Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) held a town hall meeting with constituents in Darien, Connecticut. Topics discussed included the impeachment inquiry, health care access and affordability and climate change. This town hall meeting took place prior to the start of the public impeachment hearings.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Steve Scalise spoke about next week's schedule & the upcoming weeks. The two leaders also discussed spending bills, and other House business.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, announced his candidacy to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee via a video recorded in Boston. In his announcement, Mr. Patrick recounted his life growing up on Chicago's South Side and eventually becoming the Massachusetts governor. His announcement was released hours before he traveled to New Hampshire to file the official paperwork needed to be on New Hampshire's 2020 primary ballot.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, filed the paperwork needed to be a 2020 presidential candidate on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary ballot. He was greeted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State, who explained some of the history behind the process, and then Mr. Patrick signed his paperwork and submitted the necessary $1,000 filing fee.
Philanthropist and Carlyle Group co-founder and co-CEO David Rubenstein told the history of the U.S. through conversations with prominent American historians.
Historian Richard Breitman recalled the efforts of Raymond Geist, an American consul in Berlin in the 1930s, to expedite visas for emigrants to the United States in the lead-up to World War II.
Gordon Chang talked about the possibility and consequences of North Korea taking over South Korea. He also weighed in on the recent demonstrations against China in Hong Kong.
New York University journalism professor Pamela Newkirk examined whether diversity programs in the fields of entertainment, academia, and corporate America are working.
Ed Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, talked about building a multibillion dollar business and the company's decision to stop selling guns in its stores following a spate of mass shootings.
Former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minow examined cases in which the law is forgiving. She's interviewed by Georgetown Law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler.
Journalist Meaghan Winter argued that the left must rebuild through state and local elections in order to increase its political power at the national level.
Author Wil Haygood appeared on the "Chatter on Books" podcast to discuss his book on race in America in the late 1960s through the lens of a high school sports team in Columbus, Ohio. He was joined in conversation by Torie Clarke, host of "Chatter on Books," as well as the podcast's guest contributors Jeanne McManus, Michael Kornheiser, and David Aldridge.
Former FBI agent Mike German argued that the FBI has shifted its focus from law enforcement to domestic intelligence agency in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Washington Post national security editor Peter Finn recalled the life of Gertrude Legendre, a South Carolina socialite turned spy, who was held as a "special prisoner" of the Germans during the fall of the Third Reich
