The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
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What trump has done on the record makes what nixon did almost small. Kennedy he is so small. House intel chair adam schiff insists that congress is just upholding its constitutional duty, yesterday ao also alexanda ocasiocortez revealed the democrat true hand. At the end of the day we have to be able to come together at a caucus and it is this ukrainian allegation what brings caucus together. Then i think we have to run with however we unify the house, we need to move quickly, rear talkinweektalking about potentil compromise of 2020 election this not just about something that has occurred but preventing a disastrous outcome from occurring next year. Kennedy if you wonder what Democrat Impeachment push is really about, there you go. The house and senate might ice impeachment to their advantage in 2020, Washington Post reports republican senator might drag out an impeachment trial and force their democratic colleagues running for president to be on capitol hill instead of New Hampshire a