the u.s. army in 2019 after an illustrious 40 year career in which he held a variety of leadership positions including commanding general of the special operations command from 2014 to 2016 and of the central command from 2016 to 019. today's webinar is the fourth in a series of events we have held. to elaborate on our perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for the next administration. for those interested in taking a deeper dive into our analyses, the full series is posted online. you can find a link to the book often the m.e.i. web page and the chat box if you're joining us on zoom. i look forward to taking audience questions throughout zoom's q&a feature, which you can also find on your screens. for those calling in by phone or watching our panel on the live stream, you can ask a estion by emailing events@mei.edu. if you are having technical issues you can also use the email. events@mei.e dumbings. -- events@mei.edu. feel free to ask a question at any time. i will be looking at all

let's go back to the u.s. and the some international reaction to the fact that joe biden is now the president elect prominent democrat and senate minority leader chuck schumer has thanked the american public for maintaining faith in the political system. the long dark night in america is over and a new drawing is comic. and i want to thank all of the millions of americans who voted i want to thank the millions who are volunteers and poll watchers and small dollar donors. deep we did not give up on america donald trump so limits start democracy so try to destroy our democracy but as the election showed the american people never lost faith and now donald trump go home to florida. nancy soderberg is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she says one of the reasons all trump failed is that he didn't listen to the concerns of the american people it's a exciting day for americans half of us anyway this is a very tight election was tighter than people expected the democrats did not get this the senate tight

the u.s. army in 2019 after an illustrious 40 year career in which he held a variety of leadership positions including commanding general of the special operations command from 2014 to 2016 and of the central command from 2016 to 2019. is the fourth in a series of events we have held. for those interested in taking a deeper dive into our analyses, the full series is posted online. bookan find a link to the in the chat box if you are joining us on zoom. q and a feature can also be found on your screens. on those watching our panel the livestream, you can email your questions. if you are having technical issues you can also use the email. feel free to ask a question at any time. i will be looking at all your questions and will factor as many as possible into the discussions. asked each -- panelist to give a brief overview of their ideas to prompt this question. let me begin with you paul. how do you see the region over the next four years? welcome to this discussion. let me say a few things leadi

the u.s. resonates in the middle east and america has been the leading democracy in the world for two centuries and the middle east since the late 19th century up till yesterday was still combating or struggling over the issue of what is the best political system, should it be a form of monarch or goal or military authoritarianism or islamic system or a democracy in these things are very real issues, particularly among the populations of the middle east. president trump has been somewhat an opponent of the institutions and values of democracy and a free press so it was a time when that american example was taking a beating around the world but also in the middle east. i think the election of joe biden is somewhat of a restoration of the course of democracy in the u.s. and remains fragile and remains threatened but that, in and of itself, gives encouragement to those of the middle east to believe that democracy is the future rather than authoritarianism or some form of islamic government. second

welcome back with the u.s. presidential election there is a lot on the ballot one issue you won't see and many voters might not even consider is the u.s. relationship with china as we talked about previously this is a relationship that has devolved considerably over the 4 years of president trump's 1st term so will what happens on election day have a major impact on the relationship between the world's 2 largest economies especially when it comes to china's tech giants joining us now to discuss our blue bus co-host christiane i. thank you both for being here on this special election day show christiane i want to start with you now u.s. china relations are more strained than we have seen in decades what are the biggest factors creating that strain. well there are a lot of factors that are creating a strain like let's start with the obvious where the trumpet ministration is accusing china of unfair trade practices and corporate espionage and these allegations have allowed truck to launch a series tariff for that.

and without mentioning even the u.s. pressure, if she hasn't done it at that point, why would she do it going forward. and so one will have to see this as another one of the sticking points and it is relevance evane how the united states will deal with this going forward. i clearly don't like the project. but one will also need to start thinking of moving beyond this project, looking at energy security in a larger sense and finding new ways to also address the concerns of centrale and eastern europeans who also oppose this project. this will be one of those diplomatic nuts to crack that the new administration will have on its plate with the german government >> that's right. and so it won't be smooth sailing all the way. we'll leave it there thank you so much for joining us, thomas >>> just a reminder that we are still waiting for angela merkel to get up and give a speech in reaction to the u.s. election results. you can see the podium is all set for her to give a speech and this after tweeting last night via her governme

