Our stop today in erie, pennsylvania. Us to talk about the 2020 election there is Joseph Morris of mercy hearst university, with the center for applied politics. He serves as their director, as well as the Political Science chair. Good morning to you. Guest good morning. Host can you give us a snapshot of what youre he, pennsylvania of what erie, pennsylvania looked like in 2016, in particular, how it voted for President Trump . Guest yeah, that is an incredibly difficult question to answer, even with good Public Opinion polling. Erie county, of course, has been historically, overwhelmingly democratic in terms of voter registration. In 2016, i think we saw a perfect storm for democrats. Erie countys economy has been suffering for a number of years , and we had a candidate in Hillary Clinton that Many Democrats in erie county had concerns about. That combined with the promises of a renaissance in manufacturing that donald trump made, i think it led to a narrow but, in the end, ultimatel
Kelly as the cspan bus continues our 2020 battleground states tour. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host here are some of the latest headlines coming from that back and forth between the National Basketball association and china. The senators call on the nba to cancel games in china amid controversy. Spat thatchina nba underscores how far negotiations have deteriorated and this from a roll call, republicans accusing the nba of cowardice in the flareup with china. In our first hour, we want to get your thoughts on this backandforth between the National Basketball association and china about that tweet concerning hong kong. Did the nba kowtow to china . You can let us know your thoughts in this hour. 2027488000 if you live in the eastern and central time zones. And if you live in the mountain then pacific time zones, it is 2027488001. Ou can text us at 2027488003 att on our twitter feed cspanwj.
Committee meeting the title board and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that will allow inperson attendance and Public Comment while still providing Remote Access and Public Comment by telephone. Public comment will be taken for each item on the agenda. Those attending in person will be heard first, followed by those joining remotely by phone for remote Public Comment. The call in number. Is 415 a6550001. The access code. Is 26605027653. Then press pound and press pound again. Item number one call to order. Director richardson. Im here. Director howard here. Director dunlop we do have a quorum. Okay good afternoon, everyone. And i am so happy to be here for this special meeting. Its going to be really short. However, it is extremely, very important for people that are not familiar with the Treasure Island and yerba buena development. Those projects are considered high levels. Both have received good plan platinum certification, which are the highest level in the world. So we
Environmental campaigners have already criticised the plans to scrap that key Climate Change targets. Indeed, Friends Of The Earth Scotland branded it the worst environmental decision in the history of the Scottish Parliament. We will be live in holyrood for that statement which we are expecting around 25 past two. But first i want to take a look at some of the days other news. A conservative mp has been suspended by the Parliamentary Party after claims he misused campaign funds. The Times Newspaper alleges he use the local party funds to pay off what he reportedly called bad people who had locked him in a flat. He strongly disputes the allegations. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago and says it is investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent reports. The honesty needs to start now, the lack of clarity needs to stop. This was marked last week urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. The allegation about his o
Thorough search that they found her body. Police took down the crime tape surrounding the parking structure where the body of maddie was found. They found her remains concealed and hidden late monday night. This has been just a horrific horrific experience for the family, as well as for our entire community. Reporter kevin believes maddie was killed before she was reported missing. She was last seen riding her scooter around the complex. They say a 15yearold boy new maddie and she was murdered inside his apartment. She knew him. She had a reasonable amount of trust in him, she was 8 years old. Its a lot of life. Always joyful. Always a smile on her face. Reporter a family friend visited that site along with her uncle. I pray to god somebody deals with him. Reporter the hardest part was seeing maddies fathers pain. Just try to be calm. Im mad i wasnt here quick enough. Reporter our thoughts, our prayers are with this family tonight. They plan to file charges within the next two days. Th