In toe not allowed watch,. Sunday, a Supreme Court reporter on the 2000 bush versus gore Supreme Court case which decided that election. And how the case compared to the legal challenges filed by the trump campaign. It was a once in a generation case where, from the beginning, there were five members of the court, five republicans, who should have took the view of the bush team, which was, all the votes had been counted in florida and governor bush has one. I said in the story, i think that is the position President Trump isnt now is in now. Once the votes have been counted and you lost, it is very hard to go to court and persuade a court to essentially step in, jump in, change the rules, and overturned that result. David savage, sunday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Book tv on cspan two has nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Theay at 1 00 eastern from literary festival, rhonda boyd and her book coming full circle, from jim crow to journalism, which recalls her career. A
And we were on the air on saturday when joe biden crossed the vote threshold to become the president elect and to willies point about the pandemic, bidens first order of Business Today will be announcing the team that will help him get the virus under control and that team will have its work cut out for it as u. S. Cases continue to surge at record levels. Now surpassing the 10 million mark and deaths again on the rise. Well, willie, if you looked at the celebrations on over this weekend, there were some in times square that were fine. You had people wearing mask, there was some distanced and spacing and there were other places that people were crowded in. It was dangerous and you can expect the spread of infections. Like we said from the beginning of the year, the virus doesnt care about trumps politics, or bidens politics, you dont crowd in like that. And i stayed up past midnight to watch an incredible football game. Notre dame and clemson. What an incredible game. Went into overtim
12,406a hospitals across the uk compared to 12,406 a week ago. 1219 patients are 110w 12,406 a week ago. 1219 patients are now in mechanical ventilation beds compared to 1142 a week ago. Sadly, another 595 deaths within 28 days of another 595 deaths within 28 days of a positive test work reported yesterday. The seven day average daily number of deaths each day in the uk within 28 days of a positive test by date reported is now 375, up from 295 a week ago. Our thoughts are very much with the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives. Which is a reminder to us as their lives. Which is a reminder to us as to why we are taking the action we are to stop the spread of this virus and ultimately save lives. Today we are also reminded about the vital importance of fighting this pie was to protect our economy. Whilst the economy grew by 1596 economy. Whilst the economy grew by 15 in the third quarter, it slowed in september and remained 8. 2 below where we were in february. In g
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. On his last full day in office, President Trump orders travel restrictions to the uk and the eu to be lifted butjoe biden says the bans will be remain. Flood warnings as storm christoph is forecast to bring torrential rain to swathes of central and Northern England. Its going to be devastating. If its anything like it was in february, its going to be devastating, yeah. Grave concerns over the future of the Justice System in england and wales as the covid pandemic creates a backlog of crown court cases. Also this hour, with Remote Learning in full swing across the uks schools, we find out how teachers are coping with the bumpy start to the new term. We want to hear your experiences of how Remote Learning has gone so far, whether youre a parent,
teacher, or pupil. Do get in touch with me on twitter geetagurumurthy, and use bbcyourquestions. And two more Tennis Players at the Australian Open test positive for covid 19, amid ongoing controversy o