Guest post them on Facebook Live on the live stream. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Sure thing. Chris, im starting with you as the travel expert here what do we know about the number of americans flying this week . Higher or lower than expected . I think its about what we expected. There are about a Million People a day are passing through tsa security checkpoints. That started last friday which is typically one of the busiest day. A Million People a day up from about seven or 800,000 that we had been averaging before that. This time last year we were looking at 2. 3 million travellers per day passing through security. All right. Thats still a lot. Certainly not compared to normal years. In a pandemic, were reaching our peak. Do you expect packed lights or do you think airlines have adjusted. I think theyre people are going to pack the flights. You know, few planes that are flying are flying full. I flew back to atlanta about three weeks ago, expected somewhat unpacked flights an
For the democratic party. So what do you expect him to say . Id be surprised if hes going to get out in front of the networks. That hasnt been his pattern to date. Given how close the edges are, i think it would be wise to wait for others to declare victory. He has publicly, what is true, which is everything is trending in the right direction. Unless they have really solid information about the remaining ballots, its probably to just stick with that line. All right. Do you have any insight into why the call hasnt come yet . Help our viewers understand where the uncertainty is, right . Is this just extra, extra precaution or is this something that pennsylvania might be still in doubt. Theres always a question. Until you lock at the ballots, you cant know for certain what those ballots say. The official count isnt in yet and yes, once you know that there are a certain number of ballots that come from an area that up to this point has voted overwhelmingly democratic. Until youve actually
Underway in the philippines after a super typhoon go and he killed 20 people and caused widespread destruction. Well now across the United States verses are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for a couple of hours now but already long lines have been forming now already nearly 100000000 people have cost their ballots an early voting levels that have never been seen before in a u. S. Election now this hour 12 g. M. T. Polls have opened in a number of states including delaware washington d. C. And pennsylvania. Well lets introduce you to our team on the ground for this hour. Is monitoring developments from new york christensen amy is in philadelphia and pennsylvania one of the big battleground states where as we had very saying has already begun to mollify al is in wellington delaware thats bidens home state and from washington d. C. Weve got alan fischer well get the latest more of them in a moment
19th amendment, the [inaudible] serves as a destination for discovery and inquiry and to introduce our audience to new narratives and themes in american history. We cant wait to see you again when the library opens to engage in new conversations about womens history, equality, democracy and the right to vote. [background sounds] good afternoon. My names nathan, and on behalf of humanities tennessee, i want to welcome you to the 32nd annual southern festival of books. Humanities tennessee would also like to say a special thank you to their key sponsors, the Metro National arts commission, the ingram group, tennessee arts commission, Vanderbilt University and parnas us books. Before we get started, i want to share a bit about our session. Theres these are unique times, and the book festivals also unique this year. So we we really appreciate everyone being here, and humanities tennessee carrying on with the event. If youd like to purchase a book, please use the parnas saws book link, and
Intervals and then there will be 15 minutes for all of you to ask any questions that you may have of them. The first panelist is dr. Thomas g. Burton, he is a Professor Emeritus of english at east Tennessee State university. He has produced three documentaries on sir spent handling and is the author of serpent handling believers, the serpent and the spirit, and Beach Mountain man, the memoirs of rhonda helix, his most recent book, voices worth the listening, three women of appalachia, is out now from Mercury University press. Please join me in welcoming tornado thomas burt dr. Thomas burton. The next person i would like to introduce is sarah smarsh. She is a kansasbased journalist who has reported for the New York Times, the guardian and other approximations. Per book pout working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth, very relatable title, let me tell you, what finalist for the National Book award, 2018 Research Fellow at Harvard Universitys center on media politics and