commission the 2900 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against torture a finding that men. it'll institutions of forcibly administering intrusive and irreversible psychiatric treatment on their patients and that torture has become commonplace in that country how do those values fit in with the modern e.u. idea of what countries should be doing what they said they'd live up to and haven't . i know this totally right that it is not acceptable that we have circumstances like that mentioned once but. let me say it's perhaps not a complete picture of the area because sure things have to be developed and the right direction of the other. had to cheat in the us. and nowhere near done. today cannot be compared with at times 203040 years ago so now all these countries have to be developed and they have they argue about it and 1st of all this purpose we have the europe

the us state department has designated cuba a state sponsor of terrorism a statement from secretary of state mike pompei oh said that cuba had repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism by granting safe harbor to terrorists in 2015 then president barack obama delisted cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in order to mobilize relations of the united states is also moving to designate evans who theme movements as a foreign terror group the decision to blacklist the iran backed organization could undermine peace to go see a chef it's. the u.k.'s health system is under severe pressure from rising corona virus infections the health minister says more than 32000 people are in hospital with covert 19 and that the government is prepared to introduce tougher restrictions elaborate on this tightening lockdown restrictions hospitals that warn they're reaching critical capacity the measures include 24 hour curfew. what do you see here as here after people in power thanks. on counting the costs can the world bounce back from the worst economic contraction since world will tute

the us state department has designated cuba a state sponsor of terrorism a statement from secretary of state by composed said that cuba heard repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism by granting safe harbor to terrorists in 2015 then president barack obama delisted cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism so bomb allies relations and the u.s. is also moving to designate yemen's who theme movement a foreign terror group the decision to blacklist the iran backed organization could undermine peace negotiation efforts laziest kingis declared a state of emergency after a surge in caruthers virus cases on average the country is reporting more than 2400 new cases every day the announcement comes a week after a 2 week lockdown rather was imposed in kuala lumpur and 5 regions the u.k. health secretary says the country is at the worst point of the pandemic and is urging the public to follow coronavirus restrictions 7 vaccination centers of opened in england the government a mystery meat eyes most vulnerable groups by mid february those the headless bodies continues here on al-

think that european union france investment is a lower rate 5.6 percent minister last year the us state departmentsaid that while you laws provided penalties for corrupt officials the government did not implement that law effectively officials in all branches of government reportedly gauged in corrupt practices with impunity that means no consequences so the inescapable conclusion is that you allow this corruption because members of your government and criminals connected to it profiting by it day by day that's why the state department underlined multiple reports of government corruption and they included bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes procurement violations and influence trading this is full service corruption right across the spectrum of your government did you think the world would notice what was going on. i can tell you that in the last year is the commission for fighting against corruption and confiscating of illegal aquatic property yes that dam the but it really mean that it recall chance for all out of a 1000000000 lever and yes being that more than $1000.00 d

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us state department has condemned what it said were the "harsh tacticsxei navalny. more than 2,000 people were detained when large gatherings took place across the country, from moscow to cities in the far—east. chinese state media say rescuers have freed one of a group of miners trapped six hundred metres underground for two weeks. rescue workers have been drilling new shafts to reach the group after an explosion below the surface at the mine in the north—eastern shandong province. dutch police at schiphol airport have arrested the alleged head of one of the world's biggest drugs gangs, on a warrant issued by australia. tse chi lop is a chinese—born canadian national, said to be the head of a syndicate known as the company. now, it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

commission the 2900 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against torture of finding that mental institutions are forcibly administering intrusive and irreversible psychiatric treatment on their patients and that torture has become commonplace in that country how do those values fit in with the modern e.u. idea of what countries should be doing what they said they'd live up to and haven't . i know this totally right that it is not acceptable that we have circumstances like that mentioned once but. let me say it's perhaps not a complete picture of the area because sure things have to be developed in the right direction of the other. had cheated us. and we are done. today cannot be compared with at times 203040 years ago so at all these countries have to be developed and they have they are developed and this occurs we have the european commission which is serving

