For those not voting this year you can call us at 202 . 488003 we begin with a story from the Associated Press this morning about early voting. A record avalanche of early votes has transformed the 2020 election. You can see pictures of folks voting in durham, North Carolina for the beginning goes like this. More than 22 million americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election. A record shattering avalanche of early votes. The pandemic has transformed the way the nation votes. 22. 2 million, thats as a friday night, ballots submitted, representing 15 of all votes cast in the 2016 election. Even as eight states are not yet reporting their totals and voters still have more than two weeks to cast ballots. Americans rushed to vote, leading that a record of 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than any president ial election since 1908. The story goes on to say that so far, the turnout has been lopsided with democrats out in 42 republicans by 21 states. Re
Visited in pennsylvania. County isthampton considered a pivot county. It voted for obama twice and that it voted for trump in 2016. Won by about 5500 votes and obama had won by 6000 votes the election before. It is one of those crucial swing districts and one of the most important areas in the country in a state, pennsylvania, it might be one of the most crucial states in the 2020 election. Betweencated halfway new york city and philadelphia. The lot of ways it mirrors wider demographics of the country. Easton, almost, mirrors it exactly. It is an interesting lab in which to speak to rural voters and urban voters, as well as the people in the middle, the suburban voters, all within 15 minutes of each other. It is an interesting crosssection. Host at the top of your story you said why we wrote this. People have strong opinions about socialism when our reporter Harry Bruinius went to pennsylvania to ask them about what they thought. The more they spoke, the more Common Ground he found. W
202 7488001. That enthuse those of you without Employer Health care plans. We would also like to hear from you on social media. But first, how many people get health care from their employers, the average annual 7,000, 6896nearly single coverage, 19,660 contribute workers 18 of the premium for coverage, 29 for family coverage, and 89 of workers have an annual , the average is about 1500 to 1600. Thats from the Kaiser Family foundation. The issue of employersponsored plans really came into focus in the most recent debates. The Los Angeles Times writes about that with this headline, news analysis, Democrats Ask americans, are you ready to give up jobbased Health Care Coverage . They writes that sharp disagreements among president ial hopefuls have crystallized a critical and explosive political question. I democrats willing to upend Health Care Coverage for their fellow americans . The party is closer than they have been to embracing a Health Care Platform that would move all americans o
Infrastructure for electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Thats a reality of consumer desire, as well as dealing with the realities of Climate Change. We give local discretion for funds to initiate Emission Reduction strategies. That include simple things like providing alternatives for our cars, people who want to walk or bike rather than getting into our cars. Its a major commitment that we are going to provide resources and partnerships with local governments to deal with our realities and the responsibility in the transportation sector to reduce carbon emissions. I can tell you, mr. President , as i told my colleagues on the environment and public works committee, every day i face it every day, every day i community from baltimore to work and have to deal with the realities of congestion. Its been estimated that the delays caused by congestion and the excessive fuels that are used by congestion costs our economy over 300 billion every year. So theres not only a quality of life iss
Why am i smiling, author of upcoming persuasion, lee carter is here, new mom as well. You look amazing. What a day for you to be back, too, i cant wait for calm, rational analysis of the war of words. [laughter] dagen former investment banker and nfl player. Record run, futures are pointing to, take a look, at hope this morning, 16point loss on dow futures, the earning season fully underway, jpmorgan, chase and Goldman Sachs reporting ahead of opening bell while fargo released quarterly number this hour, john, what are you watching for and what are you expecting . I think we will see fairly recent reports, you will probably see Companies Beat expectations, stilet not forget that the consensus view of Equity Analyst is in the Second Quarter we will see roughly 3 drop, we are seeing the first back to back decline by corporate earnings since early 2016, nevertheless, i dont think the current slow do you know will match the severity of global slowdown we had in 2015, 2016, so the market sh