she has a lecturer on politics and international relations at university college london. trump continues to file these longshot lawsuits. had another thrown out by the wisconsin supreme court shared is trump going to be able to keep this up after the electoral college vote? >> a lot of what we have seen from trump has had two aims. the first has been procedural challenges. actually trying to change the outcome of the election. that pretty much ends today with the electors casting this vote and certifying what we saw in the november election. the other path for trump has simply been a more political one, trying to sow doubt among his supporters about the legitimacy of the biden presidency and propel trump's own political trajectory in the future. he will be expected to keep this messaging up. again, procedurally, the electoral vote is what matters for who gets inaugurated in january. >> speaking about trump's future, it is unclear right now how much power he is going to retain after he leaves office in january. what do you envision the republican party is going to look like

i'm also joined by professor robert west, professor of health psychology at university college londonet through, so if i could ask you to be relatively concise we can get in as many we can. coming to you first, naomi, paul asked where did the new genetic covid variant originate and how was it detected? that is a really good question. what we don't know at the moment is where it originated. we just know that it is around. we don't know if it originated in this country or whether it was brought in. it was detected because the uk has a really good sequencing capacity and they sequence a lot of these viral strains so they can keep a really good tab on what virus sequences are running around the country. robert, to follow up on that, how worried should we be about this new variant? well, these mutations are expected. at the moment, we don't know if the mutation is responsible for the increased infection rates, so we always need to be cautious, but at the moment there is no particular cause for alarm. robert, a question for you from sarah, and it is a question a lot of people are asking. i

professor of risk and disaster reduction at the university college london david alexander full on to metropolitan police officer. while control 3 of here alexandra 7 start with with you david now does this highlight some of the issues surrounding the distribution of the covert 900 fax and specially at such an early a time in terms of hackers. well there are a hackers from many different things the electricity grid is hacked almost every day fortunately without success in most cases so hackers are now a fact of life in many aspects of what goes on in the financial industry hacking is very much a concern as are or forms of cyber crime so yes i think hackers are a risk and. this is simply one of many sensitive activities from which which have to be protected against hacking and therefore we have to increase our cyber defenses but that is a well known fact and has been widely discussed for a very long time now tell me which i want to ask you because in your article you say that happens are looking to target facts in a cold chain now i'm not going to lie i don't fully understand what that

. >>> joining me now is a lecturer for university college london. lovely to see you. we heard ryan lay it out. this was a rally. the president's trip was supposed to get voters mobilized for the georgia runoffs. could we have accomplished the opposite? what do people hear when he says the electoral process is a fraud, but go vote? >> that's a concern for people in dpa georgia. voters will be hearing the message from trump from tthat t election system is flawed. in reality, i don't think that will be the case. we see from trump that it's really the momentum that he brings even more than the message. he is quite clearly still a very strong political force. even if his messaging is more in the fact that votes to support me, to defend me, that is still a galvanizing message for his base and gets a lot of his supporters out to the polls or to vote for him by absentee. i think some of the concerns will be down played as we move forward. >> i want to talk about despite the fact that joe biden won georgia, i mean, this is still very much the heart of the bible belt. i live he

. >>> for more on this, let's turn to thomas gift from university of college london.hank you so much for joining us. i want to get to the covid relief deal, but first i want to start with what we were just hearing there about jim acosta, that tentative plan by members of congress to potentially force a challenge to the election on january 6th. so you've heard a source there saying to us, you know, it's an exercise in futility and feelty to trump. just a few hours ago in the early hours of this morning, the president tweeted about a big protest in d.c. on january 6th. he said be there. we'll be wild. now, january 6th, of course, the day that congress is scheduled to count the electoral votes. what do you make of this dismal echo chamber? >> well, it's really hard to know, jim. this is basically more of the same from donald trump. he's been disputing the election outcome since november 3rd, continues to do so right now. i still maintain this is largely rhetorical, but it is damaging because so many republican voters believe his unsubstantiated claims. it further erodes

