The top of the pack. He has tumbled to 10th place and in national polling, he was down below 1 in the most recent cnn orc pulpit i want to go to poll. I want to go to Mark Halperin. Explain to us why scott walker ended up where he did today, on the way out . Mark you will hear a lot of consensus from republicans and pundits about what happened. Scott walker never produced a major League Operation or candidacy. His own performance was at the center of that. He had numerous things were he said things on the stump work questions were raised about his competence, his readiness for the major leagues. No Major League Fundraising operation, no major League Performance in the debate, not a majorleague staff. He was accused as a long time political operative himself of micromanaging. In a competitive field, scott saw a precipitous decline and the thought of going out without money in the till without an improvement i performance is too much for him. John he was a guy who won election in wiscons
Is lift the cap on taxable income and expand Social Security benefits not cut them. [applause] as i mentioned earlier, as a nation, i believe we have made significant progress in ending racism in this country, but there is no doubt in my mind that we still have a very, very long way to go. When i talk about racism, im not just talking about a very walks into aho charleston, s. C. , prayer session who prays with people in the room and takes out a gun to kill line of them because of the color of their skin is different than his. Not even talking about the hundreds of groups in this , whose, hate groups whole function and existence is to promote hatred against jews, gays, immigrants, catholics, anyone who is different than they are. Im also talking about the sad truth that for many, many years you have unarmed African Americans killed while in police custody. That is unacceptable and that has got to change. [applause] we need major, major reforms in criminal justice in this country. I was
Within the catholic faith they are going to elevate as real catholics and the dissenters. That is rather disrespectful and at the very least bad manners. I think there is something more than that. Host has the pope encountered these kinds of situations before and other state visits . Guest he has not been here before. Host in other countries . Guest not in this way. It plays into one of the popes major themes where he calls it ideological colonization. He really does not like it when the west tries to impose its moral values upon cultures and religions. This is a prime example of president obama doing exactly that, where he is saying we think one particular thing and we are just going to not be respectful of you and where youre coming from. He couldve had immigrants there. He couldve had people working on climate change. All the things that he has got on the ground, but instead he elevates people who are symbols of division. That is offensive. Host charles is in richmond, virginia on t
From capitol hill as pope francis makes history as being the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. The pope will speak at the u. N. General assembly. Later, the pontiff will hold a multireligious service at the 9 11 memorial at the world trade center. Coverage of the profile visit to the u. S. Live on tv or online at www. Cspan. Org. [cheering] focusing on jobs, National Security. [applause] thank you. Ders thank you all very much. For coming out on a beautiful do somethingg to very, very radical. Are you ready for radical activity . Audience yeah senator sanders we are going to practice democracy. Hows that . [cheering] senator sanders let me begin by taking off my jacket. [laughter] [applause] senator sanders let me thank melanie for her kind ,ntroduction. Let me thank sean who is with the sheet Metal Workers union. What shawn understands and what i understand is we do not grow the middle class of this country uniont a strong trade movement and i am pledged to do ever
First public event for tomorrow on the south lawn of the white house. This despite the fact that hes likely still infected with coronavirus. Hundreds of people are expected to attend the event. Its the first inperson event since President Trump tested positive a week ago. One of the first big White House Events since President Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee. Thats sort of the core at this debacle. At least ten people at that ceremony have tested positive for coronavirus. And today, the nations top Infectious Disease expert called that event at the white house, run by team trump, exactly what it is. The data speaks for itself. We had a super spreader event in the white house. The president will be speaking from a white house balcony. If youre wondering what precautions are being taken, a source tells cnn attendees will be screened with a Temperature Check when you walk in, and a questionnaire. And theyll bring a mask. They will be instructed to wear it. I