Ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. Is fast in the east the river is 35 closer to how long. Was more i think were a part of the earth for. Less than a week into action day 2020 with voting on just cause of very anxious America Christine todd whitman the cereal with her take on this edition of politics. Welcome to politicking on larry king less than a week to go until election day on the swami with the voting lines across a very anxious america. Lets get perspective from a well a long republican or as in dos the democratic candidate for President Joe Biden she is Christine Todd whitman former administrator of the Environmental Protection agency the former governor of the state of new jersey the election is a week away of us in the week in the give me a look where you think you know ive chest i dont know i honestly dont know area its you know a trump voters clearly have a huge passion and they get more riled up every time he has a rally whether its those there are thos
150 people a day did what a mama and dozens more in honduras and mexico the hurricane has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm but the damage has already they done. Im rebecca ridas welcome to the program more than 3 days after the polls closed in the u. S. There is still no official winner of the u. S. Election lets have a look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasnt shifted folk want a while now so far democratic candidate joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes republican President Donald Trump 204 tane thats according to the i pay news agency now remember the candidates need 270. 00 Electoral College votes to win pennsylvania. It would be a massive prize with its 20 alecto College Votes joe bidens laid there is currently around 29000. 00 with 99 percent of votes counted the mail in votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate in georgia with its 16 electoral votes is also extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump wi
Way many did you. Make light of the friggin. Very many people. Like. Leave now before. You know when. This is turning into a legal problem this is a fraud on the American Public the President Trump was making claims of illegality even before millions of ballots were counted there has yet to be any credible evidence of election fraud. Over the course of friday votes for biden flipped the grand prize state of pennsylvania and trump lost his lead bringing supporters of both candidates out on the streets. Ok i think there is so much attention on this election on the counting of the votes on looking out for fraud that youre going to find that its right more accurate than any election weve had so whether they get a recount or not im not concerned because i think youre going to get the same result structures lost you know suppose that you know if you get the votes it comes down to a few 1000 votes here and there but you know 11. 00 person is a winner one person is a loser he lost biden says h
But many queions remain. The news came on the same day thtotal number of u. S. Infections tped 10 million. We will speak toulitzer ize winning journalist laurie gaett. Weill look at the death of palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat who has died from covid. Then fears are growing that the Trump Administration is moving to overturn the election of joe biden. On monday, attorney general william barr authorized new probes into voter fraud as republican lawmakers are backing trumps decision not to concede to the president elect. President trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and wait his legal options. Amy we will speak to kristen clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for civil rights under law. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Attorney general william barr upended Longstanding Justice Department policy on monday by announcing federal prosecutors could investigate
Imposed across europe as a surge in the coronavirus impacts life on the continent. While we begin with our breaking news out of france 3 people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the Southern City of nice several others have been injured its acar was wounded by police and is in custody in hospital frances antiterrorism prosecutors have taken over the investigation the mayor of nice says it will say a terrorist attack and called for a crackdown on what he describes as islam will fascism. What are the risks we are hurt to once again see that our city is taken like this i want to tell the families of the victims of this barbaric attack that everyone in the community is by your side i want to say that we can no longer with the laws of peace in our country wipe out islamofascism while david chase is joins us now on the line from nice david we understand it the french president is on the scene but just start us off with the attack is there any more that you can tell us of any