jim alexander and mike are neighbors here. i've met with them and said i would mention them because they can go back and look at the tape. there's really six items here that people are worried about. they want to get rid of this existing building. it's an eyesore. but they are worried about rodents. the owner is using synergy for it and hired a pest control person. everybody wants the mid--block open space. i've already addressed that. at one point, nobody wanted the commercial, we used that space for the adu now that the codes have changed. there is a mona and travis i need to reach out to. they want me to adjust the light well. no problem now that i know about it. and i got an e-mail from decreeing about the rodents. he's worried about privacy. normally we are really careful with using obscure glass on that. and the last thing is they want to see parking out there. so we did that. there's a lot of bay there. so we use the rounded bays. it's modern but we are trying to stay within neighborhood context. and hey, 313, i'm ready

we have michelle alexander and the new jim crow argue post 1980's we have the reinstitution of the drug war in this really targeted fashion. if cannabis is the most targeted substance, if you apply these targetan centers to communities, then it makes the theity to try to push prohibition agenda, it has a lasting impact on the community, right? targetsally, it also the market at the same time we see punishments for other substances remain relatively stable in the 1980's. now we get into why it becomes --ortant in the present day at the same time we talked about drug controls at the federal level, we see states grapple with whether this is the best idea moving forward. back some of pull in the case ofd fake decriminalization, they may think, is there a way we can not use federal policy to punish? you look at states like texas where they allow all for possession of four ounces of cannabis and it is just a misdemeanor crime. it does not bring in a whole range of these other policies we just talked about. right? they can handle these violators, keep them in the state or local court system so

this is why, for example, we have authors like michelle alexander and the new jim crow post-1980's, we have the reinstitution of the drug war in this really targeted fashion. because if cannabis is the most largely consumed substance, if , if youinimum minimums apply these to urban centers to target communities, then it makes the ability to try to push a harsh prohibitionist agenda have a really lasting impact on these communities. additionally, as part of that, it also implements the harsher punishments and targeting of the crack market at the same time we see the punishments for other substances, like powder cocaine, remain relatively stable in the 1980's. go into why this becomes important for us into the present. at the same time that we just talked about this rapid escalation of drug control across the board at a federal level, we are also seeing states really grapple with whether this is the best idea, moving forward. so state start to engage in legal policies to try to pull back some of the controls around cannabis. fake the case of decriminalization, many think, is there a way

alexander jim demint downstairs. -- vindman downstairs. sondland was more explicit.kraine's needed to conduct investigations if they were to get a meeting at all. bolton reported this to nfc official john eisenberg, you tell eisenberg i am not part of whatever drug deal's homeland and mulvaney -- deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up. col.ill did so, as did lt. vindman. on july 18, the day before dr. hill left her post at nfc, holmes participated in a secure interagency videoconference on ukraine. towards the end of the meeting, a representative from the office of management and budget announced aid for ukraine was being held up. the order had come from the by mickt and conveyed mulvaney without explanation. holmes was shocked. he thought the suspension of aid was significant, undermining what he stood to be long-standing u.s. national security goals in ukraine. one week later on july 25, president trump spoke with president zelensky by phone. when president zelensky product u.s. military support and noted ukraine would like to buy more antitank missiles from the

jim jordan and nunez and others. there were ukrainian who is sought to inject themselves into the election. whether it is alexander who said she wants to testify, some of the origins of the steel dossier, the president wanted to look into two actual issues. ukrainians who did interfere in the 2016 election as well as the issue. today was a great day for the truth. that's all we want are facts. i think it is important for the rest -- the other 97 pbt of this story to get out there. it is tearing our country in half. for this charade is a disgrace. we should be lowering the cost of prescription drugs. i want to be able to deliver. we all want to as a congress and we should be able to deliver for our constituents and for this country. in order to do that, this has to end. >> we will hear from them on thursday. i look forward to both of those hearings. this is the whole point. they didn't have to announce -- they didn't have to start. they never did any type of investigation. the aid got released after all of these interactions president zelensky had with officials. zelensky was the real deal. >> mr. golden did a fine

to ukraine, has met with president zelensky, sent a letter to devin nunes and jim jordan saying it's possible that alexanderan, who is going to be testifying this week as well of the national security council, fits the profile of an administration official who is quote never accepted president trump as legitimate. how despicable and disgusting and what ever happened to johnson or johnson? that's obscene. this man has served our country in war. he has served us in a diplomatic war. he does his job every day. puts on his uniform. how dare you? that -- i -- i -- it makes me so angry because, yes, it's wrong to go after these witnesses. he also want -- the president also wanted to add firing his inspector general, by the way, on to that. >> yeah. but i think the larger issue is that they're trying to paint anybody who says something that doesn't line up with what the president's narrative is, is somehow a never trumper even if that person works for the vice president. even if that person is -- is a veteran, person who served honorably, worked in the national security council, was not a political appointee. or e

laughter ]"sese street" up [ laughter ] during today's hearing, congressman jim jordan accused national security expert alexanderindman of leaking information and displaying poor judgment on the job. he displayed poor judgment this is an impeachment hearing, and you're dressed like you're here to fix the copier [ light laughter ] video has surfaced from this weekend showing president trump, heading to his unscheduled hospital visit, appearing to hold a yellow folder with an unknown device attached to his sleeve and i'm not going to speculate about the hospital visit, but it's just a bad sign that we have to talk about this president like he's big foot "i seen him once, broad daylight he had a -- he had a folder or something.s atight you can hear him howling. the white house issued a new statement late last night about president trump's unscheduled hospital visit apparently, turns out, he wa officials in south dakota are facing criticism after rolling out a new slogan - [ laughter ] for the state's anti drug campaign reading, "meth, we're on it. [ light laughter ] even worse, their slogan for cocaine, "cocaine, w

