Eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Washingto continues. Host 441 days to go until election 2020. We are joined now by David Wasserman, the house editor of Cook Political Report. Lets start with what the Playing Field looks like right now. How many seats the republicans need to take back to regain control of the house and how many seats you think are in play this cycle. Heres the basic math theres 235 democrats in the house, 197 republicans, one independent who left the Republican Party and theres two republican vacancies, one in north carolina. We expect one of them will stay in republican hands. The other will be very competitive, the ninth district. Depending on the results of that special, republicans could need to pick up 19 or 20 seats to retake the majority in 2020. Host when it comes to the house map, we saw the house flip in 2018. What is the likelihood or how often hasnt happened in history that the house has flipped in one election and then flipped back the following
Families, to give them the tools they need to get them ready for anything. Announcer comcast supports cspan as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Announcer several gop president ial hopefuls talk on their platfos at a fundraising dinner in cedar rapids, iowa. One of the republican representatives, Ashley Hinson. They highlight a ran of topics including th opioid crisis, public security, and the state of the economy. I what is the first state in the nation for the gop caucus. It is set for january 15. Our very first president ial care candidate we hear from came from the iowa of the south shall we say. Just like iowa, florida has their business and schools open they stand up for parents and they let freedom move. Please welcome to the stage floor to governor ron desantis. Gov. Desantis hello cedar rapids. Are you ready to send joe biden back to his basement in delaware . My wife and i have kids, so when we are in the
Of course, stay on this breaking news and keep you updated as soon as we can get new information. Also developing news tonight, were learning that another United Airlines flight had to divert to lax after taking off from bound for mexico city. It as about 1 oclock this afternoon and landed at lax at 4. 30 this afternoon after the crew reported an issue with the hydraulic system that united says the plane was an airbus 3. 20, with 105 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The airline also says that the plane has 3 hydraulic systems and that there was an issue with just one of them. Again, we will be updating this story on air and online as we learn more information. Now, this is comes, of course, a day after a united flight, a boeing triple 7 leaving sfo for japan, lost a tire. Well see it fall right . It was captured on camera. Authorities say one of the 6 tires on the left side of the plane. The main landing gear fall off. Just seconds after takeoff. That plane also yesterday had to
Our very first president s or candidate we are going to hear from hales from the iowa of the south, shall we say, just like i will florida, keeping their businesses and schools open, they stand up for parents and they let freedom flourish. Please look up to the stage Florida Governor ron desantis. Gov. Desantis hello cedar rapids. Are you ready to send joe biden back to his basement in delaware . My wife and i have kids, so when we are in the white house, none of our kids are going to be bringing cocaine in the white house, dont worry about that. In fact, before we took our first trip to iowa a couple months ago, i played them a famous movie from the 1980s which involved iowa. We happened to be at the Clayton County fair and we had a little time after that so my fiveyearold son and i were having a game of catch. He said daddy, is this heaven . [laughter] i said no, its iowa. I want to thank Ashley Hinson for her great work, i want to thank your governor for her great work, and i want t
Thank you for being with us. President biden about to leave the white house to capitol hill to deliver a critical address to the nation in front of what may be the largest tv audience hell get this election season. It is a chance for the commander in chief to reframe the political debate about not only the state of this country, but also his stewardship of it. Earlier today, i went to the white house for a conversation with the president about what hell talk about. He is eager to engage politically with republicans. Cbss ed okeefe is at the white house, and ed, the president tonight will use the phrase americas comeback. Reporter thats right, norah, and as he engages with republicans, he plans to call out how they have lost election for supporting the repeal of roe vs. Wade and promise to sign a federal law to protect Abortion Services if it is ever passed. The president is also planning to take at least a few jabs at his likely republican opponent, donald trump. President biden has sp