court system where your directive on the ban on open carry guns was shut down by the michigan court of appeals? the third part of this question is do you think this is the lawsuit the president intends to take to the u.s. supreme court? sec. benson: yes, i do believe it is frivolous. i am gratified that our elections on tuesday were smooth. the said repeatedly, as court of appeals in the case you mentioned underscored, that voter intimidation in michigan is illegal, that threatening to harm in any way voters on their way to vote is illegal, and we are ready to respond if those incidents occur in michigan. thankfully they didn't. i am glad voters heard our call to make our precincts places where people were proud to bring their kids to watch the democratic process in action. that was the story of voters of all backgrounds respecting each other and protecting everyone's right to vote. i am grateful for that. usekly different from the of the legal system to file frivolous claims as a way of sowing seeds od -- seeds of doubt about the integrity of our elections. i will remain steadfastly determine

intervene while the court made a determination of any standing and if intervention would be granted, the court set a hearing for 11:30, thinking that my morning call for the court of appeals would be done by then. unfortunately, one of my no power because totook us until about 10:40 get through the court of appeals docket, and it just concluded. i am very apologetic about that and appreciative of the patient's of all the parties in this case. as you can imagine, i have done a speed read of the multiple pieces of paper that were filed. the defendant filed an injunctive, and about two fileds ago, the amici was , and i can tell you i have that in front of me, but i have not at it. the way i am going to proceed without reporting the proposed intervenors' intervention, because this will have to be managed today and fairly quickly, i'm going to give them the courtesy of brief oral comments, and i will give after thecourtesy named party has spoken to whatever issues they deem appropriate. are we clear on how we are at least going to try to get through this? >> we are, your honor. >> thank you. good afternoon. from the plaintiff's perspective, the relief we are asking the court t

opportunity while the court made a determination of any of whether or not intervention would be granted. the court sets a hearing for callsthinking my morning for the court of appeals would be done by then. unfortunately one of my colleagues had no power. it took us until about 10:40 to even begin the court of appeals docket and it just concluded. and apologetic about that appreciative of the patients of all parties in this case. read of thea speed multiple pieces of paper that were filed. file aendant did response to the request for injunction. ago, -- filedtes papers which i can tell you i have in front of me but i have not read. the way in which i am going to proceed today, without affording the proposed intervenor, interventions. this has to be managed today and quickly. i'm going to give them the courtesy of brief oral comments. i will give them that courtesy after the named party has spoken to whatever issues they deem appropriate. are we clear on how we are going to try to get through this? >> we are. counsel forn with the plaintiff. >> thank you. good afternoon. are our perspective, we asking the relief the court to grant is simple. direct the secretary ben

of federalaw, it jumps over to the u.s. supreme court or a case where goes of the federal system, trial court of appeals in u.s. upreme urt. you would still need four members of the supreme court in every case to agree to take the case and eren five methat would make it did decision favorable to president trump. i know it was important for him to have justice barrett on the court before the election in case there was litigation. number one i don't think there is the big litigation that reaches the supreme court. number two. i don't think there is a law that everyone that is appointed by president trump would vote in a way that would get him a favorable outcome. this may sound nacve. there is a difference betwvin a conservative legal philosophy and wanting a republican political win. they don't map onto each other always. >> you are right when you sayre blicans didn't leave him despite his concerns about his behavior. we saw that through the vote and how splithe countr you have thoughts on why the polling, once again seemed to be so off it, especially when they were ying to gauge voters preferences for trump in s

pennsylvania that you mentioned, where goes through either the state supremt court, trial co level, court of appeals pennsylvaniaupreme court and then if there's a question of federal law, it jumps over to the u.s. supreme court or a case where goes the federal system, trial court of appeals in u.s. supreme court. you would still need four pr every case to agree to take the case and then five members that would make it did decision favorable to president trump. i know it was important for him to have justice barreton the coint before the election case there was litigation. my two suspicions right now, number one i don't think there is the big litigation that reaches the supreme court. number two. i don't think there is a law that everyone that is appointed by president trump would vote in way thatwould get him a favorable outcome. this may sound nacve. there is a difference between having a conservative legal philosophy and wanting a publican political winey. don't map onto each other always. >> you are right when you say republicans didn't leave him despite his concerns abouhis behavior. we saw tha

