The economy a central issue in the cam paint but a new book by the Washington Posts bob woodward is allowing his rival to keep the coronavirus pandemic front and center amid charges that the president purposely downplayed the threat from covid19. He knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was, but while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. Paul lets bring in columnist karl rove, Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush. So, karl, nice to see you. Thank you, paul. Paul so you wrote this week that joe biden in the home stretch is, has the edge on the election right now. How big an edge is it . Well, enough that if the election were today, he would win a clear victory. But the race also, as i said in the knecht sentence, is tightening next sentence is tightening. Democrat politicos are anxious that they could have a second election in a row in which somebody wins the Electoral College and comes in second in the popular vote. Thatses what they fear about trump. Paul so you dont think the president at this stage going to win a popular vote majority . Well, he could because, look, this race could have lots of twists and turns. I think the odds of that are small, but he could, absolutely. Look, the absence of regular campaigning forced upon us by the coronavirus means things are, you know, weve got the partisans dug in. But among that group thats actually up for grabs in this election whether its 12, 14, 15, 20 , maybe 18 maybe at the most paul do you think its that large . I think its got to be under 10 at this stage, doesnt it . I dont know. It depends. If you say youren decided, youre under 10. But if you look at the people who are week lu linked to either biden or trump, that number grows, and in some states depending on, for example, if you have a large latino population, that tends to make it a couple of points more robust. But it could be 12 the15 1215 in a number of the battleground states. And among those people the race could turn, it could turn on something unexpected, on something in the debates, on something that they ultimately the cumulative effect of things being said about a particular candidate ultimately caused them to move in one direction or the other. Paul let me ask you about this notion of the shy, socalled shy trump voter; that is, somebody who is supporting the president but doesnt tell a pollster that because theres some social stigma attached to that or maybe because they just dont like pollsters or dont like to pawk to pollsters. To talk to pollsters. Do you think thats real, number one, and how big of a cohort are we talking about . Well, i think it is real. We saw it in 2016. The average in the National Polls which were, you know, a large number of them so that, you know, the good polls and the bad polls together showed we got a good picture, suggested Hillary Clinton was going to win a 3. 5 popular vote margin. It was actually just 2. So just over 1 of the voters who, you know, who voted for trump who were anticipated to vote for hillary. I think its probably slightly larger this time around because weved had three and a half years of relentless attacks on the president that have caused some of his supporters perhaps when they get anonymous phone call from an unfamiliar polling organization to i say none of your business. But it is small. Its, you know, 1. 52 at the most. Paul at the most, okay. So the other issue thats come up, and im hearing this from more than a few republicans, is this concern about whether or not president Trumps Campaign is short on cash. Because as we know, joe biden has been rolling up huge fundraising numbers. And you travel in some of those fundraising circles. Is this a real problem for the president . I think its a real concern, yes. In august biden and the dnc raised 345 million, and the republicans raided, i think, 210 or Something Like that. And at the end of july the cash on hand for the Trump Campaign was 105 million, my suspicion its lucky to be 200 million at the end of august, the first of september. Paul thats not enough to fight through the rest of the election in a fair fight. Well, it depends on how much has been invested in data and infrastructure and how much of that has been spent on perishable items like media. But having said that, my gut tells me that when it comes down to the end, the last two months are going to be a biden spending advantage. But i think theres going to be sufficient trump money for advertising particularly in the last month. The question will be did they do themselveses some damage by not being on the air in august and september, early september. Theres an outside group called preserve america which is running more ads in defense of or attacking biden and in defense of trump than the Trump Campaign is running itself. Thats not a good place to be. Paul okay. So if you are add vising the Trump Campaign advising the Trump Campaign, if you were, what would you say . Stick to this economic message the president laid out in michigan . Is that, should that be the focus . Well, i think the economic message is important coming down to the end. I think theyre actually doing, they did a smart thing by raising the issue of law and order and framing