this we do not get your exact question, we apologize. i the feeling of lots of questions today. stomach it is my pleasure to introduce today s speaker, first my aunt cummings is a former chair of the maryland democratic to party and wipe public congressman congressman cummings details the formative moments with life that prepares them to hold president donald trump accountable for his actions remain rooted in the politics of optimism moderating tonight s conversation is political bureau tree for american urban radio network and author of under fir fire. so please welcome maya in april 2 pmp live. hello ladies thank you for joining and we encourage you to come in with questions. this book is powerful. this moment is powerful. going to speak to a man who dresses this moment and moments before and beyond. this book for me, is a tough read. as you know, i wrote to be a woman in baltimore i knew him before he was a congressman you i read this book there s a tab it s a tough read
house police fatality and police profiling. april, mr. president, two questions, one energy and outside of the economy. thank you, mr. president, last question i guess. [laughter] mr. president i need to find out from you. april ryan, how did the self-described working-class black girl from baltimore get to ask for u.s. questions and get called out by everyone of them. i thought this was your life almost, a young april with bill clinton in 23 years later it makes you wonder, how do they get there, i was doing a lot of work, selling my seed when the harvest came up, i was out there working with american radio network recognized my work, they said look we may have a position open and i said okay and i thought it was for d.c. bureau chief, they never told me it was the white house, mind you i had done local and washington and i anchored the weekends at w cop but never in my wildest dream what i imagine that i would be questioning for american presidents and they called
recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the jotyndinit leaders d the noty whip limited to five minutes but in no eve shall debate continue beyond past 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman, mr. fleischmann, for five minutes. mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, chattanoa, tenssee the great state of tennessee and our nation lost a wonderful man last friday. scotty probasco my dear friend, passed awa suddenly. all this week we have had memorials tributes, eulogies, all justly deserved for this great man. i was wondwhearg i was going to say today as i put togethe these notes but i wantll of america to know about this special man and my dear frnd. scottie was born on november 26, 1928. he attended the bride school in chattanooga. he attended the baylor school in chattanooga. dartmouth college and thethe wharton school at penn. he was a gifted man a very bright man. a great business man. but he was a giver. as i was thinking
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i kneeneed a trophy. thank you, i appreciate it and happy friday. we start with the final fare wells to a giant of the house of representatives, elijah cummings. funeral services are starting as we speak in his beloved baltimore. the church is so packed they re having to turn some people away. you will see speeches live from hillary clinton and nancy pelosi this hour and later today from former presidents barack obama and bill clinton. they have halted congressional action on the impeachment inquiry today, but there are still two big developments this morning. a top source is telling nbc news that investigation into the russia investigation is now a criminal one. we re going to explain what that means legally, the extra power the doj now has, and why democrats are livid. and just in the last couple of minutes, nbc news learning lawyers for ousted national security adviser john bolton are in talks for a possible private deposition in the impeachment
investigation. why that s explos