. >> america's chief entertaining officer tim laird is going to join us. ntertaining officer tim laird is going to join us. it's hard to be stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calling a someone you love who's stuck inside, you're giving them a smile... and they need it! when you wash your hands- for like the hundredth time today... you're keeping your family safe. and by being brave... you're helping us all be brave. we know it's not easy... but helping will make everything go back to normal again as soon as possible. you're part of a big family of helpers around the world. and you're making a big difference. find ways to help children feel safe at unicefusa.org/covid19. that's unicefusa.org/covid19. is ♪ >>> this year is shaping up to look a lot different than past years but you don't have to let social distancing drive you bananas. there are plenty of other appealing options. america's chief entertaining officer tim laird i

it's laird's first pga tour title in more than seven years.pp, including the news that the record—breaking horse enable has been retired from racing. that's it from us for now, more throughout the afternoon. thank you very much, jane. let's get more on that other piece of breaking news this half hour — scotland will develop its own coronavirus tiering framework and will look to align as closely as possible with other uk nations. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, stressed that operational decisions about which tiers should apply to different parts of each nation will be taken at a devolved level. she was speaking at her daily coronavirus briefing. i have just not long ago come from a cobra meeting with the prime minister and the leaders of the other devolved governments. the main topic of discussion this morning was the uk government's proposal for a three—tier system of alerts for different parts of england. we saw the detail of their proposal this morning, but we will look at it very closely. as i said to parliament last week, we

we asked former republican state senator john laird and international affairs experts a few mclendon for the thoughts on the 1st debate there's little doubt that trumps lost his composure or he was repeatedly interrupting and. seemed overly emotional and somewhat hysterical i was disappointed to see it in this side to sort of stoop to that kind of behavior he tends to be very dismissive been goalie and in fact you name call it's certainly not presidential it's not the kind of behavior that you really want to see any candidate match or anybody watching had their minds changed except that i do i do see that i think biden's going to have some cleanup to do with the left flank it's inappropriate he just dismissed the president as a liar i would hate to see the count on how many times he said the president just lies without backing up and being specific about what was dishonest but american politics can be pretty contentious and i think american people sadly are kind of used to it an f.b.i. film on the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment has been branded cold war style propaganda

the vietnamization plan was launched following secretary laird's visit to vietnam in march. under the plan, i ordered first a substantial increase in the training and equipment of south vietnamese forces. in july, on my visit to vietnam, i changed general abrams' orders so that they were consistent with the objectives of our new policies. under the new orders, the primary mission of our troops is to enable the south vietnamese forces to assume the full responsibility for the security of south vietnam. our air operations have been reduced by over 20 percent. and now we have begun to see the results of this long overdue change in american policy in vietnam. after five years of americans going into vietnam, we are finally bringing american men home. by december 15, over 60,000 men will have been withdrawn from south vietnam including 20 percent of all of our combat forces. the south vietnamese have continued to gain in strength. as a result they have been able to take over combat responsibilities from our american troops. two other significant developments have occurred since t

so it's a laird and important state, and it's one that also is sort of the gateway to the south and republican control of the south. we've seen democrats say they want to play in states like georgia, even texas, trying to show they can have a return to generations ago when democrats were prominent in the south. republicans are trying to hold that off and hold on to those red states. so north carolina important. it's a state barack obama had won. of course, we saw in this covid year how the president's plans to have his republican national convention in charlotte were detrailed by coronavirus. so north carolina has been important from the beginning. doing it today and having a number of surrogates visiting as well. family members of the president and other prominent people supporting him in smaller, more targeted voter groups. for president trump it's the big rally and the tar heel state is one he'll fight for. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house. ali vitali in music city usa, thanks to you as well. >>> as of this morning more than 30 million people have voted. in maricopa county, arizona, ho

i would start specifically with anything that has the laird study in it. politicians love to study things to death. they spend and wasted millions of dollars on study after study but it's a way for crony capitalism. it's a way for them to get money to their friends. >> lets follow up with you. there are can be spending going to be spending needs but also shortfalls despite the good news the state transportation revenue is short $701 million coming up in the next budget cycle you look at a place like west seattle with the need for bricks -- for fixing a bridge there. the port of seattle and the washington state ferry system and sound transit down the road can the state afford to put money into transportation projects given the revenue shortfalls right now? i would be talking to legislators. to see about a potential transportation budget in the next section. we had had huge progress. we passed the largest transportation edge it. perhaps in state history after the republican said no for three years. i think we need a big capital budget this year so we can act

our next guest is lormand laird, a cna who has worked for more than 20 years. he lives and works in lancaster, pennsylvania. during the pandemic he has fought for personal protective equipment to protect workers and residents at his nursing home. he is a delegate of his local seiu health care pennsylvania. thank you for being with us. lormand: thank you very much for the introduction senator sanders. i would just like to say it is great to be here with you this evening, great to be joining alongside you with your fight to ensure benefits for everyone and equal pay. this incident, this pandemic, has been the great equalizer, especially within my line of work. we have been taking care of the most vulnerable population in nursing homes. we have fought alongside others to guarantee paid sick time, job security, when people left for being sick, seiu also provided ppe as well as protection for the hazard pay that so many of us desperately needed. our residents went through a horrible experience. this is probably the hardest thing i ever had to deal with on top of los

laurie laird is an american politics commentator and economistjournalist, shejoins me now.—and—out, some would say, covid denier, he has been forced into wearing masks recently but it is not his natural way, to wear a mask or to socially distance, so what do you make of the fact that he now has the virus and how he's going to cope with it and the bearing it might have on the election? well, i think like so many of your guests, this comes as a shock but not a surprise. we know that donald trump is not often wearing masks, and i was watching his nomination last weekend in the rose garden at the white house — nobody had a mask on. it harked back to earlier, pre—covid days, he didn't have a mask, judge barrett didn't have a mask, none of the assembled guests had a mask. we know donald trump doesn't like to wear a mask, we know he has mocked joe biden for wearing a mask. question to his masculinity. so it isn't all that surprising. i think there are a couple of big questions, though. 0ne there are a couple of big questions, though. one is, how sick will donald trump get? many of

laurie laird is an american politics commentator and economistjournalist.mask andi trump is not often wearing a mask and i was watching his nomination last weekend in the rose garden at the white house, nobody had a mask on. it harked back to earlier days, pre—covid—19 days, he did not have a mask, judge barrett did not have a mask, judge barrett did not have a mask, none of the assembled guests had a mask. we know donald trump does not like to wear a mask, that he has mocked joe biden for wearing one, questioned his masculinity. it is not all that surprising. there area is not all that surprising. there are a couple of big questions though. one is how sick will donald trump get? many of your guests have mentioned he is a high risk area, clinically obese, over the age of 70, and it is sort of ironic, donald trump has mocked joe biden for being so trump has mocked joe biden for being so elderly. donald trump is only three years younger thanjoe biden. we know that it was caught very quickly, he is probably one of the most tested men in the world. could his co