william barr was in the middle of that too. what about the fact that governor andrew cuomo is being flooded as the next ag? >> in this country i can't imagine living in a country that would have andrew cuomo as the attorney general, talk about a partisan hack being in an important position, doug jones, sally yates, jay johnson, folks that i wouldn't pick but are much better than andrew cuomo. a disastrous pick and i hope you would not be confirmed. shannon: thanks very much, merry christmas. a quick correction just moments ago, we were talking about former epa director gina mccarthy using a fake email account, it was actually her predecessor who used that. seattle is proposing new legislation that could legalize dozens of crimes we find out why and who is eligible for free pass as business owners make the city not to do it. we will debate next. "you have cancer." how their world stopped and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda-a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat

william barr was one of donald trump's biggest supporters. there must be a particular staying in this one for the president. >> if we are honest, a lot of people were expecting bill barr to be fired in the last couple of hours. he was here on the white house campus for a meeting that was described as routine. he was with the president for an hour and he left. before the election, bill barr was saying voter fraud could be caused by mail-in ballots. now he is saying we have looked at this and there is no widespread evidence of voter fraud. that goes completely against what the president has been saying. he has been tweeting out, more people who are suggesting there is widespread voter fraud and the election was stolen from donald trump. will remember a couple weeks ago the man who was the head of the cybersecurity for the election said this was the most secure election in american history. donald trump said that was because of my administration but it was still stolen from us and by the way, you are fired. that was why it was thought that bill

william barr is someone their votes. william barr is someone who was their votes. william barr is someone who was a their votes. william barr is someone who was a trump loyalist. he has been very close to donald trump. he was due to leave onjanuary 20, the same time as donald trump, but it was predicted there would be an early exit because william barr had given an interview last week in which he pretty much refused to back donald trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. but i think by saying that he has resigned tonight, i do think that is probably trump's way of trying to get the official biden victory away from the headlines. nomia, thank you very much. the united states has recorded its 300,000th death from coronavirus. the grim statistic was reached just hours after the first vaccine outside of clinical trials was administered to an american citizen. sandra lindsay, an intensive care nurse in new york, got herjab on camera in an effort to help boost public confidence in the vaccine. she said she hoped this was the beginning of the end of a long, painf

. >> reporter: william barr is out next week. the source acknowledged donald trump is irritated with his attorney general. the legal challenges overturn the election results, william barr said the justice department found no widespread fraud. the

william barr's legacy is going to be stained. he sat back and let the president do all of this wrong. the republican party did the same thing. the reason why william barr is going to be stained is because the republicans did not step up. if they would step up, they know what is going to happen to them. host: when you say william barr and all of this wrong, what do you mean? caller: he is just sitting back and destroyed undercover records and stuff. he found these people guilty. these otherbefore things about the man having his resume. it is the same thing. he let crime get away. he has got the evidence. man, these people are doing wrong. all of these people committed a crime. they get away with a pardon. it is not right. now, we are turning our own people against one another. jim: ok, we will hear from in winchester, ohio. republican line. youer: i just want to thank for the show you have. it gives everybody an opportunity to speak their mind. as far as william barr goes, in my mind, he is in washington and they have to be really

as i mentioned at the top of the show, attorney general william barr is out tonight. we're going to have reaction from a former senior justice department and fbi official who has been one of william barr's most potent critics. but i should also note, and you know, this may turn out to be just a coincidence, but just before we got word that william barr was resigning tonight, we also learned about the resignation of the first trump-appointed u.s. attorney as well. u.s. attorneys, of course, don't serve for fixed terms. they can quit whenever they want, but the resignation tonight of craig carpenito, the trump-appointed attorney in new jersey, quit before election. it is rare for a u.s. attorney to quit during the lame duck. he was part of the scheme that attorney general barr cooked up in sdny. you might remember the big scandal this summer when william barr tried to sort of quietly nudge out and then force out the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. it was carpenito, the new jersey u.s. attorney, who bill barr wanted to install instead as a temporary l

. >> the allegations and affidavits keep coming and william barr made clear yesterday the department of justice will continue to receive and vigorously pursue allegations of fraud but he put a pin in the president's lens that the election was stolen, telling the associated press, we have not seen fraud that could have affected a different outcome, that drew swift response from the legal team who said with the greatest respect to the attorney general, appeared to be without any knowledge or investigation of the substantial irregularities of systemic fraud. senate minority leader schumer had this reaction. >> in response to william barr, he is next to be fired since he now says there is no fraud, trump seems to fire anyone in that regard. >> this is 3 whistleblowers use saw in the intro of the thomas more society said they witnessed election fraud firsthand. >> i had no ballots on election day, the day after the election, a postal supervisor asked if i had forgotten ballots the night before and i didn't have any, ballots supposedly missing in the state of wisconsin. >> 24 ballots in be

, especially when you consider how william barr left office the last time he was attorney general in 1993. we'll consider that next with justice department veteran glenn kirchner. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ to high quality computer science and stem education. ♪ i joined amazon because i wanted to change education and i am impatient. amazon gives me the resources to change the world at a pace that i want to change it. ♪ we provide students stem scholarships and teachers with support. ♪ i'm a fighter and i'm fighting for all students.

. >> reporter: william barr is out next week. the source acknowledged donald trump is irritated with his attorney general. the legal challenges overturn the election results, william barr said the justice department found no widespread fraud. the department also failed to reveal its investigation into joe biden's son hunter in terms of the election, the attorney general praised the president in his resignation letter, the president tweeted, quote, just had a nice meeting with attorney general william barr at the white house. our relationship has been a very good one. he's done an outstanding job. he will be leaving just before christmas to spend the holidays with his family. the president says william barr's deputy jeffrey rosen will become acting attorney general. members of the electoral college met and formally cast their ballots confirming joe biden's victory. the republican electors met in a handful of states to cast unofficial ballots for donald trump, holding out for legal challenges that have so far failed across the fede

. >>> president trump's own attorney general william barr telling the associated press there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the election as president trump and his lawyers have repeatedly claimed without offering any evidence, only offering various conspiracy theories. president-elect joe biden is moving ahead with 50 days to go before he is inaugurated. he introduced his economic team he tasked with helping the economy recover from the pandemic fallout. also tonight we are learning more about his plans for his first 100 days in office including economic stimulus push and various executive actions. >>> we are awaiting a vote any moment now by a cdc advisory panel that will recommend which groups should be the first to get one of the coronavirus vaccines now in the pipeline. the need for them is growing more urgently by the day. more than 269,000 americans have now lost their lives to covid-19. the country is facing more than 13.6 million cases and almost 100,000 people are hospitalized in the u.s. right now and that is a new record. >>> let's get straight to the white house. our chie

william barr is someone who was a trump loyalist. he has been very close to donald trump. he was due to leave onjanuary 20, the same time as donald trump, but it was predicted there would be an early exit because william barr had given an interview last week in which he pretty much refused to back donald trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. but i think by saying that he has resigned tonight, i do think that is probably trump's way of trying to get the official biden victory away from the headlines. nomia, thank you very much. for more on the presidential transition, go to the bbc news website where you can get a lot more information, including this explainer on what the electoral college actually is and how it works. the united states has recorded it's 300,000th death from coronavirus. the grim statistic was reach just hours after the first vanccine, outside of clinical trials, was administered to an american citizen. sandra lindsay, an intensive care nurse in new york, got herjab on camera in an effort to help boost public confidence in the vaccine. she said

william barr dice que no ve una razÓn para un eventual fraude y tampoco para investigar a hunter biden. el fiscal general william barr dijo entre otros temas que los rusos estarÍan detrÁs de los masivos ciber ataques que afectaron mÚltiples agencias y empresas del gobierno estadounidense. esta es la misma afirmaciÓn que hizo el secretario de estado, mike pompeo, pese a que el presidente trump sigue culpando a los chinos de esos ciber ataques. vamos a hacer una corta pausa.

