Be there in person. Sarah gideons Campaign Said she would not appear in person if Susan Collins cannot. Our candidates are Susan Collins, the democratic speaker of the house sara gideon, max lisa savage. Each candidate will have an opportunity to ask a question of another candidate and each candidate will have one minute for a closing statement. Has blockedell consideration of extensive pandemic relief bills and rushed confirmation of the Supreme Court nominee. Counseled the white house not to strike a deal on a becauseeal with pelosi it might interfere with the planned confirmation of judge barrett next week. Susan collins, why do you still support Mitch Mcconnell and does it make it harder to find Bipartisan Solutions . Sen. Collins first of all, thank you for sponsoring the debate. I support another covered relief package and we have had two votes this week, one of my bills to extend the paycheck protection program, which has already saved 250,000 250,000 jobs and another 500 millio
And larryt nbc news norden, the director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for justice. Just a reminder, if you have questions as we chat, feel free to drop them into the chat below. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment, and with coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Alternatives to our usual voting methods, a lot of people are asking will voting become digital, as well . Thent to kick off conversation by asking, why would we even want online voting . My bias is coming from seattle where we have a robust mailin ballot system, and the process is already quite easy. Im curious what the conversation would look like around, why do we need this kind of technology . I think the appeal is in normas. Is enormous. In theory, it has largely been attempted in this country for military deployed service members. It could be used for people with disabilities who dont have a lot of ease getting to the polls. If we somehow had a robust on
Gave this answer whether asked about a peaceful transition of power. President trump get rid of the ballots and you will have, you will have a very peaceful, there wont be a transfer frankly. There will be a continuation. Charles we get reaction from the rnc coming right now. All that and so much more on making money. Charles recently in a mad dash for the exits weve seen gains turn into losses quickly. Some are comparing this action to the socalled taper tantrum. You remember back in 2013 when there was a great fear that the Federal Reserve was going to turn off the spigot, begin to undo the massive quantitative easing. Dont say to Stuart Varney i said qe. The stock market knows it has the power to moving averagers and shakers, president , congress, ceos, yes, even the Federal Reserve. I think the market rallied big time in august because it assumed there would be more accommodation. Then last week the market had its wakeup call, maybe the fed dont do more. Now the chance of fiscal he
Is doing as the head of that task force. However i have also been told that the president was a bit frustrated with the call that the cdc, the centers for Disease Control, had with reports yesterday in which they said the exposure or the risk for the coronavirus inside of the u. S. Is low, however, the chance for it spreading inside of the u. S. At some point down the line is likely. We are expecting the president here, to essentially address the American Public. The top Infectious Diseases doctor earlier today was asked what he thinks the president should say in light of all the messages that have been bouncing around and this was his response. Listen. At the present time things are under control here but realistically we need to be prepared for the possibility and maybe the likelihood we will see more cases here. The to the degree we can contain them women determine the impact on the country. Reporter liz, there is also a discrepancy on capitol hill the amount of funding needed to co
mostly on party lines. article i, senator mitt romney, abuse of power voted guilty on president trump saying he had to do that because the president denied his oath of office, went against his oath of office. the senator knows this may put him on an island with other republicans. other republicans calling this is a show. this is not protecting the presidency. this is about hatred for the president. senator lindsey graham says the exoneration will come during the next election when trump is reelected. listen. if you think you ve done the country a good service by legitimatizing this impeachment process what you have done is unleash the partisan forces of hell. this is sour gripes. this is not about protecting the country. this is about destroying the president. reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says this is now in the rear view mirror. democrats not letting it go. representative jerry nadler hinting today he may subpoena john bolton in front of his hoist commi