it was jeffrey rosen who kiboshed that. it was jeffrey rosen who intervened with prison officials to make sure that trump campaign chairman paul manafort would not have to set a delicate foot inside the jail on rikers island like any other prisoner would have had to do if that prisoner was in federal custody but also facing criminal charges in new york state court. it was jeffrey rosen who intervened to make surem manafot wouldn't have to go to rikers. the crime of trying to overthrow the u.s. government, that was jeffrey rosen who wrote to prosecutors to tell them that's how they should treat anti-racism protesters. charge them with trying to overthrow the u.s. government and throw the book at them. that's jeffrey rosen's record under william barr at the justice department. and now he's going to be taking over the justice department. i'm sure trump won't insist on doing anything at all with the powers at the justice department. what could possibly go wrong? so from the trump side the lame duck period is as weird as it's ev

it was jeffrey rosen who kiboshed and zinke was never charged. it was zinke who interfered with trump officials to make sure paul manafort would not have to set a delicate foot in jail on rikers island like any other prisoner would have to do if that person were facing charges in federal court. it was jeffrey rosen who intervened to make sure he didn't have to go to rikers. he suggested they start charging anti-protest anti-protesters. that was jeffrey rosen who wrote to prosecutors to tell them that's how they should treat anti-racism protesters, throw the u.s. government on them and throw the book at them. now he's going to be taking over the justice department for the last and trump did nothing weird at all wlt powers of the justice department. what could possibly go wrong? so from the trump side, the lame duck period is as weird as it's ever pen, and unnerving as well. that said, one of these things is not like the other. from the biden side, the biden administration, they're rolling things out as normal, at least, as normal as it can be done

host: jeffrey rosen with us until 8:45 eastern. about the a question constitution and electoral college, now is a good time to call. -- we are talking about the electoral college on the day that electors are meeting around the country, and a reminder that you can watch many of those electors meet in state capitals right here on c-span. our coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. first.o indiana to delaware to see their electors. pennsylvania at noon you can also watch at c-span.org . you can listen on the free c-span radio app. jeffrey rosen, has there ever been a day when the formality of the electoral college meeting has gotten as much attention as this one has in the wake of president trump continuing to dispute the election results? >> that is a great question and i would think not.

you are on with jeffrey rosen. caller: i want to refer back to what the guy was saying about the parties. i sort of felt that way myself until reading about madison and monroe. especially monroe. which started with the era of good feelings. by the federalists had basically faded away from the national scene andy republicans or democratic republicans had all of the federal offices. political parties on a national basis did not play a part in the presidential elections until after jackson. you did not have things being decided by political parties. states were putting up candidates and nominating them and so on. this era of good feelings which sounded like a great idea was working out quite well until madison announced, like other presidents before him in their second term, that he would not be running for reelection. he announced it after two years in his second term, creating a free-for-all among his cabinet and his administration where people were jockeying for position to be nominated. it was a disaster. those wi

you are on with jeffrey rosen. caller: i want to refer back to what the guy was saying about the parties. i felt that way myself until reading about madison and monroe. especially munro, which started with the era of good feelings. republicans or democratic -- they had all of federal offices. political parties on a national basis did not play a part in the president show elections until after the jacksonians. you did not have things being decided by political parties. states were putting up candidates and nominating them and so on. feelings whichd sounded like a great idea was working out quite well until madison announced, like other presidents, that he would not be running for reelection. creating a free-for-all among his cabinet and his administration where people were jockeying for position to be nominated. it was a disaster. the party system, as i understand it, it started with martin van buren, he had a lot to do with it. the reason i called was not that. people forget, this thing of majority rules, look at h

we will be joined by jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the national constitution center. some notes on the electoral college -- 538 electors will cast their votes today. a majority of 270 electoral votes is required. the district of columbia has three electors. the state's allotment of electors the total number of congressional members in the congressional delegation, that is house plus senate. the district of columbia does not have senators. 48 states and d.c. use a winner-take-all system. maine and nebraska split electoral votes. we will dive a lot more into that system with jeffrey rosen coming up in about 40 minutes this morning. a simple question to our viewers, should the electoral college be abolished? mike, in new york, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. yes, i do believe it should be abolished. i think in the age of communications with the computer and every kind of social, i think education is there. everybody can be educated and well informed. i think it it lends easily to a popular vote. so everybody should be educated enough to make their deci

