>> Sreenivasan: ON THIS EDITION FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8: PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT KAMALA HARRIS ADDRESS THE NATION AFTER THEIR HISTORIC WIN.

>> IT TURNS OUT TICKET SPLITTING IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALL BUT DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA IN EVERY STATE BUT MAINE, WHERE SUSAN COLLINS WON.

>> Sreenivasan: JEFF GREENFIELD WITH ELECTION ANALYSIS AND A RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE A FATAL SHOOTING HELPED GALVANIZE VOTERS.

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>> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND AND VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS HAD NO PUBLIC EVENTS TODAY, ONE DAY AFTER THEY WERE DECLARED THE WINNERS IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

LAST NIGHT, THE TWO CELEBRATED WITH SUPPORTERS AT AN OUTDOOR EVENT THAT FEATURED A DRONE- DRIVEN LIGHT SHOW AFTER VICTORY SPEECHES.

THE BIDEN-HARRIS TRANSITION TEAMS ARE FORMING AND PLANNING ANNOUNCEMENTS AS SOON AS TOMORROW.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT CONCEDED AND CONTINUES TO VOW TO CHALLENGE THE VOTE WITH LEGAL FIGHTS IN KEY STATES.

THE PRESIDENT TWEETED UNPROVEN CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD THIS MORNING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE GOING TO HIS GOLF CLUB IN VIRGINIA.

PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN ATTENDED CHURCH NEAR HIS HOME IN WILMINGTON, AS HE DOES MOST SUNDAYS.

FOUR FORMER U.S. PRESIDENTS CONGRATULATED BIDEN AND HARRIS, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN GEORGE W. BUSH.

IN HIS STATEMENT, BUSH WROTE: "THOUGH WE HAVE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES, I KNOW JOE BIDEN TO BE A GOOD MAN, WHO HAS WON HIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AND UNIFY OUR COUNTRY."

HARRIS, WHO WILL BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN, FIRST BLACK AND FIRST ASIAN TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, THANKED VOTERS WHO TURNED OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS.

>> WOMEN WHO FOUGHT AND SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR EQUALITY AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE OFTEN, TOO OFTEN, OVERLOOKED BUT SO OFTEN PROVE THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

(CHEERING) >> Sreenivasan: IN HIS SPEECH, BIDEN CALLED ON AMERICANS TO COME TOGETHER DESPITE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.

>> I PLEDGE TO BE A PRESIDENT WHO SEEKS NOT TO DIVIDE, BUT TO UNIFY.

WHO DOESN'T SEE RED AND BLUE STATES, ONLY SEES THE UNITED STATES.

(CHEERING) >> Sreenivasan: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE FIGHT OVER THE ELECTION WILL GO ON, BUT BY MOST MEASURES-- INCLUDING THE POPULAR VOTE TALLY-- JOE BIDEN IS NOW PRESIDENT-ELECT.

BUT THE SHAPE OF HIS VICTORY AND THE POLITICAL CLIMATE HE'LL FACE TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE POLLS AND PUNDITS PREDICTED.

HERE TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE IS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JEFF GREENFIELD, WHO JOINS US FROM SANTA BARBARA.

JEFF, LET'S HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE HERE, LAST WEEK WHEN WE SPOKE, YOU SAID THERE'S A DECENT CHANCE THAT JOE BIDEN WINS THE POPULAR VOTE, BUT STRUGGLES IN THE ELECTORAL COUNT.

>> WHAT HAPPENED?

THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE.

I MEAN, BIDEN IS GOING TO GET ABOUT A SEVEN MILLION VOTE PLURALITY WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE.

THAT'S ABOUT FIVE OR SIX POINTS.

BUT THE PROJECTIONS PRE-ELECTION WHERE HE COULD GET A TEN OR 12 POINT LEAD AT THE RATE HE CAME IN, IT PUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE RIGHT ON THE MARGINS.

HE'S GOING TO WIND UP, IF EVERY STATE HOLDS, WITH 306 ELECTORAL VOTES.

BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW CLOSE THESE STATES ARE.

YOU KNOW, ONE PERCENT OR LESS IN ARIZONA, NEVADA, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA, THEY'LL EVEN BE RECOUNTS.

