Let me introduce the people here with us today. , melissa. Diate right thank all of you, smiling faces, for being here today. Today is day 100. It is a day that new york city begins to reopen, and it is a day that i am so glad to see finally come. Day 100. Day 100 since we had the first case in new york. The first coronavirus case. That is when we started counting. Day 100. When we first started, all of the experts people who studied this across the world. I said, where are we going to go . Nobody knew. How fast you could control the spread of the virus. It will depend on what people do. Whether or noton people take it seriously. If people except the warnings, understand the virus and understand how serious it is. I am so proud of how new yorkers have responded. I can say this. I am a born and bred new yorkers. New yorker. New yorkers heard the message and they did what they had to do. They did it with discipline. If you told me 100 days ago that we would be reopening, when we did not
Y 911. What they came up with though was all Police Officers if they witness a Police Officer committing elite illegal act they pledge to arrest that officer. So the black Police Association in the 1970s and 19 80s pass that resolution among themselves that they would do that whether or not it was sanctioned by the department are not. I think that something that ought to be discussed is one of the remedies of others. Guest Robert Woodson of theer Woodson Center joining us for this conversation. Check out the organization. We are going to georgia go ahead. Caller hello i would just like to say i appreciate mr. Robert wood, he said one word that really caught my attention and that was solutions. I remember when i was younger, police werent like they were today. Its home of leg police are policing for profit to keep the court houses full of lawyers and people are being arrestedrr and harassed for things that are really not c crimes. Victimless crime. Ive got examples im aye guy. I have go
And joining us from miami is marc caputo who covers political for politico. Com. Give us the landscape in the state right now. There is a few you have to consider. One is the broader victim. Coronavirus and protests. Both are gripping the state. Especially coronavirus. Now this is President Trumps home adopted state as newly adopted state but that doesnt seem to make much of a different in the polls. He currently, when you look at the surveys is losing badly. I think the average showed almost eight points. It is an astonishing margin and bigger than Hillary Clinton was at this point. Having covered a number of close races in florida going back to the 2000 predial election that decided the presidency by 537 votes after 37 days of recounting i always get suspicious or weary of polls showing a big blowout out aft top of the ticket race. So if biden wins florida, i dont see him winning by eight points. That is just me. As you look back at 2016 it was a very close rate between Hillary Clint
State, but that does not make much of a difference in the polls. Currently in florida is the real politics average showed eight points. Astonishing on margin, bigger than Hillary Clintons was at this point. Number of close races in florida, back to the 2000 election that decided the 7 votes, after53 37 days of recounted, i always get wary of florida, i wins dont see him winning by eight points. Thats just me. Steve 2016 was a very close race between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Why was it so competitive that, and what are lessons for both parties as we move to the fall . Marc the thing about politics is that it is all about turnout. 2016, slice the data from which is fascinating, its that when the absentee ballots and mailin ballots were counted election day morning, and the preelection day early in person votes were counted, Hillary Clinton was ahead by 250,000 votes. But she wanted up losing by 115,000. That means there was a 350 thousand or so surge in margin in Republican Vote
Earlier today the House Intelligence Committee held its third hearing against President Trump hurco lawmakers heard testimony from lt. Col. Vindman, National Security Council Director for europe at Jennifer Williams russia and europe advisor to Vice President pentz. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order good morning everyone this is the third in a series of public hearings will be holding as a part of the impeachment inquiry prick without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time for there is a quorum present well proceed in the sameze fashion as in the first hearing of will make a statement and then we will turn to our witnesses for their Opening Statements and then two questions prick audience members we respect you and your interest to be here we asked for your respect t as we proceed with todays hearing is the intention to proceed without