Fact that he is the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman means he cannot be too independent. Hes responsible for assuring some of the administration possibly guess priorities. In some of the administrations top priorities. Along those lines, theres no better example than what is going on with the nsa. The administration is pushing as hard as they can to defend these programs. Patrick leahy has said he is he said the changes. Nsa got out of their lane on this. This is problematic for the hiselligence committee. Willingness as a leader and chairman to take this position shows that he is an independent in the senate. They brought up the issue of immigration and gun control. Where are both of these issues . Guncontrol he said is over with. He sees immigration as still life. Alive. Even though it is now out of his hands, he is still going to work really hard at communicating with members of the house and trying to get the final product to the president does. President s desk. Thank you for b
We hope the numbers of would grow. There are 16 airports operating through this program. Thank you for your time. Dan, it theave author. About the book and other issues concerning politics. We are taking a look at this. We will look at the governor. We will have an interview with the courier journal. This takes place. Then they will also talk about the fancy political picnic that takes part in kentucky. This is the chairman of the nga. He will join us at 9 00. Begins at 7 00 in the morning. The summer meeting takes place again in milwaukee. The activity is set to start shortly. D kumar sees on cspan starting momentarily. Eu can see these on cspan starting momentarily. We are live this morning on cspan. We are here at the wisconsin sensor a couple of blocks west of the Milwaukee River appeared governors are gathering here throughout a week and. Livell breed bringing you coverage. They are supposed to start a couple of minutes ago. They are getting things together. We will be hearing fro
President obama is back in town barely for a couple of days then he scoots off to Marthas Vineyard for his own vacation. But to the extent there is any news, well tell you about it and give you a chance to comment on it at 186655press. Join us on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. He goes up to Marthas Vineyard for vacation with his family, one person the president will not be playing golf with is Vladimir Putin. In fact, yesterday, the white house announced that the president was canceling his scheduled summit with Vladimir Putin before the g20 meeting in st. Petersburg because the president is pissed that Vladimir Putin gave a oneyear asylum to Edward Snowden. For that, Everything Else goes on the rocks. And rick scott in florida says hes going to try once again to prevent latinos and blacks from voting. Wow on current tv. Tell you all about it. Are you encouraged by what you we have a big, big hour and the iq will go way up. vo current tv gets the conv
Security and human rights. A Statement Released by the white house explained now, if you ask me, these agreements are not reasons to postpone a meet, their reasons to have a meeting. Sitting down and negotiating is not a sign of weakness, its usually a sign of strength. In 1961, president kennedy sat down for the vienna summit to discuss their troubled relationship. President reagan sat down with mikael gorbachev. Join be me now is Christina Pelosi and from new york, Michael Shure, whos the usual host of this show. Welcome to both of you. Thank you. Michael, lets start with you. Isnt there a danger here of escalating the situation with russia by canceling a meeting in such a dramatic fashion . Isnt there a sense of raising the dress level here . Yeah, you know, david, you talked about a little bit of precedent in 1961 with 39 kennedy. The worlds a different place now. He is skating with russia isnt what it once was. I think by giving them a small punishment of not having this meeting,
Los angeles. He will be down at Camp Pendleton later this afternoon. We will bring you up to date on the news of the day and take your calls at 186655press. Look forward to hearing from you on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. In the news today, of course, everybody still buzzing about the fact that the Washington Post was sold. Could the New York Times be next . Thats what people are asking. And around washington, the most common reaction is well, jeff bezos bought it, at least it wasnt Rupert Murdoch or the Koch Brothers. Good news on the child obesity front. Give some credit to first Lady Michelle obama. Pardon me. Oh, my god, i dont think ive ever done that on television before but for the First Time Ever not ever but in a long time, the numbers on child obesity are coming down. Michelle obamas efforts are paying off. Ill promise to try not to sneeze again right here on current tv. Conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. Im a slutty bob hope. The