Political institutions and a commitment to the traditions of democracy. But on the other hand, it saddled us with some obsolete 18thCentury Institutions. Foremost among them is the Electoral College. Back when they set up the Electoral College, the gap populous andeast most populous state, you had a 51 ratio. Today it is well over 601. The Electoral College is biased against the most populous states and biased in favor of the smaller states because no state, no matter what its population, gets less than three Electoral College votes because votes are determined by the number of congressional representatives plus the two senators. So the small states have just one member of congress, but they also have two senators. That is three Electoral College votes. It distorts our political system. Now, why the Electoral College . Why did the framers set this up . Like anything else, there are multiple reasons. The framers loved the common people, but they did not love them all that much. They bel
The numbers are still down compared to this time last year. Heres a live look at sfo where 60,000 people departed over the weekend. The airport usually sees about 30, about 85,000 passengers departing each day over the Holiday Weekend. As for oakland, tsa numbers were down 61 compared to last year. Only run 6700 people went through the airport on sunday. In san joses airport was even quieter, the minetta airport only saw about 25 of the typical Holiday Weekend traffic that usually does. Numbers are down in the bay area, numbers are up across the country and we have not even seen the busiest travel days yet. Which are always the day before thanksgiving, and the days after. From packed gates at phoenix, sky harbor airport, to long lines at lax and the traffic at Chicagos Ohare International airport, americans are on the move. Covid or not. There is a lot more people here than i thought. Just over 3 million were screened that tsa checkpoints this weekend despite the cdc urging americans n
Consumer confidence relatively judge the michigan consumers intimate data is a good guide. Lets break it down a different way. Current conditions, 85. 9. That is above expectations at 84. 9. This is what i was really looking for, expectations also ,oming in ahead of expectations but they are still below current conditions, 79. 2. They are not going down, which ethic is the really important thing, as we see the virus picking up. Alix and we didnt get stimulus, counterintuitive to what many thought would happen. Big tex stocks are lower on a stocks big tech are lower on a flurry of data. Now with us, mark st oeckle. Are you buying the dip . Tok i think people need keep it in perspective. The reports were good. I think what we are seeing today is skimming a little but of the froth out of the valuation adjustment. I think they are all very wellpositioned and very well performing companies, but lets also not forget weve had a big run up into these numbers. The interesting part is you look a
We will talk about our cool down coming up in just a few minutes. Be careful if you are hitting the roadways this morning. We will be dealing with some limited visibility as you head into San Francisco. A live look at the olden gate bridge. So far, traffic is doing okay for the drive out of marin into the city. Super commuters, gear up. You have a slow ride out of tracy right around Mountain House. That extends all the way to northglenn. Once you pass this point, everything is clear to the dublin air change. Travel time 32 minutes from 205 over toward 680. The east shore freeway, highway 4 and 101, all clear. Just one more day until election day. For many voters, going to the polls on the first tuesday in november is a thing of the past. Kpix 5s emily turner joins us live with the early voting numbers. Reporter and they are staggering. They have sent records pretty much no matter where they are whether you are dropping it off, mailing it in or youre going to come down and cast your bal
With us tonight, sol wisenberg, ken star, joe mcchin tock, and joe concha on todays big headlines. We have now what democrats are threatening to do, retaliation, consequences they have been talking about against republicans for putting judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. We got who is saying what and planning what. We have this, a big bellwether county in an important swing state is now asking Justice Barrett to recuse herself on its election case as more election cases continue to roll in to the Supreme Court. Were going to show all of that. Plus we got more bombshells coming to night. In the hunter biden selling access controversy. His former Business Partner, Tony Bobulinski will reveal audiotapes on Tucker Carlson tonight. We have a preview for you. Now this, republican senators joining gop republicans in the house saying yes, attorney general william barr appoint a specs counsel to get to the bottom of this. The bidens leveraging their most important asset, selling acces