look at the middle east, and benjamin netanyahu sitting down with saudi arabia. in the president has been nominated for three nobel peace prize does come i believe two or three. and so that is not an america alone policy whatsoever. the problem with this whole narrative is that complete lie. it is just not true. and what is the biden administration going to do now? will they will back on the middle east peace agreements? because obama wanted out of that. trump has been getting out. i'm not saying that is the right think that it is. however, it depends on what they will do about that. >> tammy: a lot of this will depend on and i think you will agree, on what president trump moves quickly to do in these next couple of months, especially afghanistan. but biden has made it clear he wants to move forward. let's listen to this. >> and the administration come i have a very ambitious, progressive agenda. and it is going to take really strong leaders in the house and senate to get it done. >> tammy: considering so many seats were flipped from blue to red because americans

nic robertson joins me from saudi arabia with more on this virtual summit. nic, hi, good to see you. give us some sense of how mr. trump's appearance or perhaps nonappearance at some of these key meetings has played out there. >> reporter: i have to say it's incredibly hard to judge how it actually played out, because the white house, unlike, say, 10 downing street or the president of turkey's video statement was released, president putin's video statement was released, the white house didn't release a statement, it gave a readout, how strongly president trump tackled coronavirus, how well they were doing developing vaccines, how well the u.s. economy was doing. that language is really out of kilter with what we heard from the other leaders, the ones i've named, as well the european commission president, all talking about working together, the importance of working together, unity, a unified approach. i think some of the real keys here to how president trump's speech may have gone down, the words that the king in his opening statement, the king spoke again a

cnn's nic robertson is at the summit in riyadh, saudi arabia. nic, we know the president took part in at least some of today's early morning g20 summit meetings but not this afternoon. we understand he's on the golf course. what is he missing? how important is it that the u.s. representation, the president, would be part of this summit? >> you would expect any country to want their leader to be a big part of the discussion. and as this is all about the sort of world's leading economic powers in the united states, is the leading economic power, you'd expect the president to be front and center. and that's kind of what we've been hearing here. it's almost as if you get the sense that the leaders here are essentially saying to donald trump, you know, good-bye and don't let the door hit you on the way out. we heard from the saudi investment minister earlier saying that when the world looked for leadership on the pandemic, there was no leadership to be seen and that's what the g20 did. he said leaders clearly pointing a finger at president trump were

arabia. verbati confirming this was a free and fair election, and that the president's entitled, if there's evidence, to bring his case to court, but that we need to move forward in a peaceful transfer. >> this is, look, ceos are confronting this -- >> also going to talk to individual legislators to make sure they're on board. >> yes, all very interesting conversations we would like to be a fly on the wall for. thank you very much. >> if we don't hang together, we'll hang separately, is what they were all saying. thanks. >> very interesting. thank you so much for shedding light on this. >> we appreciate it. >>> breaks news, dozens of secret service officers are self-isolating after coronavirus exposure, one source say information is hard to come by here. we'll pass many milestones. moments that define you. and drive you. to achieve even more. so, celebrate every one. because success isn't just about where you want to get to. it's also about how you get there the all new 2021 cadillac escalade

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arabia, and israel. no one that i've talked to really knows, and i think that's both an important thing to tell your viewers, and also a scary thing that the country ought to know. that right now -- yeah. >> no, finish your sentence. >> no, that right now you have a circumstance where the entire pentagon leadership is sort of mysteriously turned over and people both in the building and recently out are not sure what the purpose of this will ultimately be. few people think that miller is there to keep trump in office illegally beyond january 20th. honestly, i really hope that's the case, and i hope that the people who know chris miller and are vouching for him to not just me but a lot of other reporters have it right. >> there does seem a thread here about intelligence. you know, these are people -- david ignatius had a column in "the washington post" that was about a kind of backdoor nigfig with gina haspel. it's their last chance to -- to make whatever cases they want to make about the corrupt russia ho

again the optics for saudi arabia looking good but perhaps less so with the united states with president trump failing to show up for one pandemic preparedness session and instead choosing to go play golf and wasn't present for the closing address. back over to you. >> dan, thank you for the overview of that g20 and of course the big news as ever will be the rollout of the vaccination. it is positive and encouraging that there was an agreement on that front >>> stay with us because also coming up on "street signs," we'll talk more about that as astrazeneca says its coronavirus feiv 9e could be up to0% efcte. we'll be right back. ♪ >>> welcome back to "street signs. i'm joumanna bercetche with julianna tatelbaum here are your headlines. shares in astrazeneca trade lower despite data its vaccine candidates can be up to 90% effective against covid-19 with the british drug maker saying its inoculation can be stored at normal refrigerated conditions >>> european equities hold on to gains boosted by the vaccine breakthrough despite data showing business activity across the globe contracting

