8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.
Sen. Mcconnell good afternoon, everyone. We just had our leadership elections for the Leadership Team for the next two years. Going, even to get though there is some suspense about whether we will be in a majority or not, which will be answered in georgia on january 5. We have one member of our team that is brandnew, senator rick scott from florida. I will call on my members for a couple words and we will take a couple questions and see you again after lunch. Jump in. Thank you, leader. Congratulations to you and all members of our Leadership Team. This is a terrific Leadership Team and wonderful, very diverse conference. We have some great new members. We are excited to get to work to take on the challenges that face the american people. I think the election made it very clear that people across this country reject the agenda that was put forward by the democrats. If you look at the defund the police movement, the Green New Deal movement, all those things, it was pretty clear voters a
Georges secretary of state said today that there will be a hand recount in the president ial race in his state. Right now, joe biden leads by about 14,000 votes in georgia. The briefing was held in atlanta. Good morning, everyone. Is november 11. Before i get started talking about why we are here today, i would like to get a heartfelt to all ofthanksgiving those that gave their lives for this country, all those people that continue to serve. This is a special day, this is a holiday. Growing up, my dad served in world war ii, and the navy, and then we had korea, vietnam, and people serving today. And we canrget, never give them enough banks for what they have done for this nation. In one of the things that they right, ouris for our freedom to have free and fair elections. So that is, at the end of the day, what we really need to be as we work finishing up and closing out the election that we just had. Also want to give a heartfelt thanks to the men and women who are standing with me her
Tweet from President Trump. Why did that happen . Been a lot ofas friction between secretary esper and the president. There were some concerns from the white house that he was not loyal enough, was not telling the president what he wanted to hear and was not helping him. One of the friction points was the issue of the lafayette square, the Infamous Press appearance where the president walked out of the white house after protesters had been cleared out imposed at the church across the street. There was a lot of conversation about the military taken on a more active role in responding to those Racial Equity protests and finding some way for active duty military to be involved in secretary esper pushed back on that. He says it was not appropriate. Apparently that started to burrow into some problems the president had with his performance and his attitude. I colleague megan meyers and got a chance to sit down with secretary asbury before he left, in his final days when it looked like he wa
I just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson, wonderful account of churchill and his family in the worst year of the war after he becomes Prime Minister may 10th of 1940, literally the day of the german invasion of france and then basically what it was like to stand alone against nazi germany until june of 41, russians are in the war and by december of 41 the United States is in the war. It is a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person of the Twentieth Century and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. I have also been reading, i picked up a great historian by the name of jean edward smith, great biographer. I read his biography grand and eisenhower, by far the best eisenhower biography of a written. He died in 2019. Right now, just got into his book on fdr, the parkland prize which american historians choose as the best book of the year in 2007. It has been around a while. One of those books had been sitting on my bookshelf and i have not