we will be joined by jeffrey rosen. some notes on the electoral college, 538 electors will cast their votes today. of 270 electoral votes is required. the district of columbia has three electors. of total number congressional members in the delegation, that is house placenta. doesistrict of columbia not have senators. and d.c. use a winner take all system. we will dive a lot more into that system with jeffrey rosen coming up in about 40 minutes this morning. ourmple question to viewers, should the electoral college be abolished? morning sir. yes i do believe it should be abolished. i think in the age of communications with the computer and every kind of social, i think education is there. everybody can be educated and well informed. i think it it lends easily to a popular vote. so everybody should be educated enough to make their decision. and besides, at the risk of sounding elitist from long island, it's called electoral. educated ands be let's not be buffoons. the caller before was talking about how many electoral co

will be someone named jeffrey rosen. most people don't know him but there seems to be some consensus out there that barr leaving means president trump has no restraints anymore. tell us who rosen is. is this a guy that's going to serve at the whims of president trump no matter what he asks for? >> first, he has been the deputy attorney general under bill barr and served in a similar capacity at the department of transportation. by all accounts he's a pretty thoughtful guy, but we'll see whether or not he has the spine for the job. you know, stephanie, in the last month or so of an administration and particularly this administration, things get pretty nutty, and so does jeffrey rosen have the spine and the ability to say no to a president who has literally gone, or is literally going mad. that's what worries me. there's lots of things the president can do without the justice department. pardons is a great example. the president doesn't need anybody's permission to grant a pardon. there may be also lots of things that the

barr was on the way out. >> what do you know about deputy attorney general jeffrey rosen? you say he's obviously in a precarious situation. what are your expectations? is he a person who would go along with the president or is he going to show some spine and reject what the president's trying to do? >> when his name came up for deputy attorney general, i interviewed him and when it was all over i thought how in the world did they pick this man? literally has no background when it comes to law enforcement, certainly at the highest level. i couldn't support him then. i said it was amazing that the republican party was so bereft of talent they couldn't find anyone else in a key position at the highest law enforcement position in america. >> so that begs the question, then, sir, what do you fear the president will attempt to do at the justice department in the next few weeks without attorney general barr there and with this acting attorney general in place? what scares you or keeps you up the most at night? >> well, i think the president's going to switch into his mad hatter p

the new acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen. >> it's going to be a difficult decision. bill barr was right you can't appoint a special counsel where there's no fact. i wish bill barr hadn't spent the m months leading up to the election, echoing the false claims of voter fraud but in the end stage he did the right thing. jeffrey rosen is going to be in office for a few weeks, and he's going to be under real pressure from donald trump. the law says only the ag can appoint a special counsel so we'll see if jeffrey rosen has integrity and backbone. >> thank you. >>> coming up for us, the u.s. has vaccinated 1 million people against the coronavirus. coming up we'll talk to a doctor and journalist who has concerns about the rollout, calling it a nightmare. >>> as washington is gridlocked over covid relief, these are the scenes across the country, long lines as more and more americans are forced to turn to food banks for help. ive skin therapy. with our highest concentration of prebiotic oat intensely moisturizes over time to improve skin's resilience. aveeno® healthy. it's o

i hope jeffrey rosen does better. i hope he has more independence than we've seen from bill barr, and i guess we'll get a look at that over the next several key weeks. >> stand by to stand by. good to see you both, thank you. >>> "outfront" next, new and staggering figures about projected coronavirus deaths in the country. this as millions are traveling for the holidays. >>> and latino voters being courted by candidates in the critical senate runoff in georgia, will they decide the balance of power in washington? >> the passion the latinos have, i think it's starting to generate more excitement with going to the polls. booster. h scent downy unstopables. been there, done that. twice your cousin. from boston. karen, i'm just gonna say what everyone here is thinking. you look smokin. total smokeshow. and they never did find his finger. they had to close the pool for like an hour. ♪ i brought a date. name's sam. dig in. love is like boston lager. rich, complex and it's over too soon. right, chrissy? oh my god. ♪ ♪

