pennsylvania,, but i am originally from washington, pennsylvania. mr.onna was a professor there many years ago. i don't know what district it is cook,e republican is bud it is part of washington county, i want to know if you can give us any information on how that race is going? i am disabled, i listen to c-span and i watch washington journal for three hours every day and i am just shocked that i was able to get through today. towas a pleasure to be able speak with the professor. town of washington, pennsylvania, it is great. host: thank you very much. i was never on the faculty at washington and jefferson. i have been at franklin and marshall. confess, i don't know anything in particular about the particular race you talked about. this, the pennsylvania legislature, both and the housenate are controlled by republicans. of 203 members of the 34 of 50 republican, senators are republican. day, most of the analysts believe the republicans will remain in control of the pennsylvania state legislature. it looks like governor wolf will be reelected, with his d

i reiterate, i don't think the issues in pennsylvania that were identified are unique to pennsylvania. i think they reflect nationwide, as far as the data picture goes. i think the number one thing that is needed is a national identification of what data elements would be beneficial for courts to collect. then, on avenue to assist court in finding ways to collect that data. and as ms. buck identified in pennsylvania, the resources needed to get to that level are essential and -- extensive. and in the assistance to courts, because courts are very localized. it is a very individual court issue as far as the collection of data. so, assisting courts at the very local level in establishing a mechanism to gather this data would be essential. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. senator blumenthal. >> thank you very much madam chairwoman. this topic is immensely important. many of us in this room will encounter the situation in connecticut, guardianship, or conservatorship decisions are made by a local probate court judge who is elected, and need not be a lawyer. i don't know how often that

for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, the honorable mary gay scanlon, be permitted to take the oath of office today. her certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to her election. the speaker: without objection. will the representatives-elect please present themselves in he well. members will rise. and the representatives-elect will please raise their right hands. do you solemnly swear that will you support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations. you are members of the 115th ongress. without objection, the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, is reco

here is what is going on in pennsylvania and many other states. political historians often talk about midterm elections being essentially about the president, about his incumbency. the fact of the matter is that that is true not just a bit, but usually so this year -- but hugely so this year. they're going to vote this year, what's important to you? overwhelmingly democrat say they are opposed to president trump and they want their party to gain control of congress and conversely the republicans, because they support the president and because they want to see her party retain control of congress. typically it is a referendum on the president, midterm elections. this goes to a new degree when we say more. more a battle over president trump, his tenure in office, his programs, his style, personality. it is all about the president. that is the driving force. the other point i want to make about our state is we have the number of women running. currently pennsylvania does not have a single female in the congressional delegation. pennsylvania has never

don't miss pennsylvania, we've got four women who have come. it's very exciting. thank you very much. thank you for your good wishes. thank you. >> some of the new members elected to the house for the 116th congress, some will be sworn in this evening, mary gay scanlon among them, winning the special elections that happened concurrently last tuesday on election day. the house coming in momentarily, gaveling back in for the first votes of the 115th lame duck session. privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 1142, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 6784, to provide for removal of the gray wolf in the 48 states from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife, published under the endangered species active 1973, and providing for proceedings during the period from november 19, 2018, through november 26, 2018. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered precipitationed. - printed. purs

guest: this is the toughest race in pennsylvania. this is a very classic swing district that has regularly flipped back and forth between the parties. wave years have seen democrats and republicans winning. has a veryatrick independent brand. that started with his brother, mike fitzpatrick. he is trying to build up his bipartisan credentials. he voted against the republican plan to repeal daca, but voted for -- repeal the aca, but voted for the tax bill. -- aby for left the best wealthy philanthropist has poured a lot of money into the race. is a place where in 2017 democrats cannot and won a bunch of offices in bucks county. they had not won them in decades. that was a real sign of the backlash to president trump. i don't think anybody was i concerned about the row offices. democrats just wanted to vote. is probably one of the best positioned republicans to withstand a wave. if the democrats managed to beat him, that's a sign a lot of also races mandrake towards the democrats. host: how much money is coming in from outside factors?