the u.s. to pay the most because that economy is the worst in terms of how abusive it's been in using the world reserve currency the u.s. dollar to expand its empire of. to the far reaches of the globe. the heads you know many of this now no longer works right and this great reset that they're hoping for that they're wishing for that they're willing upon the world the new bretton woods in the great reset i think is also connected to that build back better you know the very mckinsey esque sort of brave new world that sort of dystopian sayf i sort of phrase that used to exist in those horror scifi films that you would see when you were a child of like the voice coming on build better better we're here for you this community is a utopia you know so these sort of phrases think about it where who conjures up these who comes up with these sort of ideas mckinsey mckinsey is also listed in this time magazine world economic forum story the because part of the great reset they say will be a jobs reset wh

the u.s. public overwhelmingly shows in polls. they do favor a reduction of the u.s. presence overseas. however, it seems that the chief of nato was not thrilled with this recent move by trump. we went into afghanistan together, and when the time is right we should leave together in a coordinated and orderly way. will this change with a joe biden and ministration in the white house? joe biden has also indicated that he favors drawing back the u.s. military presence overseas. however, joe biden has continued to emphasize that he will not withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan back at the time of the u.s. intervention. joe biden was a big supporter of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan. and joe biden has been very outspoken about the need for a continued mission there, and a continued u.s. military presence. pistor is going to judges very harshly. i believe if we allow the hope of a liberated afghanistan to evaporate, because we are fearful of the phrase nation building, or we do know and stay the c

the u.s. equity markets recovered to some extent, and in europe, the cac 0.2%.x up by today we see more of that positive trend. we can see positivity coming through in the asian session. japan is closed, but we have the asian equity session fairly positive. theets are looking ahead to election, bracing for volatility. the dollar is falling broadly speaking. the euro is a little resurgent. we see australian assets on the move as a result of an interest rate cut. it is election day in the united states. president trump and democratic nominee, joe biden, and did the race with last ditch efforts to persuade voters in key states. biden leads nationally in polls, with the latest putting him ahead of trumpa in ohio and florida, two of the most hotly contested states. what were the closing arguments that these two put forward? the sameere mostly arguments we have been hearing a while, joe biden saying the nation cannot afford another four years of trump, particularly because of his response to the coro

the u.s. and china. rice universities public policy hosted the event. it is over one hour. >> welcome to the baker institute webinar. i am steve lewis. the head of our china studies program. we are happy to have you all this afternoon. thank you for tuning in. i am hoping not only do you find it informative and unique colleague, but froma welcome respite domestic politics, which is never as important as aging asian affairs. i would like to thank all of you again. our hard-working staff at the baker institute. my research assistant for helping. the foundation for endowing a lot of the events here. the doctor -- i have known her for 10 years -- one of our top scholars. i think it has been 10 years. she was a postdoc here for asian interested in media. had her and her expertise in many of our past webinars on chinese politics. we are happy to have her again today. also, we are happy this year because she is newly minted as an associate professor, tenured professor at media studies at the universit

the u.s. government maliciously slandered china's military civilian integration, development policy out of political motives and abuse. national power to unreasonably suppress, chinese companies. severely violating market competition principles and international economic and trade rules and grossly obstructing normal economic trade and investment cooperation between china and the united states. this move will not only seriously damaged illegitimate rights and interests of chinese companies, but will also damage the interests of investors from all countries, including the u.s. . joining us out of discusses boom bust co-host christine christine, thanks so much for being here. as always. it all, there were about 31 companies on this list. some of the names we know really well, like wall way technologies. but others were not as familiar with, such as china, nuclear, engineering and construction corporation, china electronics corporation or china railway construction corporation. are these all comp

as the u.s. election begins to wrap up, they are putting focus back on the economic story which will really dominate how equities move from here on out. german industrial production did rise for a fifth consecutive month. the question is, can that continue as more lockdowns take place? tighter restrictions in germany take hold. the industrial production figures did missed estimates. they came out at a 1.6% month over month rise. the estimate was for 2.5%. still chugging ahead. can that continue with rising coronavirus cases? anna: thanks very much. hadr things we have not time to pick up on during the first hour of this program because of the focus on the u.s. election. plenty of newsworthy stories to talk about. let's check on the political map. just in case you are waking up five minutes to 8:00 in london. five minutes to 9:00 in paris. we have the same numbers as yesterday including arizona. biden. 214 for president trump. increasing focus on georgia. the counting is ongoing. we seem to be get