then, we passed our initiative in 83, and alexander in tennessee did. jim hunt in north carolina did a lot of work. richard riley in south carolina did. then, you had a lot of interests outside of the country -- outside of the south. in colorado, for example, one of our best education governors was tom kane of new jersey. by 87, he and i took share of carnegie council group on middle school. first commission ever to recommend community service as a part of a curriculum of middle school education. so we were in this, but we were also frustrated, because most of us who had adopted standards and put in more money into education were having some success in recruiting and keeping better teachers who were doing a good job and developing principles and supporting schools with good cultures. but, we were having a hard time figuring out how you would take this unique system in america, which had local control, state, constitutional responsibility for education, and funding from the state, federal, and local levels, in a blinding array of different shades. and, turn

alexander vindman, a ukraine expert on the national security council. this afternoon, they heard from former special envoy to ukraine ambassador volker and jim morrison, advisor to europe and russia. on c-span we would like to hear from you. here is how to join the conversation. for democrats -- we welcome all others at -- we will take about 20 minutes or so of phone calls to hear from you on this tuesday evening, the first of three hearings we will cover this week on the c-span networks. let's go to the republican line in starlike, wisconsin. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been watching all day. alln, the witnesses testified that they witnessed no primary, extortion, quid pro quo, all that. and ir thing i noticed, will challenge the democrat callers to flollow -- they all say the president attacks witnesses. billyt as if they took a club and hit him. he is defending himself. i heard the same people say the president attacks people, but they call him a criminal. they say he doesn't care about people, he hates other countries, he is a failure. i wrote them down as i heard them. yourrat callers, don't end call with an attack. you look kind of goof

two big pieces of information that came out of the transcripts from alexander vindman and fiona hill. connell: talk about jordan. jimn't wear suit jacket. he is very outspoken. putting him on the intel committee. i saw you writing about him. almost like a sporting event that a key substitution could change the dynamic in couple ways, right? >> important that house speaker nancy pelosi kept this in the purview of the intelligence committee she was trying to get from her vantage point in best matchup. she lost confidence of jerry nadler the chair of the judiciary committee. she put it under aegis of adam schiff, california colleague who she has a lot of confidence in. that committee will have open hearings next week. she was essentially blocking jim jordan, ranking republican on the oversight committee having a role. what republicans did today, they had a resolution on the how floor to get hill installed on the intelligence committee and house speaker nancy pelosi could have objected, or blocked it. she did not. republicans getting best matchup on the field too. connell: matchups. chad, thanks a lot. chad pergram on c

and our own julia boorstin welcome to you jim, i'll start with you what is the latest on this -- on this battle? how nasty it is it getting >> well, as alexander -- sorry, i'm joking. there was -- there was a pretty intense 15 hours she made the accusations that you said they fired back at 7:00 a.m. east coast time and she responded saying that everything they said was inaccurate about three hours later. what's not clear is whether they can actually block her from performing those songs at the amas they could make a legal case out of it that might or might not be resolved in time for the show, which is kind of the whole point. or it could just be a lot of noise. maybe they just wanted to threaten it's not really clear what's going on but it's a big case of he said/she said right now. >> normally, jim, you actually point out that performing older material live is usually not an issue. so it seems like the law might not be behind the record label >> yeah. it's -- you know, i think what it could come down to -- i -- i'm not sure if there is a hard and fast law about this. but it may come down to whether the performance on the amas would constitut

jim acosta, thanks very much. more now on what to expect this week, starting tomorrow morning with the testimony of jennifer williams and lieutenant colonel alexander vaindman. joining us is congressman raja krishnamoorthi. what do you make of this new reporting that the president has been considering moving impeachment witnesses. >> i think this is part of a pattern with the president. it's very unfortunate, but it's not surprising, and it's another form of witness intimidation where the president's basically saying if you come out and tell the truth and if you persist with coming forward before our committees, there will be consequences. that's a form ofretaliation, a form of intimidation at this point. so we're very, very disturbed by those particular pieces of news. >> and ambassador sondland is going to be testifying this week. there obviously remain gaps, inconsistencies in his earlier testimony. is the committee's focus wednesday going to be attempting to clarify exactly what he knew and when he knew it because even this call that david holmes has now testified about hearing, that is not something that ambassador sondland, even in his revise

alexander vindman and jennifer williams arrive to testify. at 9:05, adam schiff shouts, "let's effing do this," and throws chalk into the air like lebron james [ laughter ] at 9:30, jimtries to distract everyone by lighting his blazer on fire and finally, at 10:45, president trump bursts into the hearing like the kool-aid man and shouts, "oh, no! [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: very interesting, right? >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: guys, four u.s. officials testified during today's impeachment hearings but first, they had to swear under oath and i think they seem to be asked a few more questions than usual. take a look. >> do you swear that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> i do. >> do you often text your friends "almost there" when you know you're still ten minutes away >> i do. >> i do. >> do you think drake is the thingamajig on the masked singer >> i do. >> i do as well. >> do you affirm that you took a dna test and you are in fact 100% that bitch? >> i do. >> i do. [ laughter ] >> do you think baby yoda is cute a-f >> i do. >> i do as well. [ laughter and applause >> jimmy: that thing is cute a-f.