together, a podcast. he joins us now to talk about the tar heel state. why is north carolina important this year compared to 2016? guest: it is continuing to become a microcosm of the nation. we are a split nation. we have urban centers that continue to grow and become more democratic. we have our rural areas that are more conservative. those are shrinking. the state is changing. the economy is changing. athink it represents microcosm of the entire country. host: where do the polls stand right now? guest: it is razor thin. most of the polls show joe biden up one to three points the hallway. the real clear politics average is 0.7 in favor of joe biden. hase 1976, north carolina only voted twice for a democratic president. i m in the camp of i will see it when i believe in. i don t think it could not happen, there is a strong chance it could. host: when you take a look at 2016 and the president s victory ere, three percentage points, votes.by 173,000 why is this race tight now?
general russel honore. also, new republic staff writer emily atkin on the environmental impacts and public health impacts of the hurricane. sst: hurricane florence moments away from making landfall in the carolinas on this friday morning, september 14th. wind gusts up to 90 miles per hour in some areas and power gone for hundreds of thousands. the government is warning it is a slow-moving, wide storm that could cause life-threatening storm surge. we want to know your calls on the government s preparedness as florence makes landfall. eastern, central part of the country, 202-748-8000. mountain-pacific, call in at 202-748-8001. those of you impacted by this hurricane or others in recent history, 202-748-8002. also, join us on twitter @cspanwj or facebook.com/c-span. we will get to your thoughts in a minute. government s preparedness as florence makes landfall. hear what government officials had to say yesterday about this hurricane. [video clip] this is a very dangerous st
trump presidency. then senator smith gives an update on the farm bill. hen host: on capitol hill today, the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on brett kavanaugh s nomination to supreme court. the house ways and means committee marks up a bill it signed in that if signed into law would make tax cuts permanent. you can watch that process play out at 10:00 on c-span 3 and c-span.org. it is september the 13th and this is the washington journal . set torricane florence make landfall in the carolinas, in our first hour, we want to hear from you about your level of confidence in the federal government s ability to handle natural disasters. in the eastern and central time zones, 202-748-8000. if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 . for residents of virginia, north carolina, and south carolina, you can give us your unique perspective at 202-748-8002. you can post on our twitter feed @cspanwj and on our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan. thosel
assistance to ukraine last night including lethal aid. the state department is ordering families with embassy personnel to start leaving ukraine as soon as monday. hello welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville, hi eric. sue had trent. eric: . thank you for joining us i am eric shawn. we ll have more on the aggression is a been reporting to you sadly one of new york s finest killed in that line of duty. a sea of blue lights could be seen in the city streets last night as a police procession filed an ambulance carrying one of those officers to the hospital. investigators now say the suspect shot and killed a police officer jason rivera who was only 22 years old. a rookie cop he joined the force in 2020. his partner 27-year-old officer wilbert remains in critical condition right now. a third officer was not injured and he shot the suspect. he s also told he s in the hospital fighting for his life. and mama will hear from former city police commissioner ray kelly on the sh
taking action naacp going to bat for jackson, mississippi residents, over the water problems will talk to the president ceo. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the aftermath of hurricane ian. a storm that left 87 people dead and counting. most of those deaths happened in florida, some of the worst of the storm. more than 700,000 florida residents still do not have power. the president of first lady will travel to florida wednesday to survey the damage. also a visit with puerto rico tomorrow to address the construction that hurricane two weeks ago. the storm killed at least two dozen americans there, and power still not fully restored. just a 10% of the island is in the dark. last night, president biden acknowledging widespread devastation left behind by these two disasters. our hearts, can t go without saying or heavy. the devastating hurricane, the storms of puerto rico, florida, south carolina. we owe puerto rico a hell of a lot more than they alread