for now, jeffrey rosen, do appreciate your time. we will see back down the road. thanks for helping us understand the electoral college process. guest: thanks for having me and thank you to the c-span viewers for educating yourself about the constitution. appreciate that. moments of the segment from washington journal and retake you to dover, delaware next, in the counting of the state's three electoral votes. the electoral college meeting today across the country. live coverage on c-span. >> good morning. i am secretary of state jeff pollock and i want to welcome everyone here to the campus of delaware state delaware. in dover, under the laws and constitutions of the state of delaware and the united states, i am directed by the governor to convene this meeting of the electoral college of delaware for the purpose of electing the president and the vice president of the united states. dr. tony allen, the president of delaware state, as well as jackie griffith, who is here today, for allowing us to be on campus, and thanks to david mangler of my staff for all his wor

now, sources tell us that if the incoming acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, refuses to do so, trump could fire him. unclear then who would be in charge, how the president could try to get this done and force this through. what do you see in how trump is going about this? >> well, it's once again an abuse of his power. i mean, the decision to appoint a special counsel rests in the hands of the attorney general. and the reasons for appointing a special counsel is, when the attorney general decides that there may be a conflict of interest in the department of justice pursuing that investigation on its own. and so, the purpose is to, basically, have this independent prosecutor who is free from any kind of political influence. that's, you know, it's supposed to be even more distanced from any kind of political bias or influence. so, for a special counsel to be appointed because the president is pressuring the a.g. just defeats the purpose of this mechanism entirely. and it's really for the attorney general, and i would say, for biden's attorney general, to make this determination. and he

so will the new acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, now hold the line, do you think? >> we're about to find out. as you and i both know, the deputy attorney general is probably one of the toughest jobs in the entire federal government. over 100,000 employees in the department of justice, a $30 billion budget, 93 federal judicial districts. the deputy attorney general runs the day-to-day operations of the doj. and rosen so far has been able to do that without attracting any major attention. those days will be over, because he'll be on the hot seat. if there's something this president wants, whether unlawful or unconstitutional, he is going to ask jeffrey rosen to do it. we're about to find out whether rosen has the wherewithal and integrity to stand up to that pressure. >> and you know the president wants special counsels. will he get one by hook or by crook, or by leaning on rosen enough? will that work? >> he certainly could. as you know, the special counsel, it's not a law, it's just justice department policy. it requires an appointment by the attorney general. it's

up next on american history tv, remarks from jeffrey rosen on james madison and democratic ideals. he currently serves as president and ceo of the national constitution center in philadelphia. held by the james madison memorial fellowship foundation, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison lecture which our foundation sponsors every year. seated in our seats today are 49 fellows who are here at georgetown university studying the foundations of american constitutionalism. they are all high school teachers or middle school teachers of american history and american government or civics. then we have several of our alumni who have come. i would like not to introduce our guest speaker. our guest speaker today is jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center. he's also professor of law at the george washington university law school. he is contributing editor at the atlantic. professor rosen is a graduate of harvard college, oxford university and the yale law school. his book louis the brandeis, american profit, was published on --

that raises the next question, would the president fire jeffrey rosen if he refused to nominate and appoint these special counsels? jake, those are questions we don't have the answer to, and typically the president would probably be advised against that, but sources say he is now more unpredictable than ever. >> kaitlan, president trump held a cabinet meeting today, the first one in a long time, and a lot of people in the cabinet did not show up. what happened? >> reporter: it's not clear how much of a heads-up they got that this cabinet meeting was happening. it was behind closed doors today, and typically the president likes the cameras to come in, but they did not have us go in today. we later learned from the white house that a lot of people did not show up, including anyone from the justice department, anyone from the pentagon, anyone from the state department or anyone from the cia. none of them were there, and typically if a cabinet secretary can't make it, if they're traveling or maybe they're quarantining like mike pompeo is, given he came in contact with someone with the coronavir

that's still the case with jeffrey rosen in charge once attorney general barr leaves. so it's still a lot of the uncertainties, but what we do know is the president is now more than ever more unpredictable than he was in his presidency. they do not know what the president is going told, but they do know this is something he's talked about. of course, now it's been reported in the media, so the justice department is well aware this is something the president has been discussing himself. >> he's obviously still smarting from impeachment and the russia investigation. i know your reporting shows that he basically sees this as payback. >> reporter: yeah, because he is still spurned by that investigation from robert mueller, of course, and possible ties with russia in his campaign. so the way he talked about these special counsels, if i had a special counsel, why don't we have one into these matters that i care about? >> kaitlan, thank you so much for sharing with us. and "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper and we begin to

