college shouldn't even still be around.ould you abolish it. that's our question this morning. peggy called in on that line for democrats. good morning. caller: hello? host: i'm listening. go ahead. caller: i don't think the electoral college should be abolished, but i think it should only be used if there is a tie or close count in the popular vote. host: how close would a close count be in your mind? won thesidents have presidency without the popular vote. with 45ncy adams thousand fewer votes than andrew hayes, and rutherford b 264 thousand fewer votes and samuel tilden. in 1888, engine harris. -- benjamin harrison. with 540 4000 won fewer votes than alcoa and of course president trump with two point 8 million fewer votes than hillary clinton good joe's next out of the bronx. mccright. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? caller: i believe in the electoral college. if i have to advise the democrats, number one thing i would tell them, look at the history of the electoral college. it's always in favor of

but not the electoral college. in the same with trump and i would like to know, i know you do not answer questions. how many of the last seven or eight elections have the republicans won the popular vote and not the electoral college? thank you and have a happy holiday. host: gretchen in new york. don in michigan, independent. caller: good morning. i am for keeping the electoral college. there are a couple of reasons. eliminate theo electoral college, eventually you might just eliminate state borders because it is going to become just a government of a true democracy instead of a republic, as what we have here and which we enjoy. supposingreason is, you come to an electionha

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framers of the constitution created the electoral college is a compromise. a compromise between those who advocated for direct election of the president by the people, and those who advocated for congress to appoint the president. as a compromise, the decision was made that the people of the united states vote for electors, who in turn vote for president and vice president. on the last day of the constitutional convention in philadelphia benjamin franklin,, one of eight pennsylvania delegates, noted that the framers had overcome prejudices, passions, local interests, and errors of opinion to produce a political system approaching so near the perfection as it does. in 1829, another framer of the constitution, "the happyon, wrote, union of these states is a wonder, their constitution a miracle, their example, the hope of liberty throughout the world." our constitution has proven to be remarkably durable and resilient, and indeed the hope of liberty throughout the world. this year we celebrated a .entury of women's suffrage but 2020 presidential election occurr

on should messages the electoral college be abolished, limit the electoral college creed that allows the --ce of the majority people limit the electoral college. that allows the boys of the majority to be overruled by the minority. this from jb, saying it does not matter, as long as the ultrarich corporations are funding both money and -- parties, propaganda will move to concentrated areas. get big money out of politics if you want real change. this is michael out of oaklawn the city. -- oklahoma city. caller: to me, it seems like the theft of democracy occurs within those 48 states that have the winner take all policy. that discards all of the risk of those votes. they don't get counted. i have been voting for president's since 1972 -- presidents since 1972. every one of my votes, living in oklahoma and texas, has been the presidency. every other election, every other election in this whole country is decided by who gets the most votes, from people, not from the states, but from the people. and the popular vote should be what counts. thinkmichael, do you maine and nebraska are doing

college illegitimate. if one accepts that line of -- the 3/5 compromise and validate the electoral college, does it delegitimize both? or just neither. guest: that is an extremely question. as you say, the electoral rooted in the history of slavery, just to read the language again. the number of electors is equal to the whole number of senators .nd representatives they may be entitled to the congress and therefore, states like virginia, which were slaveowning states which counted their slaveowning states as 3/5 of a person got and electoral college boost and that is why something like the first five presidents were from virginia. seven out of the first nine, they basically, everyone was from virginia at the beginning because of this boost. you say isn't that an argument against the senate as well? is, to some degree. that was part of the desire for small states to accept the senate as a compromise, was to preservetheir power to slavery, but not entirely, because as we think about it, virginia, led by madis

no, the electoral college does not appear in the constitution. host: jeffrey rosen with us until 8:45 eastern. about the a question constitution and electoral college, now is a good time to call. -- we are talking about the electoral college on the day that electors are meeting around the country, and a reminder that you can watch many of those electors meet in state capitals right here on c-span. our coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. first.o indiana to delaware to see their electors. pennsylvania at noon you can also watch at c-span.org . you can listen on the free c-span radio app. jeffrey rosen, has there ever been a day when the formality of the electoral college meeting has gotten as much attention as this one has in the wake of president trump continuing to dispute the election results? >> that is a great question and i would think not.