the european union france investment it is a lower i phone 6 percent minister last year the us state departmentsaid that while you laws provided penalties for corrupt officials the government did not implement that law effectively officials in all branches of government reportedly gauged in corrupt practices with impunity that means no consequences so the inescapable conclusion is that you allow this corruption because members of your government and criminals connected to it profiting by day by day that's why the state department underlined multiple reports of government corruption and they included bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes procurement violations and influence trading this is full service corruption right across the spectrum of your government did you think the world would notice what was going on . i can tell you that in the last year or so the commission for fighting against corruption and confiscating of illegal aquatic property yes that damn the put it in the typical chance for all out of a 1000000000 lever and yes that means that more than 1000 different

commission the 2900 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against torture of finding that mental institutions are forcibly administering intrusive and irreversible psychiatric treatment on their patients and that torture has become commonplace in that country how do those values fit in with the modern e.u. idea of what countries should be doing what they said they'd live up to and haven't . i know this totally right that it is not acceptable that we have circumstances like that mentioned once but. let me say it's perhaps not a complete picture of the area because sure things have to be developed in the right direction but also other. had to cheat in the us. nowhere near done. today cannot be compared with at times 203040 years ago so in all these countries that have to be developed and they have they argue about it and this occurs we have the european commission

commission the 29000 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against torture of finding that mental institutions are forcibly administering intrusive and irreversible psychiatric treatment on their patients and that torture has become commonplace in that country how do those values fit in with the modern e.u. idea of what countries should be doing what they said they'd live up to and haven't . i know this totally right that it is not acceptable that we have circumstances like that mentioned once but. let me say it's perhaps not a complete picture of the area because the sure things have to be developed in the right direction but also other earlier had cheated us. nowhere near done. today cannot be compared with at times 203040 years ago so in all these countries have to be developed and they have they are developing and this occurs we have the european commissio

commission the 29000 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against torture of finding that mental institutions are forcibly administering intrusive and irreversible psychiatric treatment on their patients and that torture has become commonplace in that country how do those values fit in with the modern e.u. idea of what countries should be doing what they said they'd live up to and haven't . i know this totally right that it is not acceptable that we have circumstances like that mentioned once but. let me say it's perhaps not a complete picture of the area because sure things have to be developed in the right direction of the other. had to cheat in the us. and we are done by the area today cannot be compared with at times 203040 years ago so all these countries have to be developed and they have they are developing and service of this purpose we have a europea

the us state department has condemned what it said were the "harsh tactics" used by russian police against protesters supporting the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. more than 2,000 people were detained when large gatherings took place across the country, from moscow to cities in the far—east. chinese state media say rescuers have freed one of a group of miners trapped six hundred metres underground for two weeks. rescue workers have been drilling new shafts to reach the group after an explosion below the surface at the mine in the north—eastern shandong province. dutch police at schiphol airport have arrested the alleged head of one of the world's biggest drugs gangs, on a warrant issued by australia. tse chi lop is a chinese—born canadian national, said to be the head of a syndicate known as the company. now, it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament, our look back at the big events in westminster and beyond. coming up in the next half hour, the government suffers two commons rebellions in a week — one on trade and one

he was a senior official in the us state department under president george bush and was adviser to secretaryf state colin powell. richard has written a new book called the world a brief introduction. big topic there. richard, welcome to you both. and remember, you, too, can join the conversation. it's hash tag bbc global questions. and let's get right down to our first question is from des kimara in quebec, canada. but i believe you're originally from sierra leone. 0k, fire away. thank you. thank you very much. until 2016, america is seenl as the father for democracy. however, with the trump - administration and its policy, foreign and domestic, its democratic recipesi and political hegemony has been given a whack moving _ forward with the biden administration. - are we going to see america telling foreign countries have any issues i with democratic issues to respect the will of the people? _ richard haas, has america lost the moral high ground, can't go around telling people what to do. look, i'm not surprised to hear that question from des or anybody else, and i think in the near term, wha

the us state department has condemned what it said were the "harsh tactics" used by russian police againstnavalny. tens of thousands of people rallied across russia on saturday in some of the largest demonstrations held against president vladimir putin in years. riot police were pictured dragging away and beating some protesters — its estimated around 3,000 people have been arrested. mr navalny was detained last weekend after returning to the country, after a near—fatal nerve agent attack last year. a warning from england's deputy chief medical officer that you could still pass on the virus — even if you're fully vaccinated. anger in europe over vaccine delays — italy accuses pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. borisjohnson becomes the first european leader to speak to the new us president, joe biden, since he entered the white house. the authorities in new zealand have confirmed the first case of community transmission of the coronavirus in months. a woman who had returned from europe and completed a compulsory two—week period of managed isolation tested positive ten da

commission the 29000 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against torture of finding that mental institutions are forcibly administering intrusive and irreversible psychiatric treatment on their patients and that torture has become commonplace in that country how do those values fit in with the modern e.u. idea of what countries should be doing what they said they'd live up to and haven't . i know this totally right that it is not acceptable that we have circumstances like that mentioned once but. let me say it's perhaps not a complete picture of the area because the sure things have to be developed in the right direction but also other other arms had to cheat in the us. nowhere near done by the area today cannot be compared with at times 24 years ago so in all these countries have to be developed and they have they are developing and as of this purpose we ha

foreign and civil service officers used the state department's dissent channel to make their voices heard. they said they fear the capital siege may badly undermine us credibility to promote and defend democratic relations. one cable also said second. terry of state. mike pompeo should support any effort by the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment to remove mr trump from office. former secretary of state colin powell said today that he can no longer call himself a republican. all made the comment during an interview on cnn about the deadly capital takeover last week. powell also said that republicans who have not criticized president trump encourage the violent uprising, powell went on to say i'm not a fellow of anything right now. i'm just a citizen who's voted republican and voted democrat throughout my entire career. and right now i'm just watching my country and not concerned with parties. east bay congressman marked asami a was at the. capital last wednesday, and today he shared with us some of the chilling moments when protesters stormed the capital building. i had a ringside

laughable audion insistent on these being used as a tool by the western secret services and the us to state department all that not only das usat is backed by foreign states and russia would be to prevent such foreign interference as what people's reactions here as in a volley investigation is the top video on russian you tube it has gotten nearly $20000000.00 views since it was published last night and it's a hot topic on social media of course as well enough ali people have even created a filter on instagram with which you can use or you can see yourself in a 3 d. model in the rooms of the palace and take a selfie so it's getting a lot of attention what impact do you think this is going to actually have for the kremlin. while that may sound very strange to western ears but the answer is nothing annoying packed probably a western politician would to resign immediately and any case it would be a political earthquake but not here soon not in russia we have to keep in mind that although it's the most spectacular video by not only or if not only so far it's not the 1st mine one this is a typical video on

laughable audion insisted not only is being used as a tool by the western secret services and the us to state department all that not only das usat is backed by foreign states and russia would be to prevent such foreign interference as what people see reactions here as in a volley investigation is the top video on russian you tube it has gotten nearly 20000000 views since it was published last night and it's a hot topic on social media of course as well enough ali people have even created a filter on instagram with which you can use or you can see yourself in a 3 d. model in the rooms of the palace and take a selfie so it's getting a lot of attention what impact do you think this is going to actually have for the kremlin. well it may sound very strange to western ears but the answer is nothing noir impact probably a western politician would to resign immediately and any case it would be a political earthquake but not here soon not in russia we have to keep in mind that although it's the most spectacular video by not only or if not only so far it's not the 1st mine one this is a typical video one of only

