Thats the biggest single day of voting during the primary cycle. People in 15 states and territories head to the polls, and 1,357 delegates are up for grabs. Delegates arewhat candidates need to win the partys nomination. Well get to that math in a moment. But lets turn for a moment to virginia. Theyre voting on super tuesday with 99 pledged delegates. The states handling of gun control measures could give us a window into what democratic voters there want in a president ial candidate. Back in november democrats won control of the Virginia House and senate for the first time in 24 years. And they campaigned heavily on gun control, in a state where the nra, the National Rifle association, is headquartered. The most controversial bill, a ban on semiautomatic weapons with a magazine capacity of 12 rounds or more, did not pass. But several more bills including universal background checks and a measure to give localities the power to ban weapons in some public spaces are expected to be sign
Starts right now. Everything is all right. Breathe. Youll see, everything is all right. Lauren good morning. Halfway through the week. Happy wednesday. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl you may need to breathe as we look at the markets this morning. Lauren its that bad. Cheryl a little bit of pressure, folks. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at your money. The dow is down 99 points right now in the premarket. It was down triple digits yesterday. The nasdaq hitting an alltime high, the third in a row. Nasdaq down 34 this morning. Cheryl no comments from chinese authorities on stalled trade talks. We had a lot of pressure in asia, all of the major markets there in the red overnight. Lauren those comments from the president , you know, making europeuropean investors nervouss well. The German Market is down 12 this down 1 this morning. Cheryl lawmakers are getting ready for round two of this weeks impeachment inquiry later today after four witnesses testified yesterday wit
Happy friday. Maria big story and the top story right now this hour 2020 shakeup, new york city mayor billionaire Michael Bloomberg to enter the 2020 democratic race, hes expected to file paperwork to do in alabama. You heard it here first, white house chief strategist steve bannon and former adviser to the Clintons Mark Penn told me last month. I think that bloomberg and clinton are still there as biden is in fourth in iowa, second in New Hampshire, dropping to third. Hes losing steam everywhere. Maria do you think Michael Bloomberg or Hillary Clinton will enter the race . The two representatives of the centrist party. Maria who are you expecting to enter the race . Im not sure exactly who is going to enter, if youre a Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, john kerry or Michelle Obama, youre probably sitting there saying, i could take this field, maybe i should get in, maybe not, i think all four of them are possibilities. Maria thats why we love our guest so much because you heard it h
Pleasant in the evening for most of us. It is but it gets dark fast, doesnt it . Low clouds in place and higher clouds above the low clouds. You can see those right there unless you are listening. Youll have to trust me. And that will make for a cooler day. 50s and 60s by the coast. Visibility is coming down a little bit from santa rosa took a petaluma. A halfmile to two miles. Yesterday was almost 0. A little better but something to watch. Now the airport went from seven miles to eight mile visibility. Pretty good over san mateo peninsula over to haywood. Oakland was socked in yesterday along with the san mateo bridge. So far its okay. Humidity is very high. Anywhere from 65 to 100 . Low clouds. 50s, 60s and 70s. Temperatures come down 35 degrees today. The city is below. Most everyone else is above. Oakland is only one above. 40s and 50s for the temperatures around the bay. The city is at 50. Low 50s or upper 40s. Everyone is close. Isothermal as we like to say. After these clouds cl
Joining me conservative homes executive editor mark wallace. The westminster correspondent for the yorkshire post, liz bates. The liberal democrat mp chuka umunna. And the brexit party mep Ann Widdecombe. Today this man, Boris Johnson, already has the support of almost half the Parliamentary Party. That leaves only one place left to fight for. Im looking forward to making it through to the front two, and looking forward to a civilised debate of ideas. Im sure i will be picking up some votes but these can be unpredictable, so, i want to go for it. May the best man win, and thats going be me. Barring an upset, we expect that challenger to be jeremy hunt or michael gove. Well be live in this room in the commons at 1pm to bring you the results of the latest ballot in this conservative leadership contest. So, we are pretty sure mrjohnson goes forward to the final two, not yet sure who will be with him, we will know by the end of today. Lets find out who you think, who will be the second . I