>>all right, hello everybody thank you for joining us, i'm catherine heenan this is a special edition of inside bay area politics. tonight, vice president mike pence and democratic nominee senator kamala harris facing off in their first their only debate this salt lake city, a debate shaped largely by the pandemic although they touched on a lot of topics debate featuring a woman of color on the vp debate stage for the first time, a debate featuring plexiglass for heaven's sake. this is we are less than a month away from the election. we're joined by our political michael yaki host of the crime podcast the politically smart ask this is where we're watching and salt lake city as everyone walks off the stage or looking at live pictures as the debate wrapping up just minutes ago tom del beccaro is joining us host of the podcast politics in perspective and professor david mckeown chair of the political science department at sonoma state university. okay everybody fewer interruptions nobody was telling anyone to shut up. but we were not always getting questions directly answer to either. an

>>all right welcome back to our special edition of inside bay area politics, i'm catherine heenan along with our analyst michael yaki david mckeown jonathan madison. >>yes, we knew the president was going to target biden's family his son hunter in particular in a quite a bit of time on that maybe the bigger question how well did biden handle it. and is this story actually going to hurt biting with undecided voters and michael will go back to you. >>i think that people don't care quite frankly very much, what hunter biden and i really don't think that that that that to as much support i think the president's attempts continued attempts to try and steer into this. i think we're it's almost self-defeating and i think that biden had a good comeback when he said basically said shows your tax return and sport or stop talking about corruption. but i think that what we're what we're looking at here is it's all about the pandemic and i think what david said is right the first the first 22 minutes we're about the pandemic or about about the virus by traded, jack she steered the questions back to

host of bay area politics catherine heenan spoke with political science lecturer from san jose state university about the upcoming debate. for this last debate first of all i think if i were working for donald trump but helen he's got to go. >>you can't miss another opportunity to miss this opportunity i think it was a mistake for him not to attend last week's debate and so it got canceled. i think he's got to go and i just don't think there's much you can do at this late date but if there were something he could he could be showing new policies of covid remains top of mind for all voters really he's trying to take some bubbles around the edge of this covid lc but no he's not changing anything fundamental about his approach which most people do has failed. so if you were to do something troy hill. mary pass that's what it should be all mister biden needs to do really is make his closing argument not make a big mistake. appear presidential. appear credible and i think those are his those are his assignments for this week's debate. well donna points to the fact that regardless of what

swalwell of course ran for president has shared a debate stage with joe biden and he talked our catherine heenan today catherine of course host of inside bay area politics and catherine of biden thought he had his hands full with kamala harris when she attacked him for busing and segregation that we have seen anything, that was not a thing. yeah, eric swalwell talks about that. >>well he knows about the fact that those tougher rules are being proposed for future debates. one option that we're hearing a lot about cutting off the candidates microphone if needs be swalwell fall for that idea just one of the things we talked about today. >>well i think the american people expect that each ca didate will be able to answer the question without in a russian and into joe biden's first response the immediately started interrupting and as chris wallace at the end of the mister president you were the one interrupting as my 3 year-old interrupting right you're the one throughout the and so i do the american people would rather hear these candidates uninterrupted so the vice presidential debate coming up nex

>>catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics to the editor at large for siena catherine yeah, his name ensure sanaa's use as big picture. >>this lawsuit is really looking at what google and for that matter the modern internet has become and in that sense. he is not at all surprised the lawsuit is you know when we think about 20 years ago when the government went up against microsoft. >>it was about how the tech industry was growing microsoft had this goal of getting a computer on everyone's desk at the work the mobile world had not happened search was barely a thing it was just a very different world most people were working on their computers they were not thinking about the internet and now that we live in this world where tech is at the center of our lives we've started to kind of come to grips with the fact that companies like google and facebook and amazon and apple are all very very large and have a ton of power and we're starting to ask ourselves. the question is do they have too much power and have they actually started abusing that and that's what the that's what that

our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics got more info from the editor at large of siena. >>you know the reality is that we live in a world where almost everything is politicized. the tech industry in particular has become a target of this administration and that's not to say they don't deserve some sort of scrutiny even mark zuckerberg the ceo of facebook has said that the that the tech industry needs more scrutiny. but the question is is this the right type of scrutiny is it brad about it the right way and i don't know the answer to that, but i do know there's definitely a political subtext for just weeks or out away from an election despite the fact that the trump administration is leading the charge here. >>is a lot of people on capitol hill believe something needs to be done. >>and i think the challenge they have is that they don't really know what i've interviewed senators and congressmen i have talked to lobby us and gone all over this city and the reality is that not too many people have any ideas about what to do so this is kind of the starting mark right, let's

