A final assault on the city of mccarrick. To graham forces refused to step aside late, u. S. President donald trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for joe biden to take office. The head of the General Services administration told biden that the process can begin acknowledging him. As the president elect trump said in a tweet that hes directing his team to cooperate, but is promising to keep up the fight. Joe bidens Transition Team has welcomed the freeze up millions of dollars for the president elects new administration. And bidens team can now work with federal officials on the Pandemic Response and on National Security. We have political hay who is standing by for us live in washington, d. C. Patty. So this is not an official determination of the winner, but obviously a very significant development, especially when we consider Donald Trumps response. I think that is by far, one of the more significant parts of the story. Donald trump. Lets keep in mind since the election night. Hes been saying he won that he was saying it was stolen and he said hes going to win in court and the needs that the states will give him the presidency. This is the 1st time weve had any indication from the president that he might possibly have actually lost the election is no longer going to live here. On january 20th, there was not conceding, but this might be as close as he actually ever gets to admitting that he didnt in fact win the election. He said the fights going to continue, but hes losing the fight. He is losing the fight in court after court with dozens, of court cases that have been thrown out. His lawyers go on t. V. , they say they have massive indication of voter fraud when they go before the judge and the judge asked, are you alleging fraud . And they dont because you lied what judge, you can lose your law license. So hes lost in the court system, hes losing to the states. He was trying to put pressure on the, the leads, the lawmakers in michigan to overturn the results of the election and send their own electors to the Electoral College. They said no, were not going to do that in michigan certified their vote today, pennsylvania starting to certify their votes. So momentum is completely moving against the president. And why is this important . Well, its not just people who work in the white house in the, in the oval office, the west wing. That matter. The administration is thousands of employees there in the building over here, the building over there. And a lot of those people need to get background checks, so that takes a bit of time. These are thorough investigations, and for hundreds of them they need to get senate confirmation. Thats why this matters. Its not just the millions of dollars the office space. It matters because he can now actually start staffing his administration. And also he can get information, his chief of staff and said, look, we have no faith that the administration is actually has a plan to roll out medicinals already. Vaccines. Look at the way theyve handled testing just to give you a sense in this country. The cases are rising exponentially. Every day. Tests are now leaving 9 men into this in short supply. They are taking 5 to 7, he says 10 days to come back, making them absolutely useless as so they say, look at how theyve handled testing. Why should we trust that theyre actually ready to roll up this vaccine . So now this biden team can go to those officials in whats called operation warp speed and say, give me the details, show me the contracts, let me walk through the factories or, and the warehouses where all of these supplies are stored. So that is they say the critical piece of information that they need to have because if they need to be able to change the plan, they need to know what the plan is. So this is a very significant day. d when it comes to the u. S. President ial election. Ok, when we look at the, the General ServicesAdministration Announcement on message to biden, and what it means and the signal led ascends. Do you think that were likely to see republicans coming out now . And encouraging to actually concede to give up the legal challenges this would definitely be their excuse to do that. And i think more than even the g. S. A. Letter, its the tone that was sent in president trumps tweet that hes going to continue fighting. But lets go ahead and get i told her to let this transition go ahead. Its not just the president , though. The republicans are getting a lot of pushback from very important republicans, not only former National Security, republican officials, theyve come out now and said this is dangerous for the democracy. It is dangerous for the country. But weve also seen dozens and dozens of really high profiled c. E. O. s the richest of the rich republican donors. Theyve come out and said enough, joe biden is going to be the president. Republicans, you need to stand up and do whats right. So republicans are balance in this, right, so they dont want to make their donors angry at the same time. They dont want to make the president angry because nobody knows if hes still going to be the face of the republican party. Hes indicated hes going to announce a run in 2024. d hes got a pretty fervent bases kind of more than 70000000. 