Of a new day if he wins. And also on the program for people are killed as gunmen opened fire in the austrian capital of vienna the government there is calling it a terrorist attack. The non pietists improve the sports news audience on football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital all those doctors says its not too late to cope with all of the details of this news though. Right now across the United States versus are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd president ial term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for just a few hours now but already long lines have been forming already nearly 100000000 people have cast their ballots an early voting bracing breaking previous records now this hour 13 g. M. T. Polls have also opened and a number of states including iowa kansas and all important texas. Here is our team on the ground for the south gabriel is under as monitoring developments for us from new york kristen salumi is in phila
A heavy price for one of the worlds poorest nations. A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me in a key area. The top story this hour a state Memorial Service has just been held in paris to commemorate a murdered history teacher the french president addressed the ceremony declaring samuel party a silent hero and the face of the republic the teacher was beheaded by a jihadi extremist last week after showing caricature of the prophet mohammed to his class we can cross live now to charlotte ski in paris to discuss this further charlottes could you tell us more about the ceremony please. Well a solemn ceremony taking place on wednesday evening here in paris for that teacher samuel party whos brutally assassinated on friday of last week some 400 people in attendance at that ceremony q. B. Former and present ministers of france president marc korn paid tribute to some a party who was given the. The legion of honor for his work as a teacher describing 1 him as a ma
At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
You will call 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain and pacific time zones you will call 202 7488001. You can always text us your. Pinion at 202 7488003 we are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook. Again, theres a lot to talk about with the development of a covid19 vaccine. The president himself, President Trump talked about possible relief during a press conference earlier this week. Heres what he said. [video clip] will end the pandemic under operation warp speed, we have pioneered Ground Breaking therapies, reducing fatality rates from 85 this april. The press does not like to talk about that. Sincetality rate, 85 april. The United States has experienced among the lowest mortality rates cates cases in it than any country. We are a leader in every way. Under my leadership we will produce a vaccine in record time. Biden and his very liberal running mate, the most liberal person in congress, is not a confident person in my opinion, would destroy this country and eco
Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Host we are back and we will spend this next segment talking about right wing extremism in the United States. With us is author and university of massachusetts lowell professor Arie Perliger, who is the author of american zealot, inside right wing domestic terrorism. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thank you for having me. Host lets frame this conversation how do you define first. Extremism . What exactly is it . Guest we are talking about a group or sometime individuals whose political views are on the margins, the extremities of the political spectrum. Not just that. They are also militant in the way they promote their views. That means that they are engaging in illegal activities as well as, in many cases, utilizing violence or violent practices to promote their goal. Host now, we are going to talk about right wing extremism with you. Later on we will talk about leftwing extremism. Can you tell me the difference or is there a diffe