Construction and i think the wrecking ball comes for it next week. So during the time that our new building is being built, the jcc has offered us the use of this gorgeous facility here for our author event. So many of our events be here for the next year and a half. I you guys will join us a lots more. I also want to let you know that cspan is here tonight recording for book tv, which i think is so cool. So you guys can watch this again on book tv in a couple of weeks. I also want to recognize our bookseller Left Bank Books saint louis is the oldest and premier independent bookstore. Left bank has eliots books for sale in the back of the room, and he will sign back there as well after the talk. So on the event our author this evening, Eliot Ackerman, served five tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan in both the infantry and as a Marine Corps Special Operations Officer for his military service. He is a recipient of a silver star, a bronze star and a purple heart. Elliott holds a master
Wasserman, Cook Political Report editor. Lets start the news of the foxhole that came out yesterday finding that 41 of respondents to this poll said they would vote for a republican on the generic ballot. 41 sensing they would vote for a democrat in election 2022. Do you want to put 41 saying they would vote for a democrat in the election in 2022. Guest we typically see democrats do a little better on this generic ballot holes than they end up doing at the ballot box but we have seen some narrowing in the past few months. This is a complicated election cycle because ordinarily you would look at a president with 39 approval and high inflation would say they are headed for historic losses. Democrats have gotten a boost in the last couple of months. The Enthusiasm Gap has closed significantly as a result of dobbs. The longer exists when you look at special elections we have seen in races in nebraska and minnesota last week, or democrats actually did better than the 2020 president ial marg
Honesty and faith in our elections. No more stolen elections. Leigh ann this weeks primaries, sending signals that Abortion Access and denying the results of the 2020 election are driving issues at the polls. Next. Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided b for 25 years, consumer cellulars goal has been to provide Wireless Service that helps people communica and connect. We offer a variety of no contract plans and our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find one that fits you. To learn more, visit con consumercellular. Tv. Announcer additional funding is provided by koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, sandra and carl delaymagnuson, Rose Hirschel and andy shreeves, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Leigh ann good evening. And welcome to Washington Week. Im Leigh Ann Caldwe
Honesty and faith in our elections. No more stolen elections. Leigh ann this weeks primaries, sending signals that Abortion Access and denying t results of the 2020 election are driving issues at the polls. Next. Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporatfunding is provided by for 25 years, consumer cellulars goal has been to provide Wireless Service that helps people communicate and connect. We offer a variety of no contract plans and our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find one that fits you. To learn more, visit con consumercellular. Tv. Announcer additional funding is provided by koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, sandra and carl delaymagnuson, Rose Hirschel and andy shreeves, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Leigh ann good evening. And welcome to Washington Week. Im Leigh Ann Caldwel
This is bbc news welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, in the uk and around the globe. The votes will soon be coming in, the outcome all but certain. Donald trump looks set to go down in history as the only american president to be impeached twice. A week to the day even to the hour since rioters stormed the Capitol Building, lawmakers are close to making it official. These are live pictures of the House Chamber, where lawmakers are making their final statements before voting begins. Republicans have been attacking the timing of the process, coming just a week before the inauguration. Democrats say mr trump must go. We know that the president of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our country. He must go. He
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