laughable audion insisted on these being used as a tool by the western secret services and the us to state department all that not only das usat is backed by foreign states and russia would be to prevent such foreign interference as what people's reactions here as in a volley investigation is the top video on russian youtube it has gotten nearly $20000000.00 views since it was published last night and it's a hot topic on social media of course as well enough ali people have even created a filter on instagram with which you can use or you can see yourself in a 3 d. model in the rooms of the palace and take a selfie so it's getting a lot of attention what impact do you think this is going to actually have for the kremlin. well it may sound very strange to western ears but the answer is nothing annoying packed probably a western politician would to resign immediately and any case it would be a political earthquake but not here soon not in russia we have to keep in mind that although it's the most spectacular video by not only or if not only so far it's not the 1st mine one this is a typical video one of

all of the insisted on these being used as a tool by the western secret services and the us to state department all that not only das you said is backed by foreign states and russia would be to prevent such foreign interference as what people see reactions here as in a volley investigation is the top video on russian to you tube it has gotten nearly 20000000 views since it was published last night and it's a hot topic on social media of course as well enough ali people have even created a filter on instagram with which you can use or you can see yourself in a 3 d. model in the rooms of the palace and take a selfie so it's getting a lot of attention what impact do you think this is going to actually have for the kremlin. well it may sound very strange to western it is but the answer is nothing no impact probably a western politician would to resign immediately and any case it would be a political earthquake but not here so not in russia we have to keep in mind that although it's the most spectacular video by not only or if not only saw it's not the 1st mine one this is a typical video one of onl

us about this p.j. crowley former state department official joining us now from on xandra virginia thank you for your time said you're welcome. worldwide cases of covert 1000 have now topped 100000000 governments around the world of racing to vaccinate as many people as possible but those efforts in some areas a stalling with the drug companies to honor their commitment to supply doses after 2 firms said they would struggle to fail orders new coronavirus mutations are also raising concerns about the effectiveness of some of the approved vaccines katrina you has a report from beijing. one year ago the central chinese city of work went into what was then an unprecedented lockdown 11000000 people were isolated from the rest of china and the world in a desperate attempt to prevent the spread of a deadly corona virus that attempt failed cases of a quickly identified in thailand japan and south korea and the united states began restricting travelers from china in mohan authorities makeshift hospitals to treat thousands suffering from the illness the world's 2nd largest economy was at a standstill as authorities

attorney general and install a doj lawyer in his place which would then use the power of the justice department to pressure the state of georgia to overturn its election results. acting on that news, senator schumer and others overnight called on the department of justice's inspector general to investigate those allegations, but since then, even more damning reporting has emerged. the "wall street journal" adding to the story of the georgia scheme that the failed president also pushed the justice department to ask the supreme court to invalidate president biden's victory. those efforts failed due to pushback of his own appointees

you could see jen psaki, the new white house press secretary, using her state department experience to try to be diplomatic. you know, from the previous administration. the obama administration. $ $ $1.9. getting aid to state and locals is a bipartisan issue. the republicans oppose some of this. opposed during the trump administration when the house tried to have the state and local funding. joe biden has to get in a room. this is where it's really interesting to see. joe biden thinks we can go back to the old way. in the old days if you were a democratic president, if you could peel off republican-leaning groups like the chamber of commerce, get all the mayors, if you could get some republican governors involved, sort of do an end-around of the national republicans in washington, can joe biden put together one of those old coalitions to get some of it? the question is where is he willing to give? where's he willing to give? a lot of republicans are critical of democratic governors and democratic mayors who have their schools closed. can joe biden say i want to re-open schools? we're o

