i m ari melber. here is how you know we re in new territory in this year s midterm home stretch. look who it is. barack obama will be visiting, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, today adding nevada. the former president is the surrogate most in demand in his party right now, but there are other names who we know can galvanize crowds like this. you re looking at some of the large young and often diverse crowds that we saw gather for bernie sanders on his campaign trail. you see this is him out back on the presidential primary. i want to give you the context of why some democrats are excited about this announcement. when you look at crowds like that in so many parts of the country, bernie announced today he ll hit eight states for 19 events in this last stretch. the 81-year-old showing his stamina. meanwhile republicans siamak crow trends they think can matter far more than any surrogate or any big crowd. massive economic problems continue to top voters minds. forecasts favor repu
He was a friend of this show one of the many people who made the vision for this show possible and sadly, this show is now coming to an end at least with me in it for four years at this hour, on saturdays and sundays, the teams that make a. M. Joy tried to inform you, challenge you, sometimes make you laugh and hopefully make you think but most of all, we created a space for conversations that you can feel a part of thats what the show has always been about some of you have been with us since day one when the show was launched during the height of the 2016 president ial primary. It was our mission to offer the kind of clear and vigorous take on the election that our sacred democracy deserves a democracy thats increasingly and disturbingly undercut by the administration of donald trump fast forward to 2020, that mission continues. Though you will now see me in a different chair, on different days and different hours, because yes, as you may have gleaned from the internet i have a new gi
Sputtering economy in congress and later, is karen bass the best person to give joe biden extra bounce to get elected . Ill talk to the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus october habout her status on the v. P. Short list. First, with 100 days to go and counting until the november election, the country is battling crisis on multiple fronts. Were continuing to see disturbing scenes from several cities including portland and seattle where Police Declared what is going on to be a riot. There is violence and the questions about the role federal agents are playing on the streets of the cities. This comes as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. There are now more than 4. 2 million cases here in the united states, more than 147,000 americans have now died in 18 states, set single day records for new cases this week. That is to say nothing of the millions of americans who are out of work and now looking to congress for additional aid and extra 600 in Unemployment Benefits is set to run out t
King, and how they were actually trained not to respond physically, but, you know, it was civil disobedience knop question about that. Yes, we did talk about the acrimony as you described, we did talk about that and he always was careful to point out you got to rise above that. Youve got to stay focused and youve got to remember what the prize is. Not necessarily those words, but that was what i took from it, and i tell you, again, it was just an honor to have known john lewis and an honor to have served with john lewis. As you probably are aware, congressman clyburn is going to offer legislation later today to rename the Voting Rights act, the john lewis Voting Rights act. It would restore a key part of that act. The house has passed it. Congressman, do you think the senate should take it up and pass it as well . Well, certainly that will be up to the senate. And it will be judged on the, on the merits of the legislation. You know, i dont want us to get caught up in the politics of na
Yes, well bring you the bigges stobiggest stories of the day. Today thats the president diagnosed with covid19 and well cover it top to bottom and well talk about other stories of the we be, the president failing to condemn white sue premises group and how the economic collapse continues to hit women particularly hard. This is american voices. At this moment the president of the United States is at the walter reed Naval Hospital in bethesda, maryland being treated for covid19. The president wearing a mask walked out of the white house friday and into a waiting helicopter that brought him straight to Walter Reed Medical Center. He will spend the next several nights being treated and monitored. The president s physician today described his condition. Hes 74, hes male and he is slightly overweight. Other than that, hes very healthy. His cholesterol is great, his Blood Pressure is great, hes not on medication for that. Hes you and active. You saw his activity in the days leading up to, the