Showed evidence that congress pandemics spending is riddled with corruption, bonsa critics trying to hold the powerful to account fear they will soon be silenced. Im as welcome to the program. 3 weeks after the u. S. Election, president elect joe biden has finally been given the green light to start. The transition process president on the trump tweeted stus day that he was directing his administration to cooperate in the handover process. Its the closest hes come to conceding defeat. Meanwhile, biden has pushed ahead and begun announcing nominations for his own administration. President elect joe biden has officially revealed his picks for the top positions of his cabinet, making a clear shift away from trumps america fust doctoring. Instead, a lot of familiar faces from the Obama Administration signaling bidens intention to return to a more established approach to interacting with other countries. Bidens choices of policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named a secretary of state. He will be tossed with steering the country back to what the paris climate agreement, the World Health Organization and the iran nuclear deal. The best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, poised to become bidens Climate Change envoy. Former Federal Reserve chair janet yellen is to service treasury secretary policy, if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role and would face a difficult task of shaping u. S. Economic policies at a time when the country is facing a pandemic. And the ensuing recession, for the 1st year biden appears to be making good on his Campaign Promise that his cabinet will reflect americas diversity. With his picks for the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations and the department of homeland security. He also names the 1st woman to become director of National Intelligence wise. But many of bidens cabinet picks will require confirmation in the senate where republicans still hold a narrow majority. For now at least, but the transition process officially underway. Some of the uncertainty and turbulence of the past weeks seems to be settling down. Lets bring in having it with a German Council on foreign relations. Thank you for joining us, mr. The president elect and finally get down to business. Know the transition. Well this relieve the you