and yesterday in north carolina this poll came out on thom tillis and thom tillis is getting beaten by- still the deep south. losing 48 to 39 to cunningham. and then donald trump also in that state, in a state that has gone republican every year except 2008 for, my gosh, how long? probably 45, 50 years. donald trump still losing. this time by five points to joe biden in north carolina. it seems to me -- four points, i'm sorry. seems to me republicans are sitting on their hands, not doing anything about voting, not doing anything about economic relief or working class and middle class americans. and states like arizona, colorado, maine, north carolina. can mitch mcconnell and the republicans really sit back and just let donald trump rig the election and let donald trump try to rig the election and let donald trump basically tell millions of americans, say of them, let them eat cake because that's where donald trump and the republican party is right now. >> yeah, joe, the real challenge is, if you look at some of the biggest sticking points to the republicans coming up with a plan to hel

and thom tillis, he made his entire staff on the early morning march but after we do rock march, i havell my participants with my challenge coin and they got done and they got a challenge coin and thom tillis told me later in the day he had been rambling about it before we started marching, he said later in the day it's all they could talk about, they had bragging rights and they were telling all the other offices that they had gone out with senator ernst at five in the morning to go down on the mall, it is a fun activity and it's not about politics really, it's about honoring and experiencing those memorials on the mall, remembering them for their sacrifice and the common watery and getting to know new friends on the hill. >> of virtually were out of time, joni ernst republican of iowa with a new book called daughter of the heartland, a member of the senate leadership team as well, thank you for joining us on the tv. >> thank you so much peter. >> this afternoon trip president trump will deliver remarks in yuma, arizona on immigration, border security, watch live coverage on five hundr

and i've only had two of the members of congress go with me, martha mcsally and thom tillis. and thom tillis, he did, he made his entire staff go on that early morning rough march but after we do rough marches i present all the participants with my challenge coin. they get done and they got a challenge coin, and thom tillis told me later in the day, they have been grumbling about it before we started marching he said later in the day it's all they could talk about. they have bragging rights in the retail at all of the other offices that they got out with senator ernst at five in the morning to go stand on the mall. so it is a a fun activity and s not about politics really. it is just about honoring our veterans, experiencing the sites of those war memorials on the mall, remembering them for their sacrifice and then just the camaraderie and getting to know new friends on the hill. >> unfortunately we're out of time. senator joni ernst, sitter so i will, her new book "daughter of the heartland." thanks for joining us on booktv. >> thank you so much, peter. >> booktv on c-span2

when we interviewed senator tillis, earlier in the show.ring company, run by one of his supporters. we decided to speak with that man. art is had his name, engineering consultants t was not about politics but focused on the ppp loans. they helped his company which has 13 employees to get you there the last five months, potentially through the end of this year. us through the last five months say, for your business, what's it been like? >> it is a tumultuous interesting time, we've been in business since 19681. in north carolina for 60 years. we have never seen anything like this. with covid and economic impact. it is something we take the high road on, be very aggressive defining who we are. certainly was greatly helped by the ppp loan. connell: so you took the ppp loan. the timing of that is something i think we've started to look at where you get to a certain point, you've been able to keep your employees on. here we are in late august. >> yep. connell: hasn't been renewed by the congress. you start to think how much longer can we keep go

senator tillis? to do thing you may want is pull up a little closer to the mike if you can, we are hearing you but i think we are straining to hear. in response to some of chair grandpa's questions -- chair graham's questions, you characterize comey, i think he said when senator graham use the word rogue that is a word you can use. withor cornyn's discussion you you said there was a violation of rules, norms, and the behavior of those involved in the investigation was not ideal. what about mr. orr? could we use similar words to describe his behavior over the course of this investigation? ms. yates: -- ms. yates: let me clarify one thing. comey'shat director decision to interview jennifer flynn without coordinating -- general flynn without coordinating could be characterized as rogue. i was not characterizing him as a robe. it's important to be -- as a robe. -- as a rogue. orr tillis: in terms of mr. and his behavior, in 2016 he was aware that -- was desperate to prevent president trump from being ele