and then after the debate will also have reaction and in-depth analysis with catherine heenan who takes us inside bay area politics. we go now to our wildfire coverage, the glass fire is still burning in the north bay and just scorched more than 67,000 acres. it is 58% contained more than 600 homes have been destroyed and more than 20,000 structures still remain threatened. and the glass fire is leaving dozens of homes wineries and historic sites damaged or complete loss in napa county a historic retreat site suffered some tremendous damage and kron four's maureen kelly shows us now what's left behind. >>it's a piece of california history that is now mostly in ruins, this is one of 17 buildings at the white sulphur springs resort that's been burned down to its foundation. >>all that's left is charred wood twisted metal. some such left standing. now i'm told often institute who've been running retreats here for the past 25 years that this is california's. >>oldest resort clark, gable has stayed here mark twain has stayed here it was established in 1852. >>now there were a few buildings t

newsome has signed a bill creating a task force to make recommendations on reparations for slavery catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here with more on that catherine yeah we've been saying this really is making history. grant and vicki california now the first state in the country to adopt a law paving the way for reparation payments in the midst of racial unrest. the spill did get a lot of bipartisan support. the governor signed before virtual audience this creates a nine-member task force that will study ways the state might provide reparations for slavery. it was introduced by assemblywoman shirley weber she says it's not clear yet exactly what kind of compensation might be provided. >>given extensive midst of this issue of 400 years the question some would say any really compensate with money some may believe you can somebody say the other things in terms of opportunities in resources that should go into those communities ever see affected in long-term impacts a little bit of our goal is to try to have a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the impact of slavery in califo

campaign has already come out against these new mike rules in fact host a bay area politics catherine heenan spoke with a political science lecturer from san jose state university about what we can expect come thursday. >>a covid remains top of mind for all voters really he's trying to take some bubbles around the edge of this covid we'll see but no he's not changing anything fundamental about his approach which most people do has failed. so if you were to do something troy hill. mary pass that's what it should be. all mister biden needs to do really is make his closing argument not make a big mistake. appear presidential. appear credible and i think those are his those are his assignments for this week's debate. >>and we will be airing thursday's final presidential debate right here on kron 4 don't forget it starts at 06:00pm and then afterwards, we'll have analysis from our political experts that will kick off at 7.30 hosted by inside area politics catherine heenan. >>and take a quick break here at 7 or 8, 9, 4, days. when we come back, we are about a month away from lake tahoe ski resorts

catherine heenan spoke with a political science lecturer from san jose state university about what we can expect from the biden trump debate. >>a covid remains top of mind for all voters really he's trying to take some bubbles around the edge of this covid policy but no he's not changing anything fundamental about his approach which most people do has failed. so if you were to do something troy hill. mary pass that's what it should be all mister biden needs to do really is make his closing argument not make a big mistake. appear presidential. appear credible and i think those are his those are his assignments for this week's debate. >>and don't forget. we will be airing thursday's final presidential debate right here on kron 4. it is set to start at 06:00pm and we'll follow that up with analysis from our political experts at 7.30 it's going to be hosted by inside barrier politics. >>catherine heenan make sure you stay tuned, it should >>why reopen to out of state vnsitors saying that they didn't have to quarantine as long as they got a negative covid test well already travelers are tr

our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics got more info in perspective from the editor at large that scene. >>you know the reality is that we live in a world where almost everything is politicized. the tech industry in particular has become a target of this administration and that's not to say they don't deserve some sort of scrutiny even mark zuckerberg the ceo of facebook has said that the that the tech industry needs more scrutiny. but the question is is this the right type of scrutiny is it brag about it the right way and i don't know the answer to that, but i do know there is definitely a political subtext for just weeks or out away from an election despite the fact that the trump administration is leading the charge here. >>is a lot of people on capitol hill believe something needs to be done. >>and i think the challenge they have is that they don't really know what i've interviewed senators and congressmen i have talked to lobby us and gone all over this city and the reality is that not too many people have any ideas about what to do so this is kind of the starting

host of inside bay area politics catherine heenan talked with a local republican party official. what he hopes president trump does tomorrow during the debate. >>i think there are 2 things you should make clear to the american public. number one it's going to be on the defense but he's going to have to make the case that is ministrations doing everything possible to slow the spread. this pandemic and joe biden is going to be coming out the gate swinging talking about. >>the president hasn't done this the president hasn't done this and and the president has to be able to confidently say. >>that we have done everything possible to any other administration could have not number 2 he's got to talk about the economy's got to talk about unemployment is the increasing and how the number of jobs in this country are growing in spite of a pandemic there are i think he's talked about that to last and too infrequently. and it's going to help the american public to be reminded. but we face a pandemic if you're in california, we face fight wildfires the homeless population is skyrocketing arou