it as a question of weakness and judgment. And then the question is, is by the end of the campaign they have to be in a place where theyre making the economic argument. I think the president was wise to do it in michigan. I, frankly, in politics ive learned its a lot harder to say what youre for than what youre against, and i think the president laying out what hes going to do, you know, protect the tack cuts, focus tax cuts, focus on fair trade, keep the regulations low, you know, dont burden us with a bunch more government regulation and red tape and spending program, you know, progrowth policies, if he would i nonesuate that, thats almost as important as saying that bidens going to do bad things. Youve got to be careful not to go over the top. He paul karl, thanks very much. All right, appreciate you coming in. When we come back, as states gear up for a Record Number of mailin ballots, growing concern mailin ballots, growing concern that our next president could be incomparable design makes it beautiful. Stateoftheart Technology Makes it brilliant. The visionary lexus nx. Lease the 2020 nx 300 for 339 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. 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Im a delivery Operations Manager in san diego, california. Weve had a ton of obstacles in finding ways to be more sustainable for a big company. We were one of the first stations to pilot a fleet of zero emissions electric vehicles. The amazon vans have a decal that says, shipment zero. Were striving to deliver a package with zero emissions in to the air. I feel really proud of the impact that has on the environment. But were always striving to be better. I love being outdoors, running in nature. We have two daughters. I want to do everything i can to protect the environment to make sure they see the same beauty ive seen in nature. My goal is to lead projects that affect the world. I know that to be great requires hard work. Paul with a Record Number of voters expected to cast mail hundred ballots this year, theres growing concern that the outcome of the president ial race will be left for the courts to decide. A recent wall street journal poll finds supporters of joe biden are significantly more likely to vote by mail with just 26 of biden voters planning to vote in person on election day compared to 66 of trump voters. All this raising the possibility of parallel president ial elections with no clear winner on Election Night or for days, perhaps even weeks afterward. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy Editorial Page EditorDan Henninger, columnist kim strassel and editorial page writer Kyle Peterson. So, kyle, youve been following this in the states. Explain the scenario by which this thing is settled by the courts. Well, start in georgia. Georgia has a very clear ballot deadline. Your absentee ballots has to a arrive by election day, but last week a federal judge ruled if theyre postmarked by election day, theyre still valid. Theres a similar case in the pennsylvania Supreme Court, theres a case in ohio challenging that states process for verifying signatures on ballots, theres a case in minnesota challenging whether absentee ballots have to be signed by a witness, and there will be more cases as ballots get rejected for one reason or another. So there have been 560,000 ballots rejected in primaries, and just to give some context, in al gore won the popular vote but 540,000. Paul one issue is deadlines. Deadlines that are too close to the election to get the votes counted even on election draw. Thats one, right . Is that it . Thats part of it. Thats part of it. The second one allows you to request a ballot on november 2 for an election on november 3. Some states dont even start counting, processing absentee ballotses until election day which could result in very serious delays, and then theres the process of rejecting ballots. There was a survey, study of florida in 2018 that said that black and hispanic voters by mail have their ballots rejected at about twice the rate of white voters. Paul so as those ballots are counted and lets say 20,000 in a state like pennsylvania or 40,000 are disqualified for one reason or another, legitimate reasons under the current statute, thatll be challenged in court, and then the judges will end up deciding, saying, well, you need to count those ballots or you cant count those. Is that the scenario you see playing out . Right, precisely. If the election is close, there is certainly that risk. The statistic that you cited by trump voters voting more in person, if that hold, that means more mailin ballots will be provided. And if there are a lot of them that come in late whether its the voters false, the post offices fault, there will certainly be a Court Challenge to try to get those counted. Paul kim, this sounds like a recipe for election month, maybe election two months. Are you as concerned about, kyle, if this is a close election that this is exactly the scenario well see . Yeah, i am. By the way, paul, weve seen this before. I am old enough to remember bush v. Gore and the fight down in floridaover hanging chads. I also remember a 2008 race in minnesota when al franken basically litigated his way to a senate