So, i hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, or a presentation on the constitution of the united states. The 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. Members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. That is why today, again, it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar, as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on president ial capacity to discharge the duties and powers and duties of the office. This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future president s. Throughout americas history, our leaders have created and strengthened guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of cris
Plus the health of the u. S. Economy, jobs rise. To fun of limit rate falls 7. 9 , participation also dropping. We begin with breaking news, we are continuing to get updates from President Trumps condition, a lot of information coming from washington as we mentioned, doctors say the president is feeling fatigued, but in good spirits. We also learned he was treated with the regeneron antibody cocktail that is not available to the public yet. Our david westin is with us now to give us the very latest, we have not seen a tweet from the president sets since he announced his diagnosis yet last night, we have not seen him in public. He was supposed to be on a call that was replaced with Vice President mike pence, what is the latest we know . David mark meadows said he talked to the president and was in good spirits, but then we got from therandum physician for the president who as you said this regeneron payment was action under compassionate use, it is not been approved for general use at a
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica
Damaged. Four people have been slightly injured by the wind. People called the Fire Department after buildings had their roofs blown off. Local Power Companies say over 30,000 households in okinawa had no power as of 7 00 a. M. Tuesday morning. More than 240 flights to and from the prefecture have been canceled. Many bus and Ferry Services are not operating. For more details on the typhoon and what to watch out for we turn to our meteorolologist. Yoko . The typhoon is pushing through the islands of japan at this moment. Heavy rain and destructive winds are reported. We saw gusts of nearly 200 kill meters per hour at the airport and rainfall of 151 millimeters fell in just 12 hours. On top of that additionanal rainfall of 200 millimemeters i expected through the next 24 hours. S. Heavy rain and typhoon strength winds will continue to impact okinawa through the day on tuesday. This is a large storm system packing gusts of 234 kilometers per hour. Most of the okinawa region is under stron
A thousand shootings this year, 29 more shootings over this weekend. A st. Louis Police Officer shot and killed in the line of duty by a man barricaded inside a house. The gunman taken into custody sunday morning after after a nearly 12hour standoff. The gunman shot another Police Officer in the leg, the officer recovering. In baltimore a sickening assault caught on camera. Local reports say a white and black man got into an argument before the white man was hit in the back of the head with two bricks. Watch this, if you can. Oh [laughter] no [laughter] oh, my god lou two investigations into other attacks, separate attacks by leftwing mobs in this country. All of those attacks against supporters of President Trump. Los Angeles Police investigating reports of shots fired at a protrump rally yesterday. Portland Police Still Investigating saturdays deadly shooting of a trump supporter. Police have not officially identified the portland victim, but social media and local reports say the ma