for the "washington post" and the welcome to "washington post" life, also a live recording of the post opinions podcast. my guess today was just reelected to her second term in the us house of representatives congresswoman omar from the minnesota fifth congressional district, thank you for coming on the podcast. >> it's so great to be here withth you. >> last we talked yesterday on msnbc i asked you for your reaction to say the words president elected biden and your response to me was interesting. i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter where the president of the united states was saying mean things about you. >> yes. i don't know if you remember this, but the president when running for president came to minnesota two days before the 2016 election and basically went on attack against somali immigrants and somali refugees and for me in the community that i represent for my children, it has been a four-year assault on everything that we believe and stand for down to our basic identity as american refugees in this c

is the washington post national political reporter and moderates the "washington week" program every week. thank you for being with us this morning. we have been spending this first hour talking about continuing standoff, a weekend a day after the election. what is the trump campaign's strategy in all of this? guest: the campaign strategy is to mount legal challenges. and the republican strategy is to stand with president trump. it was evident on monday at the capital that mitch mcconnell, senator roy blunt and other members of the republican leadership stand in lockstep with president trump as he pursues different recounts and litigation across the political map. it's an example of the solidarity of the gop despite president trump's defeat, and also a challenge for vice president elect biden who is trying to mount a transition at this point but he doesn't have formal backing from the current administration. host: what are you hearing is the mood inside the white house, officials and sources you talk to? guest: president trump is unlikely to concede this election. he may walk away fr

unfoundednt you made that the washington post isn't interested in pursuing these stories, the washington post is constantly in touch with election officials of both parties to investigate the election and to make sure we are getting a great tally at our own website and our paper about where the cap stance in various intes -- count stands various states. we are keeping up with the legal challenges from president trump, you can go to washingtonpost.com and read the coverage. host: our guest hosts a number of live events, another one coming up today, 1:00 p.m. eastern you will be interviewing bob casey of pennsylvania. the keystone on the election itself. what are you hoping to focus the conversation on today? guest: it should be interesting to have senator cooney senator toomey and bob casey from northeastern pennsylvania. he is a moderate democrat. pennsylvania was a key battleground in 2020, it is a state both campaigns competed for. it is representative of where this country is moving. you see the new democratic coalition emerging in pittsburgh, the thought of the area. the trump coalit

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story foratever this today's washington post. what you see in georgia and across the republican party is a willingness to stand with president trump, with his claims of election fraud brought forward without evidence. the reason they are doing this, in part, is to make sure the republican base is energized and activated in georgia. in georgia, it is a fast-changing state. you look at the rising latino population, asian american population, can the influx of white liberals and black americans into the atlanta area. you see estate that symbolizes -- a state that symbolizes the deep south. as theyans want to win have struggled to do so in 2020. they need to turn out in the majority white suburbs of atlanta. to do that you have to stand with president trump who is so popular with those voters. voters in the atlanta area and throughout rural georgia. you can't start to somehow depart from president trump at this fragile moment in president trump's political career. host: when was the last time he had a chance to interview president tr

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i am robert costa with the "washington post", national political reporter. today here at "washington post live" we will come back when of the more high-profile former members of president trump's administration, now a high-profile critic who served as national security adviser to president trump and praises certain of the republican administrations, ambassador john bolton. welcome back. >> glad to be with you. thanks for having me. >> ambassador bolton, as you look at the landscape inside of the transition transition peria during this length of treatment after the election, do you believe president trump will take action against iran? >> no, i don't. i think the reports that asked for options is fairly typical of the erratic idiosyncratic, ill-informed, inconsistent way he makes decisions. the thought occurs to them that maybe it would be a good thing to do and so he talks about it and then his talk out of it or something else detracts his attention. i don't think that's at all likely. i think t if anything 30 days fm now he could be thinking about trying to