tells me that they'll have about ten days from yesterday, that decision from the third circuit court of appealsto file with the supreme court. that means it's going to be an application. justice samuel alito, he is assigned specifically to that jurisdiction of the third circuit court of appeals, so he has several options when he's looking at that case. he can look at it himself, he can make a decision on his own, or he could potentially bring in his nine colleagues. his eight colleagues,ish say. what this would do if they decided to rule in favor of the trump campaign, what it would do, it would delay. it doesn't mean it would turn over any results in pennsylvania as biden is ahead by 81,000 votes, and governor tom wolf certified it in pennsylvania. it's also possible that justice alito could just nix the entire thing and tell the trump campaign, sorry, another time. i do want to read part of this opinion from the third circuit court of appeals. this is from the judge who is a trump-appointed federal judge. he wrote in part, quote: charges of unfairness are serious, but calling an election unfa

i loved what judge stephanie bibous said in her decision in the third circuit court of appeals sayingers not lawyers decide a president. ballots not briefs decide a president. she had it exactly right and president trump will fail in overturning any of these electoral challenges. >> move be to covid. talking about the case numbers passing the 13 million mark across this country. treasury secretary mnuchin says he's taking back $455 billion in emergency care acts funding's millions lost unemployment benefits and small businesses going under even on this small bit saturday. the virus is tightening ribses in many states just like yours. are your colleagues outraged and is there anything they can do? >> certainly congress has an important role to play. i'm outraged. i'm frustrated. the been since may that we've sent additional relief to folks. and look where we are with the numbers. we have more than 260,000 people dead in this country. we have 13 million cases and the numbers are on the rise. especially in my district and in my own state. we have more than 10,000 pennsylvanians dead of c

the court ruled against him, and he filed an appeal to the state's court of appeals. as the case pended, the supreme court ruled that the eight amendment prohibited life without parole sentences "for all but the rarest of juvenile offenders, those whose crimes reflect permanent incorrigibility."

for thedition, one seat court of appeals judge was on the ballot. bonnie fuller was elected with 42.17% of the vote. in the legislative races, there are three newly elected state senators and 14 newly elected assembly persons. chief justice pickering, do your colleagues have any comments? >> i do not, but i invite any of my colleagues who wish to speak to do so. does anyone in carson city wish to speak? thank you. >> this is justice -- i would to commend the secretary of state and her office for the extraordinary work they did under very difficult circumstances. they are to be congratulated for carrying it out. an extraordinarily successful election. the turnout is incredible. >> thank you, justice. greatly appreciate those comments. >> chief, i also thank the secretary of state through an incredibly trying election to comply with new mandates from legislature and have it run as smooth as it is incredible. congratulations to you and the registrar voters rather counties in the state of nevada. on my colleagues, i want to congratulate chief justice pi

. >> one c for the court of appeals judges on the ballot. bonnie fuller was elected with 42.17% of the vote. there legislative races, are three newly elected state senators and 14 newly elected assembly persons. chief justice pickering, do your colleagues have any comments? >> i do not but i invite any of my colleagues who wish to speak to do so. does anyone in carson city wish to speak? justice -- i would to commit the secretary of state and her office for the extort new work they did under very difficult circumstances. for are to be congratulated carrying it out. the turnout is incredible. thank you, justice. we appreciate those comments. i also think the secretary of state through an incredibly trying election. complying with new mandates from the legislature. running as smooth as it is incredible. you in theions to registrar voters rather counties in the state of nevada. on my colleagues, i want to congratulate chief justice pickering for her reelection. was, judge doug herndon elected to the supreme court and i would like to congratulat

it will go to the board, excuse me, to court of appeals. then potentially if court of appeals can't make them vote, it can go to the supreme court from the state. secretary of state says she has full confidence no matter what happens today, this will all work out. >> i am confident, we haven't received any actual evidence of it, a lot of rumor and conjecture that everyone involved will do their job. i am confident either way whatever happens tomorrow, we've got protocols in place to move forward to ensure the will of the people will be certified one way or the other. >> reporter: so again, it is 2020, we are dealing in a lot of what ifs here. this has never happened before scenarios. if for some reason the courts can't make things happen and it goes to state legislature, we could see another outsized role for the governor. she has a lot of power here, nia, she can appoint new members, take members off. she appointed the members to begin with. more than anything, though, the people that are here in michigan say, especially those out here, tha

