Saying sparked the blaze. Plus, the heartfelt thanksgiving message left behind by alex trebek. Black friday changes. Shoppers showing up for sales despite a pandemic. How covid is changing how people hunt for deals. And from digital dinners to an adorable postmeal nap, how people celebrated their socially distanced thanksgiving. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trump acknowledging that the transition for president elect joe biden is moving forward. The comments came as trump took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. Trump refused to concede and would not commit to attending the inauguration. But he did say he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner, which is expected to happen. Trump also said hes heading to georgia next weekend to campaign for two republican candidates. Those races will determine which Party Controls the senate. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze is live in washington with the very latest. Good morning
What investigators are now saying sparked the blaze. Plus, the heartfelt thanksgiving message left behind by alex trebek. Black friday changes. Shoppers showing up for sales despite a pandemic. How covid is changing how people hunt for deals. And from digital dinners to an adorable postmeal nap, how people celebrated their socially distanced thanksgiving. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trump acknowledging that the transition for president elect joe biden is moving forward. The comments came as trump took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. Trump refused to concede and would not commit to attending the inauguration. But he did say he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner, which is expected to happen. Trump also said hes heading to georgia next weekend to campaign for two republican candidates. Those races will determine which Party Controls the senate. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze is live in washington with th
Clipper and George Hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized todays event. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. His last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and were going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. Were going back 72 years to another electionyear and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. Another with a different but in some ways. Whats different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. Thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Outstanding. I want to say a couple things first. Thank you so much for having the. The the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. A lot of people are going to painandsuffering china for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was s
Protests and demonstrations that at times have gotten violent and destructive. Local Police Departments say theyre worried the violence might surface again on Election Night regardless of the outcome bay area businesses are either boarding up again or simply staying boarded up kron fours dan thorn is live in berkeley tonight, he joins us with more on what police have plan and what the residents are expecting to dan. Well ken and pam some bay area Police Departments say they are increasing staffing on election day and the following days and theyre also canceling any discretionary time off its been said before that this is likely going to be an election unlike any other and police are not taking any chances. Businesses throughout the bay area are boarding up or are continuing to stay that way as election day nears depending on which way the elections go police in Berkeley Oakland and San Francisco are also preparing for potential unrest by increasing staffing to help keep the peace open
Good morning. A lot of Business Owners say they know people are stressed out, anxious or emotional. They dont want that taken out on them. Look behind me at some of the measures being taken. There are businesses boarded up in the financial district around San Francisco. This is the 24hour fitness and the fedex office at davis and sacramento. This is happening all over the country. This is in preparation for the election. The fbi in San Francisco says they set up a command post so they can better work with local officials election night. The concern is that there will be violent protests from extremist groups. Law enforcement officers around the bay area are on high alert. When we have protests, if they get large, there is always an element within that group that will try to do destruction or harm. Were worried about those extreme elements that want to do violence and harm people, especially Law Enforcement officers doing their job. Officials say one of the biggest problems this year ha