Our event today its not just democracy, integrity and elections but in the 2020 elections. Wewe have a time horizon of 14 months. I think michael put it off very well, in terms of what the scenario looks like, its sort of a butterfly ballot on steroids, if we have a close election, if we have a contested result and even just a couple of counties and there has been a Disinformation Campaign that is exposed that may have skewed the results, what i worry about is i dont know how we quite survived second election here in the country, a second president ial election that comes into serious question and at pan america we come at this at slightly different angle, we are freespeech organization and we see guardians of open discourse and of truth and we are not digital specialists, we are not election specialists, we are an organization of writers and journalists and editors and publishers and people who are invested in the quality of our discourse and our ability to sort facts from falsehood a
Texas today. While in dallas, hell get a hurricane update. The president cant escape the civil war of words between him and members of his own party. Reporter arizona senator jeff flake says his decision to retire from congress has freed him to speak out against President Trump. The longer we go, the more his behavior is normalized and that is a problem. Reporter flake published an oped in the Washington Post this morning, saying republicans can no longer remain silent, waiting for someone else to do something. Bob corker also says he debases the country. Flake told cbs this morning, he believes others will join them. I think that we have a responsibility as elected officials to speak out when theres behavior that is just beyond the pail, and some of what weve seen i think fits in that reporter the white house is dismissing flake and corker and points to tuesdays lunch with gop senators. President trump hit back. Saying the reason flake and corker dropped out is simple. They had zero c
And i looked at the different candidates that was running, she was the best person for me. Reporter she would be secretary Hillary Clinton who polls show is leading by double digits over senator Bernie Sanders in south care lain. Clinton has repeatedly spoken out about gun violence and police brutality, a message that resonated with sabrina fulton. President clinton was the first to mention anything about bhak lives matter. She was the first to even show she cared. Reporter some of the other women had a similar experience with the secretary including gwen karr whose sonner rick garner died while being restrained by new york police. 11 times he said, i cant breathe. But the disconcerned officers took his life. She endorsed me first. Reporter both candidates are going t of their way to court the black vote nationally and in South Carolina. While the mothers are backing inroads. The mothers plan to take their message and endorsement across the state in the hopes that it will make a differ
Rising. We are not getting the volume yet. I am looking at the volumes, 4 below the 10day average. A surge at thee close with the expectations of futures contracts. The s p of one half of 1 . The dow is leading in percentage terms, up 6 10 of 1 helped by nike and United Health, the biggest contributors to the game after nike announced a 2for1 stock split and a buyback. Theyre bouncing back after yesterdays decline that it may pull back from its Affordable Care act coverage exposure. It was ae analyst say buying opportunity. Susquehanna says they do not think this will be a material event for united house. The dow is turning positive for the year to date. Not by very much, just of a 100ths of ajust 8 percent. We have positive numbers from retailers. It seems like it is give and take. Somethingre might be said for people coming in because they are so battered. The outside gains may be because they have been down so much. Abercrombie is showing evidence that its turnaround is finally star
Of crimes after the war. Abe himself has not disclosed whether hell visit the shrine, but government sources say hell stay away. They say instead hell pay for a custom honored at the shrine and make an offering of the branch of the sacred tree. Chinese and south korean leaders condemned visits to a place that honors war criminals. And the government sources say abe wants to avoid any further strains in foreign relations. But he says the 18 other members of his cabinet are free to visit the shrine. Deputy Prime Minister aso, foreign minister and 12 others say they wont go on the anniversary. The other four members of the cabinet have not said what theyll do. One minister is doing his part to improve foreign relations. The minister for Northern Territory affairs plans to visit russianheld islands next month. He would become the first serving minister in years. Yamamoto is considering a trip to two of the four islands. Soviet troops seized the territory immediately after world war ii. Jap