court of appeals, before joining one of the nation's most respected law firms in d.c. as a litigation associate focusing on appeals and constitutional law, most notably as the youngest associate he worked on the supreme court matter in which his client ultimately prevailed 8 - 1, then in 2018 sean joined my staff as deputy chief couel working on a wide array of an important complex issues including election l, he did a fantastic job and we were sad that we were excited for him when he left in 2019 to serve as senator hawley's chief counsel and senator hawley joined us on the judiciary committee, he serves in that role doing an excellent job for senator hawley on judicial nominations and election law, federal critical law ethics, compliance and a whole lot more. my eerience with sean has demonstrated that is notnly in exceptional talented lawyer but someone deeply committed to the rule of law. he will be prepared to hit the day grod running on day one as a commissioner and i have complete confidence that he will faithfully apply the law fairly and neutrally. i will also

> if they do fail to certify the election, would likely happen as this would go to the state court of appealsnd both of which are expected to order the state board of canvassers to fulfill their duty and to certify the election. the board does vote to certify the election, that does open up a pathway for the trump campaign and the state republican national party to call for an audit or recount, state law allows that to happen once the election has been certified. we'll be keeping an eye on both of those pathways over the next few hours. >> dana: bryan llenas says that development for us. >> 67 counties in pennsylvania are working to certify their election results from the department of state by today's deadline but at the same time, the trump campaign is trying to go hail mary attempts here to try to block the certification. today, the third circuit court of appeals granted an expedited review, the campaign has until 4:00 p.m. today to file its brief. in the throw out it's a lawsuit which is trying to block the certification in pennsylvania in a fairly brutal opinion said this about the case

court of appeals for the d.c. circuit from 2001 to 2008 and has been on that court since 1986. ked in the reagan administration and taught law at harvard, george mason the university of chicago, columbia and others. we a really excited to have you on today. we're really excited to talk a little bit about this project you have been working on. : : douglas: what i am doing is part of a broader reaction to that. this was education. i think that o'connor really started theall rolling dozen years ago when she resigned from the court targeted what is it, american, they created an educational materials from pbs. and they distribed theeries to 170,0 teachers of history and civics. so going to reach about a million students a year for long ashe issues remai pertinent. i'm sorry to say that i thi that a long time. so i'm hoping this will hasten the move and toestore civics to basic education system. in the lastear, for states have done just that. two legislatures and to governors that required it . messaging system florida, texas and illinois. i'm hopeful there will be any more come this

as i said repeatedly going into this process, the court of appeals in the case you mentioned underscores voter intimidation in michigan is illegal, brandishing a firearm or threatening to harm our voters on their way to vote was illegal, and that we were ready to respond if any of those things occurred in michigan. thankfully, they didn't. and i'm really glad voters listened to us, heard our call for peace and calm, to make our precincts places where people are proud to go, proud to bring the kids watch the democratic process in action. that was the story of tuesday. that was the story of voters from all backgrounds and both sides of the aisle respecting the process, each other, and protecting everyone's right to vote. so i am grateful for that. it is so starkly different from the use of the legal system to file frivolous claims and sow doubt among the public about the integrity of our elections. it is time we come together and not allow frivolous lawsuits or any effort to misinform the public about the truth find our -- truth behind our elections to succeed. steadfastlyn determined in t

circuit court of appeals for long to win his freedom.rtual hearing in may, judge james wynn, asked -- "what is it about us that we want to prosecute and keep people in jail when we know evidence might exist that might lead to a different outcome? why is that so offensive to us now that we want to protect illegal activity from forty-four -- 44 years ago? when did justice leave the process such that we let our rules blind us to the realities that we all can see?" ronnie long's mother, elizabeth, passed away just weeks before his release, which also came on the birthday of his wife, ashleigh. she had not seen her husband since when albemarle prison was march closed to visitors due to covid-19. ronnie long was 20 years old when he was wrongfully convicted. he is now 65 and has finally been exonerated. he joins us now from durham, north carolina. ronnie, welcome back -- welcome to democracy now! for the first time. how does it feel to be free? mean, really talking about coming out of restraints, being restrained and being able to get up and w

