At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
Tonight, and we expect a large assume those debates even increase in their viewership where a lot of the political campaigning conventions, other forms of political communication, has waned over the past several years. Not so with debates. We actually set a record four years ago. Brought theey largest crowd, but that first debate was almost 82 Million Viewers. The alltime record. Most of those viewers tuning in, what we have learned, as high as 90 plus percent of those are there to cheer on their candidate and to root for the candidate that they already are committed to. Typically a small slice of viewers and voters who have not been following the race very closely, who are uncommitted, and what we found that small slice, they use the debates to make a candidate choice, a voting commitment. That number, typically in our studies, has been anywhere from 2 to 4 , never more than 5 . And yet, in terms of a race where the dynamic is affected, particularly bad around states, that slice of de
D. C. The american israel public first committee, this portion includes a panel on upcoming elections. This is two hours and 40 minutes. The 2020 election controlled the house, senate and presidency of the United States. Democrats battle over the nominee, who will they choose and whats at stake for the u. S. Israel relationship. This is impact 2020. Please welcome host of aipac National Director rob. Good morning aipac and welcome to impact 2020. Tomorrow voters and 14 states, American Samoa and american broad will head to the pool for super tuesday among those holding their primaries on tuesday are two of the nations biggest prizes. California and texas. [cheering] approximately a third of all delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. This morning we have an opportunity to hear from some of americas most wellknown and respected political authorities, we will help us make sense of a rapidly changing political environment. Please welcome attorney political commentator and recovery politician
The 2020 election controlled the house, senate and presidency of the United States. Democrats battle over the nominee, who will they choose and whats at stake for the u. S. Israel relationship. This is impact 2020. Please welcome host of aipac National Director rob. Good morning aipac and welcome to impact 2020. Tomorrow voters and 14 states, American Samoa and american broad will head to the pool for super tuesday among those holding their primaries on tuesday are two of the nations biggest prizes. California and texas. [cheering] approximately a third of all delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. This morning we have an opportunity to hear from some of americas most wellknown and respected political authorities, we will help us make sense of a rapidly changing political environment. Please welcome attorney political commentator and recovery politician. [applause] no stranger to the aipac stage, the clinton pinkin campaign str. One of the republican parties, Brad Todd Carmack and last b
Welcome to prime time weekend, and i am alex wagner. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. The banks and Financial Institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand . They cannot be happy right now. Will any of them really want to loan donald trump any more money . Could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently . Well, there is actually a historical precedent for all of this. Back in the early 1990s, trumps Business Empire was on the brink of insolvency. He had stretched himself thin, with casinos in Atlantic City and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company. Trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. And these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in Donald Trumps finances. Trump had long cast himself as a winner. Now he was looking like a loser. As quickly as the banks loved him, thats as quick