SO HE AVOIDED THE FATE OF HILLARY CLINTON, BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL.

>> Sreenivasan: HE ALSO SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO WELL IN INNER CITIES.

WAS THAT THE KEY?

>> IT WAS A MIXED BAG.

THE INTERESTING THING WAS IN A STATE LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, THE PHILADELPHIA TURNOUT WASN'T PARTICULARLY GREATER THAN IT WAS FOR CLINTON.

BUT HE DID BETTER NOT ONLY IN THE SUBURBS, BUT HE DID SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN CLINTON IN THE SMALL TOWN AND RURAL AREAS.

THAT WAS TRUE IN WISCONSIN, JUST WELL ENOUGH TO PUSH HIM OVER THE EDGE IN BOTH OF THOSE STATES.

>> Sreenivasan: YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW SEEM TO BE CELEBRATING BIDEN AND RIGHTFULLY THEY SHOULD.

THIS IS A VICTORY LAP FOR THEM.

BUT THE SENATE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO.

>> WE TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE OPTIMISM THE DEMOCRATS HAD THAT IN ALL OF THESE RED STATES, SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM THAT WERE DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS VASTLY OUTSPENDING THEIR REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS, THEY ALL LOST AND SOME OF THEM BY ENORMOUS MARGINS.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT EXCEPT FOR ARIZONA AND COLORADO, THOSE ARE THE ONLY STATES THE DEMOCRATS PICKED UP AND THEY LOST ALABAMA.

SO IT'S 50 TO 48 RIGHT NOW, ASSUMING ALASKA AND NORTH CAROLINA HOLD AND THERE WERE TWO GEORGIA SENATE SEATS GOING TO A RUNOFF THAT WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE SOME SPARE MONEY, BUY A TV STATION IN GEORGIA, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF MONEY SPENT.

ONE ADDITION, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

PARTISANSHIP.

IT TURNS OUT TICKET SPLITTING IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALL BUT DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA.

IN EVERY STATE BUT MAINE, WHERE SUSAN COLLINS WON, THE WINNING SENATE CANDIDATE WAS FROM THE SAME PARTY AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO WON THAT STATE.

>> Sreenivasan: EVEN IF THE DEMOCRATS GET THE SENATE OR GET CONTROL OF THE SENATE, WHICH AGAIN IS UP IN THE AIR, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A SLAM DUNK FOR JOE BIDEN AND LET'S SAY A MORE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA.

>> NOT HARDLY.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 50-50 SENATE WITH KAMALA HARRIS BREAKING THE TIE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE A LOT OF THE MORE BOLD MOVES THAT SOME PROGRESSIVES WANT.

THEY'RE AGAINST COURT EXPANSION.

THEY DON'T LIKE ABOLISHING THE LEGISLATIVE FILIBUSTER.

THEY'RE A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT MASSIVE SPENDING AND HAS SAID IF THE REPUBLICANS KEEP THE SENATE, MITCH McCONNELL EFFECTIVELY HAS VETO POWER OVER JUDGES AND EVEN CABINET APPOINTMENTS.

AND ONE MORE POINT-- WHEN OBAMA WON 12 YEARS AGO, HE HAD 60 SENATORS, DEMOCRATS, AND HE HAD A REALLY TOUGH PROBLEM GETTING HIS AGENDA THROUGH.

>> Sreenivasan: NOW WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR ANY SEMBLANCE OF A CONCESSION FROM THE PRESIDENT, BUT OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024 MAYBE 2022.

>> WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WE TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE TEN-SEAT GAIN FOR DEMOCRATS, THEY LOST EIGHT SEATS.

THEY MAY LOSE MORE.

THEIR MARGINS ARE GOING TO BE SMALL IN THE HOUSE, MAY BE TEN OR 15 VOTES AND THE STATE LEGISLATURES, THE DEMOCRATS HAD A TOTAL FAILURE THERE.

SO REPUBLICANS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF REDISTRICTING IN TEXAS, OHIO, FLORIDA, MANY OTHER STATES.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO HOLD THE HOUSE.

HAVING SAID ALL THAT, HARI, NOT JUST DEMOCRATS, BUT I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A MOMENT IN JANUARY WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT BIDEN GOES BEFORE CONGRESS AND HIS FIRST WORDS WILL BE, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, MADAM SPEAKER.