the centers jeffrey rosen moderates the session. this is other constitution center programs are available on their website and as podcasts. >> okay. it's now my great pleasure to put on my constitutional reading glasses. you can tell i'm not outside because i have to put them on to do the introduction, and introduce our wonderful guests tonight. lindsay chervinsky is white house historian at the white house historical association. he's the author of the new book "the cabinet: george washington and is creation of an american institution." she's widely published, i had the great pleasure of interviewing her recently and i can't wait to share her work and her insights with you. lindsay, welcome to america's town hall. >> thank you so much for having me. >> and edward larson is university professor of history at pepperdine university. he's a recipient of the pulitzer prize in history. he's the co-author of 14 books, several of them on georgia washington and the founders and his newest book is franklin and washington, the founding partne

if president trump decides he wants one, he presumably needs acting attorney general jeffrey rosen to authorize it. martha. >> martha: mike, thank you very much. arkansas senator tom cotton joins me now, senator cotton, good to have your tonight. a bunch of things that i want to get some thoughts on this evening. the first one is still ringing in my ears from that correspondence is merry christmas, best wishes to your, please send $10 million from the son of the former vice president to a chinese company. so i'd like to get your thoughts on that first. >> just a small stocking stuffer, a $10 million wire to hunter biden's bankrupt company. this email raises serious questions about just how much, not only hunter biden, but the entire biden family is doing business with chinese entities. it also reflects very poorly on the media for not digging deeper into all of this before the election. your show and some other fox shows where the only places in the media where you can go to hear the stories about what hunter biden has been up to in china. it's so critical that we get to the bottom of

because the president doesn't know jeffrey rosen very well i'm told by sources. it's not a situation like when jeff sessions left, when he was fired from the department of justice and, you saw matt whittaker, a trump loyalist, take over. that was actually a cuss for concern i was told inside the west wing. now we are learning that after christmas, bill barr is no longer going to be the attorney general. >> it's interesting. i'm just reading the letter myself. this resignation letter. let me read more. dear mr. president. i appreciate toup date on the department's review of voter fraud allegations in the 2020 election and how these allegations will continue to be pursued. at a time when the country is so deeply divided, it is incumbent on all levels of government and all agencies acting within their purview to do all we can to ensure the public elections and most confident in their outcome. i am greatly honored you called on me to serve your administration and the american people. once again, as attorney general, i am proud to have played a role in the many succes

our guest speaker today is jeffrey rosen. he's also professor of law at george washington university law school. the most democratic branch how the courts serve america. and the los angeles teams called him the nation's most widely read and influential legal commentator. let's welcome jeffrey rosen. >> thank you so much. >> lanl, fellow teachers, it's an honor to address you today. teaching civics is the most urgently important task in american democracy. james madison said a popular government without popular information were the means of acquiring it is a prelude to tragedy or farce. your efforts to educate young americans about the essence of american government and its fundamental principles will determine the future of the republic. polls show young people are more likely to support the authority alternatives to democracy than the 0 older generation. yet those educated in civics and the fundamental constitutionalism are more likely to support institutions like an independent judiciary. that's why your task is important a

jeffrey rosen will become acting attorney general. meanwhile, hunter biden failed to report $400,000 in income while working for burisma. a 2017 e-mail obtained by fox news shows an attorney for his firm allegedly notified him that his tax returns need todd be amended. last week, hunter confirmed he is under federal investigation for his tax affairs many his father, joe biden, is reportedly not being investigated at this time. markets this morning are higher. take a look at futures indicating a strong gain at the start of trading this morning, investors optimistic as lawmakers unveil the latest proposing for economic relief while covid-19 vaccines are rolling up across the country. the nasdaq is up 50 o 50 and s&s higher by 22 and a quarter. joining me right now is chief investment strategist, brett shu tell e. also of joining the conversation, dagen mcdowell and jon hilsenrath. great to see everybody. thank you for being here. brent, kicking it off with you. how sustainable is this rally? we've had a market that will not quick, very

