barbara boxer. i didn't think you would be that short.does that have to do with anything? she said, i could never vote for you. why? because you have four children and you're abandoning them. she read i had four children. i said, lady, when you give birth, you don't forget it, trust me. >> so true, so true. hillary clinton, you'll recall, made that now famous statement when she conceded the race in 2008 to barack obama. let me remind everyone. >> although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. >> 18 million cracks in that ceiling back then. 59 million in 2016. but when do you think that highest ceiling will finally be broken? >> well, when we get to 50% of senators, that's a start. you know, when i -- when i got in there, they called it the year of the woman. that was 1993 when i got sworn in. do you know how many women there were? six out of 100 and they said, oh, we've done it, year of the woman. honestly, its been a slug. and now we're still only

senator barbara boxer. thank you so much for your time today.ou can read more of our election coverage in. today's edition of daybreak bloomberg survivors go to dbgo on your terminals and available on mobile in the bloomberg anywhere app. here is a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. edward rand has failed to hit an aggressive sales goal despite slashing apartment prices by a third. over $27ame in at just billion, 10% short of the target. a looming crest -- cash crunch. authorities in china's province are pushing for a restructuring of the state run carmaker that is linked to bmw. a provincial government is said to be speaking to regulators about a plan -- after it suffered a sell off and mr. bond repayment -- and missed a bond repayment. demand is back for pre-covid levels. the company says annual results asl be at the high end demand for high-end models offset the overall volume. coming up, president trump's china policy has become a key campaign issue. we'll speak to the former u.s. ambassador to china next. this is bloomberg.

r example, in 2005, democrat congressman stephanie tubs -- tubbs and democrat senator barbara boxer, jointly objected to acceptance of ohio's electoral college votes for republican president george bush after ohio election officials certified that george bush won hio by almost 120,000 votes. similarly, in 2017, numerous democrat congressmen objected to all of the electoral college votes for republican presidential candidate donald j. trump from the states of alabama, florida, georgia, michigan, texas, north carolina, south carolina, west virginia, wisconsin, and wyoming. these objections failed for lack of a senate co-sponsor. in sum, the united states constitution and federal law andates that on january 6, 2021, congress must decide whether to accept or reject state submissions of electoral college votes for president. if a congressman and senator jointly object, then the full house and full senate must each vote on whether accept or reject a state's electoral college vote submission. that vote by congress is final, determinative, and nonreviewable. if a state's electoral college vo

. >> kamala harris will replace fellow democrat barbara boxer.retary clinton has conceded to donald trump. >> the one star that we'll be talking about is kamala harris. >> donald trump in terms of policy is as radical from normal american politics is anything that has happened in our lifetimes. >> juanita, that was exactly four years ago tonight. what a long way she's coming four years. >> what a long four years on top of that. i appreciate you highlighting that. senator harris is the one seeming that role did not disappoint. every single turn and opportunity, she leveraged her seat to challenge all the things we saw from this administration as well as prosecute the case against trump in realtime whether it is different policies or actions he's taken in office. having her step up in that way highlights our preparedness and i also appreciate maya mentioning the inspiration that young girl fs from this. my 87-years-old grandfather elated to experience this at this moment. >> do you think he's watching tonight? >> absolutely, hey grand dad! >> will

. >>> joining me now to discuss the battle of the senate is barbara boxer.n adviser at usc's center for the political future. senator boxer, good to see you this afternoon. the fact that the biden/harris ticket flipped georgia blue, a voter talking to kyung lah said satisfi she was concerned of people turning out. how do you keep the momentum going? >> i think as a democrat myself everything is on the line in terms of whether life is going to be better for our people. i'm stunned to see the lines, the cars lined up, middle class people who never asked for a thing hungry. people sick. people afraid. now we see this virus raging in our country more than any other country. so we need change. and georgia brought about that change. they really helped and this is the first time since 1992 georgia went blue. so i think democrats have a lot at stake but i want to say this. as tip o'neill taught me in the house, he said all politics is local so it's really on our candidates to speak to the situation for the people of georgiain georgia, not the people anywhere else or

and when longtime senator barbara boxer retired harris tried to fill her seat in 2016.he lost a presidential campaign after winning that senate seat the presidential campaign was in january of 2019 she withdrew that december and of course joe biden announced harris as his running mate. this past august. down hometown lady a lot of change since august yeah, a lot here we are they're on the precipice. it's not official yet but. >>the numbers keep coming in so things could change in the next hour here is the latest map and we'll be talking about that as we wrap up the news at night to get set for 10 but our primetime coverage continues the top the hour we're going to continue updating you on the boats that are rolling in from pennsylvania and georgia which could determine the outcome of the election plus a recent string of shootings in san mateo. >>among the victims of child why police believe they're all connected and why they're confident they'll be able to stop them. those stories and more coming up kron 4 news at 10. bubbles at this price? is this for real? oh, it's re

barbara boxer, and jonathan jays green who worked on senator warren's campaign and leads the progressiveoes it all mean to you tonight? >> relief, happiness, joy. it's been really difficult for those of us who felt this president was leading us into a tyrannical place.

barbara boxer, and jonathan jays green who worked on senator warren's campaign and leads the progressive margery foundation. what does it all mean to you tonight? >> relief, happiness, joy. it's been really difficult for those of us who felt this president was leading us into a tyrannical place. and, you know, i honestly think that and i say this and maybe it's not politically correct, but i think that joe biden was the only one who could have done this and he met the moment and people trust him. he's got so much empathy. he knows how to work with folks and get things done so i'm so happy, ari. but mostly it's relief, you know? >> jonathan? >> i think i also share the relief as someone who's undocumented and who's been fighting the politics of fear and hate of this administration, it is such a relief for our communities across the country to be able to say to stop the bleeding, right? because we know one election is not going to bring the justice we're fighting for, but we know it has and will make a big difference. so to me i took yesterday and i'm taking today to celebrate. and tomorro