senator tillis? to do thing you may want is pull up a little closer to the mike if you can, we are hearing you but i think we are straining to hear. in response to some of chair grandpa's questions -- chair graham's questions, you characterize comey, i think he said when senator graham use the word rogue that is a word you can use. withor cornyn's discussion you you said there was a violation of rules, norms, and the behavior of those involved in the investigation was not ideal. what about mr. orr? could we use similar words to describe his behavior over the course of this investigation? ms. yates: -- ms. yates: let me clarify one thing. comey'shat director decision to interview jennifer flynn without coordinating -- general flynn without coordinating could be characterized as rogue. i was not characterizing him as a robe. it's important to be -- as a robe. -- as a rogue. orr tillis: in terms of mr. and his behavior, in 2016 he was aware that -- was desperate to prevent president trump from being ele

i don't know if you have an aunt tilly.if you did, how will she react if you presented her with stamps instead of a beautiful hat? >> i think we all have an aunt tilly somewhere. i don't know how she would react but you have to love him. he's just iconic and his voice is just classic. you recognize it right away. kind of a fun idea to lift up the post office in a challenging time. >> yeah. but on a more serious note,,,,,, seen pitches if everybody just put a $11 worth of stamps itt help. >> i've made some stamp purchases lately that i didn't really need right away. but stamps enough to carry me through the christmas season. so i don't know if people will rush out to do that. but people who really care about saving the postal service will probably help. >> why not? the forever stamps don't expire. the coronavirus first detected in wuhan, china late last year. the city went into a strict total lockdown in january and reportedly hasn't had a single case since mid may. but it still may be surprising to see this. a huge party wi

martha make sally and tom tillis. he did make his entire staff go on the early morning march but after that i do my challenge coin man tom tillis told me later in the day they were grumbling about it before but later in the day it's all they could talk about it. they had bragging rights and telling all of the other offices they had gone out with senator is at 5:00 a.m. to go down on the mall. it is a fun activity it's not about politics really but to experience those memorials on the mall and then the camaraderie. >>host: we are out of time senator daughter of the heartland member of the senate leadership team as well thank you for joining us on the tv. >> thank you

my opponent, tom tillis, is deeply distrusted by this electorate. we're working hard to find support and finding it. >> dr. gross, what are the issues out there that alaskans are worried about that you hope to capitalize on? >> well, we need jobs, ali. alaska has been in recession for four or five years leading up to covid-19. it's been devastated with the complete loss of tourism to the state this year and i'm sure it will last into next year as well. the status quo is not working here in this state. dan sullivan is just a yes man to the president. we need something new and different. new ideas to bring this state up into a successful future for sure. >> cal, what about you? what are the things you are hearing that you can really do differently than tom tillis is doing? >> well, we're focusing on fighting corruption and reforming our democracy to be stronger and more healthy. in addition to creating a stronger economy in the midst of a pandemic. we need to focus on health care. north carolina has so many people who don't have quality affordable car

and what are you up against now as you're beat tillis? grateful to be on this morning. thank you. it's an historic moment for america this morning. and we're excited here in north carolina as well. look, we can see polls today but we don't decide races by big margins like that in north carolina. we know we have a fight on our hands and a really pivotal seat. we're fighting for every vote and we'll continue to do that. and a change in washington come january next year. >> jason johnson, jump in. >> so, mr. cunningham, i would love to ask you acc questions, but i'll go more political. you were in a race in a state that not only donald trump carried but where he has strong support in different pockets. how are you differentiating your campaign from a national message? what are you telling voters in north carolina that's like, look, trump is one issue, but this is what i'm going to bring to north carolina that tom tillis hasn't? how do you stake out that particular space? >> first of all, jason, you're making our alma mater proud at chapel hi

i've only had two other members of congress go with me, martha makes sally and thom tillis. he did he made his entire staff go on that early morning march. after we do that i present all the participants with my challenge coin. and they got done and they got a challenge coin. thom tillis told me later in the day they'd started grumbling about it before they started marching. but later in the day that was all they could talk about. they had bragging rights and they were telling all of the other offices they'd gone out with senator ernst at 5:00 a.m. in the morning to the mall. so it is a fun activity. it's not about politics really, it's just about honoring our veterans. experiencing the fights of those war memorials on the mall. remembering them for their sacrifice. and then just the common watery and getting to know them on the hill. >> host: and i'm fortunate we are out of time, senator joni ernst, republican from iowa her new book daughter of the heart and paid she's a member of the senate leadership team as well. thank you for joining us for a little while and book tv. j

