Looking at why former felons have to fight so hard to earn their right to. Vigils have been held across france to commemorate 3 People Killed in an attack on a church a nice investigators say the suspect is from tunisia and arrived in europe last month on the italian island of lampedusa another man has been detained suspected of having been in contact with have from nice david chase reports. A place of worship now a crime scene inside not to don basilica the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked them 3 people were killed one of the victims a woman was to capitated according to the Police Another victim was a churchwarden she the most but i still imagine him i still see him lighting the candles and now im thinking hes not there anymore. Hes good nephew we are always with him hes always there he spends the day that he shares his life here hes not someone who comes and goes witnesses say the attacker shouted. During his attack he was shot by police near the
Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu
Tweet from President Trump. Why did that happen . Been a lot ofas friction between secretary esper and the president. There were some concerns from the white house that he was not loyal enough, was not telling the president what he wanted to hear and was not helping him. One of the friction points was the issue of the lafayette square, the Infamous Press appearance where the president walked out of the white house after protesters had been cleared out imposed at the church across the street. There was a lot of conversation about the military taken on a more active role in responding to those Racial Equity protests and finding some way for active duty military to be involved in secretary esper pushed back on that. He says it was not appropriate. Apparently that started to burrow into some problems the president had with his performance and his attitude. I colleague megan meyers and got a chance to sit down with secretary asbury before he left, in his final days when it looked like he wa
Postelection standoff between the Trump Administration and the Biden Campaign. Day and it 8 45, leo shane discusses the fallout from the defense secretarys firing. A week ago this morning, the results of the 2020 election were unknown. By saturday morning, joe biden had garnered enough electoral votes, and was declared the winner. President trump and his republican allies have been contesting that, but states are standing by the results, and legal efforts so far have yielded no change in votes. Good morning. It is veterans day, november 11, 2020. This is washington journal. We will talk about the continuing standoff in this first hour. We want your calls this year. If you are a supporter of joe biden and Kamala Harris, the line is 202 7488000. Supporters of donald trump and mike pence, 202 7488001. All others, or if you did not vote, the line 202 7488002. Also, send us a text if you would like. It is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. Andwitter cspanwj faceb
But claims he has won and alleged Election Fraud without providing any evidence. Earlier, democratic contender joe biden told supporters in delaware the results look good. We believe were on track to win this election. Yes. [ honking and applause ] we knew because of the unprecedented early vote and the mailin vote, that its going to take a while. Were going to have to be patient. Despite these claims, its still unclear who will take the presidency. Our u. S. Partner, abc news, is projecting trump will take the key battleground of florida and texas. The crucial midwestern state of ohio, which usually swings to the overall winner, is also projected to go to trump. But biden is still very much in contention in a president ial race that will most likely come down to a few key wins. Abc news is also projecting the democrats will maintain control of the house of representatives. Both trump and biden have spent a lot of time and money campaigning in north carolina, arizona, wisconsin, michig