. >> we are talking with professor andrew, a professor of government at bowdoin college. we are talking to him about the use of executive orders. he will be with us for the next 40 minutes or so. if you have a question or comment for him, you can start calling in now. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. professor, i wanted to ask you and you mentioned it and you might see it on tv, a president signing an executive order and holding it up for the camera. what happens once that is signed and when does it go into effect? guest: well, i hate to use the academic answer, but it depends. it depends on what the order says. sometimes they are self-executing. they might change something administratively within an agency. not all executive orders are big, sweeping or important. others might ask an agency to work on solving a problem and look at an issue in a whole of government sense. sort of a planning to make plans kind of order. those might not have much immediate impact at all, although they serve the purpose of a president showing tha

he has a professor of government at bowdoin college. we are talking to him about the use of executive orders and he will be with us for the next 40 minutes or so. if you have a question or comment you can start calling in. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. professor, i wanted to ask you and you mentioned it and you might see it on tv, a president signing an executive order and holding it up for the camera. what happens once that is signed and when does it go into effect? guest: well, i hate to use the academic answer, but it depends. it depends on what the order says. sometimes they are self-executing. they might change something administratively within an agency. not executive or -- not all executive orders are big, sweeping or important. others might ask an agency to work on solving a problem and look at an issue in a whole of government sense. sort of a planning to make plans kind of order. those might not have much immediate impact at all, although they serve the purpose of a president s

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power of these orders and their limits, we're joined by andrew rudalevige, professor of government at bowdoinlege and author of "the new imperial presidency." welcome to the news hour. broadly speaking, just educate us, what doesn't executive action give the president authority to do? how is it different than a law? andrew: an executive order or a different kind of presidential directive, there's a whole category of them. it basically gives the president the ability to try to implement the law and a way that is consonant with his preferences. it is part of the power of faithful execution of the law under the constitution. so, the power of an executive order does not extend past with the constitution or the existing statute already allows the president to do. obviously, different presidents interpret those earlier statutes differently. that is one reason we will see shifts in emphasis. the power itself is implementing the law. amna: do you see these as potentially being statements of intent, more messaging tools, or do they always actually inspire some sort of immediate action or change? andre

he has a professor of government at bowdoin college.are talking to him about the use of executive orders and he will be with us for the next 40 minutes or so. if you have a question or comment you can start calling in. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. professor, i wanted to ask you and you mentioned it and you might see it on tv, a president signing an executive order and holding it up for the camera. what happens once that is signed and when does it go into effect? guest: well, i hate to use the academic answer, but it depends. it depends on what the order says. sometimes they are self-executing. they might change something administratively within an agency. not executive or -- not all executive orders are big, sweeping or important. others might ask an agency to work on solving a problem and look at an issue in a whole of government sense. sort of a planning to make plans kind of order. those might not have much immediate impact at all, although they serve the purpose of a president showi

he has a professor of government at bowdoin college.are talking to him about the use of executive orders and he will be with us for the next 40 minutes or so. if you havestn or comment you can start calling in. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. professor, i wanted to ask you and you mentioned it and you might see it on tv, a president signing an executive order and holding it up for the camera. what happens once that is signed and when does it go into effect? guest: well, i hate to use the academic answer, but it depends. it depends on what the order says. sometimes they are self-executing. they might change something administratively within an agency. not executive or -- not all executive orders are big, sweeping or important. others might ask an agency to work on solving a problem and look at an issue in a whole of government sense. sort of a planning to make plans kind of order. those might not have much immediate impact at all, although they serve the purpose of a president showing that

this happened near bowdoin street and villa de la paz. it's a 25 year old lafd firefighter, a female lafd says she sustained a serious head injury. she was treated there at the scene, loaded onto this flatbed truck before she was taken to a hospital for more evaluation and treatment. now, we spoke to the person who shot this video, a freelance journalist, sal hirsch, with tnla. >> i'm not exactly sure what agency that that firefighter was with, but they put out a mayday call. apparently, she may have had some sort of blow to the head and she was in unknown condition, so we were just right down the street filming some of the destruction that that ensued prior to that incident. and we got there pretty quick, and we saw cal fire crews, as well as some lafd personnel lifting her on a, you know, on a, on a thing. and they put her on the back of a pickup truck and ended up transporting her out of the fire zone. so it was definitely a pretty hectic scene. very crazy. and i just hope she's going to be okay. >> was she conscious? was she talking t