the moment. we are seeing u.s. gaining ground, of course, as we head to the next few hours before polls close in this u.s. presidential election. we are seeing the -- mini futures jumping more than a percent. of course, after small caps finish at the highest level in about three weeks already. take a. look at treasury yields futures right now, they are a little bit of pressure but after we saw yields climbing in the regular session led to a surge in banks. the clock ticking down on election night. joining us is uber research fellow, the director of the romney campaign -- hoover research fellow. let's talk about some of the issues that we might be seeing going forward. right now the markets pricing in a potential biden presidency. is this -- if this actually were to happen, i wonder, if people are worried about a conservative leaning judiciary at this point because we have seen more than 200 judicial appointments with then, within the trump administration. >> yeah, no question president trump has remade the federal j

this is 0 these are the headlines u.s. president elect joe biden has announced his transitional covert 19 unfunny story forward he says tackling the pandemic will be one of his 4 big priorities the u.s. continues to records a record number of daily covert infections. has more from washington this is a team of public health experts and doctors and scientists that will advise the transition team on a myriad of policies moving forward now the transition team says that in fact this will allow for the elevation of the voices of science to curb the spread of the disease and that this task force will be working with state and local officials to allow for schools and businesses to reopen so this is a clear agenda promise that was made on the campaign trail by joe biden and comma harris they would make this a top priority donald trump is still refusing to concede defeat his team is preparing legal challenges to some of the kind some battleground states that favor joe biden fellow republican and former presidents george w. bush says

in other news, the u.s. has announced the withdrawal of 500 troops from iraq and thousands from afghanistan that is set to take place before the incumbent presidents donald trump, leaves office artie's new york correspondent, caleb moppin breaks it all down for us. the pentagon has announced that there will be a withdrawal of some u.s. troops from iraq and afghanistan. both countries will have only roughly $2500.00 troops. the withdraw will take place between now and mid january. this is what we've heard. i celebrate this day as we continue the president's consistent progress in completing the mission we began nearly 2 decades ago. folks will recall that recently donald trump removed a number of top pentagon officials,, including u.s. secretary of defense, mark asper. now donald trump is essentially fulfilling one of his campaign promises, at least partially. donald trump did promise that he would end the forever wars and the u.s. military involvement overseas. and it appears that this withdrawal of some u.s.

the u.s. presidential race comes down to the wire donald trump and joe biden wait to see if they'll head the world's leading superpower but global trust in the u.s. is declining so can america's reputation be repaired this isn't story. hello welcome to the program on iran come on americans and much of the world are waiting nervously to see whether don't trump old joe biden will be the next u.s. president the final result from tuesday's election depends on the large number of postal votes in swing states the u.s. president is often regarded as the most powerful person in the world changes in american foreign policy can benefit or hurt millions of people don't know trump is appended to play mostly in the past 4 years shifting away from global alliances and pulling the u.s. out of agreements on climate change and iran's nuclear program joe biden has promised to restore some of those ties if elected but some world leaders all skeptical. when you keep battle you momo him. what is important for us is

show of support for the u.s. president rights but just like in the states chums bid for reelection divides views on the continent so will it be trump or his democratic challenger joe biden we've taken our comrades to the streets across africa from uganda to south africa i would love to see the democrats win but they were the most like. to go to and inspiring to with the minorities as policy all over the. please don't you have easy is really really not. a good president when it comes to. how to handle people and how we treat. people even the you hate account we've been doing that from the us next week there's no doubt about that. i think that joe biden was too soft for the 200 team down to earth i mean he goes down to people he puts himself. on tries to. you know solve the fog. calculator not like fire and done all the. couple should be. good in 1000 as a change their game plan for my thinking is. joe biden is going to win thank you guys to me now they making it look like it doesn't. want to do we should be an exam

the u.s. goes to the polls and the world is watching millions of americans are voting for the next president so how is the election being viewed by other countries this is inside story. hello i'm wrong on off to one of the most divisive campaigns in years americans finally have their say on who should be the next president millions choosing to either give donald trump another 4 years oh put joe biden in the white house but no matter who wins on tuesday the news will reverberate across the globe it's often said that the u.s. president is the most powerful person in the world so in this special episode of inside story we'll speak to correspondents in china russia the u.k. iraq iran and israel to see how those countries and their regions viewing the u.s. election. donald trump has had a tense relationship with china a trade war led to both countries imposing billions of dollars in tariff washington has criticized beijing's national security law in hong kong here in rights violations and territoria

