the judiciary committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time privet we welcome everyone to today s hearing on lessons from the mother report part two, nonpartisan perspectives. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. last week, we heard from two former united states attorneys who described president trump s repeated efforts to undermine special counsel motors investigation on russia s interference in the 2016 elections. we also heard from president nixon s former white house counsel told us that the actions by this administration were substantially similar to the measures the nixon administration took to undermine the watergate investigation. there is one important difference. special counsel mother was investigating a different kind of break-in. the target was similar to that of watergate. the barker was hostile organization. the crime was carried out through hacking operation that stole
the judiciary committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time privet we welcome everyone to today s hearing on lessons from the mother report part two, nonpartisan perspectives. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. last week, we heard from two former united states attorneys who described president trump s repeated efforts to undermine special counsel motors investigation on russia s interference in the 2016 elections. we also heard from president nixon s former white house counsel told us that the actions by this administration were substantially similar to the measures the nixon administration took to undermine the watergate investigation. there is one important difference. special counsel mother was investigating a different kind of break-in. the target was similar to that of watergate. the barker was hostile organization. the crime was carried out through hacking operation that stole
talk show commentator armstrong williams, live on c-span s washington journal, at 4 pm on book tv on c-span two, discussion on race in america. voter suppression, voter suppression is real. let s just name a couple of states, florida, georgia, texas, north dakota. north dakota, yeah. today, in 2019, we re still doing with his issue on dr. king s birthday. and in american history td on c-span three, the real america at 8 pm eastern. the 1957 film, a time for freedom, documents the civil rights rally at the lincoln memorial. give us the ballot, and we will no longer plead to the federal government of an anti-lynching law, we will, by the power of our vote, right the law on the statues and bring an end to the vast dastardly acts of the perpetrators of violence. watch c-span, book tv in american history td on monday, martin luther king jr. day. up next, newly elected illinois inaugural address after being sworn into office he spoke about his estate tax system, and pas
over from a republican and told illinois voters that the state s tax system is unsustainable and that change is coming. his speech is a half hour. please place your right hand and repeat after me. i, at the same time. i, j.b. pritzker. do solemnly swear. do solemnly swear. that i will support the constitution of the united states. that i will support the constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the state of illinois. and the constitution of the state of illinois. and that i will faithfully exercise. and that i will faithfully exercise. the duties of office of governor of illinois. the duties of officer of governor of illinois. according to the best of my ability. according to the best of my ability. congratulations, governor. thank you. [ applause ] you did it. thank you all very much. thank you. i want to begin today by thanking my family. first, my partner, my best friend, the love of my life and now the first la
the his last day as a free man in the united states. we will speak to ravi ragbir of dust just before he heads for a check-in with immigration and customs enforcement. he fears he will be detained and deported, even though he is married to a u.s. citizen and has a u.s.-born daughter. then to a day without a woman. is for the indigenous women. today is for the black women. today is for the asian women in the latina women. women s daytional was marked across the world wednesday. here in the united states, organizers called on women to go on strike for a day. we will air highlights from protests in new york and washington. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. across the world, women and their allies rallied wednesday to mark international women s day. in the united states, organizers declared a day without a woman, calling for a one-day strike and for boycott of stores. in prince george s county,