host: we have spent time talking about college students, but there is also college educators and we actually have one on the line that wants to talk with us. so we will go to neil, calling from minnesota, a college educator. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to back up and pick up on the caller, several back, who talked about the notion of truth being optional. guest seems to operate on the assumption that the last four years have not happened, that we could have a give and take. it's not 1990, right? donald trump has changed the republican party fundamentally. truth is optional. truth does not exist. so the notion we can have a give and take, i mean, this is not how it works anymore, right? i mean, you have -- it's acceptable now to say, i do not think that global climate change is happening. and that is my view. and all views are equal. it doesn't exist, etc. you have major contradictions. it's 30le framing is -- years old, right? if you want to have a discussion about free speech, you have to start with the world that exists. and the speech that exists. host: go ahead and r

do you think we'll ever see the electoral college, we'll get rid of the electoral college?that day will come? >> not completely. but i do think we'll see reforms. >> all right. thank you, gentlemen, i appreciate it. >>> violence erupting in washington, d.c. this weekend as protesters like the proud boys clashed the counter protesters fighting over an election that is already over. last night's sleep, interrupted by pain? tonight, silence it with new zzzquil night pain. because pain should never get in the way of a restful night's sleep. new zzzquil night pain. silence pain, sleep soundly. bundle auto and home, and save up to 25% with allstate. bundling just feels good this time of year. saving is easy when you're in good hands. call a local agent, or 1-800-allstate for a quote today. >>> violence working its way out on the streets of our nation ace capital this weekend. angry pro-trump protesters trying to overturn them. police reports several several people were stab and more than 30 arrested. members of the right wing group the proud boys were among the protests. i want t

the electoral college convened it is now in nominate.nize michael kerwin for the purpose of a nomination. >> i nominate joe bide northwestern office of president of the united states. -- joe biden for the office of president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: thank you, mr. kerwin. i recognize robin smith of the eighth congressional district for the preponderance of seconding the nomination. >> mr. chairman, i second the nomination of joe biden for the office of the president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: thank you. are there any other nominations for the office of president of the united states. hearing none, the electors will vote by ballot. to facilitate this voting i would like to call upon the sergeant at arms to please step forward and distribute ballots for the office of president of the united states to the lectors. please indicate your vote by signing in the space provided. lt. gov. gilchrest: the sergeant at arms will collect the ballots for the pup of tallying the votes. lt. gov. gilchrest: sergeant at arms

know in the electoral college. the numbers are at 306 and she is down to a low number. >> if he wants to call it a land slide for him, he has to call it a land slide for joe biden. just imagine the scene in the joint session of joint congress on january sixth when the electoral college vote is confirmed. actually, the president elect doesn't have to imagine it. >> four years ago when i was a sitting vice president of the united states it was my responsibility to announce the tally of the electoral college votes for the joint session of congress, voted to elect donald trump. i did my job. >> remember this? from january 2017. >> donald trump of new york, has received for president of the united states 304 votes, hillary clinton state of new york has received 227 votes the vote shall be deemed sufficient is declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states, each beginning for a term of 20th day of january, 2017. >> joe biden did his job almost four years ago. now, his job is to lead

1st time college students represent the largest decline in a moment. and poverty also plays a role for graduates at high poverty high schools there was a 32.6 percent decline for graduates of low poverty schools doug shapiro who leads the research center at the national student clearinghouse said you can almost think of this as an entire generation that will enter adulthood with lower education lower skills less simple ability ultimately lower productivity. lower enrollment also means revenue drops for colleges with already constrained budgets and without a federal infusion of cash and no state money to turn to to which it increases are more than likely around the corner and community colleges bear the brunt of this because they're systemically underfunded yet do the most in educating us students typically though community colleges which largely serve minority low income and nontraditional students see their enrollment go up in crisis financial times but not in the cold air. in the education arena the tug of war is far from over. wow you know this is o

