Will u. S. Troop it is be forced to stay even longer in americas longest war . Secretary of state mike pompeo is here. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin, the facts that matter this week. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning. Welcome to this week. Our brand new poll with the Washington Post is just out. Heres what it says about the democratic race ahead of our abc debate thursday night. Joe biden Holding Steady in the lead with 27 of the vote. Bernie standers second with 19 and a rising Elizabeth Warren on his heels at 17 . Thats a 6 oint jump since july. Losing ground is Kamala Harris. Shes at 7 . Buttigieg, orourke under 6 . Thele the rest of the pack at 1 or less. Biden has a narrow edge of warren and sanders over who voters think would be the best president for the country. Defeating the President Trump is what most voters care about most right now. 50 are voting on who is most likely to beat trump. This far
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Susan this week on newsmakers, steven law joins us, the president of the Senate Leadership fund. We also have the chief Congressional Correspondent with the Washington Examiner, and the chief Congressional Correspondent with the Associated Press. Let me begin with explaining to our viewers, what is your group, how much you plan to spend in the 2020 race, and where do you plan to spend that money. Steven i represent a Senate Leadership fund and one nation, two organizations involved in politics and policy, focused on the senate. In 2018, we raised and spent about 190 million. I think we will get somewhere in that range. The focus will be on holding the majority. Our focus is to make sure our senators come back and pick up the one senate seat, especially in alabama, that we lost in 2017. Greta what states are you focusing on . Steven that is yet to be determined. These races are starting to shape up, but we see contests in colorado, North Carolina, arizona and possibly maine, kentucky, i
Now at 11 00, a stunning reversal in the kate steinle case. Why a judge overturned an undocumented immigrants gun conviction. We will tell you about the politicians and celebrities fights to keep a young woman in the United States. Waiting for dorian. How one Beach Community here in florida is bracing for what could be one of the worst hurricanes in decades. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Tonight, a new twist in the case that put San Francisco in debate fire storm. The killing of kate steinle in 2015. That is where Andrea Nakano joins us with why a state court threw out that conviction. Yeah, it was a California Appeals Court that threw out the sole conviction against jose inez garcia and attorneys are celebrating cautiously waiting to see what will happen next. Terrible thing to happen. Reporter on july 1 in 2015, kate steinle died while taking a walk with her father. The jury only found him guilty on one charge. An exfelon in possession of a firearm. The defense cla
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