President ial picks influence your choice for president. We talk about mike pence and tim tone, and their ability perform as commanderinchief should that role be called upon them. Do you think about Vice President ial nominees in who you choose for president . Democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Call 202 s, 7488002. You can post on our cspan Facebook Page or twitter. We take a look at senator tim kaine from virginia. He is the Vice President ial nominee and pick for Hillary Clinton. It takes a look at him in light of the recent Health Issues over the former secretary of state. This is Thomas Kaplan this morning writing, saying nine Vice President s have assumed the vice presidency have assumed the presidency during a president s term. Host that is in the New York Times, this morning. Taking a look at the role of Vice President ial nominees, especially concerns over illness. This is the story in the style section in the Washington Post residential illness and the
To go to tell the press weve reached this agreement. We were going down the hall, and i dont know which one that said it, the other one said exactly what did we agree to . And i think i probably said, i dont think i really know either, tom. [laughter] so why dont we get some key players and put them in a room and get them to write up what we agreed to. But we got the agreement, and we proceeded. We did our constitutional responsibility. We didnt remove him from office, but we did it in a way we felt was fair to all, and we came out the other side with the ability to then go back to doing legislation for the people. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Host our next guest is erick erickson, coauthor of you will be made to care the war on faith, family and your freedom to believe, he is also the cofounder and former editor of red state, and hes now at the resurgent, a conservative news web site. Thank you so much for joining us. Guest thanks so much for having me.
The communication workers of america, one of the biggest unions to endorse Bernie Sanders, their message has a lot to do with Bernie Sanderss message. Listen to what he said. Standing up for justice against corporate greed. [cheers and applause] verizon is one of the largest corporations in this country. But they refuse to sit down and negotiate a fair contract. Reporter i will give you what verizon is responding to that statement but first lets get into the details of this strike. This is the biggest strike we have seen in the us in five years. 40,000 Verizon Union workers walking off the job up and down the east coast from virginia to massachusetts. The union is frustrated with verizon communication, they have been out of the contract since august. Once we get a fair contract we will be back, but now we have to fight. People in charge of the company make 235 35 million, they want to take away from me. I have to work 70 hours a week to make ends me. What are the sticking points, the o
Hear from democrats only on your view from Hillary Clinton. As a candidate and on her campaign. You can make your thoughts not you can make your thoughts known on the phone lines. 202 7488000 for those of you in the eastern time zones. 202 7488001 for you in the pacific time zones. You can also go to our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Stories today about a new tv ad from the Hillary Clinton campaign taking a look at the topics of benghazi. Clinton aims to turn the tables on the gop. Seeksble Television Ads to capitalize on the leading Congressional Republicans candidate claimed that the committee on benghazi has damaged clintons standing in the president ial race. [video clip] the republicans finally admitted. Republican Kevin Mccarthy saying the Committee Investigating benghazi and clintons emails was created to destroy her candidacy. Everybody thought that Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, but we put together a Benghazi Special committee. What are her numbers today . They spent
New York Police Department proves excelling at keeping americas largest cities safe with the new york murder rate falling to a record low. Prominent black conservative niger innis is here to explain why he thinks cops are black americas best ally. And the president making the most of his vacation with lots of golfing, shaved ice and snorkeling, thats going to come to an abrupt end. All about the battles that lie ahead between president obama and the new republican congress. But we begin with the president s move to penalize north korea for the sony hack attack. The white house hitting the rogue regime with economic sanctions with what the white house says is the first part of response against Sony Pictures. James rosen has our report. Reporter president obamas executive order empowers the Treasury Department to broaden sanctions against north koreas heavily sanctioned arms apparatis as well as key regime officials in iran and syria. This is a new moment in history where were singling o