Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
20 minutes to speak and allocate 20 minutes for question and answer. I was also admonished to remind you if you really enjoy yourself , these southern festival of books depends on individual donations. So if you really enjoy what you have seen over the past couple days, i encourage you to donate as much as you can. For a treat today. I asked these two gentlemen for for couple days ago. They are esteemed scholars, but they are also some of the most modest men i have met. I will give you a brief introduction of them and to them and i encourage you to speak with them after the session ends. Our first presenter this morning is elliott gorn. Chair of gorn is the africanAmerican History at university of loyola. He is the author of five books. These include the manly art, mother jones the most dangerous woman in america, and dillingers wild ride. The work he will be talking about today is let the people is their go to his right professor christopher schmidt. He is professor and associate dean
Residents and Business Owners cope with extensive property damage. In many cases that the probability that their lifes work is permanently destroyed. Lets go to fox newss jeff paul with the very latest. Hi, jeff. Reporter david, seattles Capitol Hill Area is occupied no more but there is going to be a lot of work to get things back to normal weeks after protests and demonstrations wearing helmets and body armor, Seattle Police swept through the area clearing out anything or anyone that might have remained remaine chop zone. At times they were using bikes to create makeshift walls as they pushed dozens of protesters who wouldnt leave. Police arrested three dozen people with charges bearing from failure to disperse, obstruction to assault and unlawful weapons possession. Fences were torn down and city crews used both hands and machinery to remove piles of leftover trash and other items. It will be a start to a long road to restoring the area. Business owners are left to repair any damage
Court of appeals heard oral argument Via Teleconference on whether they should order the trial judge of the d. C. District to dismiss the justice departments perjury case against michael flynn. Well show you that oral argument next. Michael t. Flynn, the honorable emmett g. Sullivan. Good morning, counsel. Well here first from ms. Powell. Good morning. This is Sidney Powell for petitioner michael flynn. Were here now to stop further intrusion into the sole power of the executive branch under the take care clause to decide to dismiss a case and what circumstances warrant that dismissal. The government here provided an extensive and thoroughly documented motion to dismiss this prosecution weighing as it should all of the factors that go into that, include the provision of evidence that came to light through an independent review by mr. Jensen who not only had ten Years Experience as an fbi agent, but ten years as a federal prosecutor before attorney general barr tasked him to review this
Residents and Business Owners cope with extensive property damage. In many cases that the probability that their lifes work is permanently destroyed. Lets go to fox newss jeff paul with the very latest. Hi, jeff. Reporter david, seattles Capitol Hill Area is occupied no more but there is going to be a lot of work to get things back to normal weeks after protests and demonstrations wearing helmets and body armor, Seattle Police swept through the area clearing out anything or anyone that might have remained remaine chop zone. At times they were using bikes to create makeshift walls as they pushed dozens of protesters who wouldnt leave. Police arrested three dozen people with charges bearing from failure to disperse, obstruction to assault and unlawful weapons possession. Fences were torn down and city crews used both hands and machinery to remove piles of leftover trash and other items. It will be a start to a long road to restoring the area. Business owners are left to repair any damage