Around the world, if you would please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, please be seated. Before we get started id like to have guests tonight. A date to begin with a welcome to one of the members of our board of trustees and the former governor of the state of california, pete wilson. Governor. [applause] also with us tonight is our terrific congressman from houston guy really is retiring after 26 years. [applause] are scum her supervisor, foy. [applause] for the city who are patient enough to go through the book signing line, just prior to the event this evening coming in at this wonderful woman to see woman is here with us today. Shes the best selling New York Times bestselling author. It is a gentleman, please join me in welcoming calista gingrich. [applause] we have with us tonight a
Day two ofcovers Janet Yellens congressional testimony. And recovers silvio burwells nomination hearing. And we have an update on the crisis in ukraine. But first, the president says Vladimir Putin plans to go to for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of dday. If president putin makes the trip, it will be his first meeting with president obama and other western leaders since the start of the ukraine crisis, which has longed relationship relations between russia and the u. S. To its worst since the start of the cold war. Of president putins inner circle have been slapped with travel bans and freezes. Said he wastin pulling back troops from the border and today he says he is testing his armys combat readiness. What is he really up to . It is clearly a skin of fred six message. I would love to be a fly on the wall with that dday celebration and prudent having to sit next to all of the other leaders. Putin having to sit next to all of the other leaders. Back, Vladimir Putin came and s
With coronavirus cases up and his poll numbers down, the president lashes out with election day just two weeks away. The question is, does the president have a coherent closing message . Plus, the Debate Commission announces changes ahead of thursdays second president ial faceoff. The question is, will the new rules prevent this debate from turning into another debacle . And the House Speaker says progress has been made on pandemic relief talks. The question is whether a bill will be ready before election day. Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is definitely Still Deciding on its halloween costume. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, october 20th. Well start with the news. With election day just two weeks away, the president appears desperate to turn the page on the pandemic, which continues to weigh down his poll numbers and sicken so many americans. The president is also ramping up his public attacks on Infectious Disease dr. Anthony fauci
Im excited to be here. Host i wanted to start, your entire story has so many emotional movements on moments. As a congressional editor and love the portion where you say people tell me on the first editor to have a baby in office but now, the first to give birth. [laughter] but it tells you the average age for a senator to give birth in office we need more women senators and younger senators. Host the passages are fantastic but i hope we can have a candid conversation what that looks like on the personal level to be a very tradition bound institution. How awkward was that . Talk me through. You use the phrase with abreast on the senate floor. [laughter] as soon as i became pregnant it was through ivf. I was trying. We began having the conversations. The senate even then with democrats in the minority we were pretty evenly divided. I knew we would need every single vote. Senate rule says i cannot take Maternity Leave i can introduce legislation or vote. I cannot even give birth in illin
We need more younger senators and more women senator. Absolutely. The passages in this book are fantastic but hoping we can have conversation but what does like on a personal level. The senate as a very tradition and often hidebound institution. How awkward was that talking through i think he used the phrase without abreast on the senate floor. Well, as soon as i became pregnant, i get pregnant througe ivf as i was fine but assumes would are successful, we begin having the conversations because remember the senate was even then when democrats were in the minority we were pretty evenly divided. Even then with democrats in the minority we were pretty evenly divided. I knew we would need every single vote. Senate rule says i cannot take Maternity Leave i can introduce legislation or vote. I cannot even give birth in illinois i had to do in dc otherwise i would be stuck there. You cannot take a newborn baby on the airplane. From the beginning i knew we would have to work through a lot of i