SO EVEN WITH THE DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE ON THE CONGRESSIONAL SIDE, THERE'S SOME CAUSE FOR DEMOCRATS TO BE CELEBRATING.

>> Sreenivasan: JEFF GREENFIELD JOINING US FROM SANTA BARBARA, THANKS SO MUCH.

KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ON THE VICE- PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, BUT WITH YESTERDAY'S VICTORY SHE IS THE FIRST TO BECOME VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT BREAKING NOT JUST ONE GLASS CEILING, BUT MANY.

I SPOKE WITH BARBARA PERRY, DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES AND CO-CHAIR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S MILLER CENTER, ABOUT THE HISTORIC FIRST FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> WELL, AS A WOMAN, I HAVE TO SAY IT'S SO INSPIRING, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, MANY OF US THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO SIT IN THE OVAL OFFICE AT THE RESOLUTE DESK.

BUT FAILING THAT, THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING.

AND NOT ONLY A WOMAN IN KAMALA HARRIS, BUT A WOMAN OF COLOR.

IT'S JUST SPECTACULAR.

AND I MENTIONED THAT I WAS WEARING MY LATE MOTHER'S EARRINGS TODAY.

SHE WOULD HAVE TURNED 100 NEXT WEEK.

AND IT MAKES ME THINK THAT ALMOST GIVES ME CHILLS TO THINK THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN JUST AFTER THE AMENDMENT PASSED THE 19TH AMENDMENT, GIVING WOMEN THE FRANCHISE AND THAT HER OWN MOTHER, IT MADE ME DO SOME MATH, HER OWN MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN 27 BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO CAST HER FIRST VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

SO WITHIN THE SPAN OF THREE GENERATIONS, I NOW SEE THE FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT AND MAYBE SHE WILL GO ON AT SOME POINT TO BE PRESIDENT RUNNING IN HER OWN RIGHT.

>> Sreenivasan: WELL, KAMALA HARRIS IS THE FIRST TO BE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT.

SHE'S NOT THE FIRST TO BE ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET.

>> YES, IT TAKES US ALL THE WAY UP TO 1984 BEFORE WE GET A WOMAN ON A MAJOR PARTY NATIONAL TICKET IN THE PERSON OF GERALDINE FERRARO.

AND YET I THINK BACK TO THAT CAMPAIGN AS SHE RAN ON THE TICKET WITH WALTER MONDALE, THAT WAS DOOMED TO A LANDSLIDE DEFEAT TO RONALD REAGAN, NOT BECAUSE OF GERALDINE FERRARO, BUT SHE WAS A BIT CONDESCENDED TO BY THEN VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W.

BUSH IN THE DEBATE AND SHE CALLED HIM OUT ON IT.

BUT SHE WAS ALSO ATTACKED FOR HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS DEALINGS, HIS REAL ESTATE DEALINGS IN NEW YORK.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM FOR WOMEN.

THEY RISE TO AT OR NEAR THE TOP, AND THEN THEY'RE STILL BROUGHT DOWN BY THEIR HUSBAND'S BUSINESS DEALINGS.

AND THEN IN THE CASE OF SARAH PALIN, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT SET THE CAUSE OF WOMEN BACK ON NATIONAL TICKETS BECAUSE SHE WAS SO BLATANTLY UNQUALIFIED TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE OR TO BE A HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENCY.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR WOMEN TO OVERCOME THAT WITH KAMALA HARRIS' NOMINATION AND NOW VICTORY.

>> Sreenivasan: AND IT'S IRONIC THAT THE MALE ESTABLISHMENT THAT TRIED TO KEEP WOMEN FROM VOTING FOR SO LONG, EVER SINCE THAT VOTE, HAVE BEEN WELL, THESE HAVE BEEN THE MASSIVE MARGINS AND HOW IMPORTANT WOMEN HAVE BEEN IN ELECTIONS, DECIDING PRESIDENTS.

>> YES, AND PARTICULARLY WOMEN OF COLOR, 90-PLUS PERCENT AND MEN OF COLOR AS WELL, CERTAINLY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN, THE BACKBONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND YET PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF BLACK WOMEN, HAVE BEEN SO UNREWARDED.

