2025-12-02
13 分钟Good morning.
It's Tuesday, December 2nd.
I'm Shanice Abassu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, Beijing's grip on Hong Kong faces a major test after its devastating fire.
Michael Jordan's plans to transform another sport, and why Costco is suing the Trump administration.
But first, tonight, according to President Trump,
the whole world is watching a rural part of Tennessee.
That's because there's a special election for a house seat tonight.
A race that's turned out to be very close.
If you look at the results...
from last year's presidential election.
Donald Trump won the seventh district of Tennessee, this district,
by 22 percentage points, which suggests that this is a fairly reliably conservative district.
Anthony Zercher is a correspondent with the BBC who recently spent time in Tennessee to report on the race.
A Democratic win would be the first there for more than 40 years and would further chip away at the razor-thin Republican majority in the House.
At a moment in which recent Gallup polling indicates the president's approval rating is the lowest it's been in his term so far.
So while it's just one district and it won't determine who controls Congress,
at least in the short run, it could have a lot of significance for how this country is feeling.
That's why both parties are sinking resources into this