Online store. Browse our latest collection of cspan products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. Theres something for every cspan fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operation. Shop now for anytime at cspan shop. Org. Now well take you live now to the u. S. Senate. A few judicial nominations on the agenda today, along with President Bidens nomination for chief counsel of the Internal Revenue service. Three vote series are planned and floor negotiations continue on Government Spending to avoid a partial Government Shutdown at midnight on friday. 20 of the federal government could close, if no deal is reached by friday, march 8th, the government would fully shut down. Speaker mike johnson is proposing the house and Senate Approve a shortterm spending bill that would shift both funding deadlines to about a week later. Well continue to bring the government funding story to you as the process unfolds. Right now we head live to the senate here on cspan2. Ficer senate
landmark relief bill. the house gearing up for a vote on the $2 trillion plan. it could get to the president s desk as early as tomorrow morning. that s a big deal. as a matter of calendar, it would beat the sunday deadline for renewing programs for the jobless. biden visited a hardware store that will benefit from this kind of support today, and he contrasted this money and the way he is going to deliver it, the new approach here with discredited trump programs where some of the money went the people who just didn t need it. an awful lot of that went to bigger businesses that in fact weren t supposed to qualify. in the last administration fired its inspector general. so a lot of money went to people who shouldn t have gotten help. we ve got several aspects of this story, but we begin immediately with our experts, former governor of vermont and former presidential candidate and also a doctor howard dean, and washington post reporter libby casey. good to see both of you.
Session. This is from russia with facebook, foreign influence in the u. S. Elections. Please silence your phones. This will be a onehour session. Hold your questions until the end. If you have questions, we will have a runner with notecards. G, ife spirit of unri something in here today inspires you are prisons and idea you want to go back and share with your community, please share it with the rest of the folks here, as well. Our inspiration cards are outside the back door. Out and put it up in the engagement station. Do not forget to give feedback about themit app sessions. I am your moderate moderator today. I and with represent. Us. We do legal advocacy work at i cannot be joined by better panel to discuss what has become an issue of True National priority, the vulnerability of our states, local, and National Elections the foreign influence in the urgent need for americans across the political spectrum to come together to find old forwardlooking and Sustainable Solutions to this pr
Borders piece but Kiersten Nielsen who i also had the privilege to work with during the bush and ministration, she also has plum island. I bet you theres nobody here who knows what plum island is. We leave this discussion to go live to the u. S. Conference of the mayors winter meeting. Members are expecting to hear from Virginia Governor mark warner. Live coverage on cspan2. When he left office his state was ranked as the best date for business, the best managed state and the best date in which to receive a public education. In the senate he is distinguished himself as a leader who works with colleagues from both parties on behalf of his state and everyone in our country. He serves on the finance, banking, budget and rules committee and as vice chairman of the select committee on intelligence. Senator warner is with us today. He has been a great leader for our country. Please help me welcome him to speak to us. Senator warner. [applause] thank you match. Thank you for that introduction
Live from new york city. Lets hear new orleans a little bit here. There you go. Give me a little mix here. It has been almost ten years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast, in particular new orleans. Parts of the city have rebuilt and flourishes some areas are still struggling a decade later. The president is speaking now. Lets have a listen. As soon as i land in new orleans, first thing i do is get hungry. [ laughter ] when i was here with the family a few years ago, i had a shrimp poboy at parkway bakery and tavern, i still remember it. Thats how good it was. And one day i leave office, maybe ill finally hear a rebirth of the maple leaf on tuesday night. [ cheers and applause ] ill get a chance to see the mardi gras and somebody tell me what carnival is for. But right now i just go to meetings. [ laughter ] i want to thank michelle for the introduction and more importantly for the great work she is doing. What symbolizes, what she represents in terms of the city bouncin