The discussion now on the 25th amendment. Our guest inn a law professor at Michigan State university. You wrote on friday morning that the law is clear about handling president ial illness but it can get murky fast. Talk about what is clear. The 25th amendmenter gives procedures for transferring power from the president to the Vice President things get murky if the president contests thein cabinet and things get really problematic if the president and Vice President are both incapacitated because then we have a lot of gaps in the law. You watch this unfold since friday. What concerns you the most . I think again there is an area where the president might think that he is able and its hard to know how the president is doing and what the side effects of the medication might be. Still not incapacitated enough that the 25th amendment was necessary going to kick in. But theres a potential were the president has been paired but not incapacitated and that is what worries me most now when we m
The republican senate. We are living through one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership in our countries history. Did you hear that donald trump . You have created one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership. We are going to this last portion of the conversation because the senate is about to gamble back in after their weekly caucus meetings. Senators continue work on the 2021 Defense Authorization bill with votes scheduled later this afternoon for five Senate Coverage on cspan2 a senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi madam president , i rise today to discuss our federal finances and the need to address our unsustainable fiscal debt and deficit. The federal budget has already been on an unsustainable path before covid19 reached our shores and before the pandemic and our governments response to it, which has accelerated what i believed is a coming day of reckoning. I recognize the unprecedented crisis presented by th
Now the president returns to face impeachment hearings in washington chuck todd is here to take us through all of it. Then less than a week after Nine American women and children were killed violently in mexico, many of the families that had been living there in a Mormon Community are coming back to the United States, fearing for their lives. That story just ahead. And later, a sunday sitdown with actress Kerry Washington on her powerful new film, american sun. Her breakout seven seasons on scandal. And finally convincing her skeptical parents she can make it as an actor. I waited until my mom was slicing into her filet mignon at the governors ball and i was like starving artist, who is starving now a sunday sitdown with Kerry Washington and with bob newhart all later on the show. Lets begin with the latest on the impeachment inquiry as the public hearings begin this week in washington this morning President Trump says he is ready to release the transcript from a second call with ukrai
Identity well leave the last couple of this hearing as the a confirmation hearing is being held for Navy Vice Admiral Charles Richard. Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines established for requested communications including questions for the records and hearings. I will. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests . Yes, mr. Chairman. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony or briefings. They will. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee. I do. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms and communication in a timely manner when requested by a constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis for any good faith delay or denial. I will. And lastly, have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which would appear to presume the outcome of your confirmation or the confirmation process . I h
Have Student Loans between 10,000 and 20,000, 2027488001. If you have Student Loans totaling more than 20,000, 2027488002 is the number. If you have no Student Loan Debt, 2027488003. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it as facebook. Com cspan. Beginning our program where we left off yesterday on the idea of the Student Loan Debt prices crisis, more than 45 million americans have Student Loan Debt. The total debt in 2018 was 1. 5 trillion and it increased since then. 2 million american borrowers have defaulted on their loans. Because of those defaults, the jected taxpayer loss is the average Student Loan Debt amount, some 37,000 for those who take out Student Loan Debts. It comes out to about an average of 293 a month. Those numbers from the Federal Reserve bank of new york. Having this conversation a day after senator Bernie Sanders announced his proposal to eliminate student dont Student Loan Debt. Here is senator sanders from yesterday. [