Welcome to Washington Post live, are program at 1 00 p. M. Eastern everyday. Today, we will hear from two leaders on the frontlines lines of the campaigns. We will hear from senator todd , ofg later in the program indiana, running all the Senate Campaigns for the republicans as they hold onto their majority. And we will hear from a representative from Washington State, the cochair of the progressive caucus in the house. One of those leaders in washington who, regardless of who wins, will be a voice in the Democratic Party in the years to come. She is already campaigning across the country. And i will have two of my colleagues, who i have been waiting to hear from for a long emily, who will be with us later in the program. Lets go to the headlines. It is the day before election day and voters get to decide. Not anyone else, it is you who gets to decide. Here is what im hearing. Campaign, the trump republicans are concerned about my home area. The philadelphia suburbs. And have seen eros
lot of evidence today about the danger that mike pence had. do you think tried to commit violence against mike pence? what you saw today was the evidence our committees put together. the department of justice sent you a letter saying they want you to share all of your transcripts to every witness you have spoken to and they have accused you guys have hampering their investigation, are you going to turn over the transcripts? we just got the letter yesterday. i asked you about it on tuesday. will you turn over the transcripts? listen to me, now. we got the letter yesterday, we are reviewing it, we will respond to it, but we are in the midst of conducting our hearing. we have a program to get over, we have to get the facts and circumstances behind january 6. we will work with them, but we have a report to do. we are not going to stop a we are doing to share the information that we have gotten so far with the department of justice. we have to do our work. so you re no
Cited clintons ng of the email probe comeys handling of the clinton email probe as a reason for the firing. Asked earlier today, President Trump gave a simple expedition. Why did you fire director comey . Because he was not doing a good job. Charlie joining me from washington, bob woodward, associate editor of the washington post, dan bolles, chief correspondent at the washington post, michael shear, correspondent for the new york times, and in new york, Fran Townsend who served as Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser to president george w. Bush. I am pleased to have all of them on this program. Michael she are, what has been added to this story today . Michael a couple of things have been added. One is that we discovered today that just days before his firing, jim comey, the director of the fbi, requested additional conduct the sprawling investigation into in the u. S. Ing election and possible contacts with trump advisors. That generated additional intensity behind the demo
Cited clintons ng of the email probe comeys handling of the clinton email probe as a reason for the firing. Asked earlier today, President Trump gave a simple expedition. Why did you fire director comey . Because he was not doing a good job. Charlie joining me from washington, bob woodward, associate editor of the washington post, dan bolles, chief correspondent at the washington post, michael shear, correspondent for the new york times, and in new york, Fran Townsend who served as Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser to president george w. Bush. I am pleased to have all of them on this program. Michael she are, what has been added to this story today . Michael a couple of things have been added. One is that we discovered today that just days before his firing, jim comey, the director of the fbi, requested additional conduct the sprawling investigation into in the u. S. Ing election and possible contacts with trump advisors. That generated additional intensity behind the demo
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