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Revelations. Phone lines this morning, calling in for the line on those who support trump, 202 7488001. If you support Hillary Clinton, 202 7488000 is your number. If you are supporting a second party a thirdparty candidate, 202 7488002. Nd if you are undecided, a very good Tuesday Morning to you. We are talking about the Wikileaks Revelations and we begin with an editorial cartoon in usa today. You can see Hillary Clinton standing under the storm of wikileaks. She is holding an umbrella made of the donald trump access Hollywood Tape. For more on wikileaks we turn to sarah westwood, an executive reporter with the Washington Examiner. You have written 15 to 20 stories about the Wikileaks Revelations since they came out. What r one or two stories or issues that have gained the most traction . I think it isst the transcripts of her paid speeches that shows she expressed support for policies she has since come out and opposed on the campaign trail, the transpacific partnership. She opposed
The partnership with the Stimson Center and enables to put on that dignity is like this. I have a very simple job this morning to introduce our moderator for today, larry jacobs professor of walter and Joe Montville professor study of politics at the department of Political Science at the university of minnesota. He also directs the tenor for this study of politics and governance and he is a prolific author and scholar in writing and some of the most important issues of the day. In the last year or two where he has authored books i can think of unfettered power, Health Care Reform in american politics in an important study on politics and Public Opinion as well. We are delighted to have the university of minnesota and to serve as moderator of this panel. The floor is yours. Thank you very much. A lot of people know dean sorts for the service and the diplomatic corps and im here from minnesota to tell you hes also announced the ending dean. Seen a tremendous rise in funding for scholars
Standing with you is based on what you have done and not on our feeble efforts. Set your stronghold of protection firm against the foes of this land we love, as you use our haw makers to fulfill your purposes. Lord, in the midst of distracting problems, give our senators a vision of what america can become. Make this a nation of justice and plenty where vice shall cease to fester. Prepare us for the role committed to our fallible hands so that our lives will ghoarfy you. Glorify you. We flai your merciful name, amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid mr. President , it is so good to see you. And to be back in this place where the presiding officer and i have spent a lot of the years of our life. Glad to se
America. Its not a number that should ever be celebrated, but this was the message from President Trump today on twitter. He wrote for all the political hacks if i didnt, we would have host 1. 5 to 2 million people. Its not the first time hes struck that tone about a death toll, which was unimaginable, just three months ago. We would have lost 2 million, more if we had done it a different way. But youre talking about 100,000 more . Who knows. People were thinking in terms of 1. 5 million lives lost to 2. 3 without the mitigation. And hopefully were going to come in below that 100,000 lives lost. The. 100,000 is not just a number, of course, they see are human beings. These are people, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers. The president also suggesting that his actions prevented the worstcase scenario that some models had suggested. The reality is that the models have swung wildly, right . Projections of 60,000 up to 2. 2 million deaths. It comes as we see a kucountry with mixed re