so it s my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editor in chief of the hill the wmata rate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with the popular vote. bob. thanks, jim. i want to introduce our panel. norm ornstein of aei. michael steele, former chair of the rnc. brianna carmen, of vote latino, and jesse wegman of the new york times editorial board. i was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and hillary clinton in the last election. not surprisingly it was ohio, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania. democrats wish hillary clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more but the first question would be if we did change the system, norm, would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy? as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large states. and i was kind of in use when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electoral college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. well, guess what. when comes to presidenti
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in terms of the operation, we are probably going to see more naval and non-the literary chinese ship operating in this near-term. aboutfrankly am not sure how the chinese will use this military operation, training, in the area of the islands. aaised a quick question great question about japan and the way it is dealing with its third oil disputes with the republic of korea. to talk about some of the territorial and maritime issues. they try to use the law of the sea, and the people s republic of china i do not think it is in gauging the park in the .roper u.n. bodies to the extent we have regularity, there are opportunities for using judicial bodies to bring clarity. politics domestic plays a huge part. andhe extent we believe have that norm where these things can be litigated over and move towards the greatest extent possible, there have been these sorts of disputes that have been resolved. there is oil in the north sea, and now we have joint development there. the far fu
unpredictable. cindy hyde-smith apologizes in part for joking about public hangings but will it be enough to stop the damage to her campaign? i don t know what s in your heart but we all know what came out of your mouth. my comments were taken and twisted and used as a political weapon against me. we begin this morning with two big headlines out of washington. they are significant as we focus on them. one concerning the president calling for a special counsel and the other concerning president trump cooperating with one. the new york times out with that eye popping headline.wanted to department to prosecute comey and clinton. something don mcgahn told the president he had no authority to do. mr. mcgahn had white house lawyers write a memo for mr. trump warning if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of problems including impeachment. if i win, i m going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your s