thank you, cynthia. >> i have one more slide, tilly. so expenditures, this is the last slide. expenditures, we are looking at an increase of 15.5%. as you can see, the capital project costs thus far are the ones that represent 85.6% of expenditures. in addition to the expenditures i just indicated on the last slide, we anticipate lower than usual prop k expenditures being carried forward. our operating cost, this represents about 5% of the t.a.'s budget. we are anticipating an increase in personnel costs of approximately 10%. these are related to positions that we had removed from last year's budget and now anticipate hiring these positions. they are the real program manager, a senior transportation planner, and a transportation planner. in terms of operating costs, we have barely a change here. we have less operating costs than last year, and then, we have debt service costs. this represents 10% of the t.a.s budget. now, this is for fees, principles, and interest for the sales tax revenue bond and in addition to maintaining our $140 million revolving credit loan agreement. th

very entrepreneur boy axels on its planes the principle tillis $76065.00 he says his workers have no interest in the minimum wage because the kilogram price gives them the opportunity to and more and. that's why they're willing to work longer than 8 hours a day good answer question in return to your theme of all sometimes the times are in the forest for 10 hours but maybe they've been shopping or doing something else in between there but in addition they want to make more money your can you and i can't stop them from working in our extra because they want to earn a few crowns more they get it's very difficult for us to control that really add up . to get over the minimum wage of just under 2000 euros chang has to pick at least 36 kilograms every day.

tilly research germany's mustang construed natalie will birthrates really fall because a lot of people have had a lot of time on their hands. yeah i know i read the media reports as well and while i'm sure there will be some looked on babies born that as a major trend affect future fertility rates it's extremely unlikely and i would say yes birth rates are going to fall at least in the next few years or in the next year i let me tell you a bit more about yeah. i was just going to say we're talking globally i guess are there differences between poor and rich nations most likely we will see different i was just about to talk about the higher income countries for example europe north america. those countries we are seeing the lockdowns we are seeing recessions. and we also know from previous research that makes and recessions calls for to lady to fall that least for a while so some studies have been conducted that people across the european countries on their fertility planning and the great majority were planning for a 20 and 19 set that during the lockdown they have changed their mind a

thank you, cynthia. >> i have one more slide, tilly. so expenditures, this is the last slide. expenditures, we are looking at an increase of 15.5%. as you can see, the capital project costs thus far are the ones that represent 85.6% of expenditures. in addition to the expenditures i just indicated on the last slide, we anticipate lower than usual prop k expenditures being carried forward. our operating cost, this represents about 5% of the t.a.'s budget. we are anticipating an increase in personnel costs of approximately 10%. these are related to positions that we had removed from last year's budget and now anticipate hiring these positions. they are the real program manager, a senior transportation planner, and a transportation planner. in terms of operating costs, we have barely a change here. we have less operating costs than last year, and then, we have debt service costs. this represents 10% of the t.a.s budget. now, this is for fees, principles, and interest for the sales tax revenue bond and in addition to maintaining our $140 million revolving credit loan agreement. th

the attendees including republican senator thom tillis of north carolina who polls show losing his race currently for re-election. there he is sitting there packed in without wearing a mask. he had to apologize for not wearing a mask at the white house, saying he felt short of his own standard. that's because the voters in the state he's trying to win understand the virus isn't gone, even though price to that admission last night -- then today, what do we get? oh, look, the first positive tests out of the rnc event in north carolina. remember, the president insisted on having an in-person convention? it remains the case that the lame jedi mind trick approach of, there is no virus, isn't actually good politics. the price of entry into the president's freedom of the grave rally was possibly exposing yourself to coronavirus, but that position isn't even popular even in senator tillis at the home state of north carolina. the dynamics of the race and reality are still there. that's the gravity around all this. as former obama speechwriter david litman points out, more people died from this p

