A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
He is out on bond but it is likely the feds will step in and take over the bizarre capes. After a week of delays the white house rolled out a major revision to President Trumps travel ban. We have new developments. Jonathan we have been waiting for a week and a half. It will take effect in ten days and it makes changes to the original plan blocked in the federal court. They remove iraq from the seven banned countries so now its just six. He is confident that the order will withstand any legal challenge. He vowed to take the fight of the first travel ban to the Supreme Court. But decided to revoke the ordinary and today signed the new executive order that takes effect march 16. No system i American People can have the high confidence we are identifying ways to improve the vetting process. Thus keep the terrorists from entering the country. Jonathan whats new . Syrian refugees are no longer singled out. It no longer makes exception for religious minorities and it does not impact dual cit
The coverage of the president ial election has been highly controversial. You can call in with your thoughts on how the media has done. Democrats your number is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. 2027488002. Share your thoughts on social media. We are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Many news outlets were consistently wrong in the prediction of who would win the president ial election and that erode american state and the Mainstream Media, a poll done in september before the election, Americans Trust in mass media sinks to a is the headline for this poll. 1997, 53 of americans said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the mass media. That number is down to 32 of americans who have either a great deal of faith or a fair amount of faith in the mess media. That is in 2016. Andwitter, the founder president of the Media Research center and also publisher of news busters and cns news. Com put out this statement he said this is why the pundits got it wrong, they believe the
,f someone is lower wage someone elses higher profit. So people who use immigrants benefit dramatically. Tyson Neil Degrasse tyson answers questions about the universe in their book welcome to the universe, and tour. Physical to her we calculate how you might go about finding exit when its oplanets. D be ex you are after whether he can harbor life. Go to book tv. Org for the complete schedule. This weekend in American History tv on cspan3, tonight, a little after 7 00 eastern, Kings College london visiting professor Andrew Roberts discusses the role of u. S. Army chief of staff general George C Marshall in americas world war ii victories. Arguing the general skills as a strategist transformed the u. S. Army. Withis pennsylvanian impeccable manners was astonishingly calm considering the pressures on him. America,00 on reel the 1921 film honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. It was tremendous. The streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket t