that is a point of contention with president joe biden because biden revoked the pipeline, canada favors it. with all three leaders they talked about the importance of the covid pandemic. the broader agenda for joe biden which he is trying to get early momentum is the covid-19 pandemic and the related economic recovery. he met with advisers at the white house today. vice president kamala harris was there. they are trying to gear up momentum for the covid relief package, $1.9 trillion to try to get through congress. his economic adviser brian dienst will be talking with 16 senators of both parties, see if they can get a bipartisan package. if not, democrats will try to do it through a special budget procedure with democratic votes only. but critically important for joe biden to get action quickly on covid-19 and the economic recovery. john harwood, cnn, the white house. >> thanks, john, for that. >>> so the chinese foreign ministry recently called trump administration officials, quote, anti-china politicians who had undermined the relationship between the u.s. and china. so how will presi

you can summarize joe biden's foreign policy decisions by multi lateral diplomacy of joe biden versus america's first. so there is a great deal of elation in the world, most of the world. yet at the same time, the world is waiting to see the specifics. there is little about specificity. no details. think of joe biden's domestic politics. very highly ambitious. it's really joe biden's proactive on the offensive. he wants to transform the american economy. he wants to bridge divide inside america. yet in terms of foreign policy, he is not as ambitious. it's cautious. that is why the world is waiting to see the specific policies. as i say, did devil lies in the details. >> so where does tehran look at this, though? they certainly feel like america pulled out of the deal, that they want america to make the first outreach here. they want sanctions lifted before anything is done from tehran's point of view. how is some sort of compromise reached between tehran and d.c. here? >> robyn, there is a huge gulf between iran on the one hand and the united states and its you european allies on the

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joe biden will be inaugurated on january 20th. what the republican party does between now and then, history is going to judge, no question about i. phil mattingly, cnn, washington. >>> and thanks for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. for our international viewers, "world sport" is up next. if you're joining us here in the u.s., i'll be right back with more news. more simplicity with the what's in your fridge? recipe feature. and more motivation with on-demand workout classes. the new myww+. lose weight on us this winter! get three months free! these days, it's okay to do some things halfway... but taking prescriptions shouldn't be one of them. so cvs works to make them affordable with a proprietary search tool that looks for savings. plus we deliver, free. no wonder cvs customers are better than most at staying on prescriptions. which tends to make you healthier. get a free prescription savings review at cvs. lelet's get fast, accuratell range oresults.ions. introducing letsgetchecked health testing you do at home. kno

president joe biden in cornwall, england, for the g7 summit. it's his first trip abroad since taking office, it also represents a major attempt at fence mending with america's most reliable european allies after four years of president trump's belligerent isolationism. later today president biden and prime minister boris johnson will embrace a renewed atlantic charter, a strategic document between the u.s. and uk dating back to 1941. the prime minister as summit host said covid-19 and climate change would be major areas of discussion among many others. >> here at the g7 what we're looking at is making sure that we have a new treaty on pandemics, working to that, building back greener, building back better, which is why we're looking at what's going on here in cornwall with all the green technology, but also talking about the values we have in common, everything we want to do together. it is a huge agenda. >> it's worth noting that the g7 actually has eight members if you factor in the eu. from 1998 to 2014 the group was called the g8, but then

he's leaving before joe biden is going to be sworn in. there are new questions about just how many people are going to be at the sendoff ceremony at joint base andrews. the white house is inviting a lot of people. they can bring up to five guests per invitation. some guests are saying they are not going because of the travel restrictions happening in d.c. or the fallout from the president's response to that attack. it's an open question of what that ceremony is going to look like for the president. that's what we're monitoring. whether or not the president is going to be in public or just make that video that we know he taped on monday, that final farewell address highlighting his accomplishments. that is something we expect the white house to say today. kaitlyn collins, cnn, the white house. >>> some 25,000 national guard troops have been authorized by the pentagon to help keep the inauguration safe, but fears of an inside attack have prompted additional screening of the troops themselves. >> they're screened and repeatedly screened a re