00 votes, and hes already shown that hell uses twitter there probably in governor of ohio said it was time for him to conceded he sent out a tweet basically saying, whos going to run against him for the republican primary, what hes up for reelection, so theyre worried about that theyre worried about the Georgia Senate race. There are 2 senate races that are going to happen next month. That will determine if joe biden can put forward most of his agenda because it will determine control of the senate. But republicans are really worried about is hes going to come out even with just a tweet. Say, hey, my supporters in georgia, they didnt give me the state republicans in charge. Let joe biden get those Electoral College votes. Go ahead and stay home. That could cost mitch mcconnell, the power that he seeks and currently has in washington. So its a balancing game. They know that if they come out and say its time to go, Trump Supporters are going to be very angry at them. Possibly the president s going to be angry at them, and it could cost them the senate. So well see what they do. Theyre under a lot of pressure from both sides. Thanks so much for breaking it all down for us political homelife from washington d. C. Well, the good marshal is both a former come as secretary with the Clinton White house and a Transition Team member joins us live via skype from washington. D. C. Also thank you times a what do you make of us out with Donald Trumps response . What do you make of his response to all of this saying that he has told his team to begin initial protocols. I mean, this is the closest you think we may get to an abyss in of defeat. I do, and im relieved that he finally has taken this step, although i would note and it may seem like a technicality. But this announcement by the head of the General Services administration, emily murphy is largely administer arial act in a should not have been influenced by politics. But the president s involvement again, tests the norms of behavior in the United States when it comes to politics and democracy. But whats important is the issue that you have raised, which is the actual formal transition process can now get under way. The delay has been unconscionable and create problems and uncertainties that really were not necessary. So how much of a difference will this make to joe biden . And his ability to hit the ground running it will make a tremendous difference as, as you were just discussing. With regard to the fast moving developments with the pandemic and getting the vaccine vaccines out to the public. And that process vitally important within the United States and globally can now move forward in a much more organized and sensible fashion. And then on the broader issues over 1000 appointments that the president elect needs to make. To fill out his government and dozens, literally dozens of federal agencies that need to adjust their priorities to match his campaign, promises and his platform. How do you see the next 11 weeks also playing out before the inauguration with the legal challenges being thrown out one by one. But how do you see this going well, as the legal challenges and certainly in the west, in this process, the legal challenges and the politics, particularly with the michigan and outspent and the legal case and pennsylvania finally seem to come together to push the president to do the right thing, but hes clearly signaled his intention to continue to fight those issues. Thankfully, the real focus now can begin on moving forward with the setting up of the new administration in a sensible and organized fashion. But these people are going to have to make up for lost time. Its going to be a lot of hard work over the coming weeks with a quite went on announcements and confirmation hearings prepared. Speaking of appointments and announcements with the joe biden appointing, quite a few key figure is former deputy secretary of state tony, one of then Ambassador Linda Thomas greenfield, and john kerry back as the point person on Climate Change. What do these appointments say to you about how the Biden Administration plans to plans to approach things, particularly when it comes to Foreign Policy . Well, youre going to, youre seeing the president elect bring back a number of individuals who have experience in a variety of positions in government, which is already a departure from the National Security and diplomatic appointments of the trauma administration. And youre seeing a number of individuals with whom he has more closely over many, many years. And youve mentioned tony blinken in particular, goes back several decades with joe biden. But then you look back and also hes got his former colleague from the United States senate john kerry in a key position. So hes got seasoned professionals with broad experience and hes made some historic announcements as well, with the 1st woman to be the director of national intelligence. Also we expect to hear in the next day or so the 1st woman to head the department of treasury, janet yellen. Ok. I want to come back and ask you a question that ive asked of a few of analysts of the course of the evening. Do you think with the deer say announcement or less said to joe biden, with what weve seen from michigan, do you think that were going to see more republicans coming out and urging donald trump to concede defeat especially those with an eye on their own reelection prospects and 2022. Well, i appreciate that youve been asking that question and i think its the right question to ask when it comes to politics. Im fascinated by. What will transpire im, im well to predict it because i think what we have seen this. A number of republicans who against their better judgment are concerned that the president will criticize them or encourage candidates to challenge them from the right end of the spectrum politically. And that the dont want to feel vulnerable to that. So i guess is that most will run and hide for a while longer and hope to not have to address these questions. Ok, thank you so much for your time, for your analysis of the good muscle, the, the, the general Thurgood Marshall jr. Im sorry, i got there in the end. Thank you for your time. We appreciate it. Thank you. U. S. President elect joe biden has released the names of his National Security team. Lots of seasoned veterans returning to Washington StateDepartment Correspondent wasnt. Jordan has the story ahead of tuesdays announcement of his cabinet members, president elect joe biden spoke briefly to reporters after 3 hours of the 35. 