seat against norm coleman. When you have these scenarios, the lawyers love it because you can end up after an election having fights over ten ways from sunday about how you read a ballot and whether or not its legitimate and whether or not the process was fair. And the lawyer end up taking over. It has very little to do in the end with the votes on the ground especially in chose elections, and the real problem, paul, is it completely undermines peoples belief in the integrity of the vote. Paul yeah. And, dan, on that point there was a startle piece in the Washington Post by something called the transition integrity project which laid out is narrows basically from the antitrump left saying heres what were going to do to be able to force trump to vacate in a contested election or force him to concede, and it included scenarios where there were protests in the streets and even calling in the military if trump refused to leave. You wrote a column this week with some awe Lance Armstrong about alarm about a really dangerous scenario for less electoral legitimacy. Yeah. I think we could since weve had these protests going on for over 100 days now. And, you know, that piece, that attitude idea of a military coup to get trump out of office basically represents the sort of emotional, almost neurotic animosity that many in the democratic establishment have towards this president. And my fear is that they are willing to let the system rip apart over the mailin ballots to get him out of office. Just, you know, devil take the high most. And we could see a a situation, theres an election a lot of us werent old enough to remember, but in 1876 the hayes tilden election wasnt settled until two days before the inauguration. And there are serious people writing about the possible scenarios that could push this mess into january. You could end up conceivably with nancy pelosi temporarily president of the United States. I i just dont think this is a result that new of us want to see any of us want to see happen. Paul quickly are, kyle, to prevent this kind of outcome whats the most important thing states can do . Well, they can move their deadline for requesting absentee ballots back, make them earlier, and they can decide that theyre going to count, theyre going to start processing if not counting absentee ballots before election day. Paul yeah, okay. Good. Thanks, good advice, kyle. When we come back, democrats block republican efforts to advance a scaleddown Coronavirus Relief package in the u. S. Senate as the stalemate over a new round of spending continues. So can the parties still strike a deal before the election . A deal before the election . i need it so bad dont call it a hobby. Its way more than just a job. This is how we live every single day. Can we go and play . roaring of engines i needed to try needed to fall i needed your love im burning away i need never get old im burning away if i could, baby id how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. Muck. Its not a skinny bill, its emaciated. It doesnt help state and local brokers at all. I think that mcconnell is being such a cynical self by saying ill just put something on there thatll look like were trying to do something while weeing mother the needs of the american people. Paul House Speaker nancy pelosi thursday criticizing the socalled skinny Coronavirus Relief bill republicans introduced this week. Democrats blocked the scaleddown 500 billion measure on thursday, casting doubt on whether congress can pass another package before the november election. 52 out of 53 republican senators voted in favor of moving forward on the proposal, a win for Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell after weeks of internal division and a lifeline to a handful of republican incumbents facing tough reelection campaigns. Kim, let me ask you first, the republicans were very badly duded for a while on this. How did mcconnell wrangle them all together . Well, he did it by agreeing to skinny down that bill, because a lot of the republicans that were opposed were very concerned about the level of spending thats been going on, what it means for our debt. And, by the way, nor comparison to gdp. And so this was the, ended up being a better bill both on policy and on politics because by stripping it down some, getting rid of some of the spendier items, making it more foxed and tailored on focused and tailors on Small Businesses, liability protection, some money for schools and more testing, enhanced unemployment, he was able to bring along those reluctant republicans, and republicans are always better when theyre unified. So theyre now standing on this legislation and throwing the ball back to the democrats, and its on them to explain why they blocked it. Paul you know, dan, only in washington do you call a bill thats half a trillion dollars skinny. Yeah. Paul so my question is why did democrats block this . Because it included, as kim described, some priorities democrats want. Why not pass it in the senate in the house has already passed a 3. 