19th. 19th news. Org is the upside. A first time guest, welcome to washington journal. Guest thank you so much for having me. I am so happy to be here. Host thank you for watching. We look forward to hearing about your new organization. Tell us about the 19th. How did it get started . What is the mission . Just the 19th began before the iowa caucuses. The idea was born about four years ago right after the 2016 elections. Had anraham shaw election where we saw in juice issues of gender on full display. Nomination and yet the narrative around gender was with that election were the same as they have been for so many cycles. Questions around electability, likability. Four years later, we started to see, even with six women and a certain number of women running for president , the same narratives and tropes again. Factoring their way into the election cycle. Emily felt an urgent need to create a newsroom where women were discussed, not just as a special Interest Group but as the majority of
Please leave your name and the city you are calling from. Also, social media, cspanwj is our twitter handle. Com giving thell. Basic contours of what happened yesterday. On saturday President Donald Trump signed a series of executive actions intended to extend and expand covid19 relief, including extending payroll tax collection and boosting unemployment benefits. It is not clear the Legal Authority under which the president was acting, which came at a News Conference in his in new jersey at his country club in host those are the basics. We will get to the details in a moment. From the president yesterday at this event in new jersey on why he did this. [video clip] democrats are actively blocking the things we want and what we want is good for people. Support for k12 schools so that they can open. Inc. Of that. The, direct payments at 3400 for a family of or bang. Ofs, funding for family four. Plus, funding for Mental Health care and you need that when you have so much of a lockdown. R
General election. This is under one hour. Now your moderator latoya edwards. Latoya welcome to this democratic senator primary debate. Andre the home of nbc 10, we would like to thank our guests. We will start with the incumbent, senator ed markey. He served massachusetts in the senate since 2013. Before that he served the seventh district in the house of representatives since 1976. We also welcome congressman joe kennedy. He served in 2013, and then as an assistant District Attorney. We are following social distancing guidelines during the debate. Everyone including the candidates are spread out more than six feet apart, and our panelists are not in the studio with us. They are in different coat different places in the media center. Before we get started, here are the rules for the debate. Both candidates will get one , and 45 seconds for individual questions with a 32nd rebuttal in a rapidfire round. They will have one minute for closing statements. You can join and now, use debate.
Monday, the house wrapping up a brief pro forma session. We will head back live to the Defense Department hearing on civilian Law Enforcement. Your recognized for their maker of the time. You are recognized for the remainder of the time. I am looking for a yes or no if you dont know the answer, please let me know you will take it for action. You have both testified that you have taken else to the constitution of the United States. That includes question mar oath yes. Yes. Are you aware that the executive power shall be vested in a president meaning one or a single president . Yes. Yes. That theu aware constitution makes the president the commanderinchief of the army and navy . Yes. Yes. Are you aware that the president s power is undisputed . Aware that the president s power to remove from office key cabinet officials especially National Security positions including the secretary of defense is undisputed . Sec. Esper yes. Are you aware that the uniform code of military justice criminal
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