You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Very good monday morning to you. You can start calling in on this question of war Power Authority. Here is the basics. The constitution and powering the president to wage wars as commanderinchief. The constitution empowering congress to declare wars and fund wars. President s can order u. S. Troops when the country is attacked or attack appears imminent, but the war powers resolution requires a president terminate combat unless there is congressional passedzation to continue over the veto of richard nixon. The war powers debate has stemmed from how much the war power authorizations have been stretched and some argue stretched too far. In particular, the 2001 authorization of use of military force a week after the september 11 attacks. That said the president is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those authorizations or organizations in order to prevent f
Have been moved with higher ranks and positions in brooklyn and that follows the sharp rise of killings in the area and as expected based on the different kinds of statements issued by the Philippine Government in the past when it comes investigations like this the Philippine Government through it spoke spurs and has been dismissive of this report according to the spokesperson today it says amnesty is politicizing. The situations and there should be other avenues in which amnesty can try to compile its reports with other Human Rights Organisations and instead of going to the media according to the Philippine Government it should fall cases instead but you see Amnesty International is saying that statement alone is problematic because out of the thousands of killings believed to be linked with police and other armed groups there has only been one prosecution that has happened since the socalled war on drugs was launched in 2016. That as well as Opposition Leader says hell resume talks w
So ill get us rolling. Were going to have a pretty informal discussion here where well throw out some questions that have occurred to all of us as weve been listening to these wonderful talks and the first question i will throw out, i think, i trust has occurred to many of you in the audience, and that is its really aimed primarily at gary and christopher, and that is are your two interpretations garys with the emphasis on centrality of the theater on the east and then west. Are they at odds or reconcilable . Im happy to have you go first. Set the tone. I think its all in the definition of the word is. I actually dont disagree with gary on a lot of points. The war was. Without the Virginia Campaign and without the successes that grant brought to it, that stalemate could have continued longer. Im not certainly exactly what sherman could have done had grant not had the successes that he had by bringing a different type of war fair. My point is not to critique garys emphasis on the east i
They gavel in for those votes at 6 30 here on cspan. Until then, a look at the week ahead in washington from todays washington journal. Week, when congress each is in session, we like to take time to take a look at what is happening at both ends of pennsylvania avenue. To do that, we are joined by wall street Journal Congress reporter natalie andrews. And we welcome back roll call White House Reporter john bennett. Set tod of new sanctions be announced today on iran from washington. What do we know about these major new sanctions . Guest we do not know yet that i expect the administration will continue what they have already done. They have tried to target irans energy sector, shipping sector. They are trying to make the pain as acute as they can and targeting the regime. They are trying to really put pressure on the regime. They want to do economic harm to iran to compel them to come back to the negotiating table and strike a broader deal than what the Obama Administration got, which
Them. Reporter ramos kept firing the gun that officers, forcing them to find cover witnessing the chao i dont know whatth shooting from, and then i see gunsmoke. He is shooting at anybody. People trying to get out of the way. Reporter about 40 minutes later an Armored Vehicle was brought in and able to reach osullivan around 7 p. M. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Ramos had barricaded himself inside the house, police say continued shooting at officers. Eventually the around 2 a. M. Thursday morning he surrendered. An end to a long siege that is left the Community Mourning the death of an officer who would only be on the street for six months. Our Police Officers leave home knowing there is a possibility they will never return. Ing reality for tara at osullivan. Reporter Sacramento Bee is reporting that ramos had a history of criminal offenses dating back to 1985. Include multiple Domestic Violence and battery cases that and driving under the influence. The mo