Uptotheminute news on election news every day at 1 00 p. M. Eastern and today i will be joined by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who is a i strong supporter of President Trump and in just one minute i will be joined by former attorney general eric holder who has been working on redistricting for years now with president obama and has been advocating for democratic nominee joe biden. Two great guest today but first i wanted to run through my notebook a little bit of the headline and i am paying attention to in these final days in florida and florida, florida your member in 2000 said that was a focus for that election and seems to be the focus once again for Vice President biden and President Trump in the tampa area today because they know the corridor vote is key and you also see Vice President biden going to Broward County and making sure black voters in voters are coming out strong and we talked to general holder about that and Voter Suppression issues in florida and across the so
Anna good tuesday morning. My name is anna palmer, i am coauthor of the politico playbook. I am joined by my coauthor, jake sherman. And welcome to a special addiction of the playbook interview, election countdown. Joining us this morning is House Democratic whip jim clyburn of South Carolina, and former attorney general eric holder, who now is chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. You can follow this conversation on social media, and using the hashtag politico election countdown, and share your questions by tweeting at politico live. Jake what an election it has been so far, and what a next month it will be. The contort of this contest between the President Donald Trump and joe biden continues to be upended almost every day. As we sit here less than 30 days before the election, President Trump and a growing number of his inner circle, practically his entire inner circle has been diagnosed with covid19. Biden, who has largely been off the campaign trail, is now on t
Just a week after being diagnosed with covid19 President Trump schedules and in person event at the white house for tomorrow. And a rally in florida on monday. Thank you for joining us on this friday night what a difference a week makes im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis and just a few hours ago the president made an appearance in his first televised interview. After his diagnosis. He credited his team of doctors and a cocktail of experimental drugs for feeling, good and strong in his battle against coronavirus kron fours Ella Sogomonian joins us live in the newsroom to bring us up to date on his condition l a this time last week he had just gotten to walter reed. Yeah i had already he says hes feeling. Good. President donald trump shared that his last treatment today and that he supposes its good to be president because he got the medical attention needed early on to regain his health quickly with few side effects. This segment advertised as a live medical screening was more of a te
America for making these conversations possible and thank you for joining us on these many platforms. You can find us on twitter. Our first guest is senator tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia, one of only 30 people who has served as mayor, governor, and United States senator. And how is this for a fun fact . Asave been his constituent mayor, governor, and now as my senator. Senator kaine, welcome to axios. Sen. Kaine mike, its great to be back. We talked about how election day is now election month, i saw some pictures of you earlier in the county, my old stomping grounds outside of richmond voting and you are out there with congresswoman abigail stan , the numbers for early votingf. I think virginia might be leading the nation starting in person voting on the 18th of september, male were returned by the 18th of september, people understand that stakes are so high the selection i think you will see a dramatic increase in turnout over four years. And second because people are wor
This. And hear your questions by tweeting at politico, live. What a next month it will be. The contest between the President Trump and joe biden seems to be upended every day, as we sit here less than 30 days, and practice his inner circle with covid19. And biden has been on the stump and going gettysburg, pennsylvania, and there are increasing concerns about absentee voting. And the news of the day, lets get started. All right, congressman clyburn weve got a lot to talk about with the election and voting. The news of the day, coronavirus continues to rage and infiltrated the u. S. Capitol, three senators have been diagnosed with covid19. And the Democratic Leadership, to implement mandatory testing. Where do you stand on this . Do you think that there should be mandatory testing for members and staff . And thank you for having me, congratulations to the two of you that you all may be looking towards greener pastures, but congratulations on the good run here. But let me say this, nancy