I titled it the promise land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experienced hardships and disappointments along the way that i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit union but a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post life. Im an opinion columni for the wasngton post and founding director of the race card project. For this very special conversation this mning i am ined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, schor and president of the Andrew Mellon foundation for good morning, elizabeth. Goo morning. It is wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and together we bh welcome our gue for this conversation. The 44th president of the unitedtates, barack obama and i assume you recognize that guy in the mide. Good morning, sir. Hello, guys Washington Post brought out t big guns for thi one. [laughter] we are so excited to see you. We are. I am ver
What was earlier in the day in the labor market data. 5. 5 million is well above where we were pretty covid. Continuing claims still elevated above where they were a year ago , putting a dampener on the recent equity rallies we have been seeing in the dollar, part of a broader move across anancial markets to price in brighter economic prospect for 2021. Fromased interest republicans, raising a chance for a deal by the end of the year. Underneath it all, is the job weket losing steam and can wait for stimulus once again . Joe we will learn more about the job market tomorrow and talk about it more later in the show, but in the meantime maybe, maybe. The stimulus is going to happen. There seems to be some convergence among a handful of players around the deal, somewhere in the range of 900 billion, gop senators picking it up. Whats unclear is whether mcconnell was into it, the white house was into it. The Lindsey Graham thing today, he thought the white house would get there but that is a
Even though we may not get that in our lifetime, even if experienced hardships and disappointments along the way, at least still have faith we can create a more Perfect Union. Not a Perfect Union but more perfect. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of Washington Post live. I am hoping columnist for the Washington Post and founding director of this project and for this special conversation this morning, i am joined by my dear friend, elizabeth alexander. President of the andrew w foundation. Good morning. Good morning. Its wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together. We both welcome our guest for this conversation. Fortyfourth president of the united states, barack obama. I assume you recognize that guy in the middle there. Good morning. Washington post put up good guns for this one. We are a so excited to see you. I am very grateful you guys took the time. We are so excited to talk to you about your book but this is a News Organization so we do have to begin wit
Know is much more fighting back you know its much more vital. Than having a fast parts. Let me tell you one thing when you have a narrow margin or. 5. Little small things can make a difference. Also on the day of joe biden does end up in the white house he wont be taking as Many Democrats with him as he hopes to look at why the blue way turned out to be just a trickle president elect biden has a strong mandate to lead and he will have a strong Democratic House with him and Many Democrats in the senate some of them one a few did not. Welcome to the day we saw with the u. S. Election still on the knife edge counting is continuing in many states with some so close the results could still go either way 3 days after the election were creeping close to knowing whether joe biden or donald trump will be inaugurated in january as clocks tally the remaining ballots when theyre finished they might have to start all over again. On friday state officials in georgia said they expected they would hav
Record german coronavirus numbers. And way of blue cross welcome to the program joe biden is edging closer to the white house as final votes are being counted 3 days after the u. S. Election the democratic challenger is narrowly ahead in key states which have yet to declare their results lets have a quick look at where we are standing now it hasnt changed for a while Democrat Joe Biden has 264 Electoral College votes donald trump has 214 thats according to the a. P. News agency that were following now remember 270 is that magic number you need to win to claim the presidency now 2 big states pennsylvania that would be the big prize on the map left. Go 20 electoral votes joe bidens lead there is currently more than 15000 votes with 98 percent of the vote counted south of there georgia with 16 electoral votes its extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump there with a difference of just over 4000. 00 votes and counting so it may go to a recount thats how close it will be over all loo