Today President Trumps request was answered by none other than senator ted cruz. Cruz announcing that if the u. S. Supreme Court Decides to take up the pennsylvania mailin ballot case, he stands ready to make the oral arguments on behalf of the petitioners, congressman mike kelly and republican congressional candidate sean parnell. And by extension, the president himself. Senator cruz is considered to be not only one of the smartest people to ever graduate from harvard law school, but also a brilliant debater and litigator. His offer to champion the president s fight for a free and Fair Election in court couldnt come at a more propitious moment. It comes as several key deadlines are rapidly approaching in the certification of the president ial race. Every state the is expected to certify the Election Results by tomorrow, and next monday the Electoral College is scheduled to meet to cast their votes for either President Trump or joe biden. President trump says he expects big things to c
That live all over the country. And we feel that is significant we continue to do the programming we already have scheduled. As we move through this historic time. Meant to help us focus on the movement for black lives and if you want to contribute in 1960 through 2015 we have the editor here with a lifelong collaborator and having some technical difficulties we will get to some q a. We will just enjoy some time with michael and get him on the line as well. The editor of multiple books so i just want to bring you one. And when he starts talking he will take up the screen. Can you hear me okay . That is a chokehold for me for trying to find organically is much as we can living in atlanta for several years i love the city quite a bit. A person on the screen but under speaker versus gallery view and lets talk about the george floyd protest is timely to say the least. And doctor king during this period. This must be they yearly 1970s so maybe then we can go to those. Now from pages 56 to 5
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A militarized response to the protests. Libyas u. N. Recognized government says its taken complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the wall huffed are. Based in hong kong urging large crowds to despise to prevent a spread of coronavirus theyve been gathering on the 31st anniversary of the channel and square massacre in defiance of a ban hong kong is the only place in china with a public memorial to the victims i can live vigils been held in the citys Victoria Park every year since 1990 but this year protesters had to break through barriers to hold the rally hong kongs legislature criminalised insulting chinas National Anthem is seen as another sign of beijings growing control over Hong Kong Sarah clarke is live for us in Hong Kong Sarah when we were speaking about an hour ago you were saying that at the protests there was really no sign of any Security Forces whats been happening since then. It was something about 3000. 00 place that were deployed across the cit
America. President trump versus twitter, social media giant factchecking the president s tweets but President Trump is fighting back accusing twitter of election interference and stifling free speech, House Republicans are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, looking to end proxy voting and forcing members to appear in person. One giant leap for spacex today, elon musk looks to make mystery launching astronauts from florida to the International Space station later today and the nhl taking a shot skipping regular season going directly to playoffs. Martha stewart will join me at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets are higher, take a look at indices, cac quarante is up 87 and dax index in germany higher by 208 points. In europe green across the board as investors look toward stimulus package in the euro zone, reported kristin lagard the u. S. Economy will shrink due to pandemic. Markets were mixed, tensions rise in hong kong, as you can see the hang seng down