And were back this week. Bar we continue the washington with journals series on battlegrount states with this election this Election Year with ged political reporters and analysts on the ground. Were examine whats changed since 2016, what issues are motivating voters this year and take a look at recent Political Trends that could give us clues on how the state might vote in. November. We talked about wisconsin. Today florida. At nor and then pennsylvania on wednesday. On thursday, well take a look at north carolina, then friday , michigan and saturday arizona. Today our focus is florida and joining us is rick, director of the Public Policy institute at jacksonville university. Ound lets begin with what makes florida a battleground state. F d it is the big prize, the path of the white house is through the l state of florida. Its 29 electoral votes. If you look at the four biggest in the country, we already know that california with the big prize of 55 is going to go to joe biden, texas
The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. One has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type of content, membership links are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. I want to give an especially grateful thankful to History Channel for their generous sponsorship of this webinar. Lets get started. It is an honor to introduce todays panelists, Annette Gordonreed, professor of law and history at harvard university. And david blight, professor of history and director of the lehrman center for the study of slavery, abolition and resistance at yale university. The professors are Pulitzer Prize winning historians and they have won lots of other prizes as well. They have written and spoken frequently and insightfully on issues relating to monuments, history, memory and our nations continued failure to fully confront the implica
House hearing on the lessons being learned from the coronavirus and how its affecting critical supply chains. Live coverage here on cspan3. Community safe, all started to become familiar with navigating this technology, i do want to remind members of a few procedures. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. Weve got to keep track of you even if you step away from the proceedings. Please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Finally as you know, we may have votes during todays hearing. It looks like theyre going to be later. If we do have votes, it would be my intention not to recess. Members should vote when their group is up and come back immediately. If your turn for questioning comes up while youve stepped away, i will get back t
Next, secretary of state mike pompeo talked abut the future of u. S. China relations. This was held at the Richard Nixon president ial library in california. Esidential library in california. This is just over one hour. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Michael Pompeo. The honorable pete wilson, Christopher Nixon cox and hugh hewitt. [applause] good afternoon. Im Christopher Nixon cox, grandson of Richard Nixon and on behalf of my family and the board of directors of the foundation i want to welcome you to another important event and the museum is right behind me here. Today we are honored to have secretary of state Michael Pompeo to have chosen the Nixon Library to make a major speech about u. S. China relations. Like we do so often at the library, we are going to begin the program with a prayer. Would you please remain standing and welcome greg laurie, the Senior Pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship for an invocation. Lets pray together. We are thankful to live in this country th
House Police Fatality and police profiling. April, mr. President , two questions, one energy and outside of the economy. Thank you, mr. President , last question i guess. [laughter] mr. President i need to find out from you. April ryan, how did the selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for u. S. Questions and get called out by everyone of them. I thought this was your life almost, a young april with bill clinton in 23 years later it makes you wonder, how do they get there, i was doing a lot of work, selling my seed when the harvest came up, i was out there working with American Radio Network recognized my work, they said look we may have a position open and i said okay and i thought it was for d. C. Bureau chief, they never told me it was the white house, mind you i had done local and washington and i anchored the weekends at w cop but never in my wildest dream what i imagine that i would be questioning for american president s and they called me by name, at l