debt also played a role in william's decision to ultimately put college on hold for now. with the backdrop of a pandemic in an economy in crisis going into thousands upon thousands of dollars in debt without any real job security on the other side of it seemed irresponsible and williams isn't alone in his plight or 0 sum choice according to the national student clearinghouse undergraduate enrollment this fall declined by 3.6 percent from the fall of 2019 that's essentially 560000 students and double the climb of last year most of this affected community colleges 1st time college students represent the largest decline in enrollment and poverty also plays a role for graduates at high poverty high schools there was a 32.6 percent decline for graduates of low poverty schools doug shapiro who leads the research center at the national student clearinghouse said you can almost think of this as an entire generation that will enter adulthood with lower education lower skills less employability ultimately lower productivity. lower enrollment also means revenue drops for colleges we

college tuition costs continue to go up up and up. yet classes remain largely online due to cope with $1000.00 this new normal is causing would be college students to rethink their plans w b e z chicago's n.p.r. source chronicled a few of those students one of them brian williams at mit the pandemic has had a toll on his educational journey williams said i'm terrible at online school i know what works for me and doing stuff on the computer doesn't really stimulate me in the same way in actual class would. that also played a role in williams' decision to ultimately put college on hold for now with the backdrop of a pandemic in an economy in crisis going into thousands upon thousands of dollars in debt without any real job security on the other side of it seemed irresponsible and williams isn't alone in his plight or 0 sum choice according to the national student clearinghouse undergraduate enrollment this fall declined by 3.6 percent from the fall of 29 p. that's essentially 560000 students and double the climb of last year most of thi

, he tweeted the electoral college is a disaster for democracy.pes, this is basic american belief in majority rule. and i say let him make that argument, but let's have the fight on those grounds. >> president-elect biden called what trump and his allies are doing an unprecedented assault on your democracy. could all these plots have played out if we didn't have the electoral college? >> no, i don't think so. what is happening here is really the effect, more than anything, of the statewide winner take all rule. he's targeted those states where the vote was very close because just a shift of a few thousand votes here or there could swing all of the electors from that state to one camp or the other. we've been hearing about how the electoral college is a hallmark of democracy, but the founders didn't like winner take all. they didn't even talk about it at the convention. when they saw it being used by states, they said it was a disaster. but they stuck with it. so it's not at all the system the founders designed, and we need to stop talking about it

they can take college classes while they're being trained at guardian and earn a college degree without undertaking that bone crushing debt that we sometimes hear and it really helps us to make our population more reflective of the communities in which we have and people we serve so when for the employee, it's a win for our customers and it's a win for guardian. >> so the timing of executive searches you know that we took time out to have our plans look at people a little differently and maybe skilled staffing if they are different backgrounds or hiring for positions that before they might have gone with a different experience, it sounds like you're saying you can hire a great person who has a different background . >> the biggest roundtable we've recently taken up and it's done a lot of research on this idea of skills backing and certifications, a four-year college degree is a great thing, i'm not going to say people shouldn't get four-year college degrees but sometimes a four-year college degree can think you have you have the bank but the doesn't teach you how to fill the need for a

today was the electoral college. i mean, you know, the people that don't buy that, i mean, they're just living in a fantasy world. >> hey. let the process play out. hasn't it played out? i mean, how much more playing out? >> oh, it's just so -- come on. that is just the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. we need to let the process play out, for what? there's not going to be any change in the electoral college. i mean, there are republicans in the senate that say there's no way i'm going to let this election be hijacked. so, you know, it's all -- they're all protecting themselves against, quote, this big base, which i think the big base is really a little base. in the orchestra. they think it's a big base and it's just a little base. >> you tell me that all the time. why do you think that? >> because i think most people are pretty smart. and i -- republicans and democrats. they're -- they're americans. i think they're pretty smart. and, you know, look. you saw what happened in d.c. over the weekend. you know, the

