Senate. I want to commend congressman John Sarbanes for being such a tremendous leadership in integrity and government, by working this issue for a long time. Then became h. R. 1, when the democrats had the majority in congress. Andas been one who has seen heard from the public how concerned they are about the role big, dark money in politics undermines their confidence that congress can ever act to lower Prescription Drug prices, to protect our environment. The list goes on and on. Because of that big dark money. So his role as chair of the Democratic Reform Task force and lead sponsor of h. R. 1 is to be commended for anyone who wants reducing thet only role of money in politics, but restoring the confidence of the American People in what we do here. I also want to acknowledge the leadership of madam chair, the chair of the House Administration committee, did he do lofgren. She is a zoe lofgren. She is a champion, a brilliant legal mind, that we call upon in many arenas areas here. A
Oppose anu support or impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. We will keep it simple. If you support the inquiry, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Tell us why. If you oppose an impeachment inquiry, we want to hear from you at 202 7848001. We want to hear your reasoning. You can always text us your 202 7488003. Once again, things are moving quickly in washington when it comes to this impeachment inquiry that democrats have opened into President Donald Trump. This is a look at the New York Times on what is going on in washington. Democrats moving quickly to escalate their imprisonment inquiry impeachment inquiry. They subpoenaed mike pompeo on friday. Once again, we want to know from you whether you support or oppose this impeachment inquiry. We have a call already from washington. The caller imposes opposes the inquiry. Why do you oppose an impeachment inquiry . Caller im actually in california. I oppose it because i dont understand biden is on film saying what he did i
President of colombia here as our special guest, president uk. Hes not pensively with washington, d. C. Hes been here for 14 years off and on and he got some of his graduate degrees here from American University and George Washington university. Hes trained as a lawyer and is working as well at the Interamerican Development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural area and also special advisor to the president of the bank on colombia. He was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in augus. He will make some opening remarks and then following that i will come up and preside over some questions and then have anybody here who wants to ask a question be able to do so. We will go and tell exactly 9 30. Everything is on the record, and so please when you do have a question standup, identify yourself, your affiliation and then asked the question, not a long statement. That would be appreciated, and one question per person would be appreciated. Okay, its my honor to do
i ll be joined today by people who are in the nation s capital on that fateful day. including washington d.c. mayor, mario bowser. and former capitol police sergeant casino gonell. and because of the violent uprising on january 6th, the insurrection, president biden says 2024 election is about deciding whether democracy is still americas sacred cause. and the dire threat of another trump presidency. we re going to dig into his comments and donald trump s response. plus, the supreme court will weigh in on whether donald trump can be barred from colorado s primary ballot. it is the latest in several challenges across the country to keep trump off the ballot because of his role in the insurrection. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. we begin today with efforts to hold the former president donald trump accountable for his actions three years ago today. on january 6th. and with the ongoing consequences of that insurrection on american democracy. the unite
it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem