The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. The full committee is convening, regarding violations of the hatch act under the Trump Administration. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give my Opening Statement. Today, we are holding a hearing on a very troubling report issued by the office of special counsel on june 13th of this year. This report finds that Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, violated the hatch act dozens of times, and it reasonable degree of medical certainty recommends the president fire her immediately for repeated violations. Rarely issues come before the committee that are so clear cut, but this is one of them. This is about right and wrong. This is about the core principle of our precious democracy, that nobody, not one person, in this country is above the law. Contrary to claims from miss conway and President Trump, this is not a conspiracy to silence her or restrict her First Amendm
Second amendment. Charles the president s comments coming on the heels of Congressional Ethics Committee launching an investigation into long time democratic congressman john coniers after he reportedly settled a wrongful dismissal complaint for more than 27,000 in taxpayer money after former female staffer alleged she was fired in 2015 because she would not succomb to sexual advances and he expressed denying the allegation in a statement. This all unfolding of course as several left wing activist groups are now demanding democratic senator al franken resign after two women have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct, to my panel now, tammy bruce, fox news political contributor member of the independent womens forum board of directors and Washington Times columnist, and columnist for the fiscal types. Com, and a contributor to the hill and ashley pratt, contributor to the u. S. News and world record. Ladies thank you for joining us let me start with you tammy. Its just all com
We dont have a deal yet. We was tweeting about how we want to do something to keep good people in the contri especially those that have passed background checks and served in the nil tar rain productive members of the society and here through no fault of their own. Lets not jump to conclusions. We dont have a deal yet. This is what you see outside of the Reform Church of the highland park. But not the kind President Trump has in mind along the u. S. Mexico board. Its the wall against wall. The pastor and the greens Party Candidate for governor in new jersey has been outbock in critics of the President Trump ol sy and now working to protect dozens of families after trump afons are nonessed he would cancel daca. Former president obamas deferred action for childhood arrivals. Not only the daca at risk but all the families who have been veffing prosectorial and for many, many years. Last week, Gave Congress six months to rework daca. On wednesday night, young immigrants got a glimmer of ho
Hello, everyone. Its high noon here in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Hes back with a whole lot to say. Mitt romney on todays meet the press, talking about the comparisons between romney care in massachusetts and obama care. And perhaps the most important lesson the president failed to learn was you have to tell the American People the truth. What when he told the American People you could keep your Health Insurance if you wanted to keep that plan, period, he said that time and again, he wasnt telling the truth. I think that fundamental dishonesty has put in peril the whole foundation of his second term. Current Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was also on meet the press. Heres his take. It does a lot of good for a lot of people. Thats already begun. It will continue. The website isnt perfect. Thatll get fixed. Im confident of that. The website at home in massachusetts when we first started implementing in 2007 was also imperfect. It got fixed. A
Was man made according to the u. S. Forest service. A huge blaze was sparked when a hunter allowed illegal flames to escape. The socalled rim fire has been burning since august 17th and has consumed 370 square miles. Walmart workers are demanding a minimum salary of 25,000 per year. Walmart officials told al jazeera, a handful of orchestrated stunts made up of union activates, dont represent the majority of our 1. 3 million associates. Inside story is next. Americas military leaders acknowledge a terrible truth. That some of the men and women who sign up to serve the nation end up victims of Sexual Assault. So is the pentagon doing enough to fight the problem or is the solution outside the chain of command . From washington this is inside story on al jazeera america. Welcome im libby casey. Every week in the u. S. Military there are an estimated 500 Sexual Assaults and only a fraction are ever reported. Just this week at the navy yard here in washington a hearing is underway to determi