analytical adrenaline going? i certainly hope so. seriously, of all the times we ve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. so we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why? was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, and if so, what was the cause of that? and how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms their programs and policies but how they position themselves electorally over the next couple of years. with that, let me turn the microphone to my co-conspirator in this endeavor, ellen tess cano. ellen: i m the cofounder of the inside american politics experience. last year and this year at nyu. 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as presi
picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions. what happened, and why? was there an expected gap between expectations and results? if so, what was the cause? how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, going to move forward in terms of both their program, their policies, and how they position themselves electorally. the that, let me turn microphone to my co-conspirator in this endeavor, ellen toscano. hello. i am cofounder of the inside american politics series. hosted for 10 years by last year and this year come up by the center at nyu. we started the annual conference following the historic election of barack obama as president of the united states. together to discuss the election of joe biden. an equally historic vice president kamala harris, the first woman of color. a find ourselves in transitional and dynamic moment in the transfer of power from the current pres
this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. certainly a roller coaster counting process. and still unclear, a full clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions. what happened, and why? was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results? if so, what was the cause of that? how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms both their program, their policies, but also how they position themselves electorally. with that, let me turn the mic over to my co-conspirator in this endeavor, ellen toscano. ellen? hello. i am the cofounder of the inside american politics series. hostedfor 10 years and last year and this year by the center at nyu. we started the annual conference in 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president of the united states. now, we come together to discu
certainly a roller coaster counting process. and still unclear, a full clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions. what happened, and why? was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results? if so, what was the cause of that? how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms both their program, their policies, but also how they position themselves electorally. with that, let me turn the mic over to my co-conspirator in this endeavor, ellyn toscano. ellyn? hello. i am the cofounder of the inside american politics series. hosted for 10 years, and last year and this year by the center at nyu. we started the annual conference in 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president of the united states. now, we come together to discuss the election of joe biden. with an equally historic vice president kamala
house economic advisor larry kudlow someone we know and love worked here a long time. saying that the u.s. and china are getting close to an agreement. he described the talks being very constructive in his words saying the mood music is very nice that has not always been so in these things. he sded that the president is not ready to sign the deal just yet. also getting word in china, vice premier lu will be holding principal level calls today we are up 60 points about all it is worth, i would say. right now, hong kong confirming overnight that they have plunged into the first recession in a decade. that marks the second straight quarterly decline. the financial hub has been suffering from violent protests, the u.s./china trade war the week of rage continues to boil over. we ll get over to matt bradley for more on that andrew, yes you are right. this has been six months of protests this started with the extra diction bill that started over the summer that has been drawn.