Karen hult, a science professor at virginia tech. Shes also a member of the white house transition project Advisory Board. Thanks for being with us on washington journal. Karen good to be here. Host the white house transition project, tell us about it. This is a nonpartisan, nonprofit entity. It is staffed by Political Science professors and others around the united states. 1990s for thehe white house interview program. They were trying to develop some institutional memory by talking to people that had various white house death and over time. Staff positions over time. They can find out what happens to staff positions for both parties. Directedolved and is by martha i am a member of the Advisory Board along with other colleagues as well as people like norm ornstein and other people from the larger washington community. Providetry to do is nonpartisan backing for what kinds of things have worked and not worked so well in and around the white house when a new president is getting ready t
Is 2027488000. Republicans use 2027488001. Independents and others, its 2027488002. Send us a text if youd like, 2027488003. Include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter its cspanwj. And we welcome your comments on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Well show you some of the comments of the majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, and the minority leader shuck schumer. Washington times this morning their lead story is on the attorney generals efforts. Barr improves inquiry into voter fraud. Authorized the Justice Department to probe what he said are substantial allegations of voter fraud as President Trumps legal team detailed new evidence of purported election violations in two battleground states. Mr. Barr issued the memo days after presumptive president elect joseph biden was declared the winner of the 2020 president ial election by several media outlets. The president has launched legal challenges to the results in states where the voting margins are razor thin by giv
At virginia tech. Shes also a member of the white house transition project advisory board. Thanks for being with us on washington journal. Karen good to be here. Host the white house transition project, tell us about it. This is a nonpartisan, nonprofit entity. It is staffed by Political Science professors and others around the united states. 1990s for thehe white house interview program. They were trying to develop some institutional memory by talking to people that had various white house death and over time. Staff positions over time. They can find out what happens to staff positions for both parties. Directedolved and is by you speak directly with those Transition Teams from those campaigns. What we do do, really beginning well before the candidates campaigns are putting together their Transition Team. But after each party nominates its candidate. What we make available to transition directors is our materials. Many will be Password Protected and not available to the general public
This programme continues on bbc one. Of its former soviet states, georgia . An extraordinary day in tbilisi. Inside the parliament, the so called russia law was voted through, amid scuffles. Outside on the streets, riot police and demonstrators clashed. Who will win this Fight For The Future of georgia . Well hear from protestors and the main opposition leader. Also tonight, we hearfrom Union Leaders after a five hour meeting with the Labour Leadership over its plans for extra rights for employees. We were really, really clear today and they listened that we want to make sure that new deal for Working People is implemented, and that is ourjob to make sure that happens, and i think we did that job today very well. Day two of testimony for Donald Trumps ex lawyer Michael Cohen in that new york court in the ex president s hush money trial. Well talk to megyn kelly, journalist, talk show host and us political commentator. And we examine whether the Biomass Industry is worth the billions o
Care system that needed to be reformed. The fact is america had an imperfect system developed with a number of public and private forms of money, tremendous , and the like. Crashing it into a wall is not a fixed system. With that, i recognize the gentleman from maryland for his Opening Statement. Thank you for calling this hearing. This week, i had the tremendous honor and privilege of traveling to south africa. As part of our nations delegation to honor the life of the late president Nelson Mandela. It was an inspirational trip, life altering because i have the opportunity to reflect on the amazing changes that one individual, working with determination over a lifetime, can bring to millions of others. There will always be forces aligned against progress, against quality, against basic human dignity. But Nelson Mandelas life reminds us that our mission on earth is to transcend these district to forces and always pursue the betterment of our fellow man. Atraveled back yesterday on 20 h