Board. [applause] thank you very much. It is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the Pulitzer Prizes tonight. Let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the Tampa Bay Times company and of the Pulitzer Prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the Pulitzer Prizes. They turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. So, lets also say thank you to Joseph Pulitzer who created these prizes. It is a very hard thing to when win a pulitzer. It is hard even to become one of the three finalists. Hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. Volunteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries down to a final three. These are submitted to the thetzer prize board and
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Several groups supporting donald trump are expected to hold rallies today in washington to protest his election loss. Many of them are promoting the president s false narrative that the november 3rd election was rigged. President trump tweeted his appreciation for the expected show of support, he might stop by to say hello. Now, theres virtually no chance that the election result will change. Cnn projects that biden will take georgia and extend his electoral lead at 306. 20 spike in coronavirus from the day before. President trump has yet to concede and he may never, one week after the election was called for joe biden, the president still seems to the cling to the idea that hell get a second term. Jim acosta has the lastest from the white house. Reporter welcome to the white house Twilight Zone where President Trump is still clinging to an alternate reality. This administration wont be to going so the lockdown. Reporter in the real world its different story, as cnn projects biden has
grunting today is your day. Crush it. Angies boom chicka pop whole grain popcorn. Boom this is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. A little past 11 on the east coast. New developments tonight. A 19yearold exstudent kefzed to the Florida High School shooting rampage. Nikolas cruz is charged with premeditated murder. Amid questions about Mental Health and warning signs he left on social media. That as President Trump addressed the nation a day after the deadly rampage. You know, the president said something today that hit me. You might have missed it in the remarks. The remarks where he didnt mention the word gun once and said he wanted quota plan that works. What a great idea. What is the plan . Anyway, what he said was this. And so always, but especially today, let us hold our loved ones close. Let us pray for healing and for peace. And let us come together as one nation to wipe away the tears and strive for a much better tomorrow. I want everyone in this country to hold their loved ones close.
You know, the president said something today that hit me. You might have missed it in the remarks. The remarks where he didnt mention the word gun once and said he wanted a plan that works. What a great idea. What is the plan . Anyway, what he said was this. And so always, but especially today, let us hold our loved ones close. Let us pray for healing and for peace. And let us come together as one nation to wipe away the tears and strive for a much better tomorrow. I want everyone in this country to hold their loved ones close. And tonight on this show our job is to hold our president and lawmakers accountable. Because thats really where the difference is going to be made. Lets start with the president. He has done nothing in his presidency to stop gun violence. He talks about Mental Health as he did today. We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of Mental Health. That would be much more convincing if his budget