Several democratic lawmakers are calling for resignation of attorney general Jeff Sessions after a new bomb shell report says the a. G. Had contact with russias ambassador on more than one occasion. It is a fast moving story developing throughout the night. 9 22 eastern time and here we were with preexisting plans to take on this topic for two hours tonight. The Washington Post is out with a headline that reads, sessions, the attorney general, spoke twice with Russian Ambassador during trumps president ial campaign, justice officials say. Now quote forgive that piece, sessions did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of president Trumps Campaign and representatives of moscow during sessions confirmation hearing to become attorney general. Here now is that moment from his confirmation hearing on january 10th. If there is any anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do . Sen
In a moment. Also if the headlines, chinas anbang withdrawing its 14 billion bid for starwood hotels. That means starwood will be owned by marriott. Well talk about what is next. And an interesting story around the mysterious anbang. Tesla shares higher this morning. Elon musk unveiling the new model 3 in los angeles last flight. He says preorders are already red hot. Welcome. Good to be back with you. Lots to do today. We have to start with the markets, all of the viewers and listeners following that jobs number. Not a great number, pretty good number. Stock market doesnt like it. The market is torn. I think the most important thing left out of all the discussion, new york and california raising the minimum wage big. Thats how wages go up now. It just shows you you have to push them up. The supply of labor force is so big, in part because of digitization. Ge talks about it. In part because of the loss of manufacturing. These jobs are not highpaying jobs, unless you have a minimum wage
In january. Next, we look at the historical role of the Senate Majority leader and its four former leaders, robert byrd, harold baker, and we hear from Donald Richie and mitch mcconnell. Donald richie, thank you for being with us. The Senate Majority leader is not a position in the constitution. How did the job evolve . We looked at a former speaker of the house, who contacted us and say why is the president pro tem a matter of succession but not the majority leader . That is the functional equivalent. The speaker of the house is written into the constitution, to president pro tem is as well. No mention of a majority or minority leader. The constitution did not anticipate political parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate from 1839 to 1914. For most of the history of the senate, we did not have a majority leader. There were chairmen of committees who would take care of things on the floor, and the chairman of Party Conferences that would open up and close things
Majority leader, the functional equivalent on the senate side. The speaker of the house is written in the constitution. No mention of a majority or minority leader. Thats because the constitution did not anticipate political parties. Parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate from 1839 to 1914. There were chairman of committees who would take care of things and the chairman of the Party Conferences that open up and close things the way they do today. But nobody sitting down there trying to organize what happened on the floor on a daily basis. That changed in 1913 when Woodrow Wilson was elected president. Former president to prince ton university. A phd. In history and political science. He had written his doctoral information about congress. He had strong ideas about how congress was to operate and the vicious legislative agenda. He prevailed on the democrat kraatzes. He had come in the majority to pick one of their senators to be a leader, the person who could ta
Of the house, who contacted us and say why is the president pro tem in the order of succession but not the majority leader . That is the functional equivalent. The speaker of the house is written into the constitution, to president pro tem is as well. No mention of a majority or minority leader. The constitution did not anticipate political parties. They thought it was going to happen, but they did not want to encourage political parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate from 1839 1789 to 1914. For most of the history of the senate, we did not have a majority leader. There were chairmen of committees who would take care of things on the floor, and the chairman of Party Conferences that would open up and close things the way they do today. But nobody sitting down there in the Front Row Center seat trying to organize what happened on the floor on a daily basis. That changed in 1913, when Woodrow Wilson was elected president. He was the former president of princeton