Good morning and welcome to the Cato Institute. My name is julian sanchez, im a senior fellow here and im grateful to everyone has come out bright and early to the auditorium at cato for our 2019 surveillance conference. Weve been doing this for some five years now. When we launched this in the aftermath of disclosures about both a fake election by former contractor snowden, the nsa itself was a fairly obscure agency unfan with most americans and as we kick off our 2019 conference, we find that now even intelligence oversight is itself very much in public headlines. We have an impeachment proceeding kicked off in significant part by reports from the from the Intelligence Communitys Inspector General. We have forth coming next week a breathlessly awaited report on allegations of misuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act during the 2016 president ial campaign. We have proceedings aired, going to be from the house Intelligence Committee. So even intelligence overseers now are at
Host we are back with Alex Rouhandeh here to talk more about the House Speaker yesterday. Alex rouhandeh, how did mike johnson do it . Guest it seems that once republicans came together in the Conference Meeting following majority tom emmer bowing out of the race, speaker johnson really emerges that consensus candidate. Congressman of new york told me that once they went into the round of voting, they narrow down a candidate. He emerged the person that can bring the most conservative republicans and the moderates together. Other members stressed that he was a listener, someone who will take all voices to account and hear what they have to say. Host like fitzpatrick from pennsylvania, others all voting for mike johnson. Why do they see him as someone who will possibly listen and include proposals that they would like to see in legislation . Guest Mike Johnsons voting record, he was one of the people that post certifying the 2020 election. Also opposed the same sex moderate mill. It seem
Washington journal continues. Host we are back with Alex Rouhandeh here to talk more about the House Speaker yesterday. Alex rouhandeh, how did mike johnson do it . Guest it seems that once republicans came together in the Conference Meeting following majority tom emmer bowing out of the race, speaker johnson really emerges that consensus candidate. Congressman of new york told me that once they went into the round of voting, they narrow down a candidate. He emerged the person that can bring the most conservative republicans and the moderates together. Other members stressed that he was a listener, someone who will take all voices to account and hear what they have to say. Host like fitzpatrick from pennsylvania, others all voting for mike johnson. Why do they see him as someone who will possibly listen and include proposals that they would like to see in legislation . Guest Mike Johnsons voting record, he was one of the people that post certifying the 2020 election. Also opposed the s
Journal yr calls and comments the next. Alex rouhandeh talks about republican congressman mike johnson as House Speaker and what is next on the congressional agenda. We will contin t discussion on House Speaker me johnson, the november 17 government fuindeadline and the u. S. Response to thisel hamas war with democratic congresswoman, hawaii democratic congresswoman. Washington journal is next. Last thing im going to say to the rest of the world, they have been watching this drama play out for a few we. We have learned a lot of lessons, through adversity it makes you stronger. We want our allies around the world to know this body of lawmakers is reporting again to the duty stations. Let the enemies of freedom around the world hear us loud and clear, the peopless house is back in business. Host after 22 days without a speaker of the u. S. House of representative, republicans rallied around one lawmakers yesterday, mike johnson, 51 years old from louisiana. He was elected speaker in the
Gingered, and all in with chris hayes starts now. Starts now tonight on all in. How do you plead the five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of the election . Guilty. Donald trumps first codefendant makes a plea deal. Theyre also be the condition that you are to testify truthfully in this case and for the proceedings. Tonight, the first domino falls in Fulton County. What does it mean for the trial that is starting in three weeks, and for the ex president himself . Then, the absolute absurdity of a trump Maga Shutdown just hours away. People here in washington need to understand how it feels to get shut down. The congress in California Say Goodbye to an Iconic American senator. America, america is a better place because of senator Diane Feinstein. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Weve got Breaking News tonight in the criminal prosecution of donald trump in the state of georgia. The first guilty plea fro