Unfiltered coverage live as it happens, reyears and anytime on cspan. Org. Six 2020 democratic president ial candidates spoke at a forum on labor issues hosted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union in cedar rapids, iowa. The first candidate to speak his former Vice President biden. Ok, i want to introduce our first candidate who will tell us why we should elect him, former senator from the great state of delaware, former Vice President joe biden. [applause] [cheers and applause] mr. Biden ok. Welcome. Mr. Biden thank you. It is good to be home. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. [laughter] mr. Biden no malarkey. I tell you why. First i should thank you. The only reason i a
Raid, senators are expected to work on 2020 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. Now the live coverage of the senate. Senators are expected work on 20 20 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. While we wait for senators to return, look at remarks on the senate floor dealing with impeachment inquiry against President Trump on the whistleblower, alex the house of representatives continues its impeachment inquiry into whether the president jeopardize National Security by pressuring the york rain to interfere with our elections, the white house , their allies in congress and the media have resorted to despicable tactics to falsely discredit individuals who have provided the house testimony. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel alexander. Men serving on a detail in thewhite house testified before congress. In ltc vindmans testimony was announced and especially in the past 24 hours hes been
We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix
, if you202 7488000 are not worried, we want to hear from you as well at 202 7488001. You can always reach us on social media on twitter and facebook. Several news organizations picked up on the exchange and are writing about it in the paper. In the New York Times, they wrote the exchange as this. As President Trump sat down with mr. Putin on the sidelines of an International Summit in japan, mr. Trump was asked if you would tell russia not to meddle in american elections. Will, mr. Trump said, turning to mr. Putin he said with a half grin on his face and mock seriousness in his voice, dont meddle in the election. As mr. Putin smiled and tittered, he repeated to another russian official dont meddle in the election. The New York Times is not the only people who wrote about this, we also saw a version in politico. At his first meeting with put since Robert Muellers russia probe concluded, trump made light of the robust evidence showing russia engaging in a sweeping and Systematic Campaig
Office and not be able to be held permanently liable. Now trump made sure he didnt have to, but he made sure to attend this hearing today and spoke with the media in a room just down the road from here. Again, claiming that he is a victim as the president and disney jobs. As an example, in this case were last and i did nothing wrong, absolutely not working for the country. And i worked on part one because we have to have 3 things. First of all, the outcome of this case is potentially very significant. Not just for donald trump, but for the president ial election. There were some poll 24 percent of his supporters said if hes convicted on this case, that he shouldnt be on the ballot. Patio, hey l g 0, washington. Us defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for prostate cancer. Hes been receiving care at the will to Read National minute treat medical center. Austin had earlier drawn criticism from some republicans who say he broke rules by not informing the whitehouse or scientists