leigh-ann: it is election day in the u.s. st polls show joe biden is leaving president trump nationally as well as in key states. the button campaign says the surge in early voting will help the democrats, but trumps up a team argues that voters heading to the ballot box can easily wipe out the early advantage. opec plus is inching closer to its january output hike. russia is keeping its curve for the next three months. as oil markets we can. planned to add almost 2 million barrels a day may not be such a good idea. australia's central banks cutting its key rate as yield curve targets and its bank lending facility. it is also announcing a new bond buying program worth 100 billion aussie dollars. that is as it seeks to ensure a rapid recovery from the pandemic , and australia's first recession in almost 30 years. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i'm 120 countries, leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. francine? thank you so much. covid case

the u.s. confirmed it will reduce the number of troops in afghanistan and iraq by mid january. the silly both countries with around 2500 soldiers, senior officials, expressed concerns about the plans. iran's foreign minister says tehran is ready to return to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. if the president elect joe biden joins the agreement and lift sanctions from, withdrew from it. 2 years ago, out of an iota has weakened to a tropical storm as it pushes across central america. it hit nicaragua as a category 4 with winds of up to 250 kilometers an hour interventional floods and forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. to the state of south australia is going into lockdown for 6 days to stop the spread of covert 1922, new cases of what's been described as a highly contagious strain of the virus have been detected. schools and non-essential businesses will be closed to people have to stay home. the state's premier is described it as a circuit breaker locked on to contr

and the u.s. media each other and one is of use it's climate president biden committed to rejoin the paris climate agreement and hear us need each other but generally biden is likely to focus on domestic issues taking on the pandemic helping the economy recover and protecting u.s. workers a power struggle with china is also expected to dominate his presidency biden will call on the europe for support ceci accokeek a guard senior fellow with the german marshall fund clearly europe is going to be a much more valued ally because of the u.s. rivalry with china but also put your are going to position to ask for something else something in return if you like. and trade is clearly an area where i think there is a lot of opportunity that everything will change and by and president many here believe that american demands for greater european defense spending and burden sharing will continue the u.s. is pivoting to asia and other parts of the world and less and less willing to patrol europe's neighborhood in

but now the u.s. now that they're seeking approval in the united states because it's a large market, there's some different information that has emerged and so now is true, then it has to either confirm or deny it. but somehow they have to clarify this new information. and presumably that's how this story then came about because it, officials are looking at it in greater detail in the u.s. . absolutely, because again, the u.s. is a large market. it has to be mentioned that normally this is how vaccines work. a younger person would have a stronger immune system and a stronger response, so their bodies would develop more antibodies for the virus for the virus. and while elderly people, they tend to have what we commune systems. so the vaccines would be not as effective in their bodies. so, but move moreover, not just, not just the u.s. government organization. not only is it saying that the efficiency of the astra zeneca vaccine depends on the age of a person which is being jabbed with it. but also they'

karina: the u.s. ons on more people in hong kong in a continuing response to china's increasing control of the city. washington suspended its expedition treaty with hong kong and ended reciprocal tax treatment. it is sanctioning senior chinese officials who oversee carrie lam. the trump administration said hong kong is just another chinese city. the european union will impose $4 billion of tariffs on american goods later tuesday in the latest escalation of their 16 year dispute over state aid to playmakers. it says it prefers a negotiated settlement and withdrawn new duties if the u.s. dropped the tariffs imposed on e.u. goods last year. there's a wider range of u.s. products. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. jun bei: -- kathleen: thank you so very much. we want to look at a headlines crossing now that the faa is in the final stages of its boeing 737 max

the u.s. presidential motorcade waves its way to trump national golf course for the 2nd day in a row. donald trump taking a shot at forgetting and alexion loss. he spent the morning in stubborn denial of his defeat refusing to concede to democrat joe biden and giving air to disproven theories of election fraud several prominent republicans in congress have made supportive statements saying the election's not over yet. there's a lot of shenanigans going on here if our president trump i would take all this to court fight back and from a republican point of view mellon balloting is a nightmare for us the post office is now the new election center now more than all the republicans have expressed more confidence in the electoral process while saying trump's legacy will endure. he is without question the most powerful voice in our party. he will have an enormous impact on our party going forward. i believe the great majority of people who voted for donald trump want to make sure that his principles a

