i'm a senior. >> host: bernie, what are you hearing, salena zito? >> guest: bernie, thank you. that was a great question. bernie and every senior citizen in this country i argued a few weeks ago that the voting blocks that will to decide this election, it will not be [inaudible] or suburban mom or dad's and it will not be people protesting in the streets but one of the most reliable voting blocks in the country, 70% of them consistently vote every four years. >> we leave this program here to go live to a discussion on the use of technology by the black lives matter movement and other activist groups. live coverage from the brookings institution here on c-sn2

. >> host: bernie, what are you hearing, salena zito? >> guest: bernie, thank you. that was a great question. bernie and every senior citizen in this country i argued a few weeks ago that the voting blocks that will to decide this election, it will not be [inaudible] or suburban mom or dad's and it will not be people protesting in the streets but one of the most reliable voting blocks in the country, 70% of them consistently vote every four years. >> we leave this program here to go live to a discussion on the use of technology by the black lives matter movement and other activist groups. live coverage from the brookings institution here on c-span2. >> do you remember what the significance of that year was? i know you know but for those who don't, that was the introduction of the iphone which literally changed the way we use devices with those multimedia functions and enabled and opened up several doors of opportunity for us to have this conversation today but on a regulatory front which is more in line with your questions in the 1980s the sec launched its first cel

washington examiner political reporter salena zito looks at the 2020 battleground states. an republican strategist rick tyler discusses the future of the

host: salena zito is joining us from pennsylvania, in pittsburgh.an opinion communist and the author of book on the populist movement. the title of the book is "the great revolt we thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: rick tyler, a republican strategist. he is the author of a new book titled "still right." theill be discussing conservative movement as "washington journal" continues. 51 days until election day and we are back in a moment. ♪ >> this week on q&a, richard horton, editor-in-chief of the lancet discusses his book the covid-19 catastrophe. >> we are going to have to figure out a way to get past this acute phase. now, we will. it's going to take some years, though. there are two ways to help reduce the risk. one is a vaccine -- as i've said, that is only part of the solution. the other is this idea that came up early on in the pandemic, which was not the way to manage it, but in the long term is very important, and that is what is called heard immunity. people who build up immunity to the virus, that will then