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the discussion was hosted by the washington post. the neck good morning, an opinion writer for the "washington post". welcome too "washington post" live. it is also a live recording of my podcast. my guest today just reelected to her second term in the u.s. house speaker of representatives she is congresswoman bill han omar of minnesota's fifth congressional district. congressman thanks for coming on the contract jam last week talk, which was yesterday, on msnbc i asked you for your reactions saying the words of president elect to biden. your response to me correctly i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter by the president of the united states is saying mean things about you. : : : down to her american identity and so you know i have had many long days, many nights having to explain to my youngest child, who is now eight, my two older ones you know sort of contextualize what is taking place in the political discourse in this country but for her it's really chal

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theare always quoting from washington post.ashington post/abc news did that pole, which showed -- that showed 17 points down for trump the week of the election. i know a little bit about statistics. it is impossible for a legitimate bowl to make that kind of an error. a 17 point error and have it end up basically dead even? your point is well taken, and it is actually the front page story -- a field is forced to rethink its way of gauging opinion. imes.com.t out at nyt the statement came from the joint infrastructure government correlating council and the election infrastructure sector ordaining executive committees. lots of words, but it is an effort by the homeland security department and state officials, and they say -- i will quote rackley from their statements -- november 3 election was the most secure in american history. they are also saying there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. .gov.an read that at cisa on theis in new jersey, independent line. g

the washington post. this is half an hour. to washington post life. today, on our path forward series, which focuses on the pandemic, i am pleased to welcome back dr. anthony found he. dr. fauci, as you all know, is leading the nation's fight against the coronavirus. the nationalr of institute of allergies and infectious diseases. he has advised presidents for decades, including president trump and he has been praised by president-elect biden. dr. fauci, welcome back. dr. fauci: it's good to be with you. questions for our audience members. but first, it is giving week. messages forte americans who are still undecided on traveling? yes.auci: obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a risk-benefit assessment about the risk you are real -- you are willing to take in traveling and congregating in the usual warm 10, 15, 20 people at a home dinner. although those are wonderful parts of our tradition, i would like to have each family make that risk assessment and know and understand we are in a very difficult situa

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biden is up to 14,000 votes in the latest washington post count. that is going to be a state that everybody in this country involved in politics will have their eyes on between now and the general area five runoff -- and the january 5 runoff. speaker pelosi remains in charge. challengended off no despite democrats losing seats in the house of representatives. it is a testament to her power. it's also a sign democrats were ambitious in the house and the probably going to waited out until's pelosi -- until pellucid the sets to retire at one point. there is a leadership challenge. not this time. and primeiden minister boris johnson had a phone call that was productive. boris johnson spoke to the house andommons in recent hours said it was a productive call. he also notably referred to president trump as the former president. an acknowledgment from one of our top allies, the u.k., that they have moved on even president trump -- even though president trump has not. let's bring in a democrat, a longtime leader in the state of pennsylvania. he has been in

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opinion writer for "the washington post." welcome to "washington post" live. it is also a live recording of post opinions podcast. my guest today was just inelected to her second term the u.s. house of she's ntatives, congresswom congresswoman ilhas omar. congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. ms. omar: so great to be here with you, jonathan. jonathan: last we talked, which was yesterday on msnbc, i asked reaction to being words say the president-elect biden and your response to me was really interesting. you said -- correct me. i'd love for you to expand on this. be -- it hat it would will be great for you to note have to explain to your daughter why the president -- the president of the united states was saying mean things about you. ms. omar: yeah. so i don't know if you remember but the athan, president, when he was running to minnesota, came two days before the 2016 on tion and basically went attack against somali refugees., somali and for me and the community that i represent for my children a four-year assault on everything that we believe in