the president says william barr's deputy jeffrey rosen will become acting attorney general. members of the electoral college met and formally cast their ballots confirming joe biden's victory. the republican electors met in a handful of states to cast unofficial ballots for donald trump, holding out for legal challenges that have so far failed across the federal court system. in delaware the president elect says these challenges are a result -- and assault on democracy. >> even more stunning, 17 republican attorneys general, 126 republican members of the congress actually signed on to the lawsuit filed by the state of texas. we've never seen it before. a position that refused to respect the will of the people, refused to respect the rule of law and refuse to honor the constitution. the court sent a clear signal to donald trump that they would be no part of an unprecedented assault on democracy. >> biden also pointed out that he received the same number of electoral votes donald trump did in 2016. biden says if trump could call that a landslide he can call his win this year a

there is the option that he could pressure the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, we know he will take over after barr steps down. say what you want about barr, he has a long tenure. he chose not to do this. rosen doesn't have the ties to the department. and at the white house, they have a better shot with rosen of getting this done. >> when you look at this joyce, remind us what the process is, normally. in the appointment of such council, and the firing of such counsel? >> so, we saw this when bob mueller came on board as special counsel. as katie points out, this is accomplished by an attorney general, an open case, open investigation, and doj has a conflict of interest. it has to be moved forward, a lawyer from outside of government. absolutely no sense that a situation like that exists here. theoretical, you would have trump's new attorney general, deputy attorney general, making this sort of appointment. i would suspect it would be tied up in court with all challenges, even if it was successful. they can't begin to seize items, they would have to get search warrants and movi

rosen to appoint a special prosecutor. rosen will take over the role after william barr resigned next week. it comes as fox news obtained a letter showing house republicans demanding a hearing on censorship of stories related to hunter biden before the election. senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham said the biden plans need to be investigated like the trumps were over the last four years. >> china and the ukraine need to be looked at, we can't live in a country where you take a wrecking ball to the trump family based on nothing and ignore business relationships on the biden side that could compromise our ability to push back against sign and maybe russia itself. now is the time to have a special counsel to look at the bidens boiler mueller looked at trump. todd: slamming kelly (david perdue during a campaign rally for democratic challengers in georgia. >> two republican senators fully embrace what texas is telling the supreme court. maybe your senators are just confused. maybe if they think they represent texas. john o

in terms of jeffrey rosen, he has no experience. unlike joyce vance, neither did bill barr, most recent attorneys general did have experience as a prosecutor. jeff sessions, for example, so his time in the law has fwhn civil law, private practice mostly. i think that my guess is that his goal will be to super intend the justice department through the inauguration day and try to keep as low of a profile as possible. >> do you think that rosen might? >> we don't really have a good crystal ball on rosen. whether or not rosen has the backbone and the case. the white house should not be communicating with rosen. so the question is will he push back or not? he is certainly surrounded by career staff. we don't know what kind of damage could happen in the next o 30 days. >> i think you pointed on something, too. he said he didn't see a need for a special prosecutor to look at the election case or the hunter biden case. you could argue whether or not he should appoint the case, and that is a whole sprat deal. >> good to see both of you, than

now the pressure will go on jeffrey rosen. the u.s. leads the world when it comes to the number of people receiving the vaccine. more than 1.1 million doses have been given in the first 10 days. three states have vaccinated more than 1% of their population. north dakota, west virginia, and alaska. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you so much. it is a story that we have been a little bit tilted away from as we look at the financial markets and what we see in the global trade system, and that is that the president and his actions over than the last number of days including pardons and commutations. with us is someone who is truly expert at this at the london school of economics. and a legend at the university of texas. we are thrilled that he will join us. futures up 10. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: this is bloomberg surveillance. coming up later, the senior scholar at the johns hopkins center for healt

he will be succeeded by deputy attorney general jeffrey rosen. china's recovery gathers pace in november, supported by strong demand from home and abroad. it puts the nation even further have of its peers as the only major economy likely to expand this year. exports have rocketed in recent months. the return of virus restrictions in many parts of the world has fueled demand for medical equipment and electronic devices. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus? manus: thank you very much for the update. coming up, credit suisse sees the investment bank raking in more money this quarter than the last three months of 2019. we get the details of swiss bank strategies. the update right here on bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is daybreak era. credit suisse is the investment bank continues to perform well and revenues for this quarter are ahead of last year the bank confirmed the target will turn untenantable equity. also planning to res