joe biden received a grand total of 17 votes. so we asked these most loyal of trump voters -- what do you think joe biden needs to do to be a good president? >> he will have to get everyone together first. get the whole united states together again. and i don't know that he can do that. because he has got too many people behind him that is against getting the trump supporters together with the democrats. >> you voted for donald trump twice. do you think that will you could ultimately believe that joe biden is a good president? >> yes, sir. >> what would he have to do to earn that? >> he will have to keep the people together and quit being so tdivisive. >> reporter: several others told you also the same thing, they believe president biden needs to be less divisive. >> do you think donald trump has been ddivisive? >> in certain ways, sure. >> reporter: debbie howard has owned this hair salon. if joe biden walked in and said debbie, i'd like an opinion from a trump voter, what can i do to make you think that i can be a good presiden

but joe biden insists they will get something done. manu raju has the latest. >> reporter: democrats had a private conference call tuesday night trying to figure out if they can get this back on track, after joe manchin derailed it effectively on sunday. now, it's unclear if they can do just that, because there is absolutely no consensus on how to move ahead. particularly because manchin reiterated his concerns to his colleagues i'm told. he said he had concerns about inflation, geopolitical concerns. he said this bill does not show the true nature of its cost. he said it would add to the debt. democrats pushed back. there was some belief that joe manchin was not accurately portraying how this bill would be paid for. but there was a discussion by manchin that he would be willing to discuss things going forward. so does that lead to a scaled back proposal? he said something that even liberals in the house or in the could accept and get it all done in a matter of weeks or months, that remains a big question, because midterm election seas

president joe biden. they're likely going to discuss vice president's executive order to revote the mer mitt from the xl pipeline. let's bring in john deftarios. i imagine that phone call will be warm but trudeau's tone might be fost jie fostyer on the time. killing keystone is a piece of his larger climate agenda. >> i think that's a fair comment, kim. joe biden has tow have high impact in the first 100 days, covid-19, package of sim position, a quick history president obama halted the project, president trump brought it back. for prime minister trudeau, he has so say i'm. >> adam: in these statements and that he's very closed the e.s. is coming back into the paris climb agreement. he wants to have a $2 trillion stimulus process later in the year. 100% renewables by 2035. he's putting john kerry as the special envoy to make it happen. prime minister trudeau, he has to take a step back saying all of that rustling with donald trump after nafta, it will be smoother. >> she's been angry in the west. here in

and joe biden before he was president for such a very long time. is that many people have been asking why does he need this face-to-face meeting? why was it so important for him to sit down face-to-face with vladimir putin. this is really the core of who joe biden is, isn't it, meeting with people face-to-face and getting his point across, right? >> reporter: it absolutely s particularly after about a year and several months of virtual meetings and telephone meetings, he really wanted to get out in the world and have some of these conversations and have some of these one-on-one meetings. now, when you say the word reset is president biden trying to reset relations with president putin the white house says, no, no, not trying to reset, just trying to essentially frame what could be a cooperative partnership with limits obviously with russia or not. i mean, president biden is trying to see at least according to his advisers, you know, by looking president putin directly in the eye if there can be areas of cooperation on nuclear arms, on climate, on t

president joe biden and first lady jill biden visited the queen at windsor castle. i want to go straight to windsor. max foster joins me now. lovely to see you. looked like a good time was had by all. >> reporter: yeah, it really did feel like that, back to work as usual for the queen, and this is what she does best, it's rolling out the red carpet in the best way she can, and have the guard of honor there, and then tea in windsor castle, and there's a bit of chatter now, because you remember last week i was interviewing her youngest son, prince edward, and he was saying the most remarkable thing about the meetings is they remain private and never discuss what happens in the meetings and then joe biden appears at the airport later and spills the beans, this is what they discussed. >> she wanted to know what the two leaders and i, the one i am about to meet with, mr. putin, and she wanted to know about xi jinping, and she was very generous. >> fascinating to hear that she was discussing putin and xi in that meeting, and i am not sure the palace and queen would not be

this is a state that joe biden won by ten points last year. but in that exit poll, among the voters this time, 47% said they voted for biden. 45% said they voted for trump. the trump side of the electorate turned out in really big numbers, and changed the composition. and the other thing that happens to the president's party in midterms is that his coalition erodes. i mean, there is disenchantment, there is disappointment. there are people who voted for him and -- and -- and feel that they ideologically overreached and this is, again, a state that biden won by ten points. his approval rating in the virginia exit poll was about nine points underwater and as harry noted in the polling in new jersey, his approval rate tlg is underwater, as well. when the president's approval rating is underwater, the rain falls on the just and unjust, alike. to quote shakespeare instead of springsteen who are roughly equal in my book. and, you know, that's what happens. i mean, that's why you see new jersey, um, probably the principal reason why new jersey is so

