This morning on washington journal we take a look at the Michael Flynn perjury case that was reheard yesterday i the d. C. Circuit judge court of police judge court of appeals. Good morning, its wednesday, august 12, 2020. Yesterday afternoon joe biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 election. The 55yearold daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants becomes the first lap woman in first asianamerican to run for Vice President on a major party ticket. This morning we are getting your reaction. Phone lines are open to let us know your thoughts. Republicans can call in this ,orning at 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000, 202 7488002. You can send us a tax that 202 7488002 a text at 202 7488002. Good wednesday morning to you. You can go ahead and talk calling him right now as we show you how the joe biden for Kamala Harris played out on the front pages of several Major National papers. This is the front page of the Washington Post. A historic move. Ine first woman of color
Candidate and considered one of the best orators of his time. You to the front page of todays New York Times, headline there, Kamala Harris joins in ticket. Biden ticket. A 55yearold daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants. That picture of her on the front page of the New York Times. We are getting your reaction to joe biden making his vp pick. The lines are open. Epublicans, 202 7488001 democrats, 202 7488000. Ndependents, 202 7488002 debbie, flint, michigan. Democrats. You are up. Caller i think it is a great pick. Picking Kamala Harris is a not to the law and order crowd. I am a retired paralegal. I think that joe may have done this to kind of put a damper on the defund the police. I dont think any of the moderate democrats believe that. Kamala harris wants them to all wear the body cameras. I think that is a great idea. John, one more thing. You hear a lot of republicans pointing out people talking about defunding the police. I agree, the fund is not the proper word for it. Howe
History center website. As lisa and i are talking can please submit your question you can use the q a feature at the bottom of your screen. I will try to integrate as many as i possibly can as time allows. We will be broadcasting excerpts of the interview on on Second Thought this friday. You will hear me do bid to keep consistent sound while we are going. Im so excited to speak with lisa napoli, who got her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnn new york and dc bureaus as a teenager. Shes a reporter for the new york times, marketplace msnbc and many other outlets stop shes the author of two previous books radio shangrila and ray and joan, thats about the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away. Lisa, thank you so much for being with us, really excited about talking about the book. Back at you. Thank you so much. I use the Atlanta History Center for research so im delighted to be virtually with the constituency now. We are glad to have you. I t
Sides of the aisle are calling for an election audit. Thats a first step. In michigan, the Trump Campaign filed a lawsuit accusing poll workers of blocking election observers from viewing the vote counting process, which by the way it is written into the law. Meanwhile, other suits are filed in pennsylvania, nevada, arizona, georgia, and breaking earlier today, georges secretary of state finally ordered a full recount by hand. Now, this is critical, as we get into the software, as john solomon reported, used in 28 states, that had the little Computer Software glitch in michigan. Youre going to be hearing a lot more about this in the days to come. This comes too is the Trump Campaign highlighted a number of georgians who voted from beyond the grave. This is an amazing thing in this country. I never knew this was possible, but according to the campaign, james bolick from covington georgia got his name used to pass a ballot last week. He died in 2006. Averaging christianson from ross well
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for an election audit. Thats the first step. In michigan, the Trump Campaign filed a lawsuit accusing poll workers of blocking election observers from viewing the vote counting process which, by the way, is written into the law. Other suits are filed in pennsylvania, nevada, arizona, georgia, and breaking earlier today, georgias secretary of state finally ordered a full recount by hand. This is critical as we get into the software as john solomon reported used in 28 states thatl had the little Computer Software glitch in michigan. You areh going to be hearing a lot more about this in the days to come. This comes too as the Trump Campaign highlighted a number of georgians who voted from beyond the grave. This is an amazing thing in this country. I never thought this wasdi possible. But according to the campaign, James Ludwick from covington georgia, hegi had his name used to cast a ballot last week. Died in 2006. Deborah Christian Mission