As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Good morning, its monday, october seventh, 2019. The house and senate are on recess but if peter and inquiry continues this week with hearings in the house intelligence and Foreign Affairs committee. President trump is set to hold to bring Major Campaign rallies this week in minnesota and louisiana. And this morning we will begin by asking for your thoughts about what it means for the country to go through the president ial impeachment. What lessons should be learned from the efforts to impeach residents in and clinton. Phone lines set up differently this morning. If you lived through the nixon impeachment, you can call in at 202 7488000. If you lived through the clinton impeachment, 202 7488001. All others can call in at 202 7488002. You can send us a text message this morning. If you do so, please include your name and where you are from. Thats 202 7488002 th
The federal judiciary. Probably the longest legacy that donald trump will have will be his Lasting Imprint that he left in terms of the judges he has nominated. He has confirmed 150 federal judges, including two Supreme Court justices quite famously. It is not just the number of the judges at the historic nature of how ideology clean extreme how ideologically extreme they seem. Point is we can win at the ballot box at 2020 and defeat donald trump and win back the senate and yet all of the priorities may well be facing certain power because we have a judiciary that is hostile to the progressive ideas because trump will have any so many trump style judges that will be with us. Host how you activate the grassroots and how are you funded . Lobby andtry to oppose some of trumps most extreme judicial nominees. We were highly involved in the cavanaugh fight last year. We are active right now in trying to defeat some of his more extreme lower Court Judicial appointees like stephen manatt she w
Criticized the Police Department for sending her across the country. Seven officers now face charges, two of them for Sexual Activity when she was underage. And i will represent to you that this child has been kidnapped. She has been placed in fear of her life. She has been held against her will in multiple locations in the bay area, so whether or not somebody gave her a dollar or a dime is irrelevant. The fact that she is alive today is a miracle. Shes going home. Any other questions. Her attorneys are pushing for more overs to be charged and are preparing a civil lawsuit. Abc 7 news iteam reporter, youve been following this story for months, dan, and youve been in communication with jasmine repeatedly. Who do the attorneys plan on suing, first of all . You start with the seven officers who have been charged now criminally, two charged with having contact with her underage. She told me all along that shes been involved with more than 30 officers so those are targets and then as thai s
Luke . Hey, everybody, good morning. And we are now seeing a very different version of dr. Ben carson. In those heated Republican Debates, carson has sometimes been calm to the point of vanishing. His chief rival, donald trump, has derided him as low energy. Well, not anymore. This is a side we havent seen. Here he is scolding reporters for raising questions about key parts of his personal story which have been a central part of his Campaign Calling it a witchhunt, and abcs mary bruce is at the white house for us this morning with more. Hi, mary. Reporter hi, paula. Good morning. Well, you know, having your past picked apart comes with the territory when youre running for president , but ben carson, the famously softspoken republican frontrunner, made very clear last night he has had enough when it comes to these latest accusations. Fired up. Thats ridiculous. Reporter and firing back. I never wait a minute. Dont lie. Reporter ben carson defending himself against allegations that his s
Over dr. Ben carson saying he was offered a scholarship to west point. His campaign saying about his story, maybe the words were inaccurate, but they maintain he was told he would gain acceptance. Tonight, we asked west point how the process works. Heres tom llamas on the explanation, and also donald trump, who pounced on this quickly. Reporter tonight, dr. Ben carson forced to explain himself after accusations part of his story dont add up. Carson has repeatedly said he was offered a scholarship to west point. As recently as a month ago on pbs. I was offered a full scholarship to west point, got to meet general westmoreland and go to congressional medal of honor dinners. Reporter the west point scholarship was something he wrote about in his books. Carsons campaign confirming tonight to abc news that not only was he never admitted to and about that scholarship . Telling us, maybe the words are inaccurate. But that as a top rotc student in detroit carson was told he would gain acceptan