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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White House / Flickr.com 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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