arabia a week or so ago was an effort in part to create a common front on the part of the israelis and saudis and send a message to the new administration, understand what our interests are here and we're not interested in your returning to anything like a normalized relationship, or at least a diplomatic process. >> appreciate your insight. thank you very much. >> thank you, amara. >>> still ahead, president trump's false claims of voter fraud in georgia could backfire. some of his supporters threatening to boycott the senate runoff. we're going to go live next. ♪ irresistibly smooth chocolate. to put the world on pause. lindor. made to melt you. by the lindt master chocolatier. sofor each family member with ththe features they want, like hbo max. what was that? happens every time i say hbo max. hbo max. it can read? it's not complicated. at&t's best plan includes hbo max so you can stream wonder woman 1984 the exact same day it premieres in theaters, at no extra cost. you can do better, steve! get a freshly made footlong, from subway®! you can even order on the subway® app! did i

arabia. they're due to begin a side session on the margins of the g-20 about pandemic preparedness. leaders like emmanuel macron of france and angela merkel of germany are all speaking at the event. the president is at his golf course in virginia. >> and will be attending the conference call that way. kevin, let me also ask you about this fundraising effort off giuliani's press conference earlier in the week. what are you learning about how that came to be and the consequences of it? >> reporter: so plenty of the president's aids were watching that press conference with sort of a sense of horror because it was riddled with lies and it came across as sort of unhinged. but the president seems to think it went well. he said in the fundraising email that he sent to supporters, did you watch my legal team's press conference yesterday, they were spectacular. this is part of this onslaught of fundraising emails the trump campaign has been sending out since the election concluded trying to bolster su

cnn's nic robertson joins me from riyadh, saudi arabia, with more. the big topic statewide has been the video of president trump golfing during the g20 session but bring us up to speed on what you've seen so far and what to expect next. >> reporter: this is not a normal g20 summit by any stretch. the fact that it's virtual does seem to give leaders the opportunity to step away from the camera and go do other things, as in president trump playing golf. it's not the only way he's perceived here as being out of step with the other leaders. what we've heard about president trump's speech so far, and we've only heard about it from the white house, because the white house, unlike other offices of leaders around the world, has not released the video so we don't know precisely what president trump said. but we do know the white house talked about how well the united states had done in combating coronavirus and the strong steps it had taken, the strength with which the united states is doing. very much talking about how well the united states had done, though

saudi arabia's king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salmon have joined world leaders congratulating bides and come on harris they were the last among gulf leaders to do ties between riyadh and washington happen exceptionally close some to trump who chose riyadh as his 1st overseas destination as president trump drew public backlash after he refused to denounce the crown prince for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi palestinian president mahmoud abbas pictured here with biden in 2016 says he looks forward to working with the new administration says refused to deal with the white house since trump's decision to recognize to receive them as the israeli capital and move the u.s. embassy that. iraqi security forces searching for attackers who killed at least 11 people police say a gunman in 4 vehicles opened fire on an army post in western baghdad if you know piers prime minister ahmed has sacked 3 of his top officials the foreign minister the head of intelligence and the army's top commando were moved there hasn't been any statement about why but it comes as troops fight

the bigger picture of what's happening in saudi arabia. the vast majority of people, and many of the young women we spoke to there, told us that they are happy with the reforms and changes happening in saudi arabia. they praise the crown prince for that. they not focused on her case. what they are looking at are the new opportunities for women which they feel are real and are there to be taken right now. >> nic robertson, thanks so much.

arabia, i am wondering because saudi arabia and israel are aligned in their views towards iran, as you articulat articulated, is there a chance for saudi arabia's real deal? >> weird he said we would be per tail underprepared once israel except the establishment of the palestinian state in the palestinian territory and give the rights to those palestinian people, once that happens not only saudi arabia the all the islamic countries will be prepared and normalize relations with israel and to strike a peace deal with israel. we think this is a nice way to go and we are committed to that. leland: what you make of the fact that bahrain and the united emirates in the council and key allies of saudi arabia had made this deal with israel without those conditions being met? >> their independent countries, their sovereign countries, there the right to decide for themselves what they think is right and what they think is good for them for the palestinian people and we will respect their decisions, their independent decisions and they had made those decisions by themselves. leland: we appreciate

