A recount. What president you should do is frankly put his big boy pants on in the show acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner. 3 days after one of americas most divisive president ial votes the democratic challenger joe biden is edging further ahead of President Donald Trump in key battleground states which will decide the outcome of biden is leading in pennsylvania nevada and georgia he just needs one of them to get him over the line trump needs them all plus still carolina to hit the required 270 electoral seats joe bidens been speaking to supporters and his home state of delaware hes still not declaring victory but says he will eventually be victorious biden also urged people to be patient. Joe biden took the stage looking weary but full of confidence we dont have a final declaration of victory yet but the numbers tell us its clear to us a clear and convincing story were going to win this race. By now leads donald trump in pennsylvania by a signif
Announcer tonight, on late night with seth meyers, senator Bernie Sanders anchor of cnbcs the news with Shepard Smith, Shepard Smith, music from Sleaford Mods featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth welcome to late night. How is everybody doing election day is now five days away or roughly 12 sticks of deodorant. Lets get to the news. Former department of Homeland Security chief of staff miles taylor revealed himself yesterday to be the unnamed Senior Trump Administration official who wrote a 2018 New York Times oped critical of President Trump under the pseudonym anonymous. Though i feel like if we asked ourself who is able to write a book, we would have got it through process of elimination in recently released audio, President Trump told veteran reporter bob woodward that his soninlaw, Jared Kushner was, quote, one smart cookie and added, quote, very capable guy, jared. You cant get people like this. And lord knows, the fbi has tried. Halloween is this satu
That might not be enough because it looks as if joe biden has more than enough force to get over the 270. 00 Electoral College vote threshold which of course means he wins the white house but ideally the biden team would like to get to 360 thats within their grasp theres a couple reasons for that one it makes it look slightly more comfortable than just squeezing by on one Electoral College vote id take so we. Only got there because of problems with the voting systems but also 306. 00 is what donald trump achieved 4 years ago so for many in the Biden Campaign there would be an ironic symmetry that biden got to 306 but celebrations here in front of the white house and even here in the. Goodbye that was played i remember. 12 years ago when. The. Obama won the white house for the 1st time but a truly historic moment if this is to go through because of course we get joe biden as president in the United States but also elected for the 1st time to the office of Vice President we have a woman
History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, world war ii. There has been a long and ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that Franklin D Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. Broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Rooseveltse presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 nine had brought the worst conditions the country
Ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that franklin d. Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Lets examine roosevelts presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 9 had brought the worst conditions the country had experienced since the civil war. Herbert hoover seemed incapable of leading the way out of it despite some moderate attempts to do so. The suffering was widespread with approximately one quarter of the workforce unemployed and others having to take substantial pay cuts. The c