But when it comes to american law, due process, the american republic, which requires some semblance of neutrality, g. C. Thats actually a sign of respect. The elections over in the United States, we have a tradition that when it is clear whos going to win because they have the majority of votes that are needed for any office and for president , its the majority of the Electoral College votes. Even though there are still some technical things that have to do, there are, in some key states have to certify the elections. The certification often doesnt happen for weeks after the election. And yet on election night, you may know whether the margin for the winner is so large that it is impossible for the defeated candidate to catch up. So there may still be 10000 votes to count by the margin is 80000 votes. It doesnt matter if all 10000 votes went for the defeated candidate, they cannot possibly catch up. Thats where we are today. Joe bidens margin is so large in all of the states that are
Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. We brought you the news of pfizers vaccine as it was breaking today in the bay. We have team coverage. Scott mcgrew is telling us wall street is celebrating that news and so is the president. First lets start with cierra johnson. She is live for us the ucsf and president elect biden found new members of his task force and you have information about the new vaccine as well . Reporter yes. A lot to cover. Days after president elect joe biden already moving forward with some of his paths he would knock out while he was campaigning. He is assembling a Pandemic Task force. This morning, biden laid out his covid plan announcing an Advisory Board would help him moving forward with treatment and new vaccines. An announcement from pfizer there were promising results in the covid19 vaccine and that is what we are going to start. Pfizer has been working on a vaccine that early results revealed it could be a
Money getting people in victorias age group we go live to a News Conference held by rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel and kayleigh mcenany. Over,s election is not far from it. We have only begun the process of obtaining an accurate, honest account. We are fighting for the rights of all americans who want to have faith and confidence not only in this election but in the many elections to come. There is only one party in america that opposes voter id. One party in america that verifying signatures, citizenship, residency eligibility. Theres only one party in america trying to keep observers out of the count room and that party is the democrat party. You dont take these positions because you want an honest election. You dont oppose audit of the votes because you want an accurate count. You dont oppose efforts at sunlight and transparency because you have nothing to hide. You take these positions because you are welcoming fraud and illegal voting. Our position is clear. We want to protect the
High profile dismissal President Donald Trump announces hes fired defense secretary marc esper on twitter. Thousands leave the regional capital in nagornokarabakh as fighting between azerbaijan and armenia intensifies. Terms in doha with only sports news 27 team asas champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament after testing positive for corona virus. American drug maker pfizer has released interim results show its vaccine is effective against the corona virus the news has been welcomed by scientists and World Leaders and triggered a surge on Global Markets the vaccine developed by pfizer and german start up by on tech was found to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing covert 19 among study participants no serious safety concerns were observed among the more than 43000 Party Percent across the globe a study showed just 94 confirmed cases of kevin 19 of the news has been called a great day for science and humanity and while the World Health Organization says t
Large in all of the states that are being contested, that even though some other states have not finished counting, they still know who won and job. Im one majority of the Electoral College dropout appropriate to cicle. There are, there is anderson that there is, you know, history. He started dition, there is an emotional side to this question, but then there is a legal side as well, and you were a legal scholar. Thats why im asking, what makes joe biden president elect at this point . I mean, can you point me and our viewers around the world primary source material . Not the media projection. Not some speculation. Not that even a paul, but a legal document, a legal decision that legitimizes see is that cell designation as president elect. So democracy depends on very fragile well norms, including that the defeated candidate graciously acknowledges that hed lost the election and then particularly in a president ial context, the defeated candidate says, congratulations to the winner and