nic robertson is in saudi arabia with this report on the summit, nic? >> reporter: you get the feeling that this virtual summit, there's a submessage from everyone towards president trump. and that is, good-bye, but don't let the door hit you on the way out. we heard from the saudi investment minister saying when the covid-19 pandemic started, the world looked for leadership and couldn't see it. he said some leaders had turned inward that they'd become nationalistis tism ic. when king salman of saudi arabia gave the opening speech, one of the points he picked up on was the importance of the world trade organization to combat future pandemics that sort of stiffened and strengthened the economy so poorer economies wouldn't be hurt in the future. this also seemed to an dig at president trump. president trump doesn't like and doesn't value the world trade organization, has tried to rundown its importance, so a counter narrative there. we also heard that from president erdogan of turkey as well, talking about the importance of the world trade organization. s

imran: saudi arabia is hosting this year's g20 summit. drafting a covid-19 action plan will be top of the agenda for the world's richest nations, but there have been calls for leaders to boycott the event over the kingdoms human rights abuses. a counter summit is being held online to highlight some of those. james bay reports from the united nations. james: re-add -- ryad, the place where the g20 summit would have been held. they are using a projector to display the participants, but because of covid-19, they will be taking place virtually, lessening the impact of this annual meeting of world leaders and the efforts of its host saudi arabia to rehabilitate its reputation. >> the red lines were certain issues. james: a counter summit has been held online to highlight human rights abuses ranging from the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi to its attacks on civilians during the war in yemen. the sister of a woman's rights campaigner is among those who spoke. >> she was electrocuted, waterboarded, sexually harassed, threatened with rape, mu

that remains true but needs some nuance, and that's because saudi arabia that hosted the g20 and russia in this apparatus of the opec have been cutting production to stabilized market. during the period, the u.s. took more market share. as a result of the downturn of covid-19 and the drop in demand, we have seen u.s. production drop by nearly 3 million barrels a day. we have had nearly 500 bankruptcies in the u.s. shale basins and we have seen the unemployment rate quadruple over the last year because of the oil and gas shock. why the president thought it was so important when oil and gas was not on the agenda to bang home on this point, and to, again, attack the paris climate change, made him look like an outlier at the last g20 summit. quite alarming. >> quite the message. john defterios joining us there, thanks. >>> benjamin netanyahu has a message for u.s. president-elect joe biden. don't go back to the iran nuclear deal. mr. netanyahu didn't mention biden by name during his speech on sunday but israeli need medi interpreted his comments as being directed at the incoming president.

israel was rife with reports today that prime minister benjamin netanyahu met sunday with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman. it would be the first confirmedn meever between israeli and saudi leaders. netanyahu declined to confirmhi the report, bueducation minister did confirm it. the saudis denied the meeting happen. china has taken a major new step in space, launching a mission to bring moon rocks and soil back to earth. an unmanned craft blasted off early tuesday morning chines time. no other nation has brought back lunar material since u.s. and russian flights of the 1960's and '70's. >> woodruff: dianne feinstein is setting down back in this country, the national highway traffic safety administration ordered a recall of seven million g.m. pickup trucks and s.u.v.'s. they have air bag inflators made by takata that can explode and spew bits of metal shrapnel. the problem is blamed for at least 27 deaths worldwide.ll and, on treet, stocks rallied on news of another potential covid vaccine. the dow jones industrial average gained 327 points to close at 29,591. the nasdaq ro

we heard from the saudis yesterday, the king and crown prince of saudi arabia offering their sin seen congratulations to joe biden. there's a real hope around the world that there is a real reset, that the uncertainty of a trump administration, the trade war that he started with china, the pulling back from multinational, multilateral institutions that have been the hallmark of the u.s.'s sort of power and influence around the world and stop vacuums of powering opening up to be exploited by nefarious countries. that will come back under joe biden, president-elect. the assessment, i think you were mentioning and we've been talking about it here of what happens to president trump at the moment. how does he decide on his exit from the white house? of course that is really clearly being watched. but more than that, it's really now sitghts are set on president-elect joe biden. what is he going to do? how is he going to change things? the whole process very carefully watched. [ speaking foreign language ] >> a closely watched election, not just in the united states but around the world. man

arabia. this really is a multipronged attack against iran. time --also at the same it is true the pandemic is ravagi the u.s., but also ravaging iran. in the midst of this,ore and more sanctions are being put onto country. these different nratives that are ming out aut trip reduction in afghanistan and iraq and then the potential floor at least plans being drawn up, whether they will be executed or not, for attacking iran -- part of the way to make sense of this is there are folks with the trump administratio from secretary pumped to ellio , and netanyahu, whare really hoping for ws to ve an excuse to further weaken iran . they see this as onof the last opportunities before the biden adnistration comes in. all of these different stories we are going to see coming up between now and january 20, i think we have to keep an eye toward part of them also being an attempt to push at iran in different ways and to see whether it will reacin such a way it would warrant an american attack or not. the tr

