Because big Breaking News, of course, wrongly convicted, deeply misunderstood, former governor of Illinois Rod blagojevich, the man who consider himself the mandela of our time is actually suing so he can run for office again, willie. Its The End of horton hears a who. Just a little sound from the distance of hope. Maybe someone is there to save American Politics from itself. Theres a name you havent heard in a while. He said on our set, ten years ago, saying im the Abraham Lincoln of our time, theyre throwing me in jail to get children Health Care. We previously laughed but maybe in our political time Line Hell be back. Great. We have Breaking News you can see it on the bottom of the screen. Simone biles, on the balance beam, just won a Bronze Medal. The fourtime olympic Gold Medalist considered the greatest gymnast in the world, 24 years old, with drew from all the events until today when she said she would participate in the events despite having whats known as the twisties, hit her
U. S. Since the pandemic began. Crowds packing beaches, and airports today, well have more on that. Just ahead, but first we begin in texas, where the war on voting is taking a surprising turn. Democrats staging a walkout during a legislative session last night. That stopped a controversial Gop Voting Bill from becoming law, for now at least, known as Senate Bill 7, it would ban some mailin applications, it would reduce voting hours, it would stop drivethrough voting all together, among other things that it does. Republicans are still going to press forward, they say, they can now have a Special Session that Governor Greg Abbott says will happen. I asked a democratic state senator, a lawmaker there last hour, why her party did this. We delayed a Bullet Train to suppression, to voter suppression, and it was important to delay it so that we can we can shine some light on what this leadership is doing. So, yes, inevitably we are going into a special suppression session. But everyone will
threat to terminate a cold war nuclear arms agreement with russia a preview of the racist watch battle for the control of congress, could political how senator joint is. washington journal is next. october 23 2018. a3-hour washington journal ahead. we discuss early voting in 2018 and the battleground house races with two weeks to go. we talk about president trump s new promise to terminate a decades-old arms agreement with russia. we begin discussing the caravan foronduran migrants bound the u.s. border. president trump threatened to shut off foreign aid to countries for failing to stop the caravan and called it a national emergency for the u.s. we are asking whether you agree with the president. if you do, give us a call at 202-748-8000. if you don t, 202-748-8001 is the number for you. you can catch up with us on social media. facebook.com/ c-span. now.an start calling in migrants had north, trump steps up threats. the reporter joins us on the phone now. talk about the
news election special. 1000 candidates have campaigned for months, billions have been spent, now american voters get their turn. what they have decided we will learn during the course of tonight. the stakes are enormous both the house of representatives and the us senate are up for grabs. at the moment republicans control both of those and the white house. will democrats now be able to seize back some power? or will republicans increase their majorities in congress? the answer will have a big impact on president trump. he isn t on the ballot, but you wouldn t know it by his campaign schedule these past few days. in a moment, we ll break down the numbers for you, but first let s have a look at why these elections are so important. every four years, americans vote in what are called mid term elections to choose their members of congress. these elections don t usually get a lot of globally can attention. this time is different. the world really is watching. and the reason i