The New York Times reports that Trump asked about striking Iran ahead of Pres.-elect Biden taking power. Ben Rhodes, a fmr. Obama national security official, reacts. Aired on 11/16/2020.
Category: November 2020
Seth takes a closer look at Trump irreversibly lighting American democracy on fire as his allies and lawyers pursue one deranged conspiracy theory after another while also letting a deadly plague ravage the country uncontrolled.
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden responded to President Donald Trump’s recent comments Friday and subsequent tweet this weekend that appeared to acknowledge Biden’s election win, before backtracking and claiming he won, saying the move was “Trumpianism” and no change to his “modus operandi.” He said in the meantime he was still speaking with world leaders and the Pope, conversations which he said were taking place with “some degree of enthusiasm.” Biden went on to say that Trump’s actions delaying a transition of power was “more embarrassing for the country than debilitating for my ability to get started.” He said they were working to ensure they were ready to get started on day one, despite the delays by the Trump administration, including preparing his team and his list of cabinet members, though added he was hopeful Trump would be “mildly more enlightened” before Jan. 20.
COVID-19 patients have reported having strokes, delirium and a loss of senses, but how does the novel coronavirus affect people’s brains in these ways?
For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Moderna says preliminary phase three trial data shows its coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing COVID-19.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria makes the case that President Trump’s attempts to delegitimize the results of the 2020 US election are damaging to America’s democracy, even though President-elect Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States.
President Trump for the first time acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, tweeting, “He won because the Election was Rigged,” before continuing to blame his loss on baseless and debunked conspiracy theories about the election.
In the first fully operational mission for a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, four astronauts took off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on a flight bound for the International Space Station. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and aviation analyst Miles O’Brien discuss.
Fifteen countries in the Asia-Pacific region have signed the world’s largest trade deal in terms of GDP. The deal was sealed on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit hosted by Vietnam. The “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,” or RCEP, includes 10 Southeast Asian nations, along with China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia. Many in Asia are now hoping the deal will help the pandemic-hit economies get back on track.
At least 42 people are now confirmed to have died and another 20 are missing after Typhoon Vamco swept across the northern Philippines. Landslides and flooding have destroyed homes and left dozens of towns without power. Residents have a long road to recovery.