of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
Journal poll just released gives the first glimpse of how voters feel about the new biden harris ticket. Kamala harris leads the pack with 39 of voters having a favorable view of her. She has a higher overview. Donald trump leads joe biden nationally but with so many barriers still in the way of ensuring the upcoming election will be free and fair, the outcome of the november election is far from predictable. We are still facing foreign election interference, a Global Pandemic, gop led Voter Suppression and a president who is going after the u. S. Postal service, a crucial entity as states gear up for mailin voting in the age of covid19. Joining me now to talk about all this and more is senator cory booker in new jersey. Im so happy to have you with me this morning. You are speaking thursday night, the same night as joe biden. Start the show off, make some news, tell us what youre going to say or at least give us a preview. I wont break that kind of news other than to say that i am so
Rounding up far right extremists we the dozens and following up on allegationses there may have been help by inside Law Enforcement. This year the pomp and circumstance will most definitely be overshadow fwid widespread measures currently being put in place. Plans for sunday had to be postponed due to safety concerns. More than 20,000 National Guard troops have been called into d. C. This week thats roughly four times as many troops currently in iraq and afghanistan. Additionally, the National Mall has been closed, 13 subway stations have been shuttered, and even airbnb has canceled all reservations in the beltway as this city hunkers down. But more threats of violence are not contained to washington, d. C. According to the fbi, all over the country state capitols face threats of their own amid Donald Trumps twomonth campaign to defraud the American People of their Fair Election results. In michigan, a state narrowly won in 2015 and nearly won in 2020. Sevenfoot fencing was involved ar
There with us and what will be the most unscripted hour of the entire congressional campaign, if you have heard the expression two heads are better than one, how about three heads . We will question our candidates as is visa rodriguez, news director at the npr affiliate. Charisse davis has represented Amanda Atkins says no, she is the republican candidate in this race, you have 60 seconds to give us a sense of how you are running this race. We have to understand that you have done it for two years, what have you actually done for us over the last two years, what can we expect the next two years . Thank you so much, thank you to the moderators, everyone who came together to make this debate happen. For folks that do not know my mom raised me and my brothers, i worked my way as a First Generation College student from Johnson County Community College to cornell got the chance to serve in the white house. We kansans Work Together to self test problems, like getting really for my family whe
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Listen. Are you considering pardoning Paul Manafort . I have Great Respect for what hes done in terms of what hes gone through. You know he worked for Ronald Reagan for years. He worked for bob dole, i guess his firm worked for john mccain. He worked for many, many people. Many, many years. And i would say what he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. Well, so much for draining the swamp. It seems very much that President Trump is not at all concerned about those charges Paul Manafort was found guilty of. In fact he later told the fox news interviewer that one of the reasons he had respect for manafort was that he didnt flip like Michael Cohen did. This is clearly something the president believes is part of a broader conspiracy against him. He even went on to say that he believed his own Justice Department was still under the control of