Nov 08 Watch 3:43 Vice President-elect Harris’ win brings many historic firsts By PBS NewsHour 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… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch 4:23 Dems won the race but the GOP will control the presidency By PBS NewsHour 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… Continue watching
Nov 08 Biden promotes unity, turns to business of transition By Will Weissert, Associated Press Joe Biden used his first national address as president-elect to vow to heal a deeply divided nation, declaring it was time to “let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end” and reaching out to the millions of… Continue reading
Nov 07 WATCH: Kamala Harris gives victory speech after elected vice president By Associated Press Harris spoke Saturday in her first address to the nation since she and Joe Biden were declared the winners of the presidential election. Continue reading
Nov 07 Read Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ full victory speech Kamala Harris addressed Americans for the first time as vice president-elect of the United States, making history as the first woman, Black American and South Asian American to win the nation's second highest office. Continue reading
Nov 07 Read Joe Biden’s full victory speech after winning the presidential election By Molly Finnegan President-elect Joe Biden pledged to seek unity and not division in his first speech since clinching the presidential election, and asked supporters of President Donald Trump to "give each other a chance" and "put away the harsh rhetoric."… Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 4:51 The Biden administration’s transition plan, priorities By PBS NewsHour 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… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 4:20 Biden will take over a deeply divided nation in crisis By PBS NewsHour 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… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 3:28 ‘More lawsuits are coming:’ Trump’s lawyers layout plans as AP calls race for Biden By PBS NewsHour Shortly after the Associated Press and other TV networks call Pennsylvania and the entire race for Joe Biden, President Trump’s lawyers lay out their plans for a long legal fight over the results. NewsHour’s Dan Bush joins from Philadelphia to… Continue watching
Nov 07 Transition challenges await Biden By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Biden’s top priority in the 10 weeks before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 will be building a staff and assembling the pieces needed to tackle the coronavirus. Continue reading