What we are doing today. This whole festival is about the idea that we all have a stake in government. Of our and we as citizens should be more engaged and better informed as a way to motivate civic participation tams complicated and simple as that. For 10 years, the texas tribunes journalism, we have tried to give all of youened everybody else in texas and elsewhere, a way into that conversation. It is Public Service journalism in the ideal. We believe in it, we believed in it then, we believe in it now. Your being here makes an enormous difference. It tells me that like all of us at the tribune, you care. And you believe. So it is not insignificant that youre here. We love it. My job today is to say thank you. This will be the second time ambassador rice has been at the tribune festival in three years. Honestly, i cant believe we get her to come. She is an extriretnary Public Servant with a great story to tell. This is the first time that margaret is here, shes a journalist that ever
And political strategists talked about the impeachment inquiry against President Trump and their predictions for the 2020 president ial election at an event hosted by the Texas Tribune festival in austin. Heres part of the event with the Texas Tribune president and c. E. O. You can watch all of our coverage of the Texas Tribune festival online at cspan. Org. Justin amash is the only nondemocrat signed on here. When president clinton wased, there was a bipartisan impeachment. Right. There were members of both arties who did it. Can this go forward . Barely. [indiscernible] i would make both a principled argument and a political argument related to this. Impeachment is a very difficult thing to do. Ot difficult for the country the problem we have today, when we look at this, is between two elections, between the president ial election and the next president ial election, the only manner that exists right now to hold the president accountable is impeachment. Because we have now accepted o
Commitment and promise and finally, to the negotiating table. I thank you all for your attention. [applause] kyle cheney with politico, quite a significant shift in the impeachment momentum with Speaker Pelosi announcing the start of the inquiry with the testimony of the acting director of National Intelligence. What do we learn from these events . View thisdemocrats episode with a whistleblower raising flags about president trumps interaction with ukraine , that is enough to move democrats who were on the fence to forcefully in favor of an impeachment inquiry and the fact they are doing it at all suggest there will be a vote on articles of impeachment in the near future. The dni testimony lending credence to what the whistleblower said, although not confirming key details, only kept the fire lit. It did not change the trajectory. Ahead of this happening of the two week congressional break. Ahead of our interview, you tweeted this. Democrats advance impeachment effort. Tell us about wh
Remembrance on 9 11. Later that morning we had in my caucus, the House Democratic caucus, we had a presentation of the situation in afghanistan, a country that we went into following 9 11 to see where we are and where we go from here. The longest war in the history of the United States. Some disarray at the white house on this subject, but 18 years after the attack, the terror attack of 9 11, we remember the heroism that we saw that day and renew our solemn commitment to support our men and women who sacrifice to keep america safe. Whether its our men and women in uniform, in the military service or our first responders, well never forget their valor at that time and every day. Sadly, here we are, the president s decision to cancel 3. 6 billion for military construction initiatives, makes us less safe by undermining our National Security and the quality of life and the morale of our troops and it dishonors the constitution of the United States as the president negates the constitutions
To this conference. The topic today is the saudi arabia United States relationship. Many of us have supported this relationship from deepening counterterrorism cooperation to championing womens rights. The challenge for each side is to reconcile cooperation, National Security issues, while valueing very different systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military operation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for review, and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today to delve into factors at play affecting the u. S. Approach to saudi arabia, i relationship, and its future. Todays turn to program, i would like to say a few words about the middle east policy council. It was established in 1981 to promote dialogue and education between the United States and countries of the middle east. We have thre