To discuss that and the legacy of trumps term in office. And an eyeopening discovery that may save your life one day. A way to edit the genetic code itself. Newly minted Nobel Laureate tells me about the promise of crisper. But first, heres my take. More than 150 million americans made their own personal decisions when they voted in this years election, but it is now the unenviable job of commentators to explain the meaning of those choices. At the broadest level its fair to say that the vote was a repudiation of donald trump. President s rarely lose their bids for reelection. Only five in the last 125 years and trump has won as few electoral votes as Hillary Clinton did last time an lost the popular vote by a larger margin than when jimmy carter defeated gerald ford in the wake of watergate. And yet its obvious that the country remains deeply divided. After an impeachment, a pandemic, and the worst economic paralysis since the great depression, republicans overwhelmingly voted for the
[dramatic music] narrator youre the accidental president. Leader of a nation in mourning. Now youve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. Outwit your enemies. And prove youve got what it takes. To be the leader of the free world. President s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. Itit it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. It was definitely the president s car. We were traumatized. It was in a sense like what happened to us after 9 11. President kennedy has been assassinated. Its official now. The president is dead. It was incredible that our president , this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. Theres only one word to describe the picture here, and thats grief and much of it. Narrator kennedys Vice President , Lyndon Baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the United States. He insists on taking the Oath Of Office on Board
[dramatic music] narrator: you re the accidental president. leader of a nation in mourning. now you ve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. outwit your enemies. and prove you ve got what it takes. to be the leader of the free world. - president s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. it it it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. it was definitely the president s car. - we were traumatized. it was in a sense like what happened to us after 9/11. - president kennedy has been assassinated. it s official now. the president is dead. - it was incredible that our president, this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. - there s only one word to describe the picture here, and that s grief and much of it. narrator: kennedy s vice president, lyndon baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the united
that incredible reporting. thanks so much to all of you for being with us. ac 360 starts now. good evening. anderson is off tonight. and we begin with breaking news. a new window into just how far the former president went to overturn the election that he lost. we ve already heard the phone call of him pressuring georgia officials to find him votes that he was not entitled to, not to mention his phone call to arizona governor doug ducey to overturn the election results in arizona. and now the detroit news is reporting on recordings they ve reviewed in which he is pressuring detroit area election officials to do the same. cnn s marsha cohen joins us now with more. marshal, there s cleary a pattern emerging here. one state after another. trump trying to dip into the local state of affairs and influence the results, interfere with the results. i want to be clear, we have not heard this tape for ourselves, but the details were reported by the detroit news. this is november
the former president went to overturn the election that he lost. we ve already heard the phone call of him pressuring georgia officials to find him votes that he was not entitled to. not to mention, his phone call to arizona governor, doug doocy, to overturn the election results in arizona, and now the detroit news is reporting a recording that they reviewed in which he s pressuring detroit area election officials to do the same. cnn s marshall cohen joins us now with more. marshall, there is clearly a pattern emerging here. one state after another, trump trying to dip into the local state of affairs and influence the results, interfere with the results. i want to be clear, we have not heard this tape for ourselves. but the details were reported by the detroit news. this is november 2020. trump lost in michigan he lost by more than 100,000 votes. it s time for the election canvassers in detroit to do their job and certify the results so the election can be finalized. on the