Next, a discussion on trends to the u. S. Political system. Topics include the impeachment inquiry, President Trumps use of social media and the role of the courts. From the Brookings Institution this is 90 minutes. [inaudible] i would like to welcome me to our forum on impeachment, foreign interference and Election Security and 2020. It has been several weeks since Speaker Pelosi launched the impeachment inquiry. Theres been testimony from a number of Administration Officials and soon we will be moving to public hearings. At the same time as we head into the 2020th election, there is concern about foreign i interference in the security of our election infrastructure. There is a concern about Voter Registrationon databases, sewing societal discord, and spreading disinformation. You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seat, s so if theres anything that comes up during the course of this conversation where you need to refer to the legal document, feel free to do so. To
And abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays good judgment in a crisis is shocking. And he lost 8 points on the is he a strong and decisive leader question. Now, on these same questions, trump is up a point or flat from 2020. And this poll isnt the only warning sign for biden. The trump trials have not moved the needle for biden at all. The border story keeps getting worse. And inflation remains, as jamie dimon said yesterday sticky. That means its bad. Voters just are not happy. Plus, even in blue states like nevada, democrat incumbents may be in trouble. And while the official reaction from the democrats, kind of cool as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Su
University administrators and legal analysts he was your first from the Senate Education chairwoman laura alexander. This is one hour and 45 minutes. The Senate Committee will please come to order. Today we are holding a hearing on free speech on College Campuses. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce the witnesses where we are looking forward to the witnesses. This is an Exceptional Panel and we thank you for coming. After george testimony, we will each have five minutes of questions. Before we get into the hearing, i want to make a comment about the recommendations senator marie and i made it to the senate along with 22 other senators equally divided republicans and democrats for a shortterm bipartisan agreement to reduce premiums and avoid chaos in the individual Insurance Market during 2018 and 2019. Im very encouraged by what has happened since we introduced that a week ago. From the Congressional Budget Office yesterday which said in effect t
World, her is becoming a scarce commodity is just getting dryer and dryer and we need more and more water somewhere, earth dying of thirst. No water in the home, then its like b upon with global struggle for water. And nothing can be done. Thirst starts august 10th on d, w. Ah, ah, the u. S. Jobs market bounces back. The latest employment figures blow forecasts out of the war said to return american joblessness to pre pandemic levels. Or heard from our correspondence in mistakes. Tensions over taiwan hits new heights. China says its suspending cooperation with the u. S. Over nancy pelosi visits to the island. And tracking the production of palm oil, a swiss starter is using tech to try to ease the minds of consumers concerned about supply chain. This is the to be a business owner. What in berlin, welcome to the program. And we begin with some astounding figures from the u. S. American employers added over half a 1000000 jobs last month, more than double what economists had been expecti
Know about it . Today our Kristin Fisher spoke with the stepfather of the surviving roommate. About 1 00 in the morning he called to say that he had been shot. Reporter minutes after making that phone call from a neighbors house 22yearold neal oa was wheeled into an ambulance. Hed been shot in the back of the leg while running away from his roommate dayvon green. I guess hed always been a little bit different. He would have kind of highs and lows, ups and downs. Reporter but he never thought dayvon was capable of killing a roommate and shooting another before turning the gun on himself and he and his stepson have no idea why he did it. Stunned to say the least, shocked, didnt really believe it. Reporter neal is recovering at his familys home in frederick. He still has a bullet in his leg but physically is expected to make a full recovery. Its his emotional state his family is so worried about. Hes still pretty upset about it, you know, got a lot of things to work through, a lot of emot