Hello there just gone 6 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International might be the morning after the Election Night before but the race for the white house is still on a knife edge and results hanging in the balance in a few key states that are yet to declare now within the last hour joe biden has taken the lead in michigan although the votes are still being counted we have to say in fact kind thing is not finished in several key states they are in great on this big map up here and a sea of red you might look at and think that trump has actually may have won this election that just indicates hes actually won more states but biden is actually more electoral votes at this stage which is of course what counts big. Population states like california for example did actually give him 55 votes and so far biden is 238 to trumps 213 with 270 the magic number needed for victory so lets bring in our u. S. Correspondent Maccallum Orkin who joins us from new york areas a good evening kel
Tonight we have the governors debate. Here the candidates. Numbers were drawn and after that, the opening comments. Thank you. We are so grateful every day to serve the citizens of the united states. We are inspired by the spirit that all people in north dakota have shown. Over the past four years, we have had an edible string of accomplishments. Balancing the budget without raising taxes. Raised tremendous amounts for the future. We believe in the power of the private sector. Ise, empathy, and compassion stronger than government. We believe in north dakota and sue are rising to the challenge of working gather. Next we have the democrat. Thank you to our organizers for this important public debate. Im a veterinarian, a Small Business owner, and founder of a international nonprofit. My platform of homegrown prosperity reflects our values. To bring resilience to our communities and our economy. Hello. Thank you for turning into this debate. Thank you to our sponsors and our moderator. Fo
Just a reminder, if you have questions as we chat, feel free to drop them into the chat below. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment, and with coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Ith coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Alternatives to our usual voting methods, a lot of people are asking will voting become digital, as well . Thent to kick off conversation by asking, why would we even want online voting . My bias is coming from seattle where we have a robust mailin ballot system, and the process is already quite easy. Im curious what the conversation would look like around, why do we need this kind of technology . I think the appeal is in normas. Is enormous. In theory, it has largely been attempted in this country for military deployed service members. It could be used for people with disabilities who dont have a lot of ease getting to the polls. If we somehow had a robust online Voting System, it wo
Discusses the 2020 campaign. We take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Its the washington journal. President trump is in arizona and joe biden is in ohio. Senator harris returns to the campaign trail in floor. Early voting begins in that state. Vice president pence is in pennsylvania. He will also go to maine. Devoted to youis telling us about your top issues heading into election day. What is it . Perhaps its the pandemic. Maybe there are other topics. This is how you can let us know. If you support joe biden. 202 7488001 if you support President Trump. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us. You can post on our facebook. The Gallup Organization pulled republican men and women what their top issues were. Gauging that and response, when it comes to matters of the economy, 48 of republican men and 49 of republican women say the economy versus 38 of democratic men. When it comes to the coronavi
Need for a safe and effective vaccin vaccine. And how the vaccine trial process works. This is a 50 minute conversation hosted by the Aspen Institute. Student i am delighted to meet shoot for the 2020 event. While this coed pandemic has kept us from being in person we host inspiring artists, scientists innovators and policymakers. We cannot be more excited about our program today an inside look at the Vaccine Development process through the lens of the food and Drug Administration for the fda. With the urgency to have a safe and effective covid 19 vaccine available, the third vaccines being developed at socalled warp speed interest in understanding the vaccine developed processes never been greater. And we have got just the expert both and of the fda inside and out to help us do just that. So let me briefly introduce our incredible speaker today. Doctor stephen hahns the 24th commissioner of the food and Drug Administration. He is also a clinician having trained in medical oncology and