Clear politics, that looks at the average of the polls in ohio. Right now with 18 electoral votes, it is essentially a dead heat, with joe biden at 46 on average, the president at 45 . Why is it so competitive, 3. 5 months before the election . Think iteve, i mean, i is there are a number of things happening at once. You are seeing a major shift in the suburbs of ohio that a few decades ago or even a year ago, these suburbs outside of cincinnati, columbus, and cleveland, they were the base of the republican party. That is how a john kasich would have been elected or even a george bush. Those suburbs are now blue. It is largely women voters, old moderate voters, saying this is not a party we were a part of, and they are voting blue. They voted for Sherrod Brown. They voted for democratic mayors and councilmembers, and they are not going to vote for donald trump is november. If you take away the old base of the republican party, and it is tossup or either democrat, which it is, that make
Energy and infrastructure development. His remarks were part of a series of speeches laying out his plan to safely reopen the u. S. Economy amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He spoke from wilmington, delaware. Good afternoon. Today to talk about infrastructure and jobs and are clean energy future, but i have to start by speaking about what millions of americans know when they wake up every morning with worry, anxiety and fear. We are still a country in crisis. The pandemic has affected more than 3 million americans. It has cost or than 135,000 lives and climbing and shows no signs of slowing down. In just the last few days, 19 states, 19 states reported florida,ses, including which saw more than 15,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths, two of the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response, are already unacceptably high and they are rising. It has gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public. Im glad he made the s
Affected companies and disrupted billions of lives and jeopardize development process. The june edition of the world banks Global Economic prospects which motivates todays conversation and visions a 5 1 4 percent construction in global gdp in 2020. This is a different recession sinceworld war ii. And a drop in capital incomes since 1870 and it is a timely and vigorous report informed by an assessment of the fundamental drivers of longterm growth includingthe collapsing investments which will slow capital formation. And the dislocation of trade and supply linkages among others. Beyond the headline Economic Growth numbers the pandemic is having a disproportionate effect on low Income Countries where the dependence on commodity prices, food is the largest and in a way economies are dominated by the factor with which lowers its ability to adjust to measure such as confinement similarly, the most vulnerable populations in the advanced economies are relatively more exports as such a pandemic
Being a coach, you get into a game and you lose 20 loses, the other doesnt. Team of loses but the other doesnt. You both reach out after that. This is a great country we live in. I talked to senator sessions, he was also. He said, im all in. [applause] i think his service and what he has done for many years for the state and country. In the publicng life that long. Sessionsw that jeff and his supporters are behind us. We will need everybody on deck. This is going to be hard. Supportppreciate your and we are all on the same team. [applause] the past year and a half, what is the hardest thing ive ever traveled to every city, town, and crossroads in alabama. , iave listened to stories listened to it all. I have listened to the concerns of everybody, there are a lot of people hurting. I have been listening. I have not taken anything for granted. I stood in the field with farmers. Putting their crops in, back and planting season. A month ago. Planting thatven crop to feed their family, they
Jonathan likewise. Thank you for being here. I mentioned that you were the health secretary. You were a member of congress. They gave you incredible insight how to deal with the coronavirus early on. You declared a state wide Health Emergency on when there were march 11 only four cases in your state. What did you see that pushed you to move so quickly . Governor grisham two things, you know this virus is moving so it comes with travelers. We have commuters. We are a moving hub. We are still dealing with folks trapped on a cruise in california and i dealt with the pandemic before. The earlier you start and the more aggressively you start, the better control and management efforts you have. This is the problem, because you cant see the pandemic, everyone falsely assumes it wont come here. It will be easier and we will wait until we see whats happening. But too many, its easier to explain, you have to move immediately. Otherwise, it rages out of control. We are seeing all across the count