2 trillion bill, and you go to conference, and the democrats cant be accused of blocking anything. Yeah, thats right. Well, the authority on this, of course, is speaker nancy pelosi, and we just heard her statement calling the bill i maceuated i maceuatedded, a half trillion dollar bill. Maybe in her world. But i was struck by how pro forma her response was, shes barely putting any energy into criticizing because she doesnt want a bill, paul. I think she wants the political issue going into the election. She wants to argue theres no money in there for state and local workers, and she thinks she can run on that. I frankly dont understand the political strategy myself. At the end of the day, the democrats will be leaving billions of dollars on the table unspent that could have gone out to people. And the state and local workers shes talking about are mainly in what are already blue states that joe biden is going to carry. So its a little truckee for me tricky for me to see how nancy pelosi sees this as a plus for her party paul the president still wants a bill, i think our reporting shows that. Theyre hoping this united front by the republicans puts pressure on some of the swing district democrats in the house to pressure nancy employees city to come back to the negotiating table. How like lu do you think that is . I dont think its very likely right now, because nancy pelosi is in slouch. I mean, shes telling those members reportedly dont be a cheap date. Shes basically saying that if the democrats hold together, they hold fast, then they can get more than the 500 billion that was on offer. Paul all right. And, kim, do you think and just looking at the substantive economic case do we really need a bill, another bill . We already the cares act was 2. 2 trillion. Is there any sign that the economys going to fall off a cliff if we dont get another one . No, none that i see. Look, this has been one of the problems with this entire round of negotiations since we came back this summer and fall, which is that nothing in these bills has seemed to be aimed at actually helping a legitimate, serious crisis thats in the making. It was throwing more money at the same things that wed already addressed back in the spring and spent more than 2 trillion on. By the way, a lot of that money which has not even yet been spent. Youre going to have some economic harm out there, there is still some. Airlines are having trouble, for instance, certain Small Businesses and certain sectors are having some issues. Its just not clear that the economy, as you said, is facing some precipitous disaster that is necessarily worthy of another half trillion dollars of federal aid. Paul kim, deal or no deal . By election day . I think no deal in the end. Paul dan . Deal or no deal . I think the republicans are going to hold fast because so many of them just do not want to drive the deficit. Mitch mcconnells got to protect his hold on the senate. No deal. Paul all right. Kyle was already no deal. Thats 30. Still ahead, as President Trump hints at an october vaccine surprise, his democratic rivals cast doubt on any preelection approval by the fda. So are Campaign Politics fueling public skepticism about a [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] uh, you know theres a 30minute limit, right . Tell that to the rain. [ beeping ] for those who were born to ride, theres progressive. I hope we have a vaccine tomorrow. Itd be wonderful. But weve got to make sure experts are able to look at it across the board and make a judgment, because you know whats happened already are. Weve put pressure on some of the agencies to do things that they werent ready to do, and so im confident well get a vaccine and the sooner the better. Paul democratic president ial nominee joe biden this week calling for full transparency in the race for a covid19 vaccine but saying the sooner the better for its release. Those comments come after running mate Kamala Harris said that she would not trust President Trumps word on a Coronavirus Vaccine that was distributed before the election. Leading some to accuse the democratic ticket of playing into the hands of antivaccers and fueling longterm distrust in any vaccine approved. A new poll by the causer Family Foundation found that 54 of americans would not get vaccinated if one were approved and made freely available before election day. Were back with Dan Henninger, Kyle Peterson and Editorial Board member allysia finley. So, dan, where are we in the hunt for a vaccine . Weve got three candidates in phase three trials. Could we get one before election day . I think that would be a stretch, a vaccine by november 3rd. But by the end of the year is something a lot of people are hoping for. Of the processes is continuing at remarkable, unprecedented speed. But i do want to address this issue that joe biden raised about the donald trump putting political pressure on the agencies. Lets understand something about this trump political pressure, its mostly tweets. He tweeted out the deep state or something over at the fda might be preventing companies from enrolling people in these tests for the vaccine. Paul, if, in fact, there was ever real political pressure on the fda say ab official at the white house picking up the phone and calling the fda to suggest any such thing that would be in the news within one hour. Instead, it is merely trumps tweets. Officials by now know that they