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This is a really special evening for me because i am welcoming my dear old friend frank foer, editor of the new republic. Frank and i have known each other since 2000 when he first came to the new republic as a brilliant young writer from u. S. News. He established himself early on as the magazines most thoughtful and penetrating commentator and was tapped as editor in 2006. He briefly left and came back in 2012 where he has presided over a renaissance of this extraordinary magazine that i love ...

Future of the magazine. This is one hour 20 minutes of stop [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] journal cspan. Org welcome to the National Constitution center. Im jeffrey rosen. Im the president of this special constitution center. Lets recited together this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Be...

That it was giving too much power to the president. Do you agree with that . What is your view of this . I have mixed feelings. Youre talking about the authority that is given for the trade agreements. And what is the tpa, the actual acronym trade promotional authority. Trade promotional authority. There is an argument to be made by some on the separation of powers that by giving this authority to the president that youve taken power that should be the congress. There is also i guess, another ar...

Good morning. I welcome everyone to this very very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. I want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. If people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, its not fair or considerate to others. So officers would then remove those individuals. I...

Against each other, but working together toward the same goals . Thank you, james. I have seen many communities that are working very hard together. The grant system is, in my opinion a foreign economy. I have written extensively about what i believe are the gender origins of modern philanthropy. In the 1970s there were only 68,000 nonprofits in the late 1960s. 10 years later it was bumping up on a million. I believe a lot of it had to do with my mothers generation of women who were leaving the ...

Automatically, and you are going through your world whether your smartphone or your credit card, you are doing this hundreds of times a day, maybe. All ofue is nsa can use that to establish a profile. That is a good thing. Why do you have to do it to hundreds of millions of innocent people . That is a problem. That is where i have a problem. I do not want to hurt nsa. I served 30 years there. And it is a needed capability to keep us safe, but my goodness, we need to observe the three legs of the...

With us on washington journal tomorrow. Now president obamas pick to be the next attorney general Loretta Lynch testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee from earlier today. [indiscernible] good morning. I welcome everyone to this very, very important hearing. Very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in t...

The problem with where the Net Neutrality issue has gone is it is not focused on the substance, which there is a lot of consensus around. It is focused on the Legal Authority to drop to adopt rules. Our concern is they are going to undo a regulatory status now for over a decade. On cspan two. The Senate Judiciary committee recently held a confirmation hearing her attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. She serves as the u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of new york. She would replace curre...

Would authorize that, nor am i aware of a policy seeking authorization to do that. If could you share more information with me . My question is about the constitutional limits on the federal governments power. Attorney general holder repeatedly declined to answer the question about whether it is constitutional for a drone to use lethal force against an american citizen on u. S. Soil if that individual doesnt pose imminent threat. Now, let me be clear, i think the answer to this is very easy. My ...

Put him on the national map. We want to begin this morning on washington journal by hearing from you on the late mario cuomo , his influence on the democratic party, when you remember about him, etc. Host you can also make a comment via social media. Host mario cuomo 19322015 the opening topic this morning on washington journal. Todd purdom writes in politico that he was the poet laureate of american literalism liberals and, the democratic partys most passionate defender of the underdog and its ...