President and ceo of George Washingtons mount vernon, talks about how washington views the presidency and executive power. As always, you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. 17th. Monday, february, we had to morning, mount vernon for a conversation about the first president and his impact on the office. We begin with a question about the qualities you want in the person who occupies the oval office. What do you look for in a president . In the eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. In the mountain or pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can send us a text this morning. Hat number, 2027488003 please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. Start calling now on this president s day and as you are thinking about the qualities an want, we take you back to event last year, the release of president s. The [video clip] there was a preeminent little inist and and 1951 inhtin
Im very honored. Its great to be here. Over 2000, i think. Thats great demand for you to be here. It is such an honor. Thank you so much for being here. We are thrilled that you are here for the stevens lecture. One of the special things about you being here, as the dean mentioned, is i know that this this lecture is actually named after Justice John Paul stevens, who was your predecessor on the bench. In fact, he gave the first inaugural lecture in 2011, and ive heard you speak eloquently at his Funeral Service and elsewhere about how you filled his seat on the bench, but you cant fill his shoes. Too large. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on you and what its like to Carry Forward his legacy . Too large. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on you and what its like to Carry Forward his legacy . Yeah, i mean, it was it was so sad for me and for all my colleagues this summer when he passed away. He was a great, great man, and i never had the chance to serve w
To the interview with jay blakesburg. The man who shot so many still photos of the grateful dead from 78 up until jerry garcia stephanie has a new book out. About 140 or 150 pictures. Color photos and a lot of quotes from a number of people throughout the years talking about jerry garcia. We will have enliven studio coming up. I got to see him we look the same right . First to the big news of the day. In the past hour we heard from Contra Costa County fire officials about the massive fire at a Petroleum Storage facility in crockett. That was the explosion as it happened. Officials say the fire is contained but they have yet to determine what started it. The fire sent an awful lot of the black smoke into the air in rodeo, hercules and crockett. Interstate 80 is now open after 80 was shut down in both directions for hours yesterday. At this point crews are on the scene investigating are working to prevent any further damage. Lets bring in sarah life in crockett with the remaining concern
Odonnell the n. F. L. Star who lost his cool says he deserves to play again. And why is the player he attacked now also apologizing . A hockey teams m. V. P. How this pup gets his shot. And as the Democratic Candidates for president debate tonight, theyre taking aim at a new target. This is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell reporting tonight from ghashington. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. President trumps handpicked ambassador to the European Union sent shock waves across the u. S. Capitol today, changing his story and directly implicating the president in the Pressure Urmpaign against ukraine. Gordon sondland told congress there was a quid pro quo, an attempt to trade Military Funding for an investigation of mr. Trumps rivals, and it was
done at the direction of the president. Sondland insisted everyone was in the loop, including the Vice President and the Secretary Of State, and he dramatically shifted the timeline, saying the attempts to push ukraine to
Surprising former Vice President joe biden refocusing the campaign in South Carolina and out of New Hampshire before the polls close. He finished fifth. The big story with a challenge with a divided Democratic Party. The socialist and a Democratic Party establishing and worried that his party in november. Will the democrats get behind bernie if they cant shut them down . Fox Team Coverage tonight, following biden him Michael Bloomberg down south, indepth analysis but we kick it off with peter doocy with a victory party, peter. Shannon there were moments that this sounded more like a crowd of a world cup game with a primary night rally has hundreds of faithful standards, waited hours to hear the senator speak for about 10 minutes. And after nearly four hours of being inside the field house, finally got to hear him do something that he could not do a victory speech. With victories behind us a popular vote in iowa, the victory tonight, we are going to nevada. We are going to South Carolin