have to do their jobs, and thats what they are doing. But it is typical of the democratic president ial collection that theyre election, theyre going to even politicize the development of vaccines for the coronavirus. Paul and, allys ia, you follow this closely, theres no chance President Trump gets to say i approve a vaccine and its approved. I mean, this has to go through the fda, the companies, obviously, who are doing this have a real stake in making sure that they have a vaccine that works and doesnt cause side effects. Right. So the fda actually just on thursday put out a statement saying they were actually going to increase the rigor, making an emergency use authorization for an approval. Which cutthroat companies, the drug manufacturers mainly, johnson johnson, astrazeneca, moderna have also put out statements saying that they are committed to finishing the stage three trial before seeking regulatory approval. They have independent panels who are reviewing the safety of these vaccines. Theres a multilayered process to insure that they are both safe and effect i have, and not only that, this is occurring in the u. S. , its also occurring in europe so there should be no questions or concerns about the safety of these vaccines. Paul what about this question that came up this week about an adverse reaction involving one of the participants in the oxford trial . Do we know whats behind that . So these are, routinely happen or occur in large scale vaccine trials. We dont know if its actually due to the vaccine, its apparently some kind of neurological or spinal the patient is going to recover. Again, we dont know if its due to the vaccine or just a random occurrence. I mean, obviously, its a concern, to they have to halt or suspend their enrollment in their trials, and theyre going to look and see if this has occurred in any other patient who has received the vaccine. So astrazeneca was the furthest along among the drug manufacturers in their trials, so this probably will delay the trial and potential results, you know, two or three weeks. But they have said that they still anticipate getting regulatory approval. Paul ciewl, talk about Kamala Harris comments saying she doesnt trust a vaccine before the election because of trump. We already have millions of americans who are, dont vaccinate their children just for tetanus and whooping cough and diphtheria. This really plays into somer raggal fears some irrational fear, does it not . Yeah, it does. The most striking thing was 86 of democrats said they were worried the fda would be rushing a vaccine before its safe and effective, and if youre joe biden, he backtracked on that a little bit. I think you should be very worried about that and not only because of coronavirus. Vaccination rates in some schools in some parts of the country are not very good, and we dont want this to be a turning point where people take this, and this is what puts the seed of antivac or ideas in their head. Paul all right, thank you all. Still ahead, President Trump gets to deliver on a Central Campaign promise from 2016 with a drawdown of u. S. Troops in iraq and afghanistan. So is it the right move at the right time . Well have general jack keane on so youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. When you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. So, when you get a check. You can deposit it from here. And you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. 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I think the key question is are there going to be enough troops left to fulfill their mission . Lets start with iraq. Yes. Were going down from 5200 currently to 3000. What the commanders believe is that they have a train and assist mission, and they can still do that with Iraqi Security forces, still mountain mountain maintain a connection to the leadership of the Iraqi Military as well. I mean, my concern about this troop reduction is it sends a message to the iranians who want to really take control of iraq. It sends a message to them that the United States is heading for the put paul right. And that will give them significant leverage. Now, i have been told by Administration Officials that that the recentlyinstalled Prime Minister of iraq and, by the way, he has taken a strong antiiranian stance, thats the first leader of dulyelected iraq key Prime Minister to do such, we supported him, iran didnt. Thats a sign in and of itself he is willing to accept this reduction in force because he believes itll help him with his political opposition, but he does not, and i say again, he does not want the United States to withdraw permanently. And i believe u. S. Forces provide stability for the political situation in iraq. Much as they did provide a stability postworld war ii europe and postworld war ii japan and south korea. Military force, while the major fighting may be over, can add degree of stability, and thats what i think the major purpose of this force is. Paul well, but theres also, i mean, can we do enough, can we have practice force protection for the solingiers that remain, enough with those troops there, number one. And number two, what about the reports were seeing that isiss is making something of a comeback