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she's interviewed by bernard college and columbia university professor, sherry. >> let people dream aboutnger, but only the leader knows how to capture for their people that is very convincing and appealing to many people, especially they feel politics, they feel dissatisfied and the title, they are the only people who can see the future. >> historian, ruth, sunday 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards" on book tv on c-span2. ♪ >> a look at some of the members of congress who have received the coronavirus vaccine. we begin with house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. [inaudible] >> it is very possible. [inaudible]

she's interviewed by bernard college and columbia university professor, sherry.ch book tv on c-span2. this weekend. ♪ ♪ >> you are watching c-span2, unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable elevation company is a public service brought to you today by your television provider. ♪ >> next, secretaries of state for georgia, michigan and pennsylvania talk about the 2020 election's. then, senate small business and entrepreneurship immunity hearing on the paycheck protection program. then biden campaign national policy director feldman discusses the president elect policy agenda. the secretary of state for georgia, michigan and pennsylvania. >> welcome back. bipartisan politics are excited to bring you panel from georgia, pennsylvania, she can and wisconsin. election officials were under the microscope like never before. his information on an unprecedented scale did it while being attacked personally and professional. there lucky to have cbs news hours, white house correspondent to moderate this discussion. thank you. >> thank you for the introduction

ramin asquee, a native washingtonian, he's a graduate of the columbia university college of physicians and surgeons. he trained at georgetown university hospital, internal medicine, and cardiovascular disease. he's board certified in internal medicine. ceo of fox hall cardiology in washington, d.c. he's a past president of the medical staff at sibley memorial hospital and physician of the year for 2015 for sibley memorial hospital johns hopkins. since 1996 his peers have continuously voted him as one of washingtonian magazine's top doctors in cardiology. he's treated several dozen covid-19 patients and is published in the area. since i announced your presence at this hearing i've heard from all kinds of patient what is a fabulous doctor you are. you're very kind. thank you for coming here and thank you for being a doctor. >> it's my honor. i'll read from my brief personal statement. >> make sure your microphone is on and that the microphone is close to your mouth so we can hear. >> i don't see a red light on it but it -- i'm licensed to practice in dc, maryland and virginia. i've treat

he's a graduate of middlebury college and columbia university, one of the best journalism schools outhere. he also reports on criminal justice, teaches at the college for creative studies and works as the assistant director for shakespeare in prison. we have a lot to talk about tonight including the foundations of this book which i think is an untold story of the civil rights era that a lot of people should know about. i'm going to hand it over to you. thank you for being a part of this tonight. a. >> thank you so much, jeremy. i went to the schools that is a little less journalistic. >> thank you so much for that introduction. it is really my pleasure. so tonight i want to situate us in a place and introduce you to some people and i want to talk about why that place and these people are relevant today and i want to turn your understanding of the civil rights movement upside down a little bit, kind of shake it and see what's in the pocket because that is what history is about to me. it will only take about 20 minutes at which point i will turn the conversation over to jeremy will use

. ♪ votes electoral college cast by all 50 states and the district of columbia are in. r live coverage of today's results starts now. see, your unfiltered view of politics. >> tonight a recap of the electoral college votes that took place in state capitals across the country. electors meant to make official the results of the 2020 election. joe biden selected as the next and 46th president of the united states. california with its 55 electors put him and running mate senator kamala harris over the threshold of 270 electoral votes to win the race. good evening. thanks for joining c-span. with us tonight to talk through the work of the electoral college and what happened today is john fortier. he's a director for governmental studies, also author of the book , after the people vote. thanks for giving us your time. >> thanks for having me. >> can you walk us through what happened today? >> remember, this is the day that finally the votes that really matter for president are cast. when we vote on november, the american people are voting in their states, those votes translate