newsome has signed a bill creating a task force to make recommendations on reparations for slavery catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here with more on that kathleen. yeah, and this really is making history. grant and vicki it is the. this bill the first of its kind in the country the governor signed it before a virtual audience including some of the sponsors it creates a 9 member task force to study ways the state. >>might provide reparations for slavery. it was introduced by assemblywoman shirley weber she says it is not clear yet what kind of compensation might be provided. >>given extensive midst of this issue of 400 years the question some would say any really compensate with money. some may believe you can somebody say the other things in terms of opportunities in resources that should go into those communities ever see affected in long-term impacts a little bit of our goal is to try to have a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the impact of slavery in california. it may also talk about what did across the nation for states to look at but what would happen in californi

>>yeah shared his reaction to the debate with our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics, yeah, vicki and grant when running for president the democratic congressman shared a debate stage with joe biden of course he does know something about the pressures of being in that setting but like most people he did not expect last night's debate to turn so contentious. so quickly. i asked him for his thoughts on what americans were seen. >>they saw and joe biden an honest person, a decent person. and a visionary leader who can get us out of i think in the president they saw the opposite they not an adult and a child not an honest person, but somebody who is corrupt and not a decent person, but somebody who is cruel and so i think the poll after biden and that's what i expect to come out of this. >>now you wrote about last night was a resounding win for joe biden that he managed to cut through the noise but did he because a lot of us are saying they had a hard time getting much of anything either person trying to say. >>well actually one of family friends who watched the debate wit

president's last chance to reach a huge prime time audience as he trails joe biden in the polls catherine heenan our host of inside bay area politics gotta. >>local republican official to share his side's catherine ken and pam republicans of course they want to see the president offered. >>a more positive vision for the country draw policy contrast with joe biden and while he's at it some of them are hoping things will be a lot more calm and disciplined than the first debate. but i talked to the bay area, vice chair of the state republican party who says no don't count on that. >>i think you're going to see more of the same i mean you know if there's anything we can take a lesson from that first debate is that you know the gloves are off. neither biden nor trump is backing down. you know it's they've set a new rule reactions to the first to where you have to be silent or your mike is actually turned off. while the other candidate is speaking. so i think that you are going to be seeing a lot more of that there's the last to be it's it's going to be a fine is going to be brutal has been brutal. fo

and you can watch it right here on kron 4 will also have reaction and in-depth analysis with catherine heenan the host of inside their air bay area politics don't forget to stick around later on today. we're also going to have a couple political analyst on the show as well to break down, what we'll expect to see tonight. >>5 '06 and today, thousands of nurses will be on strike in alameda county they are demanding better covid equipment to the strike is happening at 3 east bay hospitals with kron four's reyna harvey on the story for us live in san leandro reyna. >>good morning there also striking because of mismanagement and they say that they're understaffed and a lot of these hospitals when dealing with the coronavirus crisis it puts a lot of them at a risk for contracting coronavirus like you mentioned sealy and roll the other hospitals going to be a highland as well as several clinics across the bay area so you're going to see nearly 3,000 health care workers out there on the front lines are going to be there for the entire week, it's supposed to be a five-day strike that's supposed to hap

>>all right catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics she talked to one of our political analysts to get some reaction kathryn well, we know basically as snows and vicki the outcome of these hearings democrats do not have the votes that means barrett will be confirmed barring some huge surprise political analyst michael yaki explained why he says the judge here is basically a stand-in for the president and why he thinks trump is blowing a chance to get some mileage out of the hearings. >>she's she's essentially a figurative stand-in for the president. and so for a republican senators, it's about what this would mean to the to the to their agenda going forward for the democrats, it's all about trump. so in many ways she's a stand-in for the for the general election. coming as it as it is just a few weeks before. the results are the results are are going to be counted. this is sort of. hi no drama. overshadowed by the fact that the president. it's on the campaign trail. without masks and without social distancing. that sort of stepping all over really what could be a good message fo

catherine heenan hosting in leading the discussion at 7.30. >>well happening today with thousands of nurses on strike in alameda county as they're demanding better ppe protective equipment against covid-19 it's happening at 3 east bay hospitals how will it affect the patients kron four's reyna harvey is live in san leandro arena. >>well as you can we're going to see some slowing down of some services here as the nurses and other health care workers prepare to strike this morning and they tell me all boils down to them not be able to adequately provide the type of service inc here they feel like patients deserve i was able to talk to some of the health care workers here in san leandro at the hospital you can see they're already starting to arrive on your screen here with their signs. they're also going to be at highland and a number of other facilities throughout the bay area now a few concerns they can fade to me this morning where they brought up that they are seen more staff layoffs in addition to that they have short staffing. that's also r

