. >> and judicial branches. the center has a focus on new questions and timeless questions to inform and celebrate public discussions. we are proud to host scholars, practitioners, policymakers and journalists of a wide range of perspectives, as example five by today's papers and speakers. even our focus on congress, ford's -- given our focus on -- congress,ts courts, in the constitution, we are pleased to welcome our guest, mr. george will. his call appears in many newspapers, including the washington post, which has circulated his column since 1974. in 1971, mr. will became a founding panel member of abc television this week. he is now a regular contributor to msnbc. he is an expert not only on politics, but on baseball. and we are lucky we got him today because the cubs start spring training tomorrow afternoon, playing the brewers. his next book is titled "the conservative sensibility." we are honored he joins us today. please welcoming mr. george f. w ill. [applause] good to bet's very back on a campus, part

he did it root and branch. he said that the great sin of the founders was the separation of powers, which made government inefficient. it was all very well once, he thought, when we were a country of three to 4 million people, 80% of them living within 20 miles of atlantic tidewater. it was fine to have a cumbersome, non-nimble government. but, he said, now that we are a nation united by copper wires and steel rails, that had to go. it had to go so we could be more scientific. science was in the air at the time woodrow wilson came to power. literally in the air with marconi, but edison, ford, the wright brothers, and woodrow wilson became the president of the american political science association and really did believe that politics could be a science. that is, it would be governed by scientists, not unlike him, and that they would practice the science of administration to the study of which he really became a pioneer. of course, the great text for progressivism at the time was life."romise of american very fe

congress is the preeminent branch of government. there was a time when believed ins congressional supremacy as a reaction against the new deal and the rest, modern conservatives and defined itself in that reaction. had annservatives intoxicating experience with reagan, and said this is fun controlling the executive branch. of congressional supremacy has vanished. vocabulary is out there in our past, and the theories are there to be revived. time to start. >> would you address the issue of whether you think delegating decision-making over specialized subjects make sense. we have delegated to the fda the authority to decide what drugs are safe. is that good? if so, how does it fit into the overall scheme that the government has? george: there are various policy,of scientific and various degrees of specialized knowledge required. what must stop is congress enactingd sentiments, we should have clean water, we should have -- remember when we got into 1960's, that we should have decent education, we take all the language of roosevelt's 19

the words immediately following the preamble, article one, the legislative branch. the beauty of the constitution, the heart and the soul of the constitution, is a separation of power with coequal branches of government to be a balance of power. to achieve that purpose, the founders were very visionary. many things followed that bill of rights, but what they wanted to do is to be sure we did not have a monarchy, but three distinct branches of government, a check and balance one to the other. and the text of the constitution spells out the responsibilities congress ofing the the united states -- among other powers -- the power of the purse. the president's power grab usurps that constitutional responsibility and fundamentally violates the balance of power envisioned by our founders. the house will pass congressman castro's privilege resolution to terminate the emergency declaration tomorrow. i salute congressman castro for his work so that we already. he is chair of the house congressional hispanic caucus. he is a distinguished member of congress from the state of te

and the federal branch -- an executive branch gaining more power. carolina, from north on the republican line. hello. caller: good morning. a fussts are having such over this wall, saying it's not needed. and california is a sanctuary state, nancy pelosi did not want to give one dollar for the wall. i'm wondering why trump does not relocate the walls in california somewhere else, that would save him money from building another wall. caller,rry about that go ahead. guest: that's going to be a big issue heading into 2020, the democrats said that the -- said the border wall is immoral, nancy pelosi used that word. there is a lot of bipartisan support, maybe not for the wall concept as the president envisions it, but for the idea that there could be some barriers along the border. and resolving the government shutdown, it always seemed like a possible path out, a possible compromise would be fussing with what the rhetorical distinction is, the semantics between fencing, which many democrats do support, and the wall which they are almost uniformly oppose