'd the actual college prepares to formally vote for the next president and vice president of the united states. hello there i'm miss nancy attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the 1st shipments of private 1000 vaccines begin rolling out across the u.s. as the government as americans to take the. secretary of state mike compares says sudan is now officially off the u.s. terror at this. and the u.n. says fighters that link to eisele have forced 400000 people to flee their homes nor the noise be. we begin in the united states where in around an hour electors will gather in their states and cost their votes for president and vice president now all the more than $156000000.00 americans already voted in the election this year the final call is actually made by a group of officials who make up the electoral college because their votes at state capital buildings around the u.s. place are on monday each state's numbers of electors is based on the size of its population that i mean nationwide the electoral college has 538 members so to win a candidate needs at least 270 votes j

versus a community college. deanna: thank you janice raising the point about inclusion and diversity which is obviously on everybody's mind right now. so 50 percent of our interns come from underserved communities of diverse backgrounds. we are finding that the community colleges, we also people who have high school and certificates as their credentials do not necessarily a college to grill attempted rape and continue to train them when they arrived at guardian. that has worked out very well for us. it one can earn a bachelors degree online at guardian free of charge. looked at the statistics and who is using that program and we found is by far a majority of women and people from under under other underserved and diverse backgrounds and also people within the 315 years of their career. so we think this is really working or people come to us and eight maybe have a certificate or maybe a technical high school degree or certificate from the community college. they can take college classes while the being trained to

it was the state of california at the tip the scales of the electoral college. california the most populous state in these united states will be formally catholic it's both for the winner of our state's popular vote through civil r. biden and vice presidential running mate california's own harris across the u.s. state elections confirms the popular vote formalizing joe biden's victory in the november elections the president elect has the democratic process. in america politicians don't take power people grant power to them the flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago and we now know nothing not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can dismiss claims of election fraud he's launched a string of lawsuits to overturn results in battleground states courts have rejected every one. in which that slate. the president trump has refused to acknowledge defeat we've never seen before a position that refused to respect the will of the people refuse respect the rule of law and refuse to honor our constitution. last week the supreme court dismissed a lawsuit a

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a four-year college degree is a great thing. i'm not going to say people shouldn't get a four-year college degree however sometimes it can teach you how to think that doesn't teach you necessarily the skills you need for a specific job. people who don't have a four-year college degree but have the skills needed to do the job they've been left out of the job market because many had previously used a four-year degree and we are finding increasingly companies are not using the four-year degree. we want to hire people with specific skills whether they have a degree or not and the business roundtable is trying to make it easier to identify the skills and we are hoping to make it easier for employees to identify their skills. we have a way to go on the society but if we can move from more of a degree is based to a skills-based hiring situation i think we can both more people to work productively and move faster in this environment where the skills acquired are changing. it doesn't and when you walk across the stage and collect your di

that has everything to do with college. not only is stony brook about to hand him a diploma, they helped him get a job at major utility company in their i.t. department. >> what does tapeh? jurisdiction in pays really good. $80,000 to $90,000. >> so you will literally be moved out of poverty. >> like that. >> yes. like that. >> cristian's success story is no outlier. stone stone university a state school ranks third emergency u.s. schools on the social mobil index. it is a metric university by harvard researchers it measure how well colleges do at propelling students from the bottom 20% of family income before college into the top 20% of income after graduation. >> how many of you guys actually work hands on with students? everybody. wow! >> how do they? the answer to that question lies in this room. these fellow students, administrators and counselors and others working together to get students to and through college. >> with all the things that you could focus on as a college, why focus on social month? >> it is part of o

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this meeting of the 2020 electoral college is adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the electoral college meeting in all 50 states and the district of columbia today. 16 electors choosing joe biden in lansing. the tally now 202 for joe biden, 177 for donald trump. we will take you next live to the state capitol in austin where 38 texas electors are etting set to cast their vote. >> are there any further nominationers in position of chair? yes, come forward. from con gral r, district 29 nominating randy orr, congressional district 29. >> thank you. is there a second? o i hear a second? anyone seconding the motion please come forward. are there any other nominations for chair. if so, please come forward or raise your hand if you're unable to walk to the podium. all right. we have flee nominations. one of which has been seconded. is there a motion to close nominatio

at the time, president trump called the electoral college tally a landslide. by his own standards, these numbers represent a clear victory then and i respectively suggest they do so now. if anyone didn't know before, they know now, what beats deep in the hearts of american people is this, democracy, the right to be heard, to have your vote counted, to choose leaders of this nation, to govern ourselves. in america, politicians don't take power. people grant power to them. the flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. we now know nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish that flame. and as the people kept it aflame, so did courageous state and local officials and election workers. american democracy works because america makes it work at a local level. one of the extraordinary things we saw this year was that everyday americans, our friends and neighbors, democrats, republicans, independents, demonstrated absolute courage. they showed a deep and unwavering faith in and a commitment to the law. they did their duty in the fa

