Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters cast a ballot. And also there was no uniform drubbing of one party by the other. It was not a blowout. It was a competitive election. Yes, joe biden won by a healthy margin. 7 million votes. 70 plus Electoral College votes. But remember republicans gained seats in the house. They want some key senate rates right . Now rather than looking at that outcome and thinking wow, we can be a Competitive Party even in high turnout elections which would have been a totally rational conclusion. Republican
yesterday was pre-recorded. today will be live to the nation. we don t have any sense necessarily how long it exactly will be. but again, all televised, all on camera for the nation to see. after, that comes the official proclamation of king charles. he will not be present for that. and then following, that we will hear a fanfare. we will hear trumpeter, is gun salutes. and that s also when the flags across the nation will be risen again to full staff for the next day. chris? all right, let s listen in live now. again, the beginning of the meeting of the accession council. begi now call on the clock of e council to read aloud the text of the proclamation. whereas it is pleased almighty god. it s a call to his mercy, our latest sovereign lady, queen elizabeth the second of blessed and glorious memory, by who s deceased, the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philip alpha george. we therefore
yesterday was pre-recorded. today will be live to the nation. we don t have any sense necessarily how long it exactly will be. but again, all televised, all on camera for the nation to see. after, that comes the official proclamation of king charles. he will not be present for that. and then following, that we will hear a fanfare. we will hear trumpeter, is gun salutes. and that s also when the flags across the nation will be risen again to full staff for the next day. chris? all right, let s listen in live now. again, the beginning of the meeting of the accession council. begi now call on the clock of e council to read aloud the text of the proclamation. whereas it is pleased almighty god. it s a call to his mercy, our latest sovereign lady, queen elizabeth the second of blessed and glorious memory, by who s
things, both the seriousness of, it but the joyousness of the moment, and to contrast that tradition, it occurs to me as we saw. king charles and queen camilla standing there. the first full divorced man. the first queen who is also divorced. that they are also going to lead this monarchy into a more modern era? yeah. it s strange seeing these scenes in color. isn t it chris? because traditionally the last one we saw. we saw it again play out. it was in black and white, and characterized by the queens high pitched voice. when she carried out the procedures at the tender age of 25. yes, we have got a divorcee king. and the divorce he quickly. but then, i think that s probably going to make the royal family reflective. not only in modern britain, but the modern world. and this, perhaps, once controversial notion of referring to camilla as queen. it might not have been
we look at the grandeur there. but it is a remarkable sight. always, to stand outside of buckingham palace. and as we wait for this to begin, we just see tremendous crowds of people coming in. i ve been talking about this all morning, but the number of families here together. the number of them who are carrying large bouquet of flowers. who want to be part of this historical moments. and yesterday, one of the things that we noted. and i m guessing that we may see that again today, but when king charles began to speech, when his taped message began to play. people got into small crowds along their phones and were clearly trying to follow what they were seeing, this is a big moment it seems where a lot of the country has stopped and is paying attention. camilla? absolutely chris, i mean, we think back to the last king speech and people would have been gathering around the wireless to listen to george the sixth, of course multi