so here you are distrusting congress more than the cop on the beat. >> i absolutely agree that congress can investigate in service of what legislation might be needed. our submission is much more modest that when the legislation, when the inquiry involves the president, that you need a somewhat higher standard with respect to purpose because the room for regulating the president is so much narrower with respect to private parties. on the needs side, because of the dangers of harassing and distracting and undermining the president and that is a common theme that runs through the court cases that the president has some measure of protection because you cannot proceed against the president as against an ordinary litigant. i'm saying congress has not met that standard here. >> how did that work out in the paula jones case? >> justice breyer? up, assume, asis i do, that for reasons set out in an opinion by judge griffiths, we are not very good courts at deciding disputes between two powerful political branches. so it should be rare. but if it is in front of us, why not apply the standard tha

congress routinely does in indian country and congress has in oklahoma. the oklahoma specific statute that in address of our mental matters that ensure power stays with the state, not the try. congress does how to do this and the job to fix any consequences if the court proceeds of them is with congress. >> thank you, counsel. justice kavanaugh. >> thank you chief, and good morning, mr. gershengorn. i want to talk about the history and maybe make a comment and you and your colleagues can react. this is not a situation where there's a reservation in an existing state and congress has diminished a reservation. this is a case with the territory that, 1890, indian territory was predominantly white, but 60% of the population, also a significant black population, about 10% at about 30% indian. the question as of 1890, how do we get there to that situation, you go back to the treaties of 1832 and 1833 they grant the creeks and the five tribes land, within the civil war is key, and the five tribes all aligned with the confederacy in the civil war. the tribes have

. >> fire congress, in other words. >> fire congress. fascinating. well the question and answer box is on fire there are so many phenomenal questions. but -- not but, and we have to talk about the role of the electoral college. alex, your book coming out on july 30th asks the question why do we still have the electoral college. and so i'll ask why we still have it and the through line between your two books is justice scalia's observation that pointed out that there is no right to vote for president guaranteed in the u.s. constitution. you've noted that the framers both of the electoral college and the revisions didn't anticipate a winner take all system. they would prefer the district system but that is not the way things turned out. and i'll know finally we have a great program on the electoral college with jesse wegman who has a book out too and he notes that congress came within a few votes of proposing an amendment that would have adopted a national popular vote in the 1970s, endorsed by both political parties, president nixon and democrats. but

fire congress, in other words. fire congress. fascinating. well the question and answer box is on fire. there are so many phenomenal questions. but -- not but, and among them we have to talk about the role of the elect -- the role of the electoral college. and your book coming out asks why do we still have the electal college and the late justice scalia who pointed out there is no right to vote guaranteed in the u.s. constitution and the framers both of the electoral college and the revisions to it after the election of 1800 didn't anticipate a winner-take-all system for the distribution of electoral votes and preferred a district system but that is not the way things turned out and finally we have had a great program on the electoral college with jesse wegman who had a new book out, also and he noted that congress came within a few votes of proposing an amendment that would have adopted a popular vote in the 1970s, proposed by birch bond and endorsed by both political parties -- president nixon and democrats but it was democrats in the south

so here you are distrusting congress more than the cop on the beat. >> i absolutely agree that congress can investigate in service of what legislation might be needed. much moresion is modest that when the legislation, when the inquiry involves the president, that you need a somewhat higher standard with respect to purpose because the room for regulating the president is so much narrower with respect to private parties. on the needs side because of the , dangers of harassing and distracting and undermining the president and that is a common theme that runs through the court cases that the president has some measure of protection because you cannot proceed against the president as against an ordinary litigant. i'm saying congress is not met -- has not met that standard here. >> how did that work out in the paula jones case? >> justice breyer? >> assume, as i do, that for reasons set out in an opinion by judge griffiths, we are not very good courts at deciding disputes between two powerful political branches. so it should be rare. but if it is in front of us, one -- why not apply the stan

congress. so these are really important arguments and we're going to return to many of them in a moment. in your very important work, you've argued that deference to the states when it comes to elections is important. the constitution doesn't really any federal right to vote, but leaves it up to the states to set voter qualifications and you say that that kind of diversity is appropriate and should be deferred to by the courts. tell us more about that argument and your reaction to what your colleagues have said? >> i think it's a fascinating structure that we have in the united states of federalism and we talk about it sometimes, you know -- we think about it sometimes as the negative about, you know, whether it's the state or federal government that someone is not acting appropriately or not exercising sort of its authority in the right way and there's been plenty of instances in american history where we can point to that. but the constitution's default setting is that the states are going to

