Im more than willing to work with him. A senator, a Vice President , and finally President Elect on his third try. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. Tonight, do you see yourself as the Polar Opposite of donald trump . I hope so. A cnn special report. Fight for the white house joe bidens long journey. Its a good night its a good night and it seems to be getting even better. More than 30 years after his first run for the presidency joe biden with a lead tonight and a lead overall in the del inaugurate race. On his third try for the white house. We are very much alive it was the Sweet Super Tuesday that joe biden had always dreamed of, setting a clear path to the nomination finally at age 77. It was like, okay, lets buckle up. Were going to go. It was a really good feeling. It was glorious. Glorious and unusual to say the least. Fact no one has ever come in fourth in iowa and fifth in New Hampshire and gone on to become the democratic president ial nominee. To
Is there any precedent for these unpresident ial acts . Almost 74 million votes. I have a great panel of historians to discuss that, and the legacy of trumps term in office. An eyeopening discovery that may save your life one day. A way to edit the genetic code itself. A newly minted Nobel Laureate tells me about the promise of crispr. But first, heres my take. More than 150 million americans made their own personal decisions when they voted in this years election, but it is now the unenviable job of commentators to explain the meaning of those choices. At the broadest level its fair to say that the vote was a repudiation of donald trump. President s rarely lose their bids for reelection. Only five in the last 125 years and trump has won as few electoral votes as his nemesis, hillary clinton, did last time and he lost the popular vote by a larger margin than when jimmy carter defeated gerald ford in the wake of watergate. And yet its obvious that the country remains deeply divided. Aft
Sometimes we start gravelly, then we east into it. We hope you have your breakfast in hand. Will my man told me hit the Snooze Button one too many times. He is not yet to the mountain dew, the first energy drink of the day. I know this is slow morning for pete hegseth. Pete i go up to my office during one of the commercial breaks to get my mountain dew. Will i know your routine. Pete it wasnt going to happen. The alarm went off. I said not today. Here we are. Will here is it what were following several big stories. Covid19 cases spread from team to team. First the Denver Broncos in unprecedented jam after all of its quarter back are declared ineligible today for the game today with the saints. One of the quarterbacks tested positive. Pete the Baltimore Ravens have 18 players on the coach cove reserve lives. The game against the steelers is in more doubt but scheduled for tuesday night. Jedediah San Francisco 49ers faces its own issue after county imposed ban on Contact Sports. They are
Nonstop on cable news. Not just on cable news. We are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. We are hearing it from the leaders of federal Law Enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. We are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense ordered the entire u. S. Military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. And of course we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street from the Tech Monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. All of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. And at one level that does not sound bad. Because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. We are against it. Were for moderation. We are for incremental change. We are for the consent of the governed. We said that every day for four years and we m
We are hearing the same thing from some republican elected officials, we are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense order the entire u. S. Military to stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political instigators, we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street,r from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the all of them now on The Hunt For Political N extremists. O we are for moderation and incremental change, we are for the consent of the governed, we dont like extremists either, we attack them regularly. Its not enough to be against something, you have to be more precise than that. What is it youre against . In order to root out a problem, you have to know what it is. You need a sense of what youre looking for, a clear sight picture. You have to define the terms. Heres the remarkable thing weabout this public conversation were having. No one is doing that. Have you noticed . None of these ne