mrs. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mrs. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. howson. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. mr. ono. mr. hoeven. ms. hyde-smith. mrs. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lamont. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. >> currently in a roll call vote voting on senator ted cruz, the republican of texas, his motion to proceed to a closed session to consider senate majority leader chuck schumer's motion that the impeachment article is unconstitutional deciding whether to go to closed session, and that after that. we expect the senate majority leader chuck schumer to continue with his push to make the trial, we are here on c-span two watching live. mr. rubio. >> mr. sanders. mr. shots. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. domino. mr. sullivan. mr. chester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> th

mrs. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. mrs. lummis mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> senators voting whether to proceed to close session so they would be able to debate whether article two of the impeachment article against alejandro mayorkas rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. i

mr. fisher who owns the team and major league baseball, anytime any professional baseball or football team moves, all the other teams make millions of dollars by the move that i am still paying for the property at the coliseum as a taxpayer, even though now i will lose a baseball team. i lost the worriers. by them leaving, i lost the raiders but i still think there is an opportunity to work with major league baseball to attract the team to come back to oakland. >> i am curious. it has been so devastating for oakland fans. you mentioned losing the war years and now the a's. is there anything the city could have done differently to convince the a's to stay in town? do you think that the deal recently given by the city to the a's to stay another few years, do you think that was fair? >> i don't agree with the deal that was presented and it was news to me as to what was presented at the end and what was rejected by the a's. i have been on the council for 11 years. those that brought the coliseum and professional sports to oakland, the city manager was here in oakland for many years. i worked f

mr. fisher, that that would really have any impact on trump's case. but of course, next week on thursday, the supreme court will take up trump's federal election subversion case. and this question of presidential immunity and whether he has any immunity that would shield him in that case. that will of course, have a much bigger impact on his case. absolutely. and just before we let you go, justice, clarence thomas was back on the bench today after being out. what are you learning about his unexplained absence yesterday? >> look, i think this is one of the biggest news today because yesterday he was not in arguments and the supreme court, which i affectionately referred to as the least transparent brands have government and didn't provide any explanation. we're usually they do. there's also the option to purchase despite remotely. and this raises a lot of questions about the most senior associate justice, why his e naught here is he in good health? because as we know, any question or concern about the viability of a supreme court justice that is huge i

mr. fisher wins here, the trump case remains intact. a lot of smart legal minds, agree with that. we have to see exactly how this case shakes out. of course, there are also oral arguments next thursday on whether former president trump has presidential immunity that could shield him from some or all of his federal election subversion case. but john, i think the biggest thing we're looking at right now before we even get to the issues before the court is justice clarence thomas. he was not at arguments yesterday and the lease transparent branch of government gave no x well, nation for that, usually they'll least say why someone's not on the bench. there's even an option to participate remotely. he was not there. and as you know, there have been calls for him to recuse himself from january 6 cases because of his wife's role in trying to overturn the results of the election that has not happened. so we'd be looking for him anyway, but especially today, look king to see if he's on the bench had is a look. how does he sound because john is significant, is all these legal issues are any

mr. fisher. but when it went up to the court of appeals, the court of appeals sided with the government there, even though they had different reasoning. so of course it ends up at the supreme court, the final word bird a lot of questions about how this could impact former president trump's case. it's not clear that it will wolf he is charged. obviously, he was not at the capital. he is charged with the same offense, but for different conduct related to january 6. we've just see how the justices decide to see if this could potentially have an impact on his case. actually very significantly, paula stay with yes, i want to also bring in some more experts to assess what's going on. legal analysts carry cordero and steve vladeck are both with us as well steve, let me start with you. help us better understand this obstruction law and what's at stake in this us supreme court case? >> sure. what american paulo really did a nice job of laying out the basics. there have been, gosh, multiple hundred convict

