And were back this week. Bar we continue the washington with journals series on battlegrount states with this election this Election Year with ged political reporters and analysts on the ground. Were examine whats changed since 2016, what issues are motivating voters this year and take a look at recent Political Trends that could give us clues on how the state might vote in. November. We talked about wisconsin. Today florida. At nor and then pennsylvania on wednesday. On thursday, well take a look at north carolina, then friday , michigan and saturday arizona. Today our focus is florida and joining us is rick, director of the Public Policy institute at jacksonville university. Ound lets begin with what makes florida a battleground state. F d it is the big prize, the path of the white house is through the l state of florida. Its 29 electoral votes. If you look at the four biggest in the country, we already know that california with the big prize of 55 is going to go to joe biden, texas
With white house chief of staff mark meadows and National Executive director kevin mclaughlin. This is 50 minutes. All right. Lets give a warm welcome to white house chief of staff mark meadows. Thank you for joining us. It is great to be with you both. Mr. Meadows, 69 days until election day. Although you are not counting, we are. The president s polling is lagging in pretty much every swing state that we see. We talked about this yesterday. Real clear politics average has the president down seven or so points. Onthe president wins november 3, it will be because he did what over the next 69 days . I think it is not just what he does over the next 69 days. Im going to talk in my personal capacity as we talk about some of these things so that we dont get everybody tweeting that im violating the hatch act with the two of you. From a political standpoint, if i put on my political hat, heres what i see. It is not just what hes going to do in the next 69 days, but what hes building on from
Two of americas leading election scholars for a discussion about the constitution and the electoral system. We advertise this as a show about how to fix americas elections, some of you noted thats maybe not the best verb. Our goal is precisely the opposite to figure out how to prevent American Elections to be fixed. We will have a very wide ranging discussion of the two books that both of our panelists have written and about constitutional issues in news relating to the coronavirus and the electoral system. Please join us next week for a superb discussion of another book that is by you of all leaven on his new book about how to restore trust in the americans institution thats next tuesday and you can learn more about that program constitution alcenter. Org awe will be taking questions throughout the program so you can put your questions in the q a box and i will offer them to our panelists when it seems right during the discussion. Please be interactive these are very meaningful opport
Welcome 2 of americas leading election law scholars for a discussion about the constitution and the electoral system. We advertised this as a show about how to fix americas elections and several of you noted maybe thats not the best verb. Our goal is precisely the opposite, to figure out how to vent American Elections from being fixed theres a wide ranging discussion of the two books that both of our panelists have written and about constitutional issues in the news relating to the coronavirus and the electoral system. Please join us next week for a super discussion of another book that is by you all 11 and its on his new book about how to restore trust in the american institutions. Thats next tuesday and you can learn more about that program at Constitution Center. Org live and we will be taking questions throughout the program you can put your questions in the q a thoughts and i will just offer them to our panelists when it seems right or the discussion so please be interactive. Thes
With the f1 student visa program. We took what we found to top officials in washington dc, who tell us these abuses of the visa program could put our National Security at risk. Male here he comes. Stephen john fong yongs morning looks like thousands of other peoples in the south bay, leaving his ranch style home in Mountain View, hopping in the family minivan, and driving to his tech job at google. John fong yong it will tell you which direction hes heading towards. Stephen we spent weeks watching yong drive from what property records show is his home to his work at google. Male it looks like hes going to work. Stephen we focused on yong because state Corporation Records list his home address also as the headquarters of a tech Company Called cloudparticle. And us Homeland Security records show cloudparticle employed more than 300 foreign students with f1 visas in 2017. The f1 visas optional practical training and stem programs allow students to work in the us for up to three years in a