was a last chance for both president trump and joe biden to address a huge prime time audience catherine heenan the host of inside bay area politics got reaction from one of our political analysts and she has more catherine well there are people practically celebrating the fact that we did have a debate last night that was. >>not painful to watch joe biden he had a shorter to do less basically staying poise not doing anything foolish. president trump had been advised to soften his tone to sound a lot less aggressive and that happened. we asked professor david mckeown a few thinks the president's performance will help him. the president come gets a little bit get should have kudos for maintaining his cool and not having a debacle like we had in that first debate joe biden played really safe. >>at some level because the expectations for him we're just to do so it doesn't this debate doesn't change the trajectory of the campaign and what's happening however, when it does do is reassure the president and his supporters that he can maintain face you can move forward look here at 1112 days out can yo

it has a comfortable lead a catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics joins us now with a little reaction to that berkeley paul yeah that is comfortable isn't near what we know california is an biden safe column that's a pretty safe thing to say. >>but it really is a huge margin we have to go back to 1920 in fact to get a bigger victory. >>when warren harding be james cox by 42 points. i asked political analyst michael yaki what he makes of this poll. >>well i think that this is this state has been a center of the resistance against donald trump. you have a lot of people who don't like the fact he's made comments by withholding aid. from the fires simply because we didn't vote for him the first time so i just think there lot of people here dissatisfied this is this is a state that has diversity. this is a state that has a lot of progressive views. not necessarily conservatives even conservative i think is is is more the moderate realm of where the republican party used to be so i think that a lot of people from the left and from the center and from the center right who are going

we'll follow that debate with in-depth analysis with inside bay area politics host catherine heenan. >>and now it's time for us to check on our 4 zone weather forecast our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by with the latest or yellow fall feel out there today. that's for sure the clouds moved on shore find the pullback in lot of part of the day, but again the coastline get ready to move back on shore right now for the golden gate bridge looking nice out there some patchy fog not too far away the sea breeze is blowing that is going to carry some thick fog in the bay area overnight tonight in fact we've got some those winds to 20 miles per hour sfo out of the west 10 in the san francisco, 16 into fairfield in 14 of the southwest in the napa valley so certain that onshore breeze on the way lays out there too so little smoke in our skies patchy dense fog developing tonight with some drizzle along the coastline tomorrow, mostly sunny. and just a little bit cooler and then slight chance of showers coming this weekend. but just a slight chance that the best chance to come on sat

>>our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics got some reaction from our political analyst catherine yeah, vicki and graham republican officials say that other than removing labels that column boxes official they are not budging on this they point out that democrats have been ballot harvesting since 2016, encouraging voters for example to bring ballots to places like churches or union halls republicans don't see that using these secure boxes is really any different political analyst michael yaki disagrees. this passive idea the idea that these boxes could be anywhere in that anyone democrat republican independent. >>the independent green wherever could put their ballot in and not know for certain whether someone is going to pick that ballot box up. and not look inside and can do a voter check will determine whether that. now they actually make it to the post office that's a problem. >>but isn't that different michael if you take your ballot along a gym or your union hall i mean are still at least potentially facing the risk that somebody will mishandle your ballot. you have

president's campaign has already come out against the new mike rules, host of bay area politics catherine heenan spoke with a political science lecturer from san jose state about what we can expect from the trump and biden debate. >>a covid remains top of mind for all voters really he's trying to take some bubbles around the edge of this covid we'll see but no he's not changing anything fundamental about his approach which most people do has failed. so if you were to do something troy hill. mary pass that's what it should be. all mister biden needs to do really is make his closing argument not make a big mistake. appear presidential. appear credible and i think those are his those are his assignments for this week's debate. >>will air thursdays final presidential they right here on kron 4 it starts at 6 o'clock followed by analysis from our political experts at 7.30 and that will be hosted by inside bay area politics catherine heenan. happening today, the republican controlled senate will vote on a new coronavirus stimulus bill. this 500 billion dollar proposal does not include any stimulus chec

justice department has a political subtext but some suggest that is not necessarily all bad our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to the editor at large at cnn catherine yeah, pam and ken factors there have been by part of some rumblings about whether and how to rein in big tech for some time remember elizabeth warren she put up on billboards on the subject in silicon valley. >>so this lawsuit against google could lead to a much bigger conversation and seen that says it could be just the beginning. >>you know the reality is that we live in a world where almost everything is politicized. the tech industry in particular has become a target of this administration and that's not to say they don't deserve some sort of scrutiny even mark zuckerberg the ceo of facebook has said that the that the tech industry needs more scrutiny. but the question is is this the right type of scrutiny is brad about it the right way and i don't know the answer to that, but i do know there's definitely a political subtext for just weeks or out away from an election despite the fact that the trump admi

