More than 100 Million People early inperson or absentee, shattering old records. Thats nearly three quarters of the total vote in the 2016 election. Today we look at how latinx voters could play a key role in the battleground states of florida, texas, arizona, and pennsylvania. We will speak to former Bernie Sanders advisor chuck rocha and the Award Winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Than Racial Justice, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, rank Choice Voting just some of the issues on this years ballot thrgh citizen being voted on today. Measures and in candidate races. Americans will decide how we will risk on to this moment of racial reckoning. Amy we will speak to Ronald Newman of the American Civil Liberties union. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. Over 100 Million People have already voted a recordshattering number that is more than two thirds of the total votes cast in 2016s
Come in and hear from the candidates. Watch live on cspan and cspan. Org or listen live on the freecspan radio app. Your place for an alternate view of politics. Thank you so much. It is so great to be here with debbie, not here here. I wish i was there. I wish all of us were in the same spot but in lieu of that its great to be able to do this and thank you all for joining us as we are having this chat. Again, when we were planning to store i sent to debbie i cant wait to do appearances with you though we can have conversations again. This is not anything we ever would have imagined when we were going towards the end of last year but we are nothing if not adaptable and we will take solace from the fact that we know any of you who are watching right now could not have physically gotten to crowders books tonight but you can join us virtually. Again, i will reiterate what was said that you should treat this as if you were in the bookstore. When youre in the bookstore for reading, you buy
Who went into restaurants and bars to to have joy in the last evening before the lockdown which will start at midnight so that i want to say people cant go home because the streets are closed and as the speaker of the the minister of interior affairs has said before there were even 6 places not only in the center where there were shootings and incidents and police and special forces even the military has been called in the town and now at the moment the action is still going on they are hunting for the attack is one they have caught he was shot as they say but there for sure several others who are still on the run the streets are empty now because police has asked people to stay in their homes or in the bars or restaurants where they were when the shooting started so its a very dangerous situation still there were several men who ran to through the streets and shot on people as i said in 6 different places so we still do not know what is behind that attack what kind of group it is poli
Court years installed on his own Supreme Court and royal beheadings, if only for sport. He craved the occasional royal procession and gas, the eventual royal succession. Trumpty dumpty its his way, unless the public has something to say. If we let him have all of his favorite things, the divine right of kings. Hello, everyone and welcome to todays Virtual Program at the Commonwealth Club of california. My name is linda mendoza, a senior partner in there does of Mckinsey Company a member of the Commonwealth Club board of directors. Today i will be moderating the program. We would like to thank our members, donors and supporters from making this and all of the programs available. We are grateful for your support and hope others will follow their example to support the club particularly during these uncertain times. Today im particularly pleased to be joined by john lithgow, an awardwinning actor and author of a new book, Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown verses for a despotic age. He is best
Sanctions forced Western Union to close operations in cuba and a big blow to those depending on money sent from abroad. Heads one week to election day in the u. S. And the candidates are hitting the battleground states polls indicate Democratic Party contender joe biden holds the lead nationally but its a close race in a number of must win swing States Mike Hanna reports. A final frenetic week of campaigning before election day president trying doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brask. Attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting Fake News Media is going full on. We are rounding the turn 99. 9 percent. And hes attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now were going to win the great state. Were goin