they'll be able to see an incarnate in joe biden. the question is four years from now if there's another u.s. president, if there's a republican, will he be in the mold of former president trump and that's a real question here. and that's why the europeans, angela merkel particularly, emmanuel macron in their own ways, be it trade, be it defense sort of want to have this strong relationship with the united states, the one where the united states leads the multi-lateralism that became so familiar over the past 80 years since world war ii. the question in their minds will be, you know, would we be better served by having our own financial relationship with china, for example? that's a bit looser strictures than president biden would like to put on them or would we in the case of germany like to have them coming from russia. would as emmanuel macron like to see a stronger unified european defense policy sort of separate and apart from nato which the united states is a big contributor to. these are the questions in the back of their mind

my heart goes out to joe biden. i didn't vote for him, but he won. he clearly won, and he zuvdeser all the pomp and circumstance befitting of a president. it's distracting from the celebration he rightly deserves as well as the incoming vice president harris, the first african-american vice president in the united states. >> many are challenging the legitimacy of this inauguration, this election. they're following the president's lies and conspiracy. qanon fueling this matter, sort of twisted logic. why is it so many republicans in particularly are buying into these lies? >> qanon unfortunately is getting too much attention. they are not representative of the republican party. they have not taken over the republican party. they are a far-right fringe group, and you're fully aware of this, that is made up of and believes in a crazy conspiracy theory that president trump is engaging in a secret war to go and weed out pedophiles and trap sex traffickers in business and politics. it is asinine. it's absurd, and it is completely ridiculous. but they have

president joe biden campaigned hard for him. this is, of course, a republican has won any statewide office in virginia since 2009. and this stinging loss is seen really as a wake up call for the democratic party and a possible bellwether forewhere the next year's midterm elections that could see democrats lose their razor thin majority in congress. >> alrighty, virginia. >> a campaign that came from nowhere, but we were joined by neighbors and friends of all races, of all religions, of all ages, of all political ideologies, and it turned into a movement. [ cheers and applause ] this stopped being a campaign long ago. this is the spirit of virginia coming together like never before. the spirit of washington and jefferson and madison and monroe and patrick henry, of virginians standing up and taking our commonwealth back. >> cnn's jeff zeleny has been reporting from the somber mcauliffe campaign headquarters. the issues really that helped youngkin get elected. >> reporter: in his speech thanking supporters, youngkin revisited a lo

joe biden is passionate about protecting the peace process in ireland, but no one can accuse joe biden of trying to under mine the peat prce process, and he says mind your language, make peace, make sure you don't undermind this process, i think johnson has to listen. >> yeah, absolutely. and it is still early days, i think we have to point out in fairness for the u.k. outside of the europeand union on the globl stage. they have been part of a powerful commercial block before of 28 voices and now they're not. they're faced with the world super power that has not always aligned with them. thank you for your time. great speaking to you today. >> with that we're going to toss back to robin in atlanta at the cnn world center who has a packed show full of world news. >> i do, indeed, thank you. >>> this could be benjamin n netanyahu's final government. they are set to have neftali. >> yeah, it will be the israeli parliament here. it could be the last days as you say of benjamin net ya netanyahu's rain. today could be the day that he is leaving office. there is quite a lot to get through. we

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. >>> just ahead, from killer to worthy adversary, president joe biden sets the stage for his summit with russia's vladimir putin. >>> rare and dangerous, parts of the west and southwestern united states brace for record breaking heat, whiat texans are being urged to do. >>> and the unfriendly skies, kicking, punching, screaming, thousands of unruly passenger complaints, why experts say the worst could still be ahead. ♪ >>> thanks for joining us. well, joe biden will say good-bye to brussels in the coming hours, but not before speaking with eu leaders. from there it's on to geneva for his first meeting as u.s. president with russia's vladimir putin. cnn's senior white house correspondent phil mattingly begins our coverage. >> i have found that he is a, as they say when you used to play ball, a worthy adversary. >> reporter: president biden now deep into preparation for his high stakes sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. >> i'm going to make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate, if he chooses, and if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in