u.s. foreign policy in the region and the u.s. will not be. the will into her relationship so there will be. there will be changes but those changes will not. the will not lead us to see a rupture between saudi arabia and the us or not lead us to see a u.s. far more confrontation with saudi arabia far from that but there will be changes and the very warm relations personal relations between. the between trump and the royal family the will not be the same under a by the administration. we know that matthew what about what about america's relationship with turkey where does that go now. in the beginning it's going to be a bit rough president trump and president carter on has had a special personal bond just just like as we just heard muhammad been summoned in the royal family and president trump did president trump has simply refused to implement sanctions against turkey that he must under the countering america's adversaries through sanctions act because of turkey's purchase of the russian s 400 air defense system trump just haven't done it and

earlier this year, the u.s. with the help of qatar, negotiated a deal with the afghan taliban to bring a permanent cease fire and remove all foreign forces out of the country by mean next year. in october, donald trump tweeted he wanted all u.s. service personnel home by christmas december 25th when he's leaving biden is something that again, in the long run is probably where we would have ended up with eventually anyway. but the timing is seen as very rash and dangerous. donald trump has a nice troop withdrawals in the past. famously tweeting in 2018 that he wanted all u.s. service personnel out of syria. that announcement led in part to the resignation of then defense secretary jim mattis. the military rule, that idea then, but it's clear that donald trump wants the troops out and on the timetable, he's unknowns. but the decision has brought criticism, even from his own side. president barack obama pull troops out of iraq just before the end of his time in office, ordering an agreement and a deadline set by his

the u.s. warning the violence is crating a refugee kite -- crisis, saying as many as 200,000 people could flee into sedan. -- into sudan. >> these are students, not soldiers. but local tv reports that several were injured thursday, when a university and tigre came under fire from if european government forces. [speaking foreign language] >> the attack comes as the prime minister ordered air raids on the tigre region. addis abbaba a insists all airstrikes are aimed at military targets but not much is known about conditions on the ground as condition with the outside world has been cut. roads are blocked and airports closed, meaning that for confirming fatalities is impossible. >> and the way conflict is conducted, should also be according to the law, the international humanitarian laws. that requires protection of civilians, including access to humanitarian services. and as much as possible, organizations like amnesty, should be given access to monitor the situation. >> tens of thousands of peo

the u.s. ng the internet to pose security threats. the chinese government denies such allegations. president xi laid out his ideas in a letter read out at the world internet conference, hosted by china. china is ready to work with other countries to grasp the information revolution, foster new driving forces for digital development, and open up new prospects for digital cooperation. efforts will be made to forge a new pattern of cybersecurity and a community of shared future and cyberspace to create an even better future for mankind. last month, the founder of chinese tech giant alibaba criticized government plans to regulate the sector. now, ceo daniel jank says the draft rules are timely and necessary. he told the internet conference supervision allows platform enterprises to not only develop while on their own, but also helps the sustainable and healthy development of the entire society and creates innovation. ♪ bernard: let's bring in our guests. in beijing, we have a political analyst who

now just to recap the u.s. media has named joe biden the new president elect topping $270.00 electoral votes with the addition of pennsylvania vote counting and legal challenges by the trump campaign looks set to continue for many days stay with r t as we keep on top of the latest in the 2020 us presidential election. well look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. i robot must obey the orders given by human beings except when such a conflict with the 1st law shows your identification we should be very careful about official intelligence the point obesity is too great trust. on theories chummy with artificial intelligence will summon the demon. a robot must protect its own existence and. in southern california the sun rises over san.

