Im brian thomas good to have you with us today im here in the studio with our Political Correspondent hans brant as german chancellor Angela Merkel is set to address parliament to lay out the governments new efforts to contain the coronavirus now this comes one day after she announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november these are live pictures were getting right now from the bundestag in berlin where merkel will be speaking shortly german is experiencing an alarming rise in new infections beginning monday restaurants gyms bars and theaters will be among the businesses that will have to shut down schools shops and places of worship will however be remaining open. Well heres on sprott now hans the chancellor is about to lay out some very strict guidelines for the Country National guidelines whats the government saying about the threat level thats made this necessary well its i who has been the warning voice in germany for quite a long time if we look back just one month at t
Merry christmas, Merry Christmas to you both. Merry christmas to you both. Merry christmas to you both. Merry christmas to all our viewers and listeners. There listeners. And there was a present last night for Manchester United fans. Or was it James Radcliffe of enos fame completing his 25 takeover of the club that was announced last night . Be analysing that night . Well be analysing that later on this hour and later on throughout the day. Meanwhile, for chelsea, there misery at for chelsea, there was misery at molineux they went down to molineux as they went down to wolves. Oh, and Greg Dewhurst has christmas weather good has your christmas weather good morning and Merry Christmas. Morning and Merry Christmas. Will it be a White Christmas or a wet christmas . Find out in the forecast coming up soon. Yes. Well, this morning we yes. Well, this morning we want to know what youre up to. Okay so have the kids got you up. Merry Christmas Everybody. I hope santa has already been for you. So
By september 30. We are asking your view of the gop in congress. Here is how to join the conversation. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independence, and all others, 202 7458002. You can also post your thoughts on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. We would love to see a tweet from you on this topic, cspanwj. And, you can send this an email send as an email as well. Journal cspan. Org. We will get to your calls shortly. Forring capitol hill , joining us. How soon will the flexion for a new speaker happen . Guest good morning. [no audio] almost immediately, people began to put out statement saying that they were going to run for one position or another. Speaker, itt, first is Kevin Mccarthys race mostly. Others have not come out so far to say they will challenge him for that. Host are there any issues that would prevent Kevin Mccarthy from taking the speakership . Are there real concerns and the conference about his ability to lead . Guest i have not heard any. John boehner
It will be a very difficult decision for the next speaker, and arguably, increase the chances for a shutdown around christmas time. Guest remember, one of the legacies of Speaker Boehner is this is the lots of majority since 1930. He has built up a very impressive Republican Congress. Interestingly, he still cannot get the vote on big fiscal controversial issues. In the house, you have to move bills through your party. You cannot rely on the minority in many cases to increase your power and leverage. He was unable to do that. Host a bit of irony there that the people who he helped to get elected are now in a conference, or caucus, opposing his contingencies as bigger. As speaker. Guest that is right. Without a doubt, it has been an interesting speakership. The speaker going up against president obama, and then harry reid. It is a very difficult job. Speaker boehner, he liked to play golf, drink red wine. He will be enjoying life after congress. Overall, i think it will be and just a wh
To solidify her standing among African Americans. But first, the republican field is engaged in a new round of attacks over immigration just ahead of tonights critical debate in South Carolina and the important primaries around the corner. The latest punch, donald trump is knocking ted cruz in a tweet where he says if ted cruz doesnt clean up his act, stop cheating and doing negative ads, i have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen. It wasnt just cruz, candidate haves been working hard to out do one another with who can be more hard lined on bidding a border wall, nasty deportations and banning syrian refugees. A frontpage story in todays New York Times reports gop Party Leaders hoped some of the most provocative speech could have calmed down by now. The partys selfexamination how they failed to win the last election very clearly said it had to embrace comprehensive reform or doomed to continue defeat. I want to talk about this and more with sean spicer, the chief s