Good morning. This hearing will come to order. , want to thank eyewitnesses first of all for your service to this nation. On behalf of the committee, if you can thank the men and women who worked with you and apron pretty tremendous effort, trying to deal with an overwhelming situation, as a nation, we need to be grateful for your effort. Had thebly have not days off. I really do appreciate that. Toant to ask for consent have my statement entered into the record. Just a couple of facts. Just to lay out how extraordinary and overwhelming this effort has been. Not thatanuary 21, long ago, we had the first case reported of covid and eight days later on january 29, the administration established the task force. At that time, we only had five cases and zero deaths. Two days later, President Trump announced travel restrictions in china. That was not a popular decision, but it probably saved many lives and but as time to flatten what bought us time. Fema began assisting hhs. 12 cases and zero
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
We have brandnew fox polls arms key senate races, they are not called battleground states for nothing and the president pushing his immigration agenda sending thousands to the border to deal with the migrant caravan, finding a way to end birthright citizenship. We will ask ted cruz who is here with the fox exclusive. Here is National Correspondent ed henry with the latest on immigration. Critics say this is all about the president trying to rally his base, he promised a lot of steps back in the 2016 race and that Campaign Promise to crack down on illegal immigration and hes getting a dramatic nonpartisan boost from defense secretary james mattis who does not always ci to eye with the president. It started with the president sending 5000 troops to the southern border but he declared he is trickling down vowing to send 15,000 troops to deal with multiple caravans, Central American migrants, the caravans many miles away. The pentagon estimating 7000 troops across california, arizona and t
Well talk about all of it tonight and then some starting with new cnn reporting on concerns among people close to the president about what he might do next. Cnns jim acosta joins us now with the very latest. Jim. Reporter yeah. What is the latest on how President Trump wants to handle the Senate Impeachment trial . Reporter john, ive been talking to my sources. Weve all been talking to our sources over here at the white house all day long. The latest is that it sounds as though the president is coming around to this idea advanced by Senate Republicans that a lengthy trial filled with witnesses is just too dangerous to his political future. You know, hes gone through this impeachment process, and as painful has it has been and as much as he wants to be exonerated and as much as, yes, he wants to bring in witnesses, he wants the whistleblower, he wants hunter biden and so on, Mitch Mcconnell, lindsey graham, his allies in the senate have impressed upon him and his top aides over here, pe
That show despite all the above donald trump is still a Political Force to be reckonned with. A week like none other. Now he heads for his vacation, the fear is we may see one more. Well talk about it tonight. Concerns among people close to the president about what he might do next. Jim acosta joins us with the latest. Jim, what is the latest on how President Trump wants to handle the Senate Impeachment trial . John, ive been talking to my sources. We have been talking to my sources over here at the white house all day long. The latest is it sounds as though the president is coming around to this idea. Advance my Senate Republicans that a lengthy trial filled with witnesses is too dangerous to his political future. Hes gone through this impeachment process and as painful as its been and as much as he wants to be exonerated and bring in witness, he wants the whistleblower, he wants hunter biden and so on. Mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, his allies have impressed upon him and his top ai