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Analytical adrenaline going . I certainly hope so. Seriously, of all the times weve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. So we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, a...

Picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. We have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions. What happened, and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and results . If so, what was the cause . How are the two parties, democrats and republicans, going to move forward in terms of both their program, their policies, and how they position themselves electorally. The that, let me turn microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen t...

Hurricane weeks of across Central America and a record breaking year for atlantic storms. Oh, welcome to the program, our top story, u. S. President , donald trump, will reduce the number of u. S. Forces in afghanistan from 4 and a half 100228, half 1000 before he leaves office. But it wont be the complete withdrawal by christmas that he promised the announcement on shoes day was anticipated, and it was preceded by warnings from military officials that any significant changes in those troop leve...

American history tv on cspan3 every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures in history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Youre looking at a time laps video reco lapse video, next on American History tvs american artifacts we visit the Thomas Jefferson building to learn. This program is just under an hour. Im sheryl, heim an exhibit director at the library of congress. Im barbara bear. Im a historian in the manuscript division. This jacob riis is a copresentat...

We are awaiting updates from the keystone state this hour. We are expecting former Vice President joe biden to speak in prime time. First, the u. S. Stock market close the week with gains. The s p and nasdaq having both their best week since april hold into next week. Lets get the latest from Sarah Ponczek from new york. Investors dont seem to care about the uncertainty of the president ial election. Sarah they do not seem to care. Today, we did see a slowing in the rally. Look at where the majo...

There are hundreds if not thousands of people on the front lines of democracy, this week, making it work for the rest of us. They are regular people and they are not committing fraud. That does not mean that they dont have errors along the way. The president is wrong to complain claim fraud. There is no evidence of that. No evidence that would actually show some affect on the Election Results. That would require a conspiracy of lots of people committing fraud together. It does not happen. Host w...

Wehle. She is a professor of law at the universe the baltimore. Thank you for your time. Guest thank you for having me. Host can we start with the president s claims about voter fraud . How would you analyze that . Guest voter fraud is a crime. It carries a fiveyear prison sentence under federal law, which is why it is really rare. I think there has been some confusion around voter fraud and just maladministration, mistakes that are made. There are hundreds if not thousands of people on the fron...

Narrator it is Early Morning of the first tuesday in november. This is an american city, a city that is not very large, not very rich, not very old. It is situated in the western part of the United States, in california. Its name is riverton. The woman in the car is mrs. Dawson, one of rivertons 15,000 residents. She is principal of Public School number two, but today there will be no classes held here, for this is election day. This classroom is one of the 130,000 places the country over in whi...

This is an american city. A city that is not very large. It is not very large, not very old if is situated on the western part of the United States. In california. Its smam riverton. The woman in the car is dr. Dawson, one of the 15,000 residents. Today there will be no classes held here. This is election day. This classroom is one of the 130,000 places that american citizens will cast their votes today. This is the table where the voters names will be checked. A locked ballot box. And a polling...

This is an american city. A city that is not very large. Not very rich. Not very old. It is situated in the western part of the United States. In california. Its name is riverton. The woman in the car is mrs. Dawson, one of rivertons 15,000 residents. She is pirincipal of Public School number two but today there will be no classes held here, for this is election day. This classroom is one of the 130,000 places the country over in which american citizens are going to cast their votes today. This ...