you mentioned in israel, india, britain, even saudi arabia, they've all called president-elect biden to congratulate. two big ones, silence, our neighbor to the south, mexico and russia, vladimir putin has yet to call and congratulate waiting for what they're calling the final results to be in before making that phone call. >> all right, cecilia vega in washington for us, thank you. robin. >>> as you can imagine this has been a special moment for the biden family. want to take a look at that group hug that was tweeted out by his granddaughter, naomi, when they got the news. that road to the moment, a long one stretching back well over three decades. our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has a closer look. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. joe biden will be the oldest person ever inaugurated president of the united states but when he takes that oath of office on january 20th, he'll be fulfilling a dream that he has had since he was a kid in grade school. >> i'm humbled by the trust and confidence you placed in me. >> reporter: for joe biden, the long and

the meeting is being hosted by saudi arabia but is being held virtually because of the pandemic. the british government has announced a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the current lockdown ends on the second of december. the prime minister boris johnson is expected to set out his plan on monday. now on bbc news — dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk's leading political commentators, bbc specialists, and foreign correspondents who file their stories to the folks back home with the dateline: london. this week: more vaccine options, more good news in the battle to combat coronavirus. but will its distribution be truly global? and as borisjohnson polishes up the british sword ready to rattle it again, is trump binding biden‘s hands? joining us: stephanie baker, an american, is senior writer with bloomberg. janet daley, american by birth, but long resident in the uk, is a columnist on the sunday telegraph. with me in the studio, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent, paul ad

know, take that huge step, and it's a huge step because the population here of saudi arabia, 33 million people would have to be prepared for it. 1.8 billion muslims around the world would have to be prepared for it as well. it's a big issue for the saudis to take on, perhaps no surprise that they deny any meeting took place with the israeli prime minister inside arabia on sunday night when secretary of state mike pompeo was there. so yes, when president-elect biden gets into the oval office, the mideast is going to be front and center on the foreign policy agenda. a lot of other things on there as well, but what he comes into and what i understand from saudi sources i have been talking to here is they don't want to do some kind of deal at the moment with the trump administration or perhaps benjamin netanyahu because he's on the way out of office. if they're going to do something, it's going to be with a new administration. of course there will be strings attached because the saudis have national security interests. i iran, plenty of things in the region, they want to see the biden admin

. >>> let's go to saudi arabia where the case of a jailed women's activist has been transferred to a terrorism court according to her family. she's been in detention for more than 900 days. her trial was supposed to begin this week on wednesday. >> instead the case was referred to the specialized criminal court which says it would also investigate her allegations of torture in prison. the new trial date has not been announced yet. >> she was jailed in may of 2018 for speaking out about saudi arabia's ban on female drivers. that was just weeks before the government ended up lifting the ban. >>> new this morning, the british foreign secretary is asking for deescalation following the apparent assassination of a top iranian nuclear scientist. iranian officials have blamed israel. they haven't provided any evidence to that claim. israel has not come out and said anything either. cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd is a former cia counterterrorism official. he is with us, as well. always good to see you. thank you for being here. what is, first of all, the impact of this apparent assass

. >>> an explosion has damaged an oil tanker on the red sea off the coast of saudi arabia. the country's state-run television reports that yemen's anti-government forces attacked the vessel. the blast reportedly damaged the hull of the maltese-flagged tanker in waters near the jizan region. news outlets say no crew members were injured. in a statement published by state media, the saudi-led coalition fighting houthi insurgents in neighboring yemen described it as an unsuccessful terrorist attack. so far, the houthis have not commented. the explosion comes after a fire broke out on monday at a petroleum products distribution plant in jeddah. the iran-aligned houthi forces claimed responsibility, saying they had fired a missile at the facility. yemen has been racked by conflicts since the saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in an ongoing civil war. the united nations has estimated at least 7,000 civilians have died so far with the number likely much higher, mostly due to saudi-led coalition air strikes. >>> a city in part of japan >>> japanese prosecutors are requesting th

we did see him briefly on this web cam version of the g-20 that's being hosted by saudi arabia. he didn't speak this morning during the opening session. the president was shooting off tweets about a purported election fraud and then there was a break out session focused on coronavirus and pandemics. we saw the leaders germany, many other countries but the president had left the white house to head to his golf course in virginia where he's been wrapping up. >> thank you for that from d.c. let's go to wilmington, delaware. joe biden reportedly close now to making a couple of koe piey to his cabinet. >> reporter: they remain in place of bureaucratic limbo because the general services administration still has yet to certify or send a letter of ascertainment about the election results. they are still pushing forward on personnel and on policy. on the personnel front, we saw this week a string of west wing appointments made for senior positions there. starting the fill those holes throughout the white house. then it's speculation season. we have long been told and i was just told agai