mr. fisher is charged with. that is a misdemeanor. if you caused substantial bodil injury, that is a 10 year maximum penalty. the government wants to lee a 20 year excellent penalty. even if they are peaceful. finally, we have not touched very much on the breath of influence. at would not only be peaceful protest, it would be advocacy, cld be all kinds of lobbying. those things would be covereas well. i would say to the court, let us not forget that cil proceedings are covered here. the government is suggesting the court should unleash a 20 year obstruction statute on civil litigation in federal court's. i submit that is if we would submit that that is a very serious tool to put in the hands of prosecutors. we urge that the c >> washington journal, our live form involving you. from washington dc and across the country. sunday morning, axios reporter stephen newman discusses that house vote. click -- charlie cook talks about issues and trends. bradley bowman on the u.s. role in the israel-hamas war and recent military strife between is

mr. fisher is charged with. that is a misdemeanor. if you caused substantial bodily injury, that is a 10 year maximum penalty. the government wants to release a 20 year excellent penalty. even if they are peaceful. finally, we have not touched very much on the breath of influence. that would not only be peaceful protest, it would be advocacy, it could be all kinds of lobbying. those things would be covered as well. i would say to the court, let us not forget that civil proceedings are covered here. the government is suggesting the court should unleash a 20 year obstruction statute on civil litigation in federal court's. i submit that is if we would submit that that is a very serious tool to put in the hands of prosecutors. we urge that the court reverse the d.c. circuit judge. >> thank, counsel. the case is submitted. >> more than 3200 students from

mr. fisher is charged with and that is a misdemeanor. if you cause substantial bodily injury, that is a 10 year maximum penalty and the government wants to unleash a 20 year maximum penalty on potential peaceful protests which, in and of itself is a bad idea because it will chill protected activities and people will worry about the kinds of protests they engage in if they are peaceful because the government has weapon. and, finally, i do think that we haven't touched very much on the breadth of influence and that some of the words used in (c)(1) as well and not only could be peaceful protests but it could be advocacy and all kinds of lobbying and those things would be covered as well we pointed out in our briefs. finally, i would say to the court, let's not forget that civil proceedings are covered here and we would submit civil evidentiary proceedings. the government is suggesting that the court should unleash a 20 year obstruction maximum obstruction statute on civil litigation in federal courts. i do submit that is what we would submi

mr. fisher's counsel argues. mr. ferber wasn't involved in fake electors. in a violent breach of the capitol. hard to connect that to any document or paper like the 1512 narrow interpretation. former president trump was involved with the alteration of these documents. he was part of the conspiracy that got the fake elector certificates generated. he was on phone calls with state officials suggesting they submit these fake elector certificates. so i think those counts, the 1512 counts in the pending jack smith case before judge chutkan would survive even a narrower interpretation of 1512. >> let me show you justice sotomayor's won't call it a pushback because i don't think that's what supreme court justices do, but a contrasting comment to what we heard from justice thomas on the historic nature of january 6th. >> we've never had a situation before where there's been a situation like this with people attempting to stop a proceeding violently. so i'm not sure what a lock of history proves. >> ian, again, we are dealing with perception, right? we don't know wh

he s eligible for parole and carpenter must serve a minimum term of 25 years.the court was told mr fishers of a ferry speaking about 130 people were on board. on this 100 passengers are known to have drowned. the say some of the passengers, who include many children, where trying to flee a cholera outbreak. russia's emergency ministry says leading from the mountains are spreading. 39 regions in central russia and siberia are affected. more than 10,000 homes are underwater currently. unseasonably warm weather has caused snow to melt in the mountains, swelling weathers to the highest levels for decades. here in the uk a group of former senior diplomats and officials say the foreign office should be abolished saying it is rooted in the past. they want the ministry to be replaced by a new department for international affairs with modernised premises and fewer colonial era pictures on the walls. a new photography exhibition has opened in central london that can be enjoyed by people who are partially sighted and blind , as well as those who can see. called �*world unseen', it uses braille and a