catherine heenan tonight more than 4 million people across the nation have already cast their ballots for the november election that's compared to just 75,000 people at this time in 2016. >>that's according to the u.s. elections project one of the project administrator says this is the highest rate of early voting on record they attribute the surge in early and mail in voting to the coronavirus pandemic. >>and for all the information on early voting and your local ballot drop-off locations across the bay area you can visit our website kron 4 dot com. and who refuse to wear a face mask on a utah, a utah bound flight was escorted off the plane in arizona after he and another man who asked him to follow the rules got into a physical altercation take a look at happened saturday as the legion flight was heading to provo utah all passengers say a man started arguing with the flight attendant after she asked him to wear a mask, the man was wearing a face shield, but the airline requires that you must wear a mask of the mask face covering in addition to the shield. >>gate supervisor came to r

live for you and then stick around because we're going have reaction and in-depth analysis with catherine heenan the host of inside barry politics again that all starts tonight at 6 o'clock right here on kron 4. happening today, thousands of nurses will be on strike in alameda county as they're demanding better protective gear for covid-19 the strike is happening at 3 east bay hospitals kron four's reyna harvey is live in san leandro. >>with how this might affect patients today, >>yeah, absolutely can season being slow down in terms of service here at the hospital because of that strike now the nurses and health officials are starting to arrive here. i was able to talk to one of the health care workers just a moment ago. she told me it really boils down to chilling unsafe in the work environment, not being provided the proper ppe like you mentioned being grossly understaffed here in a whole host of other issues and concerns that they have now they're going to be right here behind me i say lee and her hospital also at oakland highly hospital they're going to be a other facilities throughout the b

analysis from our political experts at 7.30 that will be hosted by inside bay area politics catherine heenan. >>first lady melania trump is seen for the first time since testing positive for covid-19 as she left with president trump or his debate tonight with joe biden tonight's debate again is the final chance for both men to try to make their case to a television audience that could approach a 100 million voters biden told reporters today in delaware that he had undergone testing for covid-19 and the result was negative. the white house was asked whether the president had been tested today but they did not release an update. >>tonight 2 out of 3 california is worry about a coronavirus vaccine being approved too soon though most would still plan to get vaccinated themselves to ward off covid-19 that's according to a new poll, a statewide survey by the public policy institute of california found if a vaccine were available right now. 26% of respondents would definitely get it 31% would probably do so. >>that compared to 20% who probably would not get the vaccine and another 20% who would def

gop party officials say it is no different than the ballot harvesting done by democrats are catherine heenan of. >>inside politics talked to a local attorney ernie and party official who doesn't see it as a problem catholic yeah, well, the state did issue a cease and desist order for these ballot >>giving local republican parties until tomorrow to get rid of these. dozens have been popping up the latest party officials have agreed to stop labeling the boxes as official like the ones you see here the state says that is illegal but other than changing the labels they say they will keep using them. i talked to republican party me dylan she insists it's just another form a ballot harvesting. >>how is it a problem democrats have been doing it since 2016 you can go online and you can see i many friends for democrats who are current people to bring talents church or bad one to the sikh temple to that in the pos. ballot harvesting has occurred in union halls on bass. there is absolutely nothing in the statute that for republicans are doing. now i don't think about our species the legal iphones that

amount of interest well bay area, voting officials are getting more questions than usual invested catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to. >>so these folks to get some tips, what's the word catholic well, you know these are county workers and they're always really busy at this time of the year during the presidential election. >>they are still surprised by the level of activity i will show you the scene in san francisco recently give you an idea or at least i think we will but it was busy take my there it is and despite all the early voting of course, not everybody has voted is ashley indicated talk to somebody with the santa clara county registrar of voters office and got some more last minute advice. >>it's not too late to vote by mail. you can still as long as it's postmarked by election day you can vote, you know i dropped it in the mailbox and we've been advocating that that's definitely the most socially distanced way to vote in the pandemic and you can also take your ballot everyone in santa clara county has a has received by mail ballot you can take that at below and put

more convenient for the boaters sounds good at least the last part of it the convenience or catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to an expert about that a captain at you know a grant of income people still have a lot of questions of course we know. >>lots and lots of people are voting early both in person by mail. this was the scene in san francisco recently but what happens to those ballots being returned before election day. if you return one early does that mean it will be counted early well, generally, yes, we talk to somebody with the santa clara county registrar of voters office. >>boats come in and that person happens below biz scanned that's the signature area is scanned. that signature is compared many only by human eyes. to what we have on file and if the signatures match and then the humble of goes to the pass as they call it where it is open and the ballots are removed now we we do process the ballots before the close of polls on election day that's way it's always been done theirs. time in advance where they start being run through system. but the elves are not

