came with armed weapons a k 47 s and military style weapons to stand in front of the michigan house of representatives and protest what do you need a gun for who are you shooting call the 19 is a virus what are you absolutely brilliant gun to a protest over by a stay at home arms or what are you trying to accomplish who are you threatening. if you think the coronavirus pandemic has put politics on pause think again a case in point is with the united states where the leading figure in the so-called russian solution saga and i'm shift has been accused of being economical with the truth the charge surprisingly comes from the wall street journal which traditionally doesn't have much sympathy for team trump scott taylor explains. once upon a time when i was told washington looked a man named adam schiff from his tower on the hill he spent years trying to say dryden don't trump but then one day himself and it up saying i am wants to hold the truth to release correctional testimony shows that adam schiff spread full food shamelessly about russia and double trouble for 3 years even to his own committee gather

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host: congressman dan kildee, representative of the fifth district in michigan and the chief deputy whip in the house, thank you so much for being with us this morning. guest: thank you so much. thanks for having me on. stay safe. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the federal response to the pandemic with white house briefings, updates from governors and congress, and our daily program washington journal , hearing your thoughts about the crisis. and if you missed any of our live coverage, watch any time on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. journal primetime, a special evening addition of the washington journal, on the federal response to the pandemic. our guests are the harvard school of medicine dean and the assistant professor of epidemiology at the johns hopkins school of public health, on the latest developments in the spread of the coronavirus. also, congresswoman and of her gonzalez cologne, the resident commissioner for puerto rico. thanill talk about the eye 's covid-19 response and the federal relief efforts there. during the conversation tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, d

michigan and kentucky, do they have time? democrats believe we need to start right now, immediately, after this bill passes the house of representatives, to start negotiations. if you follow what we have been doing, you understand that it starts off with certain suggestions, included, not included, then the good -- than the negotiations began and we start with a bipartisan bill. friday the house passed the heroes act. it includes help for american families and small businesses to help them survive the enormous public health and economic crisis brought on by this pandemic. it provides resources to hospitals, which are hanging on by a thread. southern illinois, downstate illinois is next to the commonwealth of kentucky. we know what our hospitals are what mitch we know mcconnell hospitals are also facing. we need to make sure that we have the help for these hospitals and increased funding for testing. you will remind me, for testing and contract tracing. without this we cannot reopen the economy. providess act emergency assistance to state and local governments to offset the massive cost of responding to the pandemic. this is the money

of michigan. she is working on a book entitled " houses of glass, secrecy, transparency, and the representative democracy" and i have had the pleasure of reading the manuscript. it is about the french revolution in the 1790's and the american constitutional moment in the 1780's and 1790's. it is a trans atlantic history that is discussing the american and french context. like several other folks, she has written for public outlets. she has had a few pieces in the washington post. she has been out there engaging the public with her historical work. mark boonshoft. he is a professor of history at norwich university in vermont. he spent a postdoc at the new york public library. his book, which is in the works, is called the rise and fall of aristocratic education and the making of the american republic. next to mark is lindsay chervinsky. she is currently the white house historian, working for the white house historical association. she also held a post-doctorate for two years. hers was at southern methodist university at the center for presidential history. her book she is working on and is under contract

of michigan. she's working on a book called houses of glass, secrecy, transparency in the birth of representative democracy. i've had the pleasure of raising the manuscript, it's a book about the french revolution in the 17 nineties and the american constitutional moment in the 17 eighties and nineties, so it is a transatlantic history that is attentive both the french context and the american context. and it's going to be great! so look forward when it comes out. katlyn, like several other folks has written for public outlet as well. she's had a few peaches in the washington post and other places as well. she has been out there, and getting the public with her historical work. next to katlyn is mark boonshoft. mark brought us ph.d. from the ohio state university, and he is currently and it's december festive history in political science in vermont. he spent two years at as a pull dock and the new york public library. mark's book, in the works, is called the rise and fall of aristocratic education, and the making of the american republic. next to mark is lindsay chervinsky. lindsay got her ph.d.

