Those waiti tell them that their child is never coming home. Reporter doctors and gun victims and mayors are blanketing the capitol, as some republicans signal new openness to gun laws after a summer of deadly mass shootings. Im hoping that in the next few day, early next week, well have a breakthrough. Reporter gop leaders met with the president today to try to nail down what he supports. Hes very interested. I think he is learning about this issue. Reporter House Democrats arent waiting. The Judiciary Committee will please come to order. Reporter advancing bills today that would ban high capacity magazines and confiscate guns from high risk individuals. Theyre urging the senate to join them in passing universal background checks. We wont stop until the job is done. Reporter finding consensus wont be easy. Do you think that it would be reasonable to mandate background checks for all commercial gun sales . Were waiting to see how we can actually achieve something on this issue. What do
Investigation. From sidekick to the spotlight, threetime emmy winner Valerie Harper passes away after a long battle with cancer. Well have a look back at her career and her courageous fight. And looking for financial aid, not for students but for many of our nations colleges. Hearing the growing number of schools closing their doors and why this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We dont necessarily know the exact contours of this storm, but we know its a serious storm, and we know it has a chance to really have a significant impact. The u. S. Prepares for Hurricane Dorian . The storm, its stronger. A very classiclooking hurricane, a clearly defined eye. Clearly a category 4 hurricane. This storm turned behemoth. The man who assassinated Robert Kennedy has been stabbed in prison. He was attacked by a fellow prisoner, stabbed in the neck. Hes hospitalized in critical condition. Tyler scaggs, the report says he had alcohol, oxycodone. We lost a friend and
On the next washington journal, former transportation secretary ray lahood discusses u. S. Competitiveness. Derrick morgan at the Heritage Foundation talks about the prospects of immigration legislation and how it could impact the economy. Washington post reporter david baron bold examines the job corps, described as the most expensive single Job Training Program in the labor department. It we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Special Operations Commander raven. He is a u t graduate. He described long swims through shark infested waters and wallowing in cold blood as part of the seals hell week. This is arguments. Minutes. 20 thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, president powers. Members of the faculty. Members of the faculty, family and friends, and most importantly a class of 2014. [applause] it is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight. It has been almost 37 years to the d
Thatnk it is important students and faculty be challenged and that they have an occasion to listen to very controversial points of view. But commencements are odd. Parents are there, the public is there, it is a large audience, and people tend to want someone around a greater degree of consensus can be built. You mentioned the Honorary Degree. What about payment for speakers . And in the case were speakers withdraw, dors they still get paid . I doubt the payment would still be due. The truth is that sometimes when an Honorary Degree is offered, paid orker may not be it will be much lower. Money comes and goes, but an Honorary Degree stays with you till the end of your days. There are certainly speakers who are brought in because there is a hope that they have a particular interest in some program that is going to be initiated or is ongoing at the university, and the university is honoring them because of that , ifed interest and hoping it is a wealthy speaker, that they will be donatin
The hands of the National Government. And it needed to be exclusively in the hands of the National Government in order to ensure that the United States could be a full sovereign on the world stage. Now, it is true that the subject matter of treaties is different now than it was at the time of the founding, but the framers understood that. They were careful not to impose subject matter limitations on the treaty power because they were wise enough to know they could not foresee what might be important for the United States to be able to negotiate about on a world stage in order to participate fully as a sovereign. And the Chemical Weapons Convention is a deeply apt illustration of exactly why the framers were wise in ensuring that there were not subject matter limitations on the exercise of the treaty power. The Chemical Weapons Convention the United States leadership in the Chemical Weapons Convention has made a big difference in ensuring that this norm, which is in our National Interes