Pbs newshour special. Woodruff good evening and welcome to this pbs newshour special, on the night joe biden has been declared the next president of the United States. Im judy woodruff. In just a moment, president elect biden and Vice President elt Kamala Harris will appear before cameras in their first remarks since the winn was called. Its been four days since the nation gathered at tv sets and smart phones to watch election returns, only to discover the vote count would take longer. Weve been waiting patiently nce then, and late this morning, the Associated Press called the state of pennsylvania for biden, putting biden above to become president. Tes needed his running mate Kamala Harris is breaking three glass ceilings at once becoming the firstwo n, the first black american, and the first Asian American to serve as Vice President. We expect both of them to speak shortly in wiln and to see some of the celebration to follow. Well talk with analysts and with our correspondents, inclu
Focusing on rushing through a nominee to the United States Supreme Court rather than doing everything we can to work across the aisle to craft a solution. To the problems, the crises facing our nation. Tens of millions of americans, unemployed. Hundreds of thousands of businesses permanentlylo closed. Schools all over the country either not yet open or just barely opened, and thousands upon thousands of americans died alone in pain, and comforted by family, uncertain of how they came to be in this place and cared for by their country. Eight. 5million infected 220,000 or more dead. We are in the middle of a tragic pandemic and a recession made worse by our presence bungled mishandling of the pandemic, and instead of coming together to provide the reliefteng that all states d all people are calling for, we are doing this. We are doing this. Instead, my republican colleagues are walking over dangerous precipice doing something according to graham was unthinkable just two years ago , in th
Take a look. I feel very good, we have crowds that nobodys ever had before, i think you can agree, its been incredible, crowds have been incredible, nobodys ever had it before, i think that translates into a lot of votes. [inaudible] [applause] neil we are everywhere engaging how americas responding to this longawaited day, keep in mind 100 million americans have already voted but we have Hillary Vaughn in wilmington, delaware, jonathan and atlanta, georgia, we are anywhere and everywhere gauging what are some early trends that could be profound as the day ensues, first to Hillary Vaughn and wilmington, delaware following the movies of the former Vice President. Hey hillary. Reporter joe biden says he is feeling good and last night he predicted that he will win tonight, he is still not leaving anything to chance it is not missing an opportunity to visit his hometown in scranton, pennsylvania to get the final word in, he made a remark today and scrim pennsylvania on the historic vote in
As my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of america and our people. He understood that no other nation under god was conceived in liberty quite the way that we are. His deep, innate understanding of americas exceptional place in the world gave him the strength to face down the soviet
Thanks, roger, ben, and all the trustees and staff for making this event possible. It is really special to be here today. Im honored you asked me to inaugurate the center for freedom of democracy. [microphone feedback] as my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. Westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of