A mob incited by President Donald Trump overran the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday as lawmakers were planning to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election.
Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev, Alayna Treene and Jonathan Swan.
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Morning News Podcast: Stimulus Bill Deal, Self-Driving Taxis & 2020 Review
We’ve been talking about a second stimulus deal for months. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced both sides have finally come to an agreement.
- Plus, we could soon have self driving taxis.
- And, America’s somehow fitting, terrible end to 2020.
Guests: Axios’ Dan Primack, Joann Muller, and Mike Allen
Morning News Podcast: Covid Vaccine Delivery Issues, New ‘Smart’ Cities
We’re getting closer to the vaccine finish line with three promising candidates. Distributing this vaccine will be a challenge everywhere but especially in states that have large rural areas like Alabama where a three-phase plan to get the state vaccinated is being finalized next week.
- Plus, the logic behind the CDC’s new quarantine guidelines.
- And, the new hope for creating smart cities.
Guests: Alabama Public Health state health officer Dr. Scott Harris and Axios’ Sam Baker and Jennifer Kingson.
Morning News Podcast: Thanksgiving Travel & College Covid Concerns
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning against holiday travel. The day after 1 million Americans got on a plane, it’s the highest volume of travelers airports have seen since the pandemic.
- Plus, how the country’s largest public university system is handling Thanksgiving.
- And, the life and death implications of delaying the presidential transition.
Guests: Axios’ Joann Muller, and Russell Contreras and State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras.
Morning News Podcast: Election Day Arrives – Joe Biden, Mail-In Ballots
Axios’ Margaret Talev and Mike Allen walk us through what they’re preparing for on election night.
- Plus, how the election could come down to Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots.
- And, why voting is a sacred right.
Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev and Mike Allen; Noah Feldman, constitutional law professor at Harvard University; and Rev. Otis Moss, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ.
Morning News Podcast: A Historic Election – Why It Looks & Sounds Different
Just this year alone, the pandemic and social justice movements have dramatically changed the trajectory of the election. So today, we’re taking a moment to acknowledge what’s different – whether it comes to what our country looks like, who is voting and how the last eight months have shaped this historic election.
Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev, Chris Jackson, senior vice president of Ipsos Public Polling, and Mark Hugo Lopez, director of global migration and demography research at Pew Research Center.
Morning News Podcast: Record Fundraising & Early Voting, Retailers
The election has record breaking fundraising and huge early voting totals. That adds up to lots of voter enthusiasm, mostly among Democrats.
- Plus, retail’s last shot at survival.
- And, how lawyers are adapting to a remote workplace.
Guests: Axios’ Hans Nichols, Courtenay Brown and Bryan Walsh.
Morning News Podcast: Fake News & Election, Roe V. Wade And NASA Mission
Foreign and domestic actors are no longer using bots and fake accounts to influence the 2020 election. Now, bad actors are trying to trick journalists intro amplifying fake storylines.
- Plus, life after Roe vs. Wade.
- And, NASA is launching a new toilet to the International Space Station.
Guests: Axios’ Sara Fischer and Margaret Talev
Morning News Podcast: Private Space Exploration, Mail-In Voting, Vaccines
Axios Today reports: Private companies are becoming more and more invested in entering the space race. That means smaller missions – with more freedom in what they can study and explore – could completely change our understanding of the universe.
- Plus, democrats are changing up their voting strategy.
- And, Johnson & Johnson has reached another vaccine trial milestone.
Guests: Axios’ Miriam Kramer, Alexi McCammond, and Caitlin Owens
Morning News Podcast: Status Of Stimulus Bill, Economic Bright Spots
Axios Today reports: We’re halfway through September which means members of Congress are shifting their focus towards their own re-election campaigns, and now a Supreme Court Justice pick. After months of back and forth on a new stimulus bill, it’s now even less likely one will pass before the election.
- Plus, some not-bad news about our economic recovery.
- And, on the road with the Biden campaign.
Guests: Axios’ Alayna Treene, Felix Salmon and Hans Nichols.
