Would make the balkan a debate on executive damnation of the 2020 spending. We taking live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain of the senate, doctor black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we find shelter in your shadow, for you are our refuge and fortress. Lord, we place our trust in you. Rescue our senators from the forces that seek to threaten freedom. Remind our lawmakers that nothing is impossible for you. Be with them this day as they strive to serve you and country. We call on you because you have promised to answer us, so satisfy our longings with your saving power. Lord, use us all to help heal the wounds of a divided nation. We pray in your strong name, amen. The president pro tempore will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, ind
See a doctor. They tell us they are afraid that they think when they get sick that ability might be taken away from the. These are real concerns and they deserve real solutions. So today we will examine liberal proposals that say they speak to these concerns. One proposal is called medicare for all. This is a proposal that would outlaw private coverage and put almost all of us on a government run plan. And it is a support, bill that would implement it is supported by almost half of all House Democrat members, 14 senators including four who are running for president. Another proposal which i will call medicare for all flight just for the sake of ease of reference is all americans the ability role in a new government run plan. And on the surface i think these ideas seem like they are easy solutions but and if any of what you look at we see slim majorities to majorities of americans saying theyre interested in them. Today we are going to learn more about what these proposals will do, whet
Jostling. Booktv is with the publishers convention and what we would like to do is preview some of the new books that are coming out this fall area joining us now is former National Security adviser ambassador to the un and former assistant secretary of state susan rice. Her book is called tough love my story of the things worth fighting for. Its coming out in october. Thanks for being with us for a few minutes. Thanks for having us. You talk about tough love and some of the things worth fighting for a. Of my parents and grandparents and the story of where they came from what is important is who i am and where i developed. Tough love is the way my parents raised me and its fair to say the kind of mother i am. My mother was the child of jamaican immigrants to 1912 and my grandmother was a maid and a seamstress and they came to Portland Maine on banana boats and disembarked and got married on Christmas Day and had four sons and the youngest of my daughter and they were the epitome of the
They have reduced choices and they dont feel they are in charged of their health care. They want to know when they or their loved ones get sick, they will be able to see a doctor and tell us they are afraid. These are real concerns and they deserve Real Solutions so today, we will liberal proposals that say they speak to this concern. One is called medicare for all. We will liberal proposals that say they speak to this concern. One is called medicare for all. It would outlaw private coverage and put almost all of us on a government run plan. It is a bill that would we will liberal proposals implement it is supported by almost all House Democrat members, four senators including four running for president. Another proposal, i will call medicare for all lite for ease of reference gives all americans the ability to enroll in a new government run plan. On the surface, these look like easy solutions, and depending on what poll you look at, you get the georges of americans interested. We will
begin this hour with trt cases that could have a major impact on the 2024 election, and with, it democracy itself. first, on friday, the supreme court denied special counsel jack smith s request to fast-track arguments over trump s claims that he s immune from being held accountable legally for his actions to overturn the 2020 election. trump basically claiming that he deserves to get out of jail free card because he took those actions while president. but this appeal over presidential immunity is likely far from over. a lower court will hear oral arguments in this case and just a few weeks. once the court rules the supreme court could decide n if it will take up the case. while this appeals process plays out, it could delay the start date for trump s election interference trial in washington d.c.. meanwhile, the supreme court will also likely have to surprise how to react to the decision from colorado s high court, damning trump ineligible to run for office, at least in colo