the court was told mr fisher was targeted for simply brushing past gordon at a busy bar two days beforee everton have been docked a further �*two points' — for a breach of profitability and sustainability rules. in november, everton was hit with its first ten point deduction, for breaking financial rules. on appeal, that was reduced to six points. this latest deduction puts everton 16th in the premier league — just two points above the relegation zone. we'll have much more on this in our sports bulletin, in about 15 minutes. let's return to the us and an issue that will be absolutely key in november's presidential election. in a video posted to social media donald trump has announced that his policy position on abortion rights saying it should be decided by individual states. saying it should be decided by individualstates. he saying it should be decided by individual states. he did not specify at which point in a pregnancy he would ban abortion but he said he supported exemptions for rain, incestand he said he supported exemptions for rain, incest and to protect the life of the mother.

mr. fisher and the messages he said about the gallows, sending them to the gallows.dence is necessary to bring a case under the statute. so they have very strong protections here to make sure that someone expressing an opinion, even an unpopular opinion would never face prosecution under this statute. you have to intend to stop the government from conducting its official business. to be acting intentionally to do that. >> yeah, i would have to say, they made it. it seems like some of the trump appointed judges just ignored it. just didn't take it at all. congresswoman katie porter, thank you very much for the firsthand reading from the supreme court today. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we'll have more on today's supreme court hearing next. >> tech: my ple. have a good one. >> woman: you too. >> tech: schedule today at safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein! those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. -ugh. -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max prote

mr. fisher. the messages that he sent about the gallows.emails and all of that evidence is necessary to bring a case under the statute. there are very strong protections to ensure that someone who is expressing an opinion, even an unpopular opinion would never face prosecution. you have to intend to stop the government from conducting official business. to be acting intentionally. >> although the solicitor general made it it seems like some of the trump appointed judges ignored it and did not take it and it all. thank you very much for that firsthand reporting from the supreme court. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we will have more on the hearing next. . you need clem. clem needs benefits. work with principal so we can help you with a plan that's right for him. you know what i'm saying? let our expertise round out yours. millions of children are fighting to survive due to inequality, conflict, poverty and the climate crisis. save the children® is working alongside communities to provide a better life for children. and

mr. fisher's counsel suggesting that how could the clause being applied here which says otherwise obstructseeding, how can that mean anything other than otherwise doing it in any form? he argued it had to be limited to altering records or destroying records. those justices said that's not in the statute, otherwise means otherwise. then you had other justices suggesting isn't there a middle road here maybe? even if the other was a clause maybe it doesn't apply in its natural form to a violent attack who could it apply where there was an effort here to preclude documents, those being the electoral college votes, the certifications, to be transmitted to the vice president to open for counting for congress to count them and tabulate the votes and certify the election. even if you want to limit this to documents or records is there a way to do it? it's hard to read right now. it's between the chief justice and justice kagan about how they think the statute should apply. i do think it is important and you're probably going to go there next to say that whatever happens in this case does not necess

mr. fisher, and therefore, similar facts that many other january 6 defendants would be able to present.ad in those circumstances. so what effect it wouldn't throw the statute out entirely, but it would prohibit its use from people who simply entered the capitol on january 6. and then engage in other criminal activity. and yes, if you were convicted only on this statute and it's ruled that it can apply in these circumstances those convictions would be vacated and they'd be let out of prison okay >> can you give us a sense of how this particular case on this particular obstruction charge will affect trump's january 6 case, the federal case my. >> guest >> sir, is it won't affect >> trump's case very much because if they let the statute stand and it's intended form that is in the white collar context. >> it's a >> statute that's targets people who've essentially used documents to obstruct an official proceeding in trump's indictment. if you take the indictment on its face, they've if alleged that he actually used documents to struck the official proceeding. those would be of course, the fa