bill us in a bit on william barr. he has been one of the most loyal of the loyal, this coming from him is really something? yeah, it is. look, barr misinterpreted the mueller report, he was a very close trump ally, there is even a line that bill barr won't cross, it's later than it should have been but late is better than never. and yet mr trump was made legal team are plainly not accepting what the country's attorney general is saying and intend to press on despite losing something like 38 core challenges so far? yeah, well, that's typicalfor trump and his legal team. they are not just trump and his legal team. they are notjust at trump and his legal team. they are not just at war with the justice department, they are at war with reality and they have been at war with reality for weeks and actually years now. this is not a surprise, by the way, this is exactly what you would expect. trump is going out, just as you expected he would, just as he came in, on — it's built on lies. i must say, though, the conspiracy the

jillian: attorney general william barr he is leaving the hunter biden investigation as his. >> i see no reason to appoint a special counsel and have no plan to do so before i leave. todd: a live report as the probe into hunter biden's tax affairs play out. jillian: your holiday pictures, she can still see the magic christmas in her granddaughter's eyes. todd: how her son and his dog get ready, a great shot right there. ♪ i had this hundred thousand dollar student debt. two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in debt. ah, sofi literally changed my life. it was the easiest application process. sofi made it so there's no tradeoff between my dreams and paying student loans. student loans don't have to take over for the rest of your life. thank you for allowing me to get my money right. ♪ thank you for allowing me to get my money right. [what's this?] oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to thos

william barr making durham special counsel ties their hands. todd: joe biden says he's not discussed hunter in his search for ag saying he's not asking questions of this potential nominee and stories about his son were disinformation. is joe biden playing this right? >> in some ways he is and in some ways he isn't. i would say it is very unlikely that he's talked to potential ag nominees about this investigation because he knows the first question that will come up in a confirmation hearing is does did you talk to joe biden about hunter biden? it is more problematic. the fact that he's talking about this information coming out of delaware, lauded by two democratic senators and calling out russian disinformation that seeks to quit this investigation into special counsel territory. it is not said that and said let the investigation run its course. not necessary to appoint a special counsel, there is no big concern for the nation beyond investigation of the president elect's son. when we talk about russian disinformation, it is clear joe biden can

. >>> plus, in a separate development, attorney general william barr in the hot seat. after contradicting the president's claims on voter fraud. >>> package pause. the new slowdown on shipping after a record-breaking week of shopping. how to make sure your gifts arrive on time. >>> plus, the reality housewife being sued accused of helping her husband hide millions of dollars. >>> it happened again. yet another monolith suddenly appears. >>> and cashing in on christmas. >> keep the change, you filthy animal. >> how you can get paid to watch your favorite holiday movies. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. one public health official calls it terrifying. we just set a major new record in the struggle against the coronavirus. >> and it is sobering. more than 3,100 people in the u.s. died from the virus in the last 24 hours. that's the highest daily death toll since the pandemic began breaking the previous record set back in april. >>> the mayor of los angeles and many other leaders across the country are urging people to stay home if possible. and cancel nonessential acti

william barr got the job as america's top law enforcement officer because he was loyal to donald trump no the president might be questioning that loyalty just hours before a routine meeting at the white house the u.s. attorney general told the associated press he couldn't back up the president's claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020 saying we've not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election william barr became attorney general after jeff sessions was sacked donald trump didn't think he was loyal enough during the days of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 26000 election since he took over bar has often been accused of acting more as trump's top lawyer rather than america's his department of justice got involved in cases involving trump allies it dropped charges against a former national security advisor michael flynn even though he had method lying to f.b.i. agents and it intervened in the sentencing of course trump ally roger steward. attorney general barr also announced the findings of the miller prove into russia in

do you think william barr is going to call congressman nadler? >>, never has no standing to demand explain nations on this or any other matter. we should not forget the prior administration to donald trump set in motion a lot of wheels that were used to investigate him unjustly for a long time. that shouldn't happen again. was we are having here is an attorney general making sure that an existing investigation to existing wrongdoing is completed and even with this appointment it doesn't guarantees that because whoever the next attorney general is if there's a change of attorneys general will ultimately have the authority to do a thumbs-up or thumbs down on whatever is recommended by a special counsel so i think it is a distinction without much of a difference but it does seem to imply some longevity in this overlong investigation. shannon: which were costlys ag william barr was right to appoint john durham to be special counsel on this matter. the nation deserves to know the truth about the egregious abuses of power that took place in 2016 and ju

