Zblfshgts the president s unprecedented refusal well see what happens. Two days before the first debate. Hes got 47 days. Ive got 3 1 2 years. Well see. Im prepared to go out and make my case. Our powerhouse roundtable takes on all the weeks politics, plus, nate silver and a closer look at battleground michigan. Announcer from abc news its this week, here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Eight days after the death of ruth bader ginsburg, two days before the first debate, another unprecedented twist in this unpredictable campaign. No Supreme Court justice has ever been confirmed this close to the election. Republicans are already closing ranks behind judge Amy Coney Barrett. Hoping to jolt the election. Democrats are calling the process a sham, warning that a Justice Barrett couldor threat ase me on the air this morning, our brandnew poll with the rity of americans believe the president elected on november 3rd should fill the Supreme Court
His message, law and order and warns of economic collapse if his opponent, joe biden, wins the presidency. Biden taking a page out of the trump playbook, pushing a med in america plan for jobs. Coming up you, ill be talking with devin nunes on the Ongoing Investigation into spying on the trump 2016 president ial campaign and who could be held accountable. Senate republicans introducing a 300 billion coronavirus stimulus bill, democrats say this skinny plan does not go far enough. Beware, you could be exposing your personal information. Weve got the biggest mistakes you could be making when you get rid of that cell phone or laptop. Plus, reality tv will never be the same, the kardashians 14 year run coming to an end. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning green across the board. Take a look at european indices, the fq100 us up 1 , the dax higher by 134, england moving to curve coronavirus spikes, banning special gatherings social gatherings of more than six m
Genocide and the killing fields in cambodia thats also 2000000 people brutally murder. U. S. President donald trump takes his Election Campaign to the strife torn city of could no shock he accuses protesters of spreading domestic terror but many of the citizens wish that the president had not come close the image that shook the worlds a 3 year old syrian child who perished in the Mediterranean Sea while fleeing she grew up 5 years ago we find out what happened to the boys family. Im sara kelly welcome to the program more than 5 years ago islamist attack to be paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a jewish supermarket they murdered 17 people before being shot dead. By police but they had accomplices who escaped and their trial has now begun the magazine was targeted because of published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad well get an update from paris but 1st he is lisa lewis with the widow of one of those killed marys wilensky is still traumatized 5 years ago her husba
Pollsters joining us today. House,lachlan and neil neil was the pollster for the previous republican nominee, mitt romney, 2012. You can follow along the and ask usn olitico. S, p we are excited to have this conversation. Thanks. Good to be here. I want to start with the question i get most when people in a speakingr gig or in general conversation, to what extent polling has underestimated President Trump. Both of you believe there is underestimation going on. John, what drives that . I think it is significant. Two things. Reporting, you are ahead of the curve in terms of the changes technology has made. It is harder to get voters period. You focused on the education levels, workingclass levels. Polls structured to keep up with technology and where people are and being able to get a hold of them, that is one challenge. Then there is the challenge of donald trump. He is a unique figure in history. Beat thehe odds he odds. It was a close race. The strategy was built on new voters. 9 mill
Steven thank you, anna and jake i am steve shepard, Senior Campaigns editor of politico, joined by Elena Schneider we have, as they said, two republican pollsters joining us today. John mclaughlin, part of the Trump Campaign polling team, and neil newhouse, republican strategies. Neil was the pollster for the previous republican president ial nominee, mitt romney in 2012. Elena but before we get started, a reminder that you can follow along with this conversation following the hashtag rncwithpolitico. And also ask us questions politico. So thank you john and neil for being with us this morning. Mr. Newhouse thanks, elena. Mr. Mclaughlin pleasure to be here. Steve for both of you, i want to start with the question i get most of all when people ask me, whether it is in a speaking gig or in general conversation, about the polls, and that is to what extent the polls have underestimated President Trump over the past five years. Most of the folks who have looked at the idea of a trump hidden