Of the house nancy pelosi opens that debate calling for both sides to put aside their part of the ship and to vote in the interest of the country it is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary he gave us no choice what we are discussing today is the established fact that the president violated the constitution is a matter of fact that the president is an ongoing threat to our National Security and the integrity of our elections the basis of our democracy hundreds of historians legal scholars and former prosecutors regardless of party had stated that the president committed impeachable offenses while trumps republican allies say the democrats have been trying to impeach the president since he was elected. We on the republican side have no problem taking our case to the majority and to the people of this country because they elected donald trump and it is a matter for the voters not this house not in this way not in the way this is being done it is trampled
During a speech at the Brookings Institution in washington, d. C. After he spoke, china policy experts talked about chinas Regional Power. And president xi jing pings leadership. Good morning. My name is bruce jones. Im the Vice President and the director for Foreign Policy here at brookings. It is my pleasure to welcome you here. I see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones. Its a pleasure to invite you to our event. Im delighted to welcome randy back to brookings. Weve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of our policy research. And while hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randal schreiber was appointed on jan 8th, 2018, prove lees having served for east asian and Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered china, taiwan, hong kong and aus tailia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of also served as an active duty Nav
Of the Trump Administrations muslim ban, i would like to welcome the members of t the subcommittee and oversight and investigations to this hearing. We are happy to be working on this important issue with you all today. Id also like to thank all of the majorityminority members in staff of both subcommittees for coordination and flexibility while planning this joint hearing particularly given the cancellation of yesterdays vote, i want to note that because of the cancellation not every member is able to be here today, but i did make a point of talking to mr. Columns and mr. Buck to be assure that they would be okay with proceeding and they assured me that they were since mr. Bigg and zeldon will be here, we do appreciate that flexibility and our opportunity to learn more and to probe issues about this matter. I really do think the hearing in many ways is overdue for 2 and a half years the administration has been allowed to arbitrarily ban from predominantly muslim countries and no overs
Theyre cookies. Brennan nancy pelosi is adopting a different tone. Impeaching a president or having an investiga psident is t anything to be joyful about. Brennan but many republicans claim this is just political stunt. Our guest, Top Republican senator missouris roy blunt and two key house democrats, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman eliot engel and congressman jim himes, who sits on the Intelligence Committee. Plus well hear from two journalists who closely covered past impeachments, the Washington Posts bob woodward and peter baker of the New York Times. All this and political analysis of the week up next on face the nation. Good morning, and welcome to face the nation. There has been another series of stunning developments in the story that is consuming washington. President trump continues to attack his critics, pleading over 160 times this week. He also made several freewheeling appearances filled with unsubstantiated claims alongside visiting foreign leaders. Biden and his son
Its been around for a long time and computers didnt cause it. But when people die because of a tweet, there has to be a tech solution. Expanding the marketplace of ideas is all well and good to welcome you to brookings this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and its a pleasure to invite you to the event with randall schriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him over the past decade. While hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and, randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall schriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense on january 8, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered, china, taiwan, hong kong, and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state and also served as an active duty Naval Intelligence officer. Beyond his government car