>>tilly, i peas donated money to the 2018 campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign in the words of sheriff's captain james jensen. and the i p. and he'll meet you at starbucks. personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the so-called pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support for election finance i believe see is comparably and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. >>but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >>they should not be for sale. >>the da says that this case. the da says this case is so far from over and that a clearer picture will emerge was the transcripts from the a grand jury hearing. mad

very entrepreneur bowl ads also on its clients the principle tillis said $6065.00 he says his workers have no interest in the minimum wage because the kilogram price gives them the opportunity to and more and. that's why they're willing to work longer than 8 hours a day good answer question in return to your theme of all sometimes the times are in the forest for 10 hours but maybe they've been shopping or doing something else in between there but in addition they want to make more money in your country and i can't stop them from working an hour extra because they want to earn a few crowns more they get it's very difficult for us to control that really it up . to get over the minimum wage of just under 2000 euros chang has to pick at least 36 kilograms every day today there are only $33.00. it's not a good day. the next morning starts early chang has been on his feet since 4 am then he drives up to 200 kilometers with his group. fuel food and accommodation costs him 25 euros a day in addition to the loan he took out in thailand. when they reached the forests they separate quickly in th

the president's trying to get wins in north carolina where you've got it could suffer a surfer thom tillis but i think that helps him win like of 7 of the 9 percent number and then it's likely the president wins in arizona or more of the mix i was going to tough with tough race but again remember that 90 percent number and it's likely the president wins in iowa where you've got in montana he's certainly going to win where there's also tough races so i think over. all the senate they may lose come out a seat or so behind on those races i just went through but you've got to factor in alabama we're talking tougher bills republican nominee running is incumbent democrat doug jones who's doug jones is not going to get reelected that's just the bottom line i don't care how much democrats want to spend that they're going to spend they have a chance or they don't and so tom tucker bill is going to next seat there and that gives republicans one season is an extra seat to play with in terms of the scenario . no as it's going to be close it will definitely club. president spent a lot of time up the ro

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the incumbent is tom tillis, the republican. his challenger is cow cunningham. what do you think? >> that's one of the most important races for the senate majority. democrats need to pick up three seats for control with the democrat president. they need four seats to carve out a majority. it's difficult to imagine a scenario where north carolina is not part of those three or four seats. right now, carolina -- north carolina has become a tough state for the president and the governor's race. however, republicans are not running away by any means. it's an incredibly close contest and polls suggest it's within a few points. the republican incumbent is in a tough buckled's -- position because he's trying to appeal to trump while appealing to suburban voters. meanwhile, cal cunningham is relatively unknown and a safe alternative rather than the 2018 landscape. some democrats are projecting themselves as middle of the road kind of practical figures. they are not trying to set the world on fire. they're trying to show that they would be a practical alternative. >> president trump weighin

north carolina senate tom tillis is in the thick of that and joins me now. a morning poll choice under-performing president trump in north carolina. he is at 46% and you are at 39%. what is the reason for that? >> [silence]. >> john, i am having difficulty hear youing. -- hearing you. in north carolina people know joe biden will raise taxes. he will snap back regulations and end the tax cuts. if people understand cunningham is running on that same platform they won't vote for him. if 2014 we did a great job. we will do a great job on november 3rd. >> john: i covered your race in 2014. the book on you in this election is that you are not loyal enough to president trump to win over all of his supporters but you are too loyal to president trump to win over a lot of moderates. you are caught between a rock and a hard place. >> no, i don't think so. if you take a look at the work we did at the state house to turn around this economy and to make it one of the top performing states in the nation. one of the best prepared to deal with the covid pandemic. there were

four years ago in late august that number was at 9,075 and thom tillis says he is also ready to vote been assured by the post office and postmaster general that the processes in north caroline are going to return ballots on a timely bas basis. >> democrats are gearing up to my north carolina voters that it's not just about how to vote but also what to look at beyond just a presidential and vice presidential tickets between donald trump and joe biden. >> the election starts in about two weeks so we have invested with our coordinating campaign in a message that stresses how each about ten statewide races are important to every loader. >> north carolina lawmakers are making it easier for people to vote by mail narrowing the number of witnesses from two down to one end of that early in person voting that will be happening mid-october. >> dana: is fascinating, that chart there about the number of absentee ballots that have been requested. first lady melania trump will take the spotlight in just a few hours as she headlines at night number two of the republican convention. so what can we e

