Coming up, im going to ask the White House Press secretary whether beyond the announcement they actually have the votes in the senate, not to mention the house. Tragedy in florida. The search right now after a deadly Building Collapse there. A boy one of two people pulled from the rubble alive. One confirmed dead so far. 99 more floridians unaccounted for. Plus, a Big Development on a lifeordeath story that weve been covering for weeks, months, years even on the lead. The white house announcing that afghan translators who helped u. S. Troops will be saved, but how many . Of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork, how many are we talking about . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News on our politics lead. President biden making the official announcement this afternoon, there is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. We had a really good meeting. In answer to your direct question, we have a deal. None of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didnt get all that
Associated press for him include arizona and wisconsin. The count continues in nevada, georgia, with carolina and pennsylvania, with legal challenges filed in all four of those states by the Trump Campaign. And although alaska has not been declared, the president is leading toone for that states electoral votes. The magic number is 270. In the popular vote, 71 million americans cast votes for the bidenharris ticket, while 68 alien voted for the trumppentz team, compared to 66,000,004 Hillary Clinton and 63,000,004 donald trump in 2016. And good evening. We are going to hear your voices tonight about alexion 2020, and get updated results. Thest want to let you know, michigan secretary of state will hold a press conference very shortly, Jocelyn Benson, and we will go to that live. So we might interrupt our normal flow of events this evening. Brawner. Us is greta begin with states that have not been called on this evening at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. We begin with alaska. You mentioned this, pe
Deterrent. We emphasize the importance of strategic stability. The conference agreement importance of new start and the open skies treaties for u. S. And interNational Security. Maintain congressional oversight over these key arms including eements, requiring 120day notice provision before any withdrawal treaties. U. S. Leadership in cooperation with our allies is essential to accountable and to prevent an arms race. The ndaa continues to support Missile Defense while increasing oversight of critical the ams, particularly as department of defense considers new options for the next generation interceptor. My colleagues to support this bill. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Thornberry i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. Turner. Mr. Turner i support the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 and i thank adam smith for bringing a bipartisan bill as the final nd arch a to the floor. This continues of lowyield nuclear weapons.
Rep. Yarmuth good to be with you. Joining us in the questioning is cristina marcos, who covers capitol hill. And the correspondent covering capitol hill for the wall street journal. Let me begin with the results yesterday in new orleans. In which john bel edwards, the democrat, winning with 51 of the vote. This is a state that donald trump won by 20 Percentage Points in 2016. He campaigned there in three separate occasions. It follows the election in your home state where andy beshear defeated the republican incumbent in kentucky. What does this tell you7 rep. Yarmuth well, it tells me that President Trumps endorsement does not mean a holland. I think there were probably extraneous factors in both cases. I know in louisiana a lot of former convicts had their Voting Rights restored recently. That could have played a role. In kentucky, we had a very unpopular governor, matt bevin, who has tried to undermine the Affordable Care act here, which would have taken Health Insurance away from 9
For political future, and a fabulous teacher. He advised president george w. Bush and recently served as a Senior Advisor to New Hampshire governor chris sununu. My friend mike murphy, veteran of five president ial campaigns, and numerous campaigns for senators and governors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and mitt romney. Patrick, i will begin with a question. We will start with you. A lot of critics think New Hampshire, with its lack of diversity, should never be the first primary state. What is your response to that . Will this everchanging . Ever change . My response is it will never change. There is a great amount of hostage taking, malfeasance, hold ups, anything but cash changing hands, in order to keep New Hampshire first. I say that with great respect. I think there is an important part of the New Hampshire primary, but more than anything, why is there a New Hampshire . Because New Hampshire says so at this point. They simply will not give this primary up. They have enacted l