Politics Nov 09 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's win, upcoming challenges NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including presidential election results and how they differed from expectations, President-elect Joe Biden’s upcoming challenge in working with Republican lawmakers…
Episode Nov 08 November 8, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, November 8, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris call for unity in their address to the nation and move ahead with the transition while President Trump refuses to concede. Jeff Greenfield joins to…
World Nov 08 Uncertainty in U.K. over COVID-19, relationship with U.S. London erupted in fireworks and celebration Saturday night after multiple media outlets announced President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump. But after four years of a tumultuous relationship with the U.S., and COVID-19 cases on the rise in the U.K.,…
Politics Nov 08 Vice President-elect Harris' win brings many historic firsts Kamala Harris gave her victory speech wearing all white on Saturday night after her glass ceiling-shattering win as Vice President-elect. Barbara Perry, Director of Presidential Studies and co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia's Miller…
Politics Nov 08 Dems won the race but the GOP will control the presidency While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are headed to the White House, Democrats who were hoping to increase their margins in the House and take control of the Senate, failed to strengthen their position in Congress. Jeff Greenfield joins to…
Politics Nov 07 The Biden administration's transition plan, priorities President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and their team prepare their transition to the White House, including taking on the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Trump campaign announces a long legal battle over the results. NewsHour’s John Yang joins from…
Nation Nov 07 Lack of evidence make Trump's legal challenge an uphill battle President Trump has vowed to challenge the election results, which have declared Joe Biden as the president-elect. The legal challenges began well before Election Day with lawsuits over mail-in voting and which ballots were “legally” cast. Guy-Uriel Charles, professor of…
Politics Nov 07 Biden will take over a deeply divided nation in crisis With news outlets from the Associated Press to Fox News calling the election in favor of Joe Biden on Saturday, President Trump’s camp continued their legal efforts to contest the election results, and many Republican leaders remained silent. Yamiche Alcindor…
Episode Nov 07 November 7, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, November 7, Joe Biden is declared President-elect with Kamala Harris as Vice President- elect. Also, President Donald Trump promises to go to the courts to challenge the results, and a divided America bursts into protests…
Politics Nov 07 Georgia to be 'center of the American political universe' during recount, runoff election Nearly 5 million ballots were cast in Georgia, where razor-thin margins in the presidential election mean the state will enter a recount process in the coming weeks, and a January runoff will decide the fate of both the state’s Senate…