Washington Week Extra for July 3, 2020

Washington Week Extra for May 15, 2020

Happy 70th anniversary to our friends at "Meet the Press." The panelists reminisced about some of the show’s big milestones and discussed how the evolution of technology has changed the way journalists cover politics.

Axios reports Republican Gov. John Kasich from Ohio and Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper may be considering becoming running mates in the 2020 presidential race. Kasich would potentially take the top spot on the ticket. The panelists also discussed the new White House guidance on transgender people in the military.

President Trump celebrated Bastille Day with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. As Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker explains, Trump was excited by the pomp and circumstance of the official parade. Plus, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton spoke about leadership and their friendship during a joint appearance in Dallas.

Two federal courts have prevented President Trump's revised executive order banning travel from six Muslim-majority countries. Trump defended the "watered down" plan and vowed to fight it, but many American businesses are wary of Trump's immigration plan. Plus, Trump visited the Nashville home of former President Andrew Jackson and praised his populist Democratic predecessor.

During his first week in office President Donald Trump has been busy fulfilling many of his campaign promises by signing executive orders to build a wall on the southern border, begin undoing the Affordable Care Act and moving forward on the Keystone XL pipeline. Eight years ago, President Obama was also trying to jump start his agenda.

After a long and bruising campaign where middle America was concerned that the country was in "deep trouble," voters elected a new president. It was a change election that saw the governing party swept from power. It was November 1992.

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was remembered today during a funeral service at Ronald Reagan's Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Reagan, who died last week at 94, was a true partner for her husband during his administration and the final years of the Cold War. Meanwhile, the Republican candidates are trying to carry the Reagan legacy in this year's presidential election.

Of the nearly two dozen major candidates running for president, the ones getting the most attention are the political outsiders. Is this a rare situation, or have American voters seen this before? Gwen Ifill talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith and Lara Brown of George Washington University.