Im still going to welcome to the program. There is still no clear winner in the race for the white house vote counting is continuing in several key states in the u. S. Election democratic challenger joe biden is close is to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure a win counting is continuing in arizona the Associated Press has called that state for biden if true that would put him on 264 College Votes other agencies are reporting that the contest is still open meanwhile the Trump Campaign has launched a legal action claiming fraud and is trying to stop the counting through the states. Frustration spilling out onto the streets in new york and t. Trump protesters demanding every vote be counted. In other cities like here in seattle a similar story. In portland a sign that many here have had enough of us politics all together. But in phoenix arizona pro Trump Supporters making their voices heard outside an election center. This is a country divided. I believe personally as
Outcome is unclear we havent seen on rest we havent seen riots and i think thats a good thing so i think as the days inch on that goes right those the potential for riots and unrest becomes less and less at least here in washington good talking to you thank you for joining us and rachel risen from the Truman National security project thank you well many of our present trumps tweets since election day have been flagged by tweets a full containing disputed or misleading content so lets take a look at his latest post it contains a headline from the far right media outlet breitbart alleging vote counting chaos in closely contested states and michigan the breitbart hospital says the Trump Campaign has been denied proper access to the counting process in the city of detroit so lets take a closer look at these claims with that d. W. Fact check and i dont have a welcome your show what have you found out. Well team debunked this story and breitbart reported on poll workers in detroit covering w
Entire. Government demonstrations prodemocracy protesters. Good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have been answering questions from voters at separate televised events held at the same time on different channels the t. V. Town Hall Meetings as theyre known replaced the 2nd president ial debate which was cancelled after trump was diagnosed with 19 and then refused to conduct the debate online as book port there you 2 rival show they have very different approaches in both style and substance. Always confident at times defensive as the incumbent u. S. President donald trump now has a record to pick apart and he got a grilling starting out with the nations biggest crisis a coronavirus. I knew it was a big threat at the same time i dont want to panic this country i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die everybodys got married already you dont have this lady but you can you know theres not going to get and more contentious
The after the death of the liberal u. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg political wrangling begins over who gets to name her successor President Trump tweets the position should be filled without delay. On public voting yes welcome to the show rights observers say batteries in Police Detained around to 250 people during a womens march in the capital minsk the weekend demonstrations have become some of the largest antigovernment protests since a disputed president ial election triggered unrest in the Eastern European country but also bush authorities have begun rounding up protesters in recent weeks but a reason president alexander nuka shanta has been refusing to step down despite widespread calls for him to go and made allegations of vote rigging. In august election. Well correspondent nick conley has being covering those protests for us he joins us now from minsk nic this is the largest number of arrests yet at the womens march why if police started cracking down on female
Measures sparked protests in london hundreds of people gather in the british capital breaking rules limiting public out its. Really as welcome to the show mourners have been laying flowers outside the Supreme Court building in washington d. C. And tributes to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg she died on friday at the age of 87 from pancreatic cancer ginsburg had spent 27 years as a member of the court and had built a formidable reputation as its most liberal judge her death has led to not only to an outpouring of tributes but its also kicked off a political battle about who will replace her u. S. President donald trump says he wants to fill her post with a conservative judge as soon as possible. Days before her death Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her family she wished her Supreme Court replacement would be selected by the next president ginsburg was the leading liberal voice on a court bench that already has a conservative majority they decide on major issues such as abort