constitution the heart and the soul of the constitution is the separation of power with coequal branches of government to be a balance of power. achieve that purpose, the founders were very visionary. many beautiful things came and follow that bill. but what they wanted to do is to be sure that we did not have monarchy but we had three ,istinct branches of government a check and balance one to the other. and the constitution -- the text of the constitution spells out each,sponsibilities of giving the congress of the u.s. among other powers, the power of the purse. the president's power grab usurped that constitutional responsibility and fundamentally violates the balance of power envisioned by our founders. do -- to defend our democracy we will pass the resolution to terminate the emergency declaration tomorrow. i suppose -- salud congressman castro for his work so we are ready and he is chair of the house congressional hispanic caucus, he is a distinguished member of the state of texas which has the longest border with mexico, but this is not about the border, this is about the constitu

and action from the executive branch can no long -- inaction from the executive branch can no longer wait let align denial of climate change all together. he warned us not to cross him, to abandon our constitutional duty to exercise oversight and shine a light on the practices of the executive branch. congress will not be intimidated. we should not wait for nor should we expect the president to lead an agenda for the people, but this congress can move forward with a seriousness befitting the problems of our time and work with one another regardless of party to improve the lives of the people who trusted us to represent them. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last night he we heard a tremendous state of the union address from president trump. expressed confidence and hope for the future of this great nation. our economy is growing. thanks in part to historic tax reform, there are currently more than seven million job openings. that

we have a responsibility as a separate and co-equal branch of government to do our work. we don't work for donald trump. we work for the american people. and we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch and allow the mueller investigation to run its course. in terms of the breaking news, what was interesting about it is increasingly there appears to be a triangular relationship between the trump campaign, wikileaks, and russian spice as part of an effort to sell out our democracy and artificially, perhaps, place someone at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. bob mueller is going to have to continue his investigation and we'll see what is revealed, but what is becoming clear is that we know that the top official of the trump campaign in addition to the several others, paul manafort, campaign manager, we know he's a crook. we know he's a liar. it appears he may have been a russian asset, whether that was witting or unwitting, i think bob mueller is going to figure that out, and then what was his relationship with his lo

act as a check and balance against the executive branch or one of the other

the air accidents investigation branch will be making a statement tomorrow., our sole thoughts are with the families and friends of emiliano and david." let's go straight to guernsey and get the latest from a reporter, john fernandez. what can you tell us? within the last two hours, david mearns, who has coordinated this private surge on behalf of the sala family, he came on to guernsey, off the morven which had been scouring the morven which had been scouring the english channel for most of today, to tell the media that some sign of this wreckage, the plane which has been missing for 13 days, has been fined. at the moment, the air accident investigation branch, the vessel that they have coordinated comedy geo ocean iii, is still out there, at the location where they believe they have found the aircraft. it was believed to have contained cardiff city footballer ben mike and dave ibbotson. this location is to the worst of alderney and to the north of guernsey, just off one of the major shipping lanes. for most of today, two vessels have been searching a four m

remember in my view, the legislative branch oversees the executive branch, not the other way around. we have one president who runs it. >> it is not just your view. it is also explicit in the united states constitution. so obviously, i agree. one final kind of specific weaves point on this, the distinction between personal returns and business returns. in your view, would also looking at the business returns be necessary in order to address some of the questions that we have? >> yes. let me quote the current irs commissioner. during the campaign, he said before we understand the financial status of trump, one would need to see his returns for multiple years, the workpapers for the individual returns and the returns for numerous related entities. if you look to the president's own lawyers who wrote a letter describing whether his tax returns reflected russian entanglements, they said that when they could look at the 500 entities, business entities that were listed on president trump's financials and are linked that flows to the individuals, i do not think there is any question but if

only the legislative branch that operties funding for various occurances and the legislative branch has not given this president what he has sought, that is a downpayment on a border wall, which is a monument to a campaign promise that he made. this legislature has not given him that authority in a naked power grab he is seeking to declare an emergency where no emergency exists. mr. speaker, at this time, i am pleased to yield to the gentlelady from washington, , a staunch iend advocate for the people of washington, d.c.,, nonnone other than eleanor holmes norton for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i don't even want to speak to the underlying issue. the president signed a bill. he didn't have to. he could have retained his power. now he proposes to ignore the bill he signed and act as if the congress did not exist. this is the road to dictatorship . that is this what this bill does, eff given our power for ex speedens sake, sometimes to avoid controversy. today we are on notice that we wil