>>university college london hospitals are doing trials on this post-exposure treatment. they're seeing whether people recently exposed could get some protection from the virus by getting a direct antibody injection. this is not intended as an alternative to the vaccine. this is for people who haven't had a chance to get vaccinated or who can't take the vaccine for some reason. results of the trials are expected in spring. >>still ahead as stimulus checks have been approved but when will americans be able to spend them we'll ta >>for your money tonight, president trump has signed the bipartisan coronavirus relief package meaning a much needed stimulus checks. they been approved for millions of americans and as of tonight, the house has approved a stand-alone bill to up the amount from $600 to $2000 so. >>tonight the question one of them is when will those go out 10. what should americans spend their money we're going to be hooking up with. morgan stanley wealth advisor george new chevy we're trying to establish our signal with him right now we for a moment that he'll be w

director of the clinical operation unit at university college london, thank you forjoining us.nuing in brussels to try to secure an agreement, with two weeks to go before the uk leaves eu trading rules. he's also told a parliamentary committee that he wants to have a bill agreed by both houses before january first. our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. q1gove sounding a bit pessimistic? dealing with all of us so that we don't have to which is good because who knows what's going on, no one really knows what's happening. about three people on each side actually know what's going on in the room. and as you know, pretty much every day for the last couple of weeks, there has been a rumour that maybe there is going to be a deal tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and we are really in a glass half glass half—full stage of the negotiations and michel barnier saying good progress, mr gove saying the glass is half—empty, less than 50% chance, and so when he went to the house of lords, he's appeared between two before two select committees this afternoon and he said when is

professor irene petersen is an epidemiologist at the university college london and joins me now. excited are you about thi57m is the best news i could wake up to this morning. i think many people have been looking forward to this vaccine. it will open up society again and i'm really excited. talk to us about the efficacy of the vaccine and the safety of it. it has obviously been approved by the medicines regulator but i understand it has not been peer reviewed yet so can you explain to viewers what exactly that means. it means that the company has sent the safety data to the medical health regulators and they have looked at the data and they have looked at the data and they have looked at the data and they have approved it. typically, when you have new medicines or new vaccines, we would also like a scientific paper that would be submitted to one of the leading medical journals, submitted to one of the leading medicaljournals, where other scientists and medical experts will review the data and scrutinise it before the paper is published. and i am sure that process will also happe

scientists at university college london hospitals are performing trials on a post exposure treatment. they're trying to see if people who were recently exposed could get some protection from the virus by receiving a direct antibody injection. researchers don't want this to be an alternative to the vaccine, but they say that this could be helpful for those who have not yet been then or or an able to be vaccinated results of the trials are expected by the spring. that's just disease experts in the eu or us are assessing the threat of a potentially more contagious new covid-19 strain. this is doctor deborah birx the coordinator of the white house coronavirus task force announced her retirement but she says she's willing to help president elect joe biden's team has needed raquel martin spoke to doctor birx about this new street. >>we could have that same type of escape mute and here doctor deborah birx warns a newly discovered and possibly more contagious strain of the coronavirus. >>could soon make it to the u.s. do americans need to be worried we really need to be vigilant to be watchin

francesco diego he is a senior research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy at university college london thank you so much for your time what are some of the big science stories of the year from your field that we might have missed out on in 2020. well from my point of view one of the a major things has been the robotic exploration of the solar system we have proudly chinese the chunky 4 and now the chunky 5 doing amazing things from them on recall getting up a couple of kilograms of law material that is already being an ally seen the last week of crab. missions going through the asteroids like they are serious wrecks mission on the. mission from japan but also learned that if you come so far material from them from asteroids so all these missions having super i mean we can know the $33.00 spacecraft going to marks that will be landing in a couple of months 2 or 3 months time and they will be also exploring their planet mars. that's not us and it hasn't been done before which is quote all amazing is that this direction of the of the solar system as i know you say i mean we see that we se

well ask him when i from oksana parodic he global health advisor and senior lecturer at university college london school of pharmacy she joins us by skype from london good to have you with this on the news or it's been a rather exciting day so far very just start with your reactions in the images and seen of the the 1st of these vaccines being rolled out in the. well this is a fantastic and perhaps the most important pharmaceutical innovation in history in terms of the humility of benignant this will have the rest of the society and of course very exciting that we are seeing the u.k. being one of the 1st to actually use the be pfizer buy on tech vaccines so this is absolutely an important step in tying the towards the end of the pandemic but we still know that there just aren't enough the quietus to cover everyone who is vulnerable and i think that means that we still have to have the mentality that the pandemic is not going to be swiftly concluded just because we have the 1st wave of people who will receive this vaccine so at the same time as we are truly grateful that this innovation has been a

