Resumed in peace state to decide the next president. Now 2 days on from the election america still doesnt know who will be on to the keys to the white house and everything does hang on the key swing states that are yet to to clash so at the moment things are looking good for Democrat Joe Biden and he has the backing all of you can see right that 264 electors that is if you include arizona which some say is to cool if it is the his though it means that he just needs 6 mall to reach the magic 270 for victory donald trump on the other hand you can see its a bit behind with 214 well lets look at the post ways to power a full of accountants food joint biden securing a majority in nevada right here would haunt him 6 electors which is enough to put him in the white house for 4 more years of donald trump so the incumbent president would have to win 5 states with a result isnt clear yet these are the ones that a great man trump is currently ahead in 4 of them excluding nevada in georgia the cur
Administrations agenda. 11 on protesters defy a Strict Lockdown to confront the government on economic failures and its handling of the pandemic. The stuff its pushed up unfortunately its a little like. A warning for investors about the sudden rise in stock sales of the gaming retail game stop. Theres a new bat in charge of americas Foreign Policy and explained at how the new Biden Administration plans to rebuild the United States ties with the rest of the world secretary of state and the blanket says one of the Top Priorities will be a house to handle iran lake and insisted the u. S. Needs cooperation if that is safe the 2050 nuclear deal if. Iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j c p a way the United States would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we call the longer and stronger agreement and to deal with a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with iran
House democrats held a News Conference where they introduced legislation that would impose new checks on president ial power and toughen enforcement of ethics rules and congressional subpoenas. Speaker nancy pelosi, Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff, along with the chairs of several committees addressed recent actions by President Trump. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Im pleased to be joined today by the speaker and my fellow chairs to announce the introduction of the protecting our democracy act. In introducing this landmark bill, the house is taking another vitally important step in our determination to protect our democracy. Since taking office, donald trump has viewed the constraints on his power and the demand for basic transparency and accountability as an inconvenience. He has claimed extraordinary power, bent and broken the law and purposely undermi mined the rule of law. Hes bound only by norms for which he has no interest. Where he has found weak
Coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and Public Policy events. You can watch all of cspans Public Affairs programming on television, online or listen on the free radio app. Be part of the National Conversation through cspans daily Washington Journal Program or through our social media feeds. Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. This week on the communicators, our guest is representative frank lucas, republican of oklahoma, and the Top Republican on the science, tech, and space committee. Joining us as our guest reporter gopal ratnam of cq roll call. Thank you for being on the communicators this week. Congressman, what have we learned when it comes to technology in the last couple of months, and whats the role of congress in advancing that . Rep. Lucas i think we have come to finally appreciate as a nation how absolutely important it is that we maintain our technological edge
That we move forward and make sure its accessible to all americans across all landscapes. I cant imagine as a member of congress how we would have functioned in this pandemic without the ability to use a variety of conferencing and communication technologies, not just the traditional phone calls we use for our Republican House conferences but with zima and web acts and a whole variety of platforms to move information back and forth and that is just not in politics and just not in the legislative process but listening to my friends in the industry but its been an absolute necessity because many of them have only spent a minimal amount of time in the office in the last 90 days just as i have spent a minimal amount in my office and last 90 days. So, what is the role of congress in advancing that . Guest we are a facilitator. This is something that going back to the telecommunication acts of the 1930s and things that essentially if everyone in the country will have the best technology and