this is the toughest race in pennsylvania and probably in the philadelphia area. this is a very classic swing district that has regularly gone, flipped back and forth between the parties. wavewe years have seen democrats and republicans win it depending on which way the wave was going. brian fitzpatrick is -- he has a very independent brand, and that started with his brother who was a congressman, mike fitzpatrick. it's continued with brian. he has tried to really be, build up his bipartisan credentials. he voted against the republican plan to repeal the aca, but he voted for the tax bill. and his channeler is scott wallace -- challenger is scott wallace who's a wealthy philanthropist who's poured a lot of his own money into that race. you look at the district, it's really evenly balanced. it's a place where in 2017 democrats came out and won a whole bunch of row offices in bucks county that they had not won in decades, if not longer. and that was a real sign of kind of that backlash to president trump. i don't think anybody was actually that concerned with the ro

>> i don't think the issue is in pennsylvania that was identified are unique to pennsylvania. the number one thing that is needed is a national identification of what the data elements would be beneficial for courts to collect and then on the avenue to assist the courts in finding ways to collect the data the resources are essential and extensive because the courts are very localized. it's a very individual court issue as far as the collection of data so assisting at the local level in establishing a mechanism to gather this data would be essential. >> this topic is immensely important. many of us in the room will encounter this situation. in connecticut guardianship decisions are made by a local probate court judge who is elected and need not be a lawyer i don't know how often that occurit occursbut they are beyoy oversight and very often they have their own fiefdom only their own private kingdoms. they make a ton of money. [applause] so i gather from the applause many of you are familiar with the situations. i hear from my constituents all the time we are carrying on this co

with law enforcement i could secure the first human trafficking conviction in the state of pennsylvania then went to work with state legislatures to expand protections for victims and then to secure the first conviction under the new legislation while at the dea's office i was sick and battling cancer that made me realize life is short so i wanted to affect greater change so went to work for the current attorney general where i have had the pleasure to look at the initiative across the commonwealth alcohol abuse and campus sexual assault but as i was trekking across the commonwealth there was a recognition a lot of changes were federal i never expected this position to open up but when it did i jumped for it so i am running into congressional districts. a lot of this stems from my own personal journey to be very inspired by the me to movement and frustrated to have the current climate of washington with the rhetoric and the politicians i could not work across the aisle for the common good when i was in college i was a victim of a sexual assault i was very disbelieved by the prosecutor a

we also have a call, i am told, in pennsylvania -- yes, pennsylvania 7. this one not a shock, but here it is. susan wild defeating marty nothstein. charlie dent held this.

pennsylvania is a major swing state.many eyes are on the state because it has to do with the senate race in several congressional races. democrats are trying to capitalize on the congressional map that might help them pick up several seats. it happens to be a big pool of competitive races. president trump narrowly won pennsylvania in 2016. as we see the president to send from air force one let's talk about pennsylvania. we have asked the chairman of the democratic party to join us to talk pennsylvania politics but we have not heard back about our invitation. our some of this same issues that put the state in play in 2016, are they still in play now? >> there and play to our advantage. we see jobs, manufacturing coming back to pennsylvania, coal production coming back. when you travel the state like i have you see enthusiasm among blue-collar workers. a lot who put donald trump in office. many are democrats. the america first agenda resonates here. >> eric: the president one about 1.2%, that's slim. some experts think tha

that's a big win for the democrats in pennsylvania, lehigh valley in pennsylvania. she's an attorney. in texas, look at this. pete sessions goes down to defeat. colin allred. he's a former nfl player who decided he wanted to be a member of the united states congress. he will be the winner in texas, house 32. in virginia, elaine luria. she defeats scott taylor, the incumbent republican. she's a retired navy commander herself. she will be the next representative from the second district in virginia. that's a huge win for the democrats in the commonwealth of virginia. in pennsylvania, there is a republican pickup there. resch reschenthaler is a pickup for the republicans in pennsylvania. house 14. let's take a look at where things stand right now. democrats must pick up nine more republican seats. if they do that, they will have the majority in the house of representatives. they're leading, by the way, in 26. democrats are leading in 26 republican districts in races that are too early to call. but democrats are looking very, very strong in the house of representatives.