"the washington post" hosted half-hour conversation. robert: welcome to "washington post live." i'm robert costa. today, on our path forward series, which focuses on the pandemic, i am pleased to welcome back dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, as you all know, is leading the nation's fight against the coronavirus. he is director of the national institute of allergies and infectious diseases. he has advised presidents for decades, including president trump, and he has been praised by president-elect biden. dr. fauci, welcome back. dr. fauci:thank you, bob. it's good to be with you. robert: we had questions for our audience members. we will get to them in a moment. it's thanksgiving week. any last-minute messages for americans who are still undecided on traveling? dr. fauci:yes, bob, thank you. obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a risk-benefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and in congregating in the usual warm atmosphere of 10, 15, 20 people at a home dinner. although those are wonderful parts of our tra

that's what we give you at the washington post and washington post live. unfiltered straight news and vigorous reporting. we will continue this program, election daily at 1:00 p.m.. we will be joined by some interesting guests. i will be talking to the pennsylvania lieutenant governor who is quite a personality to say the least. it came across in anthony bourdain show. he seems really in touch with what's going on in pennsylvania. we will be joined by catherine cortez, that such a key state. she is the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, of the equivalent of senator todd young's position on the democratic side. we will be joined by senator rick scott of florida, the former governor of the state. that state is so critical. colleague join my jonathan on election day at 9:00 a.m. eastern time for a news and opinion show first luck. i enjoyed watching that over the last few days and last few weeks. and nielsen writes a lot about conservatism in their public and party. i'm bob costa and i will see you tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern for electio

in that op-ed today in the washington post. to pursue the right remedies to ensure an accurate vote count. any aggrieved candidate must produce legal arguments and evidence. trump so far has failed to do so and there is no indication he can. if he can, his right to contest the election is beside the point. issues hessue is the is causing in the trust to the system. trump's time is running out. time is running out for republicans who hope to maintain the party's credibility, starting with georgia's runoffs. trump is enhancing his own brand in his mind while her -- while harming the republican brand. the party needs a long conversation about the post-trump era. it needs to get there honorably. any concession of defeat by president trump will be a betrayal of his 2016 election of the people who supported and sustained him in office and of the nation. conceding to biden will signal "o the democrats that -- i'm sorry for that was another piece. the piece from john bolton is available at washingtonpost.com. greg is unsure, why? calle

the washington post said biden up ohio. the washington post said biden up17 ohio.aid biden up 17 points ohio. the washington post said biden up17 points in ohio. the washington post said biden up 17 points in wisconsin was basically even. they were off by about 17 points. and they knew that. they are not stupid people. they knew that. suppression. there are now only a few states yet to be decided in the presidential race. the voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by democrats. we were winning in all the key locations by a lot, actually and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away in secret. and they wouldn't allow legally permissible observers. we went to court and a couple of insta nces went to court and a couple of instances and we are able to get the observers put in and when the observers put in and when the observers got there they wanted him 60, 70 feet away, 100 feet away or outside the building to observe people inside the building. and we won a case, big case. we have others happening. lots of litigation, even beyond our

go back when i was working at the "washington post". it happens to be the editor at that time. will looking for where we were at in the post and we are looking to bring these things in the attention of the management at the "washington post". i said this to someone then. i think you're going to have to wait for the generation of bradley to retire or leave the newspaper business before received big shifts. this is not a generation that has us as a priority. gerd journalism was always a priority for those newspapers. but not diversity. until those folks did retire. new people came in and it did not shift enough. people came in and also those people were retiring that was upon us. i do see a shift now. think i have hope after what we are seeing lately with the death of george floyd in so many others. because people are paying attention to these issues. not just the news but in the corporate structure overall. i hope it sticks. i hope people continue to do this. i'm personally getting more calls from editors and corporate executives of major news company asking me to it have convers

"the washington post" pulitzer prize critic, offers his thoughts on the books written about donald trump and his presidency, what were we thinking", a brief history of the trump era. he is joined by book editor pamela paul. watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ hi, everybody, i'm david, welcome to the national book festival in the difficult time of the pandemic. one single they think we can do and i know you're loving it as i am, is to read good books. i wrote a book that was published this summer, the paladin, about a cia officer who's struggling with one of the central problems of our times, which is knowing what's true and what isn't. and it's my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. first, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at "the washington post" who wrote an extraordinary memoirs and his dealings with edward snowden and the technology and surveillance and the title of the book says, the american survei

