Plus price of gasoline continue to go plummet. Mornings with maria begins right now. Lets check markets this morning. Closing out the week in europe, european indices are higher across the board. Ftse 100 is up 173 points, cac quarante up 231 and dax up 349 points. Bank of england cut rates of wasnt tenth of a percent, marks rally in asia overnight. China keeping lending rate unchanged but said the future easing the likely. Markets in japan are closed and the markets were higher across the board. Korea up 7 and a half percent overnight. Hong kong, better than 5 . Check out oil prices. They are surging. The price war is racing on. Take a look at crowd oil, 267 higher at level of 27 a barrel. Yield of 10year treasury currently lower but at 1 even 1. 050 . Thats down 10 basis points this morning on 10year. Senate republicans announcing covid19 relief plan complete with checks to american citizens and Small Business protections. Here is how the direct payments break down. 1,200 for individ
Political discourse with former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and Mercedes Schlapp who previously served as White House Strategic Communications director for the Trump Administration. They are both asked about the impeachment inquiry, the press and the 2020 election. This is one hour. Good evening, everyone. I know theres some people still coming in, but its time to get on with it. Im david welch, the inaugural director of the Stubblefield Institute for civil Political Communications at Shepherd University, and welcome [applause] and welcome to our first installment of the american conversation series public forums, and eating with Donna Brazile and Mercedes Schlapp, the state of political discourse in todays america, moderated by mary hendrix. Throughout the Academic Year there will be several more forums so please go on our Facebook Page and our website for updates. The mission of the institute is to study and promote how intelligent, authentic and civil political
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Law clerks and analyze high court decisions. Ladies and gentlemen in this rich and illuminating daylong discussion celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court clerkships. Once again, for nose who are just tuning in, im jeffrey rosen, head of the National Constitution center in philadelphia and law professor here at george washington, university. The Constitution Center is so honored to convene former Supreme Court clerks to discuss how their clerkships influenced their lives and i am so honored and thrilled to sit here with two of americas greatest appellate judges, to distinguished legal intellectuals and jurists who i just had the pleasure of getting to know and discuss the law with at the Constitution Center and over the years. Both were Supreme Court clerks. Both are acclaimed across america for their opinions and their rigor and their approach to the constitution and i just cant wait to ask them how their clerkships influence their approach to judging and the constituti
You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seats. So if theres anything that comes up during the course of the conversation where you need to refer to that legal document, feel free to do so. [laughter] think aboutp us these issues we have for distinguished experts. Senior fellows a at brookings, writes a column for the wall street journal and is the author of antipluralism, the populist threat to liberal democracy. Molly reynolds is a senior fellow at brookings and is the author of exceptions to the role, the politics of filibuster limitations in the u. S. Senate. Elaine kamarck is a senior author of a book about a Senior Process on nominating and the United States. Is a seniortes fellow at brookings and is a coauthor of a forthcoming book entitled on making the presidency, Donald Trumps war on the most powerful office. Host i want to start with bill. He has paid a lot of attention to the Public Opinion aspects of impeachment. There were three recent National Surveys t