Senate is a hotbed of activity. What happens next and when does it happen . Sahil today there are a series of ceremonial procedures that happen. All 100 senators are expected to be sworn in as jurors in the trial by the chief justice. After this, they will break for the long weekend with mlk day on monday, and then on tuesday the expectation is there will be a resolution on the floor of the senate to set the procedures for the trial. That could include issues like witnesses, the length of the trial, all sorts of procedures, on which there is not agreement, especially on witnesses between democrats and republicans. There is contention between the sides that are yet to be sorted. We will know more earlier. Guy david will the initial rent resolution resolve the question of witnesses . I understand one point mcconnell says lets wait until we get it going. Sahil there is a good chance democrats will use the power they have to force votes on witnesses. Theyve insisted that figures like john
The money flow, you know, work with our allies, look at other ways to really, really put the pressure on iranians. You know, i dont, im not in favor of doing that for tat kind of thing because the hearing is with drag us down in the mud with them. Pentagon says they would take all necessary actions to protect and defend u. S. Personal, orders and alice in the region. We are learning that Vice President have we stopped the ruckus in the congress on the iranian attack. There are reports that President Trump will not address the situations that as he continues to monitor the situation and talk with his advisors in the white house. Were going to continue to monitor her the changes in the middle east. Housing activists is drowned out by other housing activists in oakland. It is to hear about a new bill and increasing housing against public transit. On why homeless advocates are against the idea. Reporter it all started quiet and simple, they held a press conference about a controversial sta
Commission on International Religious freedom looks at ways to counter the growing threat of antisemitism around the world. Announcer next, a panel of political analysts on the iowa president ial moines. , held in des i would like to have everybody take their seats, please. And i would also like to reconvene our Panel Discussion on the history and handicap in the 2020 Iowa Caucuses. We had a great discussion in the first hour about the history of these events. We may come back to some of the themes we were talking about there. But in this hour, i want our scholars to focus on the current caucus race. And how they see the race unfolding, who is ahead, who is behind. To aid in that discussion, i report we have breaking news. A cbs poll just out has sanders at 23 , biden at 23 , buttigieg at 23 , warren at 16 , and klobuchar at 7 . So, details at 6 00. [laughs] that is iowa . Cbs news. Yes, in iowa. The race in iowa. Buttigieg also 23 . I was right. It is a battleground tracker. Three whi
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Im recommending we will lever the last few minutes of the state of the state speech from idaho and remind you you can watch it online. Well take you now to capitol hill for a look at a recent report on low morale and Employee Satisfaction at the department of Homeland Security. Youre watching live coverage of this subcommittee hearing on cspan 3. Unfortunately, the results indicate a strong need for improvement. This here, as has been the case since 2012, dhs ranked last out of all large federal agencies. It also ranked last out of the 7 agencies. Im concerned by the fact after a few years of minor improvements in overall morale, in 2019 employee morale decreased again. Given the Critical Mission of the department, i fear the consequences should the department not take urgent and drastic action to improve employee morale, well have greater challenge to face. I also worry about this environment affects the well being of the more than 200,000 hard working dhs employees from Border Patrol