This is just over an hour. [background noises] [background noises] we have cspan here so we all have to behave. Good morning Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is Shalonda Young director of the White House Office of management and budget. This is her first appearance at a monitor breakfast so welcome. Director young hills from louisiana urges degrees for Loyola University in new orleans and she worked on the hill for years pierced most recently as a staff staff director and House Appropriations. In 22 atd once she became acting omb director a year later it was confirmed easily by the senate including 14 republican votes. I picked up one. [laughter] way to go. In this day and age that is something for director young was a key negotiate of the debt ceiling talks last year. We will be interested in getting her take of all the government funding issues now urgently on the table. So again welcome. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here, pl
Impeachment. Democrats this hour say the impeachment investigation is entering a new phase. According to nancy pelosi there will be a vote that will lay out the ground rules for public hearings. Democrats insist this is major move. They hope it will shut down the key talking point from republicans and President Trump. I know people are still in a basement in a secure room in the basement trying to make us look as bad as possible. These impeachment proceedings are rigged. They are being held in secret. They decided we will do this behind closed doors away from the view of the American People which is unamerican. A source tells cnn this is paving the way to the public hearings and the transcript coming out and the resolution is expected to be introduced tomorrow. Republicans are saying this vote is a sham. Mark meadows saying unless you have a vote of inquiry on the house floor, a rule vote is not the same thing. Owe no you know its not the same thing. A lot of questions tonight about th
Biden has spent recent weeks traveling the country and going abroad, but has not visited East Palestine, Ohio, two weeks after saying he will go "at some point."
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