Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. With just two months until the us president ial election, the polls show President Donald Trump trailing byjoe biden by a significant margin. This is an extraordinary Election Year marked by a pandemic, economic crisis, street protests over alleged Police Racism and a toxic political atmosphere. My guest is the veteran pollster and Republican Party consultant frank lu ntz. Can donald trump win and should republicans want him to . Frank, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let us begin by dealing with your meat and drink. That is the polls that you watch day and night. They suggest right now that donald trump faces the most uphill task of an incumbent president to win this election of any president since george bush senior in 1992. Is that the way you see it right now . I think thatjoe biden has a significant lead. I do not think it is insurmountable. If the election were held today, joe biden is the next president. But its
In america are currently seeing a decline in new daily cases of covid so bad in wisconsin, theyre now setting up a field hospital. And its 14 years since president bartlet sat behind the resolute desk, but fans of west wing are in for a pre election treat as the entire crew returns for one special episode. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The fbi says its uncovered an extraordinary plot to abduct michigans democratic governor, gretchen whitmer. This spring, the governor was criticised by the president and his supporters when she imposed tight restrictions, to try and limit the spread of coronavirus. The fbi says the six men involved in the plot, had conducted surveillance on ms whitmers holiday home and planned to take her hostage before novembers president ial election. Their goal was to try her for treason. The men belonged to a milita called the michigan wolverine watchmen. On their website, they describe themselves as a well armed citizens gro
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In a few days time, americans will give their verdict on president donald trump. Do they want four more years of mr trump in the white house, or will they opt for the other septuagenarian, joe biden, wholly different in style and worldview . Well, my guest is former republican congressman and loyal Trump Campaigner, Jack Kingston. The polls say trump is in big trouble. Is there good reason to think they are wrong . Theme music plays Jack Kingston in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. You are a loyal Trump Campaigner. It strikes me that, when you are in a position like yours, there is a fine line to tread between optimism and realism. In the spirit of realism can you acknowledge to me that the Trump Campaign is in deep trouble . Well, i would say this, it is a tough competitive race but we know that last time, 2016, we went into election day having hardly won a single poll. I think something is going on in polls. Ive read lot
Google has rejected accusations that its breaking us competition rules, after the federal government filed a lawsuit against the company. Washington says the tech giant has abused its market dominance by paying to ensure its Search Engine is installed as the default option on devices. Nigerian soldiers have opened fire on Anti Government protestors in the city of lagos. It comes after a second day of unrest. A witness said hed counted around twenty bodies and at least fifty people who were injured. Demonstrators have been calling for widespread reforms, but intially started protesting against the Notorious Police unit, known as sars. Nasa says its osiris rex space probe has touched down on the asteroid bennu. The mission of the probe is to collect a rare sample of dust, that could reveal how our sun and solar system came into being billions of years ago. Now on bbc news. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In a few days time, americans will give their verdict on president
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. With just two months until the us president ial election, the polls show President Donald Trump trailing byjoe biden by a significant margin. This is an extraordinary Election Year marked by a pandemic, economic crisis, street protests over alleged Police Racism and a toxic political atmosphere. My guest is the veteran pollster and Republican Party consultant frank lu ntz. Can donald trump win and should republicans want him to . Frank, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let us begin by dealing with your meat and drink. That is the polls that you watch day and night. They suggest right now that donald trump faces the most uphill task of an incumbent president to win this election of any president since george bush senior in 1992. Is that the way you see it right now . I think thatjoe biden has a significant lead. I do not think it is insurmountable. If the election were held today, joe biden is the next president. But its not being held today. Its r