Announcer the first Massachusetts Senate primary debate between incumbent senator ed markey and congressman joe kennedy, broadcasting across the commonwealth in partnership with wcai. Here are our moderators, jim braude and margery eagan. Welcome to our audience, the first debate in the senate race closely watched across the country. With an incumbent who served in both the house and senate, challenger with seven years under his belt in the house, their first opportunity to air their differences and views. As for the rules theres no rules. No opening statements, no closings. No time limits although we will keep track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. We want to cover a lot of ground so brevity is appreciated. We encourage you to talk to each other and since were asking our audience not to applaud during the debate, wed like to take a minute to give senator ed markey and congressman joe kennedy a hand. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. Margery. Congressman kenn
And inception in 2004. And prior to joining, she worked in two networks that were here in western massachusetts both in holyoke and in north hampton. So it is a special honor to be able to welcome her back to western massachusetts. [cheers and applause] so i know that we are all excited to hear from her and this New York Times bestselling book, option three, ukraine. So those are your three options. [applause] so you want would you prefer showing hands or shouting . Shouting, okay. Number one, walruses. [cheers and applause] number two, alaska. [applause] number three, ukraine. [cheers and applause] [laughter] i think some people voted for both walruses and ukraine. Im going to demand a recanvas. All right. Ill read the bit on walruses in particular. Just the thing that weirded me out about the publication of the book when the book came out last month, earlier this month, is that right at around the time i got to my pub date, a couple of Different Things happened in the news. One is th
Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and senator ted cruz of texas. Plus, power politicians. The Democratic Candidates getting tough. They should open the door so anyone can come in and report open whats being said. Getting even. Im doing exactly the same thing theyre doing except that i am using my own money. And getting out. And spngd our campaign today. The latest on a wild and wide opened race. Also, our angry country. Also, our angry country. Theyre mired in igi politics hasf left him sole w. Joining me are nbc News White House correspondent kristen welker. Robert costa, former Obama Deputy Campaign managerzf . T step0 cutter and former republican congressman carlos cushelo of qflorida. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longestrunning show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning, given the constant storm of controversy and disruption that has defied the trump presidency, its
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th
The gops strategy for a senate trial. And trump ally Boris Johnson wins big in great britain. We did it. We pulled it off didnt we . Is that conservative landslide a warning for democrats . Inside an analysis from our powerhouse round table. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Good morning and welcome to this week. For the first 200 years of our history, only two american president s faced impeachment. This week, the house will vote to impeach for the second time in just 21 years. All but certain to approve two articles against donald trump. Almost to the day bill clinton faced a similar fate in december, 1998, and like clinton, trump is all but certain to be acquitted along party lines. Historians will weigh about the president s we choose, the actions they have taken and the times we live in. For now, for us, the job is figuring out what it means, what to do as we approach a National Election with an impeached president on the ballot for