Getting to know each one of them was the event is called a new generation of mayors and citys, we have mayors all in their first term in the case of mayor lincoln only four weeks on the job, mayors doing interesting things, interesting ideas about the future, very challenging times, the pandemic, urban unrest and a bunch of other challenges that flow from those things. I want to dive right in and hear about what they are doing and what it means for Public Policy and the future of our cities, mayor of Miami Francis suarez was elected in 2013, first term mayors, district number 4, the first miami born mayor of the city. Look forward to hearing from you, Francis Suarez. David holt, mayor of Oklahoma City since 2013, the first native american mayor of Oklahoma City and one of the youngest mayors of the city with 500,000 residents that he served eight years in the senate in oklahoma. The newest member of the bench, Kevin Lincoln just assumed office which the Census Bureau calls the most div
Shot and killed by two Philadelphia Police officers in front of his mother while he was having a Mental Health crisis. The National Guard has been ordered into the streets. We will go to philadelphia to speak with professor Marc Lamont Hill about the Police Killing and President Trumps call to four poll watchers to pennsylvania. Is the president sanctioning voter intimidation . Then we go to chile, where voters have overwhelming approved rewriting chiles pinochet dictatorshipera constitution following a year of mass protests. This is the beginning and the end. We are giving birth to a new constitution and leaving behind the constitution of pinochet and his entourage. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States recorded nearly 75,000 coronavirus cases on tuesday as the confirmed death toll from covid19 neared 227,000. The u. S. Has recorded over a halfmillion new coronavirus cases over just the
Conference today as folks continue to be counted in swing states. Mr. Biden says he believes his campaign is winning in enough states to reach the needed 270 Electoral College votes. He also advocated for every vote to be counted. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden good afternoon, everyone. Kamala and i are here to make a brief statement and im sure we will have more to say later and either tonight or tomorrow, but let me begin by making the press for being here and thanking everyone else. My fellow americans, yesterday, once again proved that democracy is the heartbeat of this nation. It has been the heartbeat of this nation for two centuries and even in the face of a pandemic, more americans voted this election than ever before in american history. Over 150 Million People cast their votes. I think that is extraordinary. If we had any doubts, we should not have any longer about a government of, by, and for the people area it is very much alive. Here, the people rule. Power cannot be take
News conference as vote counting continues in swing states. He believes his campaign is winning enough in swing states. He advocated for every vote to be counted. More americans voted in this election than ever or before. I think that is extraordinary. If we had any doubts, we should not have them any longer. About a government of, by, and for the people. It is very much alive in america. Here, the people rule. Power cannot be taken or asserted. It flows from the people. Determines will that who will be the president. After a long night of counting, it is clear that we are winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes. I am not here to declare we have won. But when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Won wisconsin by 20,000 votes. Virtually the same margin that President Trump won that state for years ago. Lead by overwe 35,000 votes and it is growing. A substantially larger margin then President Trump won michigan in 2016. Michigan will conclude its vote soo
Richmond city hall on october 12th. After the online tracking system showed their ballots were not received, many of them reached out to local election officials, trigger an investigation. We have identified about 40 people who said they dropped their ballot off that day, and we have not yet received it. We have called and emailed each one of them. Many of them most of them actually weve already reissued them a second ballot so they can have the opportunity to vote. The assistant registrar of voters says its possible there are more missing ballots. However, he says 84 other ballots dropped off at that same ballot box in richmond the same day were received. He says it does not appear the box was tampered with. Instead they suspect its a handling error. Today several concerned voters who had planned to use the Richmond City hall drop box drove their ballots to the registrar of Voters Office in martinez instead. Lets get to the campaign trail. Tonight the focus is florida. President trump