Going in general to the manny. Was confronted by journalist apparently unconvinced by the evidence prevented presented so far to justify the assassination has more on the story. Things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u. S. Secretary of state speaking alongside steve minutia in the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of irans top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions that got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just dont seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives lets take a listen to some of what went on if you have specific information about the internet and didnt have anything to do with our embassies. We had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats from included attacks on the u. S. Embassies what is your definition of it in that. This wa
Is 202 hat line 7488001. We also welcome your comments on twitter. Tweet us cspanwj. Post your comments on facebook. We are talking about the federal Death Penalty being reinstated by the department of justice effective as of thursday. The executions set to begin in december of this year. The Justice Department plans to restart Capital Punishment after long hiatus. The attorney general william barr ordered the euro of presence to schedule executions for five inmates on death row. Each was convicted of murdering children among others. Owe it to the victims and their families to carry out the sentence imposed by our Justice System. They write that by diving into the Death Penalty debate, the Trump Administration is pushing back against the countrys recent trend of declining executions. More on the washington post. One of the authors of that piece, mark berman, is on the phone with us this morning. What was behind the administrations decision to reinstate the federal Death Penalty . Guest
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them 72 hours to read it before a vote. the bill would cap spending and avoiding a default. the deal is drawing criticism from the left and right. the president and the speaker are framing it as a win/win. president biden: it takes a threat of cast as trophy to fall off the table and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. that s the responsibility of governing. you got work requirements that people out of poverty into jobs. you have reforms that we can build things, cut the red tape. we capped so the president can t just spend money wildly. we re spending less than we spent last year. that hasn t happened in congress. julie: grover norquist is here with reaction. first to mark meredith in washington. good morning. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy reached a deal to raise the nation s death limit. now is the hard part. the convince party members to put it forward. they call on the house and senate. it wo