. >> now, a washington post tradeiew with white house and policy director peter navarro on the trip and ministration policies and the democrats pond. joins fight in cochair the discussion about the 2020 election. he-minute news, the latest headlines and everything going on every day >> trying to provide you with the latest news. for our program today, i will speak with dr. peter navarro, the white house director of trade and manufacturing policy. we will be joined by lisa blunt rochester of delaware, a the national cochair of the biden campaign. reported johnson, who in 2016 on voters, now paying attention to democrats in texas and latino voters. we will get an update from her at the end of this program, and at least at the end of the interview with dr. navarro. a few headlines to get you up to speed. the big thing to pay attention to is travel, travel reveals a lot about politics. why are people making decisions to go certain places? the midwest is the battleground. we hear about the deep south, the sunbelt,a nd there is no doubt those are competitive areas, but when you look at today

the "washington post" has just written this. bob costa is with us, rime go i to ask you about the reporting in the "washington post" saying "he will rejoin the paris climate accords according to those close to his campaign and commitments made in recent months and reverse president trump's withdrawal from the world health organization, repeal the ban on immigration from many muslin majority countries and he will reinstate the program allowing dreamers brought to the united states illegally as children to remain in the country according to people familiar with his plans." bob costa, it's clear why well were all eating ice cream and staring at cable and watching leslie jones videos, joe biden was hard at work. >> the content, actually the "washington post" story tonight is important. president-elect biden and his allies are looking ahead to 2021, and while they would like to pursue gun reform legislation, a public option on health care, a repeal of the trump and republican tax bill, they know the senate could be narrowly divided m

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morning, and welcome to washington post life. i am the senior writer at the washington post and i am very pleased welcome today two experts on energy policy. verarst guess is dr. samway, an expert on africa and former u.s. energy secretary alice moni. >> thank you, francis. >> thank you. we are delighted to have you both. you give us a global snapshot of energy poverty and the repercussions for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world most affected? >> thank you, thank you again. about what the foundation has done under the leadership of the secretary is looking at how we can and this global problem of energy poverty. what is the global landscape space? 3.2% ofccounts for only the 2700 kilowatt hours generated. [indiscernible] only asia with india is 8.5%. southafrica but also africa. america is 4.9%. when you look at those three, africa is 3.9%. are large swaths of the global space that is energy poor. what we talk about as it relates , and that iscrisis [indiscernible] say one of the things the pandemic is shown a

held by "the washington post," this is an hour. >> good morning and welcome to "the washington post" live. i'm a senior writer at "the washington post" and i'm very pleased to welcome today two experts on energy policy. my first guest is a u.n. undersecretary general and an expert on africa. and also former u.s. energy secretary, a very warm welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. frances: we're delighted to have you both. so, let me start with you, if i may. could you give us a global snapshot of energy poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected, and what the kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that is most affected? >> thank you, thanks again for having us. to just talk about what the rockefeller foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary moniz is looking at how we can end this global partnership and energy poverty. as you asked and rightly so, what does the global landscape say, let me start with my own continent. africa is 3.23% of electricity generated. asia-pacific is 5.8%. i

for the "washington post" and the welcome to "washington post" life, also a live recording of the post opinions podcast. my guess today was just reelected to her second term in the us house of representatives congresswoman omar from the minnesota fifth congressional district, thank you for coming on the podcast. >> it's so great to be here withth you. >> last we talked