. >> fighting for the checks and balances of the legislative branch and the executive branch, but the political particulars are such that they simply don't want to go against the president right now. that's understandable in a political context, but when you play the long game, that's something that is very concerning for republicans. >> so, in terms of what you reported, in addition, melanie, to tuesday's vote to block the trump declaration, you say democrats are also preparing to subpoena the administration for a whole trove of documents. so walk us through that. >> that's right. so, oversight committee is preparing to issue three subpoenas for three different agencies. they're trying to get these documents that chairman elijah cummings had had requested in early february. they're really trying to get to the bottom of this family separation issue, which is a top investigation target for top democrats. and republicans are saying, look, this is really premature. they only just took over the committee. they only asked for these documents in early february. like, let's give it some more

appointed by the judiciary, not accountable to the executive branch. and by 1999, there was a broad agreement among democrats and republicans that was not a good idea. that the prosecutorial power should not be somebody who is independent to the executive branch and only accounted to judges. they codified it in the special counsel regulation what is they believed, the folks who wrote them, was the best way to operate. so we're now operating under those rules. and under those rules the special counsel is accountable to the department of justice. there is a lot of confusion about this. there is no confusion by bob mueller or me or the people working with us about the accountability of the special counsel. and the responsibilities are set forth in the regulation. we're going to comply with those rules. the question suzanne refers to, which has been the subject of much speculation, is what's the attorney general going to do? you have to ask him that question. the special counsel regulation actually was put together in a very thoughtful way. and the goal of

but it is less clear that the legislative branch can sue the executive branch in court. congress may or may not have standing to file a lawsuit in a case like this. and the idea is traditionally under a policy called -- help me out. i'm forgetting it. but it says that certain issues are left exclusively to the determination within the executive branch. and the idea is that if congress simply doesn't like the way that the executive branch is enforcing its own law, it can't just rush to court every time and sue the executive branch. the executive branch like all branches mass to be abhas to ru policy internally without interference every time. so while congress can issue subpoenas for testimony and documents, it is not as certain that they can sue the executive branch for its enforcement of the law. >> matt, let me get your thoughts on a word that garrett also talked about, the i word, impeachment. if as some have suggested that the president can only be impeached not indicted while in office, although the law is still ill defined on that, doesn't congress have to see all

remember, in my view, the legislative branch oversees the executive branch. not the other way around. and we have one president who runs it. >> it's not just your view, it's also explicit in the united states constitution. so i obviously agree. one final kind of specific in-the-weeds point on this, the distinction between personal returns and business returns. in your view, would also looking at the business returns be necessary in order to address some of the questions that we have? >> so, yes. let me quote the current irs commissioner who during the campaign said, "to fully understand the financial status of trump, one would need to see his returns from multiple years, the work papers for the individual returns, and the returns for numerous related entities." if you look to the president's own lawyers who wrote a letter describing whether his tax returns reflected russian entanglements, they said that, and they looked at the 500 entities, business entities, that were listed on president trump's financials and are linked and the income flows through to the i

it is a conflict for the judicial branch to resolve, not for the legislative branch to resolve. and so in that instance, the court concluded that the legislative inquiry was not going to be enforced. the mac okay. >> there are other examples obviously i can give you. >> please, in reference to any that have been enforced. >> certainly. in 1927 there was a supreme court case. doherty in the case was the brother of the former attorney general, harry doherty. he had been involved in the teapot dome matters. in this instance, congress was seeking testimony and documents from the brother of harry doherty, to again, to complete the investigation of this and the brother refused. this also went to the supreme court and in that case the court made it very clear that this was an appropriate legislative purpose to investigate the possible wrongdoing in the executive branch and therefore it did enforce that request. >> and these are the types of cases you believe courts will look at for precedence, correct? >> again, it is speculation on my part, but i would think if i were a judge or a cle

