Barr will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about his job performance. We will begin our conversation with all of you on that. What do you think about mr. As attorneyrmance general . If you agree, 202 7488000. If you disagree, 202 7488001. You can text us at 202 7488003. Twitter. S on join us on the phone is todd ruger with cq roll call. Remind our viewers why this hearing is taking place. Good morning. This is basically something that used to happen all the time and does happen all the time. Its an oversight hearing you have the house which is the closest representative to the people of the United States in the government and they get a chance to bring in a Trump Administration official and have him sit there and answer questions. Its going to take about four or five hours to go through all the members of this committee. They get about five minutes to ask him. This is something that congress does routinely that allows them to get accountability for the Justice Departm
And overnight while the casket was in the rotunda, according to abc, close family members and staffers took turns sitting vigil overnight while lewis lies in state in the rotunda. Also happening on capitol hill today, the attorney general, william barr, will be testifying before the house judiciary about his performance. Well begin a conversation on that. What do you think about mr. Barrs performance as attorney general . Do you agree with him at 2027480000 is your number. Disagree, 2027482001. You can also text us at 2027488003. Or join us on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. Joining us on the phone is todd, a Legal Affairs staff writer with cq roll call. Remind our viewers why this hearing is taking place. Hi, good morning. Well, this is basically something that used to happen all the time and does happen all the time. Its an oversight hearing. And you have the house, which is the closest representative to the people of the United States in the government and they get a chance to brin
The proceedings. We will have live coverage wednesday on cspan3. We have peter ambler, the executive director of giffords to talk about gun violence in america. Leader todd ruger, the and staff writer of cq roll call and kevin johnson, Justice Department reporter with usa today. Guest it was a year after that when the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School happened, 20 dead kids in their classroom, six educators murdered when gabby and her husband mark decided to lots launch what is giffords. It was talked at first. The politics of guns had not shifted in the way that we have now seen them. It seem like it was a step forward and two steps back. We had a lot of proverbial doors slammed in our face but we persevered. Today we are a Large National , organization with dozens of staff, offices across the country footprints in many , states. Host todd, go ahead. The democrats app taking control of the house and cite a very political popular idea behind gun control. Yet the bills hav
Houseur reaction to the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Laying out the next steps in the investigation. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, october 31, 2019. One of the most consequential dates in the impeachment inquiry yet. Procedures for future closeddoor and public hearings. With the house set to gavel in at 9 00 a. M. , we will spend two hours getting your thoughts ahead of todays vote. Give us a call on phone lines as usual split by political affiliation. For republicans, it is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good thursday morning to you room you can start calling now. It is a wet washington, d. C. This morning. We are on the house side of capitol hill overlooking the
Hearing later on this month. Well be back to live coverage when the Judiciary Committee gavels back in after the series of votes series of votes on the house floor wraps up and you can follow that vote under way now over on cspan2. Just before the meeting got under way this afternoon we spoke toed to ruger, the Legal Affairs the correspondent. Todd, briefly tell us about the three bills that the House Committee will take up today. Well thanks for having me on. This is as you mentioned its one that would help that the democrats think will help in certain shooting situations prevent people from getting their hands on firearms. The one i think has the most bipartisan the most bipartisan support would be the red flag extreme risk protections. And so the one you can look at is the parkland, florida, School Shooting in february a year ago february. And that has a republican cosponsor. It would allow courts in states to take firearms from speak suspected of being a danger that there was repor