it is former first lady of pennsylvania, ellen casey. [applause] mr. cartwright: she is pretty important. but then, there is my wife. cartwright. [applause] mr. cartwright: we have this election coming up, right? i have a question for you. are there any democrats in the house? [cheering] mr. cartwright: democrats, democrats. we have a job to do, don't we? we have to get out there and remind people what we are about, don't we? i am going to ask you a series theuestions and this is answer -- it is democrats. who is it that sticks up for the regular working people of this country? the democrats, that is right. who always has? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: who sticks up for seniors? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: and children? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: and the disabled? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: and the environment? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: clean air? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: who sticks up for labor rights in this country? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: who got the kids out of the mines? >> democrats. mr. cartwright: who invented workplace

they actually did have golf courses then, even in pennsylvania. was a brave, courageous chap who was prepared to be flexible. to that extent yes, he would fit in more easily than others. i think george washington would actually. >> really? >> washington was a professional soldier, and again there are certain aspects of his life as professional soldier which he would find, it would not find it difficult i think these days to fit into a british or american military environment. >> how about hamilton? >> i'm not sure about him actually. a musical explores that you have to wrap your answer to music. i understand that franklin had a front relationship with his sister. did this develop in his early years? >> i wouldn't say that it was occasionally fraught. the material, there's an excellent book about jane which is really excellent book in many ways i see might as a companion to that book although their very different. there were sometimes when relationship was fraught, particularly during the so-called great awakening in the 1740s when she appears to b

pennsylvania saw a lot of our steel and coal jobs leave pennsylvania. the president has stood by these workers in pennsylvania and fought for them and they haven't forgotten that. liz: the democrats control the statehouses -- >> pennsylvania has a lot of jfk democrats. it doesn't represent the democrats in pennsylvania any longer. a lot of them haven't changed their registration. but they can't go in there and condone what their party is doing. so they say democrat. i think that's what's going to happen tonight where these democrats see a president that's standing for blue collar workers. i think people are going to be surprised tonight. liz: jfq was for smaller government, tax cuts, and he was very connected to the working man. he said the new frontier is not just in outer space, it's about helping the working man and the poor. it seems like the old school democrat union guys feel left out in the dark and the cold. they feel homeless in their party. is that what you are hearing? >> worse than that. i talked to the rank and file labor workers in pennsyl

he went to washington and forgot about pennsylvania. those 12 years he's taken $9 million from lobbyists and lawyers and 2 million from drug companies and insurance companies and even 70,000 from opioid manufacturers and supports the sanctuary cities. now he wants to stop the greatest economy in a lifetime of us he doesn't like this president. i'm going to keep this economy going and give the military with the need and show respect for law enforcement once again we will take care of our senior citizens entry secure the borders once and for all stop sanctuary cities and this is what i want to do. i will never, ever expose the people of pennsylvania to the negative ads just to get elected because the people deserve much better. thank you very much. >> i want to thank you for this opportunity. this creates a very clear choice into so much is at stake for the middle class for seniors and children and workers into the republican congress and the administration. to protect those with an insurance policy that will protect against pre-existing

i mean, pennsylvania sort of follows the model.t 40% of eligible voters on average have turned out in recent midterms. i think this year pennsylvania is poised to have one of the largest turnouts if not the largest turnout in decades as pote parties' voters, republicans and democrats, are showing considerable excitement. about 7 many 10 of -- 7 in 10 of our state's voters pretty well matched republican and democrat are very interested in the election. and that's in the latest franklin and marshall college poll. that's up 10 points from our september poll. and one of the leading reasons why the interest has gone up, spiraled up is the confirmation battle over brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. that has energized both democrats and republicans to about the same degree. and there's been a debate about, you know, the impact of the kavanaugh confirmation. but in pennsylvania both democrats and republicans are now more motivated, more -- or very interested in the outcome of the election. translation, more certain to vote as a result o