mr. fisher, for example, is not charged with that. he's charged with running into the capitol and interpreting what the possibility, right? yeah, exactly. seating. >> so what has trumping charged with documents and records? it's the full certification by the false electors and then hit their submitting that to gamma the works of the congressional proceeding. and in fact, a couple of hypotheticals today we're about well, what if it's about the certificates and the answer for fisher's by fishers lawyers. oh, that's actually a larger case, but not our case well, that might actually mean that that's the case. that would be applied to trump. there's the allegations, but this is not a direct precedent setting ruling if they go against it for trump in the doj cases, what you're saying on the face of it, >> that is correct. just now depends on how they write their opinion because they could still write it more broadly if they wanted to and the second is that the indictment by jack smith is very clever and some people will not like to hear thi

mr. fisher, present. commissioner lamb here. commissioner sanchez. commissioner. wiseman. ward.ere. president. motamedi here. thank you, and i just want to note that we will take public comment for both items on the workshop agenda just prior to item d. during that time, the public can comment on those two items, sfusd will also provide child care for regular board meetings and monitoring meetings here on the first floor in the enrollment center at 555 franklin street from 630 to 9 p.m. or the close of the meeting, whichever comes first. and child care is for families who will be attending the regular and monitoring board meetings. space isim

mr. fisher, present. commissioner lamb here. commissioner sanchez. commissioner. wiseman. ward. vice president. alexander. here. president. motamedi here. thank you, and i just want to note that we will take public comment for both items on the workshop agenda just prior to item d. during that time, the public can comment on those two items, sfusd will also provide child care for regular board meetings and monitoring meetings here on the first floor in the enrollment center at 555 franklin street from 630 to 9 p.m. or the close of the meeting, whichever comes first. and child care is for families who will be attending the regular and monitoring board meetings. space is limited and will be provided on a first come, first serve basis for children 3 to 10. at this time. wait, okay, is there anything else or are we just let me just look at the. oh, yeah. okay so accessibility information, translation services, virtual meeting information often can all be found on our, website. and questions can be referred to the board of education office at (415) 241-6427 or board office at sfusd d

argue the charge is limited to evidence tampering, and therefore should not apply to fisher's other alleged actions. mr. trump faces the same obstruction charge in his separate criminal case. his legal team has cited the fisher case in their presidential immunity arguments before the court. special prosecutor jack smith, however, noted in a legal filing that fishes's case seeks a narrow reading of the law and the obstruction charge would still apply to trump regardless of the justices' ruling. the justices will hear fisher's case tomorrow. >>> typical executor for o.j. simpson says the notorious football star will be cremated in the coming days, and he says requests to study simpson's brain for possible cte are, quote, a hard no. cte is a brain degenerative disease often seen in football players. it's linked to behavioral and cognitive issues. the executor says there has been at least one request to study simpson's brain after he died of cancer last week. >>> a massive brushfire shut down traffic and shows up on weather radar just outside of miami. fire crews are still working to get the blaze under co

mr. david fisher. david has been studying u.s. presidents for most of his adult life. he has lined the walls of his home. he tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 first edition presidential biographies dating the founding of the republic. after graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. a consultant, an executive in the federal government and as risk management expert. his leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the government accountability office and the internal revenue service. he currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. so please join me in welcoming david fisher. and thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. my wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the time just a little puppy and he loved running these grounds. and for me when i go to

use of force expert seth stoughton, who concluded the use of force by officers fisher, leahy and mckinley to place and keep mr. gonzalez arenales in the prone position for an extended time after he had been secured in handcuffs, was unreasonable, excessive and contrary to generally accepted police practices. his attorney, michael haddad, represents gonzalez's son. >> i really don't know why it took the da's office so long to come to this conclusion. it's obvious that these charges are appropriate under these facts. >> attorneys for the accused officers have blasted price for what they call a blatantly political prosecution, filed just before the statute of limitations. and just days after learning she would face a recall . >> the politics of all of this. what's going on in our society, the climate of it, this case has to go to trial and let the jurors of alameda county decide what they want. >> they called the police. he was dogpiled and he died. >> somebody needs to be held accountable for that. >> there's nothing that mario did that day that earned him a coffin. >> gonzalez, a son and mother, have received