looking like a fortress ahead of joe biden's inauguration. and it's not the only city fearing violence. meanwhile, the president-elect is outlining his plan to handle the pandemic, but it does come with a warning. >>> so we are learning shocking new details about last week's deadly insurrection at the united states capitol. the capitol police had actually issued an internal warning about potential unrest against congress on january 6th. yet neither the fbi nor the department of homeland security provided any threat assessment leading up to that mob attack. in the aftermath of the violence that killed five people, the capitol has become a fortress ahead of joe biden's inauguration next wednesday. the pentagon has increased the number of national guard troops to 25,000 to protect the capitol during the ceremony. the phfbi is warning that armed groups loyal to the president are aimed to disrupt the inauguration. the threat by domestic extremists also extends to all 58 capitols, many of which have taken extraordinary security precautions. i want

trump pushes georgia's secretary of state to "find votes that would overturn joe biden's election victory." i want to you listen to this exchange with raffensperger's general counsel, ryan germany. >> all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state, and flipping the state is a great testament to our country, because you know, there's just a testament that they could admit to a mistake, or whatever you want to call it, if it was a mistake, i don't know. a lot of people think it was t wasn't a mistake. it was much more criminal than that but it's a big problem in georgia and it's not a problem that's going away, i mean, you know, it's not a problem that's going away, and we got to -- >> we're looking into every one of those things that you mentioned and our investigators -- >> you find it, you got say it. they're there. ryan, if -- >> let me tell you what we are seeing. >> go ahead. >> what we're seeing is not at all what you're describing. and these are investigators from our office, these are investigators from gdi, and

so it is very encouraging that joe biden has a plan, that dr. fauci is front and center again, able to be the brilliant scientist that he is, unbridled, and that we have a president and an administration that actually listens to science and medical experts and will put the health of the american people first and, hopefully, get this vaccine distributed and the stimulus package passed so there's some relief for the american people. >> great to speak with you as always. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> so legendary talk show host larry king has died at the age of 87. he hosted "larry king live" for cnn for more than 25 years, interviewing everyone who was anyone as well as everyday people. we have more on the life of this iconic radio and television legend. >> reporter: larry king spent more than a half a century as a broadcaster. >> it's been a hell of a 50 years. i don't know how much longer i can be, but as long as i feel it i'm going to keep going. >> reporter: king was born in brooklyn, new york, in 1933 as larry ziegler. he moved to miam

even if he did not mention joe biden by name, this is the first time we've seen this kind of language from the president. it's basically a non concession, concession speech, probably as good as we're going to get from donald trump. it comes after he spent the day listening to calls coming from capitol hill and not just from democrats for his removal from office in these waning days of his administration, led by house speaker nancy pelosi who is calling on the vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment, calling on the cabinet, signaling out some of the cabinet secretaries by name, though we should note that we have spoken to the vice president's office. they have not responded to what the vice president plans to do, but an administration official did say he has not discussed invoking the 25th amendment with any of the cabinet members. however, those cabinet members are dwindling. we are now seeing at least two of them resign in the wake of president's response to that, that is elaine chao, the transportation secretary who is also married to the senate majority leader mitch

tell us more about maybe the hurdles that joe biden will have to overcome. >> well, on those holding together in the end these institutions at a time when they need to be bound together in the last few years. the difficulties they have seen and the threats to their existence, the way they have moved on. macron has been saying that nato is brain dead. the argument here is for them to say look, any european strengthening of defense is a good thing for nato as well. joe biden comes to the table at a time when the world has moved on, divisions have changed, and they're growing more profound between growing europeans. in a sense not having a common threat will also divide them on the question of how big their place in nato should be. and on specific questions on how they choose to do it. in a way that new sense of hope of progress and peace will also bring a fresh set of challenges not least for the europeans an themselves. >> for the leaders, especially emanuel macron assessed there was a threat or a weakening of the alliance with the u.s., but europe has not moved on that. they will hav