. >> fire congress, in other words. >> fire congress. fascinating. well the question and answer box is on fire. there are so many phenomenal questions. but -- not but, and among them we have to talk about the role of the elect oral college. and your book coming out asks why do we still have the electal college and the late justice scalia pointed out there is no right to vote guaranteed in the u.s. constitution and the framers both of the electoral college and the revisions to it after the election of 1800 didn't anticipate a winner-take-all system for the distribution of electoral votes and preferred a district system but that is not the way things turned out and finally we have had a great program on the electoral college with jesse wegman who had a new book out, too and congress came within a few votes of proposing an amendment that would have adopted a popular vote in the 1970s, proposed by birch bond and endorsed by president nixon and democrats but it was democrats in the south who killed it. so what can we expect from your new book and why do w

prior to my election to congress in 2010 congress had a big problem with porkbarrel spending on both sides of the aisle. taxpayers were angered to learn that their hard-earned taxpayer dollars were being squandered on projects like the infamous bridge to nowhere in alaska and the rain forest museum in iowa. the republican study committee which i was proud to chair during 114th congress been consistently argued against the practice of earmarking and continues to argue against the practice of earmarking and a hopeful we will continue to ultimately successful in this regard. unfortunately the recent moments to reinstate earmarks but to do so would be against what americans want to see washington. americans have made it clear they want to drain the swamp and president trump and previous republican congress work to do just that. we can't start to fill it back up now. we all know where funding comes from. article one, section nine clearly states no money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of an appropriations made by law. we must restore congress' constitutional authority

but that doesn't mean congress can subpoena medical records. they've ruled out the hypothetical categorically. that is constant with the fact they failed to consider what the actual legislative need is, it is in the legislation in the warrants to investigate the wrongdoing going back ten years. he says a laundry list of the proposal following those past and the issue and at no point in the argument section of the briefing o or to date as he trid to tie any particular legislative proposal specifically to the president in the documents that they seek. this isn't an attempt to preserve the separation of powers but it is on that point i wanted to note the question i may have misunderstood the watergate committee did serve a congressional subpoena under the legislative power and applied the heightened need standard that invalidated just in this court invalidated the attempt to hold in contempt somebody when it violated the separation of powers just at the lower court to prevent separatioagreed and s square they been pursued. it's definitely to multi

because it was an act of congress that created the earmark, it creates -- requires an act of congress to take it back because of the process and how it works, even if money is not used and sits around, it does not expire. congress has to literally take it back so former senators tom moneysused to take back that had never been used, but since it stays in the state pot, they do not like the idea of sending it back. they would like to get it redirected. it is a little tricky to get it back except when some locals have decided, we will write a check and send it back. from ironstone, ohio, on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. the only thing that comes to my mind is both parties are guilty of working with earmarks. they have been doing it for decades. the only thing that really crosses my mind here recently is totally sensed that the fed put $2 trillion into the stock market to make sure it would not belly up, and once again it is a question of accountability, and nobody is raising hell. i do not understand. i work and i pay my taxes and i vote, and that is my c

on the congress, congress could make all candidates disclose their tax returns, not just presidential candidates, but members of congress before their name is assigned to the ballot. individual states can also do that. they can say, we'd love to put your name on the ballot, mr. president, as long as you disclosure tax returns. we'll be happy to do that. some states have attempted to do that. that will be adjudicated in the courts, also. i think the american public should demand it. we should know what our president's financial interests are in that the simple reason is when he's making policy decisions, is he making policy decisions vis-a-vis russia because of financial considerations of investments his company has? or is he making them on behalf of the american people? with this president, we just don't know. >> rick tyler. we should point out for our viewers that, no, that is not a green screen. that is actually rick tyler's back yard, and it is beautiful on this thursday -- >> i would lose the room. i go for the outdoor contest. >> room rater, yes, yes. >> i'm going to fail the roo

