We are awaiting updates from the keystone state this hour. We are expecting former Vice President joe biden to speak in prime time. First, the u. S. Stock market close the week with gains. The s p and nasdaq having both their best week since april hold into next week. Lets get the latest from Sarah Ponczek from new york. Investors dont seem to care about the uncertainty of the president ial election. Sarah they do not seem to care. Today, we did see a slowing in the rally. Look at where the major indexes didnt today. The dow element lower, the russell 2000 and smallcap cages lower by 1 or so. The constant remains that tech holds that leadership position. Albeit a small gain. It is unbelievable to watch the best weeks since april the 9 . Up 7 , the nasdaq up even though we have this delayed election result and we are not going to get a blue suite, still on question a little bit as it stands but with the outlook we have, markets do seem to be happy with it, even though last week it was i
We did not lose the principles of free and fair elections. So were working every day to defend the right of every american to participate in an election that they can trust and find legitimate. Host and youre funded by individual donors, by larger groups . Guest were a 501c3 nonprofit and we dont talk about donors. They respect their privacy, as do groups on all sides of the political spectrum. Host as you look at the president ial race, where are we now and how many legal challenges across the country has the Trump Campaign put forth . Guest well, there are a number of legal challenges that have been filed by the Trump Campaign or related entities, particularly targeting a few key states based on the results and what i presume to be a calculation about how they can get to 270 in the he leble college. Those states would be pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, nevada and georgia. Those seem to be getting the most attention. Most of these lawsuits, at least so far, focus on process questions
Gabriel good afternoon. My name is gabriel starling. Im the statewide Voting System implementation and interpret the state of georgia, here to give you an election update as we get closer to finding who will win georgias 16 electoral votes for president of the united states. As of right now, we have 108 counties that have certified the results. As we get closer to these certifications and the counties and reconciliations, the total different yesterday was 14,111. The total different yesterday was 14,111. Now the difference is 14,072. The we doing a risk limiting audit, and as ive said since tuesday night and wednesday, this is all about process and following the law as written. This is something that maybe 12 people on the planet can explain in a way that everybody can understand it. This is one of those scientific things where you can use math to get to a confidence level that the outcome of the election is correct. In this particular case, the decision was made to do the president ia
Election results. Next, former Justice Department officials discussed the presidency and that the rule of law. This was hosted by the Federalist Society. Society on the presidency and the rule of law. This is on the powers of the executive office and the limits of those powers. Panelscussion among the was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ial
Was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ial power . Our distinguished panel of speakers begins with a professor from harvard law. You see in your virtual programs, the bios for each of our speakers are very long. I will cut to the chase. He is a senior fellow at the hoover institution. Of his most recent wellknown books include after trump and i