joining us now is a variola just at university college london -- ogist at university college london.ve already got millions of people immunized around the world. is it going to happen quickly and efficiently? >> good morning. happen quickly and efficiently and in the u.k., we are at a peak of all time of cases and hospitalizations. the advantage of the astrazeneca known, it, as widely does not need the cold chain. it does not need these heavy freezers and it does not need currentited time the pfizer vaccine requires between defrosting and being given to individual. the pfizer vaccine is very difficult to develop the infrastructure to deliver it to people. you have to deliver it within vaccine centers. the astrazeneca vaccine gets more stable at fridge temperatures. it can enable a much wider immunization. that is the real strength of this announcement this morning. about theeading delays in the u.s. rollout, i see the cooling is one of the issues that states are having problems with. even in the united states of , we have issues with these technological snafus or the technological i

questions with regards to this movement in this despite the of mobility to an expert from university college london it was professor dante she's an expert in geography and says what she had to say to. many different types of it is just not possible to move out of cities especially if you think about service sector because if you think about people who are clean as bus driver and so on and so forth that 6 place is still the case they it's not possible to do remote especially if your front line because you're if you're working in hospitals so these are jobs that never be are very unlikely to be possible to be down remotely and so then you will see problems. with with you know seeing this as a kind of universal blanket application in which people are just moving in and out . it won't happen everywhere. so you can see there from a professor dot it's not everybody there are many many jobs in particular actually people from we'll say lower income jobs are not going to find it that easy to move out of that their current homes ok so if we don't see this huge shift away from urban areas what what what can w

dr julius shah is a psychologist at university college london in england.

the trial is being run at university college london hospitals nhs trust, by a team lead by virologistfor being with us, catherine. just tell us a bit more about these trials. quite small scale at the moment, just ten people, but they could be very important? absolutely. small scale, as you say, but we hope to enrol hundred people just that you see lh, and then across the globe 1000 people in order to show whether this treatment has any effectiveness at preventing people to go on to develop covid—19 after an exposure. but you are quite confident it does? i'm quite confident in the science. monoclonal antibodies are a combination of two different antibodies which are given by injection to the muscle, and they are directed against the spike protein and should offer someone immediate protection in the setting where the vaccine would have too long to have an effect. it could be a game changer in that sense, so that somebody that has been exposed to the virus and has not got time to get the vaccine, it could offer them protection. absolutely. we have got rapidly developing field, i think th

he's an immunologist at university college london. thanks very much for being with us on bbc news. british government not to overpromise and under deliver, because of some of the things it has talked about during the course of this year in fighting the coronavirus, practicalities have gotten way of the optimism. are theyjustified to be so optimistic about the arrival of this first batches of the vaccine? i really think so. i think, through a ghastly year, we've all tried to keep our end up by doing a little bit of overpromising, and this time, i really think it is the real thing. i think it is the beginning of the end. and with each million people that get immunised and have a higher level of protective antibodies on board, like full—field 18 a bit more normal. this is a massive logistical operation, would be in any country in the world, and will eventually be in all countries of the world. i suppose britain has certain advances, comprehensive health coverage free at the point of need, things that remove some of the other obstacles other countries might encounter. given all of thos

dr julian shah is a psychologist at university college london in england. she is also the author of an intriguing book the memory illusion. every time you remember something you activate that memory network in the brain you're actually able to change it slightly so next time you recall it you're only recalling the last time you recall it and over time those changes can compound and you can end up very far from the original version of your memories and you might believe it wholeheartedly full of confidence and while it's not true. elizabeth phelps is kali neuroscientist joseph made a video illustrating phelps's idea that our forever changing memory is for ever. say. let's say the war hero going on a 100 city tour describing all the great things that happened during the battle and the story gets more and more heroic as you go from city one to city 100 so by the end it sounds so good to. us broadcaster brian williams and hillary clinton both falsely recalled being under gunfire in conflict foreign countries. where they deliberately exaggerating or just misreme

joining me now is thomas gift, lecturer in political science at university college london. good to see you, thank you for your time. do you expect that a deal will be reached 7 your time. do you expect that a deal will be reached? the truth is that no—one knows if a stimulus will get done soon and it has been very much in flux over the last 2a hours. clearly it is the case that the two sides are a lot closer to making a deal now than they we re eve n making a deal now than they were even a week ago and we have heard some promising signals but there are still some major disagreements especially right now over the federal reserve crisis lending programmes which republicans are trying to limit and which democrats think are essential to give the central bank fixable and dealing with economic challenges. right now it does look if any package will pass it would be around 900 billion, extension of unemployment benefits, rental assistance is and help small businesses stop it would also assist in the dissemination of covid-19 assist in the dissemination of covid—19 vaccines. it is w

