Pennsylvania in the balance now hes asking the Supreme Court to intervene in unfounded claims of voter fraud. Across the nation from supporters clashing with pro biden groups. Ok lets continue our election coverage by summing up this rapidly changing scenario heres what you need to know that just for battleground states still being counted joe biden is now ahead in georgia nevada and pennsylvania biden has 264 Electoral College votes trump has 214 the number to hit is 270 any single win for biden could effectively end the race but officials in georgia say they expect a recount there weve also now got a new batch of ballots in the state weve already called them they increase bidens margin but this is one of the states the trunk campaign is trying to contest with a legal challenge. You know we have correspondents following developments across the United States our team the sellers are all a child is in wilmington bidens home state of delaware olen fisher is covering developments from the
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You pull them together in this book with a larger argument about the failures of liberalism. I thought it might make sense for you to. [inaudible] reading a little bit from that introduction. Oh, sure. Absolutely. The emphasis in essays in this book were written in response to the Anglo American delusions that climaxed in brexit, the election of donald trump and, finally, a calamitous response to the covid19 outbreak. These range from the 19th century dream of imperial liberalism long championed by the colonists in which capital, goods, jobs and people freely circulate through the proclamation of an American Century of free trade and modernization, the attempt by american cold warriors to seduce [inaudible] away from communist revolution and into the gradual u. S. Alternative or consumer capitalism of democracy to the catastrophic humanitarian wars and demagoguic explosions of our times. Wrote in 1957 at the height of the cold war are the fanatics of western civilization who regard the
Bookstore. We celebrated 51 years this year. Would like to thank all of our supporters, the supporters of Scott Anderson and julian sank ten. The output of luck for bookstor bookstore. We have adapted to the Current Situation had to adapt again. So we are bring you the things you love the most about books through these Virtual Events but were also offering Curbside Pickup which is scheduled to resume this coming saturday. You can order scotts book and pick it up starting again on saturday. Or, if you are anywhere in the country you can have it mailed to you. We offer a variety of mailing options. And we can get the book in the mail to you wherever you are. We are happy to be able to bring our events theories virtual. It advances our way to expand our mind and make the world a better place but we hope you enjoy this event and hope you support Scott Anderson and purchase a book for you and all of your friends. This keeps events or is going, its what keeps our doors, whether they are open
Hello, my name is kai bird, from cuny, City University of new york. And were from the foundation to do events like this to promote the arts and crafts of biographies. And weve been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some yea years. Were here on a session off the 20th anniversary of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. Were going to be talking tonight with two notable public intellectuals. Harold holzer is one of the leading lincoln scholars. Currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer, the author of eight books. Professor widmer is on the faculty of mccauleys honors college. Today well discuss his latest book, lincoln on the verge. A story about the 13day train journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington d. C. To be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books. Im going to hold up each of them. This is literally a mini biography, well, not so mini, its a subst