8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.
Lets give each other a chance and lower the temperature. I like the tone hes setting john, already. Reporter and just adding, see each other again, listen to each other again. So thats thats the, you know, its not just words but actually putting them into action. The speech really ranged. You had Langston Hughes reference in there, on eagles wings, he quoted theodore parker. It was, again, this is what speech making sound like, and President Trump hasnt spoken like this, hasnt chosen to, and this was a speech that seeks to use the words in the moment to bring the nation together and move it along. Words cant do everything in a presidency, but they can do a lot. Reporter and to say he wants to root out systemic racism. Do you know how long people have been waiting for someone in that position to say that, to acknowledge, a, that it exists, and then to acknowledge we want to do something about it. Thats very powerful. Odonnell that it will be a priority. Reporter exactly, exactly, norah,
Ministration will be . I guess time will tell, is he edging closer to the concession, donald trump acknowledges that he may not be leading the United States next administration. Fighting in ethiopias no than t. Grey region is escalating with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas and growing concerns of ethnic cleansing. The countrys Human Rights Commission is sending a team to investigate reports of massacres in my kudrow. And the City International says that its likely hundreds of civilians was stabbed to death. The government blames forces loyal to grays leaders allegation, they deny thousands of people are fleeing to neighboring sudan. Now desirous habit morgan reports now from got a reef near the border more if you can refugees arrive at medina state. Theyre fleeing fighting in ethiopias degree region. Arrived here 4 days ago with her children and pregnant sister from she says the fighting in the region forced her and her family to flee with nothing but the clothes on their bac
Thanksgiving turkey, and bill gates joins me on the show so lets do this people welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with Trevor Noah Trevor okay. Before we get into the serious news, i wanted to kick things off with an adorable story that will almost definitely be turned into a secondrate Christmas Special next year. Well, it may just be new yorks unofficial new holiday mascot. A small owl found inside the Rockefeller Christmas tree tree. A worker found it tucked away in the branches. Its a small bird called a saw wood owl, the smallest in the northeast, recovering at the ravens beard wildlife center. Its getting lots of love and attention and has its own twitter page. Very nice, and its own little turtleneck, too. Trevor oh my god can we take a second to appreciate how frickin cute this owl is . Baby yoda probably put a hit on him as we speak. Hes so cute, i want
In fact, why most political scholars kind of hate the Electoral College. Its not popular among the Political Science set. Youll get a whiff of George Edwards book which hopefully youve read most of it, if not all of it. You get an argument against the Electoral College. He lays out all the comments for it, which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president but very few americans understand the full extent of the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency, you should walk away understanding how the process we use to select our chief executive officer works, but also because its also really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just like how we started our discussion of president ial nominations by talking about the history of nominations processes and taking a relative