Thanksgiving. Power play, the government marshalling the federal government to hang on and president elect biden brushing it off. I just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. Just ahead, how long can republicans go without evidence of widespread fraud . Some in the Republican Party raising National Security concerns as the president shakes up the pentagon. On life support . The Supreme Court at last hears arguments on the effort to throw out obamacare. This morning the signals from justices, the most conservative court in a generation may leave the law in place. Breaking overnight, hurricane watch is issued for parts of the gulf coast as eta shifts and turns back towards florida. Millions now bracing for a second landfall. This morning, the timing track of the dangerous storm. All that plus out of this world. From the first steps on the moon to the very first selfie in space. The rare photos from nasas golden age now going up for auction. And best golf shot ever . Jon rahm skipped
Next, a Political Science professor teaches a class about president ial debates and their influence on voters. We will start today by talking about candidate debates. That is my favorite thing about a campaign. I am really excited to talk about this today. I want to give you a little bit of history. President ial and Vice President ial general election debates became a highlight of the campaign season. I it is something we expect to happen. Guess its also common in high profile races. So when was the first debate . As a historical trivia question. Anybody know . Ill give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats Lincoln Douglas. The famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. In illinois in 1858 and they had numerous debates. Around the state of illinois. Kind of an odd situation. That they ran against each other u. S. State. Douglas was elected by the legislature.