The Coronavirus Crisis that has upended our country, claimed more than 170,000 american lives, has completely transformed this campaign tradition weve all come to know. Were not coming to you from a packed Convention Hall jammed with networking politicians, that convention is canceled. That single stage is all that remains in milwaukee. The headline speakers including joe biden and Kamala Harris wont even appear there. The real nerve center, a high tech control room that will draw in video fields from all over the country. The speeches and live reaction, crowd sourced videos from delegates and every day americans. It is truly a virtual convention. But the president tom line has not changed. Conventions are about unifying parties and electing president s. As we come on the air tonight, our brand new poll shows joe biden and Kamala Harris holding a doubledigit lead over President Trump. But democrats sn s know this eln is not about the popular vote. Hillary clinton won the popular vote i
World powers reject a us call to reimpose. Over the Nuclear Deal Washington quit 2 years ago. One minute past midday in lima 11 pm and 8 in the evening right here in moscow this friday august 21st welcome to international. Rallies kuntar protests are sweeping belarus for a 3rd day in the wake of the disputed election there throughout today friday large crowds have been gathering in support of president lukashenko in the countrys west r. T. C. Chorus down off reports. Right so whats the. City. Looks. The great. Me behind me excuse me you can see your guess is good when it comes to scale but. Theres definitely thousands of people maybe close to 10000 basically people who have to look to a number of messages. To be played out in public to a lot of people making a point the flag you can see how many better russian flags official by the russian flags just. Essentially. White and white the colors chosen by the opposition they resemble. During the 2nd world war. Because a lot of people in. Hi
Government. Washington journal continues. Host each week in the segment of the washington journal, we take a look at how your money is at work in a different federal program. We are taking a look at the 9 11 Victim Compensation fund. We are talking with Michael Mcauliffe with the new york daily news. How long after 9 11 was it established . What is the criteria to qualify . Guest there was a fund that started right after 9 11 and lasted for a couple of years. That lapsed. It did not take into account people getting sick after 9 11. , 2010, it wasars the last thing that passed congress. That renewed the Victim Compensation fund for a couple of billion dollars. That expired in 2015. They had to come back and do it all over again. A lot of folks saw jon stewart coming down then. It sort of made a popular impression on the country. They ultimately passed it near the end of the year. It seems to linger each time it happens. 7. 4bumped it up to billion. The way the Congressional Budget Offic
You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Very good monday morning to you. You can start calling in on this question of war Power Authority. Here is the basics. The constitution and powering the president to wage wars as commanderinchief. The constitution empowering congress to declare wars and fund wars. President s can order u. S. Troops when the country is attacked or attack appears imminent, but the war powers resolution requires a president terminate combat unless there is congressional passedzation to continue over the veto of richard nixon. The war powers debate has stemmed from how much the war power authorizations have been stretched and some argue stretched too far. In particular, the 2001 authorization of use of military force a week after the september 11 attacks. That said the president is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those authorizations or organizations in order to prevent f
Good morning. I call this business meeting to order. I have been informed that no democrats will be in attendance this morning in an effort to intentionally delay and obstruct the nomination of attorney general scott pruitt to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency. It is a disappointing turn of events. But lets review some history. On january 20th, 1993, january 21st, 1993, epa administrator nominee Carol Browner under democrat president bill clinton was confirmed by the senate. This is one day after he took office. On january 30th, 2001, epa administrator nominee Christie Todd whitman under george w. Bush was confirmed by the full senate. On january 22nd, 2009, epa administrator nominee lisa jackson, under democrat president barack obama was confirmed by the full senate, two days after he took office. Today is february 1st, and the minority has now obstructed even having a vote in committee on president Donald Trumps nominee, Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruit