This hearing of the subcommittee on investigations will come to order. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for being here. My colleagues who are here especially the witnesses who have joined us. This hearing is about a culture of cover up. Its a culture of cover up that the coast guard has spawned and sustained for decades. It has discouraged and deterred victims and survivors of sexual abuse from coming forward. It has denied them justice and it has failed to protect them from retaliation and reprisal when they have stood up and spoken out. It has denied them justice and it has failed to protect them from ret for years, this culture enabled Sexual Misconduct to occur despite evidence of widespread, unaddressed and egregious violations of basic norms. We want to make sure that there is not only transparency but also accountability going forward. This culture has continued to refuse accountability. The type of accountability that comes from naming names and Holding Wrongdoers Accountable. This
This hearing of the subcommittee an investigation will come to order. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for being here. My colleagues who are here especially the witnesses who have joined us. This hearing is about a culture of cover up. Its a culture of cover up that the coast guard has spawned and sustained for decades. It has justice. Victims and survivors of sexual abuse from coming forward. It has denied them justice and it has failed to protect them from retaliation and reprisal when they have stood up and spoken out. For years, this culture enabled Sexual Misconduct to occur despite evidence of widespread, unaddressed and egregious violations of basic norms. We want to make sure that there is not only transparency but also accountability going forward. This culture has continued to refuse accountability. The type of accountability that comes from naming names and Holding Wrongdoers Accountable. It is the type of accountability that requires full cooperation with the subcommittee inqui
With just 85 days until the election, democrats are calling on the Postal Service inspector to investigate the new postmaster generals restructure plan. A major trump supporter louis dejoy, released sweeping overhauls. Democrats say the postal workers are blaming the costcutting measures for slower delivery. According to the washington post, the Postal Service banned employees from working overtime. Joining the conversation now, virginia democratic congressman jerry connelly, thank you very much for joining us. You recently called the restructuring that we witnessed at the Postal Service a deliberate sabotage, explain to us why you believe that and what the new cuts mean to workers and the reliability of the Postal Service. Were in the middle of a pandemic, the one constant in everyones life is mail delivery, it comes roughly at the same time every time. And that is something that we can rely on, one of the few areas of our lives that hasnt been disrupted. Why in the middle of a pandem
So we have an election this year. I heard the music and that so we have an election this year, mika . Yes, we do. Do we really . Yes. 60 years in 60 seconds for you. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off today and because of the coronavirus, it will be unlike any of the Party Conventions weve seen to date. Wont look like any of those. Good morning and welcome to morning joe it is monday, august 17th. With us we have White House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire wait. Jonathan, this is important. Jonathan, so the great thomas ricks who has a wonderful book coming out in a couple months said that what the Boston Red Sox are doing are nothing less than a remarkable experiment. He said they decided to elevate an entire triple a pitching staff to the major leagues at the same time, of course, tom is a little off. This is single a, double a pitching staff the red sox have sent up. But its just its beyond words how bad the pitching staff is. I dont know if you know thi
The president is threatening this could be a long shutdown. For the latest reporting, were joined by halle jackson, and garrett hake. Halle, i presume theres been no movement, not a peep out of the white house. And now into this shutdown we slide. Youre correct in the peep situation. Not one from here at the white house other than the president s video that was produced by the white house, put out earlier tonight, in which the president said he hoped this shutdown will not last long. But the expectation is, were in this thing now for probably the next 48 hours or so. Ill tell you this. We heard from senator Lindsey Graham, who said he just got off the phone with the president at about 10 00 p. M. , 11 15 p. M. Or so. He did deliver a message to the president on the airwaves which we can assume he delivered over the phone. Dig in, dont back down. Graham talking about how there is some room talking about 1. 6 billion and 5 million, some negotiating room. But im told the president is insi