Washington Today

-President Biden is in Minnesota today…talking about clean energy and the economy…Meanwhile, his predecessor Donald Trump is New York for his expected Manhattan court appearance tomorrow following last week's historic grand jury indictment... 

-The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives is talking about last week's school shooting in Nashville…and President Biden's call for an assault weapons ban…While some Republicans are calling for greater school security…We'll hear what both had to say coming up…

-And NASA has announced the crew of for the Artemis 2 mission…They will be the first humans to travel beyond low earth orbit in more than 50 years…We'll hear from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson…and just who will be a part of the international crew coming up…

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In this weekend episode, three segments from this week's C-SPAN's Washington Journal program.

First – Punchbowl News co-founder John Bresnahan discusses political reaction to a New York grand jury voting to indict former President Trump.

Then, Brady's Kris Brown on this week's school shooting in Nashville and Congressional reaction to calls for more gun legislation.

Plus, Independent Community Bankers of America's Rebeca Rainey on federal reaction to the SVB and Signature Bank crisis and what that means for smaller banks.

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Reaction to Donald Trump indictment from Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy and Bill Barr, President Biden tours tornado damage in Mississippi, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg on Finland's joining NATO soon.

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House passes sweeping energy bill HR 1, WH condemns Russia's detaining a Wall Street Journal report on suspicion of espionage, tense exchanges in House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing.

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Interview with Washington Post's Ishaan Tharoor on President Biden's hosting the second Summit for Democracy (5), Senate passes Iraq War AUMF's repeal, Defense Secretary Austin defends abortion travel policy, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz tells Senate Committee his company did not break labor law when it comes to union organizing.

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House Speaker McCarthy sends letter to POTUS saying he is putting economy at risk by not negotiating spending cuts to raise the debt ceiling, Senate hearing on Silicon Valley Bank failure, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Nashville school mass shooting investigation.

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-President Biden said today that gun violence is QUOTE ripping at the very soul of the nation"… and calling on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban…following another school shooting…This time at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee…

-Members of the House and Senate are also reacting to today's shooting…with some echoing the president's calls for more action to stop gun violence…

-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan… saying he wants to give time to seek a compromise with his opponents…Meanwhile, President Biden has shared his concerns about the plan directly with Prime Minister Netanyahu…We'll hear about their conversation coming up…

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Tik Tok CEO Shou Chew's testimony on Capitol Hill Thursday was a major event this week in Washington. We speak with Axios tech and policy reporter Ashley Gold to learn more about TikTok's privacy and data practices.

Then, Virginia Gentles of the Independent Women's Forum discusses the "Parents Bill of Rights Act" that passed the House Friday.   

Plus, Avenel Joseph- vice president for policy at the Robert Wood Johnson discusses changes coming up in April for Medicaid participants.

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Interview with Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles on President Biden's trip to Canada and an agreement on asylum-seekers (4), House passes a bill to give parents more oversight of K-12 public schools, Pentagon on U.S. airstrike in Syria against Iran-backed groups after Iranian drone killed U.S. contractors and wounded U.S. service members.

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TikTok CEO testifies before House Energy & Commerce Committee on data security concerns, House votes on veto override attempt on bill blocking retirement plan ESG rule, House starts work on 'Parents Bill of Rights' bill, Pentagon leaders testify on FY'23 defense budget request, War in Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations.

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