Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
Here we go. The election just two days away now. A Record Number of people have already early voted in nevada. Friday night at the cardenas market, the line stretched around the building well after the polls were scheduled to close. It was estimated more than 1,000 people in a largely hispanic neighborhood were still in line. It was one of several that stayed open late so everyone could vote. Clark county says its allowed under state law. Lets dig in to those early voting numbers. More than 769,000. Two away from 770,000. Ballots have been cast already. 224,000 of those were registered democrats. Democrats about a 45,000 vote lead state wide. Democratic lead is more pronounced. Democrats are ahead of republicans by more than 72,000 votes. Thats similar to the numbers in 2012 when barack obama won the state by seven points. Lets first point out that democrats tend to vote early. Republicans tend to wait until election day to do so. But that big lead in clark county i think would mean an
Do not wear buttons or visable clothing supporting a canidate or measure. Thats called electioneering and its illegal within 100 feet of a polling place. Also, theres no photography or videography allowed inside polls. So dont take a selfie. Now, this goes without saying, but its also illegal to pass out flyers or post political signs within 100 feet of a polling place. As of this afternoon, metro has not picked up on any threats of intimidation or planned disturn just the same, they are beefing up their presence tomorrow, and will be ready to respond during the election process. 13 09 50 dep. Chief Charles Hank Metro without an issue we likely may not even go into the site, were gonna come by the sites, see how things are going, if things are okay we may pause for a moment and stick around, we may get out of the cars and go inside but its not intended for us to have an officer posted up at every site we dont feel its necessary at this time. clark county. Polls open at 7 a. M. And clos
Roanoke valley. We found plenty of people the warm weather while we can and also found a few potholes forming on the roads. 09 13 25 30 37 41 49 54 its a busy day at the salem dog park where Furry Friends and their Owners Advantage of the warm weather while they still have the chance. Derek trull i didnt expect this today. I thought it was going to get up in the 50s, but the 60s is even better. Mark childress i hate cold weather. Others like Mark Childress and his dog paws brace the cold and visit a bit more regularly but on this warm day paws has had more playmates than other times recently. Childress its been extremely busy today. Theres been 20, 30, 40 dogs today, and its not usually that many here. But with the drastic change in temperatures also comes some problems on the road with potholes opening up. Alan parsons over to roanoke, theyre just, you cant miss them. Theyre everywhere. If you come in the road aaa recommends drivers slow down and avoid hitting the pothole if they can
You can also tweet us at our handle there or go to facebook atm cspan or send us email washington journal. Let me show you what you research has put together about the minimumts about wage. They say adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage peak in 1968 at 8. 54. Since it was last raised in 2009 to the current 7. 25 per hour, the federal minimum has lost about 8. 1 of its purchasing power to inflation. The 3 million hourly workers who were at or below the federal minimum wage in 2014 for ages 16 to 24. The district plus of columbia, nearly two dozen cities and counties have set their own higher minimums above that 7. 25. About 20. 6 Million People are of are near minimum wage. The fifth fact, the restaurant and Food Service Industry is the single biggest employer of near minimum wage workers. Take a listen to what donald trump had to say about the minimum wage and whether or not it should be increased at tuesday nights debate. Are toorump our taxes high, i have a tax plan that m