because icome -- am from northeast pennsylvania.ve,he only way to because of your pessimistic about is well just cash it all in. the truth is, the united states of america right now is better position than any nation in the world to lead the world. we have the largest economy in the world. we are energy independent. and the strongest military in the history of the world. the finest research universities in the entire world. the most productive workforce, three times as productive as they are in asia, by the way. and the most agile venture capitalists. this is not hyperbole. no other nation in the world, no other nation in the world can match us. i've spent more time with xi jinping in china than any world leader. he would trade places in a heartbeat. they do not have enough energy, not enough water. they have a project to change the direction of a river. they're walking around with masks in beijing because they are dying at four times the rate of cancer invasion. folks, where is our competition? if we remember who the hell we are. t

it's the 14th district of pennsylvania. they drew this in the southwest corner of pennsylvania under the new lines trump would have won this district by 30 points. these are two first time candidates running for it ear. the expectation is that any minute now this will be called republican and that this will become a republican pickup. we're not going to see many of those tonight. that would increase that number to 22 if that comes in first. however, i say there were a bunch of new districts drawn in pennsylvania. and so we have to point out as well that there are a couple that work the other way. down here on the other side of pennsylvania. start the newly drawn 6th district. again, two first time candidates under these new lines, this was a clinton district. and you can go right next door under the new lines, a really big clinton district, also an expectation, the party -- you have republicans pulled out of this race in the 7th, a republican seat, charlie dent declined to seek reelection. the two parties were telegraphing

she's an attorney in pennsylvania. this is an important pickup for the democrats in pennsylvania. the fifth district. and connor lamb in western pennsylvania in the suburbs of pittsburgh. he's re-elected in that district. the democrats now that number has gone down. democrats must pick up 19 republican seats. not lose any of their own. the number has gone down from 23 to 19. they're moving slowly but surely. that's what it looks like in the house of representatives. >> that's right. and these were seats we did expect the democrats would win. still, they're on track to do that. >> hold on one second. right now democrats are leading in 31 republican districts in races that are too close to call. democrats once again, they have to pick up 19 of those republican seats. six republicans are leading in democratic districts in races that are too early to call. the democrats are moving in the right direction from their perspective, but it's not a done deal yet. >> on a house to house level. but the statewide federal contest, the senate seats things are not working in their direction. actua

for the last three or four years i have been working to raise money in pennsylvania it is a necessary thing to do buts also why is the system broken? yes. absolutely that's why i have signed on to the pledge and i have been endorsed by citizens united. kim: i do appreciate senator toomey support along with the local republicans that have supported my campaign. the let's be real. [laughter] . >> moving on to the next question. tell us your thoughts on criminal justice reform. scanlon: another area i have been working on the last 15 years. with president obama a rare partisan moment where the cokee brothers agreed with the obama justice department of mandatory spending and what they have done to explode the prison population so my colleagues and i will help individuals who are nonviolent who spent significant time and to obtain clemency one of them is the subject and it gives you the upfront look on the massn incarceration so in that arena trying to get jobs to get expunged it is an area of great interest to me that i look forward to working on in congress. kim: working on criminal just

the president won pennsylvania, hillary clinton's numbers in pennsylvania would have won any other year. the numbers were extremely high in southeast pennsylvania. charlie's point -- >> it is important to note the long-term policy objectives of the republican conservative community are being accomplished by this president, the largest tax cut in generations, the judges energy independence, opening and wire in alaska, democrats accomplish 1/10 of what he had done in korea they would give him the nobel prize, they gave the nobel prize for doing nothing but would give them a lot more than that. they would enshrine him in some sort of -- >> i feel like a martyr but it is fine, go on. >> the end of the korean war. by the way the network -- >> we witnessed the end of the korean war. >> they had a joint bid for the olympics, hugging, talking about how they can no longer go to work, denuclearization. you have to admit progress on the korean peninsula is historic. >> can't wait for history books to be written. we go to questions, finish your thought. >> i take objection that this president is no

had thrown out their entire map and all of the pennsylvania house districts are now redrawn districts that are meant to be fairer for the communities that they're representative of and and that's the kind of thing that maybe we'll see more of over the next few years as hopefully people begin to realize that we should not be taking votes voting rights away from our fellow citizens rather making sure that votes count votes matter voices are heard and not taking them for granted voter apathy is well and truly i. think we will see that it's very much will come back to the coming hours so what does make these particular polls so important well donald trump republican policy is bracing for a likely loss of seats in the house of representatives arrivals the democrats need to gain twenty three seats to take control of that chamber of congress and if this happens it could allow the democrats to launch several committee investigations of the trump administration possibly even impeachment proceedings now as for the senate. well several democrats are fighting to keep their seats in states that tr

