I titled it the promise land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experienced hardships and disappointments along the way that i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit union but a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post life. Im an opinion columni for the wasngton post and founding director of the race card project. For this very special conversation this mning i am ined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, schor and president of the Andrew Mellon foundation for good morning, elizabeth. Goo morning. It is wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and together we bh welcome our gue for this conversation. The 44th president of the unitedtates, barack obama and i assume you recognize that guy in the mide. Good morning, sir. Hello, guys Washington Post brought out t big guns for thi one. [laughter] we are so excited to see you. We are. I am ver
Im jane dougall. Job done england are top of the group after their showdown against wales. A convincing win in the autumn nations cup puts them through to the final. Liverpool might be top of the table Butjurgen Klopp was furious at dropping points after conceeding a penalty to brighton in the dying moments. And hit for six. Portsmouth are through to the third round of the fa cup after thumping non league side kings lynn town. Well have a round up of all todays results. Welcome to the programme. England were expected to win and they got the job done, securing the top spot in their autumn nations cups group. Despite wales going ahead in the first few minutes, england were the far superior side, winning21i 13. It guarantees their place in next months final where theyll play either scotland or france. Drew savage was watching. The stance may be empty, the atmosphere not the same, but whatever the situation, this rivalry still burns bright. Right now though england are on top of their game
Being closely watched as the clock ticks down on the ballot count clicks up before we go any further lets go to come out has the latest on the numbers come up thank you adrian yes so 300 hours g. M. T. It is now which means 10 pm on the u. S. East coast and these are the polls that are closing at this hour 4 of them for you montana nevada utah and iowa im not going to go through any projections just now because we dont have any at the moment too early to call in all 4 of those states the one swing state will be keeping an eye on is iowa in the midwest so with that in mind its a good chance just to step back and have a look at some of our swing states as well so lets start in ohio with nearly 60 percent of precincts reporting donald trump is edging further and further away from joe biden his latest 130000 out of 4. 4 almost 4400000 votes counted so its close but the gap widening for donald trump in ohio lets move on to michigan one of the important ones that donald trump picked up. 4 ye
Pennsylvania and georgia is he maintained his lead in arizona and nevada bidens a razor thin margin grew is millions of mail in ballots were tallied securing him more than enough Electoral College votes to become the 46th president of the United States well the announcement has sparked celebrations across the country large crowds have gathered in washington d. C. As well as new york city and philadelphia well lets go live now to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan you obviously have been following every twist and turn of this election it took a couple of days but joe biden is now the president elect. Exactly i came to trump in 4 years ago and it looks as if a year when were counting him but the Republican Party are seeing quite yet we are just above the white house you can see Lafayette Park behind me which has been sealed off since around the time of the george lloyd protest. In the summer behind that is the white house the oval office is just over to the right and in front of Lafa
Charity touristy spots in in across spain this square normally busy with tourists and locals have now 30 percent of the terraces and restaurants close in march at 13 and all the uncertainty uncertainty of not knowing where they will be reopening again these will be permanent also there will be travel restrictions in all these areas affected by these partial Lockdown People will be able to enter or to leave all these areas and for these the National Government has deployed 700 Police Officers that will be monitoring and controlling all these moves the feeling right now is quite disappointing cow people are not havent got really clear what they are allowed to do or not because the general government despite the rejecting the order from the Health Ministry but implementing aid they have appealed in court this decision so they can get some time they gain some time and delay the implementation of these restrictions which means that people have to be able to be fined by Police Offices if the