And overnight while the casket was in the rotunda, according to abc, close family members and staffers took turns sitting vigil overnight while lewis lies in state in the rotunda. Also happening on capitol hill today, the attorney general, william barr, will be testifying before the house judiciary about his performance. Well begin a conversation on that. What do you think about mr. Barrs performance as attorney general . Do you agree with him at 2027480000 is your number. Disagree, 2027482001. You can also text us at 2027488003. Or join us on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. Joining us on the phone is todd, a Legal Affairs staff writer with cq roll call. Remind our viewers why this hearing is taking place. Hi, good morning. Well, this is basically something that used to happen all the time and does happen all the time. Its an oversight hearing. And you have the house, which is the closest representative to the people of the United States in the government and they get a chance to brin
So its been two months and even waiting around for the republicans to offer a counterproposal. Thats expected today but it hasnt been without a lot of work, without a lot of disagreement. What you read most recently was over the weekend a lastditch negotiations with Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary, mark meadows, white house chief of staff. They are up on capitol hill saturday inside a meeting with gop staff and is been disagreements both between the white house and the Senate Republicans and within the Senate Republican conference itself. Theres a couple different camps. You have some moderate kind of centrist republicans who are facing tough reelections and they wanted to put their foot on the gas and get this money out the door. Then theres conservative camp that says wait a minute, deficits are through the roof, weve already offered 3 trillion. Its unprecedented and we cant just throw trillions out the door. I will saddle future generations with the debt. Thats the hurdle tha
Republicans and the white house unveiled their coronavirus stimulus plan today and now comes the hard part both parties have to negotiate their differences. Joe khaleel reports from washington. Now the republicans have their own bill negotiation toward a bipartisan stimulus package is under way republicans put forward a trillion dollar proposal for kids jobs. And health care senator Mitch Mcconnell says the gop plan provides Liability Protection for businesses more than a 100 billion dollars for schools and more testing money every single thing we put forward as a way to get more relief and the peoples but democrats say the gop plan falls short compared to their own 3 trillion dollar plan republicans seem to say that people dont want to work they want to take on employment stay home and that that is and so the Democrat Eric swalwell says republicans proposal to reduce the extra Unemployment Benefits from 600 to 200 a week will slow the recovery. We want to keep a steady flow. Of Unempl
Good news for tourists as spain ends its lockdown and welcomes visitors from europe. And two of britains airports reopen for commercial passenger flights today after being closed for nearly three months because of the pandemic. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after three people were stabbed to death in a park in the english town of reading. Police say its not currently being treated as terrorism, although theyre keeping an open mind about the motive. They said there was no indication it was linked to a black lives matter protest, which was held in the park a few hours earlier. John mcmanus reports. An air ambulance descending to the centre of reading in response to reports of a brutal attack. The first alert came at around 7pm yesterday evening with witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in for
Allies finally agrees to step aside after a standoff with the white house. I dont know anyone in the city does not have to pop in and running out of water in zimbabwe environmentalists are pointing the finger at government officials and developments. Thank you for joining Us Donald Trump called it the kickoff for his president ial Reelection Campaign but his 1st rally since the coronavirus outbreak in the u. S. Fell short of expectations event in tulsa oklahoma drill smaller than expected crowds and his appearance was mired in controversy with some saying the event posed a huge risk to Public Health shepparton some reports. That have been reported that this rally was intended not just to enjoys the president s supporters but to lift the spirits of a man whose crave the adulation of his base. Look down you are so lucky i am president. Of the Trump Campaigns hopes of a turnout of 100000 supporters inside and outside this Great American comeback rally fell short in front of the President