the third circuit court of appeals ruled today that the campaigns claims have no merit.umber of ballots they specifically challenge is far smaller than the roughly 81,000 vote margin of victory, and it never claims fraud, or that any votes were cast by illegal voters. in response, another member of the president's legal team tweeted, the activist judicial machinery in pennsylvania continues to cover-up the allegations of massive fraud, onto the supreme court.>> reporter: as georgetown university law professor noted, the judge that wrote the opinion is a trump appointee, the district judge is a republican, and federalist society member. this language is reckless and wrong. >> it will be a hard thing to concede. we know there was massive fraud. >> reporter: during his first q&a, president trump's says he thinks electoral college would make a mistake in voting for joe biden. if they do, the president says he will leave the white house on january 20. >> certainly i will, and you know that. >> reporter: now the men the president trump fire the says that it was the most secure

court of appeals for the ninth circuit, finally getting through the hazing. he was a partner at -- he attended law school himself. after law school he worked for jay harvey wilkinson on the fourth circuit court of appeals and in the late justice antonin scalia on the u.s. supreme court. let's get the ball rolling with justice kruger who will discuss some of justice stevens' approaches to judging. jus. kruger: thank you, ben, and thank you for the opportunity to participate in this wonderful event remembering and celebrating the legacy of justice john paul stevens i think others tonight will address other aspects of the justice, his remarkable service, has 35 years on the u.s. supreme court and the impact that his work had on the substance of the courts jurisprudence, on judicial philosophy. i am instead going to focus more on how i best knew the justice inch was as his law clerk the 2003-2004 term. and what i observe from watching him about not the substance of his approach to deciding cases, but the day to day judging. it is one of the great values of a clerk

federal court of appeals that eventually supreme court so it's not a one stop shop of the supreme court like that but it that's something else again what would happen over weeks or even months i mean you say weeks and months we've had precedence before in 2000 for example and between gore and bush they go on for weeks but what other precedents do we have for this getting tangled in in the legal process for as you mentioned potentially months. yeah that's a record of the best example from 2000 that's something the florida courts before the supreme court of then eventually the supreme court if there is a time line there the recounts in many states they have to be completed within a month there is a safe harbor provision usually december and then the electors meet in january the inauguration the january so there's not much that i. did that will be extradited back in but we see recalcitrance in the q. and something election there was a recount side of the earth party candidate after one of the south and it didn't go anywhere with turnout and local retaliates and like mi

the third circuit court of appeals affirmed last weekend's ruling dismissing the trump lawsuit in pennsylvania. it called the lawsuit allegations vague and concluesry. out of total 40 lawsuits, 26 have been denied, dismissed, withdrawn or settled. thanksgiving is about tradition, however, this year's thanksgiving was anything but traditional for americans attempting to celebrate the holiday during a pandemic. it was even made stranger by president trump who took questions from the press pool for the first time since election day yesterday. the chaotic back and forth ended the longest stretch of time in his presidency that he didn't engage with reporters. 23 days, four hours and three minutes. here was the most notable part. >> just to be clear, if the electoral college votes for joe biden, will you concede? >> if they do they, there is a mistake -- >> but will you -- >> -- was a fraud. >> the electoral college does elect president joe biden will you not leave this building? >> certainly i will. certainly i will. you know that. but i think that there will be a lot of things happening between no

the blow came from a trump appointed judge, writing for the third circuit court of appeals. he said calling an election unfair does not make it so. charges require specific allegations, and then proof. we have neither here. the campaign's claims have no merit, he writes. that was, again, the latest in a series of scathing rebukes that the president and his allies have faced in the courts, and the president is also facing defeat as it relates to recounts in key battleground states. as he was claiming today there was widespread fraud in wisconsin, talking about illegal votes, despite a total lack of evidence, his campaign had paid for a recount, $3 million paid to have recounts in two key counties in the state of wisconsin. and milwaukee county just certified the results of its election yesterday after completing that recount, and the results, jessica, joe biden picked up 132 additional votes in that state as a result of that recount. so now the question, is how much longer does the president continue to keep this up? and i think one date that i've heard about from the preside