coronavirus treatment this one would help people right after the exposure scientists said university college londonals are doing trials. they are seeing whether people recently exposed could get some protection from the virus by getting a direct antibody injection. this is not intended as an alternative to the vaccine. this is for people of either got a long wait or they can't get the vaccine for some reason. results of the trials expected in the spring. >>the cdc has issued new guidance about covid vaccines for people with underlying health conditions. the agency reports say can receive vaccines the songs they have not had a severe allergic reaction to any of the vaccines ingredients. the cds out sisi also says people with auto immune conditions can receive the vaccine, however, there is no data on the safety of the vaccine for them. despite public health warnings, many americans are traveling across the country right now. the tsa says it screened 1.3 million passengers on sunday at us airports. that is the highest number of travelers since mid march, the number of air travelers is still about 50%

a study by the university college london and london school london forecasts it could drop after brexitweaker pound is a double-edged sword and certainly not some sort of panacea. annmarie: what does this mean for the bank of england? we have a deal with more clarity from them, but can we forget the idea that the boe will cut rates into negative territory? it lessens the urgency for emergency stimulus but the bank of england was already running out of ammo. 0.1% and it of ramped up bond buying through the pandemic. negative rates will be more likely to see strict tier four lockdown restrictions last until easter or beyond. a committee member telling bloomberg this month, if the economic recovery slows in 2021, it could -- then negative rates. the momenth says where no one thinks negative rates are likely is exactly the moment when the bank would pull the triggers or just because we have got a deal, don't forget it has to go through parliament first. negative rates could still be on the cards for 2021. manus: growth will not be back to pre-covid levels until at least 2022. great to have

now scientists from university college london are trying to find ways of making singing safer. 0ur healthre more than a thousand years old but with the 2020 twist... ..a facemask. but what does that have to do with this? la. religion and science, two parts of professor lawrence lovett‘s life. he says that most of the evidence on face covering looks at coughing and sneezing. he wants to know what difference they make to singing. i think that singing in communal worship is incredibly important, it's an absolutely central part of worship. and if it's safe to do, then i will be the first person to do it. if it's not safe to do, i'm for certain not going to do it. this is where the choir stands in this synagogue. they are still allowed, but must be socially distanced. so they've limited the amount of music during the services here. across england, government guidelines for churches, mosques and temples say that the rest of worshippers cannot join in singing or chanting. i don't think any church leader ever thought they'd be in the position of standing in front of their congregation and saying,

for all committee in london philip mallya professor of french and european politics at the university college london and in the moroccan city of a front in his armor sari associate professor of international studies at the university a warm welcome to you all and let's begin in paris with yasser at last he one of the things that is confusing to somebody doesn't really understand the internal workings of france is that instead of strengthening existing antiterrorism laws and make this about a policing issue say for example something that they did in great britain this law seems to be about protecting the name the values of the republic the idea of secularism i don't understand why the values of the republic need protecting in this way can use explain what's going on here. well if it nicholas sense it just the way to government is already in the 1st victims of terrorism abroad i.e. muslims or the suspect community of the holme we got in a connection to france a disastrous war is you know brother not over and to answer your question when we speak of french values this is a you know a loose term what ar

now scientists from university college london are trying to find ways to make singing safer. 0ur healthe than a thousand years old, but with the 2020 twist — a face mask. but what does that have to do with this? # la. religion and science, two parts of professor lawrence lovett‘s life. he says that most of the evidence on face covering looks at coughing and sneezing. he wants to know what difference they make to singing. i think that singing in communal worship is incredibly important, it's an absolutely central part of worship. and if it's safe to do, then i will be the first person to do it. if it's not safe to do, i'm for certain not going to do it. this is where the choir stands in this synagogue. they are still allowed, but must be socially distanced. so they've limited the amount of music during services here. across england, government guidelines for churches, mosques and temples say that the rest of worshippers cannotjoin in singing or chanting. i don't think any church leader ever thought they'd be in the position of standing in front of their congregation and saying, "don'tjoi

dr jennifer rowan is a cell biologist at university college london and joins me now.s far as access to the uk or people coming to the uk goes. are they right to do so? we have already seen as we have seen three countries reporting new cases of this new strain. i think it is wise to be cautious. what we know so far suggests we need to treat with caution. take us through what we know about this new variant because it was expected this virus could mutate, because all viruses do, so what we know about this one? coronavirus has been mutating quite slowly. there are thousands of mutations out there. what is interesting about this one and what is alarming is it looks as if it has got about 17 new ones all at once, so got about 17 new ones all at once, so it is an unprecedented rate of gaining the mutations and kind of suggests they are there because they are useful to the virus but it is too early to know for sure. so the modelling that has been done that predict it is 70% more infectious, thejury is kind of at on predict it is 70% more infectious, the jury is kind of at on

