And thats what we deliver. So bounce forward, with comcast business. As President Biden begins his first full week in office, the house delivers the article of impeachment against his predecessor. Tonight biden telling cnn the impeachment has to happen even though it may get in the way of his agenda. He is predicting that everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by spring. Biden also wants to get his 1. 9 trillion covid relief package through congress, but its getting pushed back on capitol hill. Lets discuss now. Joining me is White House Correspondent john harwood, senior political analyst john avlon, and president ial historian timothy naftali. What do i owe this i did something right. I got the a team. John harwood, you first. Cnn just spoke to President Biden about trumps impeachment. What is he saying tonight . Hes saying some simple statements of fact. Hes saying that Donald Trumps trial may pose some interference with his agenda, that donald trump is likely to be ac
The latest on what he will tell the committee and what we can expect at next weeks public hearings. Todays hearings are closed. With Brittney Griner back in her russian jail cell, i will talk to the brother of paul whelan, an american detained by russia since 2018, on what the u. S. Considers baseless charges. First, the shocking assassination of shinzo abe. Janice, such an important figure internationally, globally and in japan. Especially in strengthening their response to chinese aggression, military buildup. Reporter former Prime Minister shinzo abe was a political giant in japan. A prominent figure even after he stepped down no 2020 citing health reasons. He was in nara city giving a campaign speech, helping out a junior candidate, when shots rang out. It was captured on video. You can hear the shots and then from another angle see smoke billowing above the crowd. Abe went down bleeding. He lost consciousness. He was airlifted to hospital where they tried to resuscitate him. He ar
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Welcome one and all. On monday september 16 a horrible tragedy unfolded in the navy yard in washington d. C. A very troubled individual took 12 lives in a senseless act of violence. The circumstances that led to this tragedy are multidimensional. The issues raised by this tragedy such as the adequacy of our gun laws and the quality of Mental Health care are outside the purview of this committee. But as we have learned more about aaron alexis a number of my colleagues and i have been asking each other why such a troubled unstable individual possessed a security clearance from the United States government. Why was he originally granted a security parents when he did not disclose his arrest record on his application . Why did the investigator responsible for looking into that arrest rights quote retaliated by deflating someones tires instead of disclosing alexis had shot those tires. We also wonder how such violence
Democrats. It includes west and northwest suburbs such as schomberg, bloomingdale, elgin, streamwood and a small portion of chicago. A couple of quick notes before we begin tonight. We are being streamed live on our web site wttw. Com and you can join a live chat. Give a question for the candidates you can ask if there and note the format tonight. Tonight. This is not a formal debate part of the candidates will not give opening or closing statements. Their answers will not beat timed and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide to move the discussion along and we asked the candidates to stay on topic and not give campaign speeches. Now joining us us tonight seated in the order that they appear on the ballot are Tammy Duckworth, democrat who is the former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and former United States assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs. Ms. Duckworth previously ran for conversate 2006 and she also serve
The others were clearly a miss take. Mistake. Congratulations. Thank you for doing double duty here in the last six months in taking this on. To our colleagues who were good enough to find a way supporting a confirmed director, i thank you for your support. As the acting director, miss kaplan oversees the office of federal investigative services. The office responsible for ensuring that the federal government has a work force that is worthy of public trust by investigating and reviewing applications for security clearances. And by performing background checks to determine whether a person is suitable for employment by the federal government or federal contractor. Acting director kaplan, thank you for your testimony, for your leadership and good luck in what lies ahead. Letti, brianess is preoletti a special Security Director at the office of director of National Intelligence. Hes held this position since may of 2013 after serving at the Central Intelligence agency from 1981 to 2013. As