use of force expert seth stoughton, who concluded the use of force by officers fisher, lahey and mckinley to place and keep mr. gonzalez arenales in the prone position for an extended time after he had been secured in handcuffs, was unreasonable, excessive and contrary to generally accepted police practices. attorney michael haddad represents gonzalez's son. >> i really don't know why it took the da's office so long to come to this conclusion. it's obvious that these charges are appropriate under these facts. >> attorneys for the accused officers have blasted price for what they call a blatantly political prosecution, filed just before the statute of limitations. and just days after learning she would face a recall . >> the politics of all of this. what's going on in our society, the climate of it, this case has to go to trial and let the jurors of alameda county decide what they want. >> they called the police. he was dogpiled and he died. >> somebody needs to be held accountable for that. >> there's nothing that mario did that day that earned him a coffin. >> now, gonzalez's son and mother have each receive

fisher. >> thank you, mr. chairman. think you gentlemen for being here today. six months ago the congressional commission on strategic posture in the united states released their final report on america's strategic posture. despite bicameral participation we found that the nation is on the cusp of having not one but two nuclear adversaries looking to change the status quo by force if necessary. the situation which the united states did not anticipate and for which it is not prepared. these conclusions are not surprising. the planned nuclear force posture was decided in 2010 when the united states considered russia to be a partner and back before china's nuclear breakout the scale and speed of which were called breathtaking by the commander before this committee just two months ago. in order to ensure that we have a safe, reliable, effective, and credible nuclear deterrent as we look to the 2030s and beyond we need to start laying the groundwork for significant changes now. i strongly encourage mr. secretary the department to take seriously the recommendations m

mr. trump are this charge. and what lawyers for police officer named joseph fisher, one of the capitol riot defendants have argued on the supreme court that is an overly broad interpretation of this law passed after the enron scandal to plug holes in the obstruction statute with regard to documents. they're saying it shouldn't be interpreted the way prosecutors are interpreting it. a number of conservatives seem sympathetic to the argument in court today and some other justices seemed like they were trying to find a middle ground where they could limit the impact of this law while still preserving some of these january 6th cases. but it does seem like the biden administration is on uncertain ground here. >> let's listen to a little bit of clarence thomas and the solicitor general. >> there have been many violent protests that have interfered with the proceedings. has the government applied this provision to other protests in the past and has this been the government's position throughout the life span of the statute. >> we have enforced a variety of prosecutions that don't focus on evidence tampering. i can't giv

union would be devastating for farmers and for fishers, fishers, fishermen, fisher women have got lots of stats and i'm sure mridies, believe me , the gentlemen of believe me, the gentlemen of whitehall don't give a monkey's about farmers. europeans did so perhaps we could just have our farming industry back in the eu. it all will be better? >> james, let's bring you in on this one. i mean, how bad is it on farms at the moment? because if you look across europe as well, it must be tough. there because we've seen the farmers protest in holland and in france too. >> well, exactly , you know, it's >> well, exactly, you know, it's not all about the roses in europe. it's actually worse because you see them protesting a lot harder than we are. i mean, we've, i mean, dennis, i have to go back to you talking about we don't get any subsidies. well, we're still getting our full subsidy . our getting our full subsidy. our export markets are still open, the seed industry has been very tight this year, for potatoes in scotland, because the seed is just not there. and we're doing a lot of exporting. so in terms of, receivin

mr. pappas from new hampshire for being my bipartisan co-lead on the bill and senators fisher and padilla for leading this effort in the senate. this is commonsense reform that will reduce road blocks to vetted ran training. i'm grateful for inclusion in the vet act and i urge support for h.r. 5419. and i yield back. >> i have no more speakers and i am ready to close and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: madam speaker, i ask all my colleagues in join me passing h.r. 5914 the vet act and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back and the gentleman from illinois. >> i encourage to support this legislation and get the most out of our g.i. benefits and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5914 as amended. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 are in the affirmative. the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsiders is laid on the