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To enforce the law is moral and just and produces consistency. It takes a drastically different approach to the drug related offenses from the one under attorney general eric holder, who ordered federal prosecutors in 2013 to refrain from charging defendants with certain offenses that could see longer mandatory minimum sentences. You can read more at thehill. Com. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be talking about programs to combat childhood obesity. We will have coverage at 10 30 eastern here on cspan. Q a, theon comparisons between president s donald trump and Andrew Jackson. Our guest on his book, andrew southerner. I dont think he represents the positive values jackson represented. He represents the negative values. But i think i would tell wantsent trump that if he to be like Andrew Jackson from he has to put nation in front of his own personhood, in front of his own family, in front of his own interests, because that is what jackson did for most of his presidency. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. In a world of ambiguity and temptation, you need a moral compass. You must develop an principles that you compromise for no one not for a loved one, not for a job, not for a chance at fame or wealth. Whether the individual acts in the legal, governmental, or private realm, one concerned, dedicated person can meaningfully affect what some consider to be an uncaring world. Starting at the bottom is not humiliation. It is humility, an honest assessment of where you are in the learning curve. So shelve your ego, put your head down, and bulldog forward. The goal, excellence. Peace,nda, plenty, protection of the environment, pride in pluralism. Just a few past commencement speeches from the cspan video library. Again this year, watch commencement speeches by politicians, business leaders, 27, onals unmade may 20, 27, memorial day. Ough the current investigations happening now. Beginning with the house side. Good morning. There are several investigations going on and all of them have challenges to put it mildly. On the house side, the investigation has been gearing up in recent months. The Senate Intelligence committee is also doing an investigation as well as the f dei. All three have some interface with each other but all is the fbi. The two congressional panels will also be calling witnesses. Host why do you say there are challenges . You have some serious andrtisan splits and rancor some of the republicans have been quite vocal about saying that they think the focus of the investigation should be on who is leaking information about the investigation and not the investigations themselves. Some democrats have been quite strident and that they believe it is a serious threat to democracy. Chuck schumer has been saying that for quite some time. And that we really need to find out if russia meddled in the election and whether the Trump Campaign and later, Trump Associates in the administration were somehow colluding with russia to do that. Host what is going on with the house Intelligence Committee . Chairman. The where are they in their efforts . They claim they are back on track. Remains to be seen if they are. I think things are moving along and witnesses are being scheduled and there is going to be some hearings but again, a lot is driven by what the fbi is finding. They are griping they are gathering the evidence. Hillcase like this, the can call people into testify but it really is the fbi that is doing the investigation. Jeffrey eisenach and on the senate side host over on the senate side, they appeared together at the microphone. To have ad they want bipartisan effort here however, senator warner in the last few days has changed his tune a bit. Trying to the were portray themselves as the adults in the room saying do not trust the House Committee or you cannot trust a House Committee and the nunez thing was a fiasco. Was he a transition official for the Trump Campaign administration and was he just trying to provide cover for the president and his administration doing that he could not run the investigation . The senate side has had some hiccups. Has been vocal about saying he was troubled by the firing of the director of the fbi. It remains to be seen at the republicans are troubled enough to do something about it like perhaps support a special prosecutor or independent prosecutor or if they are just saying we are concerned and move along. The Senate Committee is trying to get back on track but they have had some rocky couple of weeks. Host josh mey a longer series of tweets on a range of issues this morning, President Trump to reading, when James Clapper himself and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witchhunt says there is no collusion, when does it end. Next, secretary betsy devos commencement address at the thin cookman university. Unecookman university, a historically black womens college. Some graduates t o