satellite corp. 2020] >> live coverage throughout the day of the electoral college votes and 50 states and in the district of columbia. we are taking you to select states. a reminder, we have live coverage of more states on c-span.org due to several counts happening at the same time. live on c-span at 2 p.m. eastern we will go to lansing, michigan, where 16 electors will cast their votes. this afternoon at 3:00, texas, we will be in austin for the count of 30 eight electors. tonight president-elect joe biden is expected to give a primetime address on the electoral college results in following his comments, the author of "after the people to talkill join us about the electoral college process and take your reaction. that's live starting at 8 p.m. eastern. you can follow that here on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. one of several states that has just cast their votes among the 50 states and d.c., of course, with joe biden now leading 125 electoral votes to president trump's 56 votes. we take you to iowa, next. six votes cast for donald trump. >> [inaudible] me to be herefor this morning and

received his phd in history from yale university, after earning bachelors degrees from columbia university, and bail college oxford university. he's the author of numerous books, most recently one entitled "no property in man: slavery and anti-slavery at the nation's founding." a contributing editor to the new republic and a member of the editorial boards of descent and of democracy, the professor lectures frequently, and he has written some 300 articles, reviews, and op-ed pieces for publication such as "the new york times" and "the los angeles times." batting cleanup will be professor lucas, the professor of politics at washington university. he also teaches american history and government at ashlyn university in ohio, summer programs for the claremont institute, and high school teacher workshops sponsored by the center. the gilder claremont institute and the liberty fund. he's a trustee of the supreme court historical society, former president of the abraham lincoln institute, and was a member of the scholarly board of advisers for the abraham lincoln bicentennial commission. he's the author of the recen

. ♪ alix: you are looking at south carolina's electoral college vote location in columbia. day where all the states certify their electoral college votes. we are presuming joe will become the president in january, but will not be certified once it gets to congress at the beginning of january. guy: we should see how this changes the narrative in the republican party. once you get across the line and all the states have the information, you just wonder whether that is the moment that things change in terms of what happens within the party, may be less so in the white house, but certainly within the party. it will be interesting to see the reaction. alix: i am looking for the faithless electors. not expecting to see any of that, but is it enough to move republicans towards president biden. join us tonight when joe biden will address the nation, coming up 8:00 p.m. in new york. that's it for me and guy. the areas management executive chairman is coming up, joining david westin on "balance of power," talk about the georgia runoff -- to talk about the georgia runoff. this is bloom

. >> tom went to private school and then columbia university. after collegehe sold cars for a while and then landed a job as a broker at smith barney. other jobs in finance followed including a stint as a bank executive on wall street. he seemed to have it all with charm to spare. >> she would call me from some corner of manhattan, oh my gosh, i'm just waiting for him here, i have to thank you, this is unbelievable, we're having so much fun. >> tom was smitten too from day one. >> he said, gosh, she's a great gal, she's an amazing gal. even though tom lived in new york and beth in nantucket, they started seeing each other regularly. beth at 44 was eager for marriage and a family. very soon there was talk of rings although beth's brother says it was mainly tom doing the talking. >> as a matter of fact, it's my understanding that first day he said, i'm going to marry you. and she was, like, yeah, right. >> beth may have hesitated as she learned more about her new man. he told her he'd had drinking problems. but for bernadette feeney playing cupid, tom's drinkin

is a graduate of middlebury college and columbia university one of the best journalism schools out there reports on criminal justice, teaches at the college for creative studies and works as an assistant director for shakespeare in prison. we have a lot to talk about tonight including the foundations of this book which i think really is an untold story of the civil rights era that a lot of people should know about. matthew, i'm going to headed over to you, and thank you for being a part of this tonight. >> thanks so much, jeremy. quickly, i went to the school of the arts at columbia which no less prestigious but a little us journalistic. anyway, thank you so much for the introduction. that's really a pleasure. so tonight i want to situate us in a place. i would introduce you some people at a want to talk about why that place unless people are relevant today. and i kind of want to turn your understanding of the civil rights movement upside down a little bit, shake it and see what's in the pockets because that's what history is about to me. i promise it will be interesting. i promise it wi

