Rising from the Ashes

Only 15 days separates us from election day ... as early voting continues across the country. In swing state Pennsylvania alone, over 1-million people have already voted! Thanks for counting down with us on Countdown 2024 ... on today's show: We'll talk with the vice chair of the Federal Election Commission about what will easily be the most expensive election cycle in this country's history. And...

Just 18 days to go until election day ... it's estimated that over 10-million Americans have already voted, so the 2024 election is already well underway. On this Friday edition of Countdown 2024: Margaret Brennan ... host of Face the Nation on CBS News and one of the best political reporters in the business ... helps us handicap the homestretch of the campaign. And we'll hear from Dave Min, the m...

A mere 19 days separates us from election day in America ... as early voting continues with significant early turnout across the country. Thank you for counting down with us! On today's Countdown 2024: For generations there were two groups of voters that Democrats could count on to be firmly in their camp: working class Americans without college degrees ... and Black Americans. But, more Black vot...

Just 20 days to go until polls open across the country ... with early voting well underway in most states! Thanks so much for counting down with us. On today's Countdown 2024: Republicans are about to make their last stand to keep control of the House of Representatives right here in Southern California ... we'll talk with California's Republican Party chairwoman about those efforts. And we'll hea...

A mere 21 days to go until election day ... as we are rounding the bend and entering the campaign homestretch! Thanks for counting down with us. On today's Countdown 2024: we're closely examining the wheels that turn the country's election process ... starting with the electoral college, which remains one of the most unusual parts of any democracy, anywhere in the world. And later in today's show...

There are just 22 days to go until the polls open across the country ... and in fact early voting is already well underway in much of the country! Thank you for counting down the days with us. On today's Countdown 2024: Is Donald Trump too old to be president? We're going to examine a very sensitive issue ... one that eventually chased Joe Biden out of the campaign. And in the second part of today...

25 DAYS to go until the polls open across America and we all get to decide on the 47th president of the United States ... thanks for counting down along with us. Along with Mike Simpson, who's filling in for Charles Feldman.. I'm Margaret Carrero. On today's Countdown 2024: Is Congresswoman Katie Porter really ready to ride off into political retirement ... after losing in the Senate primary and g...

26 DAYS to go before election day ... as the campaign finish line starts to come into view. On today's Countdown 2024: major reforms for LA County's government will be on the ballot next month ... but let's be honest: most voters probably don't know and don't even much care how LA county government works! That's why we have Supervisor Lindsey Horvath ... chair of the LA County Board of Supervisors...

27 DAYS to go before election day ... thank you for counting them down with us! I'm Margaret Carrero... Sitting in for Charles Feldman today ... our Mike Simpson ... from LA's Morning News. On today's Countdown 2024: the chief of elections and polling operations for CBS News will take us behind the curtain on covering ... and forecasting ... one of the most unpredictable campaign cycles in America...

28 days to go until election day ... just 28 days to make up your mind on those candidates and initiatives! On today's Countdown 2024 we're examining yet another conventional wisdom in politics that's been turned on its head in the Trump era: that labor unions always vote Democratic ... which is no longer the case. And at the end of today's show, we'll hear from the Democrat hoping to unseat veter...

Just 29 days to go until polling places open across the country ... red alert people, we're within one month until election day! Thank you for counting down with us here at KNX. On today's show we're examining two very complicated issues that could both mean the difference in winning or losing for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris: legal maneuvering ... and Arab American voters.

A mere 32 days separates us from election day in America ... thank you for counting down with us! On today's show we're taking a look at two highly competitive races right here in Southern California: we'll be hearing from Santa Clarita Republican Congressman Mike Garcia, who's in a dogfight to keep his House seat. And LA County District Attorney George Gascon will be on the show ... as he faces a...

Just 33 days to go before election day, as the homestretch of this campaign rapidly approaches. On today's show we're taking closer looks at two of the biggest issues confronting Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and the voters deciding between the two: crime and foreign policy.

We're getting some fresh-off-the-presses new polling from EVERY key battleground state ... and we're going to discuss the tricky--and this year, tension-filled business of projecting winners and losers on election night. Then, we'll talk with a former U.S. State Department official about how a regional war in the Middle East might impact the election.

Just 35 days to go until election day ... and if just the last 24 hours are any indication ... a whole lot can change in the world in 35 days! On today's Countdown 2024 we're going to preview tonight's vice presidential candidates debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance with a couple of seasoned political experts. And we'll continue our look at the most competitive House races in Southern California...

We're keeping things local on today's Countdown 2024 ... talking with LA County District Attorney candidate Nathan Hochman, with just over a week to go before the KNX News DA's debate. And we're looking at one of the ultra competitive House races in Orange County that could determine which party controls Congress.

We have a huge show for you today, featuring one of the most important Democrats in the country ... if Kamala Harris is going to beat Donald Trump in November. Josh Shapiro ... the governor of Pennsylvania and the man who could've been the Democratic vice presidential candidate ... joins us on Countdown 2024.

Proposition 36, if approved by voters in November, would increase prison sentences for several property crimes, including organized retail thefts ... would create a new treatment-focused court process for some drug possession crimes ... and could lead to some drug dealers being charged with murder, under certain circumstances. Representing the "Yes on 36" arguments is Mike Gatto, a former four-ter...

On today's Countdown 2024 we're hitting opposite ends of the political spectrum, starting out with an up-and-coming member of the Democratic caucus, Congressman Robert Garcia from Long Beach ... and ending with former Trump advisor, David Urban.

42 days to go until election day ... as the clock rapidly ticks down to decision day! We're focusing on a pair of voter demographics on today's Countdown: LGBTQ voters, in our discussion with the president of Log Cabin Republicans ... and Latino voters, in our discussion with Lincoln Project co-founder Mike Madrid. Guests on today's Countdown: -Charles Moran, president of the national Log Cabin Re...

On today's Countdown 2024--abortion. It's perhaps the most contentious and divisive issue in American politics. Passions flare when the topic comes up, arguments break out between friends and people hardly ever budge on the issue. We look into what its impact will be this presidential election.         

46 days to go until election day.  On today's Countdown 2024--the youth vote. Many young people will be casting ballots for the first time. We talk to one young Democrat and one young Republican who are both excited to vote in a presidential election for the first time. We'll ask them though if others their age feel the same way.  Martin Bertao is a UC Berkeley student and chairman of California C...

47 days to go until election day .   On today's Countdown 2024 we're turning to local politics:  one week ago, we talked with embattled LA City Councilman Kevin de Leon.  Today, we're talking with the woman looking to unseat him ... Ysabel Jurado. But first----a quick spin around the political world: We may be on the verge of a shakeup in the race for governor of North Carolina.  Republican candid...

On today's Countdown 2024 we're dissecting the economic plans of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris ... and getting the latest polling snapshot from a couple of key swing states. But first, a quick lap around the political world: The Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, the first rate cut since 2020 .That will eventually make borrowing money a lot cheaper.  G...

49 days to go until election day ... If you're not keeping count, aren't you glad we are?!? On today's show:  it's been called the MAGA blueprint for remaking the federal government ... and has become a lightening rod for debate and controversy on the campaign trail.  It's Project 2025, and we're talking with the organization that created it. But first, let's take a quick sprint around the politic...