a double digit lead, but if we learned anything from 2016, you can't really trust the polls catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our political experts for some insight. hi, catherine yeah, hi grant we'll see if we've learned have less than a year right. if the trump campaign is going to change the trajectory of this race clearly as professor david mckeown says they are running out of time and while we might not exactly look at this. >>whole political season as serene or uneventful mckeown says the presidential race has nonetheless been stable regarding the 2 major candidates. >>even before joe biden became the nominee for the democratic party. he in a head to head match-up had the health some lead against the president but since the conventions late august, he's hel held a lead of around 6 to 11.6 to 10 points consistently, so the stock price between the 2 candidates has been if you will stable regardless of what president trump has done regardless of what we've seen really related to the death of ruth bader ginsburg regardless of what's happened with the positive

from our political experts at 7.30 and that will be hosted by inside the area politics host catherine heenan. >>during a rally in gas stony in north carolina, the president painted a dystopian picture of what the u.s. would be under joe biden's leadership take a listen. >>which businesses can exists. >>and which will be outlawed. they will decide which right you can keep and what you're going to be revoked they will re educate your children which they tried and we stopped, but they will do it. >>and then on the other hand you had. >>former president barack obama hitting the campaign trail with a big vote on his mask there to drive in raleigh in philadelphia. his message was the opposite he said that did the trump does has been a disaster. his handling of the coronavirus was horrible and lead to social unrest and his is fundamentally unfit for the job obama really on the attack. >>we've got to work. i get that this president wants full credit for the economy. he inherited. and 0 blame for the pandemic that he ignored. but you know what the job doesn't work that way. tweeting up the television

>>well catherine heenan is the host of our inside bay area politics and she talked to our political analysts for some insight. catherine. well it really has been an unprecedented election season and a lot of ways the huge early vote. the backdrop of the pandemic i asked professor david mckeown of sonoma state university for his thoughts on the state of the race. if you think about what's happened say the last couple of days we've seen a tightening in the polls which we would expect. >>that closing is different than what we saw in 2016 because we've seen such a large uptick in the early vote. in 2016 there were 93 million people who are eligible to vote who didn't vote we're not seeing that this particular election. we are seen almost that number today who have already voted especially big numbers in texas and in florida. and in florida. the president has to win florida have a path to 2.70 joe biden has to do well in the upper midwest particularly in wisconsin and pennsylvania. so as we move closer to election night and this big weekend. you are should pay attention to where the candidates ar

catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here. she has details catherine hamon can yet more drama as we are less than 4 weeks away from the selection speaker pelosi was talking to reporters about the coronavirus today. >>and suddenly said this. >>what are we talking about here. tomorrow by the way. tomorrow. come here tomorrow, we're going to be talking about the 25th amendment but not to take attention away from the subject we have now. >>you think it's time to invoke the 25th amendment. i'll talk about that tomorrow. attachment to monitoring data today except to tell you. if you want to bet that we'll see you tomorrow but you take me back to my point. mister president. when was the last time you had a negative test. before you tested positive. why is the white house not telling. the country. >>and a little later she told a reporter president trump might be in an altered state as she put it because of the drugs he was taking to treat covid-19 suggesting his judgment is impaired. but successfully using the 25th amendment to remove

it will be hosted by inside bay area politics catherine heenan president trump is calling on attorney general william barr to launch an investigation on the bidens as the election nears. >>trump is asking barr to investigate joe biden and his son hunter effectively demanding the justice department to muddy his political appointment. trump has yet to specify what crime he believes the bidens have committed by it that has not stopped him from going as far as suggesting the voters that biden belongs in jail. trump's pressuring a bar comes as national in most battleground polls show him facing an increasingly narrow path to reelection. kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season we're 14 days from the november, 3rd election so far all bay area counties are already seeing record high voter registration return rates for mail in ballots and if the trend continues this year's voter turnout could be his story but those record numbers do come with some serious questions from voters kron four's well bellows. >>breaking down some of the common questions we're getting. >>can i

confirmation hearing it was a chance for senators to make their points and ask questions they ever catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics got reaction from one of our political analyst. he says there was a question which the judge should have answered. yeah, vicki and smiles, we know that the judge is going to take pains not to say how she would rule. >>and potential cases for example abortion. the pending case on the affordable care act. but she was also asked whether she thinks the president should be able to delay the election and political analyst michael yaki says that's one question she should not have dumped you know that's interesting because of all the questions that she's asked the one question where. >>there's probably no dispute among any legal scholars on either side of the spectrum is can the president unilaterally change the election day and the answer is affirmatively know the constitution gives him no power. it's a legislative act by congress and nothing he can do short of its short of congress change in the day. you do that again. she pointed out that she said well i wo