. ♪ >> tonight on a book tv, -- she is interviewed by barnard college and columbia university professorherry berman. >> people dream about a grand juror only the leader knows how to capture for their people and that's very convincing and appealing to many people, they feel politics has passed them by. that qaddafi had was guide. they are the only people who can see the future. >> that's tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on "afterwards" on book tv on c-span2. >> listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. we are talking to robert browning who directs the c-span archives about congresses increasing use of lame-duck sessions to tackle big-ticket legislation. find "the weekly" where you get your podcasts. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us on the program, the founder and president of the borden project, to help fight poverty worldwide. it? is essentially is getting u.s. leaders to do more in foreign policy and looking at ways to strengthen efforts overseas in terms of what we're are doing to improve the human condition for people who are struggling to survive. host: philosophically, what is

representatives plus 2 representing the 2 senators that they have in congress and the district of columbia has one electoral college vote and then you have to get to the magic number of 270 on a few occasions not many in our nation's history the loser of the popular vote has been elected president that's what happened with donald trump in 2016 and with george w. bush in 2000 the electors are voting today as you said in the lead in joe biden it seems will have 360 electoral college votes donald trump 232 but those election those votes will not become official until congress certifies that vote assuming they do that and i assume they will on january the 6th and then the vice president in this case mike pence will announce the results of the election will be certified and why is the structure the way it is because as you mentioned there were 2 occasions george w. bush and donald trump where the popular vote did not ultimately be represented in the white house and that seems counter-intuitive why does this system exist. well. basically our country wants to have a president with broad based support so for instance who c

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electoral comes electoral college comes together and then what happens is when they actually come together they just sort of find that the each of the 50 states plus the district of columbia there are 30 find those actually electoral college of which by and went $305.00 you only need $270.00 to win so it's far and you know really far in advance in that respect but they're just coming together that sound a little kooky system here where it's a little gift and then when it is that little other countries the man actually electoral college is that is that when it that is each state has a certain amount that makes up the amount that's needed for the win for president so i don't ruin my day that's that's absolutely a exactly tell me with your legal mind having watched the last few weeks unfold and all these cases that have been brought in all these cases which have been dismissed and what's it done to the the judicial system to the democracy is this is a system in some respects it feels like it's just sort of been made a mockery of by these sorts of things. well i mean good that you get your system i mean you know they felt that their end of the bargain i mean they have shown t

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it is a similar process across the united states and the district of columbia as the electoral college meets, the electors as members of that college meet to cast their votes. the majority of those going to president-elect joe biden and vice president elect kamala harris. we invite you in to ask questions about the process. here is how you can let us know what you are thinking about the electoral college as it is meeting today. for those of you in the eastern 202-748ral time zones, 89 20. mallon and west, toward 2-748-8921. us,those who want to text 202-748-8903. feedan post on our twitter and you can post on our facebook page. we want to invite back john fortier with the bipartisan policy center. the author of the book, after the people vote: a guide to the electoral college. thank you for giving us your time. guest: thanks, pedro. host: you talked about the electors and with states requiring electors to cast votes for a candidate. two allow you to split that. how does that work? guest: 48 states and the district of columbia are winner take all. you win a state by one vote. you get al

towards saying yes because right now the system of the electoral college really creates 50 separate states which -- plus district of columbia, 51 separate elections of where effectively it means only about a half dozen states from a political perspective. a nationwide election for president with nationwide standards on voting, eligibility, and things like that, would encourage what? perhaps presidents to represent the entire country and not just what? a segment or party. host: we'd like to thank david schultz. hamline political science professor for coming on this morning and talking about the rise in executive power. david, thank you so much for your time. guest: my pleasure, thank you to the audience for listening. host: we'd like to thank all of our viewers and callers this morning. we are going to go directly to the house of representatives as they meet today at the u.s. capitol. thanks for watching, everyone. [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] [captioning made po

