Will make. No, not the president ial, senate or congressional races, but more than 150 measures in 35 states, more thahan in any electction ie last decade. They are Ballot Initiatives. Onone closely watched race is colorados citizeninitiated amendment 69, which would finance universal health care , other states are set to vote on marijuana legalization, guns, Public Education, taxes, and the Death Penalty. Then to the Battle Ground state of ohio, w where investigative repoporter greg palast. Today on n election day, they are not going to use white sheets to keep away black voters. Today, they are using amy Media Coverage for who will be president that is, who will win the Electoral College. We will speak with rob richie, director of fairvote, who wants to establish a National Popular vote so all states count. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. And across the United States voters are
To safety when a fire broke out in their home in belmont. Sky 3 was the first on the scene on clay street when it happened yesterday evening. Wbtvs Mark Davenport is live with the story this morning. So mark, tell us how the young man helped get everyone out. Reporter christine, he was the only person inside the house that heard the fire crackling, he immediately got everyones attention in the home and got them out the back door before the flames took over the rest of the place. I want to show you video of what that house looks like this morning. It was completely torched by the fire overnight. Sixyearold carter lost most of favorite things. His family members. The boy heard the fire before he saw it and when he saw it, he acted fast, got his mom out of the bathroom, woke up woke up grandma. Hero. Everywhere. I couldnt even see whether we was scary. It was like a crashing window. 30 seconds after we came out the roof started collapsing, im glad we got out when we did. Reporter sounds l
Three days from now the democrats will debate just a few miles away. Here in the city older than the country itself, from the revolutionary war to the civil war. To the war of either shore. South carolina prepares once again to take center stage and the republican candidates know the spotlight of the palmetto state will shine on them. Good evening and welcome to the North Charleston performing arts center. Tonight you will hear from 10 republican candidates vying to become president of the United States. Im trish regan along with my comod p comoderator sandra smith. Sandra for the next hour three of the candidates will be answering questions voters want answered. Trish former hewlettpackard ceo carly fiorina. Former arkansas governor mike huckabee. And former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. This debate will last one hour. Each candidate will have up to the 0 seconds to responds to each up to 90 seconds to respond top each question and one minute for follow up. When your time is up
The hot spot, but also the foggy spot this morning. I dont have any dense fog now on the map like i did last hour, but i do have fog for boston southward, even in bedford and fitchburg in keene, New Hampshire. Shouldnt pull you down too much but you are going to notice it until 7 to 8 00. Partly cloudy and south of the pike and temperatures are still coming in the 40s. And the lower 50s. By noontime, though, warmup is on. It will be nice and bright and dry. Temperatures in the upper 60s. How about some 70s this afternoon. It stays brightest the furthest north you go. Northern mass, southern New Hampshire. The most sunshine. Clouds will be increasing from south to north today and with it comes the slight chance of a shower. Highs 66 to 74. If you were getting ready to step outside in ten minutes, i will walk you through the morning commute and show you what to expect. Speaking of commute, Julie Grauert with your live drive times. Julie, i mean, i am assuming kind of easy right now. Very
Three days from now the democrats will debate just a few miles away. Here in the city older than the country itself, from the revolutionary war to the civil war. To the war of either shore. South carolina prepares once again to take center stage and the republican candidates know the spotlight of the palmetto state will shine on them. Good evening and welcome to the North Charleston performing arts center. Tonight you will hear from 10 republican candidates vying to become president of the United States. Im trish regan along with my comod p comoderator sandra smith. Sandra for the next hour three of the candidates will be answering questions voters want answered. Trish former hewlettpackard ceo carly fiorina. Former arkansas governor mike huckabee. And former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. This debate will last one hour. Each candidate will have up to the 0 seconds to responds to each up to 90 seconds to respond top each question and one minute for follow up. When your time is up