the trump administration was very cozy with saudi arabia. that's been a long time u.s. ally, of course, but the closeness that trump showed to overlooking the killing of the journalist were things we would expect to be handled differently under biden. we would expect biden to have a more regional approach that was still concerned with security from iran. we also see more of a return to a more traditional engagement with palestine under biden. we saw a pro israel stance under trump that we expect to recalibrate under the biden administration. >> so many challenges on his plate. thank you so much, julie norman with university college london. we appreciate it. >>> up next, cautious optimism for parts of europe trying to put a lid on covid-19. we'll go to paris for a live update. stay with us. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. ♪ beds get sick too protection. lysol l

qatar and saudi arabia. those are significant because it's those two that they're pushing for normalization with israel. meanwhile, there will be no meetings with the palestinians. they are furious about pompeo's visits to settlements. >> many thanks to oren lieberman joining us live. >>> south australia is taking extreme measures after a new covid outbreak there. we will go live to sydney to get the latest. picking your health insurance coverage isn't something you want to play games with. hope you got dental. and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. they guarantee you won't find a lower price anywhere for the plans they offer, so you're not just picking by chance. no copay?... sweet. with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. healthmarkets' fitscore instantly ranks plans both on and off the government exchange to find one that best fits your insurance needs. in minutes, you can find out if your current

arabia on sunday night. the leader of the jewish state reportedly holding talks with the saudi crown prince, the meeting in a seaside town appears to have been brokered by secretary of state mike pompeo who was in attendance. all 3 parties are declining to confirm that the meeting even took place. this comes after israeli normalization deals with the uae and sudan were announced earlier this year. mister netanyahu spoke with the bahraini crown prince and said he will travel to the gulf state. there are new questions about what us policy towards israel will look like under a biden administration. about that on monday, former secretary of defense general jim mattis, urged biden to end be america for strategy, in practice america first is not america alone, that damage the country's ability to address problems before they reach us territory and compounded the danger and threats posed. at 1:00 pm we know president-elect biden will announce a number of key national security positions that he intends to nominate o

. >> two countries that have yet to congratulate joe biden, saudi arabia and israel. two key allies of the united states. matt bradley, thank you very much. our next hour of coverage starts right now. >>> it is midnight. i'm katy tur. >> and i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> it is now sunday morning at the white house, and there are just 73 days until the inauguration of president-elect joe biden. here's a look at a few of the headlines, the front pages for tomorrow's newspapers. "the new york times," biden beats trump, race is finally called with record turnout, chaotic term ends with rare incumbent loss. "usa today" has a big smiling picture of the president-elect with "biden wins white house." "washington post" shows the winning candidates tonight and the simple headline reads, "biden defeats trump." and the "new york post" goes with this -- "it's joe time." there's also the drudge report which had the headline -- >> you're fired. >> you're fired. the president in it. let's bring in mike memoli, allison barber and msnbc contributor yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent

arabia. the imf says elevated asset prices are pointing to a disconnect from the real economy and a potential threat to financial stability. the world health organization is recommending against using gilead's remdesivir to treat covid-19 patients. the advice comes weeks after u.s. regulators granted speedy approval. the who says there is currently no evidence the antiviral improves survival rates. gilead says it is disappointed and the guidelines ignore the science. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. annmarie. annmarie: juliette saly in singapore, thank you very much. coming up on the program, bill gates tells bloomberg that america's failure to handle the pandemic has been "mind blowing." he spoke to john micklethwait. that interview, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ infections wave of is slowing down the recovery. it is losing momentum. and in that context, our first m

. >> the president made a virtual appearance at the g-20 summit in saudi arabia, but he reportedly skipped the conference on pandemic preparedness and response and instead went golfing, which was that video you saw there. his supporters protested in several swing states including wisconsin. >>> okay, we're going to turn now back to our covid-19 coverage. it was back in mid-march when much of the bay area originally shut down to stop the spread of coronavirus. it impacted so many trying to make a living including musicians. as "today in the bay's" joe rosato jr. shows us one musical couple kept on entertaining and is now marking a milestone. >> reporter: you'll recall this past march a tidal wave of vast emptiness descended on cities like san francisco. no one in the streets, restaurants shut down, nightclubs fallen silent. it left musicians like meredith axelrod suddenly cut off from their audience and a means to make a living. >> our gigs are canceled and we're not going to make any money this year. hello, everybody. >> reporter: so when san francisco shut down over the pandemic on march

