To a verdict avoiding Government Shutdown . Ken paxton, he just survived his Impeachment Trial and the threat of being removed from office over allegations of corruption. One of the states Impeachment Managers joins me to explain what happened at todays senate vote. Im Simone Sanders townsend, and i have something to say. We begin with seismic developments this week on capitol hill and in highprofile legal investigations. The latest . A filing from Special Counsel john smith in the Election Interference case against former president donald trump. Smith has asked the judge to grant an order narrowly limiting trump from making public statements about the identities and testimonies of witnesses. As well as any disparaging or intimidating statements about any party in the case. Including attorneys or court personnel. Just hours after that filing was unsealed, trump ranted against jack smith on his social media platform. And during his campaign events, calling the Special Counsel, quote unq
my question is why would you abuse that power by formalizing a baseless impeachment inquiry into president joe biden? we are bringing in congressman jim clyburn for his take on the expected inquiry vote next week and more. plus, the alarm bells of authoritarianism are getting louder. donald trump s tumbling down on his desire to be a dictator, and just for one day, he says he. we will get into how president biden is responding to trump s plans for revenge and retribution. and retired army colonel eugene vindman is running for congressional seat in virginia. he was targeted by former president donald trump after playing a critical role in trump s first impeachment. why he wants to put his name on the ballot now. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. members of congress are back on the hill tomorrow for their last week before the new year. but there is only one resolution house republicans want to focus on. and one that authorizes an impeachment inquir
Showed to people who have not seen it and how realistic is it . Ashley it is a scripted drama that takes place at a union field hospital. Exceeding a Union General , hospital. It is pretty accurate. They worked with a lot of historians. They did a lot of research into both what occupied alexandria was like an specific family members the green family, a major character in the show. They were real people. Some of the physicians and surgeons and other folks are composites of the various people who would have worked there, but there is a lot of reality. The New York Times called it grays anatomy with crinolines, pretty good description . The fabric that civil war women would have worn. Ashley which i think is pretty accurate. Which makes it pretty accurate. As much as there is medicine and history, it is also really funny and there is drama and love stories and other stuff. Sarah, what interested the aha in putting together a discussion . Why were they interested in having a discussion on
Treasury secretary. He spoke on the health of the financial industry and the threat of another crisis. This portion of the National Association or business economics conference is 45 minutes. E is 45 minutes. Welcome to our general session for this afternoon. Im the chief economist at ford and im very pleased to be here today to introduce and moderate a discussion with the president of the Federal Reserve bank of minneapolis. He took office as the president chief executive officer on of 2016. St he serves on the federal open the t economy bringing feds committee bringing in washington. However, i want to preface the noting that day by after he accepted our invitation o speak here today, the fed adjusted its blackout period ahead of its Monetary Policy in facts so that we are within the fed blackout period today. Kind to keep his commitment to be with us here today. He will not be able to talk about the Monetary Policy aspect of his position at the fed. That said theres lots we can talk
But he was really creating an institutional crisis in the u. S. Government, accusing his predecessor of wiretapping him for political reasons and inappropriately, based on information that he had allegedly just found out. The first tweet i just found out. Serious charge. It is the president of the United States making that charge. He is accusing the previous tosident of using the fbi get the authority to wiretap. The current fbi director was the fbi director then. What does he do . A little different from when he attacked the media, you know, the failing new york times, or if 3 million voters silly things or simply irresponsible things, but this demonstrates a kind of institutional crisis. So we call for quick, open hearings of the highest level. Could be the president who appoints independent committees headed up by serious people to get to the whole truth. What was the trumprussia connection . What did the Obama Administration do . What is the truth about the complex issues raised ab