Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team
For a good day for russia here in moscow just to midday now then this friday of the 11th of september my names kevin owen here for the next half hour with the latest update for you. U. N. Envoy says perlin has yet to provide grounds for an investigation into the alleged poisoning of the russian opposition figure alexina vonnie citing the lack of information thats been shared with moscow silly bandz he was responding to calls by western powers for a wide ranging probe he also suggested there may be more to the claims than this seems. The school uses them but the raise questions well. Being speech we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed or in. These leaders leads us to an unavoidable reply question legions. In search situations weve won you trace it. Was who used to benefit from this the one that one if you demand explanations will defects on the table and well compare notes one should with the last elite geishas uncle a very good by evidence even t
Prime minister says people have a right to be angry after decades of what he calls an unbelievable corruption. And in other news ridiculous and barbarous china condemns u. S. Sanctions on hong kong leader its police chief and other officials and marie as a state of environmental emergency after a massive oil leak from the japanese are unsure. If you just image with. Clear coach most. Of the term knocked out of the Champions League. Tuesdays port explosion in beirut has ignited a wave of anger towards the government right now thousands are protesting in the center of the lebanese capital have a look at these live pictures police have already fired tear gas to disperse demonstrate. As outside Parliament Leaders are accused of corruption and in action which led to tuesdays devastating blast which killed 158 people and wounded 6060 people remain missing around 300000 lebanese it was so homeless because of the damage caused 3 m. P. s from the opposition Christian Party could quit earlier th
It is my pleasure to introduce bob kyslyak the editorinchief of the hill. He will moderate a panel on how well candidates messages and the platforms change with the popular vote. Bob. Thanks jim. I want to introduce our panel. Michael steele, former chair of the rnc. The anna coren, and Jesse Blackmon a New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that we visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Not surprised florida, pennsylvania. Clinton visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be if we did change the system, all start with you, what would be the impact of campaign in the strategy. As you mentioned bob this with the large states i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electric college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Guess what . When it comes to president ial politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. Lets say we had a president ial election that was looking close in term
Introduce our panel. Michael steele, former chair of the rnc. The anna coren, and Jesse Blackmon a New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that we visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Not surprised florida, pennsylvania. Clinton visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be if we did change the system, all start with you, what would be the impact of campaign in the strategy. As you mentioned bob this with the large states i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electric college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Guess what . When it comes to president ial politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. Lets say we had a president ial election that was looking close in terms of popular votes. Then every vote would count and candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout even in places like north dakota. One of the things when we dissected Hillary Clintons l