arabia. two mornings in a row now we saw him very briefly. he made a couple remarks touting his administration's decision to pull out of the paris climate agreement which president-elect joe biden plans to put the u.s. back into. and then later it was actually one of his economic advisers who sat in the chair literally for the president as he was preparing to head off to his golf course where he's just finishing up a round as we speak. >> ledderman, i have no idea what you're talking about. i attend every single one of my zoom meetings. i never put anybody in my place or never sign off. what's weird is you know it so well. that's what's weird. nbc's josh ledderman, thanks as always. good talking to you this afternoon. >>> let's talk michigan far moment. scheduling to certify its election tomorrow, but republicans at the state and national level with no facts are trying to force a 14-day delay, once again i said no facts. heidi, good to see you this afternoon. thanks for talking us through thi

from america's allies around the world including israel and saudi arabia, there have been the normal diplomatic niceties. and smiling congratulations from the british prime minister boris johnson despite the fact that pesident-elect biden previously called him a clone of president trump. not surprisingly, there have been no warm wishes from iran, but the country's president did say he hopes that the u.s. will now rejoin the iran nuclear deal, something that joe biden has pledged to do. in india, we have seen fireworks, celebrations in the ancestral village of vice president elect kamala harris. holly williams, thank you, reporting from moscow. >>> ahead, joe biden's note to self. back in 2016, we asked the then vice president biten to write a letter to himself as a child. >>> much more news ahead. we talk to p >>> we have much more news ahead. we will talk with president trump's former chief of staff reince priebus about the president's decision not the concede and his strategy to challenge legal voting without proof. >>> plus a look at the career of vice president-elect kamala harri

arabia, that raises so many questions. in fact, somebody with that profile would never under normal circumstances be given a security clearance. now, of course presidents aren't evaluated for security clearances but evaluated by the voters and when they take office, they take control of the nation's secrets, as you said, and they can declassify whatever they want. but former presidents, there's really no law that governs a former president being granted access to secrets. it is entirely up to the current president it's a courtesy. they're not evaluated for the security risks. it's never come up before. but joe biden is going to have a decision to make here if in fact donald trump or the people around him ask for these briefings because donald trump would not qualify under normal circumstances to see top secret information for the reasons that you described. >> yeah. well, donald trump would never have qualified in a thousand years, would never have qualified for any top secret briefings, any -- to have any access to classi

you see more of it in china and in russia, saudi arabia, turkey, and so on. the philippines. you have seen the authoritarians get into their stride and take the initiative. they are looking at the selection now and they will tell their people as they have over covid, look how useless democracies are. they cannot deal with a pandemic, they cannot count their elections properly. it is an historic moment of global importance as we wait for the president to appear. the tone of what the president says will say a lot of the —— around the world. it is because of the style and the town and the manner and the persona of donald trump. it is less to do with his policies. less to do with his global policies that they where he has talked to foreign leaders, the way that he talks in public about his own people. i think if you see donald trump, out now as the fighting donald trump who says the fighting donald trump who says the american election has been stolen, even when there is no evidence that it has been stolen, or he says these male envelopes are subject to fraud, even when there

ros: up next, let's turn to riyadh, saudi arabia. the resumption of a high-profile trial for this rights activist, loujain al-hathloul. she campaigned to end saudi arabia's ban on women being able to drivewo years ago. shortly after the ban she was lifted -- was lifted, she was arrested, and authority said it was her conspiring to organizations hostile to salary a be a. but her family says no evidence haseen produced to back that appeared she was arrested alongside 12 other activists, red ts growing pressure for all of them to be released. the saudioreign ministeras asked about this at the g 20 this weekend. >> we have laws. we implement our loss. and our judiciary is independent, and we do not allow people to lecture us or dictate what wshould or should not do, just like we do not tell people in the u.k. or in america or in other places what th should orni -- or should not do. ros: h >> the family was daring to hope that today could bome good news for them. there were again calls for her unconditional release by human rights groups.