only has a lotot of grief from the a lot school but a medical degree from columbia university college. joel zinberg is joining us to talk about the idea of mandates when it comes to the covid-19 vaccine. you can call and ask a question at (202) 748-8000for the eastern and central time zones. the mass and pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. what is your organization? inst: a think tank washington, d.c. that espouses free-market principles and see if regulations are necessary or not and if they impede the economy and human flourishing. that withs go above the idea of the free market and the federal government, could it mandate some type of requirement to take a vaccine? powersmost of the police are reserved to the states. in other words dealing with public health and public safety. the federal government has very limited powers to mandate this sort of thing. is toly the best place look at the public health service section which allows the government to take certain actions to limit epidemics coming from foreign nations or the spread of infectious disease . but if you look carefully at t

than 7 million votes and now that all 50 states, plus d.c., district of columbia, have certified their results and electoral college set to meet in just five days and end of the line is in sight, he's taking it to the next level. do you really want to go down this crazy path? this nut path? not just tossing around ludicrous and totally bogus claims of voter fraud, claims his own hand-picked attorney general debunked, but actually calling for the election, the stated will of the people, to be overturned. that's madness. who goes along with that? yes, the president of the united states wants the election overturned immediately because he lost. and incredibly, he goes on to ask how can a country be run like this. he's running the country! a lot of people are asking that. duh! how can -- turn it back to you mr. president, how can a country be run like this? how can a country be run like this with a president who has zero respect for our free and fair election, for democracy itself? how can a country be run like this? you are the president, you tell me how. a president who threatens to burn it all down just to get what

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visit ncicap.org] >> the electoral college meeting in all 50 states and the district of columbia todayctors 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 getting set to cast their vote.

college votes. today is a first. we're bringing you inside the process as electors from every state and district of columbia formally ner of the 2020 election. the electoral college vote will affirm president-elect joe biden's win in the constitution aym ly mandated process. in moments, electors will cast ballots from arizona, connecticut, georgia, maryland, new york, pennsylvania, ride old, virginia, louisiana, north carolina, and ohio. georgia is a key state to watch this hour where president trump

college votes. today is a first. we're bringing you inside the process as electors from every state and district of columbia formally select the winner of the 2020 election. the electoral college vote will affirm president-elect joe biden's win in the constitution aym ly mandated process. in moments, electors will cast ballots from arizona, connecticut, georgia, maryland, new york, pennsylvania, ride old, virginia, louisiana, north carolina, and ohio. georgia is a key state to watch this hour where president trump focused his efforts to try to overturn the election. it is a countdown to 270 electoral votes. the number needed to secure the white house. the scoreboard as it stands now, 36 electors for joe biden, 56 for donald trump. we are covering it all as it happens along with john king, the rest of our political team. john, i want you to set the scene for us, what we can expect this hour. >> we can expect it is a big state, a celebration of democracy, reaffirmation of what the founders wrote in the constitution, and wolf, forgive me, proof the only fraud is from the president of the united states and his team. we k

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 nominationers in position of chair of this meeting? thank you. would you mind coming to the podium to close it? i want to make sure we get everything in the record. thank you. >> dave gephardt, congressional district 24, i move that the nominations for chair be closed. >> thank you. is there a seco

satellite corp. 2020] >> live coverage throughout the day of the electoral college votes and 50 states and in the district of columbia. we are taking you to select states. a reminder, we have live coverage of more states on c-span.org due to several counts happening at the same time. live on c-span at 2 p.m. eastern we will go to lansing, michigan, where 16 electors will cast their votes. this afternoon at 3:00, texas, we will be in austin for the count of 30 eight electors. tonight president-elect joe biden is expected to give a primetime address on the electoral college results in following his comments, the author of "after the people to talkill join us about the electoral college process and take your reaction. that's live starting at 8 p.m. eastern. you can follow that here on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. one of several states that has just cast their votes among the 50 states and d.c., of course, with joe biden now leading 125 electoral votes to president trump's 56 votes. we take you to iowa, next. six votes cast for donald trump. >> [inaudible] me to be herefor this morning and