i would say that the direct branch. the next step when we talk about where the academy needs to go forward. there were three filmmakers nominated for their best feature and i think even all three could have been nominated for the oscars. i think that is where the oscars. i think that is where the page will turn going forward. we had one for ladybird last year. but only two women nominated so far. and how can the oscars actually change that? they have managed to change that? they have managed to change that with the african—american films being nominated. the act does. but it still has a woman problem. being nominated. the act does. but it still has a woman problemlj think it is one of the things where the gender norms between the academy is still 71% male, it used to be 7796. is still 71% male, it used to be 77%. jenkins in his acceptance speech and regina king talked about, the gatekeepers, the publicists, they would just commit with working with at least 50% of women and feeble directors over the next 5—10 yea rs, fee

branch will decide how much, if any, of that report to share with the legislative branch and a subpoena >> shannon: it you know firsthand about this because there's information that you requested from the justice department for months if not years and a number of your colleagues feel here on the hill, they never got it and they still have a lot of questions. >> while i requested things from the previous administration and got nothing and i requested things from the department of justice under president trump and i'm out of the legislative branch now so it's easier for me to be objective. there is a constitutional equilibrium. the branches are supposed to have tension, but imagine, imagine if bill barr wanted to pierce the speech and debate clause. imagine if bill barr wanted to look at a congressional report that they were going to make public. what if he sent a subpoena? what if he sent a grand jury subpoena to look at a house intelligence committee report? i will do you want even better than that, the house i devote to turn the transcripts over to the executive branch. so this tension

it serves as a check on the other branches.ow american institutions and the people who compose them often fall short of our ideals. no system is infallible, but at its core, our society fundamentally respects the rule of law by which we mean a system that is just and is protective of human freedoms. not all nations share that concept. as we seek to build bridges with foreign adversaries, it's important for us to understand the differing visions that underlay their legal systems. in china, for example, the supreme court urged government officials to resist western style judicial independence, deriding it as erroneous and mistaken. the chinese communist party sits above the government. in january, the country's courts were instructed to protect the security. instead of maintaining independence, the duty is to further communist party goals. the party controls the appointment of judges and even dictates some of their rulings. practice in the courts is also a contrast. in our courts, the presumption of innocence is perhaps the most

the executive should stay in the executive branch. the legislative branch was separate. jefferson did not like to speak in public. asonly gave two speeches president and both were his inaugural addresses. he thought it was fine to send a written message to congress and every one of his predecessors in the 19th century and early 20th century followed suit. apparently was a pretty boring affair because the clerk would stand up and drone through this message. members would look through their own copies and drift in and out. there was no drama to it. but wilson wanted to be a prime minister as much as a president and he felt he needed to be in lead hispersonally to forces and he did turn it into a very dramatic event. eveningis it about the that jefferson did not approve of? it has been said it is like the speech from the throne? always use the british parliament when they would discuss setting up the american constitution, but they usually use it as a bad example. they did not just want to copy them. the idea was it's the king would calm and march through the chambers and a

the air accident investigation branch retreading that tonight their thoughts are with the family anddavid ibbotson. last wednesday you may remember the first remains of the plane were discovered, two seat cushions that had washed up we re seat cushions that had washed up were likely to belong to the aircraft, and the air accident investigation branch had been advised by its french counterparts on monday that part of the collision was found on a beach in france. let's cross over to guernsey and get the latest from our reporter, john fernandez. what more can you tell us? tonight, the boat morven, the private search vessel coordinated on behalf of the family of emiliano sala told us that earlier today some sign of the wreckage of the missing plane believed to be carrying emiliano sala and david ibbotson was found. the boat, the geo 0cean three on behalf of the air accident investigation branch has been there for around seven hours looking in the area and working out some kind of salvage operation. we have heard that no bodies have been recovered at the moment, but we have been told that