force the president to hand over his tax returns a clear ruling for limits on the power of congress but in the 2nd case the judges ruled that federal prosecutors in new york may indeed ask to see the president's tax returns as part of an investigation now this means the public could eventually see trump's tax returns as well but it will not happen before the november presidential election trump one more time today but the final verdict in the court of public opinion that verdict is still out donald trump is often compared himself to former u.s. president richard nixon and that comparison will forever be strengthened by one of today's court rulings just as the court ruled that president nixon could be compelled to hand over those hidden tapes inside the oval office the court today ruled that trump must if subpoenaed hand over those tax returns the court's chief justice a conservative noted the public has a right to every man's evidence since the earliest days of the republic every man has included the president of the united states here is what president trump said today about the ru

congress. his books include "one nation after trump, a guide for the perplexed, desperate, and not yet departed." and there are other titles, the next one, we did at the constitution center. it depressed us even before we begin the program. "it is even worse than it looks, how the american constitutional system collided with extremism," and, relevant for tonight, "the broken branch, how congress is failing america and how to get back on track." he is a friend of the center and appears frequently on our programs. it is wonderful to have you back. norman: always a pleasure. jeffrey: let us jump right into the history of the violence that consumed the nation in general and congress in particular in the years leading up to the civil war. joanne, we will begin with you because your book, "field of blood," describes it vividly and this did -- the statistics you talk about are so striking. you write that there were more than 70 violent incidents between congressmen in the house and senate chambers or

if i could just add something very quickly, congress's rules are only as good as congress's willingness to obey those rules. that is the fundamental problem. legislationwe need that taxpayers can use to whenever this practice it rears its ugly head. >> we have another question from kyle. [indiscernible] tom: kyle had a question. has cagw seen the c.a.r.e.s. act ? well, it is still being spent. it is hard to tell. they have put in the ability for accountability to be provided. they added money to do that, which was very helpful. this is a very unprecedented situation, and we really have to wait and see what happens get some of these programs have been very helpful -- and see what happens. some of these programs have been very helpful. certainly the ppp program. small business is and employees have been helped by the paycheck production program. that is probably the most clearly effective, although some may argue some people may not have needed the money, and some have sent when they didn't need it. this is an ongoing question that is still pretty new. i think the one thing we do have to

that tends to integrate congress because congress finds itself trying to stop a unit -- a unitary executive when it's remembered faction, party, personalities and by two chambers. in the book i did a presidency like a fighter jet and the congress is like a sitting duck aircraft carrier that moves slowly and that is very ponderous. in that situation the presidency will typically win. my final point about the presidency, if you can -- of the presidency over time can acquire the power to wage war which is basically the power to declare it. if the presidency over time can acquire legislative authority with a congressional delegation and through doctrines, through creative interpretive legal interpretation of statute, finally if the president in some respects bypass the senate check on the treaty power, there is nothing that the president cannot do with respect to the metes and bounds of article two. anything that you think is a fundamental feature of article two may not be because with the passage of time and the accretion of pro-presidential practices, what was once thought to be obvious will

but i'm not going to do it while i'm under has reaffirmed the congress's authority to conduct oversight on behalf of. also coming up tonight dying elms nearly all of. a comic lemur species face the threat of extinction slash. forestation and hunting of the knights for the fight for the bush something that you know he's always going to mean bad news for these animals out there and. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the rule of law that even a u.s. president has to respect today the u.s. supreme court. handed down 2 rulings in cases connected with the u.s. president trumps tax returns in one ruling the judges said congress had overreached in how we tried to force the president to hand over his tax returns a clear ruling for limits on the power of congress but in the 2nd case the judges ruled that federal prosecutors in new york may indeed ask to see the president's tax returns as part of an investigation now this means the public could eventually see trump's tax returns as well but it will not happen before the november pr

tour of then our landscape of the very first months of the first congress, the first full congress to meet in washington, and how different aspects of society, science, social life, the way you memorized and memorialized people, how it is all politicized during this day when the federalists are still hanging on, although the jeffersonians have created the first major regime change in national history. that is the end of the talk. hopefully there are some questions i can answer from people. >> we have a number of questions, chuck. and we have one piece of good news for the viewers, which is that there is an exhibition tour with the curator that you can see online the mastodon. it is called art, nature, and culture. through be reached those smithsonian website. tohink we can find out a way and the link so you can go see what is going on at the smithsonian while they are under the work from home order like the rest of us. chuck: it is a wonderful tour she gives, by the way. >> a couple people indicated they know about it and it is a fabulous tour. it is now available online. but here is