it's fueling concerns about security ahead of joe biden's inauguration. donald trump is planning to use his pardon power again in the last days of his presidency. we will tell you who's in line this time. >>> also, the incoming cdc director makes a stark prediction over just how many american lives could be lost to covid-19 by next month. details ahead and a look at what the biden administration plans to do about it. >>> good to have you with us. with the u.s. capitol on effective lockdown and his presidency coming to an end, donald trump is preparing clemency actions for dozens of people, but as of now he will not attempt to pardon himself. sources say mr. trump will issue around 100 pardons and commutations on tuesday. we'll have more on that in just a moment. meanwhile, the u.s. capitol looks like a fortress ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration on wednesday. there are warnings of armed protests across the country. only small demonstrators showed up at a handful of state capitols sunday, but new video shows why heavy security is still neces

acknowledge that joe biden won. they need to assure the american people their confidence in the electoral process and elections. and they need to abs -- absolutely condemn any kind of mob violence, in the future. and that is the most important message that they can have. but the key with what these senators are advocating for, and i have talked with senator cruz, is that they look at the numbers. 39% of voters feel as though there was mis -- misappropriation in the election process. >> yeah, alice, the reason they feel that way is because ted cruz has been telling them that. i mean, and josh hawley has been telling them that and donald trump has been telling them that. what should happen to ted cruz and josh hawley? >> look. as i said, the most important thing right now is to reassure the american people that the election process is fair and accurate. as for what happens to any elected official that went along with the opposition to the electoral-college votes, the consequences for that will be felt next time they r

risk to me but will come back to haunt joe biden and the biden administration. be careful what you wish for. >> reporter: biden's challenge at home and overseas, repair trump's damage. and unlike the outgoing president, biden has the diplomatic experience to at least put some of the pieces back together. nic robertson, cnn, london. >>> now, also looming over biden's first days in office the second impeachment trial of president trump. let's talk to cnn political analyst and historian julian zelizer, he is also the author of the book "burning down the house." always good to have you with us. i want to read you something from "politico" that struck me, it says that there's always concern that biden will be hamstrung in his early days. senator joe manchin of west virginia a centrist who supports convicting trump says a trial impedes that first week or two that basically should be dedicated to putting our government back in place. how does biden do that amidst an impeachment that really is an impeachment like none we have ever seen before. >> well, he's already star

president joe biden. any moment now, the russian president will take off for switzerland where he's expected to land in about three hours. that's about the flight time that it takes. here in geneva, he and the u.s. president will hold their first face-to-face summit as equals, as head of states of their respective countries. vladimir putin is scheduled to arrive at the lakeside villa lagrange first. he and joe biden will then pose for photos with the swiss president before the talks begin. during round one, president biden and putin will be flanked by their top diplomats, but there are no plans for a shared meal, meaning it will be a lunchtime meeting with no lunch and could stretch into dinnertime without dinner. the timing there certainly very flexible. cnn's kate collins has the story. >> reporter: president biden arriving in geneva for the main event. in less than 24 hours, he'll sit down with russian president vladimir putin and the world will be watching. >> are you ready for tomorrow? >> thank you.

to attend joe biden's inauguration. instead sources are telling us that the president is expected to leave washington on wednesday morning before -- just hours before that inauguration to head to his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida, but the president has been asking aides for a last taste of the trappings of the presidency, asking for a huge military-style sendoff. it's not clear whether that will happen at the white house or joint base andrews before president trump steps -- sets foot on air force one for the last time as president, but that is what he is looking to do and he's also to have a large crowd of supporters there to send him off in his final hours as president. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >>> california covid infections surged to new heights but a massive vaccination campaign is bringing hope. how the state plans to get the most vulnerable vaccinated as soon as possible. >>> plus, norway is investigating why 23 elderly patients died after receiving the pfizer/biontech covid vaccine. stay w

president joe biden delivered a message to the world. he spoke after meeting prime minister boris johnson. >>> ahead on the g7 summit, both will attend in england a few hours from now. i'm bianca nobilo in cornwall, england. >> and i'm kim brunhuber at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to all of you watching here, in canada and around the world. >>> secret subpoenas targeting democratic lawmakers involving abuse of power by donald trump's department of justice. >>> plus, covid vaccines and kids. u.s. regulators are now considering new trials on children as young as six months. ♪ >>> the g7 summit is set to get under way here in cornwall england in the coming hours. it's the first time in almost two years that the leaders of the world's richest democracies have talked face-to-face. this is joe biden's first overseas trip since taking also, also his first real chance to convince america's allies in-person that the trump era ask behind him. one of his first orders of business was meeting with g7 host boris johnson who formall

