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Content loading... President-elect Joe Biden has assembled what environmentalists are calling an “all-star” team to lead his government’s efforts to curb climate change and reverse the Trump administration’s astoundingly pro-polluter legacy. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress and a strong supporter of the Green New Deal movement, would replace a former oil lobbyist if the Senate confirms her as head of the Interior Department.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' have chosen a Covid-19 transition advisory board. The newly appointed team is led by established public health officials and staffed by doctors and government officials. The board is co-chaired by former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler, former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. According to CNN, Dr. Marcells Nunez-Smith is a Yale associate professor of medicine and epidemiology. Also on the advisory board are well-known medical figures, including Dr. Zeke Emanuel, and Dr. Atul Gawand. Rounding out the board's expertise is Rick Bright, who led the government's production and purchase of vaccines.
The widow of the late Republican Sen. John McCain believes her husband 'would be very pleased' that Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump on Election Day. Although a lifelong Republican like her husband, Cindy McCain endorsed President-elect Biden. Business Insider reports McCain says she hopes Trump concedes gracefully, as did her late husband conceded to then-president-elect Barack Obama in 2008. The late senator was widely praised for his moving concession speech delivered on Nov. 5, 2008, just a day after Obama's projected election win. I really truly hope ... that this president stays on the right side of history. But also with all that said, does what's right for the country. Cindy McCain Widow of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain Trump has refused to concede and has floated baseless theories to justify nullifying the results. He also claimed he had already won the election, despite trailing Biden and not accounting for the unprocessed ballots throughout the country.
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States was too slow to condemn human rights violations during Argentina's past dictatorship, as he honors victims of the country's so-called 'Dirty War.' Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would work "shoulder to shoulder" with the U.S. to make clean energy resources more affordable. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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