Security briefings, and more republicans sound the alarm. It is very important that joe biden have access to the Intelligence Briefings to make sure that he is prepared. The latest on the president elects plans, just ahead. Blastoff. Ignition, liftoff. Spacex makes history yet again. A spectacular nighttime launch to carry four astronauts to the International Space station. Inside, their mission, and why elon musk had to miss his companys crowning moments. Those stories, plus games on. Just this morning the head of the olympics sounding confident about tokyo 2021 during his first trip there during the pandemic. Whats being planned to keep athletes safe and get fans in the stands. And a wild weekend in the nfl from a sunday night upset in torrential rain. In he goes for the touchdown to one of the longest touchdowns in nfl history. Jones, ronald jones, 98yard touchdown to this miraculous gamewinning hail mary. It is caught the plays that still have people talking today, monday, november
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.
Joe biden has a big lead. You know, its interesting, the republicans are saying dont Pay Attention to the polls, we are going to win and democrats are saying, dont Pay Attention to the polls, theres a good chance well lose so, finally, something we agree on. I guess. The republican reelection strategy seems to be centered around making it as difficult as possible for us to vote. In texas, the governor, even though we are in the middle of a pandemic, banned additional mailin dropoff boxes. There is only one ballot drop box per county in texas, the biggest county in texas has almost 5 Million People one box. The governor, greg abbott, is apparently worried that if each county has more than one ballot box, people might put their ballots in them and have those ballots counted, which could lead to democracy. Then who knows what. And, of course, trump, because he needs an excuse if he loses, keeps screaming that the earlyvoting effort is fixed by the government, that he runs. Meanwhile, gues
Karen hult, a science professor at virginia tech. Shes also a member of the white house transition project Advisory Board. Thanks for being with us on washington journal. Karen good to be here. Host the white house transition project, tell us about it. This is a nonpartisan, nonprofit entity. It is staffed by Political Science professors and others around the united states. 1990s for thehe white house interview program. They were trying to develop some institutional memory by talking to people that had various white house death and over time. Staff positions over time. They can find out what happens to staff positions for both parties. Directedolved and is by martha i am a member of the Advisory Board along with other colleagues as well as people like norm ornstein and other people from the larger washington community. Providetry to do is nonpartisan backing for what kinds of things have worked and not worked so well in and around the white house when a new president is getting ready t
This morning. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris, call 202 7488000. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, call 202 7488001. If you support another ticket or did not vote, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media on twitter, twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Right now once again it is saturday and the president ial race has not yet been decided. Right now, you can always go to cspan. Org to see the state of the Electoral College where right now the map says that joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes. 214, withtrump has several major states left to go, including nevada, pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, and alaska. Once again, all of the votes have not been counted, but most news organizations are projecting that joe biden eventually will take a lead that cannot be overcome by President Trump. Joe biden came out last night on friday