We are going to start with Daniel Freeman and alan baron. First im going to have them tell a little bit about themselves. Us a little bit about yourself. What is your background with impeachment in the u. S. Congress . My background includes two and then a gap of a few years judgeat i did two more, a and another judge. ,here have been eight judges effective all the convictions of judges involved eight judges and ive had the honor of handling three of the eight eight i cannot do the first one because it was in 1803 before my time. And obviously ive been interested in impeachment ever since. Daniel i worked on the House Judiciary Committee after watergate. During watergate there was the position created to have a Committee Parliamentarian who knew the rules. I had that job under peter rodino and that he retired and his successor jack brooks kept me on. Landslide,re was a Seismic Shift in american political process. And the cans took over the house. The incoming chairman of the House Judi
Word that the Trump Administration has completed a phase one drug deal with china. Thats calls for pushing back on tariffs on chinese goods. 50 billion in exports scheduled to kick in sunday. Well find out if that is the case. Michael pillsbury is here to join us on all of this. Wall streets vote is already in. The dow surging ahead 225 points, and the s p 500 up 26 points. The nasdaqs 117th close in the trump era. Two principle aspects to the trade agreement reached between china and the United States. Economically what benefits each country. What does each give up and what will rehave as a result in balanced reciprocal trade and politically what are the up reply cases for u. S. National security . With us tonight to take up all of that, dr. Michael pillsbury, hes director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute. Good to have you with us. This is an extraordinary step forward. It is, however, still clearly unformed. What are your thoughts . I think its a tremendous
To figure out how to spin all this by suggesting the president must be impeached to preserve our civil Voting Rights. I want you to hear what this democrat from tennessee had to say when suggesting the president s name office has been an affront 0 our history. They are affront to our founders. They are aaffront to the suffragettes. They are an affront to civil rights murders murdered during the freedom summer of 64 while registering africanamericans to vote. They are an affront to a mother of five murdered by the Klu Klux Klan while she was in alabama. And an affronts to the memory of dr. Martin luther king, jr. Who championed the Voting Rights act of 1965. Trish they are suggesting hes taking await ability of africanamericans to vote. Creative but highly irresponsible. Impeach in the name of civil rights. This is the democrats latest and greatest excuse. If they understood the Voting Rights act they would get that they are taking away americans right to choose our president. They want
University of baltimore law professor discusses the articles of impeachment introduced by house democrats. Brooks i, congressman mo discusses impeachment and afghanistan. Host this is the washington journal for december 11, the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing with the Justice Departments Inspector General on the report released this week will start at 10 00. You can watch that on cspan 3. Also look at it at cspan. Org. If you want to download the radio app, follow along and listen to the hearing. The house Judiciary Committee which will mark up two articles of impeachment starts at 7 00 this evening. You can see that on cspan 2. You can watch at the. Org and listen on our radio app. We will take your calls on the two articles of impeachment laid against President Trump, one on abuse of power and the other on obstruction of justice. Here is how you can let us know what you think. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to text u
This by suggesting the president must be impeached to preserve our civil Voting Rights. I want you to hear what this democrat from tennessee had to say when suggesting the president s name office has been an affront 0 our history. They are affront to our founders. They are aaffront to the suffragettes. They are an affront to civil rights murders murdered during the freedom summer of 64 while registering africanamericans to vote. They are an affront to a mother of five murdered by the Klu Klux Klan while she was in alabama. And an affronts to the memory of dr. Martin luther king, jr. Who championed the Voting Rights act of 1965. Trish they are suggesting hes taking await ability of africanamericans to vote. Creative but highly irresponsible. Impeach in the name of civil rights. This is the democrats latest and greatest excuse. If they understood the Voting Rights act they would get that they are taking away americans right to choose our president. They want to strip 63 million americans