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. >>> joe biden faces the media in a long-awaited news conference. we will tell you what he said about coronavirus, gun laws and working with republicans. >>> georgia was the surprise of the 2020 election, flipping for joe biden. now republicans there have passed a law that will make it much tougher to vote. >>> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ we start here in the u.s. where powerful storms have been hearing through the southeast. in a deadly and destructive night at least five people have been killed in alabama as a tornado swept through calhoun county. so far seven tornadoes have been reported in the state. here in metro atlanta and surrounding areas a powerful tornado swept through south of the city and a tornado watch is still in effect. the cleanup will be substantial as the heavy rains and intense winds left a trail of wreckage in its path, knocking down trees, blowing out windows and leveling homes.

it wasn't whether joe biden should get communion. it was whether they should draft a document on the eucharist. that's the samcrament where catholics receive the physical body and blood of jesus christ. the thing is recent polls suggest that a strong share of u.s. catholics according to one poll, it's two-thirds don't actually believe that. they think it's just a symbol or something. many bishops are concerned about that. now, this document will also contain a section on kind of the rules for receiving communion, which could have implications for joe biden, nancy pelosi, and others. but the thing of it is we don't know what they're going to say because we haven't seen a draft yet. so i think what actually this vote is a measure of is the bi bishops' concern with the eucharist. as far as the vatican goes, you are quite right. the vatican, pope francis and his team have made it clear they don't want to see the eucharist weaponized. that is they don't want to see it used to score political points. ahead of this vote, the vatican sent a

never mind that joe biden does not need georgia's 16 electoral votes to win. he's got 306, which is well over the 270 you need. never mind there's no evidence of widespread fraud or irregularity in georgia voting or vote counting. the president was repeating fantasies about shredded ballots and altered voting machines. brad raffensperger resisted even though president trump appeared to him to act as a fellow republican. the white house is not commenting on this tape, hard to know what they would say considering the president is on the tape including mark meadows. the tape affirms president trump's assault on democracy since the election. vice president-elect kamala harris said this was a bald faced abuse of power. the irony is this could end up strengthening joe biden's presidency if it tilts at all the very close races for two georgia senate seats that take place on tuesday. if democrats win both, democrats would control the senate, and that would give joe biden a lot freer hand in terms of legislation. >> thanks john for that. i want to talk more about georg

>>> in three days, the world will watch joe biden's inauguration. we'll show you how it will be a transfer of power unlike any other. the new president wants to get right to business. we'll look at his plans to roll back some of donald trump's signature policies and the coronavirus pandemic hanging over all of it. california is the new epicenter, with a slow than expected vaccine rollout affecting care. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber and this is "cnn newsroom. " >>> right now, washington, d.c. and all 50 state capitols are hardening their defenses. they're bracing for large, possibly violent armed protests leading up to inauguration day. these images here aren't what you'd expect to see around the seat of america's government, and it's not just around the u.s. capitol building. much of official washington is sealed off in all directions by trucks, barricades, troops, armed security. the national mall is closed. up to 25,000 nationa

cnn's joe johns has more. >> so how does joe biden stack up to some of his predecessors, and he's coming in ahead of donald trump but substantially behind barack obama and george w. bush, and the question is why is that? the answer is the country has been polarized since trump left office. it's clear that most democrats give joe biden high marks and most republicans do not. it's going to be a big week for joe biden, and the capstone of it will be the speech on capitol hill, the address to congress. even before that he's expected to layout some of the facets of his plan for american families on tuesday, and then on thursday he is expected to fly out to georgia to celebrate what he sees as the accomplishments of his first 100 days in office. joe johns, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >>> joining me now is cnn political analyst, sabrina saddiqui, and he's a analyst for "the wall street journal." >> thank you for having me. >> joe biden's approval rate something at 53%, and that's 13 points above former president donald trump but below other presidents. what do you make of the number with most am

joe biden received a grand total of 17 votes. so we asked most loyal of trump voters -- what do you think joe biden needs to do to be a good president? >> going to have to get everyone together first, get the whole united states together again. i don't know that he can do that. because he's got too many people behind him that's against getting trump supporters together with the democrats. >> reporter: you voted for donald trump twice, do you think there's a possibility you could believe that joe biden is a good president? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what would he have to do to earn that from you? >> keep the people together and quit being so divisive. >> reporter: several of the trump voters told us same thing, believe that president biden needs to unit the country, be less divisive despite the obvious irony. do you think donald trump has been divisive? >> in certain ways sure. >> reporter: owned this in county seat for almost quarter of century. if joe biden walked in, asked for your opinion from trump voter, what can i do to make

