Choice on who will become the republican and democratic nominee. Joining us today is james jennings, professor of emeritus cap tufts university, aaron o brien, professor of Political Science at humid boston, and paul weston on d, director of the institute for Asian American studies at the college of liberal arts also at umass boston. Let s jump right in. We have already seen the results in New Hampshire and iowa , but i wonder, these states are predominately white. Should they, in today s world, have so much influence, and immediate attention that comes along with it, in terms of picking president ial nominees . Should they . The answer is no. Do they . New hampshire and iowa is the American Election process on speed. The general election would set up a voting rules to discourage communities of color from voting. Iowa and New Hampshire put that on further display. Interest groups have undue influence. It is wildly unrepresentative, but it mirrors the way in which the general election i
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy, thanksgiving has come and gone and black friday is in full swing. Some of the biggest chains have been open for hours. Toys r us and, walmart and target opened hours ahead of the midnight start on black friday and macys opening on thanksgiving evening for the first time in the 155 year history. The retailers want to makeup for the shorter span this year between thanksgiving and christmas and, walmart has protests with workers demanding higher pay and better working conditions and patricia is at Roosevelt Field in new york. Sorry we do not have patricia now. We will tell you a little bit about black fridays history. Thanksgiving thursday may have given black friday a run for its money this year. Some of the nations biggest chains started the Holiday Shopping season on thursday. Kmart welcomed shoppers at 6 00 a. M. , toys r us, target annual mart opened before the usual start on friday. Retailers say they need to time beca
Biden went to Catholic Prep School in the suburbs. It took 20 years before biden ran again and when he did, it did not go well. In 2008, joe biden got a total of 1 of the vote in the iowa caucuses. He dropped out that night. Joe biden, whatever his strengths, turned out to be so bad at running for president that even barack obama, supposedly his close friend, repeatedly refused to endorse him. He just cant win, that was Barack Obamas view. Then the wuhan coronavirus arrived. Democratic lawmakers checked on the country, millions lost their jobs, americans huddled in their homes, cut off from one another and deeply miserable. From his basement, strategically cloistered away in silence, joe biden shot ahead in the polls. Not because of anything he did, he just happens to be there. As of tonight, joe biden could win the race. Unfortunately, if he does, joe biden cannot govern the country. He has all but admitted that, he said he wont run for a second term. So bidens running mate will be th
Development in the fight against the virus. The first large late stage Clinical Trial of a covid19 vaccine in the United States is now under way. This as President Trump has been defending his pandemic response, urging governors to reopen their states, even after the virus infected the highest level member of the trump administration, yet the president S National Security adviser, robert obrien. Nick watt joins us from los angeles. Nick, as the death toll climbs and climbs, were learning more about how many patients are getting infected. Update our viewers. Reporter you know, wolf, the one question we all have is why is this virus still spreading. The chief medical officer in mississippi asked people who were in the hospital. He says 80 of them told him i think i got it at a social gathering where people have let their guard down. You know, a nurse here in california told my colleague something similar, she asked the young people where do you think you got it. They said parties. The go
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