Russian peacekeepers are deployed as part of a cease fire deal to end the fighting in nagornokarabakh and calls for a ceasefire in ethiopias, a region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into sudan. About he discovered in doha, with your support as the head of english football, resigns of the using a racist slur while speaking about the game in his country. U. S. President elect joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january that will see him take on the worlds most powerful job. As despite the trumpet, ministration, reportedly refusing to assist the president elects transition team, and blocking them from accessing vital resources, biden himself has been calling some of americas biggest allies, including the leaders of the u. K. , germany, and france, who all congratulated him on winning the election. I just think its in the barest quite frankly, the only thing how can i say this tactfully . I think it will help the president s legacy. I think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders of us for that they are hopeful that the United StatesDemocratic Institutions are viewed once again as being strong and endure. And what i think at the end of the day, you know, its all going to come to fruition. In january 20th, bidens comments came after the u. S. Sector state joined the chorus of republican voices denying joe bidens election when mike pompei was asked if he would assist a smooth handover and gave this surprising answer. There will be a smooth transition to a 2nd trouble, mr. Action, right, were ready, but the world is watching whats taking place that were going to count all the votes. When the process is complete, theyll be electors selected. Theres a process, the constitution lays it out pretty clearly. The world should have every confidence that the transition necessary to make sure that the state department is functional today successful today. And successful with the president whos in office on january 20th, a minute after noon will also be successful. Meanwhile, the u. S. Supreme court has begun hearing arguments in a case which could strip 20000000 people of medical insurance justices have already signaled that theyre unlikely to strike down all of the Affordable Care act. A key piece of president obamas legacy thats known as obamacare. President , trump and other republicans want the last shutdown and expanded Public Health care programs and enable more people to obtain private insurance. A decision is expected by the end of june next year. In them well hear from alan fischer in washington, d. C. But 1st to mike hanna, in wilmington, delaware where biden was speaking. So might tell us more about ted bidens comments on the election or biden made some prepared comments on the Affordable Care act. But then he took some questions, his 1st News Conference effectively as the president elect. And he was remarkably calm and unfazed by the problems with the transition by President Trumps refusal to accept defeat by many of the republicans refusal to accept defeat. And also by the refusal of the General Services administration to signal the formal beginning of the transition process. Biden said his administration is well enough funded not to need this some 7. 00 to 10000000. 00 that it would receive for the processes of the transition. He said as well that he and his Vice President elect were going ahead as they would even if it was already a formal transition. He says they are doing what theyre doing. They have not been affected in any way. He was asked directly with the what he would say to President Trump, should President Trump be watching . And he said, president , trump, i look forward to speaking to you. So certainly very unfazed in terms of the problems facing this whole transition period. The problems of nonacceptance, of the election result, absolutely adamant that come the 20th of january. He and his Vice President elect will be in place and theyll be able to put their agenda into action. And mike is also there to talk about obamacare and that a challenge in the court. Tell us about that, how thats panning out and what signals were getting from the supremes. Well, it does appear that number of the judges student not believe that the act should be overturned, certainly from some of the questions that they were asking. Some of the common set were made. It does appear that with those conservative leaning judges, appearing skeptical about declaring this act constitutional. Its unlikely that the Supreme Court is going to effectively remove it, but that will only be known, perhaps at the end of june when the Supreme Court hands down its final decision as far as the incoming biden and ministrations concerned. Well, spoken briefly at the beginning of that news briefing, saying that the republican, the temps in the Supreme Court is a blatant attempt to undercut the will of the American People by did himself said that Health Coverage is a right. Its not a privilege. He said as well that he and his Vice President elect were putting new Health Proposals into place, which once again they would introduce when they come into power, which would massively increase coverage for american citizens. But above all, he was sustaining that the need for health care in this time of pandemic is absolutely essential. And he expressed the hope that there would be no action that would reduce the levels of health care for the average american citizen at the moment or impinge on the Affordable Care act, saying as well that he would be introducing in verdun, enhance coverage. Once he and his Vice President elect come into power generally 20th. I can, i thank you very much indeed. Fisher joins us live from washington, d. C. And alan with might compare that we heard from mitch mcconnell, some Senior Republicans very much tying themselves to trump. Still. Mitch mcconnell