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
History have paved the way for this moment tonight. Shattering the glass ceiling. While i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. The Campaign Ends with celebrations and protests across america. [ crowd chanting ] as President Trump confronts defeat, the president elect prepares to lead, grappling with a raging pandemic, a faltering economy, a nation divided by race, region and politics. Announcer from abc news, this is a special edition of this week, your voice, your vote 2020. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The week america chose to end the trump presidency. After four years of division and tumult, assaults on truth and treasured institutions, voters turned out in record numbers to turn the page, replacing a reality tv star raised in wealth with a career politician from the working class. In his first speech as president
Your voice, your vote. This is abc 7 news. I said at the outset i wanted this campaign to represent and look 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, vp elect Kamala Harris, echoing the words of the late john lewis, welcoming everyone together as americans and laying out their vision for the next four years. Good morning, im jobina fortson. Im sure many of you all heard the celebrations inside your home. Well have much more on this historicmaking ticket. But first, lisa argen. Good morning, jobina. The rain is out over the ocean. We have a wind advisory in the coast and upper elevations. Its windy where we live as well. The wind gusts above a thousand feet could be in excess of 50
Edward lawrence in washington. Ashley webster waits on the disney numbers we talked about. While we wait for that, edward, well start with you on the economy and the new comment today from the fed chairman. Reporter connell, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell says the economic path forward will be a challenging one and includes more help from congress. Powell on a panel with European Central bankers says that Monetary Policy needs to work with fiscal policy because the size of the economic shock with the coronavirus. Ultimately it was a job to replace lost income. I would say that our congress stepped in and there hasnt been a faster or stronger response from congress to an economic emergency since really the great depression. Reporter he is talking about the first cares act at the beginning of the summer. Last week powell said, in order to get quickly back to where we want with the economy. There needs to be a another relief package from congress. It should be targeted to those pe
We have pushback against a biden coindividual advisor that the federal government should enforce a nationwide u. S. Lock down, that u. S. Taxpayers pay for it, paying everybodys wages including u. S. Government workers. The white house covid19 task force is warn about this. The debate is lockdowns did throw 30 Million People out of work. The debate tonight, is that really the fix . The pandemic is bad. Everyone understands that. The half the country according to gallup would be against another lockdown. They would not comply with it. Plus experts say, federal lockdown run by the u. S. Government is unconstitutional. This is likely why people are taking to the streets to protest lockdowns in dozens of countries around the world on five major continents. In every region of the globe from poor to rich. As more u. S. Politicians warn, dont you dare turn your thanks giving or Christmas Celebration into a superspreader event or well punish you big time. Dont you talk loudly or sing in bars.