we also have a call, i am told, in pennsylvania -- yes, pennsylvania 7. this one not a shock, but here it is. susan wild defeating marty nothstein. charlie dent held this. through redistricting became favorable. clinton by a point. it was more republican before

for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, the honorable mary gay scanlon, be permitted to take the oath of office today. her certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to her election.

pennsylvania has no women now. five tosend four, maybe washington from pennsylvania.going to be a lot of energy. nancy pelosi will compromise. let's hope that is a problem we have to face. david: it is great to have you with us even in your wetsuit. we appreciate the effort. that is ed rendell. coming up, we're going to go from one -- from one former governor to another. haley barbour gives the state of his republican party. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching balance of power. haley barbour served as mississippi's governor and received praise for his response to the devastation the state when hurricane katrina came through in 2010. he was the chairman of the republican national committee in the 1990's and is cofounder of the lobby group b dr and he joins us from washington. haley: thank you for having me. governor ed rendell were governors together. we were good friends. david: you both are in my experience. let me start with joe lieberman from connecticut. he had to say this about partisanship in his no labels campaign. opportunityves an to say word about n

our correspondent christensen is in one of its biggest cities pittsburgh plenty to play for in pennsylvania preston. that's right elizabeth one of the reasons democrats are optimistic about winning more seats in the house of representatives here in pennsylvania is because of the unprecedented number of women who are running for office this is a trend that we are seeing nationwide women running like they have never run before and here in pennsylvania in particular seven out of eighteen of the races for house of representatives have a woman on the ballot and this is a state that doesn't have a big history of supporting women candidates right now there are currently no women representing the state in washington d.c. so we're going to talk about this a little bit more with dana brown who's joining me now from the pennsylvania for center for women in politics dana thanks for being here first of all what is driving women out to run for office now well we know since the two thousand and sixteen presidential election that women are fired up we had those big women's marches both here in pennsylvania

. >> we've got another one coming into pennsylvania right now, pennsylvania-7.now have a result coming in, this is from the state of minnesota, where democrat dean phillips is a projected winner the third district of minnesota, defeating the incumbent congressman erik paulsen. another clinton district coming back home to the democrats. >> and republican that kept his distance from trump, and we saw, we were looking for potentially a lot of women defections in these suburbs there. this is the twin city suburbs. highly educated district. >> we're going to pull up the state of pennsylvania. go back to pennsylvania right there, you see susan against marty mikie shs sherrill against jay webber. sherrill is a bright star for the democrats. >> that's my district, george. she raised more money, $7ndidat. i got three pieces of mail from her in the last ten days. so, that's how -- >> did it persuade you at all? >> unfortunately, no, george. it didn't work, but she raises an enormous amount of money. again, a veteran. and a former federal prosecutor. >> and you brought up

that's where he saw the pennsylvania memorial. now we are to enter into the -- a man who wasr wounded close by. that's where we are. on the hilltops that are dominating the plane, which is the plane we have right there. the american offensive was to start on a straight line. american soldiers had to make , capturing the towns and making their way north. now,s where we enter right to see some of the fortified line by the germans. and the offensive from the 35th was from the right to the small valley of the river, including the surrounding area. we are marching the same way as the american operation was jumping up the line and making our way north. >> where were the german position be? ,> all along the ridge here dominating that ground where the -- had.s had read they will always try to choose how to defend and always have the dominating position. that would be a bloody day for the american troops. september twice six is a successful offensive. >> the division itself started to fall apart. of the first divisions relieved. nothing go