congress appropriated over $2.5 trillion in response. at what point do we start focusing on long-term recovery as opposed to responding to immediate needs that are happening in the here and now? guest: that is hard to say. i originally thought when the crisis began that around the end of the summer, we would need to make a strong tilt towards long-term growth. so we would have sort of a three-part approach to this during the immediate crisis, providing liquidity for businesses, households so they could keep their rent payments, they could, businesses could keep people on payroll. passed, acute phase had sometime around august, we would start on our growth trajectory. what has complicated that is everybody probably knows that there seems to be a second wave in cases. we don't know what the response to that is going to be, whether there is going to be a second wave of lockdowns that happens. we may need to do more on the liquidity end of the response, because while we can put in a lot of measures to encourage growth, if we have new lockdow

this congress authorized it anyway. when you talk about a replacement for the iraq resolution, for a war against iraq, a replacement should be debated and updated based on the wars this congress believes are authorized or should be authorized. we need to assert our article one responsibility to define when and how her country goes to war. we have been to war with iraq. that is what the 2002 authorization authorized. for the life of me, it does not make any sense to continue to keep this authorization on the books. it is over. it concluded in 2011. it was called operation iraqi freedom. i asked for a aye vote. -- i ask for an aye vote. i want to remind members, before i continue, that we will break for food at 1:00. the question is on the amendment offered by the member from california. all those in favor say aye. aye. those opposed say no. no. in the opinion of the chair, the have it, and the amendment is adopted. for what purpose does the member from maryland rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will

congress congress is appropriatr $2.5 trillion in response. at what point do we start focusing on long-term recovery as opposed to responding to immediate needs that are happening in the here and now? >> guest: that's hard to say. i had originally thought when the crisis began that around the end of the summer we would need to make a strong tilt towards long-term growth. we had sort of a three-part approach to this during the immediate crisis we needed to write liquidity for businesses, for households so they could keep the rent payments if they could, key people in payroll. if there are able to. and then once they key phase that sometime around august we would start on our growth projected. what's called because that is everybody probably knows is that there seems to be a second wave in cases if we don't know what the response to that is going to become whether or not there's going to be a second wave of lockdowns. that happens, we may need to do more on the liquidity in other response again he comes while we can put in a lot of measures to e

congress. his books include "one nation after trump, a guide for the perplexed, the disillusioned, the desperate, and not yet departed." and there are other titles, the next one, we did at the constitution center. and it depressed us even before we begin the program. "it is even worse than it looks, how the american constitutional system collided with extremism," and, relevant for tonight, "the broken branch, how congress is failing america and how to get it back on track." he is a friend of the center and appears frequently on our programs. norm, it is wonderful to have you back. norman: always a pleasure. jeffrey: let us jump right into the history of the violence that consumed the nation in general and congress in particular in the years leading up to the civil war. joanne, we will begin with you because your book, "field of blood," describes it vividly and the statistics you talk about are so striking. between 1830 and 1860, you write, there were more than 70 violent incidents between congr

as a black female member of congress. but you know what, just like yourself, she would not tolerate such behavior. and she had to fight oftentimes alone against such despicable language and behavior. well, congresswoman. we are here today with you. we are here supporting your rights to speak out, to represent your constituents, and to be who you are, a brave and bold member of congress. which we know you to be. now, the gentleman from florida, yes, he must apologize to you, congresswoman. he must apologize, though, to all of the little girls who aspire to be who they are, to be who they are without being to d disgusting names and keep their voices silent. i close with reading you just one verse of our beloved dr. maya angelou's poem, "still i rise." i'm reminded of you today. she said, you may shoot me with your words. you may cut me with your eyes. you may kill me with your hatefulness. but still, like air, i'll rise. so, yes, congresswoman. you have risen once again. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you so much, representative

one of the most basic allegations as members of congress's to adhere to the principle is public trust. to uphold that trusted to maintain civic competence in the integrity of this body we as members have bound ourselves by certain standards of official conduct. our constitution has the responsibility for sound -- soap accountability for those ethics are the committee on ethics whose membership is evenly divided between republicans and democrats in his work is supported by a nonpartisan staff is charged with enforcing the laws and governing our official conduct investigating allegations that those laws and rules have been violated and where appropriate making recommendations to the house for the disposition of such investigations. we are here today to fulfill that charge. our journey began reviewing violations against his representative schweikert of misconduct and his former chief of staff in 2018 the office of congressional ethics had two separate referrals regarding representative schweikert to the ethics committee for further review. those referrals included troubling allegations o