justice department has a political subtext but some suggest that is not necessarily all bad our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to the editor at large at cnn catherine yeah, pam and ken factors there have been by part of some rumblings about whether and how to

talking about the 25th amendment which outlines the presidential transfer of power procedures catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here now she has more catherine. well speaker pelosi is introducing a bill to set up a commission on presidential capacity. >>but first as she was talking to reporters about the coronavirus today. she suddenly said this. >>what are we talking about here. tomorrow by the way. tomorrow. come here tomorrow, we're going to be talking about the 25th amendment but not to take attention away from the subject we have now. >>you think it's time to invoke the 25th amendment. i'll talk about that tomorrow. attachment to monitoring that today except to tell you. if you want to bet that we'll see you tomorrow but to take me back to my point. mister president. when was the last time you had a negative test. before you tested positive. why is the white house not telling. the country. >>pelosi later said the president might be and what she called an altered state of mind because of the drugs he's taken to treat covid-19 of course to actually remove the president fr

a double digit lead, but if we learned anything from 2016, you can't really trust the polls catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our political experts for some insight. hi, catherine yeah, hi grant we'll see if we've learned have less than a year right. if the trump campaign is going to change the trajectory of this race clearly as professor david mckeown says they are running out of time and while we might not exactly look at this. >>whole political season as serene or uneventful mckeown says the presidential race has nonetheless been stable regarding the 2 major candidates. >>even before joe biden became the nominee for the democratic party. he in a head to head match-up had the health some lead

>>they've already voted as true catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our analysts about what that could mean for the presidential well numbers they really do continue to be a pretty astonishing by one count today nearly 52 million americans. >>have already voted probably higher than that now but what does it suggest for the presidential candidates. we asked professor david mckeown why he thinks it could be bad news for donald trump. >>yes, yeah, we're at record numbers more democrats and republicans are pressing ballots therefore more democrats returning those ballots continually telling us that they're going to vote late on election day there and but looking at number that's 15 million plus 51 52 million us with 85 million ballots requested nose or record setting numbers these are numbers that maybe don't hit 19 oh 8 6464 and a half percent but they get much closer above 60% in to that 60 low 60's. category 4 participation that is a number that benefits the challengers not the incumbent. so as turnout grows as the early vote continues to come in. that is

yeah, our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our. >>political experts for his take on the status of the race cafferty. and grant a couple of things might be spelling big trouble for the trump campaign. >>a huge wave of early voting with more democrats than republicans requesting ballots and a threatened resurgence of the coronavirus professor david mckeown of sonoma state university says we might be looking at a blue wave. >>if you had another wave of coronavirus it couldn't come at a worse time for the white house we're seen early vote total numbers early vote is up high if that wave continues to build and coronavirus hits that is going to be the worst of all worlds combined with that recession. against the white house to the incumbent democrats will pick up a witch. >>well something like i think a million and a half people have already voted in california. so what's behind that tsunami david of early voting or the eager to vote for somebody eager to vote against somebody what's fueling this you see turnout turnout turnout that's wh

catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics joins us with catherine i some can well you know things could change that's always true. >>the president's campaign for example now asking for debate topics to be adjusted they want foreign policy to be a focus. but if there is a debate thursday looks like there will be it could be the president's last chance to change the conversation. i asked a political science lecturer from san jose state university what it would take to make that happen. >>and this last debate first of all i think if i were working for donald trump tell him he's got to go. you can't miss another opportunity to miss this opportunity i think it was a mistake for him not to attend last week's debate and so it got canceled. i think he's got to go and i just don't think there's much you can do at this late date but if there were something he could he could be showing new policies of covid remains top of mind for all voters really he's trying to take some bubbles around the edge of this covid lc but no he's not changing anything fundamental about his approach which most peo

kron four's catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here with more catherine. >>yes in oz and can nearly 30 million americans right now have cast early ballots in november's presidential election. the number just keeps growing assigned people are adjusting to election happening in the middle of a pandemic a sign they are eager to vote apparently there are lots of long lines. this was the scene in new orleans included in the 6 additional states now opened in person voting the battleground state of florida. i talked to a political science lecturer from san jose state university today. she is calling these overall numbers astonishing. >>it's everywhere you look at the turnout numbers are breaking georgia everyone saw pictures of those terrifying the long lines at georgia voters cast 1.5 million ballots in just the first week of early voting. that is more than a 3rd of total vote cast in that state in 2016. santa clara county has surpassed 1 million registered voters which is a record and in travis county texas double check this number 97% of all eligible voters ar