but a team of scientists from university college london is using lasers and high—speed cameras to tryng. a sign of the times. the words are more than a thousand years old but with the 2020 twist... ..a facemask. but what does that have to do with this? la. religion and science, two parts of professor lawrence lovett‘s life. he says that most of the evidence on face covering looks at coughing and sneezing. he wants to know what difference they make to singing. i think that singing in communal worship is incredibly important, it‘s an absolutely central part of worship. and if it‘s safe to do, then i will be the first person to do it. if it‘s not safe to do, i‘m for certain not going to do it. this is where the choir stands in this synagogue. they are still allowed, but must be socially distanced. so they‘ve limited the amount of music during the services here. across england, government guidelines for churches, mosques and temples say that the rest of worshippers cannot join in singing or chanting. i don't think any church leader ever thought they'd be in the position of standing in fro

this country knows is right thomas gift is the director of the center on us politics at the university college london he says trump's legal options of all but run outs i do think that the pennsylvania good result really does close the door on the last of trump's major legal battles there are still some minor cases winding their way through various courts but they're extremely far fetched ultimately the decision by the supreme court was quite anti-climactic with just a one line order saying that the application for injunctive relief had been rejected there were no dissents and that was that trump has been saying for weeks but the supreme court would ultimately decide the election so i said post he got his formal answer of course by all indications trump still doesn't have any intention of conceding to keep trying his case in the court of public opinion which has been somewhat successful in creating skepticism among republican voters about the veracity of the election results but perma procedural standpoint trumpet's really exhausted all of his main legal options one challenge and broadly with biden wa

let's talk about more drjennifer rohn is a cell biologist and vaccines expert from university college londonur time. given that something like this normally takes ten years, shall we start with just emphasising how fantastic this is? well, it's unprecedented. i've been watching the speed of this as it unfolds with just sort of a, utter amazement. as a scientist it's so good to see a lot of money put into a problem and a lot of people working around the world to get a solution. it has just been unprecedented but wonderful at the same time. now, i don't want to throw in a bot but we are hearing about the logistical challenges of this vaccine. not least i would need to be stored, how many vials each case will have, we've got loads of questions coming in from our viewers. we were all expecting our most vulnerable to be catered for ist. jill asked, what are the logistical challenges surrounding vaccine distribution and care homes? it seems like now they won't be the first to get it. i think it's very difficult. because of the ultra low temperatures that these come at this particular vaccine has t

but a team of scientists from university college london is using lasers and high—speed cameras to trypondent catherine burns takes up the story. singing. a sign of the times. the words are more than a thousand years old but with the 2020 twist... ..a facemask. but what does that have to do with this? la! religion and science, two parts of professor lawrence lovett‘s life. he says that most of the evidence on face coverings looks at coughing and sneezing. he wants to know what difference they make to singing. i think that singing in communal worship is incredibly important, it's an absolutely central part of worship. and if it's safe to do, then i will be the first person to do it. if it's not safe to do, i'm for certain not going to do it. this is where the choir stands in this synagogue. they are still allowed, but must be socially distanced. so they've limited the amount of music during the services here. across england, government guidelines for churches, mosques and temples say that the rest of worshippers cannot join in singing or chanting. i don't think any church leader ever th

speaking out to judy norman who's a lecturer in politics and international relations at university college in london and joins us on skype from london julie welcome to the program so the inauguration 67 weeks away through tradition is of course at the outgoing president is there not this time perhaps likely to go down in the states. well and i think what we heard biden say is how most people will interpret it you know biden said this doesn't affect me personally but it's just not good for the country what you want to see in an inauguration is it peaceful transfer of power the departing president and our party conceding that power graciously and that just sets a good tone for the rest of the country for moving on this isn't just a message that biden has expressed we've also heard it from across the aisle from republican senator lindsey graham just the sense of that public image of a peaceful transfer of power is important for moving on but again we know that trump is unpredictable we know that he has a habit of breaking norms so this move would not be completely out of sorts for him if that were to t

