. >> i actually still like all of this nice,hearm we 355 at redland road, you can see allf that fog hanging around here this morning. amelia has been telling us about it. southbound on 95 at virginia, a little bit of a slow down. camp springs, outer loop, before lentown road. he y far right to get by bridge work there. the rest of the beltway is fine. earlier road work has not cleared out of the way. you look good northbound a southbound. everything is nice and clear. >> lissa, thanks. new details this morning in america's deadliest transportation accident in nearly a decade. a family was out to celebrate a 30th birthday on saturday when the fun suddenly turned into traged 20 people died when the limo crashed in upstateew york. >> the driver ran a stop sign and slammed into a parkedcar. two pedestrians standing nearby were hit and killed. the limo kept going and ended up in a creek bed. the driver and all 17 passengers died. four sisters were inside the limo celebrating the youngest sisters birthday. their aunt spoke toeporters shortly after the crash. >> they did theth responsible g gettin

political science professor at the university of redlands. thanks for getting up early for us this morning. we talked about some of the handful of tossup races, but the cook political report has 13 races in play this cycle from tossup to liens one way or another. is that unusual for that many house seats to be in play in a midterm election cycle? caller: i think in any given election there are going to be a handful of races that are tossups because whoever the minority party is, they are going to be going after those seats as hard as they can. in this cycle we see the democrats really going after those republican seats. if there is even a with of -- if there is even a whiff of folder ability. in -- of vulnerability. where theose races republicans have been very strong, they might be overtaken. turn, i do actually think those would be a good sign that the house is going to turn democratic. host: we've shown our viewers a map of where these districts are that we are focusing on in california. a large number located in southern california. what

professor of the university of red landtds will be with us -- redlands will be with us until 10:00 thisorning. start with matthew calling in from emerson, new jersey. go ahead. >> caller: thank you. good morning. the facts here with regard to california's increasing crime rate are important. when president trump called democrats the party of crime, the facts show he's right because the democrats in california have been giving early release to convicted criminals, which has led to no one's surprised an increase in innocent citizens there being affected, assaulted, robbed, etc., by criminals who have been given this early release, and also when democrats decriminalize drug possession as they have in california, massachusetts, and some other states, this also, the facts show that drug addiction, drug abuse, and crime rates have gone up, and i would appreciate it if these good people could address that. >> that's matthew in new jersey. professor, do you want to talk a little bit about criminal justice reform in california? its impact on the politics there? >> yeah, absolutely. california ha

political science professor at the university of redlands. thanks for getting up early for us this morning. we talked about some of the handful of tossup races, but the cook political report has 13 races in

call in, we're joined for this discussion by vanvectin, political science professor at university of redlandyou for getting up early for us this morning. we talked about some of the toss-up races, but he political report has 13 races in play this cycle from toss-up to leans one way or the that unusual for that many races, that many house a ts to be in play in mid-term election cycle? uest: i think any given election, handful of races are toss-ups. whoever the minority party, they are going after seats as hard as they can. n this cycle, we see democrats going after republican seats, if whiff of ven a vulnerability and some cases, a chance republicans, if there is democratic turnout, that some races, where in which the have been very strong, that they might be overtaken. actually turn, then i think those would be good going to the house is turn democratic. host: we've shown our viewers a where these districts are that we're focusing on in california. located in er southern california. what does that tell us about the olitical fault lines in california today? guest: well, the fault lines have b

and a university of redlands professor talks about the political dynamics of california.atch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. here is a look at our live coverage wednesday. speaks to john bolton the alexander hamilton society about his role as white house ational security adviser. 8:00 our campaign 2018 coverage continues with a house debate from the new jersey third congressional district between republican representative tom mcarthur and democrat andy kim. on c-span two, the equal opportunity employment commission holds a public hearing on sexual harassment policies, followed by discussion on threats to democratic institutions with james clapper and michael hayden among the speakers. later president trump campaigns in florida on behalf of republican candidates ahead of next week's elections. and on c-span3, the national council on u.s.-arab relations holds their annual conference in washington, starting at 8:45 eastern. the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. providence,top in rhode island, w

host: professor renee van vechten is a political science professor at the university of redlands. follow her online @profrvv. thank you for joining us this morning. that is going to do it for our program today. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, 4:00 a.m. pacific. in the meantime, have a great day. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> this week on washington journal. we are looking at radel ground states. the most competitive races of the midterm election. in minnesota, new york, california, pennsylvania and florida. campaignor our live 2018 colin during washington journal at 7:00 eastern on c-span. national security adviser john bolton will discuss the trump administration's national security strategy. he is speaking before the alexander hamilton society in washington. we'll have live coverage at 1:00 p.m. is turned. our live today coverage continues tonight with republican representative tom mcarthur

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the university of redlands political science professor, talks about the political dynamics of california. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> here's a look at live coverage on wednesday. john bolton speaks to the alexander hamilton society about his role as white house national security advisor. at 8 p.m., the campaign 2018 coverage continues with the house debate from new jersey's congressional district between tom macarthur and andy kim. on c-span two, the equal employment opportunity commission holds up public hearing to review the public harassment policy followed by discussion on potential threats of democratic institutions with intel official james clapper and michael hayden among the speakers. later, trump campaigns in florida, half of republican candidates ahead of next week's election. the national council on arab u.s. relation host the annual conference in washington starting at 8:45 am eastern. >> have you ever thought, going up when you're dad was gone, why can't we just have a more, normal life yes, when i read the book, th

university of redlands political science -- live at seven eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. here is a look at life coverage wednesday. on c-span, john bolton speaks to the alexander hamilton society about his role as white house national security advisor. then at 8:00, our campaign 2018 coverage continues with a house debate from new jersey's third congressional district between republican tom macarthur and democrat andy kim. on c-span two, the equal employment opportunity commission holds a public hearing to review its sexual harassment policy. that is followed by a discussion on potential to read -- threats to democratic institutions. that is with james clapp -- clapper and michael hayden. champ -- president trump campaigns in florida on behalf of republican candidates ahead of the election. and on c-span three, the national council on arab u.s. relations post their annual conference in washington. starting at 8:45 eastern. new york times best selling author jody pico is our guest on our fiction edition. her most recent book is a spark of light. be sur