>> remarkable it happened after all 50 states and the district of columbia officially certified the vote and after the electoral college ruled that the vote is done and biden is the winner, trump is the loser. governor kasich -- >> hey, wolf. one other thing i want to tell you. that is, you might recall from history when that group of republicans went down to the white house to tell richard nixon, you've got to go. now, wouldn't it be great, wouldn't it be the right thing to do for republican leadership in the house and senate to go down there and confront him and say, you have to stop this. this is damaging. it's damaging to our country. it's damaging to our image. i'm not sure all the republican leaders would want to go down there and tell him that. i would ask you, wolf, what are they afraid of? i mean, why wouldn't they go down there and say knock it off? this is wrong. because now, he's surrounded himself by smaller and smaller groups. a lot of people in the white house are apparently afraid of him. the whole situation is truly bizarre and deeply concerning. >> at least the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell h

college -- 538 electors will cast their votes today. a majority of 270 electoral votes is required. the district of columbia has three electors. the state's allotment of electors the total number of congressional members in the congressional delegation, that is house plus senate. the district of columbia does not have senators. 48 states and d.c. use a winner-take-all system. maine and nebraska split electoral votes. we will dive a lot more into that system with jeffrey rosen coming up in about 40 minutes this morning. a simple question to our viewers, should the electoral college be abolished? mike, in new york, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. yes, i do believe it should be abolished. i think in the age of communications with the computer and every kind of social, i think education is there. everybody can be educated and well informed. i think it it lends easily to a popular vote. so everybody should be educated enough to make their decision. and besides, at the risk of sounding elitist from long island, it's called "electoral." let's pronounce it -- let's be educated and let's not be buffoons. goodbye, tha

college, 538 electors will cast their votes today. of 270 electoral votes is required. the district of columbia has three electors.f total number congressional members in the delegation, that is house placenta. doesistrict of columbia not have senators. and d.c. use a winner take all system. we will dive a lot more into that system with jeffrey rosen coming up in about 40 minutes this morning. ourmple question to viewers, should the electoral college be abolished? morning sir. yes i do believe it should be abolished. i think in the age of communications with the computer and every kind of social, i think education is there. everybody can be educated and well informed. i think it it lends easily to a popular vote. so everybody should be educated enough to make their decision. and besides, at the risk of sounding elitist from long island, it's called electoral. educated ands be let's not be buffoons. the caller before was talking about how many electoral coats -- votes you have. is it 29? caller: that i don't know, sir. -- how educated am i? host: chris, good morning. forefathersink the -- as little as eight states

supreme court, knows that the electoral college, all 50 states and the district of columbia, have officiallylost the election. i don't know if they appreciate what's going on right now. it's really disturbing to see this. they are refusing to give up. as you point out, the vast majority, almost all of president trump's legal battles to overturn the results have ended in failure. for a president who is concerned about the optics of failure, what's his end game? why do you think he is doing this right now? my suspicion has been it's a good way to raise hundreds of millions of dollars and potential campaign money. >> whatever he raises, that's how much you know the dignity is worth. i can't imagine a process any less dignified than what continues to go on. it's illogical. it's amusing. just to step back and watch, everyone has known since november 3rd how this movie is going to end, no matter how they capitulate, all the public snake handling and carnival barking, hasn't changed one single race, one single state. the movie ends with joe biden being sworn in on january 20th. deal with it. >> i d

all 50 states and the district of columbia have now certified their presidential election results. on monday, electoral college voters will meet in their respective states to formally cast their votes for president. president trump's top campaign attorney rudy giuliani left georgetown university hospital in washington wednesday after four days of treatment for covid-19. giuliani told new york radio station wabc he received the same drugs president trump got during his battle with coronavirus in october. giuliani's special treatment followed similar care administered to trump allies chris christie and ben carson -- both of whom received experimeal antibody therapies for severe cases of covid-19. the drugs, produced by eli lily and regeneron, are in such short supply that many states and hospital systems have set up a lottery system to determine who will receive them. meanwhile, jenna ellis, another trump campaign attorney who worked in close contact with giuliani, has tested positive for covid-19. federal officials are investigating hunter biden, focusing on his taxes and business dealings in china. investigato

