President ial candidate tax plans. At 8 45, pennsylvania senator bob casey on the Upcoming Senate vote on Amy Coney Barretts confirmation to the Supreme Court. Host good morning. This is the washington journal for october 22. The fbi and the director of National Intelligence have accused two countries of attempting to influence this years election. Russia and iran, who according to officials not only gave voter info, but also according to officials sent emails aimed to intimidate voters and damage the president. Well see what officials have to say and get reaction from capitol hill and get your thoughts on this first hour of the program. Heres how you can call us pure 202 7488001 if you support President Trump and mike pence. 202 7488000 if you support joe biden and kamala harris. If you an undecided voter or support another candidate and want to give your thoughts on this latest, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 and also post on twitter. Our Facebook Page is also available
Hunter biden emails. Democrats are outraged saying this is a partisan hit job. Joe biden for the first time breaks his silence. Speaking out, calling this a desperate sneer. That is not the full story. The fbi agree. This is not russian disinformation. The laptop is allegedly loaded with emails showing the biden family leveraging its greatest asset as it has for years. Selling access to joe biden of washington and around the world. Why critics say this is a National Security problem and why the media narratives are demonstrably wrong and why the claim that joe bidens tax returns dont show any of this wrongdoing, well, they are likely wrong, too, those claims as well. More details from a batch of emails separate from this laptop and why this story keeps getting bigger and bigger as a countrys most powerful people in tech and media wont talk about it. To the president strategy. Will he go after the bidens influence peddling, talk and not interrupt so voters can hear about bidens plans li
Already attracted criticism. And Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim pushes his case for becoming the new Prime Minister of malaysia. And im santa hummus and i have all the sport. Major League Baseball welcomes back fans as the Atlanta Braves win the opening match of the National League championship series. The government says cyprus is suspending a controversial citizenship for Investment Program after an undercover investigation by aljazeera the countrys attorney general has also announced an investigation into possible criminal offenses fall. The revelations that expose high ranking officials expressing a willingness to see aides convicted criminals to obtain citizenship in august all to serious investigative units released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the citizen buy Investment Program well lets say across live now to our Investigative Reporter David Harrison he joins us now from nicosia david its the cypriot government has always tonights there was any any wrongdo
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc news. More than 7 Million People have been infected with coronavirus in america. One of them is President Trump. This has drawn the final phase of the election into disarray. Just over a month until polling day, and President Trump and his wife, melania, are isolated at the white house. All events have been canceled or will be online. His spirits are good and his aides say he is still working. He has had mild but he is hard at work. We are having to slow him down a little bit. Joe biden shared the debate stage with joe biden thi week. He has tested negative. He is due to hold a Campaign Event in michigan in the next couple of hours. With the virus bringing an october surprise like no other, how could this affect the election . Hello, i am katty kay in washington. Chris
These four days worth of hearings Siobhan Hughes, welcome. How did these hearings compare with ones in the past given we are now operating under the pandemic. Four days for the nominee. Caller four to guest four days is about the standard for a lot of people who have been tuning into the Supreme Court nominations only recently, it might feel a little different. That is because the Brett Kavanaugh nominations were so contentious. It did go on for longer than normal. Four days is about right. We will start monday with Opening Statements from senators. We will hear from a neat Amy Coney Barrett. Divebsequent days, we will into very intense questioning of her by the senators. Finally, there will be an outside panel that the senators will question. That is the format. That is standard. What is not standard is that we are operating in a pandemic. This is going to be a hybrid hearing. At the start, some senators are going to appear remotely. Two of them have tested positive for coronavirus. M