Rising tensions between the u. S. Eastern. At 2 00 p. M. Forre congress adjourned summer recess, the House Oversight Committee Held a theing on the future of Affordable Care act as certain provisions were being challenged in courts. Witnesses included advocates and a. C. A. Ast of the well as patients who have benefited from the law. Hours. Der four rep. Cummings committee will come to order. Objection, the chair is recesszed to declare a of the committee at any time. Full Committee Hearing is convened regarding the administrations attack on the a. C. A. I now recognize myself for five openingto give an statement. Because on today the trump2019, administration filed a letter with the United States court of appeals for the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the texas vs. United states in asserting for the first time would not defend any the Affordable Care act in court. The Trump Administrations the entireevails and a. C. A. Is struck down, there electric catastrophic
Legal foundation. The foundation for individual rights and expression. Id like to welcome you to this Years Supreme Court preview discussion and also welcome to our viewers on cspan. The courts term begins on monday of next week, although this morning we got the surprise of several grants and new cases at that theyre going to hear and its shaping up to be an exciting term. Theres a little bit of something for everyone. Free speech, guns, taxes, and of course, overreach by administrative agencies. We have a lot of ground to cover and only about an hour to do soso im going to jump right into brief introductions of our distinguished panel. John elwood is a partner at arnold and poller where he heads up to the Supreme Court cases. Hes argued 10 cases before the Supreme Court and appeared before nearly every federal Appeals Court in the country. And john writes, the popular relist watch for scotus blog. I hope youll bring back the relist carols this holiday season. And a National Writer on
Is also posted on the web page for the villages. Hourslier, after making headlines, it appears the tweet was removed. Lets bring in National Political reporter Josh Letterman at the white house. Josh, what is the white house saying about this video . Well, alicia, lets start with what the white house is not saying. Gnaw condemning this trump supporter who in the video was chanting white power, nor condemning his comments to that effect. But the white house is saying, according to a spokesman, judd deer, is President Trump is a big fan of the villages, the retirement communities where you see the protesters and supporters squaring off in the video. The statement from the white house spokesman going on to say President Trump did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from many of his supporters. That one statement being that chant of white power that comes only eight seconds into that video, alicia. Thats raising a lot of questions about h
Fraud and recounts are simply noise, not law. They dismissed it as theatrics. All of that came as we saw joe biden as we have not seen him before after winning this, a smile on his face, confidence in his voice, and said republicans are simply intimidated by President Trump. President elect joe biden moving forward tonight to build his new administration. Even as President Trump and republicans try complicating his transition to power. I just think it is an embarrassment quite frankly, how can i say this tactfully, i think it will not help the president s legacy. Reporter 71 days to inauguration, reality is settling in that biden faces new road blocks as the Trump Administration refuses to cooperate with the timehonored tradition of peaceful transition. But biden also taking pains to cool the temperature, saying he could still begin forming a government without access to federal funding or intelligence briefings. He down played the possibility of taking legal action. We can get through
Together our administration in the white house and reviewing who were going to pick for the cabinet positions, and nothing is going to stop that. And so im confident that the fact that theyre not willing to acknowledge we won at this point is not much consequence in our planning and what were able to do between now and january 20th. Those remarks coming as President Trump continues to undermine the legitimacy of the entire electoral process and delay the transition of power. While the president keeps making false claims about voter fraud, Top Republican leaders are enabling him. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell will not acknowledge president elect bidens victory. You heard him yesterday saying trump is 100 within his rights to challenge the results, and just this morning senator mcconnell went further saying there is no cause for alarm, and if there is a new administration, he said the transition will happen at the appropriate time. Just to add on to that this afternoon, secretar