what is already known, that president-elect biden's electoral college victory has already been certified by 50 states and the district of columbiand that he will be inaugurated on january 20th. so, they're pressing forward with the transition. in a briefing just now with reporters, incoming press secretary jen psaki said that more cabinet announcements are expected next week. of course, he's traveling to georgia, as we just discussed, to campaign for the senate, which, of course, holds the key to much of his agenda. and they're really not paying much attention to objections on the part of a handful of republicans, especially when they know that those objections will be overruled in the democratic-controlled house. and there are even many republicans in the senate, including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who have said that it is now time to move on and to prepare for a smooth transfer of power. >> you mentioned jen psaki and talking about filling the rest of the cabinet. mj, to you. you have a bit of reporting on a bit of a hurdle for biden's defense secretary pick. retired general lloyd austin. what's going on there? >

towards saying yes because right now the system of the electoral college really creates 50 separate states which -- plus district of columbia, 51 separate elections of where effectively it means only about a half dozen states from a -- a dozenstates states matter from a political perspective. a nationwide election for president with nationwide standards on voting, eligibility, and things like that, would encourage what? perhaps presidents to represent the entire country and not just what? a segment or party. host: we'd like to thank david schultz. hamline political science professor for coming on this morning and talking about the rise in executive power. david, thank you so much for your time. guest: my pleasure, thank you to the audience for listening. announcer: c-span's "washington journal", every day we take your calls live on the air and discuss policy issues that impact you. discusses hunger and food insecurity in the u.s. i made the covid-19 pandemic and james harden talks about the publication's free speech series. live "washington journal" -- beginning on sunday at 8:00 a.m. eastern featuring books from time magaz

columbia have certified their election results which clearly show that biden won. in fact, the official numbers show more. but in the much more important electoral collegeiden 306 electoral votes and trump has 232. you need 270. it's clearly over even though the president and his legal team and some attorneys general out there don't want to recognize these facts. thanks very much, jim acosta, reporting for us. >>> we have more breaking news we are following. the house of representatives just passed a bill to prevent the federal government from actually shutting down later this week, giving negotiators more time to try to work out a compromise on a coronavirus economic stimulus package. in a few moments i'll speak with senator joe manchin, one of those trying to find a real compromise. >>> emergency authorization for the first coronavirus vaccine here in the united states could be just hours away. we are going to take a closer look at what people need to know right now about how and when they can actually get vaccinated. tonight, i'll be eating a veggie cheeseburger on ciabatta, no tomatoes.. [hard a] tonight... i'll be eating four cheese tortellini with

all 50 states and the district of columbia certified the results, electoral college met monday will be the president january 20, 2000. as a result the majority of the american people will recognize along with the leaders of more than 150 countries around the world. yet, even after all that, significant numbers of republican elected officials slow to publicly acknowledge that joe biden will be the next president of the united states. i appreciate that yesterday several of my republican colleagues made their first public comments, acknowledging this fact. i appreciate that even thehe chairman's rhetoric around this election has evolved over the last 24 hours. let me be clear. moving forward with this hearing is still dangerous. elected leaders chosen by the voters to help uphold our institutions and democratic t values spent weeks turning a blind eye or parroting provocative rhetoric and false claims about the election. by not speaking out earlier, even though they knew it was wrong, but there was no evidence to support the claims that this inflammatory rhetoric is harmful to ourn democr

college meets on monday. all 50 states and the district of columbia, the electors will meet in state capitols and secretary of states' offices. in some cases they'll meet in governors' offices and in each of the 50 states and in d.c., those electors will formally cast their electoral votes. and those electoral votes will be formally conveyed to congress. and now we know that the united states supreme court will not stop them, will not stop that process. and it was a unanimous call. and that marks both what ought to be the final legal defeat for this anti-democratic effort to have the courts override the election and reinstall trump. it also, of course, marks the 1 quadrillionth lawsuit that the republicans have lost in a row. i'm rounding up to the next quadrillion here, but i'm sort of close. that said, is this over? i mean from their perspective, effectively this is over, right? joe biden is going to get the electoral votes that are going to be cast on monday. he's going to get enough to declare him president of the united states. they will be formally counted on january 6th. he will sworn in on january 20t

