Live atshington journal 7 00 eastern Tuesday Morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Host charlie cook on your screen, editor and publisher of the Cook Political Report. Thank you for joining us one last time before election day tomorrow. Why dont we start with your final prediction for the Electoral College, the race for the presidency. What do you see . Guest we will see Vice President biden winning. Wise,d say popular vote maybe 53 40 4 . In terms of Electoral College, i 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 electi
The editor of the Cook Political Report. Thank you for joining us before election day tomorrow. Why dont we start with your final prediction for the Electoral College. What do you see at this point . I think well see Vice President biden winning. Would say popular vote wise, maybe 5344. In terms of an Electoral College i think he is going over 300 and let world oats, but im not and electoral votes, but im not sure how far past that. It depends on does he get six out of six or five out of six out of the six key battlegrounds and the next four, the georgia, iowa, texas, ohio. I will go with north of 300. What do you see within those numbers that gets us to the point where we are at and the prediction you are making . Go between the lines. Well, president ial elections that have no incumbent, those are choice selections were people wa eight the pros and cons. Thats not what these are. If you have an incumbent running, it is a referendum. Do you want to extend the contract or not . If youv
Vehicles are targeted in lagos has Rights Groups say the number of demonstrators killed by police on tuesday was higher than previously reported. Protesters keep up the pressure on colombias president to resign as thousands marched through the capital bogota. And in some of the clearest language yet the head of the Roman Catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by law. We begin in the United States where top intelligence Officials Say russia and iran have both detained some Voter Registration information the directors of National Intelligence and the f. B. I. Say theyll be consequences for any Foreign Countries that interfere in the vote lets go straight to mike hanna in washington d. C. Mike so what are we to make of these claims by the f. B. I. In this press conference now significant is the timing of all of this mike. But it was certainly a very dramatic News Conference hosted by the director of National Intelligence along with the director of the f. B. I. Int
Most recently published the spymasters which is a book about how the cia directors shape history. Its a really pathbreaking work at her book. Its the first book that looks at the modern directors of Central Intelligence and evaluates [inaudible] and how they have interpreted their jobs. Well have time later in the program to talk about all of those issues. There is a link available to brookings in order to purchase a copy of the book at a think youll find [inaudible] its really something quite [inaudible] were going to focus today at least initially on the pandemic. The Intelligence Community appears actually did a fairly good job warning and anticipating that the pandemic was coming. And ask you to give us some of the data that point in the direction . Yeah, bruce, first of all before i do can i just say that thank you for the kind words for the spymasters. I was lucky enough in doing this book to talk to almost every living cia director and i was even luckier to be able to talk to yo
A Police Crackdown on tuesday is higher than previously reported. Thousands marched through the colombian capital bogota calling on the president to resign. And in some of the clearest language yet the Catholic Pope says same sex relationships should be protected by law. But we begin in the United States for top intelligence official say russia and iran have obtained some Voter Registration information the directors of National Intelligence and the f. B. I. Say there will be consequences for any Foreign Countries that interfere in the vote mike hanna has more from washington d. C. Well it was certainly a very dramatic News Conference hosted by the director of National Intelligence along with the director of the f. B. I. Intelligence sources for a long period of time have been warning that russia is involving itself in the us electoral process just as it did back in 2016 when President Trump won the election however on this particular occasion though both the director of National Intell