the u.s. grew. the king of thailand has made a rare appearance on the streets of bangkok, calling the country a land of compromise as protest continue against the monarchy. he and his wife treated supporters after week of -- weeks of demonstrations since the thai stock market to new lows. at least seven people are reported dead after the philippines was hit by the strongest storm in the world this year. luzon withoutf power and because the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. manila airport expects to reopen monday morning. the storm is crossing the south china sea and strengthening as it heads to vietnam. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. mitchell, this is bloomberg. haslinda, back over to you. haslinda: the final leg of the race to the white house has seen many twists. the hospitalization of the president and the death of a supreme court justice. joe biden continues to lead pre

the u.s. --and wonder how significant this is? the credit markets have managed to recover nicely and are now operational and funding seems to be happening. is the argument that the fed can afford to step away? riskignificant in terms of sentiment is this development? >> it is significant. treasury and fed chairs , working toordinate keep funding markets running smoothly. tied together with the march care's act package. to act's flexibility should conditions deteriorate as by risk cases are rising is an important market signal. the signal we are getting this morning is risk off. the signal is risk off. what about the signal from the eu talks around the recovery fund? are those signals risk off as well? leader seems to be without political will. still feel this is posturing and the deal will be done in the end. the ease stimulu -stimulus is still being held. markets don't seem to be reacting a strongly to this as they have to the u.s. stimulus debate. however, this could play out should the deal

keep in mind the u.s. lready seeing record infection numbers with almost every single state trending in the wrong direction. in each of the past five days the country reported more that be 100,000 new cases. many experts say they feel that is drastically under counted. it is the worst stretch since the pandemic began and perktss warn the numbers could rise in the months ahead. >> i expect that probably in the another 100,000 americans will die between now and inauguration dich dach day. that's an awful number. we can do much better than that. that's not whooe're fated to. it will require a lot of leadership in the coming months. >> he also urged trump administration to cooperate with joe biden. and his new coronavirus task force. as we have said the president-elect is expected to unvail the 12 member group in the coming hours and speak at the coronavirus plan. i spoke about it with cnn medical analyst. >> u.s. has always been a leader in the fight against pandemics around the world instead of a lagger. as w

citizens the u.s. is images it's an all time low part of the reason is donald trump's response to the ongoing covert 19 pandemic well major changes in areas like trade and defense could be a long way off whoever is in the white house come january is likely to face calls to work more closely with europe on combating the coronavirus nadine barber al-jazeera well we have big developments major projection yes thank you nic i actually thought the last chat i had with you might have been the last for the night given it's now 3 in the morning on the u.s. east coast but look at this joe biden has the projected winner of 11 electoral college votes in the state of arizona this is so significant on so many levels not least of all the fact that this is the 1st state to flip in this 2020 alexion look at the popular vote in the end he's done it by 5 percent with 84 percent reporting at this stage that is enough for the associated press to make that call and put it in the column for joe biden this is a massive massive

singling what to see ahead of the u.s. vote. have the rba decision on tap you the aussie dollar holding above 70. the rba delivering a rate cut and more stimulus to add to bond buying. the aussie at this level is a good entry point for medium-term long on the currency. citi stocks added. gaining ground on the back of this update. docket, malaysia's rate decision is expected. no change seen. ahead of that, holding steady even though we saw interruptions in the oil market. checking on how of uti is trading at the start of this session. wti trading around $37 after a jump late overnight after falling to a five-month low and the demand outlook is weighed and opec plucks is in talks to delay a production increase. brent coming online, higher by about 2.7%. take a look at what's going on. offshore yuan holding gains below 6.69 this morning. ray dalio bullish on chinese bonds and yuan benefiting from those inflows. the hong kong dollar at the stronger end of its trading after falling to a may low. we did see one month forward for the h

turning to the main story of the day and that is the u.s. ons, what does a biden presidency alongside a republican leaning senate mean for their ability to push through fiscal stimulus? the market had been banking on a big reflationary impulse out of the u.s. but now it seems less likely >> yeah, i think that it is a surprising result. a lot of things to take in here. but i would still think that you will get a big fiscal stimulus package in a biden presidency with a republican dominated senate but of course it will be harder to negotiate but all politicians at this stage seeing the effect of the pandemic would appreciate i think that there is a need for substantial fiscal stimulus, but maybe it would be more across the economy than we otherwise might thought have been. >> and one interesting characteristic is that big chunk of the biden supporters believe that biden would do better at handling the pandemic and equally a big chunk of the trump supporters thought trump would do a better job at handling the economy. is it right to frame the dis

