Former FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, talks about the assassination of the Iranian scientist and Israel’s role in the attack. Leading nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed near Tehran in a roadside attack on Friday, a day after Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to retaliate and pledged to continue Iran’s nuclear work. Figliuzzi says, “Israel realizes they have a few weeks to get done what it is they need done, with the President of the U.S. likely to allow them to do it.
Month: November 2020
Trump promises continued election fight as Biden makes key appointments
Although Trump pledged to continue his legal fight to overturn the Nov. 3 election, his comments in a Fox News telephone interview suggested the Republican president was growing resigned to the fact that his Democratic opponent will move into the White House on Jan. 20.
Trumpβs team was dealt another blow with the completion on Sunday of recounts in Wisconsinβs two largest counties that confirmed Biden won the hotly contested state by more than 20,000 votes.
Ukrainian journalist attacked on air, channel called βfascistβ at memorial for Soviet-era famine victims
In a statement over the weekend, the channel called for police to take action, saying that βsuch an egregious fact of physical violence against a journalist requires immediate intervention.β
The news outlet added that,Β βgiven the general context of the incident, the importance of coverage of the ceremony and the peculiarities of the work of journalists during the quarantine,βΒ the attack requiresΒ βspecial attentionβΒ from law enforcement.
Wisconsin counties finish recounts, Biden’s lead reconfirmed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The recount of presidential ballots in Wisconsinβs two largest counties finished on Sunday, confirming that Democratic President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the key swing state by more than 20,000 votes.
Dane County finished its recount on Sunday, according to the county clerk, a few days after Milwaukee County finished its. Each recount produced little change in the final breakdown of the more than 800,000 ballots cast in the state. In the end, Bidenβs lead over Trump in Wisconsin grew by 87 votes.
New York City public schools will begin to reopen with weekly COVID-19 testing
The schools, which make up the countryβs largest school system, were closed less than two weeks ago after the citywide rate of coronavirus tests coming back positive exceeded a 3% benchmark agreed to by the mayor and the teachersβ union.
βItβs a new approach because we have so much proof now of how safe schools can be,β de Blasio told reporters, saying the 3% benchmark was being scrapped and pointing to research that shows young children appear to be less vulnerable to COVID-19. On Sunday, the cityβs seven-day rolling average of positive tests was 3.9%, de Blasio said.
Iran to give a ‘calculated’ response to nuclear scientist killing, says official
βUndoubtedly, Iran will give a calculated and decisive answer to the criminals who took Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh from the Iranian nation,β Kamal Kharrazi, who is also head of Iranβs Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in a statement.
Fakhrizadeh, long suspected by Western and Israeli government of masterminding a secret nuclear weapons program, was ambushed on a highway near Tehran on Friday and gunned down in his car.
Trump senior aide Kushner and team heading to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
A senior administration official said on Sunday that Kushner is to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi city of Neom, and the emir of Qatar in that country in the coming days. Kushner will be joined by Middle East envoys Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook and Adam Boehler, chief executive of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
