Like america. The battle to restore decency, defend democracy and give everybody in this country a fair shot. Democracy is not a state. It is an act. It takes sacrifice, but there is joy in it and there is progress, because we, the people, have the power to build a better future. A vision of unity as president elect joe biden and his running mate coined the daughter of oakland, v. P. Elect Kamala Harris echoing the words of the late john lewis, laying out their vision for the next four years, welcoming everyone together as americans. Good morning. Its sunday, november 8th. Im jovina fordson. I know all of you all in the bay area heard those celebrations way into the night. We are waking up to history made here and that message of healing from joe biden and california senator Kamala Harris. Speaking from will manageton delaware, last night president elect biden laid out his hopes for his presidency, introduced by the woman whose story you all know very well here. Vice president elect Ka
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The highest court in the u. S. Amy Coney Barretts confirmation cements a conservative majority in the chamber also coming up. Tough new restrictions look likely in germany as a new covert 19 and faction so war chancellor america is reportedly considering drastic measures to slow the spread of the virus. And well take a look at the Game Changing discovery that could transform space travel scientists confirmed there is all lot more water on the moon than anyone thought. Welcome to the show. The United States senate has confirmed any Coney Barrett as the 115th u. S. Supreme Court Justice locking in a conservative majority for years to come. Republicans won the vote 52 to 48 after overcoming efforts from the democrats to slow the confirmation down until after the election tony barrett was President Trumps pick to fill the vacancy left by the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg the vote secures a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the court but tension the opening a new era of rulings on
And her family as they begin this chapter of service to our nation. Thank you. We came to the floor and spoke about the forest fires in colorado, luckily weve had a great deal of snow on some of the most problematic concentrations and its slowed the fires down tremendously and given us a chance to fight back and make some containment progress so the news on the fire front generally a good news story today with more challenges to come down the road. Come to the floor to talk about the nomination judge Amy Coney Barrett will be placed on the United States Supreme Court. That will behi the Third Supreme Court justice that ive had the honor and p privilege of votingn in this congress and previous dicongress including neil gorsu, colorados own you gorsuch. Weve heard discussions about the federalist papers and Founding Fathers and intent and senate, the language of the constitution that points out the President Shall nominate and with the advice and consent of theen senate place justices th
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Bbc world news bbc world news this is this is bbc world news america. America struggles with a second round of the coronavirus, ital and spain impose restrictions. The u. S its biggest step towards comfort conservatism in 30 years with the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett. A key election promise, what happened to the president s border wall . He thought if he kept it,re e would geected. Five patches why patches of in water could take us closer to aas permanente on the moon. Welcome to world news america. Leaders across europe are scrambling to contain a second wavef Coronavirus Infections and several countries have put new restrictions in place. In spain there is now a nationwide ornight curfew. In early in itaym, pools, cinemas have shut. Cafes will close at 6 p. M. France set a new daily record f