yesterday was his last day at the justice department in jeffrey rosen taken over as acting attorney general. todd: live in connecticut, merry christmas. with that let's bring in sean duffy and rachel campos duffy, merry christmas to the 2 of you. it is a difficult first word. should there be a special counsel, will there be a special counsel? ladies first? >> i will let the prosecutor go first. >> should there be a special counsel, this case has been handled responsibly. of course under william barr it has been handled responsibly but under a new biden administration will his head of the doj handle this case the way the rest of republicans, probably not. this is a textbook case of positive interest, joe biden's team will come in, i will have no interference but that is what he has to say. this case if it gets through hunter biden where does hunter biden lead, to joe biden. he can't let this case go forward. it will get sandbagged with joe biden doj. when you look at the media they refuse to tell a story, they don't ask any questions. they sandbagged the case, the story hasn't been told. thi

announce the probe into president-elect joe biden's son and may pressure incoming attorney general jeffrey rosen to appoint a special prosecutor, rosen will take over the role after william barr officially resigned next week. this comes as fox news obtained a letter showing house republicans are demanding hearing on big tech censorship of stories relating to hunter biden before the election. jillian: mitch mcconnell acknowledging president-elect joe biden's win on the senate floor. >> millions of us hoped the presidential election would yield a different result. the electoral college has spoken. so today i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. jillian: according to the wall street journal senate gop leaders are warning colleagues against challenging the results of the election. congress is set to certify them on january 7th. todd: border patrol in texas, illegal immigrants trapped inside for a train cars found in a crane hopper, two separate inspections, 55 miles from laredo. they could not get out on their own, very deadly. jillian: snow in oklahoma, millions in the northeast br

barr is gone and a couple of days or two, acting jeffrey rosen goes in. could he potentially find it ripe enough, as you say under doj guidelines appoint special counsel at that point, or do they actually have to come to a point where biden becomes president? to a point where they can appoint a special counsel? i just don't ever see it being ripe enough with biden in there in the white house and handpicked attorney general. i know the media likes to call them handpicked when they are from republicans, but you will be the wing man, just like eric holder was obama's wing man. i just politically, i don't see them doing that. do you? >> again, the challenges the doj regulations which requires the actual conflict of the entire department and not just the attorney general or acting attorney general. so that conflict cannot occur until joe biden is sworn in january 20th. but as soon as he is sworn in, that causes the conflict and i think to protect the attorneys investigating, you know, in a kind of appraisal to be held against them by their boss, ultimately the

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jeffrey rosen writing we remain grateful to the pakistani government's actions to appeal such rulings to ensure he and his co-dependents are held accountable. if those efforts do not succeed the united states stands ready to take custody of omar sheikh to stand trial here. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is granting the president's wish introducing legislation for a $2,000 stimulus check to a repeal of liability protections for tech companies, mike emanuel has the list of allowance on capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell groups three priority issues, $2,000 stimulus checks but also repeal a section 230 protection for big tech and an advisory committee that will study the 2020 election and make recommendations to congress on improving security, integrity and administration of federal elections, democrats call those poison pills and want to vote just on $2,000 checks, was vague about timing. >> those other three important subjects the president has linked together anderson will begin the process to focus. >> with no intervening act or debate. >> reporter: senate dem

up next on american history tv, remarks from jeffrey rosen on james madison and democratic ideals. he currently serves as president and ceo of the national constitution center in philadelphia. held by the james madison memorial fellowship foundation, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison lecture which our foundation sponsors every year. seated in our seats today are 49 fellows who are here at georgetown university studying the foundations of american constitutionalism. they are all high school teachers or middle school teachers of american history and american government or civics. then we have several of our alumni who have come. i would like not to

