Hosted by the American Enterprise institute. Good morning. I would like to welcome all of you to our final preelection panel. We will be back on november 5 midday to look at the results thus far. Today, i am joined by my colleagues. We have a lot of ground to cover and im going to start by asking each of the panelists a few questions. We are going to start today with of a guide to the electoral college. His volume is all you need to understand the complexities of the electoral college. He is also an expert in absentee voting. What percent of the population do you think will vote early or absentee and can you tell us what we are learning from states such as texas . The technical answer is a lot. Many people are going to vote. Many more than ever. A huge increase in voting by mail and early voting in person. We have been seeing a lot more voting in this realm before. We saw 41 of the American People vote i mail or early in person in 2016. The early results are stunning. As states start t
They can make a package that would be acceptable, that is to the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and nancy pelosi. There is just one problem, whatever they come up would presumably not be acceptable to the Republican Senate or Mitch Mcconnell has said, whatever theyre contemplate something way too expensive no matter what the president says. Chad pergram with the very latest hey, chad. Reporter hey there. This is a monumental challenge. Keep in mind that House Speaker nancy pelosi and secretary of treasury Steve Mnuchin have been talking more than 90 days trying to get the next round of Coronavirus Relief done. The problem they cannot come up with the right cocktail to get something across the finish line, the right vote cocktail that has the proper number of votes in both the house and the United States senate. This is why Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has cobbled together a slim 500 bill dollar bill. It will probably be filibustered by democrats tomorrow. Keep in mind the p
Countrys great leaders. Nbc news projects James Earl Carter of the state of georgia elected the next president of the United States. Looking as carefully as humanly and scientifically possible, we have put the state of mississippi into the carter column and that is that. The electoral vote by our calculation, 272 electoral votes to 153 so far for gerald ford, the opponent. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] election 1976, day of decision. This is Richard Scanlon of washington. With me here today in our studios is Howard Penniman of georgetown university, stephen hess of the brookings institution. Today, we are going to try to discuss tuesdays bicentennial election here in the United States. Not every last vote has even been counted now, though the provisional final totals are posted behind me, both in electoral and popular votes
President trump reverses course after canceling negotiations for a new Coronavirus Relief bill. He now says he wants an even larger deal before election day. The president has approved a revised package. Has approved a revised package. He would like to do a deal. The white house is upping its price tag, now offering a 1. 8 trillion Coronavirus Relief bill. Good evening everyone, im heather holmes. President trump says tocsin moving along but an agreement is far from certain. We have more in the president s offer. Reporter this is a complete turnaround from last tuesday when he actually walked away from the Coronavirus Relief talks. Now hes saying he wants to get a deal thats even bigger than both republicans and democrats proposals. Just three days after President Trump said he was ending negotiations on a federal coronavirus release package he announced friday he is not only reversing course, his raising the price tag. I would like to see a bigger stimulus package then either the demo
Following the break, day one of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett continued. Sworn and and delivered her statement outlining her judicial philosophy and thought writing opinions and dissents. The remaining senators, including Vice President money also delivered remarks. This is just under two hours. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris also issued remarks. These are not normal times. 215,000 people and counting have died of this disease. Many businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot, driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. In even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic, but these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the decidingourt to