your thoughts on that, larry sabato? guest: i will say that, my bias upfront, and i will say of someone close to 70, i think they are both too old. i do not think we should be electing presidents in their 70's. i am sure a lot of people disagree with me, but the ideal age for a president, which requires vigor and energy to the extreme, is somebody in their 50's, maybe early 60's, someone who can serve eight years and still be vigorous and have all of their faculties. extent that somebody just watching on television can determine, they both seem relatively vigorous to me, but that is not my field. i don't know how to judge that. so i am not thrilled that we have two candidates, trump, 74, biden 77, will be 78 before inauguration day. i think that is a bit old. that 74so don't think or 78 is 87 or 97. if somebody is vigorous, who has had a long life and has exercised and eaten well and the kind of job stimulation that both trump and biden do, i think they will be ok. they may not be as sharp as they were at 50 or at 60, bu

your thoughts on that, larry sabato?i will say that, my bias upfront, and i will say of someone close to 70, i think they are both too old. i do not think we should be electing presidents in their 70's. i am sure a lot of people disagree with me, but the ideal age for a president, which requires vigor and energy to the extreme, is somebody in their 50's, maybe early 60's, someone who can serve eight years and still be vigorous and have all of their faculties. extent that somebody just watching on television can determine, they both seem relatively vigorous to me, but that is not my field. i don't know how to judge that. so i am not thrilled that we have two candidates, trump, 74, biden 77, will be 78 before inauguration day. i think that is a bit old. that 74so don't think or 78 is 87 or 97. if somebody is vigorous, who has had a long life and has exercised and eaten well and the kind of job stimulation that both trump and biden do, i think they will be ok. they may not be as sharp as they were at 50 or at 60, but they w

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larry sabato, many thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you very much, rosemary, as always. >>> well, u.s. house intelligence chairman adam schiff said sunday it is possible that intelligence officials could be subpoenaed to testify on election security. this a day after the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, informed members of congress his office will no longer deliver in-person briefings. instead, it will primarily provide written updates. that's despite warnings that other countries are seeking to interfere in november's election. schiff spoke sunday to cnn's dana bash. >> this intelligence, paid for by taxpayers, doesn't belong to donald trump, it doesn't belong to the intelligence agencies, it belongs to the american "people." the agencies are merely the custodians of that information. and the american people ought to know what russia is doing. they ought to know their president is unwilling to stand up to vladimir putin. they ought to know that senators like ron johnson are pushing a kremlin f

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this morning, the university of ballnia sabato's crystal managing editor kyle kondik reviews the latest campaign news. later, dr. georges benjamin, the head of the american public health association, on the latest on the fight against the coronavirus. also, an update on congress' a reliefo pass package. also we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal ♪ good morning. as monday, august 10, 2020. election day and one week until the start of the democratic convention. it is crunch time until joe biden will announce who will join him on the democratic ticket. will open our phone line to democrats only -- get your thoughts on who joe biden should pick as his running mate. democrats in the eastern and central time zones can call in, 202-748-8000 democrats in the pacific timezone, 202-748-8001. you can also send us a text. andse include your name where you are from. also catch up with us on social media. @c-spanwj. democrats only can start calling now. we hear from you about which woman should appear with joe biden on the democratic t

. >>> joining me now in charlottesville, virginia, is larry s larry sabato, the director of the centerr politics at the university of virginia. thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much, mary. >> we are seeing violence es qu escalate with deadly consequences. t is president trump stirring up trouble to distract voters from racism and covid-19 to redirect focus, instead, to law and order issues to benefit himself politically? >> i think that's one of his motivations. i think his other motivation is to stir his base. it's no accident that the precipitating factor in portland was the near invasion of the city by a bunch of trump supporters, many of them armed. some of them simply armed with their mouths, and trump signs of various sorts, obviously that's a red flag in front of bulls. and it was guaranteed that it would develop into the kind of embarrassing conflict that it did in a deadly conflict. >> but larry, when protesters turned to violence and rioting, are they taking the bait and playing into the hands of president trump? would it be more strategic for them to get off the

we speak with university of virginia's "sabato's cristobal" managing editor kyle kondik. then we speak with american public health association's dr. georges benjamin. be sure to send your facebook comments, texts, and tweets. on "theht, communicators," american economic liberty project executive director sarah miller and aker donelson, senior advisor barbara comstock, on whether big tech is too big. sarah: there are going to be more facebooks, more amazons, ourmore googles, because policy makers have allowed them to amass an enormous amount of power over their respective markets to shut down competition and engage in predatory behavior. barbara: what i heard from those businesses was the american success story and what they are doing to help our current economy thrive and grow and how to make america the most competitive tech ecosystem in the world. >> sarah miller and barbara comstock, tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> now, reaction to the president's executive orders on the sunday news programs from top democratic leaders and white house offi

this morning, the university of ballnia sabato's crystal managing editor kyle kondik reviews the latestpaign news. later, dr. georges benjamin, the head of the american public health association, on the latest on the fight against the coronavirus. also, an update on congress' a reliefo pass package. also we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal ♪ good morning. as monday, august 10, 2020. election day and one week until the start of the democratic convention. it is crunch time until joe biden will announce who will join him on the democratic ticket. will open our phone line to democrats only -- get your thoughts on who joe biden should pick as his running mate. democrats in the eastern and central time zones can call in, 202-748-8000

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