maybe in western iraq and perhaps in syria . Yes. Isis is certainly a concern, and the presence of the United States there, thats why the iraqi Prime Minister wants the United States to stay, he wants us to maintain our intelligence capability, wants us to maintain our air power in addition to our ground forces. The United States has consolidated their bases rather dramatically e down to just a few bases to get at the concern that youre talking about, paul, and that is force protection. I trust our commanders that by doing that consolidation, i think theyve achieved what they wanted, and that is to make certain that as those numbers come down, they can still protect that force. Paul okay. Lets turn to afghanistan. Theres no secret the president wants out if he can execute it. But youve been confident in the past that the 4500 that no, 3000 that will remain there will be enough. 4500, i guess, is enough to do the job. But i guess is this just a prelude i to if we have a second president ial trump term, that were gotting out altogethersome altogethersome gotting out altogether . I trust that were not getting out altogether. This is truly the bottom line. I know our commanders believe that at that number we can maintain our intelligence capability, we can maintain our counterterrorism. This is a direct action force for our viewers to understand that would take action againstal alqaeda and others, and we can maintain a connectivity to the Afghan National security forces. So im comfortable with the number. What im not comfortable with as we look forward is the pressure that is on the United States negotiating team to initially make the deal with the taliban because we walked into there, the taliban knew that we want were going for the exits, and they, theyve got one major concession after another out of us. Now were heading into negotiations this is a good thing Afghan Government, a unity government representing the major factions in afghanistan and the taliban. But my concern is largely political. We have a Constitutional Republic that has been sustained through four elections, admittedly as a fledgling democracy, paul paul right. But that is solid in terms of civil rights, human rights, protection of women and the progress that has been made. The taliban want no part of that constitution whatsoever. They are an islamic theocracy, and they completely reject the legitimates su of that. I believe our negotiating team will put undue pressure on the Afghan Government in this negotiation and try to move towards an interim government. To do that, we would be give up the constitution and all of that represents, and we would be favoring the taliban. That is major concern. Its large lu e political, and its being driven, as you mentioned in the bro duction introduction, by a desire to completely get out of afghanistan which i think is a strategic mistake. Paul and just to, weve got a little time, general. Can we do counterterror operations in pakistan and afghanistan, the border lawyers of pakistan from an overthehorizon perspective oidz of afghanistan . No, i dont believe we can. We have to rely on intelligence sources that are in afghanistan to do that, and over horizon operations are considerably more complex than the words would describe. Having bases from which we launch these operations example, one of these bases where we killed Osama Bin Laden from we would still have that across the border from where alqaeda is, and if they begin to reform in afghanistan, we can go after them very quickly. We need on the ground presence. Paul thanks very much, jack keane. Appreciate it. 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Fastmoving flames prompted widespread evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of people and forced pg e, californias Largest Energy provider, to cut power for more than 150,000 customers in an effort to prevent additional blazes. Lets bring back our panel, Dan Henninger with, kim strassel and allysia finley. So weve got a californian and an oregonian here on our panel who know a lot about fires. Allysia, these fires are so extensive. Whats theres a lot of reasons, obviously, because they are so extensive, but what are the fundamental causes of their severity . Well, so the state had a sevenyear drought that ended around 2017. It caused a lot of dry deadwood, 140 million dead trees in the north in the sierra nevadas that just hadnt been clear ared out. There was a bark beetle also contributed, but theres just a lot of fuel that has built up over the last decade. And to an extent, actually decades because the fire services, both state and national, have not done a very good job of e tree trimming, thinning the forests, controlled burns. This isnt a new problem, this is actually what the state actually experiencing is the result of decades of forest mismanagement. Paul kim, on that point youve written about the fires in the west before. This is a multidad problem going back to a change in philosophy on Forest Management that started about 40 years ago when they decided to stop controlled burns and just let the forest kind of naturally take its place. Do you agree thats a big problem . Yes. And stopped logging as well. Paul, we have always had