congress. include "one nation after trump, a guide for the perplexed, desperate, and not yet departed." and there are other titles, the next one, we did at the constitution center. it depressed us even before we begin the program. "it is even worse than it looks, how the american constitutional system collided with extremism tonight,elevant for "the broken branch, how congress is failing america and how to get back on track." he is a friend of the center and appears frequently on our programs. it is wonderful to have you back. norman: always a pleasure. jeffrey: let us jump right into the history of the violence that consumed the nation in general and congress in particular in the years leading up to the civil war. joanne, we will begin with you because your book, "field of blood," describes it vividly and this did -- the statistics you talk about are so striking. you write that there were more than 70 violent incidents between congressmen in the house and senate chambers or in a nearby streets

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member of congress. that former member was elected as the chair of thehe republican party in texas. continue advancing. today we take a stand for my colleague and friend, alexandria cortez and all women endure this behavior.ho we take a stand and say enough is enough today. most capitals including this one endure this behavior. we must stand shoulder to shoulder to say today is the last day we will tolerate it. sadly, most capitals including this one are still undeniably boys club but women have critical numbers now and all of us, women and men have had laws of congress are not middle school playgrounds, we have serious business to do.e people across the country are sick, dying, unemployed and facing evictions yet, misogyny numbers highest priority messaging. unbelievable. it's a new day and i use that term loosely with some cases so a reminder for those who want to work with the tool of intimidation, your time is up. my sisters on the floor and listen at home, my daughters living at home, we must not le

baca had asked congress to count his vote. and congress decided to do so. would we be here? >> yes, you would, your honor. there's no mechanism for mr. baca to ask congress to count his vote. e state has pointed to any recognition. in -- >> let's agree congress had counted has vote. that's my hypothetical. would we be here? >> if congress had counted his vote instead of the vote of the replacement, then, no, perhaps not because he would haven't lost the office. i will say he didn't get a chance to vote for vice president either. so assuming on your honor's hype pet cal that he had his ballots fully cast then no, we probably wouldn't be here. he didn't seek, he didn't try to ask congress for the vote? >> he did not. there's no mechanism. tapped state hasn't pointed to one. >> and the damage he seems e -- and the damage is he seeks $6. >> even ls. it's $1 in nominal damage. >> it's $1 nominal damages. why should we exercise our discretion to hear this case when the nominal damages are $1? he didn't seek congress to count his vote as you point out. so i'm thinking if there's a

you're urging congress to build on that. what does congress need to do? >> so the original limitation was for business owners who were as involved over ten years they were not able to apply for ppp. so it shortened the ten years to one year. they need to get rid of it all together. for folks who have defied all odds to have some criminal justice involvement which we know that system is flawed and still come out of and start a business and employ people, why do nat not get assistance in this moment? there's zero reason that makes sense so congress needs to go all the way and get rid of the limitations entirely. >> well, we know a lot of members of congress watch so hopefully they're listening to this. margaret, thanks for being with me. >> thanks for having me. >>> well, the kremlin alone inhaling president trump's decision to withdraw thousands of u.s. forces from germany. but that's drawing bipartisan criticism from members of congress. will they do anything about it? we'll discuss. walk to end alzheimer's is everywhere. on every sidewalk, track, and tra

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their wisdom and we will carry that to the floor of congress only vote next week. we will carry it to our colleagues in congress is a work for the passage of this important bill. thank you and i yield back. ♪ ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app. be part of the national conversation through ccn's daily "washington journal" program or thorough social media feed. c-span, created by americans as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. ♪ ♪ : : : >> host: our guest reporter is cat zakrzewski of "the washington post". mr. spalter, if you could begin by reminding us what u.s. telecom is and who you represent. >> guest: thank you very much, peter. it is great to be here paid ira present the future of connectivity. the members of the u.s. telecom are the innovators and technology company that deliver the networks of the future to all americans. we have lar

