To pandemic, that there will be little room for a serious discussion either on Foreign Policy issues or domestic issues . That remains to be seen. But clearly back in the day, Foreign Policy matters a lot more than it does now. The republican landslide in 1920 was a direct result of the uncertainties and challenges in the wake of the first world war. Fdr broke the twoterm president in 1940, 1944, and gained enormous legitimacy in response to impending war and war as well. In 1952 korea was the dominant issue, the stevenson ike issue. In 68 lbj was literally drifen from the consequence of vietnam. In the election, vietnam did not play a singular role. Of course, 1980, you have the iranian hostage crisis and afghanistan. Increasingly, though, after the cold war, it seems that Foreign Policy had more or less dropped out of the president ial electoral cycle and the debates. You had the iraq war in 04 and 08 and figured prominently 9 11. August 20, just last month, registered voters on r12
President ial Debate Commissions surprise announcement that the next president ial debate will be virtual, not person, and then, all hell broke loose . I can say hell on tv, right . The standards have changed . Carla, walk us through what happened . President trump immediately said he is not interested in a virtual debate. He feeds off that audience. This is supposed to be a town hall debate, by the way. So he might have gotten a set of questions that is far different than what he is getting from the mora joe ben said, okay, i will do a town hall that night on abc, and now, the trump side is coming back with another proposal for two more debates within one week in the last week of october. And the biden camp is saying the last week of october as originally planned. And trump has to decide which way he has to go, and biden says, he changes his mind every five seconds. So we will see how it plays out. All right, well, lonnie, why do you think mr. Trump opposing the virtual format . I thi
Selloff. The dow industrials down 36 points, nasdaq up 61 and s p higher by 3 and a quarter. This as we await testimony from treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chairman jay powell today, both on capitol hill later today. This follows a huge selloff yesterday sparked by an open Supreme Court seat and impact of it on the ledge Kellyanne Conway slalegislative agenda. Dow indusn 500 points, nasdaq lower by 14 and s p lower by 38. The state of our cities, the department of justice naming three major cities anarchist jurisdictions that could lose federal funding due to ongoing unrest. Rudy giuliani is back with us with his take on all of this. Then, fine on the field, nfl handing out massive fines for mask violations, all the numbers coming up this morning. Women and wellness, how some are expanding business while keeping their cool in the era of coronavirus. Super model Kathy Ireland is here with lifestyle tips you dont want to yo miss. Mornings with maria is live right n
Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
Every 8 days concerns growing over a sharp increase in cope with 19 cases in the u. K. And the u. S. Justice department pushes prosecutors to charge protesters in portland and the rarely used law. And sport Justin Thomas head to courts rather to take a 1st round lead at the u. S. Out then american is a shot clear of the 2nd major championship here. So visit to taiwan by a high ranking u. S. Official has led to fighter jets being scrambled and it seemed china launch Major Military drills Taiwans Defense Ministry says it had to send up jets to track approaching Chinese Air Force planes if they cross the sensitive mid line of the Taiwan Strait which lies between china and the island chinas mistreated. Justified fridays new drills saying they were necessary to protect what it calls National Sovereignty and territorial integrity it accuses United States and taiwans ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble. Me with recently the United States and the Democratic Progressive Party authoriti