fires. You go back through the entire history of this country and before, you had wild fiewrs, it was the way of clearing out dead brush and debris e in forests. The problem is we cant do that anymore as a society because we live in and among these forests. And when this happens, you not only have structures that burn down, you have asthma, our quality issues. So the answer is you have to manage the forest. Do you do it through commercial logging, through trimming, and you also do it in ways you deal with tree disease. But none of this is happening because everything thats supposed to be natural i would add one other culprit here, endangered species act protections which have also put a lot of restrictions on the way you can manage forests. If were not going to change that philosophy, were going to have these events every year. Paul and, dan, Climate Change. You cant do anything that involves weather, fires without bringing up Climate Change these days. What do you make of gavin newsom blaming Climate Change for this summers fires . Well, this is sort of automatic with the democrats. But i think theres sort of an interesting philosophical point beneath this. The idea behind Climate Change is that man can somehow take measures that are going to affect nature at the highest and most complex level, the climate. And this is really kind of, you know, in some ways an act of hubris. We all love nature. But what were seeing here a lot of these wild fiewrs were caused by wildfires were caused by thousands of lightning storms that occurred across california. Sometimes nature is a rough customer, thats all there is to it, and man is not going to overcome that. Let me just give a real quick shoutout to the firefighters and National Guardsmen who are out there in california and oregon fighting these fires night after night, day after day. These people really deserve our admiration. Paul yeah. Hear hear, dan. Does california, oregon have to think about limits on where human beings can live . Were living close to fire zones now, and its nice to be out of the urban rat race when the conditions are nice, but it also puts you in greater danger of fire damage. Well, half of california is high rusk fire area i high risk fire rare or would be just the natural climate. So i dont think, i would not support more zoning to restrict housing. I would support Insurance Regulations that properly account for these risks which the state commissioner has blocked. And, you know, better tour proofing of fireproofing of housing. Its somewhat are true e dick louse that the state has mandated solar panels but has basically blocked any kind of legislation to, that would encourage fireproofing, fireresilient housing. I think they just have said its a priority, its a bad purity. Paul thanks very much. We have tooooo jean, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Thats great thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. 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This is a hit to donald trump are putting out his list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court when he begins his second term. He can debate this or that personal is but the biggest merit is to remind folks is not just that congress or the white house on the ballot but the teacher of the judiciary and its also a reminder the joe biden has not in continues to refuse to put its almost out, something that should have a lot of people wondering what he is hiding. Paul all right. North carolina sent ballots out on september 4 in alabama is followed suit this weekend we are still a a month and a half from election folks and we havent had a president ial debate yet. What about a knocked over surprise . The sum states like the carolina to extend the voting on october 12 theres no way to change her mind. Paul dam. Paul this is a sad commentary but activists have been running urban Police Department and one of them Detroit Police chief james craig who still has his job fired back or progressives vethis week. Which really deserves me he said is when the protesters assaulted Detroit LeagueDetroit Police never once it is represented as for investigation of their violence. Good for chief craig. Paul and alicia. This is a mess to new yorks governor who somehow managed to screw up the u. S. Open predictably perhaps for the top womens double team. One of the players was exposed to another player who tested positive. The woman tested negative but government officials said that wasnt enough and she had to go into court and a 14 days quarantine. She described it as a nightmare peer welcome to Andrew Cuomos new york. Paul ch thats it for this weeks show this weeks show. Thank you for watching. Im paul gigot we hope to see you right here next week. Lou good evening everybody. President trump in the White House Briefing room this afternoon there he blasted china joe biden is hypocritical criticism of the president s response to the china virus pandemic red President Trump says bidens comments show how unequipped he really is to deal with the challenges of the presidency. Joe biden continues to use the pandemic for political gain. I took early action in january to ban travel and all travel to and from china. The democrats and biden in