leader with the same policies that another u.s. leader will have well it's not clear what their action the biden ministration would take if joe biden. indeed wins and that many iraqi officials of course once the strategic dialogue to continue which started earlier this year between the united states and iraq but joe biden himself has a rather fraud track record in iraq he voted in favor of the iraq invasion in 2003 he also under obama's administration in 2009 when he came into the office he was charged with with drawing the 150000 troops that were based here at that time and of course that resulted in the security vacuum which eventually enabled the rise of eisel so if biden were to win certainly many see it as you know he should be departing from the obama era policies to try to come up with a new approach towards iraq to tehran and to of course one. this is a very crucial election for the iranians in fact speaking to iranian officials and experts many of them on the show the iranian foreign policy towards the u.s. seems have been

they're welcoming that the u.s. would be back it would be their part of the paris climate accord in regards to the iranian nuclear deal again not something that trump pulled the u.s. away from something that was negotiated and the obama presidency when of course joe biden was vice president so there is a hope that joe biden if he is the 46 president of the u.s. will be somebody who will want to go back to the negotiating table and trying to smooth over those relations but there is a bigger concern here that if biden is the $46.00 president he's going to have so much on his plate when it comes to domestic issues whether that's the fallout from the election with of that's the 1000 pandemic whether that's the economy that europe may be waiting before those issues are dealt with are the 4 years of presidency donald trump has received unprecedented scrutiny from the u.s. establishment and martha media with some even calling him the most dangerous president ever reports. however it ends the election trump will go down in h

the u.s. has announced the withdrawal of 500 troops from iraq and thousands from afghanistan . is that to take place in january just before projected to president elect joe biden is expected to take office and potentially oppose that decision. and a further complication donald trump made the announcement while still disputing the election results. artie's kaleb open house will. the pentagon has announced that it is reducing the number of u.s. troops in both iraq and afghanistan between now and mid january. u.s. troops will be drawing down their presence at roughly $2500.00 remaining in both countries. i celebrate this day as we continue the president's consistent progress in completing the mission we began nearly 2 decades ago. viewers will recall that donald trump has recently fired a number of pentagon staff, including mark asper, the secretary of defense. at this point, donald trump is still contesting the u.s. presidential election. though most u.s. media outlets have declared joe biden to

the u.s. president and his administration, when it came to covert 19, signed emergency order that was fulfilled by the courts in march that allowed them to immediately deport people, including children. this applied to about 8000 children, citing a public health emergency. but since then, we have learned that at least when it pertains to children, that decision has been reversed by a u.s. district. court judge saying that in fact, that now this will not be allowed to happen, that children will be allowed federal protections if they cross the border. and they will also be given in some cases asylum. so this is according to activists. good news, but at the same time, what this does not include are adults. we know since march 147000 people have been sent back to ny those federal protections. we also don't know if the justice department of the truck administration will seek to overturn the sorter, but we are learning that the biden administration when it is in coming in january expects to overturn

and the u.s. has been accused of not having any sort of global leadership on some of these major issues because the trump administration and its american first foreign policy has been very disorienting, very chaotic, unpredictable. and i think that's what biden's trying to do with these recent possible nominations is restore trust in american leadership. >> what's also interesting is that as he's pushing ahead, making announcements, often capturing the news cycle, particularly on sunday morning here in the states, i mean, this is all happening while his win is being challenged without any proof of fraud. it certainly seems like he's trying to send a message that there's a new sheriff in town and mr. trump is now just a secondary story. >> right. and i think he's trying to ignore what trump is doing even as trump continues to file lawsuits, all lawsuits. all of these lawsuits thus far have been dismissed because there's really nothing there. and he knows that these are just sort of made up cases. an

now just to recap the u.s. media has named joe biden the new president elect topping $270.00 electoral votes with the addition of pennsylvania vote counting and legal challenges by the campaign looks set to continue for many days meanwhile biden and running mate come all iris have given a victory speech after the race was called in their favor stay with r.t. as we keep on top of the latest in the 2020 u.s. presidential election. join me every thursday.

