Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is getting in the National Media dialogue about the campaign. We get in on a lot of local media when we show up but in terms of the network news, the big newspapers, the cable news, weve been blanked out. And so thats a big frustrati
Since july. Tell us, what has happened with your campaign from july until now . Your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate Angela Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is gettin
Middle east. Kremlin critic alexina vali is released from the hospital here in germany after treatment for a poisoning with a nerve agent his case has triggered another diplomatic crisis between russia and the west what will he do now. Just fears of a lost generation we asked the head of the International Labor organization about the pandemics toll on young workers. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us in about the roof aleksandr look i shant go has been sworn into office in a surprise inauguration ceremony despite mass protests against his reelection his soon to 6 consecutive president ial term in the capital minsk with several 100 top officials present the inauguration was not announced publicly it comes on the heels of a. Disputed election that sparked weeks of mass protests the opposition and valorous say the poll was rigged the u. S. And the e. U. Were pushing for sanctions against officials involved in the vote. And lets go right to mens core our correspondent nick con
Learned. The number one risk here is not now. Its a week from now, and it is with any 74yearold weighing 244 pounds. Does the president get or not get pneumonia . That is a major concern now. Jonathan first and foremost, our thoughts and hearts are with the first family. We hope the president pulls through, of course. The focus youve had over the last couple of hours something we will replicate. We dont want to go too deep into speculation. For me, what is interesting right now is the substance of that campaigning. I dont believe in a single issue election, but this single issue now will be hard for the president to divert attention away from. Tom youve got to believe that, going from the depths of ruth bader in Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto this shock come onto the debate, if there is a debate. But i would go back to Jennifer Jacobs and her team in washington on the illness of ms. Hicks. And then this began to unravel with mr. Hannity at fox, and here we are on a jobs day with a changed sc
Jon ferro in london, tom keene and Lisa Abramowicz in new york. It is a Fourth Quarter with an election in it. I love what Kevin Cirilli said. Is it going to be not election day, but election month . We will have to see, harkening bush gore. Tower hudsonf looking for a melt up. Jonathan right now i think we are playing headline roulette around fiscal talks. There is still a gap that is apparently narrowing a little bit. One thing we dont know, one thing we cant figure out, is whether this is just posturing ahead of the election, or whether both parties actually want to nail down a deal this week. House democrats delaying a vote on that plan to see if talks today actually generate something positive. Tom we will have to see as well. Opening up here with the markets, futures up 32, dow futures up to 34 in a nicer lift up 234 in a nicer lift. Ive got to go to a conversation with Speaker Pelosi that david westin will have in the noon hour, and i wonder if she will want to negotiate. Jonath