let's please welcome professor jeffrey rosen. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. ladies and gentlemen, fellow teachers, it is such an honor to address you today. teaching civics is the most urgently important task in american democracy. james madison said, a popular government without popular information with a means of acquiring it is a pray lewd to tragedy. and your effort to teach young americans and government and fundamental principles will determine the future of the republic. polls show that young people are more likely to support authoritarian alternatives to democracy than the older generation. yet those educated in civics and in the fundamental principles of constitutionalism are more likely to support institutions like an independent judiciary to resist over turning decisions by popular vote and support the essence of constitutionalism. and that is why your task is so urgently important. and i am grateful for it and honor you for it. my task today is also important. you have asked me to address a fundamental question. what would james madison think of a

president trump has already named attorney general jeffrey rosen to be acting ag. we are less than two weeks away from the georgia senate runoffs, january 5th. that will determine which party controls the chamber. each day closer to election day, it seems the more complicated this campaign becomes on the issues. correspondent jonathan serrie explains tonight in atlanta. >> the motion concurs and is agreed to. >> afterer the passing of ael coronavirus relief bill georgians republican senators have to respond to theor president's demand that lawmakers increase payments to individuals.ay >> i will certainly look at supporting if it repurposed as wasteful spending toward that, yes. >> in an ironic twist, raphael warnock said donald trump is right. congress should swiftly increase direct payments to $2,000. but republicansre are attacking warnock over a newly surfaced policece video in a call back in march when his now ex-wife accused him of driving over her foot during an argument over divorce papers. >> i've tried to keep the way he acted under wraps for a long time a

rosen the acting ag. we are less than two weeks from the georgia senate runoffs, january 5th, that will determine which party controls the chamber and each day closer to election day it seems more called and on the issues. jonathan seri explains tonight. >> the motion to concur is agreed to. >> after celebrating the passage of a coronavirus refill georgia's republican senators now have to respond to the president's demand lawmakers increase payments to individuals. >> i look at supporting it if it repurpose is wasteful spending, yes. >> reporter: in an ironic twist senator kelly (apps democratic challengers said donald trump is right, congress should swiftly increase direct payments to $2,000 but republicans are attacking warknock over police video the domestic call in march in which his now ex-wife accused him of driving over her foot during an argument over divorce papers. >> i try to keep the way it under wraps for a long time and today he crossed the line. >> i barely moved and all of a sudden she is

. >>> up next on american history tv, remarks from jeffrey rosen on james madison and democratic ideals he serves as president and ce oechlt of the center in philadelphia held by the james madison fellowship organization. this is hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison which our organization has every year. seated in our seats today is people studying the foundation of constitutionalis

right now those discussions are taking place under acting attorney general jeffrey rosen. i say the word discussion because there've not been final decisions made on this matter according to our own brooke who works at foxnews.com, according to horse sources. quite a different tone than one bill barr was here a few days ago. he was asked about this on a monday, two days before leaving office and he said he did not see a need to appoint a special counsel to investigate the incoming president son. listen here. >> i have not seen a reason to appoint special counsel and i have no plan to do so before leave. >> he didn't do it so he passed on the special counsel opportunity, now it's up to jeff rosen to give the idea a thumbs up or a thumbs down. he has a few weeks to do so. if he chooses, the clock is ticking, that is when joe biden becomes the 46th president of the united states. he has yet to name and attorney general, but we are hearing sally yates, massachusetts governor, deval patrick, current outgoing alabama senator doug jones. this is something that could, if the speci

we've also heard from the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen offering the four full resources of the justice department's of the fbi and atf can help officials on the ground in tennessee as they piece together what's going on. the white house called about an hour or so ago saying we won't see the president on camera today. we were thinking it was possible to present which is to speak about what was happening on the ground and it's possible we could still see a tweet. the president is tweeting about the economic stimulus package, the one that we are all wanting to know whether he will be told or sign it. this is what he had to say not long ago. "made many calls and had many meetings at trump international. why would politicians not want to give people too thousand dollars rather than only 600? it wasn't their fault, it was china. give our people the money. while the president is on vacation here in florida, people are wondering what will happen with the stimulus checks and why president would decide to issue a veto at all. there's also the possibility of a government shutdown because