amy: but first, attorney general william barr has resigned just weeks after angering president trump by saying he had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. death toll from covid-19 topped 300,000 monday, as the first americans were vaccinated outside of a clinical setting. in queens, new york, the former epicenter of the pandemic, intensive care unit director, critical care nurse sandra lindsay was first in line for an injection of pfizer-biontech's conavirus vaccine. dr. michelle chester administered the inoculation. both women are african american. lindsay said afterwards she hoped to set an example for other african americans who might be skeptical of the vaccine, based on the u.s.'s sordid history of medical experimentation on black people. >> it was an emotional experience. working on the front lines alongside my team, i saw a lot death., hurt, suffering, so i felt a huge sense of relief after i got the vaccine. i was not nervous

that'sxactly what william barr wanted to be. and he's followed that through a certain point viously he framed the mueller investigation report in the most w favorab possible to the president. he bought him, you know, several months moving -- moving toward the impeachment. but at the end, william barr is proving to be just as unwilling to break the l for donald trump asocal officials, republican officials in michigan orns wis or arizona or georgia. at the end of the day, they undetand the consequences, barr above everyone else understandshe consequences of not bendinghe law but breaking the law for the president of the united state and undermining american have -- could make him could criminally liable but most certainly will darkenis name for good in the history books. robert: ayesha, i you to build on that what joe just said. he listed all where local officials are speaking out. and we saw those powerful -- powerful videos from georgia in the opening of this program outraged, a repub about g ca the president's handling. are we

. >>> no evidence of fraud, that is the word from william barr today on the 2020 election. meantime president-elect biden and vice president elect harris continue to move forward with their white house transition plans. as skyler henry reports live from wilmington delaware. >> reporter: good evening, the attorney general's words today really echoes what secretaries of state around the country have said all along in that they have not seen any reports, or haven't seen any evidence of widespread voter fraud in terms of the 2020 election, despite what the president has been putting out. that is certainly significant because the attorney general is seen as someone who is typically in lockstep with the president. but as you mentioned, things are moving along, especially here in willington delaware is the president elect and his administration are trying to fill out who will be on his economic team. attorney general william barr is breaking with president trump saying in an interview with the associated press that the justice department has not uncovered any evidence of widesprea

another thing to know, william barr has done a lot of the president's bidding. someone who entered the white house and his fellow republicans were surprised at the action he took on behalf of donald trump and loyalty to donald trump this is not a never-trumper this is a deep loyalist who risked his own reputation, president's attorney general saying this. >> may well be thrown under the bus as we seen others who cross the president on this issue of election security. let me get your thoughts peter on the biden campaign they're going full steam ahead regardless what comes out of the department of justice. how is the biden team reacting to the challenges of coronavirus cases on the rise in 37 states, hospitalization climbing faster than ever. >> i think they're looking forward as evidence by joe biden president-elect's comments short time ago, i was at that announcement he rolled out formerly his economic team there and once again said though times are tough help is on the way. to demonstrate how tough they view this moment, consider the words of what would be the

attorney general william barr is resigning a bit donald trump's accusations that he hasn't done enough to investigate the president's false claims of election fraud he leave his post just before christmas she had a chance he has more on william barres resignation from wilmington delaware what he didn't do off to the election for donald trump was go out fighting saying wait a 2nd there's been enormous election fraud and the d.o.j. you have to investigate in fact. after a relative period of silence actually there wasn't any evidence of election fraud that you can imagine that kind of gone down terribly well with donald trump and then just in the last few days it was announced in some rather well placed well wall street journal articles which seem to be single source you can decide where they were getting this information from the william barr had in fact. kept quiet the issue of the d.o.j. investigation into hunter biden during the election. the u.s. electoral college has formally validated joe biden's victory in the november presidential election california's electors pushed joe biden o

el presidente trump dijo que william barr habÍa hecho un trabajo excelente. son conocidas las tensiones entre ambos. mientras trump denunciaba un fraude electoral, william barr anunciaba que no se habÍan registrado irregularidades. los familiares de ciudadanos y residentes que tienen aprobadas un green card, podrÁn entrar al paÍs de inmediato. asÍ lo decidiÓ juez federal de california. a muchos fuera del paÍs lo sorprendiÓ el cierre de las fronteras por la pandemia. esta decisiÓn judicial revierte la prohibiciÓn que habÍa impuesto el gobierno. vamos a la pausa. las autoridades hacen varias advertencias a los residentesde nueva york, new jersey y conneticut porque viene una gran tormenta de nieve que amenaza con causar estragos. huyendo de la crisis de su paÍs, varios venezolanos encontraron la muerte en altamar. estas fiestas en t-mobile, llévate el iphone 12 con 5g por cuenta nuestra, en cada uno de nuestros planes. cámbiate ya y ahorra 20 % en tu factura comparado con los demás. así es. el iphone 12 por cuenta nuestra. dile sí a las fiestas.

