Arizona, i am Deborah Peters and my cohost is the Pulitzer Prize winning and distinguished Foreign Correspondent and columnt for the Washington Post and i am happy to say my friend james hoagland. Good to be here. Im delightedou could join us. I offered this evening, our copies are somewhere, the ckiest the luckiest man life with john mccain. I can say truthfully that we were fascinated with i i didnt expect to read every word, once i started i couldnt put it down. Thank you. Senator mccain in 2005, i am blanking, you did 7 books. Character assassination. We sold thousands of copies of it and his office staff. We find is a little strange. After spending time with him. Before i turn this over to jim, the mccain familys mississippi group. I assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona and illinois. I didnt recognize john mccain how he was perceived as a carpetbagger. I asked john grisham, in mississippi, i read a little bit and i will read it again to get her reaction, the
Prime time tonight. There is speculation he may claim the title of commander in chief. We shall see. But reports out of the Trump Campaign are that the president will not concede until recounts are completed in states ranging from pennsylvania, where votes are still being counted at this moment, to a couple of others that we have just showed on our screen. Our fox Business Reporters are standing by live in the crucial areas with the latest developments. Pennsylvania, arizona and georgia. Meanwhile, as team trump yells election fraud, there is no talk of one thing. Foreign hacking. We have got the ceo of the company that state and local governments turned to for keeping their Ballot Systems safe. Matthew principles is he mathew prince is here on that. We wrap up the strongest week in seven months. The october jobs report, we will show you that, big gains but also signs the Pandemic Recovery may be slightly slowing. After a big runup this week, the Dow Jones Industrials down 116, less th
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from vik ers like you. Thu. Laura i am Laura Trevelyan in washington, d. C. , and this is bbc world news america. The president relents on the transition of power to joe biden isnderway, but donald trump i not conceding. Even as biden introduces his cabinet picks. That america is ba. En a team once again sit at the head of laura stay home toave grandma is the message urom t. S. Health officials who warn there will be tragic consequences if americans traveled this thanksgiving. North dakota has one of the highest coronavirus mortality rates in the world. Is starting t still question regulations. Ople plus, we go behind the scenes withnd fins Prime Minister a the bbc finds 100 consequential pushing for equali in her firs year. Laura welcome to bbc world news america. The u. S. President elect joe biden has been introducing his first c
Okay the other thing, i dont have that much time to be nice. I can do it, but ive got to go quickly. Just 20 days until the election when joe biden wraps up his campaign and soon will have barack obama on his trial. A second major drug company is forced to delay test trials. And Kelly Clarkson and the Billboard Music awards its wednesday, october 14th early today starts right now battleground blitz the president is holding a rally in des moines tonight, his third since leavinging the hospital for coronavirus. Tracie potts joins us. Traci tracie, the president is trying to make up for lost time. For the president it was suburban women in pennsylvania where you heard he made that very direct pitch for votes. For joe biden it was seniors in florida. Hes got a thin lead in most polls there, but with many polls its within the margin of error, so hes hammering the president not only on jobs but what he will do for seniors, but its coronavirus that continues to be the big issue on the campaig
There are several developing stories as we come on the air, including two significant setbacks tonight in the search for a cure for coronavirus. Just as cases are spiking nationwide, were going to get to that and the Drug Companies that are now pausing their tests on experimental drugs in just a moment. But were going to begin with that marathon confirmation hearing on capitol hill that is now stretching into the night. President trumps pick for the supreme court, judge amy coney barrett, has spent the day defending her judicial philosophy and dodging questions about how shed rule on future cases, including next months challenge to obamacare. Barrett also refused to say how she would rule on abortion, insisting she has not made deals with the president or the white house. And while she would not commit to recution herself from any electionrelated cases, barrett said she would not be usedaise pawn by the president to decide the election in his favor. With her confirmation all but certai