Controlled by the Republican Party of donald trump and the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has proposed some rules that would trigger a quick a trial lets look at what those are initially he gave them we were discussing this a moment ago he gave each side 24 hours which would be split over 2 days for their opening arguments thats now been pushed out to 3 days as i guess was saying presumably 8 hours a day witnesses cannot be called until the opening arguments and even then it will be left to a vote and whats important to remember there is that the republicans as we say are in control so they would have significant powers to block any witnesses called by the democrats this is what they wanted to do and another change to the initial rules Mitch Mcconnell will now allow transcripts from the house judiciary impeachment hearing the house hearing to be submitted mcconnell has promised that this will be a fair even handed process 1st. The senate will hear an opening presentation from t
Good morning, everyone and welcome back as we returned from th good morning Everyone Welcome back as we return from Holiday Season to continue ournu workno in the Economic Opportunities subcommittee without objection the chair is authorized to call for recess at anyny time todays hearing is called reviewing the resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on an important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will discuss department of Agriculture Programs to identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans to provide nutrition assistance to those in need. Specifically todays hearing will focus on how veterans access nutrition resources and recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources and how congress can more effectivelyly support public and nonpublic agencies seeking to end veteran hunger this continues the subcommittees efforts to review economic factors that contribute to suicide which we now include homelessness
Discusses impeachment efforts and the supply complain. Her recentalus on piece on asylumseekers at th u. S. Mexico border. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal for wednesday, october 2, 2019. We would like to hearrom republicans only this first hour. Republican callers only to hear your thoughts on the impeachment inquiry on President Trump. Do you still support him . How do you think he is responding . We will also look at the latest polls on how other republicans are feeling. Republicans only. 2027488000 if you live in the eastern and central time zones. 2027488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. You can send us a text. That is 2027488003. Make sure you put your name on there, where you are texting from. cspanwjs how you send a tweet and we are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. At the start of the program yesterday, we looked at polls. More specifically on republican support, the impeachment and job support numbers. Lets look at this Monmouth University poll
[reporters shouting questions] we continued the conversation on impeachment in the whistleblower complaint against President Trump. The complaint against donald trump. Paul worsens wide paul the senior counsel during the whitewater investigation. Ou worked for ken starr do you see any legal similarities between that investigation and the investigation against President Trump . As it is being conducted by the Intelligence Committee . A differentnk it is kettle of fish that present its own level of issues. At the highest level, the legal question of what constitutes a high crime and misdemeanor and what are Congress Investigative authorities, that does not change. But there is a significant difference in the nature of two levels ats on least. The first is that the congress in the clinton investigation really did not conduct any independent investigation of its own. It relied almost exclusively on the input of the independent counsel, ken starr. That was not necessarily inappropriate. He
Authorities, that does not change. But there is a significant difference in the nature of two levels ats on least. The first is that the congress in the clinton investigation really did not conduct any independent investigation of its own. It relied almost exclusively on the input of the independent counsel, ken starr. That was not necessarily inappropriate. He had spent over a year investigating the lewin ski y matter. The lewinsk by contrast, there has not been a real outside investigation at least of the trumpukraine allegations, so that gives congress a real job to do in uncovering what they think might or might not turn out to be impeachable. Host let me ask about the whistleblower himself. A piece in the atlantic ran over the weekend the atlantic ran over the weekend. Small details that help to confirm his credibility. Explain that. Well, in evaluating a witness, you want to understand other or not what they are telling you it is true, whether or not they are biased, whether thei