Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. Hes a lame duck. He has a congress dominated by the opposing party. But despite rumors of his political demise president obama is kind of on a roll. Since his party lost the senate in november the president has allowed 4 million undocumented immigrants to come out of the shadows. Hes rebuilding relations with cuba. Hes pushing congress to catch up with the rest of the world and force employers to offer paid sick days for their workers and give paid parental leave to federal employees for the first time. Just this week the president s department of justice put major restrictions on a program that has allowed police to seize 3 billion worth of cash and personal property since 2008. The Washington Post called it quote, the most sweeping check on police power to confiscate personal property since the seizures began three decades ago as part of the war on drugs. And hes trying to give free college to the people. Free college now, republicans with their
Read by the Judiciary Committee chairman chuck grassley, and one member of the majority believes a certain kind of democrat might try to take advantage of the extra eyeballs on the hearing. Senator grassley has been very fair. More given to anybody in the Supreme Court. We are going to have it here and, theres no drama. The only dramas those running for president and how will they handle this hearing on the democratic side. Were going to get this man confirmed. The potential 20 2020 conts are kemal harris, cory booker, and amy klobuchar. Dick durbin is on it too, and hes complaining that even though democrats have seen hundreds of thousands of documents about kavanaugh, there are still hundreds of thousands of documents out there. The assertion of executive privilege by the white house to take a hundred thousand documents and save the American People will not get a chance to see them as the first time in history. This denial of access to documents violates a rule that we thought it was
Also the u. S. Plans on withdrawing thousands of troops from afghanistan, but hear why the timing is still up in the air. Thank you again for joining us. Our top story, this will be a historic week in washington. The full u. S. House is expected to vote on articles of impeachment against u. S. President donald trump. And the House Judiciary Committee has just released a report detailing its arguments for impeachment stemming from the scandal with ukraine. It says in part, while there is no need for a crime to be proven in order for impeachment to be warranted, here President Trumps scheme or course of conduct also encompassed other offenses, both constitutional and criminal in character, and it is appropriate for the committee to recognize such offenses in assessing the question of impeachment. The republicans penned a dissenting view, writing this. The majoritys actions are unprecedented, unjustifiable and will only dilute the significance of the dire recourse that is impeachment. The
Survivor host Jeff Probst explains what future Survivor season twists and winner reveals will look like. Survivor host Jeff Probst has revealed what future seasons of the show are going to look like, including winner reveals on finale nights and if Seasons 41 and 42 s format will stick.
Survivor host Jeff Probst reveals what future Survivor season twists and reveals will look like. Survivor host Jeff Probst has revealed what future seasons of the show are going to look like, including winner reveals on finale nights and if Seasons 41 and 42 s format will stick.