Each of the panelists a few questions. We are going to start today with of a guide to the electoral college. His volume is all you need to understand the complexities of the electoral college. He is also an expert in absentee voting. What percent of the population do you think will vote early or absentee and can you tell us what we are learning from states such as texas . The technical answer is a lot. Many people are going to vote. Many more than ever. A huge increase in voting by mail and early voting in person. We have been seeing a lot more voting in this realm before. We saw 41 of the American People vote i mail or early in person in 2016. The early results are stunning. As states start to open up, you see enthusiasm go toward early methods of voting. I give credit to a university of florida professor who spent time counting these things. As of today, over 31 million votes have been cast that we know of. There were roughly 56 million of them in 2016. See certainly over 50 of the v
Extreme weather warning the u. N. Says the number of climate related natural disasters has doubled in 20 years and cost the world trillions of dollars. And then school of the bron james and the l. A. Lakers back on top of the boss cable world the lakers have ended their 10 year wait to win the n. B. A. Championship. Hello a divided u. S. Senate is pressing ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee any kone barretts just 3 weeks from the president ial election so republicans are trying to rapidly confirm her and expand the courts conservative majority the Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to serve for decades as the 1st hearing gets underway protesters both for and against barretts confirmation have been chanting outside the court in the pouring rain now the seat became vacant of course after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacements to be chosen after the president ial election Lindse
Extreme weather warning the u. N. Says the number of climate related natural disasters has doubled in 20 years and cost the world trillions of dollars. Polo a divided senate u. S. Senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee a macone barrett just 3 weeks from the president ial election so republicans are trying to rapidly confirm her and expand the courts conservative majority Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to serve for decades as the 1st hearing gets underway protesters both for and against barretts confirmation have been chanting outside the courts became vacant after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacement to be chosen after the president ial election. Lindsey graham as the republican chair of the Senate Judiciary committee he defended the timing of barretts nomination though the Republican Majority Senate 4 years ago refused to consider Barack Obamas nomi
Criticism and as i am barked on my own legal career i resolved to maintain that same perspective theres a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all consuming while losing sight of Everything Else but that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life i worked hard as a lawyer and as a professor i owed that to my clients to my students and to myself but i never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life a similar principle applies to the role of court courts have a vital responsibility to the rule of law which is critical to a free society but courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made. The people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try that is the approach that i have strived to follow as a judge on the 7th circuit and every case i have carefully considered the arguments presented by the parties discussed th
Much in there looks like a couple of jobs and im ready. The Washington Post claims a new cia report shows push himself is quote unquote probably leading a Smear Campaign against democratic president ial hopeful joe biden whole reports based on information though from anonymous sources. Russia this wednesday the 23rd of september just turned 11 in the morning and im kevin knowing that arties world news h. Q. With a half hour under that news coming in to tell you about russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy has been discharged from the Charity Hospital in berlin wearing where he was being treated following an alleged poisoning doctors hope he will make a full recovery they say just remind you perlin says novelli was poisoned with. Nerve agent russian medics who treated him point 0 there were no traces of a chemical substance in his blood and were going to have more on this hopefully with our correspondents who signed the story a little bit later in the program. Reliable safe and effecti