columbia university and phd from new york university. her law degree is from the american university's washington college of law. she is the inaugural fellow for the historical society of new york. we will be talking about her new book, "threat of dissent: a history of ideological exclusion & deportation in the united states." published this past july by harvard university press, julia willin

columbia university and phd from new york university. her law degree is from the american university's washington college of law. she is the inaugural fellow for the historical society of new york. we will be talking about her new book, "threat of dissent: a history of ideological exclusion & deportation in the united states." published this past july by harvard university press, julia will begin by telling us something about the book and then we will begin a conversation. julia? the screen is yours. dr. kraut: i am delighted to join you. thank you for inviting me to talk about the "threat of dissent." do is start with talking about my arguments as well as highlights in the book. dissent" is a legal, social, and political history of the threat of expulsion and barring of foreign noncitizens from the united states based on their political beliefs, associations, and expressions. it is a chronological narrative, 1798 and takein all the way through to the war on terror and the trump administration. this verye history of unique intersection of immigration and first amendment law in history. what i find is that these

columbia university professor. watch book tv this weekend. >> stay with c-span for our continuing coverage of the transition of power as president-elect joe biden moves closer to the presidency. with the electoral college votes passed from states across the country, join us for the joint session of congress to count the votes and declare the winner or president and vice-president. finally at noon on january 20th, the inauguration of the 46th president of the united states, our live coverage begins at 7 a.m. eastern, from the state house to congress, to the white house. it watch it all live on c-span on the go at c-span.org or listen using the free c-span radio app. >> yesterday minnesota senator amy klobuchar made tribute to all those departing the u.s. senator, including those retiring and those who lost reelection. here are her remarks. >> so, my departing colleagues, and i like every sing of one of them. start with my friend doug jones. throughout the years i've gotten to know doug as so many have as a colleague, but more importantly, as a friend. these past years have not been easy for anyone, but what they have called for our leaders who would do what's right. who are willing to show courage and t

all 50 states and the district of columbia have certified those results. the electoral collegethe president on january 20th, 2021. it's a result that the majority of the american people recognize along with the leaders of more than 150 countries around the world. yet even after all of that, significant numbers of republican elected officials have been slow to publicly acknowledge that joe biden will be the next president of the united states. i appreciate that yesterday several of my republican colleagues made their first public comments acknowledging this fact. and i appreciate that even the chairman's rhetoric around this election has evolved over the last 24 hours. let me be clear, deciding to move forward with this hearing is still dangerous. elected leaders who are chosen by the voters to help uphold our institutions and democratic values spent weeks either turning a blind eye or parroting provocative rhetoric and false claims about this election. by not speaking out earlier, even though they knew it was wrong that there was no evidence to support these claims and that thi

college for joseph r. biden for president of the united states and three electoral votes from the district of columbia foris for vice president of the united states. >>> they won that state and its four electoral votes. let's listen in third ballot is for donald j. trump as president, and the fourth ballot is for donald j. trump. >> idaho, its four electoral votes going for president trump. >>> we're following everything, but we're also following another major, major historic moment, the new coronavirus vaccine. jake, back to you. >> that's right, wolf. we are expecting soon a press conference from health and human services secretary alex azar and surgeon general jerome adams. they're speaking alongside faculty and administrators at gw medical hospital. as part of the ceremonial covid vaccine kickoff event, let's bring in sanjay gupta if we can. obviously we're still in the thick of the pandemic, really there is a light at the end of the tunnel. >> yeah, very much it feels that way. i think it's sort of the contrasting sort of images. you've got the real, i think, honest hope of the vaccine that is becomi