CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dr. Anthony Fauci is explaning why people should limit family and social gatherings this Thanksgiving. But will people ignore CDC recommendations?
Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more in the video above.
POLITICAL WRAP: Comparing COVID Responses; Supreme Court Nominee Vote on Monday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The parties, taking different approaches as the U.S. reaches a daily record high number of COVID cases.
Meantime, Vice President Mike Pence remains on the campaign trail, despite several of his aides testing positive.
Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more on this and on Monday’s expected conformation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Oct252020
The Heat: U.S. vice presidential debate
Compared to last week’s presidential debate filled with interruptions, Wednesday’s encounter between Vice President Mike Pence and the challenger – Senator Kamala Harris – was relatively civil.
Then earlier today, shortly after debate organizers announced the next presidential debate would now be virtual – President Trump said he would no longer participate.
CGTN’s White House correspondent Nathan King has the details.
To discuss:
- Jadan Horyn is a writer and conservative commentator.
- Mary C. Curtis is a columnist for “Roll Call’ and host of the “Equal Time” podcast.
- Joel Rubin is democratic strategist
- Amy Holmes is a writer for HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and a columnist from the Swiss weekly, “Die Weltwoche.”
Oct112020
Mary C. Curtis: Vice Presidential Debate Preview
CHARLOTTE, NC — Less than 30 days until election day and Wednesday night vice president Mike Pence and senator Kamala Harris will go face to face in Salt Lake city – in the first and only vice presidential debate.
WCCB Political contributor Mary C. Curtis has a preview of the debate and why it matters.
Oct072020
President Trump To Rally Base Weeks Before Election During Republican National Convention
CHARLOTTE — An historic Republican National Convention kicks off Monday in Charlotte. We now know who will be speaking at the scaled-down event, and who will not.
President Trump will speak to delegates Monday at the Charlotte Convention Center. Expect to hear his message of law and order as the President attempts to solidify his base 10 weeks before the election.
WCCB Charlotte’s Political Contributor Mary C. Curtis takes a closer look
Aug242020
President Trump Prepares For ‘Unconventional’ Republican National Convention in Charlotte Monday
CHARLOTTE – Monday, President Trump is coming to the Queen City. The President will speak tomorrow at an unconventional RNC.
There will be hundreds of people instead of thousands attending the event because of the pandemic, and also no large-scaled protests.
WCCB Charlotte’s Political Contributor, Mary C. Curtis takes a look at the expectations for the scaled-down RNC for the Republican Party, and for the City of Charlotte.
Aug242020
‘It’s just history’: Kamala Harris as the VP nominee
Kamala Harris made history, again, this week, when she became the first Black woman and first Asian American picked for a major political party’s presidential ticket. The daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, the California Democrat has been many firsts.
She has been a county deputy district attorney; the district attorney for San Francisco — the first woman and first African American elected to that position; and California’s first female, Black and Asian American attorney general. Harris was also the second Black woman to join the Senate, succeeding Democrat Barbara Boxer in 2017.
Not quite four years ago, it was Joe Biden, as vice president, who swore her in as California’s junior senator. Now Biden is counting on Harris to help him win the White House as his running mate.
With us on Political Theater to talk about this pick is CQ Roll Call columnist Mary C. Curtis, a longtime political correspondent covering the intersection of politics, culture and race.
Aug122020
POLITICAL WRAP: Coronavirus Mask Mandate; Presidential Poll Numbers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The debate over a mask mandate, just one part of how the coronavirus pandemic is becoming increasingly political.
Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more on the recent spike in cases we’re seeing in the South, and the strategies for the presidential campaigns, as we move closer to November.
Jun282020
Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: VP Pence Visits CLT; Huntersville Ed Committee Recommendations
On this edition of the Charlotte Talks local news roundup:
The Huntersville education advisory commission recommends that the town operate its own charter school and split from CMS, a move that one CMS official says is “politically driven.” How likely is this outcome?
Vice President Mike Pence was in the Queen City this week for an RNC Kickoff Meeting, as next year’s Convention, which will be held in Charlotte, is getting closer. What was the purpose of this visit, and what have we learned about plans for the 2020 Republican National Convention?
As abortion legislation is passed around the country, rallies are taking place nationwide, and here in the Queen City. We’ll talk about a Charlotte rally where anti-abortion and abortion-rights advocates clashed.
In South Carolina, the House and the Senate have now approved around $120 million in tax breaks to offer to the Carolina Panthers to entice them to move practice fields and the team’s headquarters to the state from North Carolina.
And get ready to start your engines — this weekend is the second “Race Weekend” in a row for Charlotte (we hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race last Saturday, and this weekend is the Coca-Cola 600). What should we know to attend the event or avoid the crowds?
Those stories and much more with Mike Collins and a panel of journalists on the Charlotte Talks local news roundup.
Guests:
Mary C. Curtis, columnist for Rollcall.com and WCCB
Alexandra Olgin, WFAE Reporter
Glenn Burkins, editor and publisher of QCityMetro.com
Jonathan Lowe, reporter for Spectrum News
May242019
