On the senate elections. Author and Vice President ial scholar Joel Goldstein reviews wednesday nights Vice President ial debate. Nightsews wednesday Vice President ial debate. Host good morning. 6 2020. Esday, october President Trump returned to the white house after a three day hospital stay. The president declared that he felt that her than he had in decades and urged americans not to be afraid of covid or let it dominate their lives. We are asking our viewers whether the president s Coronavirus Diagnosis has changed your view of covid19. Give us a call. Republicans 202 7488001. Democrats 202 7488000. Ndependents 202 7488002 if you have had covid19, 202 7488003. You canalso the number send us a text this morning. Please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise on social media, on twitter it is at cspan wj. Good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. When president y hemp announced via twitter would be leaving walter reed. He said, i feel better than i did 20 years a
Suzanne it is a pleasure to welcome you here today to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the u. S. President ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters with factbased, datadriven, nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you all for joining us. We are 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is also at the ballot. Looking toward the election, todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy toward europe. European leaders and many of their counterparts around the world are watching the election closely. While there are differing views about how the upcoming november election will shape the relationship, few in europe believe it will revert to its previous form. With polling from the Eu
How likely is that outcome as you survey the senate battlefield today . Guest in july, we were saying that democrats had a slight edge. I think that edge has now really grown. Especially over the past tumultuous week that we saw beginning with the disastrous debate for President Trump that has clearly turned off a lot of voters. We are seeing that reflected in National Polls of the president ial race and sundays washington journal poll. As cnn poll had joe biden up 16. Those kind of numbers have a major effect on senate races. Republican strategists i have been talking to that are working like,se races, they are the numbers are just bad everywhere. There is a lot of pessimism i am hearing. Today is four weeks from election day. There is not a lot of time to change things around, especially when a lot of people are already voting. You mentioned they need for seats if joe biden does not win and three seats if they do not. I think the likelihood that joe biden wins is slightly greater if
Is the day. So he may not entirely be able woods yet the team and i agree that all are a valuations and most importantly his political status support the president safe return home we all remain cautiously optimistic. And on guard we have worked very closely with the walter reed team to ensure that we are looking very closely at Infection Control Prevention Strategies and the right posture so that the president can safely return to his residence we try to get patients from the hospital. As quickly as is safe and reasonable every day a patient stays in the hospital unnecessarily is a risk to themselves he has never once pushed you can anything that was beyond safe and reasonable practice that we all 1st. Also on the day by Opposition Leader took on a sky out visits germany to meet with chancellor im going to what is she looking for a bird to broker talks with alexander lukashenko. We need. Help in mediation negotiations with authorities and we think that. It is going to be extremely hel
You here today to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the us president ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters with factbased datadriven nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you for joining us. Were 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president of the future of americas global role is also on the ballot today. Looking toward the election, todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and us Foreign Policy towards europe. Leaders as many of their counterparts around the world are working watching the election closely and while there are differing views about how the upcoming november will shape the transatlantic relationship few in europe believe it will revert to its previous standing. European council of use of the transatlantic relationship sho