yeah absolutely pennsylvania is very important for democrats in their quest to retake the majority in the house of representatives they need a strong showing here in pennsylvania they have flipped three seed so far one here in the seventeenth district is north of pittsburgh conor lam defeated a three time incumbent keith profits here running on a hot form of bipartisanship talking a lot about health care and his desire to keep the affordable care act intact message that he reiterated before the cheering crowds here just a short time ago but he's not the only democrat to flip a seat year so far in pennsylvania two women have also won in their districts previously held by republicans mary gay scanlan and chrissy houlihan riding that pink wave that we heard so much about after the election of donald trump in a state that till now had no no women at all in their congressional delegation a state that's never had a female governor but saw an unprecedented number of women coming out to in this year's elections and one other race that democrats have been eyeing is in the furthest first distri

the historic side of pennsylvania has the most astonishing collections.and people are still working on them. they have not by any means been fully absorbed. what's next. what is actually feasible. one possibility is just to simply write it. when they write at the multivolume lights. you could will see me through that. after i finished my first book i have my job interview. what you plan to do next. to which i replied rest a lot. i did not get that job. i have learned that you have to have somewhere as some where someone will ask you what the next problem checked will be. i would love to see you carry franklin further. why he was such a good diplomat is one that most people don't embrace. i haven't thought about. now when i was sort of try. let us these are your questions i feel enormously powerful at this moment. i get to decide what will be asked. what was the relationship with the women in his life like. he was never actually legally married. it was easy to get away with them. it's not very romantic. with one kind of another. it seems to have more inter

in pennsylvania, 3 adjoining couounties arare the hot spot oa rare cancer. in juliette, georgia, radioactive water flows from the tap. these problems may seem unrelated, but with a closer look, these two communities share a common denominator--coal ash, and lots of it. the discovery ofof coal in the united states dramatically shaped our energy future. today, there is no greater source of power than coal combustion. it's responsnsible r nearly 4 40% of our electricity. but burning coal generates waste. it's called coal ash, and every year in the u.s., 130 million tons of it is created. >> it's thehe largest industrial waste stream in america. you could fill the boxcars of a freight train that would stretch from new york city to melbourne, australia, with the coal ash that's generated every year in this country. >> the ash contains toxic metals. lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, others. . and it even s radioactive substances. >> it's these pollutants, many of them known to cause cancer, that have people worried. and the big question is, where are all ththese t

the president won pennsylvania. hillary clinton's numbers would have been won any other year and extremely high in southern pennsylvania, but donald trump won. >> and in the conservative community accomplished by this president, tax cut largest in generations and the judges, opening up anwar in alaska, denuclearization of north korea. and if any other president had done-- well, they already did give him a nobel prize for doing nothing. but they would have enshrined him-- >> i feel like a martyr. charlie, no, no. >>. >> he witnessed the end of the korean war? >> they're getting the olympics, no longer going to war. denuclearization. progress on the korean peninsula is both historic and-- >> i can't wait for history books to be written and we're going to move to questions soon. finish your point. >> final point, i will take a little objection that this president is somehow not a conservative president. >> okay. >> from tax cuts to deregulation to the judges, the foreign policies objectives, he's been very conservative

mary scanlon from pennsylvania, already sworn in. she has seniority. [laughter] ms. pelosi: andy craig from minnesota. tom malinowski of new jersey. chris pappas of new jersey. susan wild of pennsylvania. susan is already sworn in. hundreds of guests cheered you on. [laughter] ms. pelosi: they had the whole chamber to themselves. ike levin of california. i knew mike levin was from california. and omar of minnesota. so in any case, you know what the purpose of it is to reduce the role of money, advance their elections and one part of that is to have the voting rights act early on the agenda. we are very pleased to be ready for that with the leadership of terri sewell of alabama, whose legislation we have been advocating for a while. we will be building a record for and she will talk about that in a moment and thank her for her leadership. thank john sarbanes of maryland. thank you. mr. sarbanes: good morning everybody. i want to thank the speaker-designate for giving a broad charge to our caucus. over the last few congresses but particularly over the last two years to

