Employees. Weve got those details. But first we start with some breaking news. The electoral vote count stands right now at 227 for mr. Biden and 213 for mr. Trump. And we still have eight uncalled races. In wisconsin, which is still too close to call, biden holds a narrow lead of just 20,000 votes. Well within the margin of error there. Well within the drift that lets the president call for a recount. The Campaign Says they will immediately do so, request a recount. Another place biden holds a narrow lead, thats michigan thats where we find Brian Sullivan in grand rapids any update on this very close race reporter yes, and no how do you like that im like an economist on the air. Im going to give it to you both ways heres where we stand right now. Heres the reason i answered that way number one, heres the count 94 of michigan has come in. Its that last 6 that is the issue. Now, youve got joe biden who is up by about 45,000 votes right now. To your point, there are far more outstanding
President ial elections. So were going to start with this, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dallick, a well known historian. He writes the 20th century saw an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers, primarily due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men, who served in the office. Theodore roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, harry s. True man, dwight eisenhower, john f. Kennedy, banes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, the professors analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some of the president s from the 21st century as we go along. So if we can go to the first slide. The professor talks about these six points. The first one he says is vision. The second is charisma. Im going to go back and talk about these. The second is charisma, the third in pragmatism. Well move to the next slide. The fourth is consensus building, followed by trust or credibility, luck, and then im going to throw in, which is on the last sli
Response to the pandemic. New nfl scandal. 15 female workers at washingtons franchise say they were verbally harassed. How the team faces pressure from swe sweeping change. And rita wilsons rebound. The actress, singer and Covid Survivor talks to us about getting back to normal and recording a powerful new song. Go, rita. First, heres todays quite openeopen eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. We have to regroup. Not necessarily lock down again but say weve got to do this in a more measured way. The u. S. Broke its single day record again for new coronavirus cases. Very dire picture Going Forward if we dont change our actions. The possibility of aur lockdown. Dditional guidelinesght. The o on safely reopening schools. The president wants schools to open. The science should not stand in the way of this. The united states, United Kingdom and canada are accusing russia of trying to steal Coronavirus Vaccine research. Thats appalling, i have to say, at a time when the world is coming
Up next on the presidency, a talk about the marital and Political Partnership between james and dolly madison. We hear from the Vice President for museum programs, and curator for montpelier, she discusses their early lives, their marriage, and how Dolley Madisons political skills bolster the career of James Madison. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley painted when james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we
Madison. This was part of the annual president s day symposium. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we have of them historically. Dolley in her low cut, empire style cut dress with ringlet. Serious, cerebral and brainy with always a strip of hair coming down in the front and the receding spots on each side. He has that from when he was really young, actually. And of co