william barr was attorney general when president george h.w. bush lost his re-election campaign in 1992 to bill clinton and william barr stayed on the job then as attorney general right up to the morning of inauguration day on january 20th, 1993. bill barr remained in his job as attorney general until the very last second of the very last minute in 1993, but this time bill barr is leaving the job and i'm being careful here not to use the word, resign, because we don't know if bill barr is resigning or being fired. but bill barr is leaving the job next week. one full month earlier than he left the last time. why? joining us now is someone with decades of experience in the justice department, glenn kirchner. he's a former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. glenn, i read william barr's letter yesterday carefully. he doesn't say resign. donald trump didn't say fired in the treat. just leaving. that means donald trump is reserving the right to declare him fired at any point in the future. how do you read the letter? how do you read the s

william barr was attorney general when president george h.w. bush lost his re-election campaign in 1992 to bill clinton and william barr stayed on the job then as attorney general right up to the morning of inauguration day on january 20th, 1993. bill barr remained in his job as attorney general until the very last second of the very last minute in 1993, but this time bill barr is leaving the job and i'm being careful here not to use the word resign, because we don't know if bill barr is resigning or being fired. but bill barr is leaving the job next week. one full month earlier than he left the last time. why? joining us now is someone with decades of experience in the justice department, glenn kirchner. he's a former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. glenn, i read william barr's letter yesterday carefully. he doesn't say "resign." donald trump didn't say "fired" in the tweet. just "leaving." that means donald trump is reserving the right to declare him fired at any point in the future. how do you read the letter? how do you read

barr william barr apparently advised prosecutors not to make public the fact that joe biden's son hunter biden was being investigated for his international business connections and possible foul play that donald trump was frustrated that that did not become public knowledge during the election he felt that this showed a level of partisanship toward joe biden furthermore we also understand donald trump has been unhappy with barr and his unwillingness to investigate allegations of voter fraud allegations of corruption allegations about the u.s. presidential election itself so amid reports that donald trump is increasingly frustrated with william barr we now see that he will be resigning shortly donald trump announcing that resignation on twitter it's important to note that you know at this point the electoral college has cast their votes and many people may not be aware that the usa does not have a popular vote to elect the president now doesn't really make a difference in this case because joe biden has won the popular vote is in the lead in the popular vote by roughly 7000000 votes but r

attorney general william barr he says the justice department has found no voter fraud certainly on any scale that could change the outcome of last month's presidential election his comments to the associated press contradict president trump's claims that the vote was rigged a vote which joe biden won 53062232 electoral college votes one hour from alan fischer. william barr got the job as america's top law enforcement officer because he was loyal to donald trump no the president might be questioning that loyalty just hours before a routine meeting at the white house the u.s. attorney general told the associated press he couldn't back up the president's claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020 saying we've not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election william barr became attorney general after jeff sessions was sacked donald trump didn't think he was loyal enough during the days of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 26000 election since he took over bar has often been accused of acting more as trump's top lawyer rather than

the attorney general william barr is standing down. donald trump announced in a tweet in the last hour he said just had a very nice meeting with attorney general bar at the white house. our relationship has been a very good run. well news flash, it has not. it started well but became toxic fairly recently not least over bill bars refusal to support donald trumps claims of widespread voter fraud following an investigation by his department, the us justice department. and then the fact that bill barr kept up his sleeve in investigation into joe bidens son hunter's tax affairs. that's something that donald trump believes that for to come up before the election could have helped him win it. so there's been a fractious relationship between the two men. room is at the weekend at donald trump was on the verge of stacking his attorney general. now we have the statement from donald trump and imight add, statement from donald trump and i might add, one from bill barr says any time when the country is so deeply divided its incumbent on all levels

