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Everyone. Thank you for your patienc rep. Jeffries good morning, everyone. Thank you for your patience. The caucus call just ended, lasted approximately an hour and 45 minutes. We had a very robust discussion as to where we are in the context of the covid19 pandemic. Continuedneed for a aggressive and transformational response. This is a very simple question. We all at the capital have to ask and answer. Events an extraordinary that has afflicted the American People or not . Event,s an extraordi...

Your unfiltered view of politics. Democratic caucus chair and vice chair brief reporters on the House Democratic agenda. They discuss ongoing covid19 relief funding negotiations saying they will not leave until legislation is passed. Congressman jeffries also talked about government ending and legislation that would decriminalize marijuana. This is half an hour. Rep. Jeffries good morning, everyone. Thank you for your patience. Call just ended, lasted approximately an hour and 45 minutes. We had...

Serve as cochair of one of the groups vote safe. How did you get involved . Vote safe is a political or bipartisan effort. Im cochairing this initiative with the former governor of michigan. The object is to see on november safe and secure options for the voting public. Be it inperson balloting or absentee ballots. Initially we sent out letters to the 50 secretaries of state, encouraging them to make sure those options were open. And securesafe opportunities. Likewise for absentee ballots. We al...

Impeachment against President Trump. Join the conversation all morning with your phone calls, emails, facebook comments, and tweets. Washington journal is next. Host this is the washington journal for december 12, the House Judiciary Committee meets at 9 00 to vote on the two articles of impeachment. If it passes the committee today, it will head to the full house for a vote next week. The house of representatives comes in at 9 00. If you want to see the hearing, these articles of impeachments, ...

House, now that we been able to reopen and have you all here. I hope you take time afterward to walk around if you have another chance to see what weve done. By the end of this year we will have brought over 15 authors to toledo and thats made possible through generous report of the Library Legacy foundation and gifts will allow us to not only bring world are nine authors to toledo but also help the library to be at abthat includes things like homework helpers, the ready to read program and our ...

Box seats are starting at 50thousand dollars for tonights game 1 between the cubs and indians. Standing room only will cost you around 22hundered dollars. Thats for a face value tickets that range from 85 to 565. Getting these two teams to series is exactly the boost that baseball needed. Lets take you back eight years. October of 2008. The forward thinking guy with the retro glasses. Joe maddon. Guided into the world sereis. A team that had never had a winning season before 2008. The entire wor...

Stick independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. We are not there to assert a corporate agenda. Were not brought to buy the book weapons manufacturer. The idea of democracy now starting 20 years ago hasnt changed of those of the grassroots and around the world and the very much represent the majority of people who were concerned deeply about growing inequality and climate change. But we are not a fringe minority but the silent majority cited by the corporate media. A letter that had recentl...

House, because the way this is spreading and the way this is moving, that will be everywhere in the United States of america. And once it is it migrates and once it moves, whats going to stop it . And whos going to stand on the floor of the United States senate and take responsibility for the lack of action . For the lack of responding to this Public Health crisis . Thats why were coming here today. This isnt about politics. This isnt about a Public Health emergency. We need resources, we need a...

Izibility of security. And in every document that nato puts out, we talk about this again and again about indivisibleity of security. Saying all that, the Alliance Still goes at Great Lengths to endorse and support and embrace arms control. And the reciprocity aspect of that. Even the most die hard official within any government in the alliance that believes that we should eliminate all Nuclear Weapon weapons they do it only in the official context of reciprocity and quid pro quo that we would n...

Izibility of security. And in every document that nato puts out, we talk about this again and again about indivisibleity of security. Saying all that, the Alliance Still goes at Great Lengths to endorse and support and embrace arms control. And the reciprocity aspect of that. Even the most die hard official within any government in the alliance that believes that we should eliminate all Nuclear Weapon weapons they do it only in the official context of reciprocity and quid pro quo that we would n...