Diseases. Docr, reporter jeff moore discusses william barr. Ont good morning, everyone this tuesday, february 25. We begin with the coronavirus after the dow jones chopped dropped 1000 points with a spike of cases rattling investor confidence. We have seen the disease spread from china to south korea to iran. What are your concerns with this outbreak . Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can text us at 2027488003 with your first name, city, and state. Also on twitter and cspan. Org and facebook. Com cspan. There have been more than 80,000 cases worldwide of the coronavirus. Deaths, nearly 2700 and 50 53 people in the United States who tested positive. The white house announced they would request 1. 8 building in emergency funding from congress and they plan to spend a total of 2. 5 billion on the response. The Obama Administration requested 6 billion for the Ebola Outbreak. The office of management and budget put out a statement saying the Trum
Ahmat in federalist 68 talks about foreign interference being the largest threat to our republic. And our our founders were concerned about interference from britain and france. This isnt a partisan issue. This is about making sure we stand up for our Constitutional Republic and say it is wrong for any elected official, certainly the president of the United States to even get close to the line of seeking foreign assistance. Where do you think the caucus is right now on a morning when we see seven democratic freshman with an op ed in Washington Post about this issue of impeachment, these Seven Members of the military in intelligence communities before they came to congress, where do you think the caucus line is right now . I saw that late last night, op ed appear said thats a game changer. Niece are extraordinary members of congress. They have the most credentials when it comes to National Security or military issues. They are many in districts that trump carried. For them to come out a
This one says chuck schumer, the democratic leader will speak on the senate floor at about 3 50. We passed that. You can follow that over on our companion network, cspan2. Were getting your thoughts on the potential impeachment of the president and the whistleblower complaint filed with the director of National Intelligence. 2027482940, the line for democrats. 2027482941 for republicans. Or all others, 2027488922. One more tweet before we go to calls. This is not a partisan matter. The president authorizing the release of the transcript of the phone call with the president of ukraine. Lets hear from shawn in georgia. Go ahead. Caller thanks for taking my call. Yeah, i have a complaint. I mean, two things. Number one, i agree with nancy pelosi, watching her today, they are looking for the facts to get the whistleblower information. They waited for the mueller report. They waited for basically to get the facts. For some reason, with all the things that this president has done, its been s
An official whistleblower complaint. The i. G. Found this complaint both credible and urgent. By law, the director of National Intelligence must forward such a complaint to the congressional intelligence subcommittees within seven days of receiving it. Congress has been informed by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community in writing that the Trump Administration is preventing that complaint from being sent to the relevant committees in congress. Those are the facts, madam president. The situation they describe is unacceptable. We know that the executive branch is blocking the legislative blanch, a coequal branch of our government, from performing its constitutional oversight duties. The fact that the whistleblower complaint concerns our national security, our foreign policy, and potential misconduct by the president makes the situation even more serious. So in a short time, ill ask my colleagues consent to pass a simple resolution. It essentially says, quote, that the whistl
Both credible and urgent. By law, the director of National Intelligence must forward such a complaint to the congressional intelligence subcommittees within seven days of receiving it. Congress has been informed by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community in writing that the Trump Administration is preventing that complaint from being sent to the relevant committees in congress. Those are the facts, madam president. The situation they describe is unacceptable. We know that the executive branch is blocking the legislative blanch, a coequal branch of our government, from performing its constitutional oversight duties. The fact that the whistleblower complaint concerns our national security, our foreign policy, and potential misconduct by the president makes the situation even more serious. So in a short time, ill ask my colleagues consent to pass a simple resolution. It essentially says, quote, that the whistleblower complaint received on august 12, 2019, by the Inspector Gene