william barr resigned as attorney general last week. yesterday was his last day at the justice department in jeffrey rosen taken over as acting attorney general. todd: live in connecticut, merry christmas. with that let's bring in sean duffy and rachel campos duffy, merry christmas to the 2 of you. it is a difficult first word. should there be a special counsel, will there be a special counsel? ladies first? >> i will let the prosecutor go first. >> should there be a special counsel, this case has been handled responsibly. of course under william barr it has been handled responsibly but under a new biden administration will his head of the doj handle this case the way the rest of republicans, probably not. this is a textbook case of positive interest, joe biden's team will come in, i will have no interference but that is what he has to say. this case if it gets through hunter biden where does hunter biden lead, to joe biden. he can't let this case go forward. it will get sandbagged with joe biden doj. when you look at the media they ref

president trump is refusing to say whether he still has confidence in attorney general william barr, and now the person charged with being president trump's eyes and ears at the justice department is being banned from the building. this morning, new signs of growing tensions between president trump and attorney general william barr. according to the associated press, trump's liaison at the justice department has been banned at the headquarters after allegedly pressuring staff to give up sensitive information about election fraud. on thursday president trump expressing frustration at barr accusing him of not thoroughly looking into election fraud claims. >> well, he hasn't done anything, so he hasn't locked. they haven't looked very hard, which is a disappointment to be honest with you. >> do you still have confidence in bill barr? >> ask me that in a number of weeks from now. >> reporter: barr did authorize u.s. attorneys to look for evidence of voting irregularities but later said the justice department has not seen fraud on a scale that would change the election's outcome, but that

what william barr has done is completely undermined the president's argument. mr barr has looked at this and said there is no widespread evidence of widespread fraud, there is no evidence that voting machines were interfered with, there is no evidence that anything happened that would change the result of the election. now, bill barr has been controversial because he has been perceived to be far too close to the president, done donald trump's bidding far too often, and yet, here he is saying ‘the fbi have looked at it, thejustice department have looked at it, and we've seen nothing there.‘ now, that has brought a furious reaction from donald trump's legal team, who started a statement with the immortal words "with all due respect to the attorney general", and then proceed to show him no respect whatsoever saying he appears to have no knowledge or evidence whatsoever. so, we're in situation with the trump administration ending with donald trump's top lawyers seemingly at war with with donald trump's top law officer. extraordinary. we can now speak to republi

william barr became attorney general after jeff sessions was sacked donald trump didn't think he was loyal enough during the days of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the $26000.00 election since he took over bar has often been accused of acting more as trump's top lawyer rather than america's has the part of justice court involved in cases involving trump allies it dropped charges against former national security adviser michael flynn even though he had method lying to f.b.i. agents and it intervened in the sentencing of course trump roger steward. attorney general barr also announced the findings of the miller prove into russia interference but was accused of misrepresenting the final results to make his boss lose better investment geisha did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities i am sure that all americans share my concern about the efforts of the russian government to interfere in our presidential election a concern aired by robert mueller himself but ther

but then the department of justice under william barr with through those charges, he also intervened in the sentencing of roger stone close trump, who was in trouble with the courts as well. and then you'll remember, of course, it was bill barr who stood up and gave his the farce. findings of the miller report into alleged russia interference in the 2016 presidential election. and people said his interpretation of it perhaps made his boss look better. the report actually did something that was supported by bill miller himself, robert mueller himself. what is interesting is that has been a bit of a gap between donald trump and bill barr over the last few months, particularly because william barr did not launch an investigation into joe biden before the election. donald trump was very keen and he thought it would give him an electoral advantage that didn't happen. so there's been a bit of a problem between the 2. this certainly isn't going to endear william barr to donald trump in the final days of his presidency. ok, thanks so much for breaking it down. alan fischer. there live from w

his own attorney general today william barr dropped a december surprise on him. in an interview with the ap, barr said we have not seen fraud on a scale that would have effected a different outcome in the election. barr also appeared to throw a jab at trump saying there's a tendency with fraud with the justice department to investigate something. . so, bill barr is part of

here as attorney general william barr is resigning of attention with president trumbo over his baseless claims of election fraud. joe biden formally secures a majority as members of the electoral college vote to verify the presidential poll outcome. the whole raman you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes a massive covert 19 vaccination campaign is underway in the u.s. on the day the death toll surpassed 300000 in the worst affected nation. also saudi arabia says a boat laden with explosives targeted an oil tanker in the port city of jeddah. and thousands of people gather in chile and argentina to witness a rare solar eclipse. welcome to the program we begin with breaking news coming out of the us where the attorney general william barr is resigning amid donald trump psyche's ations that he hasn't done enough to investigate the president's false claims of election fraud well donald trump made the announcement on twitter saying that he had just met with barr and that his relationship with the attorney general had always been a good one

