At cspan. Org, or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. The president is referring to the war powers resolution that law is pretty complicated but one thing it does is says if the president puts troops abroad into hostilities or imminent hostilities an we havent been attacked, if he does that, he needs to follow the law which says notify congress. Tell them what youre doing. Justify it. Whats the legal authorization. Whats the constitutional authorization . And whats next . How long are they going to be there and so forth. So thats essentially what the president claimed to be doing, which is say, i hereby notify that iran, which doesnt quite meet the qualifications and requirements in the law. Host democrats on capitol hill seeking to declassify that notification, make it public. What are rules about what can be made public an what must be classified . Guest that gets into a whole host of classification laws, and members who have access to classified information that the rest
Get their High School Kids into some of the most sought after universities. And today, stanford hired its deadly. Im alex savidge. This is the Largest College admission scam ever and it dates back to 2011. 15 people have been charged, at least 13 of them are from the bay area. They range from College Coaches to wealthy ceos to winery owners, and the list also includes tv stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Molly line more with this sting operation the feds called operation varsity blues. Reporter tv stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin both charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, along with a third 30 prepared under indictment after the fbi lifted the lid on operation varsity blues, a 10 month investigation culminating in dozens of arrests. Busting a massive, nationwide College Admissions scheme. We are talking about deception and fraud, fake test course, fake athletic credentials, fake photographs, bribes college officials. Reporter the fed said a man na
At 8 30, illinois representative robin kelly, a member of the energy and Commerce Committee, on the fiscal year 2020 budget request and trade policies. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] host good morning and welcome to the washington journal on this thursday, march 14. We will begin with what is happening in washington today. In the senate is expected to block president Trumps National Emergency Declaration over the border wall and on the other side of the chamber, the house is voting on a resolution calling for Robert Muellers report to be made public. There will also be a hearing on the Trump Administrations plan to add a Citizenship Question to the 2020 census with wilbur ross testifying. Lawmakers will hear about the Defense Budget from the joint chief chair and the acting offense secretary. The president requesting a 5 . N
As jim told you im liza goitein and i correct the Liberty Program at the Brennan Center for justice. We have been researching Emergency Powers the past two years and i am thrilled to have the chance to share some of what weve learned at a time when this issue is very much in the news and on peoples minds. The format for first discussion will be different from the usual panel discussion. I will lead off by giving an overview of the Legal Framework for Emergency Powers and how that work came about. Then i will sit down and speak to the speakers one by one and theyll tell you about a particular power or category of powers within that larger framework to give you a taste of what we are talking about here. Then i will come back at the end and time and with my view on whether Emergency Powers would permit the president to build a wall along the border and after that we will all take our seats and you can direct questions at any or all of us. Lets start with the most basic question. Click. Cl
Captioning performed by vitac they stigmatize individuals and populations. They actually can make matters worse. And they are frequently abused and targeted against already vulnerable populations. I just want to note that they are widely applied against immigrants and people who are considered the other. The picture at the top is from a picture of hiv positive haitian refugee who was kept out of a camp that the United States kept at guantanamo bay, cuba, in the 1990s. These were refugees who were otherwise cleared to be admitted into the United States, they were kept behind barbed wires until the court shut it down ostensibly to keep out hiv, a disease which was already extraordinarily widespread, in effect, endemic within the United States. There is no Public Health reason. This wasnt done under the quarantine power, it was under done under the immigration legislation but the two are often used together. Id like to say that President Trump has also cited diseases as a rationale for th