michigan. go ahead. caller: good morning. i think the money is basically stealing. nothing ever happens and i believe a lot was stolen. i believe the house of representatives do not want to come back because they are also old. they are afraid. nancy pelosi, i could name others, that they are afraid to come into work. we watch our children and stores run these grocery and the house are so old they are afraid to come out into the world and live. harold callingto from toby cook, kansas on the haroldcan line -- , kansas.rom topeka caller: good morning. people are taking advantage of this free money. when theywork with started talking about the $600 his back caved. he has drawn that money so fast plus unemployment. his girlfriend is pregnant and getting ready to have a baby and she cannot hold down a good job. another coworker has two daughters who are pregnant and babies that are already here, no quality jobs, so that means you doctorsave to put the on the babies, pay for the birth. that is what i am tired of. i've no problem with them ey but theyt mon have to do something to get it. host: eric on the independent line from washington. caller: every time a repu

of michigan just disappeared from the map. yet the house and republican leader and friends across the aisle continue to show a lack of urgency about this crisis. on march 14 the house of representatives passed the families first coronavirus it had a whole range of things that were incredibly important in it. covid testing so you could get free testing if you needed it. increased medicaid funding, extended unemployment help for more workers it established the 14 days of paid sick leave for people who lost a paycheck because they had to stay home because of the virus. in the bill provided nutritional food for moms and babies and families. yet, the senate leader felt no urgency to pass it right then. the house passed a bill on a friday night in the middle of the night all we had to do isse commit on saturday and get it done. there's no sense of urgency's for that nurses, doctors, unemployed workers, small business owners, hungry families, they had to wait, they had to wait for the next week for the senate leader to the home for the weekend. and they had to wait until the next week. the leader returned to washington but the sense of urgency still was not there. so while the white house d

house of representatives voted ion 965 and i just no. and wanted to get in the spirit of this thing. 6 the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek rknigs? >> as a member of the republican delegation, i also vote no on house resolution 981. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from valley seek recognition? [indiscernible] >> and inform the house that mr. mcquiche umh will vote yea. ms. any s ms. morter and porter will vote yea on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? ms.s a member designated by bonamici, many bonna mitch iy. as a member designated by mr. doggett and inform that mr. doggett will vote aye. jayapal, she will votea on the resolution. inform the in i votea.hat mr. levinville as mr. mcnerney i inform the aye andat mr. will vogt aye omp ca nmp will vote on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as by the honorable representative john garmppedy, i inform the house that representative garmeppedy will vote aye on house resolutio

michigan and nevada, claiming without evidence here, that mail-in ballots create voter fraud. president trump himself has voted absentee in previous elections. >>> the u.s. supreme court has temporarily blocked the house of representatives from gaining access to the full molar report. the house judiciary committee requested portions of the report that were blacked out by the justice department as part of its investigation into whether president trump obstructed justice. the court gave no reasons for its decision and there were no noted dissents. the court's order could mean that the full report won't be available until after the november election. >>> tourist spots in san francisco empty, the financial tool and why some say there may be pent up demand once things reopen. >>> also ahead, nascar racing on wednesday night. the unexpected conclusion from tonight's toyota 500. >>> up first, two tenants who were tormented by the landlord. >> it's illegal, you can't do that. they are like we can do whatever we want. >>> as we approach the end of the month, a lot of tenants may be the protections provided by eviction moratoriums. but not everyone is following those rules. ktvu's greg lee talked with two tenants who say they wer

michigan. he put himself through college on a football scholarship, then attended yale law school by coaching football. he was known as honest, square john, straight shooter in the house of representatives for 25 years. now he had a problem. because after talking with his closest friends and his wife, he concluded pardoning nixon was really the only solution to this mess. the country had been obsessed with watergate for nearly two years. if nixon was then criminally prosecuted, ford feared that first of all, the country would be dragged through the mud for several more years. secondly, and may be more selfishly, if you want to say that, he felt he would never get any of his own policy initiatives accomplished as president. that's where this segment of this amazing story begins. gerald ford takes over the white house with only a day's notice. he is surrounded by aides and advisors who are primarily nixon loyalists. those include chief of staff alexander haig, general haig, attorney general william saxby, nixon's fifth attorney general because they kept resigning due to the watergate scandal. in california, nixon's former press secretary, ron zager, is acting as nixon's handler from afar.

