We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys list. And she worked at the dnc, so she has now come full circle. Were going to talk about their efforts to expand their House Majority and build on the success we all saw in 2018, year of the woman. They will give us the landscape, how it looks now, then i want to go through some of the Democratic Women to watch in the districts they are targeting. The bottom of your screen, you will see a ask a question send a so feel free to question. It is always my favorite part of the evening. So we hope you fill that out and ask a question. If you want to watch any of this then, the replay will be on website. With that, welcome. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having us. Betsy congresswoman, the red to blue program, can you give us a sense of what that is and why it i
Diane is off tonight, 43 million americans are on the move. Across the country the long thanksgiving weekend got off to a hectic start, weather forcing more than 200 Flight Cancellations today because of snow, ice and wind. In North Carolina a tornado blew the roof off this condominium, snapped trees and downed power lines. Look at the map tonight, most of the trouble in the northeast, parts of the country bracing for more cold and wind on the way. Our extreme weather team is tracking it all and we begin with abcs meteorologist ginger zee. Good evening. Reporter good evening, george. Who doesnt love a nice, cold rain to kick off the holiday. Behind me you can see the balloons into will go up tomorrow like we will be talking about in a bit. First i want to show you the wreck that this storm left behind. Reporter sliding into the holiday from the carolinas to new england. Trudging through nasty wind and driving rain. The timing of this storm, just cruel for the 39 million of us hitting t
Good afternoon. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In washington where the house of representatives cannot act soon enough. There are more than 75,000 confirmed cases of covid19 in the united states, more than 1,000 americans have died so far. And as the Health Crisis dwrogr were getting our first look at the economic toll of this virus, a staggering 3. 3 million americans applying for Unemployment Benefits last week. That is more than double the estimate. And nearly five times more than the previous record set back in the. 80s. Some economists are now predicting if current do hold, that unemployment could surpass that scene during the 2009 recession. The Senate Passed its, quote, phase three. It includes temporary expansion of Unemployment Benefits and direct payments to americans making less than 99,000 a year. President trump has indicated he will sign the proposal, but first it needs to pass in the house, which is currently still in recess. Speaker nancy pelosi confident about
43 million americans are on the move. Across the country the long thanksgiving weekend got off to a hectic start, weather forcing more than 200 Flight Cancellations today because of snow, ice and wind. In North Carolina a tornado blew the roof off this condominium, snapped trees and downed power lines. Look at the map tonight, most of the trouble in the northeast, parts of the country bracing for more cold and wind on the way. Our extreme weather team is tracking it all and we begin with abcs meteorologist ginger zee. Good evening, ginger. Reporter good evening, george. Who doesnt love a nice, cold rain to kick off the holiday. Behind me you can see the balloons that will go up tomorrow that we will be talking about in a bit. First i want to show you the wreck that this storm left behind. Sliding into the holiday from the carolinas to new england. Trudging through nasty wind and driving rain. The timing of this storm, just cruel for the 39 million of us hitting the road this thanksgivi
Are reporting eight fatalitys. Numbers are always preliminary at this stage. Tupelo is described as decemb devastated. Weve got reporters on the ground beginning with chad myers in tupelo. Chad, what do you see . Reporter it was a day like i havent seen in a very long time, chris. It was like a 500mile rake. And the tyings of that rake ripping across mississippi and alabama with so many tornadoes on the ground at the same time. I have not seen a day like it and tupelo had a nasty day yesterday. Big one. Reporter you can hear the power of this massive cloud churning just outside of tupelo, mississippi. Its just one of a string of tornadoes that barrelled through the southeast with tupelo hit hard. The threat fosting local meteorologists to take cover mid broadcast. Basement now. Go reporter the sheer force of the winds estimated at more than 100 miles an hour hoisted cars several t feet off the ground, topped power lines, and reduced homes to rubble. Residents struggle to pick up the pi