We saw a poll coming out of the weekend on sunday, a couple polls, actually, saying a majority of americans that were surveyed had very strong feelings about the fact that the president himself managed to contract this virus. Emily to a certain extent, it has served as a little bit of a wakeup call, if you will, that the president , with all of his security, testing, and the people that have been around him, even the most powerful man in the world can contract this virus. Can contract the virus. You see republicans. They have been sort of pushing forward and saying we are going to go ahead, continue with the debate, continue from what they can do with campaigning. Look over in the senate, where there is a huge debate going on right now about filling the Supreme Court vacancy. We have not seen any changes to that schedule despite the fact that we have three republicans who currently have the coronavirus and a couple of them sit on the committee that is going to be responsible for having
Session. I said at the time its our obligation to beards why we ran for office when you to be part of it for the good of the nation but we are about to have three straight weeks about one major on the senate relating to the pandemic we face not one, three weeks, not one. Hearings and subcommittees, yes. N activity on the floor of the senate, no. No built brought to the floor in fact an attempt yesterday and the resolution said the United States should be involved in the Global International effort to find a vaccine was projected on the republican side. The reason the senator objected to it its of the Foreign Relations committee see wants to take up the measure in his committing a laternk date i encourage that senator to do it s quickly. Think there is a sense of urgency across america in terms across this emergency theres not a sense of emergency on the republican side of the aisle. Despite the fact the three weeks have not considered one measure on the floor related to this covid viru
Praised, the house of representatives is not in session, the seventeenth session, it is our responsibility, how we ran for office, important things need to be decided and we need to be part of it for the good of the nation. We will complete 3 straight weeks, relating to the National Public Health Emergency we face, not one, three weeks, not one, hearings and some committees, next. Activity on the floor of the senate, now. Noble brought to the floor. Yesterday a resolution said the United States should be involved in the Global International effort to fight a scene on objected to on the republican side. The reason the senator objected to it, Senate Foreign relations committee, he wants to take up the measure in his committee at some later date. I encourage that senator to do it quickly. A sense of urgency across america in terms of this national Health Emergency that we face. There is not a sense of urgency on the republican side of the aisle. Despite the fact for three weeks weve not c
Years, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. Were going to talk today about news media and president s. When you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between president s and the press throughout our history . Patty it is an interesting courtship, that relationship between the president s and the press. Early on during, the campaign years, the candidates want to woo the press. They want to put on the best face. They know the power of the press to get their message outside. But when they get in office and the confetti is down and the celebration is over, and the reality of governing comes in, and they realize that the role of the press is to be a watchdog, to be the peoples watchdog on government, to see how are they doing the job that they are doing. To be a check and balance on the president. Few president s enjoy being criticized. That is often the role of the press. So that re
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