less so than might compare my compeers comments, were definitely an audience of one. Hes doing that even though foreign leaders are calling joe biden to offer of their congratulations. Hes doing that with an eye to 2024 when its thought that he may well unknowns that he wants to run for the presidency. And he doesnt want to alienate trump, supporters at this point, it was not surprising, but it is perhaps shocking that he said it out loud there in front of many people because hes right. The world are watching is watching what is happening here in the United States. Over the next few days, as for mitch mcconnell, hes got one eye on january the 5th. So you saying ok, whats that . Thats when theres going to be a Senate Runoff in georgia, theres 2 seats that could be up for grabs there. If the democrats win both of them, it will tie the senate, so hes always looking to the next election. And he really wants to make sure that the bases energized and united going into those elections. And by suddenly turning round just now and saying, joe biden has won, were not going to bother with recurrence. Were not going to bother with legal efforts that would undermine what the party is trying to do. But certainly he says theres no need for panic that youve got to take these things, these things take time. There are stages to go through. Something that was there could by joe biden is going to be said in the last couple of hours. Just saying, look, well deal with this as it goes along, but he is still pushing ahead with his plans for the transition, even though its been reported and we are hearing as well. The donald trump has said to all Government Agencies and all Government Departments not to work with the transition until the results are verified and he Still Believes he can win this election. And alan to talk us through then the details, although the latest on trunks legal challenges to this the 1st thing youve got to point out with or any of the legal challenges. Although donald trump in is twitter feed, a number of republicans are saying that there is widespread electoral fraud. None of these court cases actually addresses that. In fact, lets just look at pennsylvania for a 2nd. Theyre saying that there was problems with mail in voting, and there was also problems with the way that people had access to polling places. And they see that this got in the way of their Constitutional Rights though speaking to some independent legal scholars there saying that courts are really reluctant to get involved. Busy and start invalidating legally cast ballots, and many of these ballots were legally cast. The other thing theyre concerned about is that these rules these, these facilities for want of a better word for want of a much better word, have been in position for a number of elections. And saw the fact that to see know that they are unconstitutional because you lost the election maybe not reach that barrier of constitutionality that needs to win a successful court case. So theres definitely problems with what donald trump and his team are trying to do in a number of states at the moment, legally. And fisher, thank you very much. Indeed. Russian peacekeeping troops have been deployed to nirvana karabakh after a deal to end 6 weeks of fighting. The disputed region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan, but controlled by ethnic armenians. As there is, have spent the day celebrating, whats been seen as a win delivering swathes of territory to their country. But in neighboring armenia, its been described as a disaster. Under the deal, azerbaijan will keep all its territorial gains, including a going to car backs. 2nd city shusha, armenia must hand over a number of other areas starting with the region on november, the 15th and the adam region. And guess that district 5 days later on december 1st, it will have to handover the let in district that includes the important car door which connects the go to a car back to armenia and will remain under armenian control. Nearly 2000 russian peacekeepers will be deployed along the socalled line of contact in a corner car back for at least 5 years. In a moment, well hear from some a binge of age in the as a very capital a coup. But 1st, this report from harden had made in yerevan armenia. Like it or not. Its a nation in shock. Many baffled that their media has signed an agreement, they see as humiliating. And for some the anger was too much to contain. By early morning, protestors started to arrive in front of parliament. I dont know how this nation believes this man says, calling on people to rise up. Emotions were high, and soon the anger turned into calls for a Prime Minister to resign. Among the people here veterans of the 1st war, thereby journ in the early 1990 s. Mothers of soldiers who recently died and displaced people from nagornokarabakh mina and her mother bear to are dismayed. They left their hometown of stepan, occurred by jan at the beginning of the fighting. Her father stayed behind the other to watch hearts as many articles of the one he signed. This agreement didnt ask our opinion. He signed it in secret. Its a crime. I want to return there, my trained general there. Im not having a normal education because of current virus and the war. I will only go back if the children of the Prime Minister come and live there with me. Like everyone here nina and berto want the agreement to be cancelled boardin, a 1200 soldiers lost their lives order. Past 6 weeks has now also lost all 7 as every region surrounding the un clave it had occupied since 994. 