"washington post" writes this, quote. therein lies the conundrum.er due and loeffler are traveling with state pleading with voters to turn out on january 5th, effectively asking trump supporters to put their faith in the same voting system their president claims was manipulated. joining us now, robert costa and michael steele is back with us. bob costa, what is going on for the voters who donald trump was pretty popular there and he is now making the two republicans who are elected statewide, governor kemp and the secretary of state, the villains in the story of his defeat. >> nicolle, he is pretty popular there, it's true, with republican voters. it's president-elect biden that's won georgia. and that's indicative of the challenge facing senator loeffler and perdue at this crossroads. they need that trump voter to come out on january 5th. it's about energy, it's about grassroots enthusiasm. at the same time, they're looking at a georgia that's changing. this is not the georgia that elected newt gingrich. this isn't really the georgia that elected b

anthony fauci, he just spoke to the "washington post" and as the headline suggests said a mouthful. >> slamming the president's medical adviser scott atlas. >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> a live look at the white house this morning. and in the decision to determine who will live and work there, there are now two days left in the election, two days out from official -- calendar election day. more than 91 million people have already voted. >> and candidates, both of them, are all over the place today, particularly in battleground states making their final pitch to voters. and it's clear the president is playing defense a bit. he is going to be in iowa, michigan, north carolina, florida, and georgia today. yes, five states, five events in one day. vice president pence also headed to north carolina, as well. but the republicans did win all those states in 2016. >> democrats obviously trying to flip three states that bien won. today joni will e biden will be pennsylvania. cnn has all the angles covered. sarah westwood at the white house. >> as we k

"washington post" white house reporter ashley. i'm grateful you are with us right now, peter, i like your name, i go to you first. what do we expect to hear from the president today over the course of the last week and a half since the election night, we've heard the president -- vice president heard him publicly but on twitter, 230 tweets, almost all of them fuming about the election result, spewing conspiracy theories and claims of fraud and blaming fox. what do you think we'll hear from him in the rose garden in the next few minutes? >> on that subject i think you'll hear more of the same. a few minutes ago he tweeted about the voting system in arizona and how that was somehow tilted against him and nevada as well. he's not giving up the ghost on these claims even if he is in private beginning to edges his way closer to the recognition that ultimately it's going to

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"washington post" reports the combination "raises the prospect that the u.s. could have two coronavirus vaccines available on a limited basis by the end of the year. both will be given out in what's estimated to be four stages. we want to welcome to our broadcast dorit rice, law professor at university of california hasting college of law in san francisco. among her areas of expertise, policy responses to vaccination. and we welcome back dr. stephen sample, e.r. doctor at memorial hospital and health care center in jasper, indiana. and doctor, just to set the scene for what we're up against i'd like to begin with you. last time we asked you about local conditions and this virus, you said your numbers were vertical. what's the situation tonight? >> good evening, brian. they're still vertical. just checked my numbers just today. and in my health district here in southwestern indiana about 4 in 5 of our icu beds are full. about 40% of those are covid. over the last month or so i think november 2nd indiana as a whole was averaging seven-day average of 2,700 cases

that's "the washington post."eople to celebrated the tearing down of america's statues. they don't like our founders. i think this is going to continue. that's why you see this great divide in america. you have 70-must million people who voted for president trump. they were grateful that he was celebrating america. if you remember in one of those first rallies he said we are going to say merry christmas again and is he there hugging a christmas tree. that's the way so many americans feel. and they wants their president to be proud of our country and celebrate it. griff: sean, we are almost out of time. tell us, how was thanksgiving at the duffy household? >> we deep fried our tucker jr. to the first time i told you that yesterday. it was the best turkey, fastest cooked turkey for our family. we fight, we celebrate, we laugh like most families but we got through it. i'm a couple pounds heavier than i was than i was after yesterday's turkey and stuffing. >> last year your wife found out i was working thanksgiving an

an argument that facebook should be like the "washington post".an article and they say that's not true our paper can get sued. they published it, should that case apply as well to a social media company like facebook whose going to have to be liable for what itost? bart what you think? >> that's a rlly interesting question. there are two issues among probably many others that come to mind for me. one is, these internet companies have vigorously resisted that role or legal and regulatory reasons. they are a public utility, they are essentially a neutral conveyor same with the phone company. you don't hold the phone company liable for the fact that people make telephone calls or say untrue things or make damaging forms of speech. that is the place they want to be. for legal and regulatory reason reasons. if you ask them to be, as facebook says, it does not want to be an arbiter of truth. you have to try to imagine how that can be done to scale with well over a billion users. and god knows how many posts each day how could they possibly be for all th