IT'S SAD TO THINK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE THAT AS KAMALA HARRIS LEADS HERSELF INTO THE VICE PRESIDENCY, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO SYMBOLIC THAT IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, JOE BIDEN INCLUDED HER NOT ONLY ON THE STAGE, BUT HAD HER SPEAK FIRST AND INTRODUCE HIM, THAT THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED IN PRESIDENT ELECT VICTORY SPEECHES.

BUT IN GOING ON TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY, THAT WILL MEAN THERE IS NOT A BLACK WOMAN IN THE SENATE AND THAT KAMALA HARRIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND BLACK WOMAN IN ALL OF OUR HISTORY TO SERVE IN THAT BODY.

>> Sreenivasan: BARBARA PERRY FROM UVA'S MILLER CENTER, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, HARI.

>> Sreenivasan: FOR MORE ELECTION ANALYSIS AND THE LATEST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS, VISIT PBS.ORG NEWSHOUR.

>> Sreenivasan: TOMORROW, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN PLANS TO NAME A 12-PERSON GROUP OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS AND EXPERTS TO LEAD THE RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC DURING THE TRANSITION.

TODAY THE U.S.

RECORDED MORE THAN TEN MILLION CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ACCORDING TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES."

THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF NEW CASES HAS SURPASSED 100,000 PER DAY.

MORE THAN 237,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 IN THE U.S. DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE VIRUS IS ALSO SPREADING RAPIDLY IN MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WHERE NEW STAY-AT- HOME ORDERS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN PLACE.

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS IS THE FIRST WEEKEND OF A LOCKDOWN SET TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST DECEMBER 2.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE COUNTRY HAS CLOSED STORES, LIMITED GATHERINGS AND ORDERED PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.

FOR MORE ON THE LOCKDOWN IN THE U.K. AND REACTION THERE TO THE U.S. ELECTION RESULTS, I SPOKE WITH NPR CORRESPONDENT FRANK LANGFITT, WHO JOINED US FROM LONDON.

FRANK, WE'LL GET TO THE ELECTION IN A SECOND, BUT FIRST, THE OTHER AND ONLY MAJOR STORY IN THE WORLD IS COVID.

THE NUMBER OF CASES ACROSS EUROPE HAVE BEEN INCREASING, JUST LIKE THEY ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE'RE SEEING THE U.K. NOW TAKING MUCH MORE DRASTIC MEASURES.

>> WHAT BASICALLY HAPPENED IS OVER THE SUMMER, PEOPLE TRAVELED A LOT IN EUROPE AND IT'S CLEAR THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT IT BACK FROM SPAIN, FOR INSTANCE.

AND ALSO THERE'S BEEN KIND OF, IT WAS MUCH MORE RELAXED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THAN IT WAS IN THE STATES.

AND SO THERE HASN'T BEEN AS MUCH SOCIAL DISTANCING.

WE'VE GOT A RESURGENCE AS THE WEATHER'S GOTTEN MUCH COLDER HERE THIS FALL.

>> Sreenivasan: HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THIS, THEIR FRUSTRATION LEVEL, WHETHER THEY THINK THAT THERE'S A CLEAR POLICY, WHETHER THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO ROUND THE CORNER BECAUSE ALL THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS SAY, "HEY, COME THANKSGIVING, COME CHRISTMAS, COME THE WINTER, THIS IS GOING TO BE WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER"?

>> I THINK THAT THERE IS PANDEMIC FATIGUE HERE, LOCKDOWN FATIGUE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE VIOLATING IT RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO'S TOLD ME THAT SHE'S HAVING PEOPLE INTO THE HOUSE.

SHE'S JUST NOT GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

SHE'S, I THINK, LATE 60S, EARLY 70S.

SO I THINK YOU'RE DEFINITELY SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF IT.

THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND CERTAINLY IF THE GOVERNMENT WEREN'T DOING THIS, IT COULD BE A VERY, VERY BAD DECEMBER.

>> Sreenivasan: SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REACTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM NOW AFTER THE AP, THE BBC EVEN CALLED THE ELECTION IN FAVOR OF JOE BIDEN.

>> THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION I WAS OUT IN LONDON.

THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT INTO LOCKDOWN AND I TALKED TO YOUNG LONDONERS.

