President ial candidate tax plans. At 8 45, pennsylvania senator bob casey on the Upcoming Senate vote on Amy Coney Barretts confirmation to the Supreme Court. Host good morning. This is the washington journal for october 22. The fbi and the director of National Intelligence have accused two countries of attempting to influence this years election. Russia and iran, who according to officials not only gave voter info, but also according to officials sent emails aimed to intimidate voters and damage the president. Well see what officials have to say and get reaction from capitol hill and get your thoughts on this first hour of the program. Heres how you can call us pure 202 7488001 if you support President Trump and mike pence. 202 7488000 if you support joe biden and kamala harris. If you an undecided voter or support another candidate and want to give your thoughts on this latest, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 and also post on twitter. Our Facebook Page is also available
Vice president ial contenders take the stage for the one and only vp debate in Salt Lake City tonight. We will take you straight to the beehive state for a live preview of what could be the most intensely watched vp faceoff in history. And our allstar Political Panel, Brad Blakeman and mary ann marchon on why the president chose his Supreme Court nominee over trillions in coronavirus stimulus yesterday only to reverse. Plus, slack stepping it up to take on tiktok and instagram . Slack unveiling workplace video stories as it fights off new challenges from google. Ceo Stuart Butterfield joins us live in just a moment because they have a whole host of other things they are floating. Really interesting things. In the meantime, lets get to the president s tweet thats got the markets doing quite a dance. This is what we saw at this time yesterday, after President Trump put a full stop to stimulus negotiations. You could see it. It really began to fall very dramatically. His tweetstorm right
Earlier. The strategy, shop now to be the december delivery rush. The stock took off yesterday and up again premarket about 24. Within the last year, amazon has touched a low of 1600, now 34. Double the past year, modest pullback for the dow, down about maybe 150, remember it was up to 50 yesterday, the s p will be down as well. Look at the nasdaq, powering ahead again on the back of another technology search, 31 again. I have trumped the video, it may surprise you, this is the crowd lining up for the president s event in florida, it is absolutely endless. And to impact largely mass close crowd, the president danced up a storm, he should his apparent boundless energy, the man is back, he is planing two or three events a day until the election. Then theres joe biden he went to ohio, forgot mitt romneys name, said he was running for the senate in question the memory of voters who say they are better off now than they were four years ago. However, the main event obviously, the hearings fo
She is one of the cofounders of the black lives matter and she is a leading voice on contemporary race issues, civilrights, and police reform. She also launched the black futures lab, an organization that works with advocacy groups to promote policies that support black communities. Her first book, the purpose of power, was released today. Alicia, thank you so much for joining me and congratulations on your book. Alicia thank you so much for having me, it is great to join you today. Robin i wanted to start with a point that you make in your book which is the importance of controlling the narrative and not allowing your story to be lost to cultural amnesia. With those things in mind, what was it that sparked the idea for you to sit down and write what is really a memoir at your ripe young age . [laughter] alicia you know, i was skeptical of trying to write a memoir. And i think you are right that there is still a lot of life left. To me, part of why i was inspired to write this book is
And say there was not a lot of politics or policy. Look at the post to see who won, but the wider implication is that it was chaotic. It was acrimonious. Think it is going to be hard to get a clearcut winner, or certainly it will be tense. Coverage in washington, driving the story forward to october 15. A town hall meeting in miami. First world news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika it was billed as the first president ial debate, but last nights event in cleveland quickly slipped into chaos. Insults drowned out ideas. At one point, President Trump and joe biden battled over coronavirus. He knew it was a deadly disease. What did he do . He is on tape acknowledging he knew it. He didnt give us a warning because he didnt want to panic the people. You dont panic, he panicked. The only thing i have not done a good job, thats because of the fake news. Better what you say, they give you fake press. They give you good press and they give me a press because that is the way it is.