tossup. from ntn news this is the race for u.s. senate. welcome to today s u.s. senate debate here on the montana television network. yes, our focus today is montana s 2020 u.s. senate race one of the most closely watched in the entiremo country and it looks to be on track to become the most expensive political race in montana history. the general election of courses coming up november 3 and if you re keeping track at home that is just 24 days away and ballots were mailed out on friday this week so voters you are looking for those ballots to be arriving soon in the mailbox near you. those ballots need to be returned to your local election office by 8:00 o clock, 8:00 p.m. on election day. of course, at stake in this race is one of montana s u.s. senate seats, salary of u.s. senator is currently at $174,000 a year. now it is time to meet the candidates. governor steve bullock was born in missoula, grubb and helena and earned his law degree from columbia university in new
peter doocy is live outside trump tower. good evening. reporter: good evening. a big surprise late this afternoon, early this evening came when governor chris christie popped ou eped out of tower s elevator. his name is floated as a possible next rnc chairman. the big work of the day here at trump tower was filling key cabinet slots. another name from the secretary of state short list was on the trump tower guest list today, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor john bolton. his first meeting with the president-elect about the possibility of becoming america s top diplomat. today we heard for the first time what it is that mr. trump likes about another contender for the job, mitt romney. he has been very gracious. i hit mitt pretty hard. so i understand how it all works. he has been very, very nice. we had dinner the other night. it was great. there was good chemistry. it was really good chemistry with him. reporter: mr. trump says an announcement
peter doocy is live outside trump tower. good evening. reporter: good evening. a big surprise late this afternoon, early this evening came when governor chris christie popped ou eped out of tower s elevator. his name is floated as a possible next rnc chairman. the big work of the day here at trump tower was filling key cabinet slots. another name from the secretary of state short list was on the trump tower guest list today, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor john bolton. his first meeting with the president-elect about the possibility of becoming america s top diplomat. today we heard for the first time what it is that mr. trump likes about another contender for the job, mitt romney. he has been very gracious. i hit mitt pretty hard. so i understand how it all works. he has been very, very nice. we had dinner the other night. it was great. there was good chemistry. it was really good chemistry with him. reporter: mr. trump says an announcement
to respond. i mean seriously. political analyst marc sandalow says post-election bitterness has increased in the last few years but even so. this is worse that at least i have ever seen before. even after the 2000 election when bush and gore took six weeks until the supreme court decide the election. the two sides came together shocking quickly after all the antagonism of the campaign. green party fueled recount efforts continue in three states. trump s team and supporters are challenging all of them. in washingto adrienne: today, a federal judge rejected a request for an immediate halt to the recount. pro-donald trump groups argue that it s a violation of the constitutional rights of people who voted for trump. the lawsuit can move forward but the ruling today said the recount will also move forward. clerks in all 72 counties have until 8:00 p.m., december 12, to get through all the ballots. patrick: president-elect donald trump is taking a break from his thank you tou
washington journal continues. we want to welcome to our table congresswoman barbara lee. thank you for being here. we talked about the 50th ofiversary of johnson s that president lyndon johnson s war on poverty. 50th anniversary of president lyndon johnson s war on poverty. the supplemental poverty rate in 1967 was 20%. if you look at why it has to do ,ith a lot of the tax credits the food stamp program, medicaid, medicare, all of those great societies that provide us opportunities for people. we are a long way to go because we squeeze all of these initiatives and policies. primarily the tea party republican congress creating the job opportunities of people who are living or want ,o be lifted from the poverty they had those opportunities to get job training and jobs. what are the democrats solution? need to immediately extend unemployment, taxation. when you look at the fact that 11 million people have been killed have been kept