AND WHAT I GOT FROM THEM WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THEY WERE HOPING FOR A BLOW OUT BY JOE BIDEN AND THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T WAS DISAPPOINTING TO THEM.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN EUROPE AND HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS A FEELING THAT IT WAS NOT THE BIG, BIG BLUE WAVE THAT MANY HERE WOULD HAD HOPED FOR AND THAT THERE'S LESS TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

IT USED TO BE FOREIGN POLICY IN EUROPE, FOR AMERICA WAS VERY CONSISTENT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.

THAT'S NO LONGER TRUE.

AND SO THE CONCERN HERE WOULD BE GET TO 2024 AND A DIFFERENT, MORE SAVVY VERSION OF TRUMP TAKES OVER AND THE POLICY THEN RUNS AGAINST EUROPEAN INTERESTS.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE TALKING ABOUT BEGINNING TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT GOING THEIR OWN WAY.

>> Sreenivasan: DOES THAT CAUSE PEOPLE TO SECOND GUESS WHAT JOE BIDEN CAN DO IF PERHAPS HIS ROLLBACK OF WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID IS ROLLED BACK AGAIN IN '24 IF TRUMPISM EXISTS IN THE LONGER ARC?

>> I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIG, BIG CONCERN.

AND I THINK THERE'S A RECOGNITION HERE THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS A SYMPTOM OF MUCH BIGGER CHANGES AND DISSATISFACTION IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

WE'VE SEEN THE POLARIZATION.

I THINK, HONESTLY, HAD JOE BIDEN GOTTEN A 400-PLUS ELECTORAL VOTE WIN AND HAD 55 SEATS IN THE SENATE, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE MUCH MORE CONFIDENT HERE IN LONDON AND PARIS, BERLIN AND PLACES LIKE THAT.

BUT IT WASN'T WHAT THEY HAD HOPED FOR.

AND SO I THINK THEY ARE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP REALLY DID CHANGE THE WAY MANY PEOPLE IN EUROPE VIEW THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST GOING TO GO AWAY WITH JOE BIDEN'S WIN.

>> Sreenivasan: WHAT HAPPENS TO BORIS JOHNSON, WHO HAS BEEN VERY CHUMMY AND AN ALLY IN SOME WAYS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW THAT JOE BIDEN MIGHT BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS FOR BORIS JOHNSON IN THE SHORT TERM.

AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, JOE BIDEN IS NO FAN OF BORIS JOHNSON.

HE WAS AGAINST BREXIT AND OBVIOUSLY JOHNSON CHAMPIONED IT.

AND SOMEONE LIKE JOE BIDEN, THE CLASSIC TRANS-ATLANTICIST, SEES BREXIT AS UNDERMINING EUROPE, WHICH IS ACCURATE.

THAT REALLY IS DIVIDING EUROPE.

BUT I THINK OVER TIME, WHAT JOHNSON IS HOPING FOR IS THERE ARE A LOT OF SHARED POLICY GOALS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

CLIMATE CHANGE, A PERFECT EXAMPLE HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE HOSTING THE NEXT BIG CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN GLASGOW IN NOVEMBER.

THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BORIS JOHNSON TO FIND COMMON GROUND WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND KIND OF GET A LOT CLOSER, MAYBE REPAIR SOME OF THE DAMAGE OF THE TRUMP YEARS.

>> Sreenivasan: FRANK LANGFITT JOINING US FROM LONDON FROM NPR, THANKS SO MUCH.

>> HAPPY TO DO IT, HARI.

>> Sreenivasan: IN THEIR SPEECHES LAST NIGHT, BOTH PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT ELECT KAMALA HARRIS MENTIONED HOW THE SUPPORT OF BLACK VOTERS HELPED PROPEL THEM TO VICTORY.

THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA WAS DECISIVE FOR THAT WIN.

LAST WEEKEND, WE REPORTED FROM PHILADELPHIA, WHERE BLACK LIVES MATTER ADVOCATES WERE HOPING THAT THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN BY POLICE WOULD MOTIVATE, NOT DETER VOTER TURNOUT.

NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S CHRISTOPHER RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA JUST DAYS AFTER POLICE PUBLICLY RELEASED VIDEO FROM THE INCIDENT AND RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION WAS CALLED FOR JOE BIDEN.

