[ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, that was uncomfortable. [ laughter ] everybody, thank you for joining in tonight. Im jimmy, im the host. Im the captain of the dance team here at the show. For the first time in about four years, its looking like theres no need to feel down. Ding dong the witch hunt is almost dead. [ laughter ] the winged monkeys are about to fly out of the white house. The cowardly liars hitting the yellow brick road. I would not want to be Donald Trumps my pillow tonight. He is liable to chew right through that thing. What a day for the president. Pennsylvania, georgia turned out to be bluer than Mitch Mcconnells hands. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the presumptive president elect, joe biden, addressed the nation tonight. This is unprecedented. A spokesperson for joe biden said the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the white house. [ laughter ] in other words, hit the road, maralago, youre g
Good afternoon. Im Karen Greenberg and im the director of the center on National Security at fordham law school. Insulated today to be joined by allie phon by the new book the black standard declassified how tortured the war on terror after 911. I thank you probably know olley from some events weve done together, former supervisory special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 911 attack and in recent years he is brought his investigative skills to the private sector and is ceo of the soup on center and specialty is Global Security affairs in everything from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will try to put as much of that today as we can. One thing i want to point out is each day the Soufan Center publishes a soufan brief which is something you should read every day. It is a wonderful deep dive into a timely issue that goes to the heart of what we should be thinking about even if its not in the headlines. An
Yes i can understand wire you writing about it now hasnt happened jet. Im learning about the things we can write about now. I deliberately took a step back. Im not writing as things unfold. Im not about this or that misstep by this so that government. Im not talking that level at all. What i am doing is standing back and saying okay, why pandemic why now. That is something i could do. Youve been reading my work, you know, i like many other people been writing about this for years. Weve been saying this is going to happen. These are the viruses we need to worry about. This is what we need to do. It is already so obvious those predictions were back on. And we havent done a lot of things we need to do. This was kind of the moment to repeat all of that stuff. At a time when people can really understand it. Therefore the message might really come home to the right people. I think that point out emphasizes how strongly am how political leaders have been represented to them previously for pre
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Winning, winning, winning. From nbc news, decision 2020 president ial debate. Lester holt and savannah guthrie. Good evening and welcome to our coverage of the second and final 2020 president ial debate, republican incumbent President Donald Trump and his democratic challenger, former Vice President joe biden, are about to face off for the last time with the election now just 12 days away. The stakes are higher than ever, and tonight is the best last chance for the candidates to make their case to a National Audience before election day on november 3rd. So the candidates are going to take the stage in just over an hour, Belmont University in tennessee. The first debate was chaotic, lots of interruptions. The commission on president ial debates has changed the rules a bit. It decided to mute the microphone of the candidate not speaking for the first two minutes of each separate debate topic. And, of course, the coronavirus pandemic is sure to be front and center. Last weeks scheduled de