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the third circuit court of appeals refused to allow the campaign to revise a lawsuit that was rejectedwer court, saying it has no merit. the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, argued that the election in pennsylvania was marred by fraud. the judge that was appointed by president trump wrote that the trump campaign offered no evidence. the campaign is expected to appeal to the u.s. supreme court. >>> president trump's of the plans to go to georgia in one week to campaign for two republican senators in the runoff elections. some republicans are concerned that the president will bring his message of election fraud to the senate race. >> we will have tens of thousands of people show up. i think it is very important. i may go a second time. >> reporter: getting voters out has been a challenge in the past in georgia. this time, there have been more than 700,000 requests for mailing balance, more than three times the number requested in 2018. the president's visit comes after republican senators are trying to maintain republican control of the senate. that is a key part of both of their cam

third circuit court of appeals. in georgia, the trumaign was granted a machine recount of ballots yesterday. edesident-elect biden rece 12,000 more votes than mr. trump-- a qutater of a perc point difference. on friday, georgia's secretary of thstate certifie presidential results after a week-long audit-- a hand recount of the nearly five million ballots cast. georgia state law allows a candidate to request a recount when there is less than half of one percentage point difference. nd a recount continues in two heavily democratic wisconsin counties, dane and milwaukee, in a state which president trump lost by 20,000 votes. yesterday, the milwaukee county clerk said the recount was behind schedule due to observers from the trumcampaign being" disruptive" by repeatedly the counting process.stopping the wisconsin counties have a deteember 1 deadline to comp the recount. the head of the trump administration's coronavirus vaccine program said today that the first immunizations could happen as soon as december 12. moncef sl

court of aeals for the fifth circuit and befe joining one of the nation's most respected la firms in dc as a litigation associate focusing on appeals and constitutional law.so most notably as a young associate he worked on the supreme court manner in wch his client ultimately prevailed eight-one. then in 2018 sean joined my staff as deputy chief counsel working on a wide aay of important and complex issues including ection laws. he did a fantastic job and we were sad but also excited for him when he left in 29 to serve as senator holly's chief counsel and senator holly came and joined us on the judiciary committee. he still serves in that role doing an excellent job for senator holly and advises senator holly unconstitutional law and judicial nominations, election law, federal criminal law, ethics comiance and a whole lot more. my experience with sean is devastated to m he's not only an exceptionally talented lawyer but also someone deeply committed to the rulef law a he will be prepared to hit today or ground runningn day one as commissioner and i hav complete confidence that he will faithfully apply the law fairly and neutrally.

tending to the most critical of patients we know that later on today we expect to hear from the court of appeals that's expected to make a final ruling on a legal challenge against the citywide shutdown here, that lawsuit being presented by a local restaurant group and texas attorney general paxton who says the county judge in el paso has overstepped his authority in issued the shutdown despite the covid cases being on the rise. lots of eyes on the county shutdown as it could set a precedence for others. morgan, thanks. >>> as the race for a vaccine rages on, you might be surprised there was a vaccine almost produced at the time the virus broke out. >> reporter: in december 2019 in wuhan, china, the virus was spreading. >> a newly identified virus from china. >> the 45 cases have been reported in china including two deaths. >> reporter: the chinese government swooped in with all of its authoritarian might china did something else few knee it issed. it made a call for help written in genetic code. chinese researchers quickly cracked the code and published it this is the code china published onlin

circuit court of appeals will reject claims from an anti-affirmative action group that accuses the university of, quote, racial penalty on asian americans. that decision delivers a blow to the group for students for fair admissions and moves the case a step closer to possible review by the supreme court. many scholars believe that the court will take up the case. harvard denies any discrimination and says it considers applicants' race only in the narrow way approved by the supreme court. >>> for the fourth week in a row, fewer americans filed for jobless claims for the first time. scott mcgrew, that's good news on the economy. >> some good news, yes. the shutdown cost millions of jobs. we're still seeing millions of jobs lost every month. 709,000 americans made the virtual trip to the unemployment last week. the actual unemployment office closed in most states because of that very same virus. 710,000 is very few or fewer than we were expecting. as you were pointing out, marcus, the continuation of a downward trend. let's take a look out at the big board today. those job numbers are -- do we h

patient on a ventilator is a last resort when all other possible treatments are exhausting for the court of appeals from there and this is not the feeling in the most ill middle of court with incredible i've thought of it clearly there. be sure we. take him with them as meaningless what the hell has the hospitals work changed since march when it comes to sudden a storm on the one hand to the team has gained confidence in their actions but on the other hand everyone is exhausted. when will you be able to get back to normal routine work if we expect the 3rd wave in spring the usual season for all viruses so we hope this wave will be less powerful when it comes to the rate of infection in the us if it goes like this probably by june we will be back to normal i hope so but maybe even earlier we'll see a morning with the short. i . you know kingdom as denied entry to all visitors from denmark of concerns that they may be infected with a new strain of covert 19 the mutation of the virus which spread through mink farms has been detected in 2 $114.00 people breaks have also been reported in fur farms acros

