier in asia as well. japan is trading just under half a percent and we are going to have other asian markets, including hong kong starting to trade in about 1a minutes' time, so we will see how they react as well.— time, so we will see how they react as well. thank you and it is aood react as well. thank you and it is good to _ react as well. thank you and it is good to have _ react as well. thank you and it is good to have your— react as well. thank you and it is good to have your insight. l is good to have your insight. is a recap, we have been watching pretty significant speeches from the presidentjoe biden talking about exactly how it's goi