for that, among so many other things, i am grateful to you, ali, as always. thank you for being ready to step in. thank you for being my safety net. it s always my pleasure. i ve always got one ear and one eye on your show anyway signature ready on friday nights to do the last word. but i had more than that not because there might be technical difficulties but the conversation about the evolution of democracy and the threats to it leading to your conversation with reverend senator warnock was fascinating and enlightening so that we don t take for granted the situation we re in now. i m appreciative of that. and the other thing just to kick you off for the weekend is to keep in mind as dangerous as those technical issues were, they re not as bad as a boat stuck in a canal right now. that s right. all of my boats are free floating at this point. nothing is aground. that was never going to be a particular issue. but you would have been there with a tiny front-end loader to
with reverend senator warnock was fascinating and enlightening so that we don t take for granted the situation we re in now. so i m appreciative of that. and the other thing just to kick you off for the weekend is to keep in mind that as dangerous as those technical issues were, they re not as bad as a boat stuck in a canal right now. that s right. all of my boats are free floating at this point. nothing is aground. that was never going to be a particular issue. but you would have been there with a tiny front-end loader to try to loose me. i know you would be. you can always count on that. i m your tug boat. have yourself a great weekend. i shall see you on monday. thank you, ali. thank you. as rachel pointed out, democracy is, in fact, under attack. and don t mistake that for hyperbole. the attacks are real. it s not a given that democracy will persist under the weight of this attack. now that trump is gone, republicans in state houses across the country are continui
i ve been listening to him for the last few as we speak to him from new jersey where a lot of the vote is in but it is very close. steve what we are continuing to do the calculations right now will continue what you need to know about new jersey as we look at it at this hour. yeah a couple of things here, there s been but the bottom line right now about 80% of the vote is in now in new jersey. the big shift you have seen in the last few minutes we have been telling you that the county clerk, in the states largest county, that is bergen county, has posted vote by mail results, okay we have now confirmed that, these are the vote by mail results. so phil murphy now leads in the bergen county vote count, and what that has done it has brought down the state tally much closer, should eerily now leading by less than 5000 votes statewide. murphy getting a big bounce out of bergen county. okay what else is left right now, we keep talking about sussex county, here is another one th
the bow is, in but it s very close steve, i can see you doing calculations right. now you can continue doing those will telling me what you believe to know about new jersey as we look at it at this hour. couple things here there s just been a lot of confusion that s been the rule in new jersey that night. let s show you the bottom line. about 80% of the vote is in now in new jersey, the big shift here in the last couple of minutes if you ve been watching, we ve been telling you that the county clerk in the states largest county, that s bergen county. ahead posted vote by mail results. we ve now confirmed that, these are the vote by mail results, they went heavily by a margin of about 20,000 for phil murphy, phil murphy now leads in the bergen county vote count, what that s done is it s brought the statewide tally, much closer, ciattarelli the republican, now leading by less than 5000 votes. murphy getting a big bounce out of bergen county. okay, what else is left right now.
clumsy, to use his word, in the handling of a submarine deal with australia that did deprive france of billions in defense contracts. but that was not the moment of the day. the united states president had a moment with the pope that may have been a first. the two most powerful catholics in the world met for 90 minutes, that s long when it comes to a papal meeting. francis met with former president trump, for example, for less than half that. now, the pontiff did biden a solid, said he was a good catholic and should keep receiving communion. a papal response to the conservative cranks, the bishops in the u.s. who criticize biden for his support for reproductive rights. the president returned the favor to the pope with something i ve never heard of with a pope before. let me show you the moment and then i ll explain. with your permission, i would like to be able to give you a coin. i know my son would want me to give this to you because on the back of it i have the state of