Winner in massachusetts as well. Also in delaware, biden wins. Biden also the projected winner in d. C. All right. And oklahoma will go for the president in illinois. We are calling it too early, but biden is leading in illinois. Hes led in the polls. Connecticut, same thing, too early, but biden is leading. Heres whats happening in alabama right now, too early to call. Too early in maine as well. Same story in mississippi, missouri. Biden leading in rhode island, but that ones too early to call. Trump leading in tennessee. All right. So, where does that put us . Weve just made some calls. Here we go. Lets get to the map of 270. Thats how you get elected president in this country, as we show tennessee, but i think we can roll the map. And now weve got a few more numbers to report. Joe biden, not surprisingly, carrying those big cities in the east and we see donald trump in some of his strong red territory. Chuck, this is unfolding as expected. Nobodys won a road game yet. You know . Pa
This program is part of the Commonwealth Club virtual series. We like to thank our members and sponsors and supporters for making this and all of the other programs possible. We are grateful for your support and hope that others will follow examples to support the club during these uncertain times. Today im excited to be talking with Tiffani Cross longtime analyst and author of a brand new book, say it louder tiffani has spent years in politics and the media where she has witnessed the ways in which black voters are minimized and suppressed through both policy and media coverage. Say it louder builds on the work and explains the ways in which black voters have been crucial in the same political system that were often dismissed from and although Voter Suppression is not new, Tiffani Cross asserts that the changes coming by way of political activism in this country and a demographic shift. If you are watching along with this and have a question you would like to ask tiffani later in the
Yesterday on the floor of the Senate Democratic senators chris murphy, patty murray and Richard Blumenthal called on Senate Lawmakers to agree to half past gun background check legislations. Republican senator Cindy Hyde Smith objected. Heres a look. I think senator murphy and blumenthal for their tremendous leadership we are on the floor to speak about. I come today not just as a member of the senate representing my home state of washington, but as a former educator as a mother and a grandmother devastated by how the gun violence epidemic is tearing apart our families and ravaging our communities in every state and i am serious, Republican Leaders continue to stand by and do nothing while more lives are lost, just as i was after newtown, Sutherland Springs and marysville in my home state of washington. I could go on. We dont have to continue the cycle of violence, heartbreak and inaction, there was action we could take right now because earlier this year the house passed hr a, meaning
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