is not the extence of the electoral college. it is the state winner take all laws that give all of a state's electors to the candidate who gets a fair plurality of the vote inside that particular state. amy: then as the u.s. covid-19 death toll tops 300,000, cases are spiking again inside prisons across the country. >> we can't be operating on alternative facts when it comes to these buildings. we can't have one set of rules for restaurants, gyms, nail another for, and prisons. amy: but first, attorney general william barr has resigned just weeks after angering president trump by saying he had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. death toll from covid-19 topped 300,000 monday, as the first americans were vaccinated outside of a clinical setting. in queens, new york, the former epicenter of the pandemic, intensive care unit director, critical care nurse sandra lindsay was first i

the electoral college has spoken and this is done. now, it was done before but now it's constitutionally done. and yet now president trump is -- his advisers say there's one more final avenue to block joe biden's win and that is to take this to the floor of the house at the beginning of january, of congress on january 6th. is there any there there? >> no. but before i get there i do want to say it's a great honor this evening, erin, to be part of the opening act for the next president of the united states, my old friend joe biden. he's now for the first time officially the president-elect. and i'm eager to hear what he has to say. there is no there there in terms of all of these empty threats about what might happen on the floor of the house and senate when they meet in joint session on the 6th of january. there's going to be a lot of toing and froing, a lot of objections. they will go into possibly separate sessions. but in the end because none of the objections to any of the electoral states has the slightest merit and because the p

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at the time president calls alleged electoral college tally a landslide. why is own standards these numbers represent a clear victory van and i respectfully suggest they do so now if nothing else some wonder whether this raf focus on the electoral college might lead to more discussion about whether the us will use should be allowed directly to vote for president i myself disagree that we still need an electoral college to certify our election results and we should really lived into our principle in this country of one person one vote and make sure that we honor the popular vote when americans vote for president on election day as the electoral college finalized biden's victory throughout the day trump tweeted about election fraud he has repeated he will fight on in the courts though it's not clear what his motivation is at this point the electoral college words will now be sent to the u.s. congress where they will be counted and certified on january the 6th there are reports that some republicans may attempt a last ditch style and at that point which have

president elect joe biden will be due to speak only a members of the electoral college voted to verify his presidential election victory. but. there's been a big drop in temperature in the last week in the siberia not in fact in the arctic all around the northern hemisphere this is represented by these these colors so really it is pink it's really cold below minus 20 that cold air in the seasonal way comes out of the warm waters the open waters the sea and the sea even the yellow sea the produces snow showers which we've seen and the snow showers will pile up probably half a meter meet even more snow on the western slopes of most of honshu and hot card in the cold itself in hans's the showers make some diva make some big. we break into our programming course to join president elect joe biden will be into delaware as he speaks to the american public let's listen and our constitution and the will of the people prevail our democracy pushed jested threatened proved to be resilient true and strong electoral college votes which occurred today effect the fact that even in the face of the publ

and especially this week after the electoral college yet again confirmed that trump had lost.t rally in georgia biden joked about the fact that multiple recounts in the electoral college confirmed his victory there. >> thank you for stranding strong to make sure your voices were heard, your votes were counted and counted and counted again. i'm starting the feel like i won georgia three times. >> seth: it's true biden's win in georgia has been confirmed three times and in terms of convincing some one of the truth meeting three times is known as a scrooging but there you have it. three times. biden's win in georgia has been confirmed more times than a dentist appointment. and dr. giotopoulos, you don't need to call me every day for three weeks before the appointment. just send me one e-mail, two days ahead of time so i know it's time to start flossing. and, yes, i've been wearing my retainer "honey, have you seen my retainer?" also, biden's georgia win had been confirmed three times that means trump's loss has also been confirmed three times. when you get rejected it's pretty pa