00, as well as a total of shusha in the corner cupboard. Its hard to swallow. This is a very difficult time for me and for Prime Minister, and he called passion here. And now he was already under intense international pressure. Just signed a cease fire agreement. And now is having an even harder time at home, explaining to people that this was the best option. In the current situation, there was no chance of making another decision, a plan to give more details such as why and what the reason was behind last months of vince. I cant do it right now for one simple reason. Because stopping military actions is the main focus right now. And if i say something, i couldnt dangerous people, but hasnt managed to convince many people, even among those who are an ordinary mother. But what happened is horrible. Every day we were given good news and suddenly this happens. Good or bad. I dont know, but i dont want an agreement at the price of all those innocent children who died. It should have been done earlier. He needs to answer questions. Some of the russian peacekeepers have already they will be deployed in to guarantee to cease fire. But this sense of loss that azerbaijan is just beginning to see a victory dance for ages. Been years in the making. Journeys are jubilant after the announcement of a deal to end the conflict in the corner. Even physically stop some people from showing their joy. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people who wanted to return seems possible to return to the place where my mother or grandmother were born from. And to me, i cant even describe this feeling expressed after steady gains on the battlefield since september. But he has been made possible largely because of other by johns advanced military power. The president acknowledged his forces as he declared the conflict over heroes. As a result of them and selfsacrifice, we return to our learns that soldiers can recover soon and return to normal life have called it an armenian defeat, agreed with russian relation and with a deal will hold on to the areas of nagornokarabakh that have the feeling that hes fighting, well, i mean, you know, has agreed to withdraw from several other nearby areas. In the coming weeks. Russian peacekeepers will remain in the region for the next 5 years. In return, other by john will stop its advances and the guns on the front lines have fallen silent. As a johnny army showed that we are capable to liberate our territories, we have liberated our territories. Now we also showed that we have the political will to stop hostilities and to continue by negotiations. Many people in the are very capital baku dont completely trust russian peacekeepers and wanted their forces to retake all of the disputed the region. The Turkish Foreign minister called the deal a secret success as he is very president , hinted peacekeepers in addition to the russians. But its not yet decided exactly how those troops will be deployed. Azerbaijanis say a few weeks of war have achieved more than 2 decades of the global sea. But maintaining peace is not going to be easy as thousands of people have been killed on both sides and more than a 1000000 have in this place and with armenia. And azerbaijan, some of the other there are we can speak now to former u. S. Ambassador carey cavanagh. He helped lead the peace talks on nagornokarabakh in 2001, joins us live from lexington, kentucky via skype. Thanks very much for being with us. And tell me what do you think the significance of this deal is . I think its very important because they think what we saw develop over the weekend was their budgets that says that capturing these 2nd largest city in the border of prayer and imminent threat to the capital city of the world occurred about the planet cared. So this deal started a major bloodletting, and i think also reduce the risk of that further is collation infighting that could have gone so far as the brilliant russian and Turkish Military forces in an active manner know that Russian Forces as a peacekeeping element. We saw, i mean, not to anger from some people in on me, but this sudden i felt kind of betrayed by the deal. And then that seemed to calm down how much of a crisis is this still there for . I mean, you think politically domestically is significant, but i think the bigger reflects the reality and the expectations of would ever come about to bring peace to this land. And it was always in vision that the occupied territories that as a by john resort by force were going to return to their version. The way we see it is because he knew and took a step that he feels keep the ability for beatings to get to dilute. Encouraged by, you know, made to disappeared in a matter of days with enormous loss of life and destruction that there not been arrangement for peace. You mentioned of the role of tech in russia. How much was this deal really a deal between tech in russia . Things not to escalate, i think very big says the deal between pressure that are really in azerbaijan, and i think russias the potential that desperate times create lead people to take Desperate Measures that you ran. The risk of the population care about was threatened nearby and might make the decision to do something more drastic an attack and that will play to attack and sound the charge that will and Gas Processing facility. So as above who are maybe been in a tent and but who itself then would lead to a similar response, which would instantly brought Russian Troops into their lives, in their defense or with their immediate and potentially turkish troops. Just support as their version of the limited along with the bloodletting. What you want to make of the Russian Troops roll in terms of the pay scale of a cease fire. What do you think of that . What will they do in mediation efforts . It had always been in their shoes and there would be a rule for certain peacemakers keepers, but then had always been in there was agreement on this. It would not include koocher countries, u. S. 1st friends or neighbors in iran. So the one difference, something that wasnt on the table before was russian peacekeepers. So that is a new level of care of how