For a u. S. District court judge in ohio. It is also the first opportunity for members to speak on the floor sense election day. Watch live Senate Coverage on cspan2 and the house on cspan. Amtrak president and ceo William Flynn was on capitol hill to testify on how the coronavirus affects the Passenger Rail system and what amtrak is doing in response. The Senate Commerce of science and Transportation Committee also heard from representatives of the freight Rail Industry and about the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic. This hearing is just over two and half hours. Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network
Journal, we focus on the battleground state of ohio. Coming up in an hour, seth richardson. Copeland. M. , lauren host good morning on this wednesday, october 28. We are six days away from President Trump asking america to give him a second term. This morning, we will focus on his first term. Has president kept his promises . If you are supporting the president , dial in at 20274 80001. If you are supporting the former Vice President , dialin a if you are0, undecided or supporting another 4880002. , call 2027 2027488002. Usa today put this piece together, donald trump made many promises. What has he cap and what is he still working on . Kept by the president , tax cuts, conservative judges, deregulation, he left the paris accord and move the Israeli Embassy to jerusalem. The newspaper says these are the promises the president has partly accomplished, renegotiate trade bills, build border wall and have mexico pay for it and defeat isis. Here is where the president here is where they say
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May it please the court. In april of 2019 when the Oversight Committee issued this subpoena to mazars it had an extraordinarily broad view of its own investigative authority. According to the committee, the power to subpoena the president s personal papers was could he extensive with the power to legislate and did not have to give any reasons or explanation with what legislative goals its pursuing and had no duty to meaningful narrow or tailor its request. That view of its own authority is reflected in the subpoena which is drafted in incredibly broad terms and substantiated with little more than a sentence, a vague sentence in a memo about legislation. But the committees view of its own authority was rejected by the Supreme Court in this case 90. The Court Announced a new test that substantially restricts congresss power to subpoena the personal papers. In response to that decision the complete did not withdraw, narrow or even reissue the subpoena. It instead attaches a 25,000 word me
Welcome to Washington Post live. Im delighted to have alecia garza with me today. She is one of the cofounders of the black lives matter and she is a leading voice on contemporary race issues, civilrights, and police reform. She also launched the black futures lab, an organization that works with advocacy groups to promote policies that support black communities. The purpose of power, was released today. So much fork you joining me and congratulations on your book. Thank you so much for having me, it is great to join you today. A i wanted to start with point that you make in your book which is the importance of controlling the narrative and to belowing your story lost to cultural amnesia. With those things in mind, what was it that sparked the idea for you to sit down and write what is really a memoir at your ripe young age . [laughter] you know, i was skeptical of trying to write a memoir. And i think you are right that there is still a lot of life left. To me, part of why i was inspi