At any moment in wilmington, delaware. It will be the former Vice President s first oncamera comments since election day, election night. Of course, last night. And were going to take you there as soon as it happens. And President Trump has yet to be seen today, but he is using the twitter microphone to blast the process of tabulating votes across the nation. Wisconsin, the latest state in the biden column as we just told you. The fox news decision desk awarded it to the vp, as we said, in about 12 minutes. The number of votes separating the candidates, razor thin. So the Trump Campaign has called for a recount. In michigan the counts still ongoing at this hour. The secretary of state saying we could see unofficial results by the end of the day. Biden with a slight lead at the moment. Now in pennsylvania more than a million votes remain to be counted. The president holds a 500,000vote lead. Team trump believes it can hold on in the keystone astronaut, but we likely will not keystone st
This morning. She talked about foreign interference in u. S. Elections, the progress of the ongoing covid19 relief tax, with treasury secretary steven mnuchin, and the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Speaker pelosi good morning, everyone. As we gather here this morning once again, the toll rises. 822,000 americans have died from the coronavirus. Over 8 million have been infected by it. Over 20 Million People are out of work because of the coronavirus. It is urgent that we come to an agreement to crush the virus, put money in the pockets of the American People, and to honor our heroes, our state and local workers, our healthcare workers, our police fire, First Responders and our transportation, sanitation, food workers, and teachers, teachers, teachers, all of whom who make our society run. Many of whom risk their lives to save lives, and now they may lose their jobs. And over 1 million already have because we have not honored them. Use all authority to thank
The sub head said while the g. O. P. s ideological diversity is straining to govern, democrats divisions are propping up a big tent for now. Tell me about the democratic side of things first. Joe biden has key decisions to make here in the coming week or so about who will be his vicepresident ial pick. What do you think that comes down to in terms of the important things in his decision, whats going to count most . Guest right. I think the number one issue for joe biden is doing no harm. The vicepresident ial pick is only going to have so much of an impact on the general election in november. What he probably is most concerned about at this point is making sure hes choosing somebody not going to hurt his prospects. Luckily for joe biden democrats are not in a majority in the senate and they do not have control of the white house. That means that all those democrats divisions we hear so much about and that were front and center in 2016 president am primary are not really being showcased
Were here to talk about the president ial race, the Key Senate Races obviously. Lets start with a piece of yours, divided party or big tent. The subhead says while the gop is straining ability to governor, democrats divisions are propping up a big tent for now. Tell us about the democratic side of things first. Joe biden has some key decisions to make here in the coming week or so about who will be his Vice President ial pick. What do you think that comes down to in terms of the important things in his decision . Whats going to count most . Right. I think the number one issue for joe biden is doing no harm. The Vice President ial pick is only going to have so much of an impact on the general election in november. What hes probably most concerned about at this point is making sure hes choosing somebody who is not going to hurt his prospects. Luckily for joe biden, democrats are not in a majority in the senate and they do not have control of the white house. That means that all those dem
Coronavirus relief negotiations. Well also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. As the United States approaches 5 million confirmed covid19 cases, White House Coronavirus response coordinator dr. Deborah birx says that we have now entered a new phase of the pandemic. Good morning, its monday, august 3, 2020. We will start the program talking about that new phase. We will hear comments from dr. Birx on the state of the Union Yesterday and we will look at other headlines as well. Thes how to be a part of conversation. For those of you in the eastern and central time. 202 7488000 mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Send us a text if you like, 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Your tweets are welcome as well, cspanwj, and we will look for your posts on facebook. One view from abroad, bdc and the reporting on her comments yesterday, headline from the new phase oftering coronavirus out