our kron catherine heenan she's host of inside bay area politics talked to our political analyst for some insight. catherine yeah, some democrats are vicki and graham say they are still stressed about what happened in 2016, therefore they don't want to get too comfortable. >>early voting has been staggering with more democrats than republicans requesting ballots. but yes again republicans insisting they will be at the polls in huge numbers on election day. they argue, trump supporters have been undercounted in the polls. i talked to professor david mckeown of sonoma state university about his thoughts on the state of the race. things are positions for democrats to do well can they follow through and close the loop here that's important. >>where donald trump he's going to want to be relying on those of quote unquote shy trump voters and whether or not they'll show up let's talk more about that the president does continue to insist the polls are wrong is there any indication of that i mean are there that many shy trump voters shy, trump flocked to nominate may have been a case in 2016 w

right here on kron 4 and then after that we'll also have reaction and an in-depth analysis with catherine heenan the host of inside bay area politics so make sure you stick around for that as well. well, former first lady michelle obama did not sugarcoat her words about president donald trump's handling of the coronavirus and a 24 minute video she slammed the president pressuring schools to reopen without offering a clear plan or meaningful support to keep students and teachers safe. >>if you're a parent like me, you're feeling the consequences of this president's failure to take this pandemic seriously from his constant downplaying of the importance of masks and social distancing. so his relentless pressure on schools to open without offering a clear plan or meaningful support to keep students and teachers safe. >>well the former first lady also urge viewers to vote for democratic candidate biden saying he is a quote good man who has lived his life guided by values and principles that mirrors ones that most americans can recognize. >>we are 27 days away from the november election, but some peop

that's going to be followed by an in depth of analysis inside bay area politics with catherine heenan so watch the debate right here on kron 4 and a stick around for that analysis. >>the u.s. supreme court begins its next term without justice ruth bader ginsburg has the partisan battle heats up over her >>and welcome back everyone and thanks for staying with us an eight-member u.s. supreme court began its fall term remotely with justice ruth bader ginsburg's absence. chief justice john roberts noted the court placed black traits right there at her seat ahead of the day's arguments, washington dc correspondent jessi to nor reports on the latest partisan effort to confirm ginsburg's replacement. >>the court is now sitting the u.s. supreme court justice has opened their first monday morning, the late justice ruth bader ginsburg we hit the court will remember her as a dear friend and a treasured colleague chief justice john roberts recognize ginsburg's work during her nearly 3 decades on the bench. she authored 483 majority concurring and dissenting opinions we now turn to the business of

>>our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics asked one of our political analysts why thiss happening now. >>right so if you think about how democrats respond to president trump. whatever president trump says whatever he tweets they go right to like the worst case scenario and overreact and really hear hear. speaker speaker pelosi take in a page from the donald trump playbook by putting forward something that is about politics, pure and simple it's going to garner white house to tell you it's going to garner the president's attention and by doing that and talking about his fitness for you raise a whole bunch of issues on that democrats playing field if they're leading the race of joe biden is ahead by state double digits, how is the trump campaign going to respond and reset the race and what nancy pelosi has been able to do here is focus on the pandemic and call into question viability of this president and that joe biden and it probably helps democrats down ballot. how does she reset the campaign you've heard him saying hey, i'm feeling great. >>hoping to get help to weeke

confirmation hearing it was a chance for senators to make their points and ask questions they ever catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics got reaction from one of our political analyst. he says there was a question which the judge should have answered. yeah, vicki and smiles, we know that the judge is going to take pains not to say how she would rule. >>and potential cases for example abortion. the pending case on the affordable care act. but she was also asked whether she thinks the president should be able to delay the election and political analyst michael yaki says that's one question she should not have dumped you know

catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics got reaction from one of our political analysts katherine they were supposed to be debated. they were supposed to be debating but you got what you got and boy not something you see every day 2 presidential candidates, competing for. >>competing for tv audiences. taking questions in 2 different cities to different networks. but our political analyst michael yaki says that if you assume the president's campaign team. initially wanted him to be on tv opposite biden tonight, you might be wrong. >>yeah, i think that the president the president sanders would have liked for biden to be receive the uninterrupted scrutiny of the american people. they're convinced and well i don't know if this is actually true, but this is what they think they're convinced that having by that they're all by himself in a potentially you know unscripted atmosphere will lead to the kinds of gaffes and and problems that they've been claiming he's going to have now i've seen him in a town hall debate. he did he did a practice run in miami. a couple weeks ago he did fine ri

yeah, our catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our. >>political experts for his take on the status of the race cafferty. and grant a couple of things might be spelling big trouble for the trump campaign. >>a huge wave of early voting with more democrats than republicans requesting ballots and a threatened resurgence of the coronavirus professor david mckeown of sonoma state university says we might be looking at a blue wave. >>if you had another wave of coronavirus it couldn't come at a worse time for the white house we're seen early vo