Pbs newshour special. Woodruff good evening and welcome to this pbs newshour special, on the night joe biden has been declared the next president of the United States. Im judy woodruff. In just a moment, president elect biden and Vice President elt Kamala Harris will appear before cameras in their first remarks since the winn was called. Its been four days since the nation gathered at tv sets and smart phones to watch election returns, only to discover the vote count would take longer. Weve been waiting patiently nce then, and late this morning, the Associated Press called the state of pennsylvania for biden, putting biden above to become president. Tes needed his running mate Kamala Harris is breaking three glass ceilings at once becoming the firstwo n, the first black american, and the first Asian American to serve as Vice President. We expect both of them to speak shortly in wiln and to see some of the celebration to follow. Well talk with analysts and with our correspondents, inclu
But that has not stopped president from from coming out to address his supporters at the white house this has been one of the most divisive and unpredictable u. S. Elections in memory and even though trump initially trailed biden he quickly picked up Electoral College votes theres no clear winner yet we have just learned that arizona is going to joe biden lets cross over to rob reynolds in los angeles in california hes following the returns on the west coast and rob we were speaking 56 minutes ago about the importance of arizona and then moments later the flip happened tell us more. Yes and the important part is one of the important aspects is that this is a flip this is joe biden taking away a state that was won by President Trump in 2016 and its all the more remarkable because arizona has always been one of the most rock ribbed republican states in the union it is the home state of Barry Goldwater who considered the founder of the modern conservative movement although some of the dev
Welcome still being counted in several states in this president ial election race. It is still very tight democratic nominee, joe biden has 264 electoral votes against president trumps 214 of course grant is keeping county joins us now again from the electoral map whats going new results from pennsylvania and georgia yet pennsylvania. Getting but georgia is the one that is neck and neck right now, donald trump is clinging to a lead and that thats what hes doing this is this not a race that if youre on team, trump, you feel comfortable about right now. 99 of the vote is in and you see trump right now and he now leads by fewer than 2500 votes, youre looking at 2000. 497 votes that trump is on biden by in georgia 16 electoral votes, there if he has georgia tonight. Biden wins provided arizona stays in his column appears pennsylvania though at 5. 15 when we were talking to us. Trump led by 60,000 votes right now in pennsylvania. That lead has been cut to about 44,000 are freezing up a litt
The dow industrial average, remember that apple is a dow jones stock. This loss 220 points roughly at the opening bell, that wipes out yesterdays game. Smp on the downside and nasdaq down about 1 . The loss they are because of tech stocks. The virus is also a negative with severe restrictions on travel and businesses in france, italy, germany and spain. Their resurgence has a stalled not good for us. Youre at home a record i think 882,000 new cases reported yesterday and restrictions are spreading, thats not good for this market. Four days till the election and even joe biden is picking up the pace going to three states today come i will, wisconsin, but will he answer questions about hunter maidan repacking the Supreme Court or the influence the socialist have on his campaign . Politico quoting three sources saying Elizabeth Warren wants to be and is the front runner for treasury secretary. The president goes to three states as well, michigan, wisconsin and minnesota as he frames the e
Who advised how bloomberg bid could disrupt the democratic field, he called it and said it on the program months ago, whether we should expect any other names with mark pen, in this morning. Congressman matt gaetz, here, sunday morning futures. Maria welcome back, public hearings kicking off this week in impeachment inquiry against President Trump, meanwhile House Republicans have submitted a list of 8 witnesses they would like to hear from, among them hunter biden as well as the whistleblower who sparked the whole thing, the ranking republican on the House Intelligence Committee devin nunes arguing in a letter to chairman adam schiff, President Trump should be afforded an opportunity to confront his accusers writes devin nunes but schiff already ruled out an opinion by the whistleblower also saying this, the inquiry is not and would not serve as a vehicle to undertake the same sham investigations into the biden or 2016 that the president pressed ukraine to conduct for his personal pol