already called them is already in ukraine when the call took place when the aid question was not even present. and that the ambassador understood there was a deep-seated concern about russian and ukraine so we will see like they said. and to be concerned. [inaudible] mckinley was not involved in the situation. that fundamental fact has never changed and will never change there is no quid pro quo. those individuals on the call have been very clear that there was no pressure or no quid pro quo they did not even know the aid was held up at the time of the call. the aid was released seven and a half weeks later. those facts never have changed and it is interesting that the president of the united states first of all can have whoever he or she serves the interest of our country is ambassador but it s also interesting even the president didn t want the ambassador there as well and that was clear from the call. talking a lot about giuliani is it appropriate to go outside of chan
law the dean of georgetown and it is a privilege to welcome you wow. i am the dean of georgetown law and it is a privilege to welcome you to the second annual ruth bader ginsburg lecture. the first lecture was held in april of 2018. our first speaker was justice ginsburg. it is a lecture series in which we honor distinguished leaders who is a champion for equality and human rights. privileged at georgetown to have such a wonderful bond with the justice. you might have seen her portrait as you were coming down into the amphitheater. was aloved husband remarkable member of our faculty for many years. we have a chair in his honor. the martin ginsburg professorship. i have to say, i am often asked, dean, what is my favorite memory? it is what we just saw. walking into this room with justice ginsburg and seeing our students look with such admiration and inspiration on somebody who is one of the great figures in the history of the world but also a cultural icon. [laughter] [appla
go to the polls we are pleased tuesday. to welcome john rogers. he is the director of the national republican congressional committee, the nrcc. he has been with the organization since 2011. his job, working with the chairman, is getting republicans returned to the house of representatives. thank you for being with us. mike is back from the washington post. and alexa rights for politics for axios. first.ou are mike: thank you for joining us. i want to ask you a simple question. what group of voters do you think has the biggest potential to impact control of the house tuesday, and what has your group been doing in the last week to reach those people and convince them to vote for republicans? john: thanks for having me. i have to give two groups one is where people swing would be independents. specifically married, college-educated women is where we are most focused. figuring out what messaging works for them and what is most effective. the other is republicans. it is the m
he has been with the organization since 2011. his job, working with the chairman of ohio, getting republicans returns to the house of representatives. thank you for being with us. he writes about politics for ask yields. thank you for joining us. i want to ask you a simple question. what group of voters has the biggest potential to impact the house? what has your group been doing to convince them to vote for republicans? i have to give two groups where people swing would be independents. that is what we have been focused on. figuring out what messaging works for them and what is most effective. the other is republicans. it is the midterm, not the same turnout as a presidential would. we have been aggressive turning out the vote. we launched a nationwide radio spot that was almost $700,000. talking to republicans, reminding them the election is coming. today, new economic numbers are positive. but the president is talking about immigration, the caravan, birthright citi
20th, 2017. mark your calendars and help us spread the word to student film makers. now a look at the presidential transition process when two former white house officials in the clinton and bush administrations. they discuss how leadership positions are filled to ensure that the next president is ready to govern on inauguration day. this is an hour. people are filing in. i want to thank everyone for coming out today. on behalf of our president thomas burr and the 3,000 members of the national press club i want to thank everyone who braved metro road closings and construction here at the press club for coming out today. and i think one of the reasons we have such a good crowd is to talk about a presidential transition gives people hope that there s light at the end of the tunnel after the long campaign but at the same time i learned that sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a locomotive coming at you. and so today what we re going to do is we re going to talk a