Specifically d. C. , i grew up here. My grandparents with her first immigrated High School Class so it is very personal. You keep seeing these shootings, and indifference to black life. I think now we are dealing with 400 years of tragedy and i think a combination of factors that come together they are not going to allow us to ignore. When you look back at the video, the difficult video to watch of george floyd under arrest, the Police Officer with his knee on the neck of george floyd for eight or nine minutes, the reaction of the people in the crowd, obviously theres filming going on. Does it surprise you these tactics still exist in American Police forces, given the presence of not just social media but media in general, given the presence of changes of leadership and Police Including minneapolis, promises to change Police Practice . It does. Inherently, it surprises me but given what we continue to see, it doesnt. You would think withyok camera, but the abundance of social media and
Time to get you home and watch the game. That do want you to know charlie cook made the ultimate sacrifice tonight. Game. Tickets to the he gave them to his son so he us. D join [applause] pay. Tall price to we thank you doubly for that. Lso wanted to mention i think john might have that we have a couple exciting programs two more exciting coming up. Enator Sherrod Brown joins us november 19. Susan rice, former national advisor, on january 14. Mentioned, there is no better place for political junkies to go to know whats american politics than the Cook Political Report. Editor, the the founder, the publisher, has and they have been very, very by the the hill center, way. Charlie is here was here a years ago Jennifer Duffy have been here with us. And coming into 2020, believe it or not, were already in the of it. We thought it was a good time to have charlie cook back, and he with usly agreed to come us, again. So, charlie, good to see you. Hank you so much for coming back. Charlie thank
Let me try to call this full have stored or, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gholston , senior fellow here in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The location of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate. This one entitled broken can the senate save itself and the country those of you who read his first book on the senates will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on Us Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays senate be up
Emocrats, 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. We will get to your calls in just a minute, but lets begin with president obama in the rose garden yesterday talking about why he has chosen judge garland as his pick for the Supreme Court. i have sought the advice of republican and democratic members of congress, reached out to every member of the Judiciary Committee, the bar associations, representing an array of interests and opinions from all across the spectrum. Today, after completing this exhaustive process, i have made my decision. I have selected a nominee who is widely recognized not only as one of americas sharpest legal minds but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, evenhandedness, and excellence. These qualities and his long commitment to Public Service have earned him the respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle. Ultimately bring that same character to bear on the Supreme Court, an institutio
And this is a Winter Weather advisory to hang on until noon tomorrow, and that covers much of the viewing area with the exception of rthis area around culpepper and an area of white to spread over 5 00 and 6 00 and 7 00 a. M. Look at this shot at 5 00 a. M. We see the snow, but what happens after 5 00 a. M. , and how long is the snow event going to hang on as well as what we are going to be getting, and i will tell you how long in the forecast coming up. In a moment. And to veto or not to veto, and that is what the governor is considering, a bill that would allow businesses to refuse serving customers based on sexual grounds. And we have Steve Handelsman at capitol hill on whether this is going to be survive. Well, the governor is getting input, and much of it is negative about the controversial measure. Reporter three top aides say that Arizona Governor jan brewer will likely veto the bill to allow businesses in her state to refuse to serve gays, because she says they are concerned ab