Campaignb smith on 2020 and the role of military voters and young americans. Plus your emails, tweets, and phone calls. Washington journal starts now. First Lady Melania Trump closed out day two of the Republican National convention with a speech from the white house last night where she called on voters to support her husband for a second term claiming he will fight for them. Yourll continue with comments and reactions to the Republican National convention with a look ahead at tonights lineup. Here is how we are dividing the line. If you support the president dial in at 202 7488000. If you are supporting joe biden 202 7488001. If you have a thirdparty candidate or are undecided dialing that dial in at 202 7488002. You can also text us with your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Join the conversation on facebook and twitter. While we wait for your calls, here is a little bit from the first lady. As you have heard this evening, i dont want to use this precious time attacking t
Susan katherine gehl, in your notebook, you write the american political system has become the cause of our decline in the barrier to address the problems it exists to solve. When you look at america today, what are you seeing . Katherine first, im seeing the same frustration that caused me, my coauthor, and so many others to look around and say what were doing isnt working. And people come at this from any position. So i came to this 10 years ago, first out of the National Debt crisis. Michael porter came to it out of my invitation but also because he was doing work at Harvard Business school on our economic competitiveness and whether we are a country that can grow jobs and grow income levels. And other people come to it from specific policy angles, which is that every policy organization has begun to come to the realization that they may have a fabulous policy idea, but it has absolutely zero chance to be successful in congress because the system is dysfunctional. And now people acr
Campaign and the role of africanamericans in the election. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning on this monday. The first day of the Republican National convention with the roll call vote starting this morning at 9 00 eastern. You can watch here on cspan. The speeches begin this evening. President trump is expected to make an appearance every day of the convention. We will begin with taking your temperature of campaign 2020. Here is how we are dividing the line. Trump,upport president. All 202 7488000 if you support joe biden, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. At 202 lso text us 7488003. With a little bit more on what chairect, this is the rnc on face the nation yesterday. We will be in North Carolina. President has an event planned in asheville. He has not confirmed if he is going to come by charlotte yet. The ap is reporting mike pompeo will be addressing from israel, where he is on o
States, georgia and michigan, to reach out to black voters in those states. This morning, we want to hear from black voters only about your choice for campaign 20 24. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country, dial in at 202 7488000. Mountain pacific, 202 7488001. Black voters only can also text this morning at 202 7488003. Or you can post on facebook. Com cspan and also on x. We will spend our first 30 minutes hearing from black voters only, and then we will open up to everybody else and also take your temperature on campaign 2024, your choice in november. That is our conversation in our first hour. Lets begin with some battleground polls from the New York Times. In these six key states, shows the matchup between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. In michigan, where the president was last evening, he trails 49 to 42 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in th
The president was last evening, he trailed 4942 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in that state, 39 to 49 percent. Usa today referencing this New York Times poll this morning, reporting that polling shows biden is vastly underperforming his 2020 performance among black voters, reliably democratic constituency as some drift to President Trump. A New York Times poll of six battleground states found biden had support from 60 of black voters, while trump is backed by 20 of black voters. Biden won black voters in the 2027 2020 election. Here is what President Biden had to say yesterday evening at an naacp event in michigan. [video clip] pres. Biden i just came from atlanta where i delivered a commencement at Morehouse College. There were 400 young black men who will do an extraordinary thing. I told them i saw them, i heard them, and the nation needs them. They are the future of this count