julie norman from university college london, thank you very much. we really appreciate it. >> thanks, ken. >>> wounds reopened, victims families and survivors of the blackwater massacre in iraq slam president donald trump for pardoning the men convicted of the killings. their stories, straight ahead. it's max strength formula coats your throat and provides powerful relief. new dayquil cough and congestion. the maxcoat daytime power through your cough medicine. as there are cars. save for being a new customer, for adding drivewise, and for driving safely. whatever you drive, start driving down the cost of insurance. visit allstate.com or contact your local agent today. ♪ then the back ms, safeguard hand soap with micellar deep cleansing washes away germs and impurities down to the pore. leaving hands hydrated and cleaner than ordinary soaps. safeguard against germs. latonight, silence it with newd byzzzquil night pain. because pain should never get in the way of a restful night's sleep. new zzzquil night pain. silence pain, sleep soundly. it's moving

dr julius shah is a psychologist at university college london in england. she is also the author of an intriguing book the memory illusion. every time you remember something you activate that memory network in the brain you're actually evil to change it slightly so next time you recall it you're only recalling the last time you recall it and over time those changes can compound and you can end up very far from the original version of your memories and you might believe it wholeheartedly full of confidence and while it's not true. elizabeth phelps is kali neuroscientist joseph made a video illustrating phelps's idea that our forever changing memory is forever. that's a terrible war hero going on a 100 city tour describing all the great things that happened during the battle and the story gets more and more heroic as you go from city one to city 100 so by the end it sounds so good to leave. us broadcaster brian williams and hillary clinton both falsely recalled being under gunfire in conflict with foreign countries. where they deliberately exaggerating or jus

dr julia shaw is a psychologist at university college london in england she's also the author of an intriguing book the memory illusion. every time you remember something you activate that memory network in the. brain you're actually able to change it slightly so next time you recall it you're only recalling the last time you recall it and over time those changes can compound and you can end up very far from the original version of your memories and you might believe it wholeheartedly full toughens and while it's not true. elizabeth phelps this colleague neuroscientist joseph made a video illustrating phelps's idea that our forever changing memory is forever reliable say. with a bit of a war hero going on a 100 city tour describing all the great things that happened during the battle and the story gets more and more heroic as you go from city one to city 100 so by the end it sounds so good to leave it. to. us broadcaster brian williams and hillary clinton both falsely recalled being under gunfire and conflict with foreign countries. where they deliberately exaggerating or just misremembering t

dr julian shah is a psychologist at university college london in england. she is also the author of an intriguing book the memory illusion. every time you remember something you activate that memory network in the brain you're actually evil to change it slightly so next time you recall it you're only recalling the last time you recall it and over time those changes can compound and you can end up very far from the original version of your memories and you might believe it wholeheartedly full of confidence and while it's not true. elizabeth phelps is kali neuroscientist joseph made a video illustrating phelps's idea that our forever changing memory is for ever reliable. let's say of a war hero going on a 100 city tour describing all the great things that happened during the battle and that the story gets more and more heroic as you go from city one to city 100 so by the end it sounds so good to. us broadcaster brian williams and hillary clinton both falsely recalled being under gunfire in conflict foreign countries. where they deliberately exaggerating or ju

coming up, julie norman, university college london professor. the first word news, i ritika gupta. the u.k. has become the first western country to approve a coronavirus vaccine. britt is regulators have given emergency authorization to the shot developed by pfizer and biontech. the two company's have said there vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the illness. it will be available in the u.k. starting next week. president-elect joe biden won't quickly end that phase i trade with china. biden told the new york times he first wants to conduct a review of u.s. policy with beijing. that will include consulting with key allies. biden also said he wouldn't make any immediate moves on tariffs imposed by president trump. in hong kong, activist joshua wong was sentenced to more than a year in jail for leading a protest outside a police headquarters asked year. it was one of the most high-profile cases in the government crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. wong'sher members of now disbanded political party received shorter sentences. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg

politics as university college london. thanks for joining us. thomas, hi, lovely to see you.eorgia is very pivot for dems and for republicans to control the senate. is it about turnout again? who can be relied to come out to vote? >> robin, i think that both democratic candidates are able to win. that would represent a considerable swing in georgia politics. i think it's an uphill battle for democrats because in the past, republicans have shown up. they have generally outperformed them in these georgia runoffs. another challenge for democrats could be that there's somewhat of an unspoken preference among voters for providing government and a reluctance to turn over the keys fully to one party. ultimately, it's going to be a base mobilization game and a question of who wants it more. turnout will be loeg than during the presidential election on november 3rd, which means the electorate will be more conservative on the republican side and more liberal on the democratic side. but clearly, it's a high stakes race because it has implications for the democratic policy agenda. >> it

