Since july. Tell us, what has happened with your campaign from july until now . Your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate Angela Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is gettin
About covid19. Foreign nationals reporter on january 31st the president restricted travel from china. The next week, in a phone call, mr. Trump told woodward what hed been learning about the virus. This was february 7th. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things, right . But the air, you just breathe the air. Thats how its passed. So thats a very tricky one. Thats a very delicate one. Its also more deadly than your, you know, your even your strenuous flus. This is deadly stuff. Reporter three weeks after that call, the president said this to the public. Its a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And well essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner. Yeah, go ahead. In that february 7th interview, its clear that the president knows what the stakes are, but hes not sharing that with the public at that time. Yes. This is the tragedy. A president of the United States has a duty to warn. The pu
The virus. When you downplay something that is really a threat, thats not a good thing. Reporter and here at the white house today, President Trump announced a peace deal between israel and bahrain. This is the second arab country to normalize its relations with israel in just the past 30 days. Theyre going to have a signing ceremony here at the white house next week. Norah. Odonnell ben tracy at the white house, thank you. Todays anniversary bore a chilling similarity to the days after 9 11 with america once again shaken by a national crisis. And no place was that more evident than in new york city. Heres cbs meg oliver. Reporter today, the chime of a bell echoed in Lower Manhattan at 8 46, beginning the somber remembrances of 9 11. But the touching tributes looked very different in a global pandemic. Michael rourke andrews. Reporter instead of family members reading the names of the nearly 3,000 People Killed in the attacks, a recording took their place to ensure social distancing. O
Campaign 2020. At 9 15 a. M. , one American News networks discusses news of the day and her look at Tipping Points. Host good morning. It is the washington journal for the last day of 2019 and in keeping with the theme, for the first hour, we want you to tell us what you think the top news story of the year was. You can share with us what you think was the most important or significant story of the year. If you want to call us, 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to text us this morning, you can include your name, city, and state and text to 2027488003. Post your thoughts on twitter at cspanwj and on our facebook page, you can do so at facebook. Com cspan. The Associated Press compiled what they saw as the top 10 news stories of 2019 here is their list and maybe there is something on the list that is the basis of you calling in. It starts with the impeachment of President Trump, issues regarding immigration at number 2. Number
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