andra gillespie of emory university, adam smith of the alkmpa-bay times," good to t to both of you. >> woodruff: and before we g, three international stories to note. international stories to note: president trump and russian president vladimir putin will not hold a summit when they meet this weekend in paris. they will be theres o mark 100 yence the end of world war i. instead, president trump said the will try to hold tal at the g-20 gathering in argentina later this month. meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo's planned meeting with a top north korean envoy has been postponed. it was set for tomorrow, but the state depa said today it will happen later. talks on eliminating the north's nuclear arsenal have made little progress in recent months, but president trump today played down any concerns. n hopes to meet with north's korea's kim jongr a second time, early next year. and, in yemen, a saudi-led coalition has captured a major road leang to the crucial red sea port of hodeida after weeks of stalemate.st aikes pounded shiite rebels in the city, and ground troops captured a nei

emory university. they speak at the wisconsin brook festival in madison about the voter suppression. all this week in prime time on c-span two. >> the city to her is exploring the american story. insert cities across the country. during a recent stop we ask voters in the states fifth district which issue is most important to you for this november midterm election. my issue with the election this year basically arm people telling truth and not lying. i get tired of all of the political the political ads on tv. it's like it almost floods you and you have to decide with what's good and what's bad. it shouldn't be that way. the most important issue for me is not one of the election. but one of those amendments were voting on. for medical marijuana. it is very important because a lot of people have an opioid addiction. and marijuana can help deal with that opioid addiction. my father has a chronic disease. it will end up eventually killing him. either the disease or he no longer has to worry about the opioi

the african-american studies chair at emory university. a facebook comment for you.this is from lydia voter id should be required. we are a constitutional republic. >> one of the things that has been happening is the kind of domain like are we a democracy or a republic. it drives us off of the peace that we need to be. we are a people that vote for the representatives, period. the fact that it gets scrunched over, divided, that is a problem for our democracy. second, the reason it came into being had to deal with the why of voter fraud. this is why i mentioned it and quote it throughout because it is so dominant in the nation's discourse where 50% of americans believe voter fraud is real. and it's not. what is real is for instance justin levitt who is a law professor did a study from 2000 to 2014 and he found about out of 1 billion votes, there were 31 cases over the span of 15 years, so we ar we're looking at two a year. that is hardly massive rampant. when greg abbott who at the time was the secretary of state in texas and is now governor was targeting for texas as

researchers at emory university surveyed 300 children between the ages of 7 and 17. a separate study out of stanford found twice as many kids died in gun accidents in states where gun laws were less strict. >>> it has been a devastating week for kids just trying to get to school. five children have been killed and seven more injured in five separate accidents at school bus stops. nbc's kerry sanders is near tampa, florida, where the latest crash happened. >> reporter: this morning, five young children in tampa are recovering after a car slammed into them while they waited for the school bus. >> i saw the little one fly up in the air. and i saw the mom hit her face and fall down. >> reporter: the students, three of them just 6 years old and two women with them all expected to survive. witnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> oh, lord, have mercy. >> reporter: la crecia wilcox got a frantic call from her kids. her daughter mikayla says her best friend was hit. >> i was so scared and i didn't know what to do so i just ran to them, trying to help everyone up. >> reporter:

political editor for the "tampa bay times," and andra gillespie, professor of political science at emory university. welcome to you both. thank you for being her and, andra, i want to start with you. we should timestamp thiwes. e talking about 5:00 eastern the day after the election, of course. and i want to ask you to give me sort of a quick update because these are evolving races owhere things are now. we should art with a little bit of news, too, in georgia. we have a spokesman for brian kemp's campaign claiming victory, even though it hasn't been officially called. what's the latest on the race? >> so, as of about 2:30 this afternoon, all of the precincts had reported, and brian kemp had a lead of about 65000 votes, so that's a margin of about 1.5%. stacey abrams hasn'tonceded yet because she wants to make sure every absentee vote and provisional vote is counted an she claims there might be some absentee votes that are rerouted. >> adam smith, over to you. a spokesman for rick to the scot said this vase over. senator nelson has not conceded, though. where cowe stand right now? >> well, it doesn

emory university african-american studies chair carol anderson speaks at the wisconsin book festival in madison about voter suppression , but tv all this week in prime time on c-span 2. >> which party will control the house and senate? what live election night coverage outing tuesday at 8 pm eastern as the results come in from house, senate and governor races around the country. your victory andconcessions beaches on the candidates and wednesday at 7 am eastern , we get your reaction to the election taking your phone calls live during washington journal. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our capitals to work. during our stop in montpelier, we asked which parties should control congress and why. >> an important issue to me is kind of just the social justice issues regarding women's rights. i think there are a lot of very, we're at a very turning point in the us history and i think there's a good opportunity for lawmakers and those who are being elected to office. you really make a difference andtried to turn the tide on

of carol anderson's books have been covered, she is the effort in american studies chair at emory university on top of that. facebook comment for you from lidia. voter id should be required. we are a constitutional republic. >> okay. one of the things that is happening, the kind of, you know, a kind of playing with words legerdemain, where is the p, where is the p. >> are with democracy, we republic. >> just garbage. i don't know how else to put it. it drives us off of the point we need to be. first, we are a people who vote for our representatives, period. the fact that that vote gets skewed, stamped upon, scrunched over, divided, that is a problem for our democracy. the coming in no, the reason voter id came into being had to deal with the lie of voter fraud. prior, we heard voter fraud, that is why i mentioned it will but throughout because it is so dominant in the discourse where we have 50% of americans believe voter fraud is real and is is not. what is real is justin levitt who is a law professor out of california did a study from 2000-2014 and he found out of 1 billion votes there wer

