If no one is elected a runoff will take place in january. [laughter] welcome. I am scott and you are watching the Atlanta Press club louderm ilk young debate series. The number of qualified candidates we have divided them into two groups depending on how they are pulling. The candidates will be participating from their homes location. Remote thank you to urge a public broadcasting for organizing the debates. ,oug collins, republican currently representing georgias ninth congressional district. Matt lieberman, democrat, a graduate of yale law school, educator and Small Business owner. Kelly leffler, appointed to the ate to rowe place roast retiring senator johnny isakson. Brian slow and ski, businessman. And, a realist airmen. And Greg Bluestein is a political reporter with the atlanta journalconstitution. And the producer of morning edition. Secondses will have 60 to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to rebuttals. If candidates feel they should get a rebuttal, they should rais
All candidates from all parties appear together on the same ballot in november. Again, the same rules apply. Gets 50 plus on e, it goes to a runoff. There are three democrats. Matt lieberman and a former u. S. Attorney. With those five major candidates on the ballot, it is almost impossible any of them win outright. That race is heading to a runoff. The other race is extremely tight. Know for at least a few days who won that race be margine the final matters. One is ahead we know for a fact on november 3 that that is the case, it does not matter he is ahead, we need to know if he has hit the magic number of 50 plus one. Counting every one of those votes could take a day or two. I would not be surprised if we do not have concrete results on Election Night in georgia. If that race does go to a runoff, we will have two separate races in georgia with a 2021, twofebruary of days after the United States senate comes back into session. They come back into session on january 3. There is a poss
On the senate elections. Author and Vice President ial scholar Joel Goldstein reviews wednesday nights Vice President ial debate. Nightsews wednesday Vice President ial debate. Host good morning. 6 2020. Esday, october President Trump returned to the white house after a three day hospital stay. The president declared that he felt that her than he had in decades and urged americans not to be afraid of covid or let it dominate their lives. We are asking our viewers whether the president s Coronavirus Diagnosis has changed your view of covid19. Give us a call. Republicans 202 7488001. Democrats 202 7488000. Ndependents 202 7488002 if you have had covid19, 202 7488003. You canalso the number send us a text this morning. Please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise on social media, on twitter it is at cspan wj. Good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. When president y hemp announced via twitter would be leaving walter reed. He said, i feel better than i did 20 years a
How likely is that outcome as you survey the senate battlefield today . Guest in july, we were saying that democrats had a slight edge. I think that edge has now really grown. Especially over the past tumultuous week that we saw beginning with the disastrous debate for President Trump that has clearly turned off a lot of voters. We are seeing that reflected in National Polls of the president ial race and sundays washington journal poll. As cnn poll had joe biden up 16. Those kind of numbers have a major effect on senate races. Republican strategists i have been talking to that are working like,se races, they are the numbers are just bad everywhere. There is a lot of pessimism i am hearing. Today is four weeks from election day. There is not a lot of time to change things around, especially when a lot of people are already voting. You mentioned they need for seats if joe biden does not win and three seats if they do not. I think the likelihood that joe biden wins is slightly greater if
Lauren simonetti watching those markets, blake burman standing by at the white house and Hillary Vaughn is in baltimore where the Vice President is expected to address the Republican National convention this evening. Lauren, we start with you. Lauren hey, connell. Tech certainly led the way today, but that wasnt all. Manufacturing remained strong. Orders for the big expensive items surging last month and hopes for a vaccine alive and well. Moderna says new trial data that the vaccine candidate built immunity older patients. That lifted sentiment. The dow rising a quarter of 1 . S p 500, four Straight Record closes. The nasdaq, five straight. Above 11,600 for the very first time. Alltime highs, amazon, alphabet, microsoft, and facebook. Yes another record close for apple at 506 a share. Look at sales force, guys. These gains are incredible. Investors cheering they raised the fullyear guidance. Imagine if right now sales force were in the Dow Jones Industrial average. It would be up a lo