But first here is whats new at this hour. President trump on his west coast tour. The president about to depart las vegas and head to colorado for a Campaign Rally tonight. Well review any breaking headlines from the president this hour. Plus, money, well, turns out it cant buy you everything. Michael bloomberg pouring more than 400 million into his president ial campaign that did not help him at debate time last night. New resistance against amazon. Another city fighting the company on its plans to provide thousands of jobs for american workers. Who would want that . Connell fox Business Team coverage of that and more. Blake burman at the white house for us today. Jackie deangelis on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange and speaking of amazon, Grady Trimble is on the ground in the state of illinois. Well get to all three but first to yaki. Good afternoon to you, connell. While the dow ending down 130 points, after a bigger drop earlier in the session, roughly 300 points. That was
Rather than the Current Electoral College system. The hill newspaper in the making every Vote Count Foundation hosted this event. Good morning, everyone. We are on cspan and also Live Streaming on the making every vote count facebook page. I want you all to behave. The Electoral College is a disaster for democracy. Thats not me speaking. Thats donald trump or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you win. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore confidence in democracy. This is the one that can be easily and quickly remedie
Its my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with popular vote. Bob . Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm gordons teen of aei, michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Brown a common, evoked to latina, and jesse wagon, New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump in the last election. Not surprisingly it was ohio and north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish that Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be, if we did change the system, and norm, ill start with you, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large speed it dates and i was kind of amused when senator kramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Well, guess what . When it com
Popular vote in the United States president ial elections. Rather than the Current Electoral College system. The hill newspaper in the making every Vote Count Foundation hosted this event. Good morning, everyone. We are on cspan and also Live Streaming on the making every vote count facebook page. I want you all to behave. The Electoral College is a disaster for democracy. Thats not me speaking. Thats donald trump or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you win. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore confidence in democr
Its my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with popular vote. Bob . Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm gordons teen of aei, michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Brown a common, evoked to latina, and jesse wagon, New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump in the last election. Not surprisingly it was ohio and north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish that Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be, if we did change the system, and norm, ill start with you, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large speed it dates and i was kind of amused when senator kramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Well, guess what . When it com