Trial. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. Also ahead, the end of an era for Senate Republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. And that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. O get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider former President Trumps claim of president ial immunity in his federal election interference case. The conservative courts decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. The high court has scheduled argument
Riley at the university of georgia. They threaten the safety of their citizens. By being at the border and showing the American People the tragedy and the crisis thats going on. This bill h. R. 2 although provisions within it are the strongest bill of security that the u. S. House put together. Its important we take real steps to end this crisis rather than staged photo ops. We contained work on behalf of the American People towards the solution. We have a great group of members and Leadership Team who will share their perspective with you. I will now turn it over. Thank you very much. We continue to see the Biden Administration whether or not that small things like the fda programs that we are having to force through legislation to build a happy will be hopefully on the floor for a vote this week that we can have whistleblowers with an ease of play on the fdas web site to talk about the 200 billion that we have given away to fraudsters and people from other countries who are taking ad
Maria good wednesday morning, thanks for joining us, hope youre having a good morning. Its wednesday february 20 eighth, 7 00 a. M. On the button on the east coast. The hot topic of the hour, House Republicans subpoena to special counsel robert hur from a transcript of President Bidens interview from the investigation into bidens may handing off classified documents. Chairs of the House Oversight judiciary and house ways and means committee, jim jordan and jason smith requesting the materials be turned over to congress by february 19th but the doj did not meet the deadline. A former speechwriter for president obama and Vice President biden sounding the alarm on bidens age and capacity. Watch. If you watch joe biden speak, oftentimes he sounds frail and sounds more frail than he used to. He shuffles more because of the arthritis in his back. For most people in the country who are just watching him be president , what do they see when they turn on the television, they see him shuffle and
Im ben olinsky im the Senior Vice President for structural and governance here at the center for american progress. And its my pleasure to welcome you this afternoon for an incredibly important conversation on on the filibuster with senator jeff and mike zamore coauthors of the newly released book filibustered how to fix the broken senate and save america. And i want to just take a minute to thank you all for your patience, given the vagaries of senate vote timing, its thought that president buchanan was the first to call the senate the worlds most deliberative body to better understand characterization. I looked the term deliberative. The cambridge dictionary defines it as involving careful and discussion when making decisions. So, for example, you might say she deliberated over the menu. And incidentally, when someone over the menu, they ultimately on what to order or they go hungry. But when we look to the senate these days, we see less deliberation. We see less real debate and comp
Im ben olinsky im the Senior Vice President for structural and governance here at the center for american progress. And its my pleasure to welcome you this afternoon for an incredibly important conversation on on the filibuster with senator jeff and mike zamore coauthors of the newly released book filibustered how to fix the broken senate and save america. And i want to just take a minute to thank you all for your patience, given the vagaries of senate vote timing, its thought that president buchanan was the first to call the senate the worlds most deliberative body to better understand characterization. I looked the term deliberative. The cambridge dictionary defines it as involving careful and discussion when making decisions. So, for example, you might say she deliberated over the menu. And incidentally, when someone over the menu, they ultimately on what to order or they go hungry. But when we look to the senate these days, we see less deliberation. We see less real debate and comp