larry sabato founder of the center for politics at the university of virginia joins us with his crystal ball predictions for the fall on this in politics. welcome to politicking on larry king trump and biden are ramping up their campaign efforts are some voters still casting ballots are some still undecided for this i'm joined by larry sabato founder and director of the center for politics at the university of virginia last month he launched a new live web series called suburbs o's crystal ball america votes he is in charlottesville. larry bob woodward's book on trump is out and trump has admitted he knew how bad this was way back but he didn't want to scare anybody so my question is why did he talk against masks if he knew how bad it was you know and january 1st when we were looking at the election i think trump was a substantial favorite to the economy was great we weren't at war people had got used to the way he was. he knew the pandemic was going to cause him he almost. he did if this is going to be a major problem and he decided to pretend it wasn't going to be a major problem and

larry sabato founder of the sound of for politics at the university of virginia joins us with his crystal ball predictions for the fall on this issue the politics . welcome to politicking on larry king trump and biden are ramping up their campaign efforts are some voters still casting ballots are some still undecided for this i'm joined by larry sabato founder and director of the center for politics at the university of virginia last month he launched a new live web series called some of those crystal ball america votes he is in charlottesville. larry bob woodward's book on trump is out and trump has admitted he knew how bad this was way back but he didn't want to scare anybody so my question is why did he talk against masks if he knew how bad it was you know january 1st when we were looking at the election i think trump was a substantial favorite to. the economy was great we weren't at war people had got used to the way he was. he knew the pandemic was going to cause him he almost didn't he get in this is going to be a major.

. >> joining me is larry sabato at the university of politics where he's a professor. dr.be a new speculation of what the new standard would be. what do you think will unfold? >> oh, they'll find various rationales for ignoring that. we're talking politicians here, michael. and they're good on turning on a dime and coming up with a very compelling reason, at least to their supporters, as to why they're abandons prior pledges. nothing about that, nothing new under the sun. >> i mentioned collins. i can mention lisa murkowski, i can mention martha mcsally, and mitt romney, in addition to lindsey graham. who is on your radar screen? who will the spread select and then this is a battle that will play out in the united states senate, who does dr. larry sabato most want to know, what are they going to do? >> well, you named them, really. because i don't think any democrat wille defect. democrats don't have to get into the substance of the nominee because there's such an obvious procedural hypocrisy here if republicans go forward with this nomination as i expect they will. michae

very interesting to talk to you, larry sabato it. to thank it. very interesting to talk to you, larry sabato thank you very much joining us from charlottesville, virginia. appreciate your time. we will have live coverage of that presidential debate here on bbc world news and the first one starting in cleveland, ohio in a few hours' time to see evening us time, there would be to for the debates in october, we will have comprehensive special coverage from a 100 gmt on wednesday, 2am uk time if you want to stay up. also in the us an update on the killing of breonna taylor a black woman shot dead ina police operation at her home in kentucky. last week, a grand jury decided no officers should be charged over her death. normally, the tapes ofjury deliberations are kept secret, but onejuror sued for their release and now they will now be made public. kentucky's attorney general said he was confident the recordings would show his team had presented a "thorough case". to the uk now, where even tougher lockdown measures will be coming into forc

larry sabato great talking with what we've got with more politicking after this. seems wrong. to shape our. engagement because the trail. find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground the. the a lot of misinformation amongst these new trader these robin the traders they thought they were getting free sharer somehow and it's really fascinating to see really learning curve amongst teenagers and 20 somethings about how stock markets work and you know experience is a great teacher and that usually means losing a lot of money but that's also a very good teacher. can be used as a workable is the most least mutable you need to move the food. was only as a name for your list. comes to move. with the commute. the untruth the both of you. to use the book with this ghost is going to have those with use of the police using the media of course. in this presidential election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually meet in fact what does the american public really know about the china today on this edition of the program the a

larry sabato great talking with him we'll be back with more politicking after this. in this presidential election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china what does that actually need what does the american public really know about the china today on this edition of the program the attempt to separate this reality. that we've been talking about. you know a number of weeks a few months because it is a phenomenon and the point i've been making from day one is that it's. seen me that as a market valuation at one point over $400000000000.00 and it taps into people to trade means and these are generation z. and the millennial zong the robin apps and other forms and means no fundamental value there's nothing there it's just it's a murmur ation like starlings in the sky they congregate and then they disperse. good news there's a war. it's almost. as a name for. the book you say. we used to use the book with. those with the police using the media of course. joining me now is republican former congressman bob barr of georgia state with double balloting

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