It is phenomenal. We have the latest out of the United Kingdom right now. They are battening down the hatches because a resurgence in cases has them closing pubs earlier urging people to for the better part of valor quit congregating in large groups. Good luck on that. Meantime were looking at a spending bill that could be in disarray. Could be the fault of the whole Supreme Court. It was in the president s favor but, because of differences that some democrats have put up, to make it a more harder fight than that. Chad pergram, hey chad. This is not a fivealarm fire until funding the government, they still have the end of the month to do that but there is concern. I was told the house of representatives was scheduled to vote on the interim spending bill might pull back on that. They are negotiating with some members and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is testifying today, indicating he is negotiating with the speakers office. You have moderate democrats, a freshman democrat on iowa co
Testify today. Before the hearing we will discuss the Postal Service with kevin gosar. Washington journal is next. Former Vice President biden. I am proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election with great honor and humility paid i accept your nomination for president of the United States of america. That is joe biden from last night. Hey did not mention the president by name, but he criticize the president on several fronts. He expressed aspects of what he would like to accomplish if he becomes president. For is washington journal today, august 20 first. Today we will take you to the Senate Hearing featuring the post mentor postmaster general. Heres how you can call us and let us know your thoughts, 202 7488000 if you support joe biden, 202 7488001 if you support the president and if you are undecided give us a call at 202 7488002. You can text us if you wish at 202 7488003, and you can tweet cspanwj. One writer says he gave his remarks absent a crowd because of the
From foreign and domestic sources, those threats are real. They have been a real threat u. S. History. I think they can come from across the political spectrum. But for over a century, in addition to taking action against real threats to the lives of american citizens, bureaus and agencies within the United States government have surveilled those who have expressed what is described as Strong Political views that run counter to the prevailing government political paradigm. Will this challenge is the notion often expressed, by those who support a surveillance state of some sort, that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. And i want to come back to that later on in our discussion. Maybe you would hear to that you, maybe you are on the fence about it, maybe you firmly reject it. That is fine, we will have an opportunity to discuss that later. But the history of abuses in domestic surveillance, in this country, necessitates that discussion. Because the same tools that can
Will talk to Larry Gerston for temperatures with some mist our weekly seg many. Closer to San Francisco. How wearing or not wearing a we have a relatively warm start mask during the pandemic has it seems for a lot of people to the morning. Taken on a whole new meaning of well see it start to break up its own. Wearing the mask is a sign of around midday. You see some of the mist and low inclusion. Im part of this. Clouds. Later this evening San Francisco mayor london breed will be a part of a nationally televised town hall titled mayors who and for others its not we do have the low clouds out matter along with three other near dublin and livermore for you this morning. Black female mayors. Inclusive and intrusion. Leave me alone. I want nothing to do with this. Mayor Muriel Bowser of i take care of myself. Washington, d. C. , atlantas sunshine around the south bay mayor and chicagos mayor along with all the others weve right around lunch time that we discussed and more the mask has shou
Program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is teaching at columbia and working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. He moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. His articles and book reviews and technical collections have appeared on studies in intelligence and intelligence in National Security and the oxford handbook of intelligent security. He has taught intelligence history at George Mason University and georgetown university