you have thom tillis, marco rubio doing the same thing. will ben sasse speak out, mitt romney speak out? they need to because nine out of ten americans have a favorable viewing of the post office. trump doesn't like it because he wants to privatize it and turn it over to people who he's given billion dollar tax breaks to and use it to punish amazon and do everything he can to stir doubt in the results of an election he thinks he's going to lose. why does the republicans stand behind him as he attacks the most popular institution in the united states government? >> it is absolutely outrageous. it is not only the politics of it, joe, it is also a very serious voter and civil rights issue which the democrats ought to fight it politically and in a time we're undermining john lewis' loss he's undermining voter rights because he's trying to neutralize people's rights to vote by using mail-in in the middle of a pandemic. no clearer violation than that. but his politics is to sow seeds hoping people get disgusted saying my vote won't count, they w

endangered senators who are hearing from their constituents, i'm sure from lindsey graham and thom tillisnd susan collins and people like that. you know, they're in enough trouble already, and the last thing they need is to have their constituents angry with them because their checks aren't arriving on time and their medicines aren't arriving on time. so, yeah, it was an overreach. there may be some damage that was done that needs to be undone, and that will have to be pursued in the coming weeks. but the postal service does deliver a billion christmas cards. i mean they do get the mail there, and they have enormous capacity, and postal carriers are so dedicated, so dedicated to their mission that, you know, i think -- i think, i hope and pray we'll be okay. >> i do miss that sears roebuck christmas catalog, but otherwise i still love getting the u.s. mail. our thanks to james carville, to eugene robinson, our two friends for staying up late and joining us tonight. greatly appreciate, it, gentlemen. >>> coming up, a retired four-star general reacts to one of the evening's more significant

tom tillis is a senate republican running for reelection. a bit more reliant on how donald trump does. he is a federal candidate, much more tied into how your party does. what he hopes donald trump will help him do is turn joe biden and cal cunningham, his opponent, into tools of the radical left making them unpalatable to the unaffiliated voters we talked about earlier and scaring them away from supporting a democrat. that will be key for them to pull this off. >> we only have a limited amount of time left. let's do a lightning round. if there is one thing the trump campaign must do to win north carolina, what would it be? because atg to cheat think there's what he can do versus what he will do. strategists said what he could do is act more presidential. tone down the tweets. tone down the behavior problems that the unaffiliated voters have talked about that is an issue for them. what comes up is not a concern about policy but more his behavior and how he has handled the coronavirus crisis. what is more likely and what they expect he will d

very entrepreneur boycotts also on its clients the principle tillis the $76065.00 he says his workers have no interest in the minimum wage because the kilogram price gives them the opportunity to and more and. that's why they're willing to work longer than 8 hours a day good also cautious in return to your theme of all sometimes the times are in the forest for 10 hours but maybe they've been shopping or doing something else in between there but in addition they want to make more money your commute and i can't stop them from working an hour extra because they want to earn a few crowns more they get it's very difficult for us to control that really add up . to get over the minimum wage of just under 2000 euro's chang has to pick at least 36 kilograms every day today there are only $53.00. it's not a good day. the next morning starts early chang has been on his feet since 4 am then he drives up to 200 kilometers with his group. fuel food and accommodation costs him 25 euros a day in addition to the loan he took out in thailand. when they reached the forests they separate quickly in the n

let's bring in the 114 billion-dollar man, wilmington trust chief economist luke tilly.ly appears there is like a disconnect between the markets which are flourishing, healthy, and blooming and the economy certainly getting better but we still have tens of millions of people unemployed. how do you view it as an economist with all that money behind you? >> yeah, liz. so obviously can seem like a bit of a disconnect but there is a couple of important points there. the markets are always looking forward if they think the economy is going to improve or on an improving trend then they will be pricing that in ahead of time and we think this improvement in the market is justified so long as the economy does go along that path, that optimistic path. there are really five pillars in our view holding up that disconnect and those are incredibly important. some of them are on really strong ground, really strong pillars if you may and then some of them are a little weaker maybe showing signs of cracks, liz. so the first one -- liz: we can look at those pillars. there are the pillars.

