Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is getting in the National Media dialogue about the campaign. We get in on a lot of local media when we show up but in terms of the network news, the big newspapers, the cable news, weve been blanked out. And so thats a big frustrati
Since july. Tell us, what has happened with your campaign from july until now . Your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate Angela Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is gettin
Volunteers taking part. In the british Prime Minister rolls out a complex new set of rules to counter a. Partial lockdown in the north of england but there is growing public frustration over the governments handling of the crisis. And for more on those stories you can head over to our team dot com weve got more there as well for you my colleague neil harvey hell be here in about an hours time with a full of news until then international. Louis unwelcoming things are considered. And works in an update on the ceasefire. Negotiations in moscow on the issue of the border look at a buck and is the war on cope and also a war on populism on the left and right. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest george some yelling and budapest hes an author and a you tuber at the gaggle and here in moscow we have Dmitri Bobbitt she is a political analyst and an editor at interest me internet media project right gentlemen crosstalk rosen effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was
Well see those purple triangles finally disappear. About 10,000 customers are still in the dark this morning. At last check, electricity has been restored to 335,000 customers. Many of them lost electricity on sunday. We are still at risk of fires even if the red flag warning is over. A small wildfire broke out before 8 00 last night. This is in napa and sonoma counties. Crews were able to get that under control. In orange county, its quite a different story. The race to contain two fastmoving wildfires being pushed by the santa ana winds, nearly 70,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation this morning. Jobina is tracking that and these questions about how one of these fires started. Jobina . Thank you. Good morning. Fire crews say they could see a break later today when the winds start to die down. The fires started on monday. So far the silverado fire in the hills above irvine burned 13,000 acres. Its 5 contained. The blue ridge fire is about 15 miles away. It burned 15,000 acres
To discuss this and more im joined by my guest george some yelling in budapest hes an author and a you tuber at the gaggle and here in moscow we have Dimitri Bobbitt she is a political analyst and an editor at interest me internet media project right gentlemen crossed out roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it ok i was going to put it past that george we have a supplier weve heard that there are some violations but at this point as were speaking right now it is Still Holding and ive been looking at a lot of the reporting this is only a tiny baby step i mean this issue is not going to be resolved that hasnt been resolved for 30 years and ill be really honest with you i dont see a resolution coming into play what is most important and with these negotiations in moscow with the leadership of armenia and azerbaijan is this at least the 1st step of stop the killing where do we stand george go ahead. I agree that thats a very important 1st step vi