President nixon said a similar thing, that is not what the constitution provides, that is not what the country demands. He does not have the right to do whatever he wants. Turning to the second abuse of power most of concern. Betraying the nation involving foreign powers. The American People have suffered that foreign influence when President Trump treated military aid that had been approved, taxpayer dollars, and decided to treat it as his own checkbook to try to further his own reelection chances. That reflects what the founders were concerned about. Finally, corruption of our elections. The framers knew that corrupt leaders or leaders acting corruptly concentrate their powers to manipulate elections and undercut adversaries. They talked about it frequently. That is why the framers thought electoral treachery particularly involving foreign powers was a critical abuse that could support and lead to impeachment. Now, the American People learned last election how dangerous foreign inter
Allie rasmus, sara zendehnam, as mike and sal are enjoying a bit of time away. White christmas for folks up in the tahoe area. Absolutely beautiful. Yeah. And maybe even on some of the peaks here in the bay area. Hamilton and diablo. Cold enough and we are going to check in with rosemary in a second to find out. A lot of people counting down to christmas. For many people every gift, every family gathering, every meal documented on social media. However, a new survey shows many people would like to take a big old break from their phones. I am one of those people. According to a poll of 2000 parents, 80 said they would be willing to go on a digital detox. And 85 of parents admitted they needed to change their habits and would like to be present when they are with their family during the holidays. More than half of the people polled admitted they checked social media more frequently during the holidays and nearly half say they have had their holiday ruined because of social media. Sad. Do
Hello turkeys military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border they must to stop Kurdish Forces using the route to reinforce North Eastern syria lets enter a paris to launch an attack the President Donald Trump says the u. S. Hasnt abandoned the kurds in syria as hes criticized for pulling out american troops trafford begins our coverage from turkeys border with syria. Turkish heavy weapons aim across the Syrian Border towards the town of tilapia. The mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic forces or s. D. S. Defeated eisel here in 2050 with the help of u. S. Led coalition forces. The turkish government describes the main fighting force of the s. D. F. As a terrorist organization linked to its outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party which is fought against the turkish government for decades the s. D. F. Control around 430 kilometers of syrian territory along the turkish border. They have fought and worked alongside the u. S. Troops for years they say u. S. President s dont trumps d
Michigans contom mated water supply. As always well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on monday, september 16. Well begin this morning with calls from some democrats to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of Sexual Misconduct and revealed new allegations. Those allegations raising questions about whether Justice Cavanaugh perjured himself during the confirmation hearings last year. Democrats, 2027488000, publicans 2027488001 and independents, 202748800 it 2 2788003 or go to twitter and post comments on facebook. Com cspan. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the new york piece that ran over the weekend and the headline was Brett Kavanaugh was one of the privileged kids and she didnt fit in with the privileged kids. A story about Deborah Ramirez and her allegations that surfaced
Being late. I really dont have any opening remarks but i welcome all of our colleagues that will do introductions and alternate over to senator feinstein. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. As you can see we have four nominees before the committee today. I would like to welcome the majority leader, thank you for being here. We have not had a Senate Confirmed director of the atf since march 2015. In fact, weve only had one Senate Confirmed head of the agency since the director position was subject to Senate Confirmation in 2006. I am very pleased that members of this committee will have the ability to question not only on his record but also on his priorities for combating gun violence should he be confirmed to this position. I really have been at this for so long and i have seen as experience so many senseless tragedies at the hands of firearms. From parkland to newtown from San Bernardino to sullivan springs, from las vegas to the streets of chicago, and most recently at a Food Festiv