or trust that bb netanyahu can do what saudi arabia says is a prerequisite, and has said for a long time that is a prerequisite for normalizing relations with israel, and that is guaranteeing that there's a two-state solutionme solution. the view from here is that netanyahu won't be around in power, and president trump isn't. why would you strike a deal with two people that can't follow through with any of the guarantees they give in the deal. it's clear the saudi position on this alleged meeting between the crown prince and benjamin netanyahu, it didn't happen. the foreign minister tweeted to that effect. we understand from him that he was there at the airport, met pompeo off his flight. drove with pompeo, back with pompeo, back to the airport, and he said in a tweet that the meeting between the netanyahu, and nbs didn't happen. there was perhaps some ambiguity in the language. that was tidied up in a second tweet in arabic. that is absolutely the clear position from here, that the meeting did not take place. pressure, absolutely has been coming on saudi arabia to do exactly this s

president trump was willing to give a blank cheque to saudi arabia, because it is an important source of arms deals, so this will be a very important relationship to watch in the region. so much influence does —— how much influence does the us still have, given donald trump is like isolationist policies of the last what might years, and his propensity to direct policy by tweeting? i think, like propensity to direct policy by tweeting? ithink, like much propensity to direct policy by tweeting? i think, like much of the world, including the united states, the end of policy by tweeting will be greeted, is being greeted, with a huge sigh of relief. as i mentioned, in afghanistan, it has been really jarring, when afghans say, i wake up thinking a tweet from president trump could change the course of my life. similarly, in other parts of the middle east, when he suddenly announced he was pulling us forces out of northern syria without actually informing his allies. i think we also have to be clear that the american, let's not use the word retreat, but pulling back from so much involveme

now it isn't exactly the full relationship with saudi arabia, but saudi arabia's saying okay, at least you can fly over our air space to get to the uae. interesting. >>> the incoming biden administration officially delivering the news investors had been waiting for. the starting lineup for the 2021 economic team. janet yellen, the odds-on favorite to lead the treasury department, got the nod. that wasn't a big surprise. this was widely telegraphed. if confirmed, neera tanden will be the first woman of color to lead the office of management and budget. and wally adeyemo will be the first deputy secretary of the treasury. however, no mention yet of just who president-elect biden will tap to be his next energy secretary. the entire sector is waiting and wondering including my next guest, tom werner, chairman and ceo of solar power giant sun power. good to see you. we already showed your stock. it has really sort of run ahead of what could have been the news a couple of months ago and that is a possible biden presidency. couple of possible contenders' names are being tossed about here. nuc

talking about saudi arabia and germany? of these the pillars of freedom? we are talking about the united states of america, land of the free, home of the brave. we need to operate like a free society. >> laura: austen, newsom was caught breaking his own covid rules at that restaurant last weekend. the napa eatery. of course, like many other democrats, he offers at this phony apology. >> i made a bad mistake, and instead of sitting down, i should have stood up. you can quibble about the guidelines, et cetera, et cetera come up with the spirit of what i am preaching all the time was contradictory, and i've got to him that, and so i want to apologize to you, because i need to preach and practice. >> laura: he is trying -- no insult to joel osteen, but he's trying to do a jewel of steam, and it is not believable. not at all. do you find it sincere, honest and? >> not at all. it is erratic, hypocritical behavior. it is terrible leadership. it's causing all of our problems in california. it's classic gavin newsom. >> laura: are you going to stay in california, a

i'm talking about saudi arabia. i'm talking about turkey, that many of those allies have very, very difficult to manage even for the united states. how do you think joe biden approach to those countries should change if change at all? i think is decades of experience on the world stage. and as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee gives him both the backgrounds and the perspective to be an effective leader of the free world. and i think you'll do that, you know, in a very responsible manner. and that he, his priority is to get the us recovered from the pen damage to get our economy strong again and to work locally for cooperation to address issues like climate change that, that those are, those are his priorities. yes, of course, always to support us values, human rights, democracy, protection of minorities, of minorities, another and other groups. you know, those are the, his priorities are going to be aligned with traditional american values. ok. well best of luck to him. definitely and thank you very

secretary, was that the prime minister bibi netanyahu and the head of masada through o saudi arabia to meet with the crown prince, so did that happen or not? >> look, i've seen the reporting period i was with each of us. i was with the head of masada in jerusalem as well. we have productive discussions. i will leave it to them to discuss the meetings they may have had or may not have had. >> bret: do you expect more normalization announcements from other countries like saudi arabia with israel before the end of the president's term? >> i do. i expect more normalization. whether they will come in the next 30 days or 60 days or six months is difficult to know, but the direction of travels are very clear. the rationale for that has a little bit to do with american policy. we got it right. we took away the excuse of the conflict between israel and the palestinians. we took away the excuse that the united states was going to appease iran and so we took that -- but sovereign to shipments by those leaders. most countries are more safe, more secure and they will be more prosperous. the busines

