The 2020 president ial election. Joe biden flips georgia blue for the first time in 28 years, getting him 306 electoral votes. Well have the latest on the white house lawsuits still trying to change the results. League of her own. She started as an intern and is now the most powerful woman in baseball. Details on how king ng became the first female general manager . Any of the four major sports leagues. And the next chapter. As the pandemic rages on, architects and designers are already looking toward the future. But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opene opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is a rheed alert, all hands on deck. The coronavirus is now surging in every single state. The death toll could hit 440,000 by march 1st. Hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell. President trump spoke to the public for the first time in more than a week while still not acknowledging joe bidens victory. It wou
[laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense i think it is kind of an interesting phenomenon. I think that will be studied. Host when you think about today, do you compare it to any other period in history . Guest no, you know, as a historian, im interested in analogies. I think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find one thing to be like another, all the time, just in the same way, you know, im the kind of person that sees likenesses in family members. I look at a new baby and say oh that looks just like great grandma so and so. But at the same time, even as i say that, i recognize that a lot of that is my need for familiarity.
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
Columnist for slate. Com. This is another social distancing social in partnership with the new America Foundation and Arizona State university. Today we are talking about the future books and the National Political writer for cnn politics. Thanks for having us. When i was asked to moderate this, one of the things that it brought to mind is how in the early 2,000 it seems there were people making a bout of predictions about the future of books and how things had to change and which way they needed to go. That was all tied to the emergence of the book technology. And most people said at the time that it didnt turn out to be true. Ebooks didnt take over from print books and in particular, younger readers more than any other Demographic Group preferred print. So the idea that the Book Publishing needed to change with this technology, maybe it did in some ways, but not in ways people thought. I dont know if you remember that time of the kind of craziness that went along with it i dont know
Your memories at the white house but you do have someone for an varnished and great behind the scenes tales but surely there are some secrets and dirty laundry that you dont reveal. What is your thinking on that . I feel there are so many books out there that have been negative and nasty and score settling and i wanted people to get the different side in different perspective and frankly after two and a half years in the white house and a year on the campaign my experience was very positive i like the people i worked with it doesnt mean we didnt have difficult days and moments to block out bad i believed in what we were doing and i enjoyed working for the president and i actually liked my colleagues so i want to the book that reflected that and my experience. That is what i tried to capture. Host one thing that caught my eye you talk about a situation in the discussion of syria and the president asked you for your recommendation and the comment to you was interesting that he thought yo