>> acting attorney general jeffrey rosen refused to say whether he would appoint a special counsel and his predecessor william barr said it wasn't necessary but two high-level justice department officials say the door is not shut on that decision and some believe it is warranted citing special counsel statute, one source saying a president-elect coming in where his appointed attorneys will be investigating his son his textbook conflict. >> his business associates and business activity were flagged by banks, not a right-wing group. i want somebody to look at all the overseas activity hunter biden compromised foreign-policy of president biden and the guy in delaware doesn't have that mandate. >> reporter: the us attorney overseeing hunter biden's case is a trump appointee but insiders say it is unlikely biden will fireplace him because he could create the appearance of interference. president-elect has found to keep his finger off the scale including attorney general. >> mister biden was expected to announce his pick for attorney general almost two weeks. are we any closer? >> reporter:

a number of historians along with jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center talk about the reasons for the temperance movement beginning in the 19th century and the problems with enforcing and then repealing the 18th amendment to the constitution. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3, and enjoy "american history tv" this week and every weekend. >>> the issues surrounding the 2020 election security and administration will be examined by the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee during a hearing this morning. watch that live beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen on free c-span radio app. >>> up next on "lex tours in history," andrew slap of east tennessee state university teaches a class on abraham lincoln, andrew johnson and the constitution. he compared how both presidents have been portrayed as either upholding or disregarding the constitution and whether their reputations match their actions in office. >> good morning. thank you all for coming. today we're transitioning in the course from civil war to reconstruction. becau

rosen will be taking over as the attorney general just for a few more weeks. >> kaitlan, thank you so much. the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine have now been delivered to all 50 states, washington, d.c. and puerto rico. yet thousands of americans are still dying from covid-19 every single day. the national death toll has now surpassed 300,000. hospitalizations hit another record high overnight. >> my message to america is the finish line is in sight. the last couple of miles are the hardest but we've got to keep running. even if you aren't worried about covid, your loved one who's in labor may not have a hospital bed. your loved one who's having a heart attack or gets in a car accident may not have a bed. >> health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic were among the first to get their shots yesterday. but it will be several more months before most americans can get one. >> i had been saying by my calculation, sometime by the end of march, the beginning of april, that the normal healthy man and woman in the street who has no underlying conditions would likely get it.

rosen could take a different stand on the question of special counsels when he takes over as acting attorney general so far rosen has not made his intentions clear. >>on 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk. >>even though we're still a couple of days away from christmas tonight, feels like the night before christmas for me at least because the nba season starts tomorrow. and the very first game of the schedule we get to see the dubs take on a familiar face in kevin durant and the brooklyn nets. the warriors are already in brooklyn, everyone made the road trip though dream on green won't play because of a minor foot injury but that is day to day he could still play on christmas. james wiseman he's ready to go. steve has already decided his starting line-up belong announce it until right before tipoff. but one guy who we know will obviously be starting is steph curry staff has been anxiously awaiting to get back on the court and he's looking forward to do it against his former teammate kevin durant the 2 played together here in the bay for 3 years and became the best duo in basket

that is not what he said in his tweet, bill barr will be stepping down and jeffrey rosen will be taking over as attorney general for a few more weeks. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. >>> joining me now is lisa, a cnn political analyst, and national political reporter for the "new york times." hi, lovely to have you on the show. let's talk about mr. trump, and what does he get by showing bill barr the now? what's the strategy, do you think? >> i think part of the strategy is to distract. today was the day that the electoral college in the united states officially affirmed joe biden as the winner of the election, which most people have known since november but the president has tested again and again in the weeks that have followed, and i don't think it was coincidence that the president announced bill barr's firing on twitter within half an hour of california officially putting joe biden over the top and making him the electoral college winner and the president-elect. >> it's distraction but at the same time we halls heard the president-elect, joe biden's comments, and it seems li

a number of historians along with jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center talk about the reasons for the temperance movement beginning in the 19th century. the problems with enforcing and then repealing the 18th amendments of the constitution. watch wednesday at 8 pm eastern on c-span three, and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend. >> a panel of scholars argues the u.s. constitution was an anti slavery document rather than a pro slavery one, as others have claimed. the panel explores how various political groups interpretive the constitution during antebellum fights over slavery. the heritage foundation hosted this event, they provided the video. >> good morning. my name is angela sailor, and i am the vice president of the institute at the heritage foundation. on behalf of our president, and my colleague john malcolm, vice president of the institute for constitutional government and director of the media center for legal and judicial studies, welcome to the heritage is foundations reserve the constitution series. today's event is called slavery and the constitut