agency as to the relative powers of the court's and the executive branch. the question of interference with these investigations by the president and the independence of those investigations are also raised a variety of constitutional questions. i have to say the top line of mr. barr on these issues was fantastic. i was mentally cheering when he said some of the things he said about how he was going to keep it hands-off and respected mueller and it was no witchhunt and he would make sure it has more scope and try to get the maximum transparency about the final report and all was fine and then we went into the weeds and as the old saying goes, the devil is in the details. the question with serious enough that i raised it in the committee after the hearing because i was unsatisfied with his responses and chairman was kind enough to acknowledge those are darn good questions and i should get an answer to them. he said he would try to get an answer for me and maybe we could get on the phone together. that did not come to pass so instead i wrote a letter, mr. bar

that the executive should stay in the executive branch and the legislative branch was separate. jefferson didn't like to speak in public. he only gave two speeches while he was president. both of them was his inaugural addresses. so he thought it was fine to send a written message up to congress. every one of his predecessor in the 19th century and early 20th century followed suit. apparently it was a pretty boring affair because the clerk would stand up in the senate house and read out, sort of drone through this message. members would look through their own copies and they would drift in and out. there was no drama to it. wilson wanted to be a prime minister as much as a president and he thought he needed to be in congress personally to lead his forces and he did turn it into a very dramatic event. >> what is it about the evening that jefferson did not approve of? it's been -- it's been said it's like the speech from the thrown. what is it about the optics? don: in the -- they always use the british parliament when they would discuss setting up our american constitution, but t

of government co-equal branches of government except that the first branch of government holds the purse strings and passes the laws the second branch of government mr trump can't pass any laws by the way i'm a friend of his he and i get along relatively well we have disagreements just like he's never talked to you about dumping nato he has never said to me that. he would dump nato let's talk about the us attitude to human rights because that as much as anything else appears to have changed with this administration the munich security report that accompanies this this conference that you are here to attend the pews is in a strange and displaying and irritating enthusiasm for strongman across the globe would you say that was for no. i'm living in a post human rights world. no look we're just like our friends the europeans the germans all all our friends in europe we feel strongly about human rights it's in our soul and it's in our heart it's in your soul and in your heart now do we always a jew agree exactly of course not but human rights is always going to be at the top of the list of th

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the house had to vote to turn the transcripts over to the executive branch.is constitutional and is expected and i hope bill barr makes it public but he is not going to do it because adam schiff threatened a subpoena. >> with those powers in mind, michael cohen, a former attorney for donald trump will be on the whole testifying this week. congressman jordan and meadows have asked rod rosenstein, a deputy attorney general to talk about these accusations that he was going to wear a wire or was taking a head count on the 25th amendment to get rid of the president can he be forced to come and testify on the hill? in an open way about specific allegations? >> he can be sent a subpoena that will compel his presence, only the majority has subpoena power. jimmy and mark can't subpoena anyone. he can be made to attend but can't be made to talk. the frustrating thing about rod rosenstein is we had a come to the hill in the fall of 2018. there are lots of legitimate questions to ask rod about not just the 25th amendment and a wire or transferring twice the firing of jim

only the legislative branch that operties funding for various occurances and the legislative branch has not given this president what he has sought, that is a downpayment on a border wall, which is a monument to a campaign promise that he made. this legislature has not given him that authority in a naked power grab he is seeking to declare an emergency where no emergency exists. mr. speaker, at this time, i am pleased to yield to the gentlelady from washington, , a staunch iend advocate for the people of washington, d.c.,, nonnone other than eleanor holmes norton for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i don't even want to speak to the underlying issue. the president signed a bill. he didn't have to. he could have retained his power. now he proposes to ignore the bill he signed and act as if the congress did not exist. this is the road to dictatorship . that is this what this bill does, eff given our power for ex speedens sake, sometimes to avoid controversy. today we are on notice that we wil