us -- could occur when will the president speak about this? ms. psaki: i would like to point all of you to a statement that was released this week by the state department strongly condemning the use of harsh tactics against protesters and journalists in cities throughout russia. these continued efforts to suppress russian rights to peacefully protest and assemble and express their freedom of expression and arrest the opposition figure and the cracked and i'm protest that followed our troubling indications of further restrictions on russian civil society. i will reiterate our call for them to release all those do tend -- all those detained and further release of the opposition leader. we expect russia to cooperate with the international investigation. last week, we announced that the president issued a tasking to the intelligence committee forceful assessment of a range of activities including solar, wind, cyber, russian interference in the election and the use of chemical weapons against the soviet opposition and that is ongoing and that review is a 100 day review so we will have an update on that when it comes through. i apologize, i don't have a time

us once again is p.j. crowley former deputy press secretary at the state department joining us p.j. crowley thank you very much for being with us and for staying with us i'm just looking at the reactions on twitter of you know world leaders and various. agencies around the world and it's quite striking isn't it that all these messages that the u.s. is usually the one to be sending out to so-called banana republic and so on is actually . it is a u.s. today receiving these messages what do you make of that eleazer anything that the rest of the world can do about this. well i think it it it just is a reflection of apprehension that world leaders have we've gone through a very divisive the last 40 years for example within the nato alliance for example 'd political unity is the essential element of nato you know donald trump has been a very divisive figure you know within that alliance and you know we're looking forward to someone with a great deal of international experience in joe biden to kind of restoring common cause the united states and its close friends and allies around the war

he joins us now from the state department in washington it's not new that joe biden president joe biden wants to rejoin the iran deal but hearing from his u.s. secretary of state that talking about the need for the iranians to comply it's not clear how that's going to happen when iran has indicated that really washington needs to take the initiative. right and in some ways when you read what lincoln actually said right. if iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j. c.p.a. the u.s. would do the same thing well that seems to suggest a mutual understanding concurrent actions by both iran and the us iran to stop enriching uranium to 20 percent and to get rid of any stockpiles and then the us at the same time would remove the crippling sanctions on iran that that seems to sound like what he was saying there and then we would use that as a platform to build a bridge with our allies and partners for longer and stronger agreements in the future but anyways as this whole thing that was so many issues of the problematic with iran were a long way away from all of that b

we have allocated the doses that the state department from each state, sorry, the head department from each states have actually ordered the doses. they told us where to send them. we shipped them to those areas and to those locations. now, indeed, it is lower than what we were hoping for. i believe personally that the granular knowledge at the level of granularity needed to be able to say we need to ship a thousand doses to this cvs pharmacy or to this long-term care facility in a particular state, in a particular rural area, resides with the states. we are available and ready to help the states as they ask specifically for help. we will go and help them there. i don't think it's possible for the federal government to be able to say, you know, we should send vaccine to this particular location. so that's the point we're making. i think that's number one. number two, the last three days, there have been 500,000 doses a day inoculated. the holiday period is behind us. i'm optimistic this number are going to go up. >> so just so that we're clear, i believe that we have the sound from the promise, from the administration, from several people, th

crowley he is with us has been with us southwest's a few minutes now former white house deputy press secretary and state department spokesperson thank you so much for being with us and thank you for your patience as we deal with this breaking news situation we're hearing that police arrested him to clear protesters off of the steps of the u.s. capitol building some unprecedented images chaos in the united states today that the entire world is watching with dismay i think what is your reaction. well as an american i'm stunned and i'm sure people around the world 'd who know america or watch america are equally. it is unprecedented for a president united states they'll just stand before a crowd and challenge them to to storm capitol hill and and try to stop democracy from doing what it's supposed to do which is to certify you know the election of president elect joe biden i'm sure the congress will get back to that i hope leaks tomorrow i'll be i'll be interested to watch see what what what the political reaction is to this where there are those who have precipitated this political challenge here continue about know

