November 8, 2020 | On GPS: Joe Biden is elected the 46th President of the United States

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 8 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Airdate November 8, 2020: Leaders around the world took to Twitter to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Where will America stand on the world stage with its new leaders at the helm? Ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia, former Deputy Prime Minister Tzipi Livni of Israel, and former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom David Miliband join Fareed to discuss. Then, Biden's win makes abundantly clear the deep divide America still has to confront. Why is the nation so polarized? And what might bring it back together? Fareed speaks to Ezra Klein and David French. GUESTS: Kevin Rudd, Tzipi Livni, David Miliband, Ezra Klein, David French To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.0	I'm Furi Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:13.0	On the show today.
0:16.0	We've reached a historic moment in this election.
0:19.0	The 46th President of the United States will be Joseph R. Biden.
0:26.0	The whole world is watching America.
0:30.0	And I believe that our best Americans have beacon to the globe.
0:37.0	What does the world make of America's choice?
0:43.0	Three former top officials from around the globe will join me.
0:48.0	Ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia, former Deputy Prime Minister Zippy Livney of Israel,
0:54.0	and former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, David Miliband.
1:01.0	Also, why is America still so very polarized?
1:07.0	As R. Klein wrote the book on it, he will explain what the election has taught him.
1:18.0	But first, here's my take.
1:21.0	Joe Biden's first speech as President-elect demonstrated to the world that he may be the man for this moment.
1:28.0	Decent, generous, and determined to reach out to his political opponents.
1:33.0	But while many will celebrate this restoration of dignity and normalcy to American politics,
1:39.0	let us bear in mind that the United States has gone through one of its most trying periods in history,
1:45.0	one that is not done yet.
1:48.0	The country was on the verge of becoming an illiberal democracy.
1:53.0	I first wrote about illiberal democracy 23 years ago.
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