Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social wj, on on twitter cspan facebook. Com cspan. Today marks three weeks since election day 2020. Transition to Bidens Administration begins. Take you now to the front page of the trade news. Their lead story about the certification process. Michigan born in charge of certifying election votes casts what they call a pivotal vote, cementing joe bidens victory in the state. The board of state canvassers voted 30 to certify the results. The republican board member crossed over to certify the election, which is traditionally viewed as an administrative step , but had drawn a spotlight as the Trump Campaign questioned the integrity of the election. Less than two hours after that final vote, a letter from gsa administrator emily murphy to joe biden. That sa
And there is no indication he can. If he can, his right to contest the election is beside the point. Issues hessue is the is causing in the trust to the system. Trumps time is running out. Time is running out for republicans who hope to maintain the partys credibility, starting with georgias runoffs. Trump is enhancing his own brand in his mind while her while harming the republican brand. The party needs a long conversation about the posttrump era. It needs to get there honorably. Any concession of defeat by President Trump will be a betrayal of his 2016 election of the people who supported and sustained him in office and of the nation. Conceding to biden will signal o the democrats that im sorry for that was another piece. The piece from john bolton is available at washingtonpost. Com. Greg is unsure, why . Caller if this situation boils in football, there have been games recently where you let the team who has the ball score so you can get the ball back to score a touchdown to win t
Of us. Thank you, mike. Firefighters put out a small grass fire along interstate 580 alonging along regatta boulevard in richmond. Fires were reported in Castro Valley and healdsburg. Firefighters worked to stop these fires quickly before they could reach homes and other buildings. Because of the dangerous fire conditions pg e cut off power to more than 106,000 people across the bay area. People in the north bay were some of the first to go dark. Lauren martinez is live in mill valley. Here in mill valley you can see some degree in the strebris. Restaurant owners at tips roadside in kenwood were angry after they lost power an hour before they were told it was scheduled to be shut off. They hope they dont lose whats on ice in their freezer. A couple weeks ago, we lost all the food in there. It was probably 15,000, 20,000. Everything is so much harder now because of covid, fires, Power Outages. Its just you know, everybody is saying i cant wait for 2020 to be over. Hopefully, you know, 2
This is the exact moment where Boris Johnson may be about to speak to eu leaders. We understand that most of it is virtual. We are expecting the Prime Minister to give his response on whether he is continuing to negotiate. There was that selfimposed deadline on october 15. We dont know whether he is happy with the progress or whether he thinks even if there is not progress, he still wants to give it a shot. Tom there is your update this morning. Lot, like about the map of the fisheries. Its like a big deal, right . In the north . Francine i remember being a young reporter a million years ago showing up in brussels and actually going to at the time, it was not much to talk about, but our editor said watch out for fisheries, because nobody talks about them. Its always a fishing problem, as we see with brexit in 2020. Tom there we are with your update. Ritika gupta just nodded off. Lets start the show with the bloomberg first word news in new york. Ritika good morning. President trump and
Dangerous winds there, even in the lower elevations, 37 in fairfield. Down to 20 in concord. 30 in napa. 22 in novato. 27 in San Francisco. Look at the peninsula, 25 to 31 whether youre in san mateo or sfo. A noisy night out there, there will be a lot of debris on the road, so drive around that and be careful. Our lower elevations, still in the red flag warning until 11 00. Higher elevations until 5 00 tomorrow afternoon. The winds will subside for most of us after 11 00, its so dry and the winds will below wind advisory criteria, but still fast enough to have that high fire danger. Reggie . That breaking news is in the east bay, high winds are now blowing. Youre looking at what happened in concord after a tree toppled bringing down power lines on Birchwood Court late last night. Contra costa county firefighters responded to similar calls reporting either fallen trees or downed power lines. This morning nearly 107,000 customers throughout the bay area are in the dark. Pg e shut off pow