David savage, it is the 20th andversary of bush v gore here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Oconnor were middle of the ro
Nevada president has a six point lead in pennsylvania. The Trump Campaign has declared victory and claimed pennsylvanias 20 electoral votes. President trump is ahead of joe biden by more than 1 in north carolina. And the president is leading biden by about 1 1 2 in georgia. The fox news decision desk says joe biden won the state of arizona and its 11 electoral votes but the Trump Campaign is adamant that they will protect the integrity of the election and they will be able to declare victory in arizona by the end of this week. Just over 600,000 votes remain to be counted. The president is behind only 93,000 votes there. President trump expressing his frustration with the delay in states calling many of those races last night after results showed him leading in a number of those states. Here is what President Trump said earlier today. President trump this is a fraud on the American Public. This is an embarassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we di
Your family. You can start calling in now. One statistic on how americans are spending this holiday, one major survey found only 20 27 of americans plan to have the traditional thanksgiving meal people outside their household. The New York Times trying to break down that our data. That map shows the share of people eating thanksgiving dinner with people outside their homes. The darker the caller shading on the map, the larger the expected share according to that survey. As the map illustrates and according to the New York Times, there is a regional variation in thanksgiving plans, with people in some parts of the country more likely to gather with others. In vermont, only about 14 of households will be celebrating with people outside their household. In parts of missouri, more than half of the residents plan to. You can find that map at the New York Times. We ask you this morning about thanksgiving 2020. What are you celebrating, what are you thankful for, some responses already. This
Win the election. Now, specifically, lets go to georgia where the race is getting closer by the hour. Donald trump only leads there now by 23,000 votes. A democrat hasnt carried georgia since bill clinton back in 1992. This afternoon, Election Officials said they had about 200,000 votes left to count. Theyre expected to announce more results tomorrow morning. Georgia has 16 electoral votes. 20 electoral votes are at stake in pennsylvania. Election Officials Say it could be days until we have a final count there. There is a mustwin for President Trump, but his lead has been shrinking throughout the day. In the upper midwest, it was Mission Accomplished for joe biden. He won two of the crystal states today including michigan with its 16 electoral votes. The other blue wall state biden picked up, wisconsin. President trump a lead in that state disappeared overnight as votes from milwaukee turned the numbers. Today, the Trump Campaign laid the ground work for contesting the election launch
A few more cases that go to the Supreme Court equally bad it gets down to work immediately which is exactly what the republicans wanted the World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track and their battles against new surges of Coronavirus Infections the agency admits assessing the level of fatigue has set in but it has cautioned against giving up the fight the warning comes a day after president trumps chief of staff so the administrations focus had moved away from stamping out the virus. Have been protests in several italian cities as anger builds over the latest round of covert 1000 restrictions interior and people lit fires in looted some stores riot Police Responded with tear gas on sunday the government ordered new restrictions which include restaurants and bars closing at 6 pm. President has called for a boycott of french goods in response to money plans to reform islam in france has called for tougher laws to prevent people separatism in French Soci