00 bidens team of diplomats and military leaders. Its a mil youre to washington, insiders and foreign leaders alike. Former deputy secretary of state tony blinken, nominated to be the u. S. Is top diplomat, Ambassador Linda Thomas greenfield, chosen to represent the u. S. At the United Nations and former secretary of state john kerry, back in government once more. This time as bidens point person on Climate Change beneath a photo of his granddaughter watching him sign the paris climate accords in 2015, kerry told his twitter followers the Climate Crisis demands nothing less than all hands on deck. Foreign policy experts say it will take the us years to repair the damage caused by the current president , donald trump, whose america 1st Foreign Policy shredded relations with the european union, the u. N. And nato. And wanted to be with give props, affection for strongman leaders such as Vladimir Putin and kim jong own. Horrified both his political opponents and the u. S. As allies from a refusal to grant asylum seekers. Safe haven to deciding to abandon both the paris climate agreement and the iran nuclear deal. Experts say trumps Foreign Policy, ultimately undermined the u. S. His reputation overseas. You know, i think repairing and renewing america at home is critical. If were going to be model soft power influence. Countries want to work with us. The biggest challenge facing the new white house getting too comfortable. He only slight concern is that this team may convince itself that theyve got the right answer because they all sort of look at the world the same way. Theyve all been through a lot of the same experiences, and theyre going to have to ask, how do we bring in fresh ideas . Some recommendations, finding ways to restart. Denuclearization talks with young, young, updating, and improving the nuclear deal with tara hahn and keeping the afghan peace talks on track. No matter how long it takes. What may be most important say Foreign Policy expert, reassuring the u. S. Allies that it is reliable, and then proving it from day one. Rosalynn jordan aljazeera, still ahead on the lives at stake is International Donors consider the center of town. Hello there. 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The nation also seeing some lively outbreaks of right as we go through the next day or 2 and those showers pushing down into indonesia, some very wet weather, pushing into india as well. At the moment we got this circulation, this nasty development that may well develop into wayside phone as we go through the next day or so. Lets choose days. Picher pushing into time will not go on to pradesh, turning increased the wet as we go on through wednesday. And that rain pushing further west the thursday as a 2nd wave of covert, 19 brings a surge in infections. A few months ago, there were dozens of cases a day. Now if we just 2000 and countries in force, new measures to curb contagion, this is the 1st step forward for the government aid masters degree in ta population. Scientists are on the brink of releasing new vaccines to reduce the spread of the virus. Will it be enough to bring the Global Health crisis to an end . The coronavirus pandemic, special coverage on a move over the the of our jobs there, our top stories this hour, the u. S. Federal office that oversees the transfer of power in the white house has told joe biden, his transition to the white house can formally begin means president elects Transition Team can meet with federal officials. Donald trump has accepted the decision, although he has not conceded trump said in a tweet that hes directing his team to cooperate, but is promising to keep up the fight. Us president elect joe biden has chosen several obama officials to serve in his administration. Tony blinken will be nominated to be secretary of state. John kerry will take the lead on combating Climate Change. British drug company, astra zeneca and oxford university, say late stage testing of their covert, 19 back scene shows its highly effective. They say it can be stored at fridge, temperature, making it cheaper and easier to distribute. U. K. Prime minister Abbas Johnson is welcoming the development of the whole reports from london. Its being hailed as a vaccine for the World Pharmaceuticals firm astra zeneca in partnership with the university of oxford says interim trial results will be sent to regulators immediately in the hope their product is approved for rollout. Before the end of the year. Weve got a vaccine, which is a fact it prevents severe disease intriguingly in result of a headline is that we do have as are our own. And then of all those of the back. And i guess where we saw 90 percent or more data may be needed to confirm the 90 percent subgroup results, but cheaper to mass produce, easier to