And state coronavirus response. Former Trump Administration Economic Advisor Casey Mulligan on President Trumps economic record heading into the final days of campaign 2020. Is the washington journal for wednesday, october 21, less than two weeks until election day. President trump campaigns in gastonia, Kamala Harris in asheville, North Carolina today. President barack obama campaigning in philadelphia. We invite you to answer this question. What is motivating you to vote this year . Perhaps it is an issue you are passionate about, you do not like the other candidate, maybe it is due to who you think will handle the pandemic better. Heres how you can let us know this our what is motivating you to vote. 202 7488001 if you support President Trump and mike pence. 202 7488000 if you support joe biden and Kamala Harris. Areare decided undecided or supporting another candidate, 202 7488002. cspanwj. Cial media pew in august, it was the organization that took a poll on those issues important
Under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent engagements with the va officials to discuss title 1 implementation. Id be remiss not to recognize the unprecedented challenges this have year due to the covid19 pandemic. The dedicated staff on the v as front line deserve our thanks for fulfilling the Fourth
If it went ahead virtually, the nature of the interaction would change and interrupting would be much more difficult but the president says hes not going to do a virtual debate. Thats where it stands right now. At last nights debate orderly fashion and Kamala Harris failed to answer on key issues, she deflect order laughed it all off. Her silence revealed on what the biden team will do if elected. President trump goes all in on regenerons antivirus treatment. The president called it a miracle. Of course, hes been criticized for his use of an unapproved treatment. The stock, though, up big time, 3. 6 , 21 higher. Now look at the overall market after wednesdays very, very big rally. 840,000 jobless claims last week. Not having that much impact on the market this morning. We see the dow going up another 180. S p up 21 and look at that the nasdaq going again up 101 points. Possibility, they are still talking about some form of stimulus. Thats a positive. Looks like a still stalemate but th
Help, food aid. Yes, they are still talking. Investors like the idea of many more trillions poured into the economy, but it aint a done deal yet. The political world really cant stop talking about the debate. The president says he won. He, quote, held joe accountable, thats what the president says. Biden says the debate was a national disgrace. The Electoral Commission seems to agree. I they run the debates, and theyre looking at new rules. They agree, they seem to believe and blame the president for the interruptions and insults. Theyre even considering a kill button for the moderator to cut the mic of any offending candidates. The numbers are in. Far fewer people watched than i expected, just 73 million tuned in. Down from 84 million who watched the first debate in 2016. And if you look inside the numbers, the audience dropped away as the chaotic debate kept going. They tuned out. Stay with us for the next three hours, i promise it will be worth it. Varney company is about to begin.
Professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is currently just finishing up a faculty fellowship at Harvard Fellowship Harvard Universitys in history. She owned a joint ph. D. In history in African Americans studies at Yale University and specializes in 20th century African American and American History with an emphasis on immigration, war globalization and social movements and political resistance. She is the author of a number of books one of which is out available outside at encourage you to grab a copy while you can. The glory of their deeds, a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. That sage was working on that book as i recall as part of your work at the warren center, was a close to publication . So its almost done. Really sage, is a great friend of ours and were just so delighted to have you back here with us again. Thank you. Please join me in welcoming doctor welcoming dr. Matt how. And joining us tonight is a scholar who has a specialized focus o