arabia and israel's prime minister, two men seen as allies of president trump. while the current president has not acknowledged biden's win, one former republican president has. george w. bush called biden to extend his well wishes saying though we have political differences, i know joe biden to be a goodman who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country. the president-elect lr lookialr looking ahead to the next chapter. >> this election is over. it's time to put aside the partisanship and the rhetoric designed to demonize one another. >> reporter: while president-elect joe biden has received well wishes from a broad back here at home, only four republican senators have congratulated him on his victory. senator mitt romney, lisa murkowski, ben sass and they have not fully acknowledged his win. joe biden met with his transition advisers this afternoon. there's a potential that future senior staff decisions could be coming later this week. wolf? >> they should acknowledge reality and move on. arlitt saenz, thank you. >>> jim acosta, the president seems

the same thing with saudi arabia. the crown prince gave a lot of attention to president trump and his family and jared kushner and was literally able to get away with murder with the murder of jamal khashoggi. the world saw what happened with ukraine and the famous perfect phone call when president trump asked for an investigation into hunter biden through his surrogates, and if he didn't get it, he was going to withhold military aid. so everything was transactional to him personally. and there is a hope now that the u.s. will return to a more normal, to a more moral, and to a more sane foreign policy. >> let me go through very quickly. the pretext to what trump did was brexit. and brexit produced boris johnson's leadership. but he tweets out the u.s. is our most important ally. i look forward to working close loy live together. you see people realigning themselves to the regular reality is back. the access of autocrats is done. we're not going to be buddies with north korea. how easily is it going to be for the u.s.

the authoritarian governments, the russians, the turks, and i spent israel and saudi arabia are less than thrilled with the outcome. it appears president biden will face a divided congress with the senate probably in republican hands. typically we think of the president having more maneuverable room in the international sphere than domestically. at the same time, you write it is time for us to try to reestablish more of her lower relationship with the congress and the senate and that might be possible. if the united states is operating in a fashion or the president does not do things unilaterally but works with the congress, it adds more staying power. it makes it harder for future presidents to reverse things. the rest of the world would welcome that change. obviously does much more difficult to get things done. they cannot do great. i do think there is a chance if we could see agreement on such things as the broad outline of policy towards china. on structuring supply chains. policy towards russia. i do not rule out possibility for things on north korea. it gets tougher to get bipa

israeli media reporting benjamin netanyahu secretly flew to saudi arabia sunday evening for a meeting with crown prince mohammed bin salman. it would be the first known face-to-face meeting between top officials of the top officials. netanyahu's reported trip coincided with talks between prince bah humbug bin salmon and u.s. secretary of state pompeo. this follows recent u.s. broker deals to normalize relations between israel and the united arab emirates in bahrain over the protest of palestinians who say normalization should only follow the establishment of a palestinian state. in brazil, the killing of a black man by security guards has set off nationwide protests declaring that black lives matter. joÃo alberto silveira freitas of porto alegre died from his injuries after the pair of guards -- one of them an off-duty military police officer -- were filmed pummeling him and kneeling on his back in the parking lot of a supermarket on the eve of brazil's black consciousness day. video of the killing was widely shared on social media with many brazilians comparing freitas' death to the

arabia and israel. the latest steps. a historic breakthrough in key stakeholders in the region and the continuing effort to foster what has been so far and elusive peace. >> it bears pointing out that despite numerous legal setbacks the president said once again on twitter that cases challenging the outcome of the 2020 election continue strongly or he also added that not only will his team keep up the good fight, we will win. we will see how it all plays out. shannon. >> shannon: we know you'll be tracking it. thank you so much. breaking tonight. pennsylvania governor tom wolf ordering all bars and restaurants in the keystone state to cut off alcohol sales at 5:00 p.m. on wednesday in hopes of limiting the spread of covid-19 cases on things giving eve, one of the busiest nights out of the year. to the west coast, new data from the public health department in los angeles county where outdoor dining is about to be shuttered for at least three weeks. 3.1% of covid-19 cases traced back to the county's bars

arabia, so i think what we're talking about is the potential for some coordination for this kind of attack. >> so a u.s. official tells our national security team that they do not expect iran to strike out against the u.s. specifically in the last few weeks of the trump administration. do you agree with that? >> i don't, victor. we've already seen some strikes within iraq where some of the militia groups have lobbed missiles and mortar rounds into the green zone targeting not just the iraqi government but also the u.s. personnel that are there. that's been happening over the last several weeks as a direct reaction to president trump's announcement that forces would be moving out of iraq. so i think we could see maybe not iran but certainly proxies of iran throughout the middle east striking out at both israel and the united states. >> so i'll ask this from a military perspective, and we've got jason coming up the next hour, i'll talk to him about it from a geopolitical perspective. but what's the relevant specifically to this -- of the lame duck status -- distinction of the presiden