[applause] mayor coleman let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. A wrecking ball almost tore
How important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. Almost tore it down. And we saved it, renovated it and it is now one of the jewels of the city of col
Lesson. And were going have a lesson tonight, ali, that youll be very interested in that you already know this. Is from Richard Schiff, my dear friend who we worked together on the nbc series the west wing. Richard is recovering from covid19. He just spent five days in vancouver general hospital, and he has a lot of good things to say about the Canadian Health care system. He is going to join us later in this hour. Hes good friends with joe biden. So hell probably be telling joe biden the same thing about his experience. Well, i look forward with a little normalcy, lawrence, that you and i will be able to talk about health care and get in some of those policy discussions that we both enjoy having. I look forward to tonights show. You have a good evening and a great thanksgiving. You too, ali. Thank you very much. Bye. Thank you. There are only 56 more pardon days until america gets its Big Christmas present, a new president of the united states. Donald trump has now pardoned turkeys tw
Biden, so hell probably be telling joe biden the same thing about his experience. Well, i look forward with a little normalcy, lawrence, that you and i will be able to talk about health care and get into some of those policy discussions that we both enjoy having. So i look forward to tonights show and you have a good evening and a nice thanksgiving. You, too, ali. Thank you very much. There are only 56 more pardon days until america gets its Big Christmas present, a new president of the united states. Donald trump has now pardoned turkeys two days in a row. Yesterday he pardoned corn and cobb, and today he pardoned Michael Flynn. By 12 00 noon on Inauguration Day, everyone named trump will surely be pardoned, along with, who knows who else, who might be able to give incriminating evidence against donald trump, and therefore, get a pardon out of him. We have embarked on the most corrupt pardon spree in american history, which will end, one way or another, in a pardon for donald trump, h
Call them right now. That was way too early for a monday morning. Dont go anywhere. Morning joe starts right now. We have an announcement to make, joe biden is president elect of the United States. In the state of georgia, where theres currently a hand recount being done, joe biden is the apparent winner. Nbc news is projecting that when every last vote is counted in the state of arizona, joe biden will be awarded 11 electoral votes. Joe biden is again confirmed as the winner of the state of georgia. Trump Campaign Paid for a recount and that has ended for 3 million. They picked up 87 votes. Joe biden actually. Georgias secretary of state recertified the results after the second recount which once again found that joe biden is still the winner. Joe biden has officially received enough electoral votes to become president as california certifies the results. The United States Supreme Court has denied a challenge from a republican congressman to nullify the certification of pennsylvanias