Good morning. My name is Kirsten Carter and i am the supervisory archivist at the fdr president ial library, and on behalf of the library, id like to welcome you again to the 2017 roosevelt reading festival. Fdr plans for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The librarys Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. And this years group of authors reflects the wide variety of research down here. And if you love the roosevelt reading festival, and want to support this and other programs that we do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall or online at fdr library. Org and if you havent already please do go see our new special, temporary museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. So let me quickly go over the format for the festivals sessions today. At the top
He didnt take questions from the reporters. But he did do his ceremonial duty in the rose garden, thats right, for the annual pardon of the white house turkey. I hereby grant you a full and complete pardon. Wow all the networks we have to forget about the law judges dont count [ laughter and applause ] jimmy enjoy your nightmares. Its the first turkey balesed with grecian formula. [ laughter ] trump did things a little differently this year. Instead of the usual pardon, they did a prisoner exchange. We pardoned two of theirs, they sent us two of ours. Smart. Why let the turkeys go for nothing . Just so the Vice President didnt feel left out this morning they let mike pence pardon a bowl of stuffing. [ laughter ] the president and first lady canceled their trip to maralago this week. Theyre planning to spend thanksgiving at the white house. What is that dinner going to be like . When they go around the table and ask what youre thankful for, everyone has to say him, right . Its more of a
After that, we hear from joe budden supporters. Reportcook Political Editor charlie cook looks at key races around the country. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on this monday, november 2. It is election eve. We want to hear separately this morning from supporters of President Donald Trump, then former Vice President joe biden. We begin with those backing President Trump. Here are your numbers to call. Trump supporters only for this first hour. Later, we will focus on joe biden. Here are the numbers. In eastern and central time zones, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. If you like to send us a text, 202 7488003. cspanwj is our twitter handle. You can also post a comment on facebook. Again, and pain 2020 come up Trump Supporters only for this first hour of the washington journal. Here is the Washington Post front page. Trump and biden make their closing pitches. Ae president targets based in flur
Think he is going over 300 electoral votes, but i am not quite sure how much farther past that. It sort of depends on does he get six out of six or five out of six of the key six battlegrounds. And then there is the next 4 georgia, iowa, ohio, texas. I will go with north of 300. Host what do you see in those numbers that gets us to the point we are at in the prediction you are making . Electionssidential with no incumbent, those are choice elections, where people are waiting pros and cons. But that is not what these are. If you have an incumbent running, it is a referendum. It is up or down. Do you want to extend the present contract or not . If you have a president that has never been above 50 percent in gallupor national poll, or nbcwall street journal, any of those, and the president ial job rating is the best predictor of how president s go. For historic purposes, use gallup. We have had five president s in the postwar era that had the final gallup job Approval Rating of 50 . On. W
Wisenberg, david webb and Herschel Walker and Harmeet Dhillon. We have the breaking headlines for you. The big debate, are the polls underestimating the shy trump voter . It is not about the national polls. It is about the Electoral College and the battlegrounds. Well show you why critics are now saying those polls there could be wrong. Also, we get to the bottom of this debate, will we know the winner tomorrow night as fights are growing over mailin ballots in key states. The president said he is prepared for a tough legal battle ahead as concerns grow about the longer the wait, the more street action and protests and riots. Plus new reports coming in. That the fbi is now questioning Hunter Bidens former Business Partner Tony Bobulinski about an alleged 10 cut for joe biden in a multimilliondollar deal with chinas Biggest Energy company. Attorney any bob Tony Bobulinski says those stakes or cuts why the Chinese Energy conglomerate was paying hunter biden millions of dollars as we repo