court of appeals charge for the fifth circuit and former law clerk to justice scalia . text of the late supreme court justices projects. on sunday, at 1:00 p.m. eastern, more from the schomburg center literary festival, in the book coming full circle. from jim crow to journalism which recalls of journalism career. and 2:00 p.m. eastern, black lives matter cofounder patrice with her book when they call you a terrorist . in her life, activism and the beginnings of the black lives matter movement in the 9:00 p.m. on eastern on afterwards, the washington post pulitzer prize book critic offers his thoughts on books written about donald trump and his presidency in more we thinking. a brief intellectual. the trump era parties interviewed by the new york times book review editor did watch book tv, this weekend on "c-span2". host: is a great honor to be here where i've spent any evenings on the second floor listening to look authors talk about the books . so we really appreciate the invitation. i want to say hi to everybody out there who have not been able to see face-to-face in

of the trade-off between public health and religious freedom? >> that's a good question not just those two supreme court cases but also the circuit court cases and the federal courts of appeals so this is central not just with covid litigation but in the regulatory state more generally. it's a regulatory state problem not a covid problem and the puzzle on the one hand it is probably illegal and unconstitutional on the other hand rules of general application need to apply with religion being one and viruses don't stop at the church house stores and the challenge to the legal system is to strike a balance and i know they are concerned religious freedom could be a new obstacle to the vital health measures but people don't care what religion so it's hard to predict historian should never predict the future with this will be one of the central places. >> in most members of the american public don't realize this term in the supreme court that they could be revisiting the idea of laws of general applicability and if they apply and religious context so it's very real and immediate and imminent there's only a little bit of time left, less than ten minutes. let's talk about something

patient on a ventilator as a last resort when all other possible treatments are exhausted or the court of appeals from there and this is not the feeling of the most ill middle of the earth and preferable of what sort of bill clinton for me if we. take him with them is meaningless to how has the hospitals work changed since march when it comes to sudden a story on the one hand the team has gained confidence in their actions but on the other hand everyone is exhausted. when will you be able to get back to normal routine work because we expect a 3rd wave in spring the usual season for all viruses so we hope this wave will be less powerful when it comes to the rate of infections and if it goes like this probably by june we will be back to normal i hope so but maybe even earlier we'll see a morning with a short bunch of. i . after some global news in brief a 20 year old gunman who killed 3 fellow soldiers at an airfield in the russian city of are on ash as were both reportedly been arrested after a several hour long start. operation suspects 1st attacked an officer with an axe before robbing a pistol

federal court of appeals has rejected doldrums campaign requests to block joe biden from being declared the winner in pennsylvania. is the latest setback in the president's legal challenges to overturn the results of the election. there was widespread fraud joining the vote, but the call that claim has no merit. the campaign is likely to appeal the case in the supreme court. well, staying in the us, the nearest frictions will be imposed in los angeles from monday to in response to a spike. in krona virus, all public and private gatherings of people from different households have been temporarily banned. it comes as the number of recorded infections nationwide passed the 13000000 mark. this week, millions of americans traveled for the thanksgiving holiday despite warnings to stay at home. the world health organization is warning countries to remain vigilant, even if they can see a decrease in corona virus cases. the agency also said more data is needed to review the efficacy of oxford university and astra zeneca. as coronavirus vaccine doubts have been raised over its effectiveness after

the court of appeals upheld the lower court to dismiss the case. the attorney argued it was marred by fraud. the judge wrote that if trump campaign offered no evidence. charges of unfairness is serious. but calling an election unfair is not so. this comes three days after pennsylvania officials certified the elect for biden. the campaign is expected to apile. >>> as joe biden continues his transitionto the without. greg lee shows how it helped shape the man's future. >> reporter: for the last 10 years craig has been responsible for spearheading the bay air with the government. >> we promote regional initiatives that are in align about the grant. prevent, protect the communities against terrorist event. >> he worked with the department of homeland security. he's worked at all levels of government for 20 yours. in 1980 he was just a student. >> i wanted to have some experience working in washington, d.c. washington, d.c., is the politics. it the l.a. regarding the entertainment world. >> he wanted to work on capitol hill. he found a senator. >> i appl