this year however democrats are convinced that pennsylvania will help them retake the majority in the house of representatives one reason young voters on college campuses like this one we've seen flyers posted on bulletin boards in groups hosting events to get out the vote there are now more young voters in pennsylvania than those over the age of sixty five another plus for democrats in pennsylvania are the number of women running for office in the state seven out of eighteen house races now have a female candidate on the ballot that is expected to help democrats pick up more seats well children and small handful where you need to live a friendly state where the president's just told a rally. indiana is the crossroads of america it's farm country and its trunk country president trump won by nineteen percentage points here his vice president is from here and his vice president's brother is running for congress and democrats need to hold a senate seat here to have any hope of controlling the u.s. senate the sitting senator votes with trump sixty percent of the time he likes to quote tru

pennsylvania, you know well and i know well, is a good example. had lubar letter run as donald trump is in the senate, right? he got 88% of the republican vote. 88%. there is no buyer remorse among republicans. where there is an achilles heel are the swing republican voters often found in be it illinois, philadelphia, wherever. donald trump loses some of those votes and has to make them up among conservative -- >> how does he get the well educated women back after they decide they don't like him? >> you'll hear a lot of candidates talk about i don't want to make this about donald trump the person. i want to make this about donald trump the agenda, which we can get behind. >> what do you think, heidi? >> i think john is right. this is not about a primary challenge. it's about a potential independent candidacy. and that will all depend on who the democrats are veering towards. it's just like with mike bloomberg in 2016. he waited to see who the democrats were veering towards. since it was hillary clinton and not bernie sanders, he held back. and i t

mitchell: we are walking through the pennsylvania monument, which was erected in 1927. one of the key architects was paul kretz from philadelphia. he lived in france as a young man. he knew the area, came to the united states, did his studies and he was hired by the american battle monuments commission to help with the cemeteries and the memorials. i don't think this is part of the american battle monuments commission. this is a private memorial, is that right? guillaume: it is a state memorial. we have several. usually quit small. this is a huge state memorial, a very impressive one. a place to burn the eternal flame, a symbol of peace. it is quite an impressive one. mitchell: this memorial honors the pennsylvanians not just at the meuse-argonne, but they served all over. it's important to pennsylvania and their war commission in honoring the members of their communities who fought during the war, just as they had done during the civil war. you have a large monument at gettysburg dedicated to pennsylvania troops who fought in their homeland. let's walk over towards thi

some sense here in pennsylvania in their quest to retake the majority in the house of representatives indeed kristie it's a melting pot of issues there in pennsylvania will come back to have more analysis of course later in the day let's go over to the west of the country now and to heidi jocasta joins me now from tucson arizona and in a hugely important state where you are heidi comes with its issues of immigration and the republicans really need to win to prove a political point perhaps in the wake of the legacy of john mccain who came from that state a respected senator and a critic of the president's really interesting fight going on where you are. that's right senator john mccain he passed away two months ago of brain cancer he was much beloved here in his home state of arizona he represented the state for decades never winning with a less than double digits and now the two women who are vying to become the new senators of this new senator of arizona have both tried to cast themselves in mccain's mold early on in the campaigns the republican nominee. sally she tried to highlight

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the grace learning senter in franklin, pennsylvania, for 20 years of service to the community. grace learning center is an afterschool program dedicated to providing children with a safe, fun, and educational environment each school day. in the late 1990's, grace evangelical lutheran church began exploring the possibility of offering a free after school program for families in need. they were licensed by the pennsylvania department of public welfare and opened their doors in 1999. they had the opportunity to exspained their createdive abilities while gaining and appreciation for their families and communities. they maintain close ties with the local schools in order to encourage scholastic achievement in all areas. grace welcomes children of all socioeconomic levels and g

christensen who joins us live from pittsburgh pennsylvania christine how much of an issue is this alleged disenfranchisement of minorities nationwide. it's an issue across the country and more and not just voter suppression like we heard about from john hendren but it takes other forms and it varies from state to state because every state has different laws governing the way elections are run here in pennsylvania for example there's been an issue with the way voting districts are drawn earlier this year panel of judges ruled that the voting districts had been unconstitutionally drawn in this state to favor republicans and new districts were drawn up in time for this year's elections a similar ruling was made in the state of north carolina that the districts there were unconstitutional but there they haven't had time to redraw them in time for this election so it really is an issue that is playing out across the country when a party in power tries to consolidate their power by passing laws that favor them in the elections but what about the state you're in pennsylvania how important is it