captain richard meikle spent seven years with the uk s marine accident investigation branch.ation works. yes, two vessels as i understand it in the area ready to start the search, they will be carrying out a sonar scan of the area, which will provide a detailed picture of the sea bed. they will then be able to compare at the survey results with the existing surveys and anything which is unusual or maybe not expected, they will be able to follow up, but the more searches they carry out the more detailed picture they will get of the sea bed. when we considered the area being searched, how deep is it, what is the area? i understand it's between 60 and 100 metres deep, quite deep, that will add its own challenges. the area itself i did not think is particularly large. we understand it's been narrowed to around four square miles. which a search area term, is limited. timeline? they search area term, is limited. timeline ? they have search area term, is limited. timeline? they have said three days but with the weather and tidal streams and with the depth any timescale to say they c

it makes clear it extends to all white house personnel as well as executive branch agencies. it authorizes the office of government ethics to order corrective actions like divestiture, blind trust, recusal and have appropriate administrative penalties if they trample our laws. it protects the independence of the office of government ethics by providing the director can be removed only for cause. so it strengthens the independence of the office of government ethics to make sure we can feherty out the corruption that's now per -- ferret out the corruption that's now pervasive in the trump administration. i yield back, mr. chairman. mr. cummings: thank you very much. i now yield to the distinguished gentleman from ohio, the ranking member of our full committee, mr. jordan. mr. jordan: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank our witnesses, as well, for being here. normally when you start a new congress, the majority gives the designation of h.r. 1 to its key priority. last congress h.r. 1 was the most significant tax reform, tax cut package in a generation, returned millions of

the branches play. it is essential to our system, and if i were to be confirmed, i would work to of holds that in every case. grassley: i want you to know, i am very much an advocate for cameras in the courtroom, including your courtroom, if you are in the circuit, and including the supreme court. although it gets a little more controversial. what are your views on cameras in the courtroom? judge rao: senator, don't have a view on the subject. i know it has been discussed and debated for many years. sen. grassley: he will work on the circuit with the least caseload of any circuit. what do you think about the caseload of your circuit? i do understand there are fewer cases in the d.c., but my understanding is that many of the appeals which come are highly complex and so often much .ore detailed and difficult sen. grassley: you are lucky. are lucky that i probably would not oppose you, just for the reason that there are too many judges on that court already. when well be a time ought to get this down to at

before it and there's actually been a decline in branches. what's even more interesting you'll see is the biggest banks in the nation are opening branches in metropolitan areas and intend to be closing them in suburban and rural areas so they're reusing structure and technology and features with their digital employees. >> i agree i see branches closing of the big banks. i see chase closing down some branches brand-new banks i've never heard of that seem to sprout up. >> i think the ones you maybe have not heard of, are banks from other areas looking to get into the new york city metropolitan area because there has not been a lot of new bank formation and handful of new banks started each year. one of the things we're talking about, the two big banks combined, they could be successful in their merger and still could be a great environment for local regional competitors like a pinnacle financial, a union bank share, center state and south state, these are all banks that are in the core markets that could get a short-term boost because of this

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these branches are 30 feet tall. so the way we identify trees for removal is we really go over the structure of the tree. when i see a big can pee, i have no idea that you have to get under the hood and look at how those individuals branches connect to each other. regarding replacement trees, tree number two closest to the corner is very close to a street light, just nine feet away from the street light. the species this large would require at least 21 feet. and it's wedged between the tree and the right and a tree out of view on the left. this is a site where we would remove this tree without replacement. we have a number of guidelines outlined in our director's order that regulates the planting and maintenance and removal of street trees so we have specific clearances we need from street lights. the only real concession, it's not a concession. i can offer this evening is instead of removing both trees in plant it with two trees, there is room to plant an additional three trees. so removal of two with replacement of