Alphabetical order, the incumbent conor lamb in Congress Since 2018. And the challenger, republican Shaun Parnell refired army ranger running for the first time. Weve posted the rules of the debates online and we flipped a coin to determine who goes first for Opening Statements. Congressman lamb, you won the toss, you have two minutes. Thank you, and good evening. At town Hall Meetings and your front doors i had a chance to ask thousands of you about what you want to see in your representatives. People have told me how divided we are, tired of the chaos, tired of the shutdowns, tired of feeling like nothing gets done. People want members of congress to stop attacking each other, and start dealing with the real problems we face and thats exactly how ive done this job. 80 of the votes ive cost have been bipartisan, and wrote and cowrote three bipartisan bills signed into law. I know how to work with others to get things done and right now we need that approach more than ever. This pandem
President ial election. Lets start with chicago. This last summer was the 50th anniversary of the Democratic National convention in chicago. I dont know if any of you saw, there was a couple of specials. We have some of footage that is pretty shocking for people to see nowadays. Before 1972, most of the delegates to both conventions were elected through back channels, small party conventions. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it. President Lyndon Johnson took himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1960 eight. This initiated a freefall in the Democratic Party between a number of candidates. One of which, who was very popular, was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. That was robert kennedy. He had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. That is one thing that is lying behind the convention in august of 1968. The k
Interaction and the leisure industry harvard shops schools and universities will remain open the Northern City of liverpool is in the highest risk category their pups and gyms have had to close. E. U. Foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg have agreed to impose sanctions on russia for the poisoning of kremlin critic alexei now by me the german french proposal targets individuals suspects of a suspected of being involved. This is deja news from berlin follow us on twitter and on instagram at news or visit our website that stay w dot com. For. Or. Her name is amy coney there in just 3 weeks she could be the new judge on the u. S. Supreme court she could determine the future of Affordable Health care and if the president ial election result is contested she could very well decide who the u. S. President will be immediate and incredible power but at what price the credibility of americas highest court is on the line can the court withstand the pull of partisan politics tonight the jury is
Day. I. Want to hold this hearing i believe we should not being written forward on this nomination a lot of people on our side just ram it through not until the election is ended i would like the world and the country to know more about your spirit this is a vacancy this occurred there a tragic loss to the great woman and were going to build that they could see with another great the stakes are extraordinarily high for the American People theres nothing unconstitutional about this process. Also coming up corona virus infections are rising across europe but nowhere is the surge as great as in spain and that people say they know who is to blame to not get in more do not want to experience that again the government has to do its homework and must keep its promises and more personnel. Lets you our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day watching americas politicians trying to hold court today Senate Hearings of the conte
Good evening. Thank you for joining us. The future of the Affordable Care act, also known as obamacare, goes before the Supreme Court next month. Today was center stage as senators questioned president trumps latest Supreme Court nominee. Tonight, congress, the court, a health care crisis, and the americans caught in the middle. Reporter 8yearold charli wood is on a mission. She and mother rebecca zipping up in headtotoe h to toe hazm a lot of the republican senators are sloppy about covid. Reporter theyre about to join a rally to fight, they say for charlis life. No confirmation until inauguration reporter charli was born 14 weeks early, weighing 1 pound 12 ounces at birth. Rebecca says charli survived overwhelming odds with help from a hotly contested government program. Without the aca, shes uninsurable. Her birth is a preexisting condition. She would have exceeded a love time cap before coming home from the nicu for the very first time. Fight, fight, fight reporter the woods join d