With a christian band performing worship songs in the rose garden and its nice to know that every once in a while hes suffering, too. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 89 of americans are able to recite the first three words of the constitution said one american, i believe its me, the person. ] [ light laughter [ applause ] President Trump announced in a tweet today that his Federal Reserve nominee, stephen moore, has withdrawn himself from consideration following criticism from some republican senators oh, why is that, republican senators are you afraid he was unqualified . Dinyou think, maybe, he didt understand the job [ light laughter ]yb mayou thought he would do permanent damage to the institution . [ light laughter ] or maybe you thought that just because someone was on t mfor a while didntn he could responsibly handle a complex and difficult job with repercussions for the world economy. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause in any case, way to dodge that bullet, republican s
The white house celebrated the national day of prayer, today, with a christian band performing worship songs in the rose garden and its nice to know that every once in a while hes suffering, too. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 89 of americans are able to recite the first three words of the constitution said one american, i believe its me, the person. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] President Trump announced in a tweet today that his Federal Reserve nominee, stephen moore, has withdrawn himself from consideration following criticism from some republican senators oh, why is that, republican senators are you afraid he was unqualified . Did you think, maybe, he didnt understand the job [ light laughter ] maybe you thought he would do permanent damage to the institution . [ light laughter ] or maybe you thought that just because someone was on tv for a while didnt mean he could responsibly handle a complex and difficult job with repercussions for the world economy. [ laughter ] [ c
Is 202 hat line 7488001. We also welcome your comments on twitter. Tweet us cspanwj. Post your comments on facebook. We are talking about the federal Death Penalty being reinstated by the department of justice effective as of thursday. The executions set to begin in december of this year. The Justice Department plans to restart Capital Punishment after long hiatus. The attorney general william barr ordered the euro of presence to schedule executions for five inmates on death row. Each was convicted of murdering children among others. Owe it to the victims and their families to carry out the sentence imposed by our Justice System. They write that by diving into the Death Penalty debate, the Trump Administration is pushing back against the countrys recent trend of declining executions. More on the washington post. One of the authors of that piece, mark berman, is on the phone with us this morning. What was behind the administrations decision to reinstate the federal Death Penalty . Guest
Border. They spoke about border security, immigration and the u. S. Mexico canada trade agreement. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is duncan would. Im the director of the mexico institute. Im delighted to be able to moderate this next panel with two of our closest friends. Gentlemen who have helped us out anonymously over the years. We find ourselves on the same side in many policy conversations and in the public debate so it is a great delight to have back with us. Thank you for the help you have given us and thank you for all of the conversations that we have had on and off the record about mexico and the border. Its a delight to see you not just in washington but down in mexico as well. We will be there in august or september again. And representative will hurt also of texas. Congressman thank you for always being willing to come here to engage in debate. I know that the two of you have developed quite the tagteam over the past couple years on these issues. Its one of the
Cspan3, government officials and scholars discuss the peace building process on the korean peninsula. That gets underway at 10 30 a. M. Eastern. Susan cspans newsmaker this week is representative mike rogers, republican of alabama, a Ranking Member, the seniormost republican on the Homeland Security committee and a Senior Member of the House Armed Services committee, which puts him at the nexus of many big issues we are talking about this week. His district is home to fort benning, Anniston Army depot and Maxwell Gunter air force base. We are going to start with military related issues, congressman, let me turn you over to our two reporters scott wong of the hill and Anna Giaritelli of the washington examiner. Scott, you are up first. Scott congressman, thank you for being here today. We have learned President Trump approved military strikes against iran in retaliation for downing a u. S. Military drone. He called that strike off 10 minutes before it was scheduled to happen. We know th