Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
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Pbs newshour special. Woodruff good evening and welcome to this pbs newshour special, on the night joe biden has been declared the next president of the United States. Im judy woodruff. In just a moment, president elect biden and Vice President elt Kamala Harris will appear before cameras in their first remarks since the winn was called. Its been four days since the nation gathered at tv sets and smart phones to watch election returns, only to discover the vote count would take longer. Weve been waiting patiently nce then, and late this morning, the Associated Press called the state of pennsylvania for biden, putting biden above to become president. Tes needed his running mate Kamala Harris is breaking three glass ceilings at once becoming the firstwo n, the first black american, and the first Asian American to serve as Vice President. We expect both of them to speak shortly in wiln and to see some of the celebration to follow. Well talk with analysts and with our correspondents, inclu
To call or too early to call, meaning theres still a significant amount of vote needed to be counted to make a prediction. Seven of those states are the battle grounds that youve heard so much about, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, north carolina, georgia, nevada and arizona. Kind of let everyone know it wasnt going to be election day, it may be election days or election week. Thats exactly where we are right now. Lets begin with tom costello. Hes keeping his eye on that vote count. Tom, good morning. Good morning. I think its worth repeating and weve been saying it for weeks on the today show, on nbc night live ne nightly news, the vote will take days to count. We are looking at the highest voter turnout we believe in a century, about 157 votes and no state declares a winner on le Election Night. They all have their own processes and deadlines to do this. Pennsylvania right now, the governor says they still have about a million mailed in ballots to count. They paused overnight. Abs
And go through the various permutations and possibilities of things that could happen if there is uncertainty about the outcome. They are bob bauer, a distinguished scholar and resident at nyu school of law. He is now on leave as the Senior Advisor to the biden president ial campaign. And ben ginsberg, a veteran republican attorney, now a cnn commentator. I would like to recognize one of our special guests today, ambassadors of singapore and sweden and chile and the european union. I would like to recognize our sponsors, our title sponsors, bank of america. Thank you. Thank you to our emerging leaders sponsors. Also, i would like to recognize siemens usa, thank you for your emerging leader sponsorship. Our other corporate sponsors are on your screen and i would like to thank them for their support. We have a few Upcoming Events that some of you probably know about already, but let me remind you. On november 18, at 10 00 a. M. , we will have an event with ceo of Johnson Johnson, as you