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
In bell month university in nashville, tennessee. Just this week the Debate Commission made a change in the debate rules. One candidates microphone will now be muted while his opponent delivers an initial two minute long answer at the start of each of six topic segments. The topics tonight chosen by the moderator are fighting covid19. American families. Race in america. Climate change. National security. And leadership. The final debate has in the past focused on foreign policy, and the Trump Campaign complained about the changes made as a result of the cancelation of the second debate which the commission decided would have to be done virtually. This debate on the latest kal ender date in recent his it tree comes as the Coronavirus Infection rate is again rising across the United States. And after the president himself contracted the virus three weeks ago. This matchup comes as early voting continues and at an historic pace in all 50 states with more than 47 million americans having a
Mr. Mcmaster we need leaders to make sure that they are not part of the problem, that they are not creating opportunities for our adversaries. Judy all that on more on tonights pbs newshour. Announcer major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf the engine that connects us. Announcer Consumer Cellular, johnson and johnson, Financial Services firm raymond james. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems, skolfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation, committed to improving lives in the u. S. And around the world, on the web at lemelson. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by T Corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Than you. Judy two big stories dominate e news tonight, the highstakes battle builds over the future of the u. S. Supreme court, and criminal charges are filed in the sh
80eople will be in the audience in person tonight on the campus of casete wes reserve university, which is cohosting the event with the Cleveland Clinic. The moderator is fox news Chris Wallace, we at the newshour are practicing social distancing while i am broadcasting from our sturedio, ourters and analysts will join us remotely. Thats White House Correspondent yamiche alcindor, congrsional correspondence, Lisa Desjardins who is covering the biden campaign, amna nawaz will be watching the debate with a half a dozen voters from around the country. Amy walter of the cook political report, along with Washington Post contributing Columnist Gary abernathy, joining us from ohio, and syndicad columnist Cynthia Tucker in alabama, welcome to all of you and we are gog to ask yu no for a quick word from each one of you starting with yiche, tell us how is the president prering. T president did not do traditional debate pretp, he waaving mock debates or having anybody play his political opponent.
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