because they can't pay the rent yet congress can't agree on a way forward while democrats and republicans wrestle with how best to keep america afloat during the pandemic a 1000000 new members join the ranks of the country's unemployed each week. but can the fed really help at the height of the pandemic the central bank slashed short term interest rates to near 0. and tried to encourage borrowing with a 2 trillion dollar bond buying scheme. a strong medicine but not yet the panacea washington needs. and as infection rates continue to spike in states like florida texas and arizona the u.s. economy isn't on the path to a speedy recovery. more than $3600.00 companies have filed for bankruptcy this year alone and observers warn more are on the way or actually if the fed and the u.s. government fail to turn the country's economic health around that's just a fact it's let's speak night to joel track and he's the chief u.s. economist at i.h.s. market welcome along mr pracon what's your reaction to what we heard today from the fed the fed's announcement following the conclusion of today's meeting

look, we have more women in congress now than who have ever served in congress. our hope is that number continues to grow and that it is the norm to see a woman in congress, in the house, in the senate come in governor's seats. and hopefully as president sometime in the near future. you know, lucinda, i don't know if you have any other thoughts. lucinda: yeah. rep. bustos: the state of iowa for quite a while has had quotas on, like, state boards, those sorts of things, which i'm intrigued by that idea, but i don't know why the electoral process -- i don't know if i see that working in our country. lucinda: i mean, i would love to have the house, the senate, and the white house so we can debate things like that. if we win all three chambers, you know, i think that would be a really cool thing to get pass ed. but we are making strides, right? you have the nevada legislature that has a majority of women. i think we have a long way to go. majority are democrats in congress, but i think we have to and fighting the fights hopefully get to the point where we can have th

they have they're acting a kind of more unfortunate row which is simply not congress's role. there's an impeachment of us to go to something like that so this is so that seems to be a basically we just long term impact isn't clear other than congress clearly if it's actually going to try and subpoena another president well if we fall more specific in the arguments of a give to the courts as to why that that information is so necessary for future legislation and isn't simply a fishing expedition prying into the president's private affairs ok she have a tons of thank you so much for that let's go now to ken lay out who is live for us outside of the white house and ken lay you have had some more response now from the president was he had to say. i'll get to that in a 2nd i just wanted to pick up on the guest point and also she have that it really is important for our viewers to understand that the branch of the legislative meaning congress and also then the white house they're co-equal branches of government but there is a legitimate oversight responsibility that congress has an

congress has a problem. it will never be able to act as quickly or efficiently or as clearly as the president is, especially in times of emergency. >> as we are getting toward the end of the program, i want to tell you about some upcoming cases. we have 12 altogether. we will be at this until the middle of december doing life programs, and then it will of course be aired on c-span. it will be available for you to watch on our website. if you have been watching, you know that we have published a book, a collection of pieces that are backgrounds to these cases, written by tony murrow who has been covering the court for 30 years. it is called landmark cases. available for eight dollars and 95 cents. if you go to c-span dot or work, search landmark cases. find out how to order it and will get it to really quickly so you can have it for the rest of the series and then you can also seem some of the background on the earlier cases that we have done. that is here from larry in angle would, colorado. larry, you are o

we need congress finally to invest, we need them to put that only the political capital on the table but the actual capital on the table but we will get the job done finally, providing the resources to love the digital divide to go in the rearview mirror as nation so we can move forward with truly connected nation, understanding it and realizing the benefits of universal service for all. >> host: can you attach a dollar figure to that amount that you think is needed? >> guest: there have been some modeling that's been done. were working hard to try to establish what the resources that would be required. there vincent congressional estimates, some have been advancing in current legislation that is pending before congress, but the amount is $100 billion. we know that it's going to take a lot of effort and it's going to take some serious work. but in the context of the broader investment in infrastructure that we need to make, which we know has said to be be in the area of $1 trillion, $100 billion to advance the promise of universal service for all americans to allow everybody to reali

congress just a bit of background for you the manhattan district attorney wants the records as part of a criminal investigation into hush money payments made to women trump allegedly had affairs with the other ruling concerned 2 committees in the house of representatives they have been investigating potential foreign influence russian money laundering the judge has said that one needs to be decided by a lower courts and then we have had well there's been plenty of reaction from donald trump but this was the 1st tweet he talks about the supreme court sending it back to the the lower court he says it's all a political prosecution and goes on to say i won the witch hunt as he calls it i have to keep fighting in a politically corrupt new york it's not fair to this president or administration. ok so here's our team covering events at the moment simply help at the white house can be i'm going to come to you in a moment a little more on donald trump's reaction and what it actually means for him going forward but starting with sierra tansey who's at the supreme court take us through . and in t

