And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha
Is accorded World Heritage status by the Cultural Agency unesco. F s. e traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision, but israel says its a welcome step forward, in gaza, hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, called for another uprising. In arabic it is intifada, a word synonymous with more troubled times. Israels Prime Minister is now claiming others will follow suit. Translation i have no doubt that once the American Embassy moves to jerusalem or even before, there will be a movement of many other embassies to jerusalem. The time has come. But the International Reaction so far suggests otherwise. In istanbul, anger directed at washington outside the us consulate last night. And americas allies, like france, also disagree. President macron was today at an airbase in qatar. A peace deal between the palestinians and israelis he says is only possible ifjerusalem has an international status. Translation the status of
Assault suits in the oval office. Chinas anti pollution plans are in reverse its backed out of a decision to move away from coal because millions are without proper heating. The Virtual Currency bitcoin is defying its detractors its value has increased by 15 in the last 2a hours and is now worth 16,000 a coin. That volatility is causing problems. We will accept that from new york. As you want to get in touch, the hash type is bbcos. We have seen a violent reaction to President Trump is s decision to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. As you can see from some of these pictures which came into the newsroom , pictures which came into the newsroom, protesters have been burning tyres and throwing stones. Israeli troops have fired tear gas and rubber bullets. These protesters have come all the way from downtown the mahler weather was a central demonstration that called for more support from the arab countries. We have sensed a bit of disappointment from the palestinians who say we expec
Go down to the Santa Clara Valley for that. On the coast breezy winds. New details on the peninsula. Known was inside of the car hit by a train inside of the fair oaks crossing. The crash happened after 8 00 p. M. The vehicle dragged about a quarter of a mile down the track and took crews two hours to clear the debris. More than 300 people on board, and no one hurt. This was the second time in four years that a car has been hit at that same intersection. Investing a Helicopter Crash killing three and injuring four. The chopper went down under unknown circumstances yesterday. Crews had a difficult time getting the injured to the hospital because of high winds and rough terrain. On the website, the company says it takes hundreds of thousands of people on tours of the grand canyon every year. This morning, one person is custody after breeching security and got on the to run way at Los Angeles International airport. Happening at 8 30 last night. One plane had to return to the gate for addi
Thursday at 10 00 a. M. On cspan3. Before that conversation, we start with politics and your view of donald trump. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can send us a tweet cspanwj facebook. Com cspan or email journal cspan. Org. I went to show you what donald trump had to say yesterday and South Carolina. He took on his gop rivals starting with the Texas Governor rick perry. He also called Lindsey Graham a stiff and an idiot. Heres what he had to say. [video clip] mr. Trump so they say they did not like the way, i am a little loud. I am a little too strong. They do not like it. Then i watch this idiot Lindsey Graham on television and he calls me a jackass. They all said id never run. Well, he will never file his form papers. Filed my papers. Well he will never file his financials. My financials, well, it is like 98 pages. A lot of these politicians have not filed them and they are like half a page. I am the only one that has filed, practically.