>>> COMPLETELY REGRETTABLE.
THE DEATH RATE IN THE U.S. HAS
RISEN TO ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF
ALLSTATE®S WHILE THE NUMBER OF
COVID CASES IS NOW OVER 24
MILLION.
COVID TOPS A LONG LIST OF ISSUES
THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL
INHERIT TOMORROW AT NOON, ISSUES
THAT IMPACT AMERICA’S STANDING
ON THE WORLD STAGE.
JOINING US LIVE FROM LONDON IS
KEIR SIMILARMONS WITH MORE OF TH
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT CHINA,
IRAN, EUROPE.
MOST OF ALL, WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THAT KEY SUBJECT, WHICH IS
THE IMPACT ON AMERICAN’S
STANDING IN THE WORLD THAT THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY HAS HAD.
THERE IS A NEW REPORT OUT TODAY
THAT SAYS THAT ONE IN THREE
EUROPEANS NOW THINK THAT AMERICA
CAN’T BE TRUSTED.
IT BEGINS WITH A LINE THAT I
THINK IS REALLY IMPACTFUL.
IT SAYS AMERICA HAS A NEW
PRESIDENT.
IT DOES NOT HAVE A NEW COUNTRY.
THAT VIEW IS WHAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN, WHEN HE BECOMES PRESIDENT
TOMORROW, IS GOING TO WANT TO
TRY TO CHANGE.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO EXAGGERATE
HOW MUCH THE WORLD WILL BE
WATCHING.
BUT THEY WON’T JUST BE WATCHING
HIS WORDS.
THEY WILL BE WATCHING WHAT HE
DOES AND MOST OF ALL, WHAT HE
DOES FIRST.
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN WILL
INHERIT A WORLD WHERE IN MANY
COUNTRIES AMERICA’S REPUTATION
IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.
THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING THIS
WEEK IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE
TUMULTUOUS TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN HAS BEEN
CLEAR, REPAIRING AMERICA’S
STANDING OVERSEAS WILL BEGIN AT
HOME.
HE HAS A LAUNDRY LIST OF ISSUES
THAT IMPACT THE UNITED STATES
IMAGE ABROAD, TACKLING RIGHT
WING EXTREMISM, INTRODUCING A
$1.3 TRILLION PACKAGE TO
STABILIZE THE ECONOMY AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY STOPPING THE
EXPLOSION OF CORONAVIRUS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> THE FIRST THING TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT SO LONG AS COVID RAGES
OUT OF CONTROL IN THE UNITED
STATES, WE CAN’T BE EFFECTIVE
INTERNATIONALLY.
WE WILLARE THE SICK CHILD OF THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW.
NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR FROM THE
UNITED STATES UNTIL WE GET OUR
OWN DOMESTIC CRISIS UNDER
CONTROL.
>> HOW LONG DOES ALL OF THE
ATTENTION NEED TO BE ON SOLVING
THE CORONAVIRUS?
>> WE HAVE TO FIGHT COVID,
ADMINISTER A VACCINE PROGRAM,
REBUILD OUR ALLIANCE STRUCTURE
AND TRY TO COMBAT.
NO DOUBT THIS ADMINISTRATION
WILL BE JUGGLING A LOT.
>> BIDEN PLANS TO RE-ENGAGE THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AFTER
TRUMP ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
WITHDRAW LAST YEAR, ANOTHER MOVE
THAT WILL PLEASE AMERICA’S
ALLIES BIDEN HAS SAID HE WILL
REJOIN THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD
ON DAY ONE.
AGAIN, TRUMP HAD PULLED OUT.
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
KERRY WILL BE AMERICA’S FIRST
EVER CLIMATE CZAR.
>> PICKING JOHN KERRY FOR THAT
ROLE DEMONSTRATED TO THE WORLD
AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY TO THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FOCUSSED ON
THIS ISSUE SO COMPLETELY THAT
THE U.S. IS GOING TO TAKE
CLIMATE CHANGE VERY SERIOUSLY
AGAIN AND MORE SERIOUSLY THAN
EVER.
>> YOU COULD SAY PRESIDENT-ELECT
BIDEN IS TRYING TO CONTROL AND
UNDO AS MUCH OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S AGENDA AS MUCH AS HE
CAN.
AMERICA’S TOUGH APPROACH TO
CHINA ONE OF THE ONLY LIKELY
EXCEPTIONS.
BIDEN’S STAGGERING TO DO LIST
WILL ALSO INCLUDE RENEGOTIATING
THE NEW START ARMS DEAL WITH RUSSIA SET TO EXPIRE IN JUST
RUSSIA SET TO EXPIRE IN JUST
FOUR WEEKS WHILE NAVIGATING
TOUGHDY LOW DYIPLOMACY.
PROMISED RETALIATION OVER LAST
YEAR’S FEDERAL AGENCY HACK,
WHICH IS U.S. HAS BLAMED ON
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.
>> I PROMISE YOU THERE WILL BE A
RESPONSE.
>> HE WILL HAVE TO MANAGE ALL
THIS WHILE TURNING THE PAGE ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S QUESTIONABLE
RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT
PUTIN.
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
RECOGNIZES THE DAMAGE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE TO THE
REPUTATION OF THE UNITED STATES
AND EVEN DAMAGE TO THE BRAND OF
DEMOCRACY BECAUSE AMERICA
REPRESENTS DEMOCRACY TO MANY
FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD.
SO WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL,
WHAT HAPPENED FOR FOUR YEARS OF
TRUMPISM IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE
TO BE CARE ABOUT AS THEY TALK
ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY AS A THEME
OF THEIR AGENDA.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TAKE
OFFICE WITH AN IMMENSE
INTERNATIONAL INBOX.
AS OF 12:01 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY,