More on the retirement of broadcast journalist, Carol Marin. Her work as a correspondent for “60 Minutes” had her in New York City on September 11, 2001. When she saw on the newsroom monitors what was going on downtown that morning, her natural reporter instincts kicked in: She grabbed a CBS producer and they rushed down to the World Trade Center. Just as she approached the area, WTC1 collapsed. Had it not been for the heroics of a New York firefighter, Marin likely would have died that day. Here she is, shortly after the collapse, talking with then CBS News anchor, Dan Rather.
(The producer and the firefighter survived, as well.)
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Carol Marin’s Retirement, Part 3
More highlights from Carol Marin’s career as the best (imho) TV reporter in the business. They don’t make them like her anymore. This video futures a series of her reports on the infamous El Rukn street gang in Chicago.
Yasss! This!
07 November 2020, Around the United States
The Biden and Harris Speeches
In case you missed them (or want to see them again).
The Moment I Found Out
I had MSNBC on all morning and took half a minute at about the 1:40 point in this video to run to the kitchen to refill my coffee. When I returned to the living room, the network had already called the election. In this video, the call happens at the 2:05 mark. I missed it by about 10 seconds.
They Call Him “Map Daddy”
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Nevada Goes to Biden
It took a little longer than I thought it would, but Nevada has now been called for Biden. That puts his vote total, so far, at 290. Georgia is trending in his direction and will hopefully be called before the end of the weekend. I think North Carolina is out of reach, but we’ll see what the remaining votes there look like.
It Is Done
Joe Biden Elected President
And Kamala Harris will be the first woman elected vice-president.
NBC News has just projected the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden. Those 20 votes put him over the 270 needed for victory, and that is that. The republic has been given a reprieve. You have no idea how deeply proud I am that our country has decided on this course change. Donald Trump will be a failed, one-term president. But, more than that, he will be replaced by a man ready to lead us out of the morass, a man perfectly fit for the moment, the perfect elixir to these last four years.
And I can’t tell you how happy and proud I am that a woman will be vice-president. Kamala Harris finally breaks that glass ceiling that Hillary Clinton cracked so long ago. My mom was in tears just now. That she and my sisters and my nieces and my mother-in-law can witness this in their lifetimes is nothing short of tremendous.
More later, but for now, my husband and I are about to open the Veuve Clicquot that has been chilling all week!
If it weren’t for this quarantine, I’d be heading out to celebrate. But the Veuve will be sufficient for now, especially with the knowledge that the Trump years will soon be over.
Wayne Martin Allen 