Donald trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly the announcement wednesday by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins own plans to relinquish the presidency, or not, in a few years here so we are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa, who is the moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Hes been covering russia from much of the past decade. His new book between two fires offers a truly fascinating and revealing look at the impact that the putin era has had on above all the nations psyche and the moral struggles and calculation that Many Russians confront. Josh has written a very nuanced portrait of russia, nothing le the simplistic view of that country, and oppressed people lorded over by a kgb trained dictator. Josh describes the people who fall somewhere in the middle between an oppressor and op
Industry, americas cabletelevision company, as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Reading everybody. Welcome to politics and prose. Im bradley graham, a coowner of the bookstore along with my wife lissa muscatine. While theres certainly been a lot of news this week, much of it of course about the start of Donald Trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly an announcement by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins on plans to relinquish the presidency, or not, in a few years. We are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa, who is the moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Yorker. Hes been covering russia for much of the past decade, and his new book between two fires offers a truly fascinating and revealing look at the impact of the putin era has had on, above all,
House resolution 631, providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 3017 to amend the comprehensive Environmental Response Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize around improve the Brownfields Program and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 3905, require congressional approval of any mineral withdrawal or monument designation involving the National Forest systems land and the state of minnesota to provide for renewal of certain mineral leases in such lands and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules priestly postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. H. R. 2768 by the yeas and nays. H. R. 3115 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be cubblingted as fiveminute votes. Conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is
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We will have a reaction from the white house today. Today is another spare the air day. We will check in with people at most risk and we will check in at a cooling center. A triumphant story of a blind Football Player at usc overcoming great odds for a moment he says he will never forget. It is jake olson. He is definitely someone you want to year for. We will explain this coming up. There is relief and store in the weather. Were excited to hear about that. The red flag warning has expired. We have advisories in place. We could feel a little muggy out there today and ill explain why. This is a live look at the son up in shining already. We had clouds overhead this morning. Mostly cloudy skies. We could have high humidity today. On the positive side, temperatures are coming down. On the flipside we may have cloud cover to deal with. Very calm this morning at the airport. The winds are light and the advisories are in place. The heat watch for areas along the coast and inside the bay will