start with this incredible audio of an alleged official phone call between joining us on john the u.s. state department attorney back in 2000 the small excerpt from that over 75 minute phone conversation in which the u.s. state department attorney questions the songe about the former employee who was songe claims as attempting to release the over 250000 unredacted cables. to the material that wiki leaks. yes that's. it. everything that you have is that right. and. that's. what did that mean that. the ability without your. rockery. if they wanted it that's correct. there's no attempt to. protection program and i would say. here i. haven't said they should people. all right joining us now is taylor who got a journalist an editor with active years in the munich taylor thank you so much for joining us you've you've followed the julian assange saga hand his extradition trial very closely over the last few years what makes the release of this alleged conversation between the u.s. state department so shocking and so vitally important. yes this is an extraordinary thing can't development in this case what we s

the reality is that the state department the agency for international developments, and the us information agency 's had no constituents congress. when the things about the defense department is that it spent hundreds of billions of dollars a year. as i found out when i was secretary the department of defense has contractors in every state, and every congressional district, is probably not but accident on the part of congress. and so you have a built in constituency both republican and democrat. for support of the defense programs where you don't have that kind of support for the civilian side. for an assistance, which comes under the agency for international development, which has long been one of the most unpopular government programs there is. so what it takes leadership, on the part of the president and others, and on the hill to help educate the american people why those capabilities are important. how well in little they cost. where the the points i make in the book is that in terms of gdp, gross domestic product, united states ranks 21st in the world in terms of how much we offer an

electoral system, 385 pre-election lawsuits all at the same time, he used it as a tool to get officials across the country to depart from state legislative rules. it's a story that needs to be told and needs to be pursued.

state department has condemned the harsh tactics used on the protesters and called for them to be released. 504 has more from moscow. we are standing in one of the side streets of the prison where not only held the well this prison is actually just around the corner but we can of the but also because the police is pushing everyone from from there it sealed off that approach and also minutes ago there was a group of protesters a fairly young ones these ones are and that they would be carrying the police and then trying to run away from it and take some other side streets so these are the last part of the 2 days the message for brought those as they say these group is fairly young and there are chanting of all names to put in and that he is the teeth and freedom who. is feared hundreds of homes have been destroyed in mozambique after tropical cyclone ellery's made landfall early on saturday the area still haven't recovered from a devastating sight clone almost 2 years ago heavy rain and strong winds battered the region 200 millimeters of rain was reported with another 100 millimeters expecte

obligations so we're not we're not there yet to say the least or shab or townes he joins us now from the state department in washington at so. we didn't get much of an indication as to the u.s. strategy on iran it seems as though the deal might be in stalemate and now. so unclear and we always have to try and parse the language from joe biden's foreign policy team because did he just say that the j c p o a the iran nuclear deal will be the basis of everything we've been forward to the 1st goal is to get both the u.s. and iran in compliance back in compliance with the j c p because it was the us who are on the deal in the 1st place and that basically means concurrently iran getting rid of any 20 percent or even rigid uranium and so on stopping enriching uranium but also the u.s. lifting its crippling sanctions on iran's economy that will have to happen and then we'll be suggesting to after that happens with both sides meeting their obligations then you have the long term deal over other issues which the gulf countries and israel are so concerned about in the near the neo-cons neo-cons in congress again th

and us president elect joe biden packs his state department with obama era veterans some with a track record of promoting military interventions.

states that are able to give the shots away the quickest and which have the largest older populations, frank, those will get the doses first. marin naylor live for us tonight, maureen. thank you, the state department of public health says just over 783. 1000 doses of coronavirus vaccine have now been administered here in california. that's out of nearly three million doses that have been shipped to local health departments. governor newsome has said he expects the state will administer one million more doses. by the end of this week, the state plans to turn to pharmacists and dentists as well as the national guard to help meet that goal. city and public health leaders in san francisco are starting to offer details on how the vaccination rollout will work there. ktvu christien kafton tells us the plan for most will mean getting their vaccination through their regular health care provider. the nation and the bay area celebrated the creation of the various vaccines. but the overwhelming majority of people are still wondering when and how they'll get their dose. now san francisco's head of public , saying vaccine is arriving in san francisco and most people will be getting their shot through their phy

