Thanks so much for joining us today. This afternoon session is entitled sarah kinzinger. They knew how a culture of conspiracy keeps america with Rick Perlstein. Sarahs book will available for sale and signing at the book sale and signing tonight on your map is labeled in and nancy, nancy sarah. The New York Times best selling author of hiding in plain sight and the view from flyover country and cohost of the acclaimed pod. Gaslit nation with andrea chalupa. She lives in saint louis. Moderator Rick Perlstein a best selling, award winning, historic alien of american politics whose journalism has appeared in. Publications including the New York Times, the new republic and the nation and is the board president of in these times magazine and in chicago. As the session is being recorded by cspan, we ask that during the q a session that you will please use the standing microphone, or there may be a volunteer with the mic. If you could please use one of the mics to ask your question. Followin
Are you planning to release a written report . [no response] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org. We continue our live coverage taking you to Georgetown University where congressman jamie raskin is discussing the constitution hosted by Georgetown University law center. Successive waves of political, moral and social struggle all of them interbraided that we have come much closer to attaining to lincolns ideal and came to a if you read the constitution the way that i do, the vast majority of the amendments that we have had, the 17 we have had since the original bill of rights are the 13th amendment abolishing slavery and due process, 15th amendment prohibiting race discrimination and 16th amendment establishing the power of taxation and progressive taxation and 17th amendment shifting the mode of election of u. S. Senators from the legislatures to the people. The 19th amendment doubling t
But squatting in a diner for internetwork is even harder. That is why we are providing lower income students access to affordable internet, so homework it can just be homework. Cox, connect to compete. Announcer cox, along with these other television provirs, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Announcer now to a conversation on how the outcome of todays midterm elections could affect congress and potential president ial candidates in 2024. Hosted by the German Marshall Fund this is about an hour. To remind our viewers the u. S. Goes to the polls on tuesday, november 8. Its always the first tuesday after the first monday in november. You might ask why november and that dayton its because its after the harvest and when most could go to the polls. Only 2 of americans are farmers but tradition is tradition. Every two years, all 435 seats are up for election in the house and about 20 of these house seats are contestable. Maybe half a dozen or more of the senate seats are contestable.
Polls on tuesday, november 8. Its always the first tuesday after the first monday in november. You might ask why november and that dayton its because its after the harvest and when most could go to the polls. Only 2 of americans are farmers but tradition is tradition. Every two years, all 435 seats are up for election in the house and about 20 of these house seats are contestable. Maybe half a dozen or more of the senate seats are contestable. The senate currently has 50 republicans and 50 democrats, so a shift of just one seat will change the balance of power in the senate and since the rules of the senate are the Vice President breaks all ties and shes a democrat, the democrats have to at least retain 50 seats to retain control of the senate. In the house, the democratic majority is razor thin. So a lot of even a half dozen or so seats would flip control of the house. With that as a background, lets start on the senate, which is more contestable. Jessica, a week out from the election
Tomorrow. Will mr. Trump call out putin for russia interference in the 2016 u. S. Election . And kims new construction. New satellite images show north korea upgrading a key Nuclear Facility used to produce weaponsgrade material. Is kim jongun misleading President Trump about denuclearization . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. A growing partisan battle over the next Supreme Court justice as 81yearold Anthony Kennedy announced he will retire from the high court at the end of next month. Democrats are demanding a confirmation vote on President Trumps eventual nominee wait until after the m midterm ele until after the 2016 election but Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell plans a confirmation vote before november. Well talk about the breaking news with two members of the Senate Judiciary committee, dirk durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse and our specialists and analysts are all standing by. First, lets go stra