of the clips is not representative of who we are in michigan. >> sandra: those protests also raising concerns for other reason. here is dr. deborah birx, white houseator. >> it is devastating to me personally because if they go home and infect their grandmother or their grandfather who has a comorbid condition and they have a serious or very unfortunate outcome, they will feel guilty for the rest of their lives. >> sandra: michigan just topped 4,000 deaths from the virus and is now america's third-largest death toll. >> ed: meantime, president trump making a bold prediction about a covid-19 vaccine in his wide-ranging virtual town hall last night on fox news. welcome back to "america's newsroom." i met henry. >> sandra: good morning to you, ed. i'm sandra smith. the president blasting china making it clear the u.s. will be self-reliant on medications in two years. also predicting that a vaccine is now just months away. president trump endorsing the state-by-state approach to reopening businesses while taking aim at the world health organization for its handling of the pandemic. >> the world health organization has been a disaster. everything they

michigan. go ahead. caller: good morning. i think the money is basically stealing. nothing ever happens and i believe a lot was stolen. i believe the house of representativeso not want to come back because they are also old. they are afraid. nancy pelosi, i could name others, that they are afraid to come into work. we watch our children and stores run these grocery and the house are so old they are afraid to come out into the world and live. harold callingto from toby cook, kansas on the haroldcan line -- , kansas.rom topeka caller: good morning. people are taking advantage of this free money. when theywork with started talking about the $600 his back caved. he has drawn that money so fast plus unemployment. his girlfriend is pregnant and getting ready to have a baby and she cannot hold down a good job. another coworker has two daughters who are pregnant and babies that are already here, no quality jobs, so that means you doctorsave to put the on the babies, pay for the birth. that is what i am tired of. i've no problem with them ey but theyt mon have to do something to get it. host: eric on the independent line from washington. caller: every time a republ

ahead of that, democratic representative debby dingle and fred upton both from michigan are asking for financial support from the auto industry in a letter to houseleased later today. they write in their words, the projected economic fallout for the industry is grave. many businesses in the industry face a cash crunch even as they prepare to ramp back up. liquidity is challenging, particularly for suppliers and it will be necessary to support demand for some time to ensure a meaningful recovery. in some regards, challenges that the industry faces exceed those of the 2008 financial meltdown dingell and upton join us in a heartwarming show of bipartisanship in what is rare nowadays congress people, thank you for joining us i appreciate it. who wants to start congressman dingell, in a perfect world, companies aren't supposed to need this repeatedly why does it make sense in this situation? i'm not sure she can hear me then you can start, congressman upton. did you hear the question? why does it make sense in this situation? >> i did look, one in seven jobs across the country are auto related we saw news this morning, toyota is expecting that their p

michigan just disappeared from the map. yet the white house and the republican leader and our friends across the aisle continue to show a lack of urgency about this crisis. on march 14, the house of representatives passed the family's first coronavirus response. it had a whole range of things that were incredibly important in it. covid testing so you could get free testing if you needed it, increased medicaid funding for states, extended unemployment help for more workers. it established the 14 days of paid sick leave for people who lost their paycheck because they had to stay home because of the virus. and the bill provided nutritional food for m&m's -- for moms and babies and families. yet the senate leader felt no urgency to pass it right then. the house passed a bill on a friday night in the middle of the night. all we had to do was stay until saturday and we could get it done, but there was no sense of urgency for the nurses and the doctors and the unemployed workers and the small business owners and the hungry families. they had to wait. they had to wait for the next week, for the senate leader to go home for the weekend. and they had to wait until the next week. the leader returned to was