>>college should be a ladder up.dent debt makes it an anchor down new york senator charles schumer is calling on president elect joe biden to order forgiveness of all student debt up to $50,000. >>which would wipe out most death for the average college graduate. schumer and many economists believe all that student debt is a drag on the economy millennials are not buying homes or cars or other goods because of it. >>they stand in the way. people getting the job they want they stand in the way of buying a home of starting a family of buying a car and they hurt our economy dramatically. >>but the lease murphy, a certified financial planner at level financial advisors points out. there are other student loan proposals all over the map. >>we've got some extreme proposal. some of the metal and some on the other and that they don't want to provide any relief at all and there's also important stipulation in tumors plan limiting the income of the borrower to $125,000. >>which murphy says would affect graduates differently bas

california as electoral college vote made it official joe biden is the president elect and in the end the formal tally of the states joe biden won in the november election was the procedural affair it normally is across the country electors in states that biden flipped from the republicans cost their states votes for the president elect joseph r. biden has received $16.00 votes under the u.s. constitution the president isn't chosen by the popular vote but by the $538.00 electors of the electoral college however usually they follow the majority vote in each of their states as part of the trump campaigns efforts to overturn the election results efforts were made to subvert that process they have actors have not honestly cast 16 votes for joseph r. biden but even in michigan one of several states where electors were given a police escort the vote was conducted without surprise and eventually 306 electors across the country voted for biden 232 for trump soon after joe biden made a national address calling for the page to be terms 306 electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes t

now that the electoral college has declared the electoral college has declared the media here and othernt bodies have been saying for a long time thatjoe biden was indeed the victor of this presidential election. and those closest to donald trump now departing. bill barr the attorney general over the weekend over the weekend he described as a deposed king ranting. he's not going to be imposed for much longer. this is really extraordinary timing to stop because the tweet from donald trump came almost within seconds of the california state assembly casting its electoral college votes. that putjoe biden over the top as far as this election is concerned. donald trump tweeting and i quote here, just had a very nice meeting with the attorney general bill barr at the attorney general bill barr at the white house, our relationship has been a very good run. i'll come onto that just a has been a very good run. i'll come onto thatjust a 2nd. he has done an outstanding job. he goes on to say the attorney general deputyjoe rosen will become acting attorney general. it is not been a good relationship

of medicine which combines college and medical school.s about that just a few days ago. >> when i was selected to go into medicine i was so excited because i will be a doctor who i want to be, yeah. and also when i go there i'll finish my education, and also i will do the poetry part because i just don't want to be a doctor but i also want to be a poet so i can help the nation, i can support the world. i can have something to share with the world through being a doctor and being a poet. >> i can share something with the world through being a doctor and being a poet. we hope to show you more of joyce's poetry on later programs. joyce, once again gets tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,425 of the trump administration, 37 days until the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president. we come on the air at the end of a history making day, a day that saw the first vaccinations in our country. a day when the electoral college made joe biden's election already official

electoral college confirms joe biden's victory in the november presidential elections. other than norah karl this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up pretty. much. the u.s. begins vaccinations against kobe 1000 as its death toll from the pandemic crosses 300000. a trade route between china and australia escalates amid reports beijing has restricted imports of the stray and cold. and turning day into night thousands gather in chile and argentina to view a rare total solar eclipse. u.s. democracy has prevailed and that was the message from president elect joe biden shortly after the electoral college 4 way validated his victory in the election it was a crystallized donald trump's multiple attempts to overturn the result she had reports from wilmington delaware. but you also are biden of delaware a democrat i 65 knows the real. california is electoral college vote made it official joe biden is the president elect and in the end the formal tally of the states joe biden won in the november election was the procedural affair it normally is across the country electors

each choose 10 electors likewise in utah, which has 6 electoral college votes. the republican and democratic parties there. each choose 6 electors. when you cast a ballot. for whomever you vote for for president. you're actually casting a ballot for that slate of electors it's a you know on the top you're voting for joseph r biden or donald j trump, but you're really voting for. >>depending on your state the slate of electors and it's that way by design according to historian philip van fosston he says the founding fathers were skeptical about letting the public vote directly thinking they may be swayed by propaganda or foreign influence today though electors are bound by law in some states to honor the popular vote in their respective state because electors are pledged to particular candidates and because they're usually chosen as party members you would expect almost all of them to vote for the person that their pledge to kermit roosevelt university of pennsylvania, professor says throughout american history electors have stayed true to their pledged candidate

