Campaign committee. She joined the organizations executive director to talk about the democrats strategy of winning house seats in the 2020 elections. Hosted by the american universitys women and Politics Institute this is just under an , hour. Betsy we are delighted to have with us this evening congresswoman cheri bustos of , illinois. She is currently the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. She is currently the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She has served four years in the house and in her previous life, she spent nearly two decades working as a journalist. With18, she was reelected the largest victory for any democrat from a district which trump won in 2016. We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys lis
Betsy we are delighted to have congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. She is currently the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She has served four years in the house and in her previous life, she spent nearly two decades working as a journalist. With18, she was reelected the largest victory for any democrat from a district which trump won in 2016. We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys list. And she worked at the dnc, so she has now come full circle. Were going to talk about their efforts to expand their House Majority and build on the success we all saw in 2018, year of the woman. They will give us the landscape, how it looks now, then i want to go through some of the Democratic Women to watch in the districts they are targeting. The bottom of your screen, you will see a a
We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys list. And she worked at the dnc, so she has now come full circle. Were going to talk about their efforts to expand their House Majority and build on the success we all saw in 2018, year of the woman. They will give us the landscape, how it looks now, then i want to go through some of the Democratic Women to watch in the districts they are targeting. The bottom of your screen, you will see a ask a question send a so feel free to question. It is always my favorite part of the evening. So we hope you fill that out and ask a question. If you want to watch any of this then, the replay will be on website. With that, welcome. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having us. Betsy congresswoman, the red to blue program, can you give us a sense of what that is and why it i
Were back with this dramatic video of Good Samaritans rescuing a man trapped inside a burning car in oklahoma. Police say his car crossed the center line and crashed into another vehicle. You can hear the anguish of a woman pleading for help. In the name of jesus you hear pops. After struggling, that man was pulled to safety, taken to the hospital with leg injuries. Two people in the other vehicle died. Just incredible video there. Again, you see that man being dragged out of the car. Just lucky to be alive this morning. Theres a new development in the search for that missing College Student in utah. She disappeared more than a week ago after taking a rideshare from the airport. Now police are questioning a person of interest. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter a tendayold case that seemed to go cold heating up. Detectives serving search warrants in the case of missing 23yearold College Senior Mackenzie Lueck, carrying out bags of evidence five miles from the park where lueck was dro
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