provinceis not the only of the administration or one side of congress. this is a bipartisan perspective. i have been so encouraged and so democraticto see my colleagues and my republican colleagues across the aisle in both houses of congress, in our statehouses come across the administration, at the fcc, all joined around some fundamental principles that we need to adhere to. printable number one is that we have to take seriously our task of investing in broadband, building these public private partnerships. it can end the digital divide, regardless of where you live or what your income is. encouraged by the progress we have seen. i'm hopeful that progress will continue to keep apace. i am also mindful that the key to success is maintaining this bipartisan approach that has been the hallmark of the success of our internet policy and will continue to be. on that line of questioning looking ahead to the 2020 election, are you concerned about potential democratic administration could result in greater antitrust scrutiny of the telecom industry? guest: i am

congress doesn't seem american economy. congress doesn't seem to be able to get its political act together to agree on a stimulus package that would keep the safety net in place until the economy gets back on its feet. thanks, katty. stay with us on outside source, still to come: we look at excess deaths across europe. new figures show england recorded the highest rate, followed by the uk as a whole. taiwan's first popularly elected president lee dung hway has died, aged 97. he served as leader from 1988 to 2000 and is credited with turning taiwan into a democracy. mr lee had been in hospital for the last six months, and was suffering from multiple organ failure. but there hadn't been much information about his condition so his death came as a shock to the people of taiwan. cindy sui is in taipei. his legacy survives to his day —— this day. even though his predecessor is credited with paving the way for democracy, it was president hwey who made it a reality. he carried out a number of political reforms that enable taiwa

what are the odds that congress will take up pai's call? rep. latta: i commend the chairman for getting out there. when you look at the hundreds and hundreds of companies that made that pledge to make sure that people were not cut off, and when you think about the situation we are in, especially in real areas, having that access is your lifeline. rightalth, education, down the line, it is important that it is there. it is a good program he has put together and it is something that we can go forward. we have seen a resurgence of some parts of the country and some folks might not be able to get back to work as soon as they would like. it is great to see where the unemployment rate are going in a dominant that's a downward trend but the chairman has led the way on this to make sure people can stay connected. sam: of course. go ahead. peter: i just wanted to say, congressman, if you could move your computer a little closer, we don't want to lose your audio with these words and i also wanted to ask you about the maps, because all of the mapping, i ha

, as it asks for further information from congress. congress'responsibility to uncover the truth specifically related to the president's russia connection that he is hiding. the congress will continue to conduct oversight for the people , upholding the separation of powers that is the genius of our constitution. we will continue to press our case in the lower courts. that is what happened this morning. , for thehis morning 16th can allow, over one million americans applied for a rangeland -- unemployment insurance. 16th week in a row. we have to open up our economy. we can only do so by killing off the virus. that is what is in the heroes act. testing, tracing, treatment, separation, masking, wash your hands, keep your distance. that is what is in the heroes act. all of the scientific pronouncements have spoken to the need for more testing and the urgency of tracing and the benefit of treatment so that people do not die. again, this administration seems to be turning its back on science and instead saying, open up, take a risk. .y the

congress. there -- it is worse than it looks, how the american constitutional system collided with extremism and relevant for tonight, the broken branch, how congress is failing america and how to get back on track. he is a friend of the center and appears frequently on our programs. it is wonderful to have you back. norman: always a pleasure. jeffrey: let us jump right into the history of the violence that consumed the nation in general and congress in particular in the years leading up to the civil war. joanne, we will begin with you because your book, "field of blood," describes it vividly and the statistics are striking. you write that there were more than 70 violent incidents between congressmen in the house and senate chambers or in a nearby streets or dueling grounds. there were 109 riots nationwide. is it true that there was more congress and in the nation in general than now? why was it and give us a sense of how violent congress was. joanne: sure. first,er your question this is an obv