the president is polling better, senator tillis is running for re-election. not here.not polling as well as local republicans. do you read anything into that or can tell us why that might be the case? >> once the president gets message out about security and safety, i think that will appeal to suburban women. no question they have a concern. if you look at the news, you see what is going on in the major cities, suburbs around atlanta, it even happened in at lant that that will be the deciding factor there. i think that means a lot to them. they will take that into consideration. i think the president will be fine. i think he will perform quite well. connell: all right. live now to matt lieberman, running as one of the democratic candidates in the special election we talked about. matt, thank you for coming on with us. you're living in georgia. you're a lawyer. you worked as a school principal, run as a democrat in this state over the years is never been easy. stacey abrams ran and almost won. republicans usually win in the end. why is it different in 2020? >> i'm runni

that jesus is with the populist conservative philosophy asked thom tillis tonight. the answer is not doing so well. >> nikki haley is a very smart politician and she does understand it if the republican party is to have success in the future, it needs to be both populist and conservative. it is interesting how many republicans are enthusiastic behind donald trump when four years ago, it was not that situation within the republican party and there was a lot of worry whether he would actually govern as a conservative once elected. a lot of people again in the establishment are trying to paint this picture that there is unrest in the republican party. there is not really unrest. a lot of people who positioning themselves as extremely anti-trump are just no longer relevant. they are now in the democratic party, they are working their hardest to support the democratic party and in the democratic party the division is between people who do understand the need to embrace that populist conservatism and the people who are still resisting that. likely the success will be had

very bad for president trump, and that's also very bad for some endangered gop senators like thom tillis in north carolina and even lindsey graham in south carolina, if you get a big sort of obama-era african-american vote. that seems to be what trump is on the verge of provoking. >> he seems to be trying to spark a very different kind of vote. i'm not sure that that's still gettable for him, for people -- people angry about what they see as the threats in the streets, those protests certainly have backfired, the ones that became violent, but i'm not sure that the president is in tune with america, in any of this kind of messaging. i want to get ayman mohyeldin, this is not only the first diplomatic relations, they've been in formal contacts, absolute you know better than anyone, but the uae, the first petition treaty with israel since the one signed in aqaba with jordan back in 1998. this is very different because it also puts a halt to the threat by israel to immediately annex palestinian areas of the west bank. >> yes, it's quite fascinating, andrea, to listen to the conversation abou

for re-election, who are in competitive races, doctoring to speak at the convention, including tom tillis, who represents the state of north carolina where the convention is nominally centered. that tells you a little bit about where these candidates think the president is at this moment. and that's behind. >> van jones, david axelrod, rick santorum, gloria borger, thank you. >>> still to come, what gloria touched on, what president trump called historic, a possible treatment for covid-19. we'll take a look at what it is. >>> later, president trump's sister, a former federal judge, recorded airing deeply critical opinions of her brother, her own words. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake. try boost glucose control. that selling carsarvana, 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of cust

tom tillis, though, he's polling way underwater in a lot of people's polling. i've been surprised how consistent it is given it's not a race i expected to be this competitive. >> so we have democrat cal cunningham, up by eight against the incumbent republican. and we have former vice president joe biden up by four against president trump. and, chris, you're, like, completely right about this. this was, again, you know, not usually something that would be on people's radar in a normal general election year, but things are going incredibly poorly for the republican party, and one thing to note is that it's actually not a better story down-ballot for republicans. we found that incumbent republican senators are, with the exception of senator susan collins, actually polling behind the president. so this is -- this is not good news for the republican party. >> that's a really interesting point that has come out, that they're actually polling behind the president. that trump's actually outperforming both until squis ernst in those states in north carolina and in iowa

a number of these embattled senators, susan collins in maine, martha mcsally, tom tillis, they're not at this convention. the one who is, is joanie ernst from iowa. she's facing a tough re-election fight and will be speaking but she's really one of the only vulnerable republicans on the list. most of the other republicans speaking are in very secure districts and have identified themselves firmly as in the trump fold. >> all right. well, there's going to be a lot to watch this week. thank you both so much. you guys are going to be busy. >>> coming up next -- we've got to talk about what is happening across this country. ravaging wildfires and torrential storms. the gulf coast preparing for not one, but two hurricanes making landfall in almost the exact same spot. [ sigh ] people ask ... what sort of a person should become a celebrity accountant? and, i tell them, "nobody should." hey, buddy. what's the damage? [ on the phone ] i bought it! the waterfall? nope! my new volkswagen. a volkswagen?! i think we're having a breakthrough here. welcome to caesar's palace. thank you. ♪ aso the n

