A.M. Links: Joe Biden Weighs 2020 Presidential Run, Oakland Fire Death Toll Climbs to 36, Russia and China Veto U.N. Truce in Aleppo

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  Joe Biden: "I am going to run in 2020."

• The death toll from the Oakland warehouse fire currently stands at 36.
• "The revelation of a phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen last Friday startled leaders and diplomats in Washington, Beijing and beyond. In her first comments on the call, Tsai sought to dampen those fears."
• Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have imposed a seven-day truce in Aleppo.
• A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced 15 people to death for allegedly spying for Iran.

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