Washington journal continues. Host joe simonson joins us and has been following the ins and outs of campaign 2020, and in a recent piece focusing on joe biden you posed this question about who is actually leaving the Democratic Party. He wrote what if biden is the passenger in not the driver . Explain. Guest as i laid out the Democratic Partys governing coalition which is who is actually running the country in 2021 and, as well as who are democratic voters. As i write, this is one of the most incoherent coalitions in modern american political memory. I think that sets him up well to win in november. If you see who makes up and who is the coalition, it is largely black americans who vote the highest rate of any group in this country, higher than whites, and college educated. Suburban voters as well as those with a postgrad degree. These are overwhelmingly, particularly those of a post at postgrad degree, vote democrats. These two groups have completely separate policy ,oals, separate in
Residence. Risk assets sell off with stocks opening in the red and european equities close out the day lower. Investors seek safety in gold. Other safe havens also rally a very warm welcome to street signs. Lets get right to the story u. S. President donald trump and first lady have tested positive for coronavirus. The president confirmed on twitter saying, quote, we will get through this together. This comes after his top aid hope hicks tested positive she frequency traveled with the president including attending the first debate in ohio the president s physician released a statement saying both the president and first lady are doing well and will stay in the white house and that the president will continue his duties in full lets get to Market Reaction, we have seen futures pull back off this news. At one point, the dow was down 500 points, now we are down some 325 points some stabilization s p 500 down about 43 points we are off the lows. The tech heavy nasdaq currently lower. At on
At 8 45, the Washington Examiners Joseph Simonson talks about joe bidens relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Good morning, it is friday, september 18, 2020. The house is set to meet in a pro forma session at noon today. The senate will convene on monday. We are with you for the next three hours on washington journal. Hearing from you on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Newly released data show that nearly one million americans file for firsttime jobless benefits last week. Our phone lines split up a bit differently this morning. If you are unemployed, 202 7488000. If you have senior hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. The phone line for business owners, that number 202 7488003. You can also send us a text this morning. That number also 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, otherwise catch up with us on social media, on twitter, c spanwj. Very good friday morning
Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 7 59. Since row against weighed. Quite often, and very famous decisions, are ones that corked took that were quite unpopular. Let us go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Tonight, we are going to be examining a 1944 war powers case of the Supreme Court. It is the story of korematsu v. United states. Aaa iaea detained through the course of the war. Mr. Korematsu said that was wrong. We have two people helping us learn the story. Peter irons is the civil rights attorney and editor of ten books including justice at war, the story of the japanese american internment cases. In the course of researching his book on this case, he found th
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