president joe biden expands a ban on american investment in dozens of chinese companies. we're live in beijing with reaction there. >>> plus this -- >> did you ever think this might be a life or death situation for you? >> i remember specifically thinking it when i was on the floor. >> asking for answers. capitol police officers talk exclusively to cnn about the january 6th riot and lawmakers' failure to investigate it. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> u.s. president joe biden says the united states is ready to help fill a vaccine shortage around the world with tens of millions of additional doses, but there's a catch. the majority of those surplus vaccines were made by astrazeneca and haven't yet been approved by the u.s. government. that authorization is required before the u.s. can export them to places like vietnam, but as one white house official said, the u.s. has a moral obligation to help protect as many people gl

president joe biden's covid relief bill may finally be coming together. cnn's phil mattingly has more. >> we need congress to pass my american rescue plan. >> reporter: tonight crunch time for president joe biden's corner stone. >> now critics say the plan is too big. let me ask the rhetorical question. what would you have me cut? what would you have me leave out? >> reporter: house democrats voting to pass president biden's $1.9 trillion. >> i'm prepared to hear ideas. >> reporter: but his stern refusal to back off the size and scale of package amid gop concerns has left the onus entirely on congressional democrats to pass the plan with zero margin for error in a 50-50 senate where a fight over the $15 minimum wage is looming with two moderate democrats opposed and progressive democrats ready to fight. >> i know there are questions about whether or not the senate can get it through, but i can tell you, dana, this $15 minimum wage increase would mean 30 million americans would get a raise. >> reporter: white house officials tell cnn they believe the provi

well, joe biden has big plans for his next-100 days in office. the u.s. president delivered his first address to a joint session of congress, just a few hours ago. touting an ambitious economic plan, costing $4 trillion. on top of the nearly $2 trillion, already, approved for covid relief. his new american families plan would include money for a host of bread-and-butter issues, like paid-family leave, childcare, preschool education, and free-community college. the president calls it an investment in the future, that will create millions of jobs and trillions, in economic growth. he is hoping to capitalize on the success of his covid-vaccination efforts. and americans' approval of how he's handled the pandemic. >> and inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. the worst pandemic in a century. the worst economic crisis, since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy, since the civil war. now, after just-100 days, i can report to the nation, america is on the move, again. >> and the president's address has americans feeling optimistic

. >>> vladamir putin and joe biden hold serious talks over ukraine. but is the russian president trying to deescalate this tricis or ratchet up tensions with the u.s.? >>> and it's not exactly cold outside with record breaking heat, what happens when winter becomes a season of the past? >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vause. >> hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states joining us here on cnn international. around the world, the advice is mostly the same, the safest place to see in the new year will be at home surrounded by a small number of people. in many cities, public celebrations have been canceled, scaled back or tougher guidelines. hopes of partying like it was 2019 have been dashed with a surge in covid infections. despite a record daily count of 74,000 infections in new york state, the traditional ball drop in new york city still scheduled, but attendance capped at 15,000, and viewing areas will be off-limits until 3:00 p.m. the seven-day average of global infections is 1.2 million, the highest eve

president joe biden is in the midst of a cross-country tour promoting his $1.9 trillion covid relief package to the american public and it's happening while he faces increasing scrutiny over his administration's handling of the recent influx of migrant children at the southern border. cnn's kaitlan collins is following both stories. >> reporter: president biden is taking his sales pitch to pennsylvania. >> if there's anything else we can be doing. >> reporter: in chester biden kicked off his coronavirus relief bill road show designed to build support for the nearly $2 trillion package that no republicans voted for. >> we really made it work and i think you should be aware more help is on the way for real. >> reporter: biden and his top aides will appear in multiple battleground states this week as they try to convince americans that further spending and possible tax increases are necessary next steps to rebuilding. >> we have to prove to the american people that their government can deliver for them. >> reporter: one place biden doesn't plan to visit for now, the u.s. southern border

