After todays selfimposed deadline britain and the e. U. Need a trade deal to prevent chaos on the borders starting on january 1st. On pablo foley s welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has set the table for a bleak Holiday Season a short time ago she announced a raft of tough measures saying they were necessary to bring down the spiraling numbers of new covert 19 cases. The measures that we put into place on the 2nd of november have not been sufficient. For a while we were able to stop the exponential growth and how to plateau movements but now were seeing a new rise in infections an exponential growth once again and what that means is that many people are dying you have been following the statistics im sure and we also know that we are close to exceeding the response capacity of our Public Health systems and aim was always to prevent this thing in the end this is why we must act and we must act fast and the results of the decisions that we made today. Well lets break
National politics in the new republic, one the best book award from the societies of historians of the early american republic. Her most recent book, the field of blood violence and congress and the road to civil war, explores physical violence in 1830 and the civil war. What it suggests about the institution of congress, the nature of american sectionalism, the challenges of the young nations developing democracy, and the longstanding roots of the civil war. Welcome professor. Thank you as my pleasure to be here, its my particular pleasure to continue with the introductions, and introduced the three people who are going to be joining us on the panel today. First, catherine associate professor of history at Purdue University and an editor of made by history at the washington post. Her recent and keeping focus on the intersections between media, politics, and popular culture. With that particular emphasis on the american presidency. Her first book, showbiz politics, hollywood in america
They will gather in a session on saturday morning. Votes live,bate and here on cspan. Earlier today, the Washington Post interviewed Hakeem Jeffries ahead of the opening of the Democratic National convention. He discussed a range of issues including oversight of the u. S. Postal service, Election Security and Kamala Harris as the Vice President ial nominee. Good afternoon. Welcome to Washington Post live. Kickoff of the Democratic National convention. That was supposed to be in milwaukee but instead, it has gone virtual because of covid19. Who better to give us a kickoff viewpoint but also the priority of the Democratic Party then one of its rising stars. Congressman Akeem Jeffries of new york. Mr. Chairman, welcome to Washington Post live. There is a lot to talk about. Lets jump in and go right to the post office. You, it ises thank great to be with you. The attacks that we have seen my President Trump and his henchmen have been heinous and part of a continuing criminal conspiracy in
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Every step of the way. This morning rita braver will spend some time with jill biden. We lift each other up. Reporter despite the demands of being a political spouse, jill biden has always maintained her career as a Community College teacher. And now she could make history. Do you think youll keep teaching if you become first lady . I hope so. Reporter really . If we get to the white house, im going to continue to teach, yeah. Reporter ahead on sunday morning, life with jill biden, not just a day at the beach. Pauley then it is on to a legend of popular music by the name of james taylor. Hhe has been going strong for more than 50 years. And as i found out earlier this year, he is eager to share his memories. Ive seen fire and ive seen rain reporter his voice is unmistakable. Good night, moonlight lady reporter so is the way he picks that guitar. That is a song im proud of. I think it came out really well and i worked hard on it. Reporter how old were you . I guess i was 20. Pauley a vi