>> Reporter: ON WEDNESDAY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA RELEASED THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE DEATH OF WALTER WALLACE, JR., THE 27-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN FATALLY SHOT KILLED BY THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION.

>> THE RELEASE GOT SOMEWHAT ABSORBED INTO THE NEWS OF THE ELECTION.

>> Reporter: PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JAIME GAUTHIER SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE RELEASE WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE ELECTION, WALLACE'S DEATH REMAINS A TOP THE MINDS OF VOTERS FROM PHILADELPHIA'S BLACK COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION TO VOTING FOR PRESIDENT, PHILADELPHIA VOTERS WERE ALSO ASKED WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD FORM A POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION AND WHETHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD END THE USE OF STOP AND FRISK.

>> THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT FOR THESE BALLOT INITIATIVES.

PEOPLE EVEN BEFORE THE SHOOTING OF WALTER WALLACE, JR., PEOPLE IN PHILLY KNEW THAT WE NEEDED MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AS IT RELATES TO HOW THE POLICE FUNCTION AND OPERATE.

AND PEOPLE ARE BEYOND TIRED OF THE WAYS THAT POLICE INTERACT WITH THEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR FROM THE TIPPING POINT STATES, WISCONSIN, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY CAME OUT SUBSTANTIALLY.

>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE TRULY UNDERSTOOD THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION.

THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE VOTING FOR OUR HEALTH IN THE FACE OF THIS PANDEMIC.

THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE VOTING ON ISSUES LIKE POLICE REFORM, AND THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE VOTING TO GET A PRESIDENT WHO TRULY WANTS TO INVEST IN URBAN AREAS LIKE PHILADELPHIA.

SO I THINK FOLKS GOT THAT.

>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THIS WILL AT ALL CHANGE THE WAY THAT THE DEMOCRATS MESSAGE OR POLITIC AS IT RELATES TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY?

>> I SURE HOPE IT DOES.

SINCE 2016, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON WHITE WORKING CLASS VOTERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.

BLACK PEOPLE HAVE SAVED THIS PARTY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE TRULY RECOGNIZED AND NOT JUST RECOGNIZE WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT, BUT RECOGNIZE WITH POLICY THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP OUR PEOPLE TO THRIVE.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT IN FORCE AND SO I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A MUSCLE THAT'S THAT HAS BEEN BUILT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

>> Reporter: WITH OVER A MILLION PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION-- THE MOST SINCE 1984-- IT IS A MUSCLE THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVATED THANKS IN NO SMALL PART TO BRITTANY SMALLS, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COORDINATOR FOR BLACK VOTERS MATTER.

>> THE WORK IS REALLY MOBILIZING BLACK FOLKS.

AND SO OUR WORK WILL CONTINUE.

WHEN THE CAMERAS BEFORE THE CAMERAS, I WAS UP AND DOWN THE STREET, BEFORE THE CAMERAS, AFTER THE CAMERAS LEAVE IN THE ATTENTION, I WAS UP IN STATE.

SO MY JOB STAYS THE SAME.

>> Reporter: SHE RECOGNIZES THAT EFFORTS LIKE HERS IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HELPED DELIVER STATES TO LIKE MICHIGAN, GEORGIA, AND PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

>> I SAY JOB WELL DONE.

SO ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE DOING THE WORK, THIS IS NOT ONE PERSON'S JOB.

THAT'S THE MISSION OF BLACK VOTERS TO REALLY MOBILIZE OUR FOLKS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST WANT CHANGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT REALLY IT NEVER REALLY WAS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES.

IT'S ABOUT WHO CAN DELIVER THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THAT WE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> Reporter: AND THIS IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR PASTOR CARL DAY.

>> I THINK THAT THE BIDEN HARRIS TICKET, THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE ON THEM, AS THEY SHOULD.

THE POOR, THE MARGINALIZED, THE OPPRESSED-- WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR CHANGE AND ANSWERS FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT REALLY BE FANS OF POLITICS, POLITICS COMES WITH POLITICS COMES POLICIES.

POLICIES IMPACT PEOPLE.

WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: PHILADELPHIA VOTERS OVERWHELMING APPROVED BOTH POLICE REFORM BALLOT INITIATIVES, THE RESULTS COMING A DAY BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED JOE BIDEN CLINCHED PENNSYLVANIA AND THE DAY BEFORE WALTER WALLACE'S FUNERAL.

>> Sreenivasan: IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS TODAY, AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT CLAIMED HIS COUNTRY'S FORCES HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF SHUSHA, THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE CONTESTED REGION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH.

THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS IN THE STREETS OF AZERBAIJAN'S CAPITAL CITY BAKU AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

SHUSHA IS A STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT CITY NEAR THE REGION'S CAPITAL AND ALONG AN IMPORTANT ROAD BETWEEN ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH.

ARMENIA, WHICH CALLS THE CITY SHUSHI, DENIES ITS FORCES HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.

OVER THE PAST MONTH, HUNDREDS HAVE DIED IN ONGOING FIGHTING BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN OVER CONTROL OF THE NAGORNO- KARABAKH REGION-- LOCATED WITHIN AZERBAIJAN, BUT CONTROLLED BY ETHNIC ARMENIAN FORCES SINCE 1994.

IN EAST AFRICA TODAY, ETHIOPIA'S PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED, ANNOUNCED KEY CHANGES TO THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY SECTOR.

GIVING NO REASON, HE FIRED THE ARMY CHIEF, HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE AND FOREIGN MINISTER.

THIS CAME AS THE NATIONAL ARMY ENTERED ITS FIFTH DAY OF AIR STRIKES ON MILITARY SITES IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF TIGRAY, AN AREA THAT ONCE LED THE RULING COALITION IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE AHMED WAS ELECTED IN 2018.

THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CALLED THE ESCALATION A RESPONSE TO ATTACKS BY TIGRAYAN FORCES ON FEDERAL MILITARY BASES.

BUT WITH COMMUNICATION DOWN IN THE REGION, THERE IS NO WAY TO VERIFY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS AND THERE ARE CONCERNS THE CONFLICT COULD ESCALATE TO A CIVIL WAR.

YESTERDAY, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS SAID SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 60 INJURED IN ONE LOCATION ALONG THE TIGRAY BORDER.

PRIME MINISTER AHMED WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAST YEAR-- IN PART FOR MAKING PEACE WITH NEIGHBORING ERITREA.

IN BANGKOK, THAILAND, TODAY, POLICE USED WATER CANNONS TO DISPERSE THOUSANDS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS.

THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE TRYING TO REACH THE GRAND PALACE TO DELIVER GRIEVANCE LETTERS TO THE COUNTRY'S KING.

PROTESTORS ARE CALLING FOR A CURB ON THE MONARCHY'S POWER AND THE OUSTING OF THAILAND'S PRIME MINISTER.

ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S EMERGENCY UNIT, FOUR DEMONSTRATORS AND ONE POLICE OFFICER WERE INJURED DURING A BRIEF CONFRONTATION.

THE CROWD WAS LATER ALLOWED TO PLACE MOCK MAILBOXES NEAR THE PALACE WALLS FOR PROTESTORS TO LEAVE THEIR LETTERS.

TROPICAL STORM ETA IS STRENGTHENING AFTER CROSSING CUBA TODAY AND MAY BECOME A HURRICANE AGAIN AS IT HEADS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS.

THE STORM IS PROJECTED TO VEER WEST AND MAY BRING STORM SURGES, HIGH WINDS AND FLOODING TO SOUTH FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN EIGHT COUNTIES.

RESCUE WORKERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS IN SEVERAL CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AFTER ETA STRUCK AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE LAST WEEK.

ALEX TREBEK, HOST OF THE HIT TELEVISION GAME SHOW "JEOPARDY" HAS DIED.

IN 2019, TREBEK ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER.

TREBEK HOSTED THE BELOVED QUIZ SHOW FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS-- BANTERING WITH CONTESTANTS AND KEEPING THE SHOW MOVING WHEN THEY STRUGGLED FOR ANSWERS THAT HAD TO BE PHRASED AS QUESTIONS.

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>> Sreenivasan: ALEX TREBEK DIED AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES EARLIER THIS MORNING.

HE WAS 80 YEARS OLD.

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