days in office, the secretary of state mike pompeo has announced that the us is lifting long—standing restrictions on its relationship with taiwan. the state departmentons had been imposed decades ago to appease the mainland communist chinese government. let's get more on this from margaret lewis, who joins me live from taiwan. she's a professor of law at seton hall university in the us and a visiting professor at academia sinica in taiwan. professor, thank you so much for joining professor, thank you so much forjoining us. how dramatic a shift is this in ties between the us and taiwan? it is dramatic in that for now decades, the us and taiwan have had an unofficial relationship, albeit a robust one, and the trump administration has strengthened that relationship over the past few years. but to have this in in the last few days, it is definitely a ramp up days, it is definitely a ramp up in that already strong relationship. what difference will it make in practical terms? we're still sorting that out. we could mean differences for example in where representatives from the us and taiwan governments meet, which officials meet, what passports us officia

different will send fellowships as well as the director of the asia program and also the us department of state and the nsc and most importantly over the past several decades training generations of students and a friend the most influential book on china and us china relations over 30 books and articles including china's future which we launched here at the wilson center in 2016. he conducted his research in china, singapore, western europe and most recently and important for today's program in southeast asia the newly published book where great powers meet america and china and southeast asia the subject is timely conducting his research and is more timely now during covid to become china's number one and trading partner not only after covid but for now it has the status and the regional comprehensive economic partnership which launched a free trading agreement has been completed but not the united states so this grows in importance we will ask for initial comments about his research and then we will have a discussion with her own ambassador not only to china but singapore and indonesia and k

let's bring in margaret brennan who covers the state department for us and is the moderator of "faced foreign policy? >> well, norah, you put your finger on one of the things that even fellow democrats criticize the incoming administration for which is they need to see the world as it is, not how it was four years ago. and you heard the president in his inaugural address actually indicate that, saying that we will address america as it is now, and the world's changed a lot in the past four years. as you pointed out, even showing in the graphic, these are really familiar faces. 17 of the president's top advisors came from the obama administration, and we're not even talking about those who are working behind the scenes. sop there is some concern that, as tony blinken, the nominee to be secretary of state has said, you know, america is back and ready to lead again, the world doesn't organize itself, there's the broader question of does the world really want to be organized by america right now and do americans really want to take on that role. it's something joe biden has talked about

and us president elect joe biden packs the state department with obama era veterans something track record opposing it military intervention.

state department official joins us now by skype from mclean in the states of virginia good to have you with is here on al-jazeera this is an important break free but is also just a beginning you could argue what was sort of things should we expect to happen moving forward. well it is just the beginning but it is important and i think 1st and foremost it's important for the saudis to have put something concrete on the table to show to the biden ministration even though this was negotiated largely by jarrett questionnaire in the trump ministration i think for the saudis it was critically important to put something concrete on the table to show that the saudis could make concessions with the incoming biden administration incoming but administration is in my from my understanding is really looking to pressure saudi arabia to come down relatively hard on saudi arabia in terms of human rights treatment of journalists treatment of saudi saudis who are living abroad who are embattled with the government in saudi arabia so for the body to ministration this will be an important signal that the s

a former state department official joining us once again on al jazeera. breaking news coverage from washington. lots of reactions from world leaders. reaction we would normally see from washington, d.c.. before we talk about the international reaction, i want to get your thoughts on what happens in the next 14 days. there are still 14 days until joe biden's inauguration on january 20. donald trump could cause a lot of harm in 14 days. what should be done? >> i think it starts with what happens the next few hours. obviously, leaders in the house and the senate do not want to feel intimidated or look intimidated by what happened earlier today and they're going to try to resume their deliberation regarding the electoral college. i would be very curious to see how some of those who were willing to practice politics as usual and challenge electoral result in knowing it was not going to be successful -- does their tone change? their approach? do they signal a greater willingness to accept the result and signal also to the president that this is over? the proces

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