Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will trav
Healthy lead both of the popular vote and the electoral college. Its not such a huge lead that its impossible for donald trump to close the gap. What happens in the battleground states, with joe inen campaigning pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona. Those of the key states for him. The president was in New Hampshire friday. Florida it a must when state for the republicans. Walk us through those key battleground states. Now, we have joe biden winning all of those states. Off the top of my head it, im not sure about arizona, but im pretty sure. Florida is a must win state. Its difficult to see a path through the presidency where donald trump doesnt carry florida. At the same time, joe biden probably needs to win wisconsin in pennsylvania. Arizona is a new battleground state. From 2000competitive until 2012. In 2016, hillary can claim close to winning it. We see a situation now where democrats are competing for. That may be a way for them to offset a loss in wisconsin. Host the biden harris t
Wires from the czu lightning complex and relieve left townsend Santa Cruz County unrecognizable in some cases kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us. This drone video shows some of the destruction in the town of bonny doon where homes have been flattened to piles of ash. And debris charred remains of metal frames appliances and cars somewhat recognizable in the aftermath. Cal fire says that the 330 structures burned so far in the czu lightning complex fires at least 200 were peoples homes and its a total thats expected to rise as they continue to take stock of the damage smoke could be seen rising in several spots off the mountain. But now the weather is less of an obstacle for firefighters, there is a. Losing battle that we had a fight with that the beginning but now that the weather has more on our side cooler but the higher humidity, the visibility has also improved allowing for more air support but also the winds have turned in their favor where the winds are helping actually pushed the
Time donald trump has renewed his vows. Going into the convention. I thought it would be tough for donald trump to sell himself for another four years mostly because, you know, we live in a hellscape where 180,000 people have died and we cant go to a movie or hug our grandparents. But then i watched the convention, and, guys, it turns out donald trump has actually done a really good job by preventing all of that from happening. From the very beginning, democrats, the media and the World Health Organization got coronavirus wrong. One leader took Decisive Action to save lives. President donald trump. The president quickly took action and shut down travel from china. Donald trumps quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid 19. President trump truly moved mountains to save lives, and he deserves credit. Just imagine what 2020 would have looked like, fighting for your life without donald trump fighting for it, too. Trevor imagine what 2020 would have been like without
The scu fire is also in four counts. The three wildfires have burned more than 775,000 acres. All of these fires started by lightning one week ago. Reporter heather, good afternoon to you. Contain system up, which is good news. Also good ws, a large no longer in direct threat from the flames. But if you look screen left, off in the distance, thats smoke rising above the hilltops here in the santa rosa mountains. Those homes along the highway 9 corridor are still in danger, so crews are using an old technique in hopes 0 of making gains the firefight. Just north of felton, firefighters are taking advantage of higher temperatures higher humidity to work gains the fire. The weather is cooperating to help us get those containment lines around those communities that are involved. Reporter firefighters are using fire to fight the 78,000 acre fire. The difficult task burning the vegetation on the ground but preventing the flames from going up into the trees, because if they do that, they could