. >> thank you for joining us, thomas gift from university college london. appreciate it. >>> u.s.tary of stitt mike pompeo is now goi ing public wi who is behind the targeted attack. >> there is a significant effort to use a third-party software to essentially embed a code inside u.s. government systems and now appears systems of private companies and governments across the world as well. this was a very significant effort. and i think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly it was the russians that engaged in this activity. >> meanwhile, we're learning more about when u.s. officials first began to notice that something was wrong. alex marquardt has the details. >> reporter: we are getting new information about what was known and when. and it was several months ago that american officials who monitor for threats to critical infrastructure, when they first noticed suspicious activity, that's according to three sources speaking to cnn, that suspicious activity we now know was linked to what we're now reporting is one of the largest hacking operations in history. but at the

michie, professor of health psychology and director of the centre for behaviour change at university college londonmember of the independent scientific advisory group for emergencies. good morning to you both. thank you for joining good morning to you both. thank you forjoining us. news that pretty much half of england is now living with the highest level of restrictions on tier 3. can i ask you first, steve, this will have had a tremendous effect on people working in the licensed taxi driving industry. our industry has been 100% decimated, not so much by the virus but by this tory government's measures taken. it has completely and utterly wiped out the london economy, there's been virtually nobody in london since march, as you are now aware, we are now seeing boarded—up the are now aware, we are now seeing boa rded—up the economist are now aware, we are now seeing boarded—up the economist dutch —— such that many doubt it will ever but come back to anything like it was. the truth of the matter... my members have not had any money at all since march. the 20% that are at work are earning probably 20%

. >>> joining me is judy norman, a lecturer in politics for university college, london. we heard ryan lay it out. there was a campaign rally, a laundry list of perceived grievances. the president's trip was supposed to get voters mobilized for the georgia runoffs. could he have accomplished the opposite? he says the electoral process is a fraud, but go vote anyway. >> that's certainly a concern for many republican officials in georgia right now, that voters will be hearing this message from trump that the election system is flawed and be discouraged from voting. in reality, i don't think that will be the case. we see from trump that it's really the momentum that he brings even more than the message. he is quite clearly still a very strong political force. even if his messaging is more in the fact that votes to support me, defend me, that is still a very gallivvanizing message fors base and one that will still get a lot of his supporters out to the polls or to vote for him by absentee. so i think some of his concerns will be downplayed as we move forward. >> despite the f

scientists at university college london hospitals are doing trials right now on this treatment to see if people who were recently exposed to covid can get some protection if they get a direct antibody injection. that that's not alternative to a vaccine at all it's just if you've been exposed and it's you know you ready been exposed to they want get sick. the results from this trial are expected sometime in the spring. pfizer they're the only ones the vet with a vaccine. that safe and effective for the age of 16 years old and up testing on children as young as 12 started in october and that's they think going to take several more months and then the fda will decide if there's enough data to allow the emergency use in the younger age group and depending on this result. kids it may be enrolled for the study. so far there are uncertain. if the young children are going to get this safety. you know waiver or approval in time for the school year. we're not going to make it to that level of you know everybody can get a vaccine probably until spring or summer, so michael inside just to the rig

politics at the university college london he says trump's legal options are all but one night's. i don't think that the pennsylvania good result really does close the door on the last of trump's major legal battles there are still some minor cases winding their way through various courts but they're extremely far fetched ultimately the decision by the supreme court was quite anti-climactic with just a one line order saying that the application for injunctive relief had been rejected there were no dissents and that was that trump has been saying for weeks and that the supreme court would ultimately decide the election so i said post he got his formal answer of course by all indications trump still doesn't have any intention of conceding to keep trying its case in the court of public opinion which has been somewhat successful in creating skepticism among republican voters about the veracity of the election results but from a procedural standpoint trumpet's really exhausted all of his main legal options one challenge and broadly with biden was being poor and with the transition is t

new coronavirus treatment available that would help right after exposure scientists at the university college london hospitals are performing trials on post-exposure treatment for covid-19. they're seeing is people who were recently exposed could get some protection from the virus developing in their bodies by receiving a direct antibody injection. researchers don't want this to be an alternative to the vaccine. but say that this could be helpful for people who have not yet been alright or are unable to be vaccinated results of the trial are expected to be available in the spring. whether time now take a live look outside here at downtown san francisco on the saturday evening. very quiet and slow on in the city. during this holiday weekend and some rain showers are slowly moving in. let's get the latest now with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez, good they're just cnn we're going to have another holiday weekend storm set to arrive sunday night through monday. >>it is going to be an overnight rainstorm but we are going to notice light to moderate and even heavy downpours at times specifically for t

