Welcome to bdcs last event before election day. I direct the elections podcast of the bipartisan policy center. We knew 20 20 would be exciting but for election nerds like me and those in idthis panel president ial election years are always eventful that we did not expect all this. According to the us elections project , as of this morning co more than 79 million ballots have been classed including 27 million early ballots and 82 million absentee ballots and 39 million absentee ballots outstanding and in some counties and states we are nearing the point when more ballots were cast before election day 2020 and during the entire 2016 Voting Period land it means this will be the First National election when more than half of the balance were cast prior to election day t. This shift occurred during a once in a century pandemic forcing officials to adapt. Election administrators atthe state and local levels deserve all our admiration. Since voting is happening right now and processing is ha
Open and fair trial with witnesses. She told reporters the democrats now have the leverage of public opinion. When we first brought up the articles of impeachment, the senate said they would have a motion to dismiss forthright the whole thing. Theyre not saying that anymore because the American People had weighed in. There are new reports that the Trump Administration may attempt to do allow with the law that bans u. S. Companies from bribing foreigners. Plus, he said she had not read the book the reports are based on. But she did at, quote, i know they have no respect for the constitution when they say it is okay to bribe a Foreign Government. Million wils will be watchi the impeachment trial. More from washington. All eyes will be on the u. S. Senate tuesday as the impeachment trial of President Trump gets underway. House managers met sunday after president , declaring him guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The facts are uncontested and the evidence is overwhelming
Up californias economy and while we usually think of in terms of uber and lift drivers, other industries will be affected. Although a lot of the attention has been onworkers, it is to make sure that all workers know and the misclassification stops. Truckers and musicians and genders they all have to be reclassified as employees under the new law. If you are a truck driver , a janitor and you are working for the company, you are doing the basic work for that company, you are there employee and you deserve anything that any of us at any other job gets. If this becomes law, employers will have a lot of work to do. Making sure to get the infrastructure in place to create Workers Compensation and make sure the taxes are correct and all that is work that employers need to do between now and 2020. The walk will take first legitimate first, 2020 but uber says they will not have to make any changes. The chief legal officer said that the drivers will remain independent contractors and several pr
Patriots player taking practice reps im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. New developments in the Antonio Brown story today. Anne makovec is following the drama. This is a civil case against him for 75,000 in damages and he is vowing to defend himself. We have new video here of brown practicing with the patriots today. And earlier this morning we heard from the patriots head coach, browns new boss. Bill belichick says theyre taking it a day at a time. Weve looked into the situation. Were taking it very seriously all the way through the organization. Im sure there are questions but im not going to be entering into a discussion about that today. Browns legal team is planning a counter suit to the civil suit filed this week. Antonio brown is gone. Touchdown. Just one day after former steeler then raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown signed a multimillion dollars contract with the new england patriots. His former trainer Britney Taylor ss brown sexually assaulteded her three times in 2017 and
You may have lost your job, but i lost a son. And where the case goes next. Last act, nbc news obtains the will Jeffrey Epstein signed two days before his death, what it reveals about his thinking and what it means for the lawsuits piling up. Those stories, plus, truly blessed, what nascar legend Dale Earnhardt jr. Is saying after that fiery plane crash. Today exclusive, she wowed the world yet again. Someone give this girl a crown. And now gymnastics super star simone biles is joining us live to talk about making history. And reunited and it feels so good. We have missed her smiling face here in studio 1a, but hoda will tell us when she is coming back to today today, tuesday august 20th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Nice to have you with us, and we promise theres going to be a date you want to circle on your calendar. Well revea