she's the african-american studies chair at emory university on top of that, facebook comments for you, doctor anderson. this is fromlydia. voter ids should be required , we are a constitutional republic.[laughter] >> okay. one of the things that has been happening, and i call it the kind of -- you know, it is a kind of playing with words domain where it is like, where is the "p". are we a democracy, our way republic? it is garbage. i know how us to put it. it drives us off to the point we need to be. so first, we are a people who vote for hour -- for our people. it gets scratched over, divided, it's a problem for the democracy. secondly, no, voter id -- the reason voter id came to being had to deal with the lie of voter fraud. prior to you know, here voter fraud, voter fraud, that is why i mentioned it. and we wove that throughout because it is still dominant in the nations discourse where we have you know, 50 percent of americans believe that voter fraud is real! and it is not.what is real, is that for instance, justin levitt, a law professor out of california did a study from 2000 u

another student journalist joining us this morning, richard with the emory wheel at emory university serves as the executive editor. good morning. guest: good morning. host: can you describe what is going on on your campus in the days leading up to the midterms? guest: there are lots of student groups that are active on campus. they are working with other students, trying to get them to the polls. they are trying to rally kids together and reach out to the community through canvassing around the community. they are bringing in a lot of politicians, famous celebrities. they're trying to rally the kids and get them to vote. host: how partisan are these efforts? caller: most of -- guest: most of the students who are active are democrats. the democrats are the ones who have been bringing in politicians like congressman john lewis they brought in celebrity singer john legend. they brought in politicians like martin o'malley as well as some state representatives. a lot of the talk has been about the governor's race. guest: that is mainly with the talk is about. it is certainly a contentiou

thinking is being challenged at the collegiate level in her book "the diversity delusion" and emory universityfrican-american studies chair carol anderson spoke at the wisconsin book festival in madison about voter suppression. book tv all this week in prime time on c-span 2. >> which party will control the house and senate? watch c-span's live election night coverage starting tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern as the results come in from house, senate and governor races around the country. hear victory and concession speeches from the candidates. then wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, we will get your reaction to the election, taking your phone calls live during "washington journal." c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. >> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. during our stop in montpelier, vermont we asked folks which party should control congress and why. >> an important issue to me is kind of -- is just, you know, social justice issues regarding women's rights. i think we're at a very, you know, kind of in a very turning point in the u.s. history

another student journalist joining us this morning, richard with the emory wheel at emory universityves as the executive editor. good morning. guest: good morning. host: can you describe what is going on on your campus in the days leading up to the midterms? guest: there are lots of student groups that are active on campus. they are working with other students, trying to get them to the polls. they are trying to rally kids together and reach out to the community through canvassing around the community. they are bringing in a lot of politicians, famous celebrities. they're trying to rally the kids and get them to vote. host: how partisan are these efforts? caller: most of -- guest: most of the students who are active are democrats. the democrats are the ones who have been bringing in politicians like congressman john lewis they brought in celebrity singer john legend. they brought in politicians like martin o'malley as well as some state representatives. a lot of the talk has been about the governor's race. guest: that is mainly with the talk is about. it is certainly a contentious ra

carol anderson is with us, chair of african-american studies department at emory university.uthor of "one person, no vote: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy." the unspoken truth of our racial 2017e, which won the national books critic award. editor and chief of the intercept. the executive director of color of change is here. still with us, linda sarsour. wow, we have a whopper of a roundtable it will be reporting to you results of these races and also a ballot initiatives and amendments throughout the evening. stick with democracy now! and the intercept. we are going to go first to carol anderson, professor in atlanta georgia. georgia is one of the hottest states to watch right now, although i understand there was some rain today. i found it interesting -- i heard one of the commentators say in bad weather is good for republicans. i was wondering if that is why so many are denying climate change. anderson, it carolol know you are not here to talk about climate change but if you start out by talking about what is happening right now with the gubernatorial race

he's a graduate of hillsdale college, emory law school and georgetown university. he has developed expert tease in labor relations and constitutional law. the american bar association's standing committee on the federal judiciary, a body that's not frequently been held up by my democratic -- a body that's frequently been head up by our democratic colleagues as the gold standard has awarded mr. farr's its highest possible rating unanimously, well qualified. our friend senator burr has testified that his fellow north carolinian as the requisite expertise, character and judgment required for the federal bench and he will serve in this role honorably. so i would urge all of our colleagues to join me in voting to advance this nomination later today. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: and consent to speak in morning business. the pres

another student journalist joining us this morning, richard with the emory wheel at emory university serves as the executive editor. good morning. guest: good morning. host: can you describe what is going on on your campus in the days leading up to the midterms? guest: there are lots of student groups that are active on campus. they are working with other students, trying to get them to the polls. they are trying to rally kids together and reach out to the community through canvassing around the community. they are bringing in a lot of politicians, famous celebrities. they're trying to rally the kids and get them to vote. host: how partisan are these efforts? caller: most of -- guest: most of the students who are active are democrats. the democrats are the ones who have been bringing in politicians like congressman john lewis they brought in celebrity singer john legend. they brought in politicians like martin o'malley as well as some state representatives. a lot of the talk has been about the governor's race. guest: that is mainly with the talk is about. it is certainly a contentiou