. >> julie norman, lecturer in politics at the university college-london. >>> mani's deli is one of chicago'sdary restaurants. it's famous for corned beef sandwiches and cherry pies and is a favorite haunt of former president barack obama. it face s faces due to the coro. adri adrian broadis reports. >> i'm not done changing it. >> reporter: chicago's iconic jewish deli was started by the raskins. >> i am dan raskin. i'm a fourth generation owner since at manny's. >> reporter: manny's. >> all traditional delicatessen that you cannot find in any cities in the world. >> for 40 years, it's the place where i go to clog my arteries and clear my head. >> reporter: manny's closing its doors for good because of covid-19 would be like someone you love dying. >> i think a lot of people would cry. a nostalgic place would be gone. we're losing enough of them. >> reporter: inside, the walls have history. >> i definitely think my favorite memory is when president obama came in. >> reporter: days after obama was elected in 2008, his first public stop was at manny's. >> he wanted to come in and get a corned

, a virologist and lecturer in global health at st george's university of london and drjennifer rohn is a cell biologist at university collegeaccines covering a very wide area. let me just leap in. vaccines covering a very wide area. let mejust leap in. kevin asks about people who had a confirmed positive test for cultic 19 and should they require a vaccine? is it a very good question and i dare say lot of people asking himself this question. essentially, yes, he should the vaccine because it is well known that protection will not be as robust and vaccines are known to be more powerful so even if you had some of their mild infection you might not have good antibodies so definitely go and get the vaccine. is the pfizer vaccine, and the other vaccines currently being assed by the british regulator, able to combat the virus if it mutates? their interest virological question because as we know that viruses do change and even if coronavirus mutates let's —— less than other viruses like the flu it is very crucial that we keep monitoring the genetic sequence of the virus so that it can make sure that they vaccine matches eight and

in london, a professor of french and european politics at the university of college of london.nd in morocco, associate professor of international studies. a warm welcome to you all. i would like to begin in paris. one of the things that is confusing to somebody who doesn't understand the internal workings of france is instead of strengthening existing anti-terror laws and making this about a policing issue, say for example something they did in great britain, this law seems to be about protecting the values of the republic, the idea of secularism. i don't understand why the values of the republic need protecting in this way. can you explain what is going on here? >> it makes sense given how victims of terrorists, i.e. muslims, are treated. to answer your question, when we speak of french values, this is a loose term. what are we talking about? if you are talking about the motto of the republic, in that case, where is the freedom when muslims lose their religious freedoms and can't organize as communities? where is equality when muslims are facing structural discrimination, and

could soon be a new coronavirus treatment available if you're exposed to covid side to see university college london hospitals are doing trials right now and they're seeing if people who were recently exposed to covid could get some protection by receiving a direct antibody injection. this is not an alternative to being vaccinated it's just if you are exposed you know too late for a vaccination this could be a treatment the results of the trials are expected in the spring. currently the pfizer vaccine is authorized for those ages, 16 and up testing on children as young as 12. >>began in october and is expected to take several more months. well the fda will have to decide when there's enough data to allow emergency use in the younger age group depending on the result, younger children may be enrolled for the study as well but so far it is uncertain if the results on younger children will come in time for vaccinations to begin before the next school year. >>and the north favor in county has released some new resources for people who are struggling to pay their rent because the pandemic so far they've

and this is from scientists at the university college london hospitals, they're doing trials right now on a treatment see if people who just risk exposure could get some protection by getting a direct antibody injection. they say this no way affects whether or not she get a vaccine is just if you've already been exposed might be helpful. it to fight the virus. the results on these trials are expected to come in in the spring. well currently the pfizer vaccine is authorized for those ages, 16 and up testing on children as young as 12. >>actually began back in october and is expected to take several more months. well the fda will have to decide when there's enough data to allow emergency use in the younger age group depending on the results, younger children may be enrolled for the study as well, but so far it is uncertain if the results on younger children will come in time for vaccines to begin before the next school year. >>in the north a marion county has some new resources for people who need help paying the rent. so far about 3 million dollars in rental assistance has been provided