dose of our biden of delaware a democrat eyes $55.00 knows the wrong us electoral college confirms joe biden's victory in the november presidential elections. than oracle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the u.s. begins vaccinations against covert 19 as the death toll from the pandemic crosses 300000. presence as they are taking place with the abductors of hundreds of schoolchildren in katsina state as a faction of boko haram claims responsibility. and the trade route between china and the strait escalates amid reports beijing has restricted imports of a straightly and called. us democracy has prevailed that was the message from president elect joe biden shortly after the electoral college formally validated his victory in the election in the last hour russian president vladimir putin has become the latest world needed buys in on his when she reports from wilmington delaware. but you also are biden of delaware a democrat i see 5 knows the role. california is electoral college vote made it official joe biden is the president elect and in the end the formal tally of the

given their stamp of approval the us electoral college begins voting to formally confirm joe biden as the next president. saudi arabia says an explosives laden boat targeted an oil tanker in the port city of jeddah. the 1st covert 1000 vaccinations have begun in the u.s. as the death toll nears 300000 shipments are being delivered throughout the country an intensive care unit nurse in new york was the 1st to publicly receive the job before the vaccination governor andrew cuomo said he believes this is the weapon that will end the war let's go now to hide your castro she's joining us live from washington d.c. so the injections are taking place but this is a mammoth task to get these injections and the vaccinations to the various states just talk us through what's been happening. that's right rob and the 1st person to have received that shot was indeed an intensive care unit nurse her name sarah lindsay telling the media after she received the shot that she felt healing is coming and that is a scene we are seeing repeated across the country this morning and for many many days to come 30

host: a guide to the electoral college. the director of government studies at the bipartisan policy center. we thank you for joining us and walking us through the process. guest: thank you. host: don't forget, you can find our coverage of everything about the electoral college and hundreds of hours of coverage of election 2020 c-span.org. up, electoral college votes have been cast from six more states across the nation. electors met in the state capital of tallahassee to cast the votes to reelect president trump and vice president pence. >> as florida secretary of state, it is my distinct honor to preside over this event. of each of our electors and staff, each person on the floor today has been tested for covid-19. we ask you to keep your masks in place during the proceedings today. toever, as we come forward sign the certificate, you may individually remove your masks. at this time, we respectfully request that you place your phones on silent. before we continue, i and void everyone -- i invite everyone to join us in a pr

and we saw that in the electoral college vote. important because the last couple of weeks have been hard. they have been very difficult to get to where we were yesterday and sometimes dangerous. but at the end of the day, democracy won. and that is really important to lay out and to say and here's what we believe on january -- on january 6, congress will ratify the electoral college vote and on january 20th at noon, joe biden will become the 46th president of the united states. and that's what democracy is all about. >> it says something about where we are, that you even have to identify the dates out loud and say what they mean, but that is where we are right now. i think we have got mika's audio back. are you with us? >> yeah. >> hi, mika. >> it's not my day with audio. hey, i'm so happy you're there, and it's so great to talk to you. >> thank you. >> i know you guys might have touched on this on the top, but i'm wondering what it's like to push through with the transition when you have the loser so loudly trying to undermine th

do you think eventually the electoral college could become obsolete?'s pros and cons to the wayos that we run our elections right now. given thatel we do it in such a decentralized way, on the one hand it's quite difficult to mettle with electionsff in a wa that affects the outcome because we use this complicated decentralized system. at the same time, it is very confusing to people and as you suggest, it's structured in a way that tend to favor essentially states that have less population than other states given the way the math works out. thes constitution makes it extremely hard toak amend itsel and as a result you really would need to have widespread support for a change to the electoral college in order to effect that change. >> i t just want to note, on th day, december 13th, 20 years ago, al gore conceded in what we thought was the most contentious election in a lifetime. i ask folks watching how does that stack up ecnow? thank you. good to talk to you this afternoon. appreciate you joining us. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm yasmin vossoughi