Hello and welcome the crosstown for all things are considered im Peter Lavelle as expected ballots are still being counted but what we do know about this election that its close in the country is deeply divided what are some of the lessons to be learned was it enough to frame this election as a referendum on donald trump. There is goes this and more im joined by my guest Christopher Metzler in washington he is a legal scholar in monterrey we have spencers ridgeley he is the author of patriots of 2 nations and is the former Communications Advisor for obama or america in los angeles we have ram elwood he is a free guest on that your show and the podcast the political vigilante and. You tube or angelic dust up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to spencer in monterey whats whats happening in the selection because for days and weeks before i kept hearing all of these polls this is going to trump is going to be. This is going to
Hughes is what we claim we want. In both a president ial candidate and a president. A man who did get it. A man called Charles Evans hughes as a Supreme Court justice. All but when the election. In 1916 when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the Election Night, he thought he was beaten. He had been elected, how American History goes in several Different Directions on suffrage, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Wilson would hughes have avoided it . Hes the one you could write novels about. He had Charles Evans hughes who would later the he was on the Supreme Court. He left the Supreme Court when he ran for president. He went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. A fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like a god. And
Breaking news tonight. High heat and high anxiety as rolling black outs hit the bay area. The threat of rolling black outs has many Small Businesses bracing for a tough weekend. Blistering record setting heat today and another round for the weekend. I will have the temperatures coming up. A san jose teacher shirtless in a Virtual Class. Now, from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is widespread power out acknowledges and rolling black outs, up to 220,000 pg e customers during this record breaking heat, the rotating black outs should be done for the night. State power grid its the First Time Since 2011. Now, heres a look right now where the biggest problems are. The outage map shows South San Francisco and antioch have the most outages right now, 3,000 customers are in the dark in each of the cities. San matteo county and san rafel have been the trouble spots most of the night. Thats where abc7 is reporter the power came back around the area around 9 30 p. M. , many busine
A mix of excitement and reluctance of support in the bay area for oakland native Kamala Harris, joe bidens pick for Vice President. The game plan just changed in san jose for teachers at the last minute. And a homicide here. Ill tell you what we know. A stretch of toasty triple digit days ahead. Ill have more on the heat coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a historic decision. Joe biden choosing bay area native and california senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. If elected, harris would be the first woman Vice President and the first black or Indian American candidate. Biden tweeted the news saying, i have the great honor to announce that ive picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest public servants. And harris tweeting in response, im honored to join him as our partys nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our comm
Republican opponent . Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Tonight, less than one week away from the 2020 Democratic National convention, the big announcement by joe biden. Putting past tensions aside to choose Kamala Harris as his running mate. Rachel scott is outside the senators home in d. C. Reporter the anticipation has been building for days, and tonight, frenzy outside Kamala Harris apartment, television crews, cameras, reporters, all camped out. We have seen this crowd grow hour after hour. So many of the voters i have spoken with here say they didnt support harris in the democratic primary and they didnt support biden either, but seeing the diversity was enough to stoke their hope in the election. Bidens barrierbreaking running mate. I am not perfect. Lord knows, i am not perfect. But i will always speak with ct senator Kamala Harris, the 55yearold stepmother and wife. The daughter of immigrants, a jamaican father and indian mother, who, as her Guiding Force growing up