joe biden will be inaugurated january 20th. so the question is, why do it? is it less about the outcome and more about the act? >> i do think that this is mostly political theater, but we still shouldn't underestimate how dangerous of a precedent it sets for u.s. senators to aid and abet trump's baseless allegations of electoral fraud. i do think it's largely about political a.m. bigs, about political survival. but over recent months, efforts to prove voting irregularities have faced defeat in roughly 60 court cases. and to still see this response now from elected leaders is extremely regrettable. it's important to emphasize that the vast majority of republicans on capitol hill don't support this effort. mitch mcconnell opposes it. and the ploy won't change the fact, as you suggest, that joe biden will be sworn in on january 20th. but the fact that it's likely to garner the support of nearly a dozen republican senators, including senator hawley, senator ted cruz, and senator marsha blackburn, is really partisanship at its worst. what it reveals is how strong

we elected joe biden to pass his agenda. but even doing things like not -- even if you don't want to eliminate the filibuster, limiting the filibuster so we can pass voting rights. >> or a carve-out. >> so we can have a conversation about criminal justice reform. we told -- we said joe biden, if you don't want to carve out the filibuster, go get -- we told joe manchin, if you don't want to carve it out, go get ten more republicans. he failed, right? so this is where we are as a party. but, i do want to say that the future of the party is still bright. i'm still a believer in kamala harris and i am still a believer in pete buttigieg. but even more importantly, tonight -- i mean, we -- we -- you ran down a few races tonight. justin bibb is the newly elected mayor of cleveland, ohio. ed gainy is the first black mayor of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. first black mayor of lima, ohio. you had ken welch who is the first black mayor. i had to throw that out there. >> laura, my question is, um, the frustration from democrats, as he said,

joe biden first mentioned he was considering a boycott last month. we're joined now from hong kong with the latest. i know you've been following the reaction and there has already been reaction from china. >> well, on chinese social media, the centers are already at work. in fact, on the popular social media matt form, the words "u.s. olympic boycott" are being censored. this after self-sources told cnn that the biden administration plans to make an announcement this week it will do a diplomatic boycott of the olympic games. this is not a full bull cot. this means u.s. officials would not plate in the opening ceremony in the games. this was widely expected for moments now. in the run-up to the beijing olympic games, u.s. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demanding a diplomatic boycott of human rights abuses in china, including the charge that china is committing genocide against the uighers in the we were region, an allegation that china denies. last month, the u.s. secretary of state said that he was discussing the issue of olympic participation

it's fueling concerns about security ahead of joe biden's inauguration. donald trump is planning to use his pardon power again in the last days of his presidency. we will tell you who's in line this time. >>> also, the incoming cdc director makes a stark

help into the hands of americans. >>> on wednesday joe biden will be sworn in as u.s. president amid some of the toughest security seen in washington in many years. no spectators will be allowed on the national mall, as is normally the case. more than 20,000 armed national guard along with other law enforcement agencies aiming to prevent another potential assault on the capitol. barricades and roadblocks now cut off the buildings in all directions. the fbi says it has identified some 200 people who took part in the deadly insurrection on january 6th. more than 100 have been arrested so far and more are coming. >> we know who you are if you are out there, fbi agents are coming to find you. anybody who plots and attempts violence in the coming weeks should count on a visit. >> it's not just washington that's on high alert. all 50 state capitols are bracing for possible armed protests next wednesday. at least 20 states have called in the national guard to beef up their security. federal prosecutors have identified another high profile suspect in last week's attack. the ma

as president joe biden urges people to keep wearing masks. ♪ ♪ >>> thanks for joining us. well, day two of the derek chauvin trial will get under way today in minnesota. monday saw the highly anticipated trial of the former minneapolis police officer begin. protesters were seen on the streets of minneapolis on monday. chauvin is charged with killing george floyd last may, but floyd's death has had an impact far beyond minnesota. the scene of a white officer kneeling on a black man's neck for almost ten minutes set off protests around the world and it prompted a moment of racial reckoning in the u.s. prosecutors wasted no time in showing the jury the graphic video of the last moments of george floyd's life in which he said over and over that he could not breathe. meanwhile, the defense sought to sow taught about the reasons floyd died that day. omar jimenez has the details from the first day in court and a warning, his report contains disturbing video. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, good morning. >> reporter: as prosecutors opened their case seeking justice for george