federal court of appeals has rejected his campaign's request to block joe biden been declared the winner of pennsylvania. in their ruling, the 3 judge panel said charges of unfairness are serious, but calling an election on fed doesn't make it so. and rejected. trump's claim of widespread problems with mail in ballots counted in the state and the democratic officials scheme to ensure biden's victory trumps lawyers have tweeted they plan to appeal the case at the u.s. supreme court. much more still ahead on the program has been screeching of astra zeneca is a vaccine trial. the w.h.o. saying that more days here is needed before any conclusions can be drawn. and venezuela said goes 6 verdicts are in for oil executives accused of corruption. melbourne has been released. the weather is gorgeous and apparently coronavirus has also gone so you can celebrate a bit on the beach. the weather will not keep. i'm afraid. we've got clive stretch across the bite. it's representing a frontal system, a trough which is a line of weather. sundry type from the south of australia down towards victoria and t

the presidents path to victory is narrowing, although the third circuit court of appeals decided to hearhe dismissal of one of his lawsuits in pennsylvania today. on january 20, there is going to be an auger ration. if it is joe biden inaugurated, he needs to have a transition before that. wind you, he has been in politics including eight years in the white house. a number of people he is naming to his cabinet, our old hands at washington. but there will have to be a transition between now and generate 20th -- january 20. >> emily murphy says she did not receive direction to delay her determination making this move, what she under pressure to not begin this transition process, in your opinion? >> i am not in the white house, so i cannot tell. there is still plenty of time for a transition. it is my understanding joe biden is receiving classified briefings at this time. electoral college does not be until december 14. inauguration is january 20. so there's plenty of time for him to get up to speed. again, the fact that he has an old henan politics and in washington should make this a rela

court is probably not going to listen to it. it's important at some point that your fraud has to meet a certain threshold before you get to the point of appealing the supreme court of wisconsin to the u.s. supreme court. there is some practicality involved as well. >> sean: great analysis, good investigation. fundamental laws like -- partisan observers deny that opportunity it takes away people's confidence and integrity in any vote counting. just common sense. thank you. kayleigh mcenany now says in 2016, they've actually gone back and looks, 1% of male and ballots were rejected >> sean: if you look at that margin, they could tip the scales in the following states: pennsylvania, wisconsin, and georgia. kayleigh mcenany is going to join us in a second, in wisconsin, the rejection rate was 2%. about 23,000 ballots. that's less than the margin the president would need to make up the difference. here with reaction, rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel and white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany. let's start with you, explain with those percentages mean and explain, you are in the process of getting these affidavits. for example, you brought a pile o

took extraordinary measures as if they did all they could not withstanding the fact that the court of appeal has said that the in action in san quentin by those same officials has been quote morally indefensible we have a situation where the measures c.d.c. are took may be unprecedented because we're in the midst of a global pandemic the likes of which hasn't been seen in in the lifetime of anybody living today but is been grossly inadequate and that's why we are in the situation we are in where there was an explosion of co that at san quentin this stammer and in july people began dying at san quentin those 29 people 28 incarcerated people and one staff member who have died should be alive today that blood is on the hands of the c.d.c. are officials and the reason that they don't speak really publicly i think is that they are used to operating in complete secret with complete impunity and there is no accountability 29 people died at san quentin and where is the accountability for those deaths. our prison system is built on this notion that people need to be held accountable for the decisions

the bbc has announced that a former president of the court of appeal, lord dyson, will head an independentn interview with princess diana in 1995. the inquiry will look at how reporter martin bashir obtained the interview with the princess, how much the bbc knew of his methods, and how effective the bbc‘s subsequent investigation was. prince william's office said they tentatively welcomed the investigation, and called it a step in the right direction. britain, the united states, canada, australia and new zealand have accused china of breaching its international obligations in hong kong with a concerted campaign to silence its critics. the countries' foreign ministers say beijing has undermined the rights of people in hong kong to elect their representatives. most opposition politicians resigned from the territory's legislative council last week. beijing gave the city government the power to eject lawmakers deemed to be disloyal.(read 0n) ealier i spoke to australian senator eric abetz. he talked about china breaching its international obligations in hong kong. the five eye countries around