coming up this morning, washington post political reporter and pbs washington week host robert costa will join us to talk about the standoff between the trump administration and biting campaign. on veterans day, leo shane of military times will talk about issues affecting veterans and the fallout from defense secretary mark esper's termination. watch c-span's's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. >> today is veterans day. president donald trump will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. watch live beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> next up -- karen hult, a science professor at virginia tech. she's also a member of the white house transition project advisory board. thanks for being with us on washington journal. karen: good to be here. host: the white house transition project, tell us about it. this is a nonpartisan, nonprofit entity. it is staffed by

because today georgia's republican secretary of state brad raffensperger told the "washington post" he has come under increasing pressure frl republicans including senator lindsey graham to throw al way legal ballots. i'll quote. "graham asked whether raffensperger hello the power toll tolles all the mail ballots until counties found tofl higher raltsful non-matching signatures rachblz perger said. rachblz perger said he will was stunned that graham al paerd it will'll toll suggest he will find ail it sure looked like he was willing to go down that road he said. the republican secretary of state in georgia says that south carolina republican senator lindsey graham, the chair of the senate judiciary committee, pressured him to dump legally cast ballots in a state where donald trump is losing by a relatively narrow margin. now, graham told a "wall street journal" reporter tonight, "that's ridiculous. what i'm trying to find out was how do you verify signatures from mail-in ballots in these states? i thought it was a good conversation. i'm surprised to hear him characterize it that way."

anthony fauci just spoke to washington post, he said a mouthful. it reads a whole lot of hurt, fauci warns of a covid-19 surge. josh, i want to read some of what dr. fauci wrote. quote, we're in for all a whole lot of hurt, as you go into the fall and winter season with people congregating at home indoors, you can't possibly positioned more poorly. he was pretty candid about what's to come. it couldn't be any worse. >> yes, dr. fauci believes it's going to be -- 100,000 cases a day this fall for, you know, a number of weeks, he believes that the administration has taken an unfocused approach. he barely talks to the president anymore. very few coronavirus task force meetings. he wants to get his message out

phil rucker, pulitzer prizewinning white house bureau chief for "the washington post." coauthor of the long time best-seller "a very stable genius." stephanie ruhle, business correspondent for nbc news, vet on of the businesses and banking world of course the anchor of the 9:00 a.m. hour on this network. and ben rhodes, former national security advisor under president obama. good evening, and welcome to you all. phil rucker, i'd like to begin with you, your beat and your newspaper which reports republicans are saying that trump is becoming a political burden. this apparently came out of a conference call. two questions for you, phil. when are they going to come forward with names and faces? and how could trump -- we're seeing there both georgia senate candidates. how could trump plitcry adversely affect that georgia senate race which is ball game for senate control? >> well, you're right, brian, to say it's ball game because if those two senate seats were to fall into the democratic hand then chuck schumer would become the majority leader of the senate come january. so

welcome do "washington post" live and every day today. we are going to hear from two party leaders on the front line of this historic campaign and hear from senator todd young of indiana. he is the person who is running all the senate campaigns tore the republicans as they hold on to their majority and welcome representative jayapal from washington state and co-chair of the progressive caucus in the house and one of those leaders in washington that regardless of who wins will be a voice in the democratic party in the years to come and campaigning across the country and two of my colleagues who i have been waiting to hear rom. first, let's go to the headlines. day before election day. voters get to decide. not us, it's the voters, you, who get to decide. hear's what i'm hearing. number one, the trump campaign, republicans are concerned about my home area, philadelphia. they see an erosion at the national level because of the pandemic. because of that erosion in the philadelphia suburbs and pennsylvania is so critical, you heard the chants