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Chair connolly the subcommittee chair connolly the subcommittee will reconvene. Are you with us . They are telling me to give them a second. Chair connolly can you unmute and acknowledge that you are with us . I am here, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly if you would stay unmuted so i can swear you in. Ms. Counsel, are you with us . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly and mr. Spires . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly thank you. If all three of you would raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, t...

True regardless of where they are, and whether they are run by republicans or democrats, are trying to find a way to give voters options, ways they can vote that they feel safe, and feel convenient to them. This means expanded voting in almost every case. Every state is going to see a Record Number of ballots received by mail. It also means expanded early voting, finding appropriate voting sites for voting in a pandemic, which means they need to be large enough to accommodate social distancing. ...

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American Psychological Association ceo arthur evans joins us to discuss stress in america report and how covid19 is affecting Mental Health field Mental Health. Host as Congress Tries to hammer out the covid relief package, Small Businesses are in trouble. Business health and cashel have stalled. Yelp says 2800 businesses in new york city alone have closed. The Small Business administration has given out more money in the past few months than its entire history. It is tuesday, august 4, 2020. We...

Renovation and research looks at Election Security as camping 2020 approaches. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is is next. 24 hours ago at the white house, President Trump announcing the death of isis leader albaghdadi after a late Night Saturday raid in syria by u. S. Special forces. This is washington journal. We will start with your calls and comments on that raid and what it means for u. S. Military presence on the broader...

Properly. To the extent that we have, he died pulling the toggle on his vest. Do you imagine we will follow the same protocol as Osama Bin Laden . I would expect that to be the case. The president said there were a number of books that helped. Folks that helped. He thanked russia first and the kurds last, should we read into that . No, i dont think you should read into that. The president talked about it being a very Dangerous Mission for our troops. The president made a great decision. Going in...

, discussing Election Integrity and a recent survey about voter confidence. David, good morning. Guest thank you, great to be here. Host thank you for joining us. Remind viewers of your work and the mission at the center free election innovation and research. Guest sure. We are a 501 c 3 see nonpartisan nonprofit, center for election innovation and research was founded in 2016 and works to support Election Officials all over the country, red and blue states, democrats and republicans, to manage ...

Cspan, powered by cable. Washington journal continues. Host welcome back to washington journal. We are joined this morning by david becker, with the center for election innovation and research , discussing Election Integrity and a recent survey about voter confidence. David, good morning. Guest thank you, great to be here. Host thank you for joining us. Remind viewers of your work and the mission at the center free election innovation and research. Guest sure. We are a 501 c 3 see nonpartisan no...

It was just really scary and it happened at about 1 30 or so and it was hard to get back to sleep afterwards too. There is no body cam footage of the incident since cedar rapids officers are not equipped with them. But that will be changing soon after todays city council meeting. Tonight at six hear from the police chief on why body cameras are important when dealing with these types of use of force situations. Thanks, phil. Police in coralville are asking for help in finding two men for a vehic...

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Mwhere we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the people. Yes, we can. I think its under control. How . A thousand miracles are dying a day. It is what it is. They are dying, thats true. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. It is what it is. As an expression, its certainly a far cry from some of the more memorable an...