Welcome to uncommon knowledge. And then to host with the Ronald Reagan institute with the speechwriter in general mcmaster has ordered me to tell the story of the speech. With the first page of the speaking copy. And first for some historical background after a portion of berlin itself with the british and french control even with east berlin and all of the surrounding east germany and with a communist regime its important to grasp that west berlin is completely surrounded and you can see it is a little. Insight east germany. Again, after the war, thousands of these germans flee the communist music regime east germany to the democratic west. How do they do this . Very often they do it just by stepping across the street and then they could get on the train to cross the german territory to the west. So by 1960, one fifth of the entire population of east germany just that. They fled. So to stop the enormous exodus these germans proposed a physical barrier and moscow agreed and in the midd
The speechwriter in general mcmaster has ordered me to tell the story of the speech. With the first page of the speaking copy. And first for some historical background after a portion of berlin itself with the british and french control even with east berlin and all of the surrounding east germany and with a communist regime its important to grasp that west berlin is completely surrounded and you can see it is a little. Insight east germany. Again, after the war, thousands of these germans flee the communist music regime east germany to the democratic west. How do they do this . Very often they do it just by stepping across the street and then they could get on the train to cross the german territory to the west. So by 1960, one fifth of the entire population of east germany just that. They fled. So to stop the enormous exodus these germans proposed a physical barrier and moscow agreed and in the middle of the night august 13, 1961, the east germans strong barbed wire all the way aroun
2023, urgent message. Fresh off his trip to war torn israel, President Biden takes his plea straight to americans in a primetime address tonight. What he says Congress Needs to do now. Whos the boss . After 16 days, republicans have yet to fill the vacant speaker seat. Why a plan to temporarily solve the problem is suddenly in doubt. Taking the deal. Sidney powell accepts a plea agreement over her role in the Georgia Election interference case. What that could mean for former President Trumps upcoming trial. And grounds for concern. Why hawaiians still struggling to recover after the maui wildfires are now facing a new potentially toxic threat. That will be really important. Its important to stay focused on communities even after the news crews leave. Welcome to nbc news daily. Were wearing purple by the way to show our support for the lgbtq plus community. Thats right. Were really glad to be with you and we have a lot of stories to get to. So lets start this hour with President Biden.
The president doing . He is the president and . I tc constitution as it was intended to be applied. And the president s in america have operated outside of the realm of their executive authority constitutionally speaking for decades. So, to judge donald trump for me is not to judge him against obama or merge w bush. In your view have adhered to the constitution. Guest it has been a long time since we had a president that was truly constitutional. Look at article ii of the constitution, that is the delegated authority for the executive branch. When we look at that we realize how little power the president has especially autonomously, i show my students you look at the constitution, article 1, the powers delegated to congress, article 2 delegated to the president and article 3 delegated to the judiciary. In america we gravitated more toward an allconsuming executive rather than an executive in service to the legislative. What we have now in america is a bit of an aberration of what the p
The committee will come to order. I want to thank senator leahy for being such a good partner in this endeavor. Our hearing today is on russias policies on specific european nations. One thing we have in common with all these countries, they are young struggling democracies and friends of the United States. Out of respect for your family, i will not pronounce any of your names. I will try to get your country right. And you have an opportunity when you speak to tell us who you are. Anyway, we have the foreign minister from the ukraine, ambassador from poland, ambassador from georgia, ambassador from lithuania and ambassador from estonia. I have met most of you on my travels. I cant thank you enough for coming today and sharing with the committee and really the American People what is going on in your backyard because you live in a very difficult neighborhood. I would like to welcome to the Committee Senators rubio and van holland. Hopefully we can do things together good for the country