Center for a New American Security's Ilan Goldenberg and AEI's Michael Rubin discuss U.S.-Iran tensions, and Campaign 2020 updates from political reporters in New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina.
Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-IL, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, talks about Campaign 2020 & efforts to keep a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
In the third of a three-part program, we looked back to the 1998-99 impeachment of President Bill Clinton with Alexis Simendinger. She covered the impeachment for National Journal, and is now national political correspondent for The Hill newspaper. We then showed portions of the U.S. Senate trial, which took place over five weeks in January and February 1999. President Clinton was tried on two articles of impeachment and acquitted of both. A two-thirds vote of "guilty" was necessary to convict.
President Trump held a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio. He spoke of several topics, including bringing jobs back to Ohio, the border wall, and rebuilding the U.S. military. He also talked about the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. military drone strike, asserting that the general was plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad before he was killed. Introducing the president was Vice President Mike Pence.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang spoke with voters at a town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire, discussing the economy, the environment, and poverty. He also talked about the cornerstone of his campaign, the "Freedom Dividend," which is $1000 per month, universal basic income for all American adults. Introducing Mr. Yang was his wife Evelyn, who recently joined him on the campaign trail.
Erin Murphy, Des Moines bureau chief for Lee Enterprises, discussed the latest developments in the run up to the Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa.
Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-IL, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, talks about Campaign 2020 & efforts to keep a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson answered a range of domestic and international questions from members in his first Question Time of the new year and since his Conservative Party won a full majority in the House of Commons. The prime minister and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn went back and forth for several minutes on Iran and on the legality of President Trump's decision to kill Iranian General Soleimani. Prime Minister Johnson also answered questions on education policy, the U.K.'s national health care system, and preparations for the U.K. to leave the European Union at the end of the month.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang spoke with voters at a town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire, discussing the economy, the environment, and poverty. He also talked about the cornerstone of his campaign, the "Freedom Dividend," which is $1000 per month, universal basic income for all American adults. Introducing Mr. Yang was his wife Evelyn, who recently joined him on the campaign trail.
Erin Murphy, Des Moines bureau chief for Lee Enterprises, discussed the latest developments in the run up to the Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson answered a range of domestic and international questions from members in his first Question Time of the new year and since his Conservative Party won a full majority in the House of Commons. The prime minister and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn went back and forth for several minutes on Iran and on the legality of President Trump's decision to kill Iranian General Soleimani. Prime Minister Johnson also answered questions on education policy, the U.K.'s national health care system, and preparations for the U.K. to leave the European Union at the end of the month.
The Senate Finance Committee met to consider the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, known as the USMCA. Following opening statements by lawmakers, the committee voted to favorably send the trade agreement to the full Senate. Senators Whitehouse (D-RI), Toomey (R-PA) and Cassidy (R-LA) voted against the legislation.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang spoke with voters at a town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire, discussing the economy, the environment, and poverty. He also talked about the cornerstone of his campaign, the "Freedom Dividend," which is $1000 per month, universal basic income for all American adults. Introducing Mr. Yang was his wife Evelyn, who recently joined him on the campaign trail.
Erin Murphy, Des Moines bureau chief for Lee Enterprises, discussed the latest developments in the run up to the Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa.
