Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr
Good morning. Welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. I am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. I know it has been seven months since we had you before us and i know we all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. Despite that passage of time many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. For example, i asked about the investigation into phone carrier selling the realtime location of nearly every american. Mr. Chairman, you told me even after more than one year had passed we still cannot tell whether this practice has stopped and could not say whether the impacted individuals have been notified and could not tell us that members of congress and lawenforcement had their locations sold or tracked and in june of this year you told senator blumenthal that you were wrapping up this investigation and with that recommendation shortly. That was six months ago. We still dont have them. Chairman sloan and
All this is a Democratic National committee is facing pressure to open up the primaries and hold debates and we are on top of all of it. Im sandra smith infer neil cavuto, we have Fox Team Coverage in washington and three more republicans ready for launch. Of Jacqui Heinrich in the white house where pressure is mounting on the president to begin debate. The field of republican candidates is growing fast today, former Vice President mike pence made it official hes good to be challenging his old running mate former President Trump for the revoke a nomination, he will officially unveil the campaign on wednesday he files paperwork today and will be delivering remarks in iowa, the former vp is expected to campaign heavily on his faith, his record and policies he fought for during the trump administration. Im very confident that whatever things look like right now, that republican primary voters are going to look at the field and think very deeply about who can best carry our message and car
Language. We are prochoice. We are a movement that believes that a woman should have the agency to choose whatever she feels is right for her and her family and her body. Watch on cspan 2. We are live now as the House Rules Committee starts its second day of hearings on congressional earmarks. In february of 2011, Congress Imposed a ban on earmarks, and President Trump is suggesting that they be restored. Yesterday, the Committee Heard from congress members, and today, it will be representatives from outside groups supporting and opposing earmarks. These sessions are designed to be a debate about earmarks. Should get under way in just a moment live on cspan3. Rules committee will come to order. Thank you very much for joining us this morning. Today, the committee will be considering article i effective oversight and power of the purse. Yesterday, our subcommittee and rules of the house and organization of the house, chaired by chairman doug collins, received and heard testimony from ov
Capitol hill in the capitol. You can see it live there. Seats filling up for the 10 00 meeting, the Fourth Committee the republican plan, ahead of the scheduled vote that is scheduled for tomorrow. Want to hear just from republicans in this last 20 the washington journal today on whether you upport the healthcare replacement bill. Line for republicans who live in eastern or central time zone and republicans in the mountain or pacific time zones, call in now. Headline from is wall street journal. Rift over bill squeezes speaker headline this morning. Speaker ryan struggling to unite party behind legislation, a hearder by de opposition from the faction less than two years ago helped drive predecessor, congressman boehner. Mr. Ryans collaborative style, failure undercut his power and inability to unite rebelling republicans, the rest g. O. P. Legislative agenda including overhaul of tax code, could be in peril. The wall street journal writes, we want to hear what you the republicans aroun