beforehand, and it was essentially a diatribe against new york state attorney general letitia james accusing her of being biased against him and conducting a politically motivated witch hunt for political gain. he acknowledged he said in the past that if you re innocent, you have no reason to take the fifth amendment. he said recent events in his life have caused him to change his tune including the recent fbi raid search of his compound in mar-a-lago, florida. he said it just made no sense for him to cooperate in any way with this civil fraud investigation. what s interesting about it is his son, eric trump, we re told took the fifth amendment more than 500 times in a deposition in this very case back in 2020. but more recently, his daughter ivanka and other son don jr. we re told did testify and answer questions in this investigation which is about whether the trump organization committed fraud in its representations to banks and insurance companies. leticia james has alr
Calling on please and clearing encampments. Yesterday marked the end of the second week of former president Donald Trumps hush money trial. Those are two stories that made headlines this week. To start the program we want to hear from you. What is your top news story of the week . Democrats, your line is 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us you can do so at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your name and city. You can post a question or comment on facebook at facebook. Com cspan, or on x at cspanwj. In addition to campus protests and the hush money trial here are some of the othereadlines we have been following this week. The dea recommended reclassifying marijuana. The Federal Reserve held Interest Rates at a 23year high. Rates slowed according to the april job report. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she is continuing her push to remove House Speaker mike johnson. We will get to calls in a few minutes. First, according to the As
Host this is washington journal for saturday, may 4. Campus protests continued this week. Calling on please and clearing encampments. Yesterday marked the end of the second week of former president Donald Trumps hush money trial. Those are two stories that made headlines this week. To start the program we want to hear from you. What is your top news story of the week . Democrats, your line is 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us you can do so at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your name and city. You can post a question or comment on facebook at facebook. Com cspan, or on x at cspanwj. In addition to campus protests and the hush money trial here are some of the other headlines e been following this week. The dea recommended reclassifying marijuana. The Federal Reserve held Interest Rates at a 23year high. Rates slowed according to the april job report. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she is continuing her push to remove House S
Glad you are here on the friday afternoon. Not that many people will do something on a friday afternoon so that shows you are serious people and i thank you for coming. My name is john henry, president of csis and i want to say a hearty welcome to all of you. We are in for a very unique opportunity. Assistant secretary stewart, this doesnt normally happen. When something is kind of a breaking, very serious development, we dont normally have the opportunity to hear from a senior policymaker in the state department or any place, to share with us the thinking of the government about a big development. And this is a big development. We are really very fortunate. I dont know, it was a week ago, 10 days ago . Jake sullivan in a press availability, made note that we think russia has put a Nuclear Device in orbit. Now i mean, for 50 years, we have had what are called rtgs. These are Power Sources that are used to provide electricity for satellites. There is a Nuclear Court to those. But this i
Announcer this week 2024 campaign trail was on the road with Vice President harris as she was imported delivering remarks on Womens Health care as a sixweek abortion ban went into effect in the state. In michigan former President Donald Trump at one of two midwest rallies he held on wednesday. Also highlights from a press conference from the poor peoples campaign, plus an indepth look at the Arizona Senate race this year. First the latest swing staples and the president ial race. Emerson college looked at the presumptive president ial nominees support in seven key swing states that are likely to decide this years election. In all of them, arizona, georgia, michigan, nevada, north carolina, pennsylvania, and wisconsin former President Trump held a slight advantage, but only one of those leads in arizona with outside the three point margin of error. In an effort to boost the campaigns standing President Biden and Vice President harris were on the road hitting on their message of womens r