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Upcoming elections this year. This roundtable includes a closer look at some of the congressional and governors races generating national attention. This is one hour. Washington journal continues. To focus ont Midterm Election politics. Joining us is Jennifer Duffy and nathan gonzales. Good morning. Talk about house races. How many are truly competitive and how does this compare to previous election cycles . We have 52 house races out of 145 on our list. It roughly falls for the target is for midday election cycles. Compare to past wave cycles, previous to election day there were almost 100 seats on our competitive list. Now were down to 50. Part of the explanation is we have a round of redistricting under our belts where there was somes and there was uncertainty. Depending on what the National Political environment is, we could see that number grow. This could roughly be the field we have for the next 11 months. How many truly tossup races and how many are we onlyive now . Guest have
Vice President Biden helps up a gun task force. He says he plan toss give his recommendations to president obama by tuesday. Today mr. Biden heard from the National Rifle association which is also expressing opposition to the ideas. Steve handlesman has more on what they are talking about today. Steve . The nra didnt like the way it went, but a big question is how powerful and influential is the nra here on capitol hill . And the answer might be still plenty powerful, despite the massacre in connecticut and todays shotgun shooting in california which left a student wounded. Another s. W. A. T. Team at a school. Another shooting incident. The images from near bakersfield, california hit networks as vice President Biden said hell send to president obama on tuesday a proposal to change u. S. Gun laws. Diminish the probability that what weve seen will okur and diminish the probability that our children are at risk in their schools. Reporter biden who met with hunting groups today and the n
Around the north bay. In fact well zoom in a little closer to the north bay and show you the coverage here for santa rosa, petaluma. A little heaver forward the fairfield area. Shifting the maps to the south here around san mateo, fremont and parts of the east bay around livermore, pleasant, wet roadways for this part of the bay area, especially around livermore and 580. San jose a lot of cloud cover. Rain showers out to the east. Santa cruz mountains and coastline the rain has been picking up. Coming up in ten minutes well take a look at this. We have a Winter Weather advisory to talk about locally with the snow in the hills. Also a freeze warning kicks in for part of your weekend. Once again, well have that in ten minutes. Ktvus jim fowler is live where the rain has started falling this afternoon. Reporter right now the rain has begun again. Its been off and on the last few minutes. About 5 minutes ago it began picking up once more. This is moving in as mark said from the north and w
Reporter Sabrina Siddiqui will talk about the debates surrounding the automatic budget cuts and how it is affecting americans views toward government. Alison young talks about her recent articles on security lapses in labs at the centers for Disease Control and prevention. They could pose bioterror threats. Then, a discussion about the centennial of the 1913 women suffrage march in washington d. C. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern, on cspan. I was fascinated by her feminist view. Remember the ladies or you are going to be in trouble. She warned her husband. You cant will without rule without concluding what women want and what they have to contribute. This is the 1700s. Abigail adams, this monday night on cspans new history series first ladies, influence and image. She was outspoken about her views on slavery and womens rights. As one of the most dramatic writers of any first lady, she provides a unique window into colonial america and her life with john adams. Join in the