those vulnerable republican incumbents that we talk about, the susan collins, cory gardener, thom tillis of the world these are folks who need to be able to go home in november and show constituents they and to a greater extent as well the republican controlled senate can govern, can get stuff done. the house faces similar pressures too, by the way, their members passed a bill it is not moving anywhere at the moment in terms of the latest coronavirus relief still. both of the chambers, members need to be able to go home and argue they are actively addressing this crisis. so right now you've got a situation where the president's executive orders are in place, or are coming online. and it may take a couple of weeks to see if those orders work or if as democrats believe they will fail to put increasing pressure on those vulnerable republicans perhaps to be the lever that sort of moves this thing back into action. it is one of the dynamics we're following here, but the truth is this is going to be very tough to get this thing moving again. >> so, shannon, meanwhile, the president, he's tryin

like thom tillis of north carolina or susan collins in maine, martha mcsally in arizona. the whole battle for control of the senate. you've got several vulnerable republicans who want to see this done. and i think you're right to note, john, donald trump, remember, guys, he campaigned on being the deal-maker, that he can find ways to a deal that nobody else can find. now, i know he has representatives in secretary mnuchin and chief of staff meadows in these negotiations. i understand the administration is not absent. but where is the deal-maker donald trump? >> here are the big holdups, apparently, this morning. federal unemployment benefits, state and local funding. we hear a lot about the need for that from governors. liability protections. postal service funds. that's obviously very important to the upcoming election. areas of agreement -- the paycheck protection program and direct payments. and so, i mean, david, democrats want $600, those supplement al unemployment to continue. republicans think that's a disincentive for returning to work, want $200. are these huge s

when you look at the north carolina undecided man, he's going to be voting for thom tillis.ppening in iowa. or susan collins in maine. people are going to look and say, i want to have a balance. that's actually what happened in '16. when everyone thought hillary was going to win. it helped those of us who were getting in to be a check and a balance on what they thought would be hillary. so i do think the best thing to happen to democrats if they do win is to have that balance. people do like the policies. when you poll the republican policies and take off the trump name, they poll much better. than when they're attached to his name. >> what would we be saying and doing if the sibling of another president, a tape like that came out on the eve of their convention? >> yeah, you know, that tape was something. i think it was pretty stunning but it's also not anything that we didn't already know about donald trump. that accusations had already been made. so this is nothing new. mary trump detailed these in her book. i think it's akin to something like the access hollywood tape tha

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tester, the efforts i mentioned of senator boozman, i would recognize senator sullivan and senator tillis, senator cassidy and senator rounds, senator kramer, the presiding officer this evening, senator loeffler and senator mcsally and senator kaine for their substantive contributions to primary sections of this bill. these contributions by our colleagues range from studies on overmedication, the effect of hyperbaric testing on ptsd, and many provisions that will provide more direct oversight of the v.a. to ensure the department is equipped to better serve veterans. as a result of this bipartisan legislation, it has 51 cosponsors and it received a unanimous 17-0 vote in the senate committee on veterans' affairs earlier this year. and today is the time we pass this measure out of the senate. i'm calling on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do our part to make certain that every veteran has access to lifesaving care and support, the support they need. we need to ensure that every v.a. medical center is equipped with the proper personnel, evidence-based treatment options and the be

i'm tilly chang, the director of the san francisco agency for the dtx and i'm presenting today on behalf of the six agencies that comprise the executive committee. this is for the sf rail program and known as the downtown rail extension program. and next slide, please. we have slides, great, thank you. so the next slide here, our executive steering committee does meet monthly and i'm happy to provide an overview of sort of our structure and as a background, our purpose, as well as provide an overview of what has transpired in the first meeting, inaugural meeting in july. and again, we'll have steven polochroni and we just started our work and eager to get going and appreciate your leadership in establishing the esc and all of the partners for approving the mou, the memorandum of understanding, for establishing or work program and our objectives. that was back in april and may of this year. and steven will be presenting on the integrated program and management team and, of course, you have the other item on the agenda for the interim project agenda which i'll go over. great. the executive