as long as the u.s. e doesn't get its act together and doesn't get the pandemic under control, it means normal economic activity will never be able to take place. for example, tourism and so on, which has huge impacts on many african economies. let me say one thing. it is very interesting to pick up on your report where you say brazil,o in second-worst country after the united states, u.k., boris johnson -- another close party of donald trump -- the worst doingy in europe, modi terribly in india and so on. it is interesting to see a lot of these leaders who are fascist and someone, are the ones who are showing they respond with the least care of their own citizens. i think it is important press to note that women are suffering disproportionately as a result of this virus because of the nature of the work, nurses, and so on, but also important to note that countries that have done best in responding to the coronavirus, most of them are all led by women. and i think there is a lesson in that about how impor

amy: the u.s. death toll from covid-19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. nearly 2000 deaths in one day. but president trump is all but missing in action. he has not attended a coronavirus task force meeting in five months. he continues to have no public meetings on his schedule. we will speak with "the atlantic's" ed yong. then to iran. as president trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran? plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president-elect joe biden's decision to tap congressman cedric richmond to a top white house post. he is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the official u.s. death toll from covid-19 has passed a quarter of a million people as the virus rages out of control from coast-to-coast in the u

and the u.s. as has been in the past and we know that obviously over the last couple of years we've seen how john has been pulling out of some international agreement so the parents climate accords that drew a lot of criticism of the iran nuclear deal how do you think biden coming into the oval office could see things change getting the e.u. all hope that maybe some decisions will be even reversed well we know already that biden has been incredibly clear what he makes of some of these agreements you mentioned there the paris climate accord that donald trump famously pulled the u.s. out of saying he wasn't happy with it that sort of caused a bit of a fraction in the relationship between him and france's president and many a man you on that court now biden has been clear that the 1st day of his presidency he would reenter into that agreement and in fact that's one of the things that many of the european leaders the m.p.c. any piece of been talking about on social media this evening is the fact that t

made a similar ruling in favor of the u.s. due to european subsidies for boeing's biggest rival airbus resulting in penalties goods worth up to $7500000000.00 you officials had hoped to avoid tariffs by a negotiated solution but the 2 sides were unable to come to terms how a very spokesperson for the european commission said monday a change in leadership in washington could affect the trade relationship between the 2 sides do you is waiting for the new president elect to take office the 4 starting to comment on what this will imply when it comes to our relationship if you will have noted of course the statement issued by the president on the areas of work to challenges that we both face on which we are looking forward to. very narrow cooperation with the united states. and for more on all of this let's go ahead and bring in hillary ford which board member with the british american business association hillary always a pleasure to have you on and i want to slow around with these tariffs approved by the european commission why we

and the u.s. top infectious disease expert says the country can avoid another coronavirus lock down if people get serious about social distancing and wearing masks until he found she calls the vigilance during the way to vaccines, which he predicts could be in april. on wednesday, the u.s. saw its highest number of daily deaths since may. the state of texas alone has passed 1000000 confirmed cases with california expected to follow soon. well, you can follow the very latest on all of the stories that we're covering by logging onto our website at al-jazeera dot com. it's updated through the day back with more news in half an hour. next, it's inside story. do stay with us. the opposition has left the building, hong kong's pro-democracy legislators resigned on mass to protest against the removal of folly schemed unpatriotic. so is this the in a political dissent in the semi autonomous chinese territory? this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a mass walkout is raising new concerns abou

the other thing is u.s. stimulus. know the winner of the presidential race and what will happen in the senate, but are you confident that the american people will get some of the stimulus that they need in the first quarter of 2021? of thaterested in all and interested to get your reaction to this. maybe it's a generational thing, but i am of the mindset that i think a split congress with a democratic president would for the be pretty good medium to longer term economic ,tability of the united states as well as constraining the wild elements on the two fringes of the modern tone of the democrats and the republicans. which is a somewhat different thee to some degree than immediate fiscal stimulus. it would seem obviously a split congress would constrain the amount of stimulus that a democratic clean sweep would give. but i think not clear to me, given the likely path of vaccine aroundments, i.e., just the corner, whether a mammoth fiscal stimulus is as necessary as many people are talking about. i personally think a sp

can the u.s. pressure over north stream to has reached an unprecedented high it's not tempted by the americans to lobby economic interests. actually this behavior reminds me of the matthew hello there. good evening. you're watching r.t. international. now us experts claim the astra zeneca cave in fact seen is not very effective for all people. the british swedish jab has undergone phase 3 trials. and earlier its development, its developers did say it was up to 90 percent effective. but the us government organization believes that the figure is more like 60 percent for those aged over $55.00. earlier, i discussed more of the details with artie's you cause you don. so essentially, this whole thing is about the discrepancy between what the manufacturer of this vaccine is saying, and the claims made by us researchers and us specialists who also had a look at the ceremony. so when on monday astra zeneca published a press release saying that the average year that on average this vaccine is 70 percent eff