Bidenharris supporters. Here is the number for you if you are anybody else. Now, if you cannot get through on the phone lines and still want to make a comment, try texting us. Here is the number two text. Please include your first name and your city in the text so we can identify you. As always, at facebook and at twitter. We will begin taking your calls in just a minute. Our viewers might already know this. A viral moment from the debate, a unexpected guest tonight, fly lands on mike pences head tonight. Heres a picture of that. It goes viral. The Joe Biden Campaign tweeting this out after the bait. Dont let this debate buzz off. Selling flyswatters. If lots away swats away flies and lies. Cnn. There is this from at the end of the debate, Vice President mike pence and senator harris ended up with nearly the same amount of speaking time, differing by just a few seconds. Take a look at the amount of time spoken. Here is the final speaking tally. Mike pence with 36 minutes, 27 seconds. 3
Coronavirus scams. At 9 00 a. M. , middle State University professor Sidney Mcphee discusses Higher Education during the pandemic and his participation in good morning, its friday, july 17, 2020. We begin today on the issue of requiring face masks be worn in public. As new coronavirus cases continue to spike around the country, more than half youve u. S. States have made mask use mandatory. Governor of georgia is fighting municipal mass clause in his state, in an effort to continue to allow mask used to be optional. Should mask wearing in public the mandatory . F you think yes, 2027488000 if you think no, 2027488001. If you arent sure, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003 please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good friday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you some headlines about what is happening in states around the country when it comes
Potential changes to the u. S. Political system which he writes about in his book. [video clip] for this for ready anything whether it is going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we are at that very low level and we want to keep it that way. Yesterdayident trump flanked by white house officials reassuring americans about the response to the coronavirus. We want to get your thoughts on that. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Ndependents, 2027488002 text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488001 or you can go to twitter at cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. Before we get to your calls, lets begin with more of that News Conference from yesterday. The president rom talking about the state of the coronavirus. [video clip] earlyhave through decisions, closed our borders to flights coming in from certain byas, areas that were hit the coronavirus and hit hard. We did it early. A lot of people thought we should not do it early and it turned out to
Fisa courts as well. The president has asked for 2. 5 2. 5 billion dollars and Chuck Schumer is saying more like 8 billion. Guest it is easier to go for a lower number and ask for more. Congress is in session plenty of time between now and then, so it is rational to go with a lower number and spend more, but the president signaled, you want to give me more money, give me more money. I am sure he will make judicious use of it but be clear, we are borrowing it. Host what do you mean . Guest we are spending a trillion more than we have. Deficits do matter. Why run up the full death is full balance on the credit card instead of paying for what you need . Host what are you hearing about this coronavirus outbreak . Guest people are concerned about the supply chain and the timing hit as Chinese New Year was going in china. A lot of the supply chain goes back to china and tons of people did not go back to work, so you will see disruption in supply chains. It is also a demand shock because peop
good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a huge distraction that had drowned out other measures announced in the government s so called mini budgetjust 10 days ago. his change of heart followed mounting opposition among tory mps to the tax cut. our political editor, chris mason, reports. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the country. i saw the reaction. we considered what to do w