At the Political Landscape heading into 2020. This portion of the event highlighted women in congress, those working on 2020 president ial campaigns, and preparation for the upcoming democratic candidate debates. This is one hour and 20 minutes. Minutes. [applause] good morning, and welcome. Im anna palmer coauthor of women rule. Its so amazing to see some many of you in the audience for what is sure to be a full day of powerful conversation. I have the unique opportunity to speak to lee mill Leaders Across Industries and with daring perspective. And to create a form with different viewpoints can be heard. But the one idea that unites all of us is the notion that when women run, when women lead, when women earn, and women bill, we rule. Today there are more women and less office. More women leading corporations, and more women champion causes. They are more women rising to the top. We have reached a tipping. And its critical that we harness this momentum to continue propelling this gen
Like hes been talked out of that. Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader, felt like he wanted a quick trial, but didnt want to bring in new witnesses and was able to prevail upon the white house that that was the best way to go. Those negotiations are still ongoing and theyre happening not only between the white house and the republicans in the senate, but also between the republicans in the senate and the democrats. But at this point it looks like theyre coming in on trying to have a relatively Speedy Senate trial that doesnt bring a lot of new witnesses. President trump felt like maybe they could have brought in witnesses like hunter biden and others to try to expand the scope of it and try to push it for political advantage. Well, at this point it looks like theyre going in a different direction. And also whats happening this last week, President Trump is trying to push through as many deals as he can to try to look like hes being productive as the house moves forward on impeachment.
Brian bennett, senior White House Correspondent with Time Magazine, thank you both for being here. Lets begin with the white house. What are they saying about how they would like impeachment to look . Guest trump right now, President Trump believes that impeachment is breaking his way, that he really believes its given his supporters some momentum and enthusiasm, and he initially was of the mind that he wanted the senate to once the house takes their vote, which looks like its going happen, he wanted the senate to take their time with the trial because he felt like it would be politically advantageous. Well, at this point, it looks like hes been talked out of that. Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader, felt like he wanted a quick trial, but didnt want to bring in new witnesses and was able to prevail upon the white house that that was the best way to go. Those negotiations are still ongoing and theyre happening not only between the white house and the republicans in the senate, but al
Peace agreements. The Brookings Institute posted this discussion. Hosted this discussion. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan, embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. , my copanelist, acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a simulated or model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are aware that america is not gonna write the ultimate peace deal, the parties could benefit from some provocation. Weve been talking about having a peace negotiation for a long time but its not clear how specific people have got
President trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, the House Rules Committee will meet to determine the guidelines on how the debate will unfold in the house floor. Watch live coverage of house rules. Tuesday, at 11 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan3. Watch online at cspan. Org slash impeachment, or listen live with he free cspan radio app back with two reporters to take your questions about this week in washington. How will impeachment work as well as Congress Facing a deadline for government spent r spending. Deadline for government spending. Mike debonis is with the Washington Post. Brian bennett, senior White House Correspondent with time magazine, thank you both for being here. Lets begin with the white house. What are they saying about how they would like impeachment to look . Guest trump right now, President Trump believes that impeachment is breaking his way, that he really believes its given his supporters some momentum and enthusiasm, and he initially was of the mind that h