Welcome to our special 2020 election coverage. It is so nice to stay up altogether. I think the world is really riveted by what is happening with the vote counting in u. S. I am francine lacqua. Tom keene in new york. Interesting to look at market movement. The world is watching this razor thin election, just trying to understand why it is taking so long in certain counties, and of course trump to find out what happens in the senate race and what happens with the president. Tom its going to be extraordinary this friday and the uncertainty of where we are friday afternoon, where we are into the weekend. One thing that is very evident as we edged towards recounts, which will move us nicely from november and even into december. One telling statistic, the sum right now of the five states, forget about alaska, the five state disparity between these 3,919 votes out5 of 150 million that have been made. Francine we are talking about razor thin changes. The latest electoral vote count 64, the m
America at the point of no return. Welcome. You might know michael from his previous work he wrote 93 election. He was working the private sector at the time under a pseudonym until he was outed and then went to work for the Trump Administration and the National Security council. That work it is safe to say as an existential question and now you tell us we are at the point of no return. Ive attempted to ask at the top what do you consider to be an alarmist but i look around and see what is going on all around us right now. What is going on. What is your general assessment i would agree. The question is am i right or am i wrong. Im comforted somewhat by the fact people have come around and said i dont know or even im now completely convinced to be vindicated by that is only somewhat comforting for everything to turn out okay. So, i wrote the bulk of the book before the lockdown before for the 1619 riots, and they serve as a further indication the country is headed in a bad direction but
We are hear here at here at the washington, d. C. Campuses where im also the dean of the school of government here in the nations capital. You can find out more about our programs at dc. Hilt hills take. Edu. Were in the ply area with library with Michael Anton whos a Research Fellow here, and were going to be discussing his new book, the stakes america at the point of no return. Welcome, mike, glad youre here. You might know michael from his previous work, he wrote flight 93 election, under a pseudonym at the time. He was in the private sector, so he wrote under a pseudonym until he was occupanted, and then he went to work with for the Trump Administration in the National Security council. That work, i think its safe to say, saw 2016 as an existential question. And now you tell us were at the point of no return, so im tempted to ask right off the tough what do you say to those who consider you to be an alarmist . I look around [laughter] and i see what is going on all around us right
A 1000000 people most of them troops. And u. S. President donald trump dead as the democrats to go ahead with impeachment knowledge fast thats after the most powerful woman in washington said the time had come to start drafting articles of impeachment against it. As well come to the Program France has been paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades many joined mass protests across the country public transport schools and hospitals have been seriously disrupted Public Sector workers are protesting against president plans to reform the Pension System each union is deciding how long to keep its members out on strike but further protests are expected on friday and in the days ahead. Drew day very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president emmanuel mccall. Some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and Security Forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares and earlier in the
Bergen bill are going to the polls to vote on their independence. Im nick spicer thanks for joining us the leader of the governing christian democrats here in germany has issued an ultimatum in a debate over her leadership as the c. D. U. Begins its annual Party Conference and company con about told delegates she was prepared to quit if they didnt back her come convolve took over from chancellor Angela Merkel as c. D. U. Leader last year but the partys popularity has continued to slide under her leadership. She went all the way and took on the challenge after several attacks in the weeks leading up to the cd use Party Conference and a great. Post the big question to her Party Colleagues and leipsic. Many of them i know if you feel that the road i want to go down is not the road you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let does end it today here and now today. How did the 1000 delegates react with this 7 minute standing ovation continuing 190 minute speech the party that