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In your state . We will open up our regular lines. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you support democratic candidate joe biden and Kamala Harris, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are undecided or support another president ial ticket, your number is 202 7488002. You can oyster text us your and we at 202 7488003 are always reading on social media. Once again, we are looking to talk to our viewers in battleground states only this morning, as the last few hours of this election season come to a close. Cook political report actually has a list of states which it considers to be up for grabs for this Electoral College season. You can see those states on your screen, six states listed officially as tossup states theida, georgia, iowa, second Congressional District of maine, North Carolina, ohio, and texas. Those are the states that are officially listed as tossups from the Cook Political Report. We want to hear
Underway in the philippines after a super typhoon go and he killed 20 people and caused widespread destruction. Well now across the United States verses are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for a couple of hours now but already long lines have been forming now already nearly 100000000 people have cost their ballots an early voting levels that have never been seen before in a u. S. Election now this hour 12 g. M. T. Polls have opened in a number of states including delaware washington d. C. And pennsylvania. Well lets introduce you to our team on the ground for this hour. Is monitoring developments from new york christensen amy is in philadelphia and pennsylvania one of the big battleground states where as we had very saying has already begun to mollify al is in wellington delaware thats bidens home state and from washington d. C. Weve got alan fischer well get the latest more of them in a moment
Within the perfect Indian Summer of new york, we see a nation counting every vote. Is 2. 5 . Within the counting of votes is the new slow bouncing off of this political moment. Ive got eight ways to go in this opening, and i am going to go jon ferro where you have been, which is the renminbi just moving to new strengths moments ago. Jonathan dollar weakness has got to be the story. We talked about this through the morning. The counting continues. This race is too close to call. This market, the event they are anticipating is a Joe Biden White house, and what that means for the economy and these currencies. They are assuming it will mean a weaker dollar, and that is what youve got on the screen, not just against the chinese currency. It is broadbased through the whole of g10. Tom the emotion in the United Kingdom, i saw the five letter word march and my heart skipped a beat. What are the ramifications of extending a locked three additional months . Jonathan i know very few people who th
A professor of law and taxation. Test test p. The book manuscript, the applicants of national the United States and the 20th century. An Important Mission of the center is promoting the senate and the house of representatives and advancing the history of congress. This Research Series helps us engage fully that the mission is being done. For those that have written significant books ons history of congress. Today we hear about a very significant book on the history of congress. Charles stewart gave a marvelous talk. Electing the senate and direct democracy before the 18th amendment. And the battle over who would succeed the speaker of was finally dieing down and charles graciously agreed to return to discussion the history of the speaker of the house. He has given todays talk, the enticing title speaker battles, then and now. It was coauthored with jeffrey jenkins. Bidding for the senate and the rise of government. Charles along time friend of the center is the distinguish ed professor