Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
About the campaign and the federal judiciary. And tony perkins looks at evangelical voters in the november election. We will also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. 550 for president donald j. Trump. President trump and Vice President mike pence were officially renominated for the gop ticket this november. We will get your thoughts on the first day of the Republican Convention, from rollcall call to the speeches last night, and a preview of tonights lineup. Here are your lines. If you are supporting the president this november, dial in 202 7488000. If you are supporting joe biden, your line is 202 7488001. If you are undecided, please call us at 202 7488002. Your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or facebook tor join the conversation. We will begin with one of the keynote speakers, the president s son, donald trump, jr. [video clip] after eight years of slow growth, trumps policies have been rocket fuel to th
Television companies as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. Washington journal continues. Host our guest here to talk campaignily issues in 2020. Mr. Perkins, what role do you plan to play in this election . Guest it is good to be with you. The Family Research council has been in washington for about 35 years. We work on Public Policy as it pertains to families and we do so from a christian perspective. We are evangelical, biblicallybased organization. That isa political arm involved in congressional elections. Obviously president ial elections, even state and local elections. Working in those campaigns and educating candidates and supporting candidates. Host how much money do you plan to spend in this campaign. We do it by cycle. We are working on the grassroots we are about 20 million in this election cycle that we are working in the grassroots educating voters, equipping voters, and now we come to the culmination of work that has been going on the
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