attorney general william barr disputes donald trump's claims of vote force as anger grows some on election officials of the threats to start. it to stop. this is the watch. this is the backbone of democracy and all of you would not say that day are complicit in this. either and give it all this is there are live from doha also coming up. this team will always be there for you and your family. a promise to fight back against the fallout of the pandemic president elect joe biden introduces his economic team. un's nuclear watchdog appeals to iran to reconsider its plan to halt inspections of sites. and israel's ultimate prime minister says his party is ready to back a move to call another election. donald trump's bid to overturn the u.s. presidential election result has suffered another major blow with the attorney general saying there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud william bar told the associated press that the justice department investigation has in his words not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome president elect joe biden big trial 53062232 votes i

attorney general william barr and the the one under him will not take congress. in fact, we will leave these here and decide whether these are potential crimes by the president, just leave it to us. >> from the moment, temporarily blocked the complaint about trump a behavior from being considered or concerned by the gs. william barr and the justice department very promptly decided that everything trump did, nothing was a kril, everything donald trump did was super cool. that can be the end of it, nobody ever needs to hear about it. it was escaping the justice department's efforts to cover up what the president did and to secretly exonerate the president without even investigating what he did. that is how we got the impeachment of this president last year. and we know from the record that the person who actually led that effort at the justice department to keep this thing under wraps is named jeffrey rosen. when bill barr became attorney general, he insisted he needed to bring on his own hand-picked deputy, the person he hand-picked to be his attorney general was

that's jeffrey rosen's record under william barr at the justice department. and now he's going to be taking over the justice department. for the last month that trump is in office when i'm sure trump won't insist on doing anything weird at all with the powers at the justice department. what could possibly go wrong? so from the trump side the lame duck period is as weird as it's ever been and unnerving as well, right? that said, one of these things is not like the other. from the biden side, the side of the incoming administration they're conducting a normal transition and rolling stuff out as normal or at least as normal as things can be done during a pandemic. today new president-elect biden appointments were announced or reported for a bunch of important positions including pete buttigieg, former democratic presidential candidate for transportation secretary. if mr. buttigieg is confirmed he will be the first lgbt cabinet secretary in the nation's history. also there's reporting tonight that the president-elect is choosing gina mccarthy to be his domestic c

his own attorney general today william barr dropped a december surprise on him. in an interview with the ap, barr said we have not seen fraud on a scale that would have effected a different outcome in the election. barr also appeared to throw a jab at trump saying there's a tendency with fraud with the justice department to investigate something. . so, bill barr is part of the conspiracy, too. >>> helping donald trump overturn the election, seems to be a bridge too far even for one of the president's most loyal allies. as attorney general william barr breaks with trump with the claims of election fraud. the question, will the president fire him too? >>> plus, new reporting that the president has discussed pardons for his three eldest children, jared kushner and rudy giuliani. the question is if pardons are for those of federal crimes, what potential crimes have been committed. >>> plus, a federal investigation into a bribery scheme involving presidential pardons. the question is who is involved? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning. and welcome to "way

while today he tipped the scales against his attorney general william barr, retweeting a call for barr to be fired and asking "why didn't bill barr reveal the truth to the public before the election about hunter biden," referring to barr's

and in washington, outgoing president trump announces his attorney general — william barr — will be leaving by christmas. the whole of london is to move into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from wednesday after a sharp rise in the number of cases. in china, questions about the alleged forced use of people from minority communities in the country's huge cotton industry. in the past thirty minutes, the us state of california's electoral college has given its votes tojoe biden. the result means that mr biden now has three—hundred and two votes, taking him over the two—hundred and seventy needed to confirm him as president of the united states. before california's announcement, forty eight states had already declared — only one, hawaii, is still to do so. this was the moment the formality was confirmed. thank the formality was confirmed. you secretary lima. i announce thank you secretary lima. i will now announce the tally of the vote for the office of president of the united states. for joseph the office of president of the united states. forjoseph r biden of delaware, a de