State of michigan told cnn this morning she has confidence in the system. The state legislature has said, the leaders have already confirmed publically they have no desire or intent to overturn the will of the people. This whole thing, this step really is too much for some republicans. Not many, but a couple. Like senator mitt romney, who released a scathing statement about trumps Pressure Campaign on michigan saying trump has resorted to overt pressure on people to overturn the election. Its difficult to imagine a worse, undemocratic action by a sitting president. After fighting and losing in courtrooms across the country, the president s new legal strategy seems to be burn it down and poison the wells. Sending out Rudy Giuliani to make a public case for their legal long shots but it was just bizarre and not founded in reality. Even blaming voter fraud chavez, whos been dead for seven years. Ben sasse put it this way, Wild Press Conference e erode public tres. So no obviously rudy and
The u. S. Supreme court reject President Trumps latest effort to overturn the election. Are his fruitless efforts coming to an end and what will be the consequences for america . Bill cassidy and former president ial candidate al gore join me to discuss in moments. Plus, eyes on the prize. Early voting set to begin in georgia as control of the u. S. Senate hangs in the balance. We know how to win those seats. Will democrats deliver the majority to president elect biden . Ill speak to Stacey Abrams ahead. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is as fdr once said about dday, on a mighty endeavor, this time to immunize the nation. There you see it, an historic morning. The first trucks with the covid19 vaccine are on the way. The first shipments expected to arrive in all 50 states tomorrow. And about 3 million doses to be delivered this week. General perna compared the logistical effort to distribute the vaccine to dday, the beginning of the end of the pandemic,
Would you mind autographing some of the christmas as a special favor for santa claus . It is one of the things that i do best. It is a good thing you got, santa claus. Yes, indeed. My father santa claus gave it to me. My, that has some of the dogs hair in it. Roosevelt to edith grace coolidge, weeknights at 9 00 on cspan. The outgoing chairman of General Motors told a National Press club audience today that gm is investing more than 1 billion in u. S. Plants. He will be replaced in january by the first woman to head a major automaker. He calls this historic about but not surprising. This is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club. My name is angela keane. I am a reporter for bloomberg news. We are the worlds leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our future with programming such as phil, wire fostering a programming such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. To donate to programs offered to the public, through our journalism i
Asking of the news media . As someone with a journalism degree, i get a little chill up my spine. Does it have any effect on the media that the regulatory body is even asking these questions . How does it help you fulfill your section 257 mandate on which it is predicated . I think this goes back to the root of the discussion we were having a moment ago about making sure the public understands what is going on. The 257 requirement mandates lowering barriers to access to media for minorities, women, small business, and other identified groups. In order to make that kind of a judgment you have to have facts. In order to have facts, you do studies. What we did, there was a study that has been proposed by a Consulting Firm that we were working with. We put that out for Public Notice to exactly get the kind of input you are suggesting. But it is not, and this is not an effort to influence the media. I will interrupt you for a second. When some of the questions of media personnel include, wh
For more information about the National Press club please visit our website to donate to programs offered to the public through our National Program Journalism Institute visit press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide i would like to welcome our speaker and udience. Id like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on lunch. Using the m. P. C. I will ask as many questions as time permits. I would ask each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. From your right william wilkins, he road information program. Vice president of Global Communications and public policy. Allison fitzgerald finances and vestigative reporter john hughs editor at bloomberg first word and the treasure of the National Press club. Michael lindenberger washington correspondent for the dallas morning news. And tim National Reporter covering business and International Trade for the ashington times. [applause]. Our guest today rocked the auto world last week when he annou