Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during
The 2020 Republican National convenon. Good evening, im judy woodruf and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the repu National Convention. This years political conventions are like none any us can remember. Welong with thousands of others have planned to be in thcharlotte, north carolin week. But because of the pandemic, this gathering will be almost entirely virtual. Speakers w are the thethe republicans am im here in the studio with amy walter and amna that. Warner right around the corner. Both df them sociallytant. We have reporters and analysts across the country. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis ering this critical time in an historction year. This week President Trump will years. He case for another four and we will be here to hear all of it. Lets turn first to our newshour reporters am that nawaz as i say is in thstudio just around the corner from me to give us a guide on whato expect and key moments to look out for. Hi judy, like the
Warning of weaker Global Oil Demand because of jet fuel demand. And martha pollick on the colleges plan this fall. Lets get back to the lead story on the Economic Data front in the u. S. The number of americans applying for Unemployment Benefits falling below one million since the pandemic began in march. We are seeing economic recovery getting some traction. Joining us is michael mckee. Is it good news, bad news . Think itsdont either. It doesnt show that the recovery is gaining traction as much as the decline is flattening out. We are talking people filing for the first time and it is still almost one million. Their deep scars in the labor market. Although the data is two weeks old the number of people receiving some kind of benefit is over 28 million. There are a lot of people still hurting. Will that push people in washington towards making a deal . If we havent had that already, its hard to see how this number in particular fix them one way or the other. Alix is there anything to
A new undercover report says the social media giant censored the president s supporters for some time. This is r. T. Thanks for joining. The Current Affairs tracing app that was rolled out in france has alerted just 14 users about their potential exposure over the course of the last 3 weeks despite the country recording many new cases of the virus every day david skeet looks at why. Stop code it. Was a priest to be a bright idea that could help prevent a 2nd wave off in sections and on your smartphone that uses bluetooth signals to keep track of the devices and therefore the people that you come into contact with and what it was a few weeks ago the french digital minister said it could also to a flying start as of this morning 600000 people managed to download the app so its a very very good start. Well after a few hiccups perhaps including a delayed release that so many people in france accidentally downloading good tracing up one for catalonia. Ok after a fold start some 2000000 peop
We will begin with the current front runner in iowa and New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg. He is rising in the polls and leading in those states. Give us a phone call at 202 7488000, that is our line for democrats. Foran 202 7488001 republicans. If you are an independent 202 7488002. You can send us a text message at 202 7488003, include your name and where you are texting us from. You can also tweet us or communicate on facebook. We want to begin with this story inside the Washington Post. Mike pence visiting with troops in iraq ahead of the thanksgiving holiday i welcome the opportunity to reiterate the strong bonds forged by the fires of war between the people of the u. S. And the Kurdish People across the region. From Vice President mike pence who was in the region and is now in germany. News on Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, she has been hospitalized. Supreme court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg hospitalized after experiencing chills and a admitted onas friday night into Johns Hopkins hosp