oversight on behalf of the american people as it asked for further information from congress congress's constitutional responsibility to uncover the truth the ship a clique related to the president russia connection that he is hiding the congress will continue to conduct oversight for the people polled in the separation of powers that is the genius of our constitution there was nancy pelosi speaking there earlier today for more on today's rulings i'm joined tonight by scott anderson scott who served as a legal adviser at the u.s. state department he's now with the brookings institution and teaches law at georgetown university law school scott is in washington d.c. tonight welcome to the days god it's good to have you with as the court today said that the president is not above the wall 'd when we're talking about the justice system and gathering evidence what does this ruling these 2 rules what do they say about the american justice system and what do they tell us about the current u.s. president. well they certainly serve as noted victories although in some ways limited victories for t

force the president to hand over his tax returns a clear ruling for limits on the power of congress but in the 2nd case the judges ruled that federal prosecutors in new york may indeed ask to see the president's tax returns as part of an investigation now this means the public could eventually see trump's tax returns as well but it will not happen before the november presidential election trump one more time today but the final verdict in the court of public opinion that verdict is still out donald trump is often compared himself to former u.s. president richard nixon and that comparison will forever be strengthened by one of today's court rulings just as the court ruled that president nixon could be compelled to hand over those hidden tapes inside the oval office the court today ruled that trunk must if subpoenaed hand over those tax returns the courts chief justice a conservative noted the public has a right to every man's evidence since the earliest days of the republic every man has included the president of the united states here is what president trump said today about the rul

and he comes to the congress, where it is the most diverse congress we'd ever seen in the history of this country. more women serving in congress than ever served before. and that is the progress he wanted and that's the progress he continued to pushes for. and we'll see more of that progress, right? because of the work that john lewis did and the work he's inspiring others to do. people like bacari sellers and people in congress now, young folks, who are in those seats in congress and inspired by john lewis and good and who learn from him and who wanted to join him in the work that was his life's business. he really was a public servient, right? his humble mission is to be preacher. he started out preaching to the chickens on his parent's farm. and 80 years later we all joined the church of john lewis. as he preached the gospel of equality and of humanity and racial and economic equity. so, we're so grateful today that he got to live -- so many folks, whose lives were cut short just through the stress of livering as a black person in america. so, we're grateful to his parents that t

congress. host: the administration citing covid-19 in their attempts, their proposal to change asylum rules. to u.s.s denying asylum virus hotspots. the trump administration proposed a new set of rules that would block migrants from applying for asylum if they came or passed through a country with a widespread contagious disease like coronavirus. that would in effect block all asylum-seekers at the u.s. southern border from applying or any form of humanitarian projection -- protection in the u.s., and put them on a fast track to deportation instead. congressman garcia, what are your thoughts? guest: it is important to understand that president trump has sought to dismantle our asylum system and process, a long-held set of values that recognizes that people who are fleeing from violence and persecution should be given the opportunity to make their case. this new announcement has to be looked at within the framework of what the president has intended on doing, for the past several years. there ar

if congress wants to put back in the conflict rules, we are more than happy to work with congress. we will participate on the same basis of the house and the senate. mr. chabot: secretary mnuchin, one of the things that you all were operating under impossible time constraints. i was at the signing ceremony on friday, next week at the loans were literally going out the door, although not that many. you all got your act together pretty quickly and saved a lot of businesses all around the country. god bless you for that. this committee was involved and many others as well. one of the things that was frustrating, i heard this from vendors and small business folks and from our staff was the time it took to get the guidance out, so people knew what the rules were. do you have any thoughts for the future as to what we might be able to do? sec. mnuchin: let me say, in one of the more ridiculous statements i have ever made, i committed that we get the program up in two weeks. working with the sba staff, we were able to do that. obviously, it ran into a lot of issues, but we made the judgmen

it's not good news for president shops of course has reaffirmed the congress's authority to conduct oversight on behalf of the american people. the u.s. supreme court has said president obama trump asked to turn over his tax and other financial records to a new york prosecutor but not yet to congress. well again i'm going all santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera we've been showing the ruined remains of what is described as a secret prison in libya where opponents of the war khalifa haftar were tortured. as anger and frustration builds in sudan the prime minister has asked the government to resign and with their sacred month fuji off limits we will meet the japanese religious order that's made him a replica so they can keep watch. so the developing news out of the united states this is they those supreme court rulings on president donald trump's financial records things that he has fought hard to keep private however the judges have decided his tax returns can be made available at least to new york prosecutors but not yet to congress a manhattan district attorney wants