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also more generally to talk about the current state of the relationship between the legislative and executive branch. i couldn t imagine a better panel of folks then my four colleagues here with me to tackle these questions. you have full bios but briefly went with us e.j. dionne, who is the harriman chair and senior fellow in governance studies. benjamin wittes, senior fellow. john hudak, deputy director of the center for effective public management, and vanessa williamson is also a senior fellow. so let us begin. so e.j., some folks have argued this point the state of the union is an anachronism, televised spectacle that does little to benefit the country. does the state of the union matter? does it play a useful role in the relationship between congress and the president at this point? and by the way, what is the state of the union? thank you. thank you all for coming. it s a great joy to be on this panel. molly knows more about congress and the people who wrote article
you for joining us today for our event on the state of the union. when we scheduled this event we expected that president trump would be delivering his annual address to congress on tuesday night. he s not doing so, and the exact timing of the speech remains to be set but we thought we would convene our panel anyway to discuss both what we expect the president to speak about when he does appear before congress, but also more generally to talk about the current state of the relationship between the legislative and executive branch. i couldn t imagine a better panel of folks then my four colleagues here with me to tackle these questions. you have full bios but briefly went with us e.j. dionne, who is the harriman chair and senior fellow in governance studies. benjamin wittes, senior fellow. john hudak, deputy director of the center for effective public management, and vanessa williamson is also a senior fellow. so let us begin. so e.j., some folks have argued this point the sta
trump recorded the day after the riots on january 7th. the whole thing is only about three minutes long of what we saw. but it took an hour to shoot, according to the washington post. and even then, it still needed to be edited. watch for when the camera position changes. now congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so, how was the other 57 minutes spent? what s in those outtakes? and why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? now, those outtakes, we re told are going to be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president, like to stop his own supporters from attacking the u.s. capitol for more than three hours, mind you. and tonight, we ha
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