What do you think . Call numbers on your screen. Or you can put your voice on the program via twitter, facebook and send us an maul email theere is the front page of wall street journal today. The lead headlines says egyptians are bracing for more bloodshed. There is a photo of egyptian soldiers guarding an area around a mosque in cairo where security crackdown left hundreds dead on the previous day. That number is close to 600 now with fights more expected. At the beginning of this piece goes this way. The deadly fight in egypts treets host josh rogan is here with us. Guest good morning. Host so tell us about this question. What is your sense of the aid issue at this point and roll into your answer. How much aid are we talking about . What does it mean to the country of i didnt want and what egypt and what kind of leverage does it have to the u. S. . Sure. The u. S. Is committed to giving 1. 3 million to the military aid and other support for the civilian government. The military aid
Most benefit from the program, and says the va welcomes the opportunity to work with this committee to craft appropriate language so those who are not Service Connected can have access to those rehab treatment facilities. One thing ive ran into with several of the members, speaking with them, is the word, the pay for a or the pay go. Well, va travel budget continues to increase every year. And they ask, where are we going to get this 3 million . Well, in 2013, the va collected 2. 931 bill through the medical care collection fund. Theres money they collected. And i sat last night listening to last nights hearing. 1. 1 billion returned two years ago 1, billion last night, and half billion returned just this year. If theres that much money that can be turned back in from the va to congress, well, theres our 3 million to send these nonService Connected veterans to send them to the rehab they dearly deserve. So there is no pay for or pay go. The money is there. It was clearly stated last ni
We are seeing this play out now. The politicians have made some choices reticulated republicans supporting the iraq war and the democrats. They made cheap commitments and now they have thousands of kids with their legs blown off. Or their mind screwed up by war. We have to take care of them. We have to leave it there thank you. More Live Programming coming our way. Later today, a discussion on how the media covers asianamerican issues. The focus on the asian journalist association. It is live on cspan 3. We are at a bullying prevention summit hosted by federal partners in bullying prevention. And a look at the primetime programming tonight. At 8 eastern it is our American History tour. We travelled looking for civil war stories. And booktv tonight. Books on hilary clinton, obama, and the snowden links. And American History tv. Sports and history is the theme. Here are some of the highlights for this weekend. A history tour looking at the civil war. This weekend the communicators visits
Good point. Our state constitution has a provision so that if you are selected you can still run a four the office at the same time. But the fact that he is trying to hold on as a safety vest for the likely proposition that he loses the guy running for Congress Come he is running a Great Campaign against paul ryan. He is on television right now. I think robb is one to give paul ryan a run for his money. Paul ryan has not come back to talk to the constituents, to talk to the people whose votes he is seeking for congress. Host this is our look at wisconsin, the battleground state. Joining us is mike tate, Wisconsin Democratic party chairman. On our line for republicans, adele, wisconsin. Go ahead. Caller we have it Tammy Baldwin running for the United States senate here and wisconsin. I believe she is also what we call the house of representatives, did she give up her thing and there as the house of representatives when she ran . I am not sure. But i want to say, i am really you talk abo
Reelection of the president. Well have live coverage here on cspan. [video clip] Vice President biden will preside over it. The question were asking this morning, will this congress be any different . You can join the conversation giving us a call at 2027370001 and 2027370002 for republicans and for independents is 2026280205. Join the conversation social media and facebook. Or send us an email. Well continue to show you the numbers. Lets look at some of the headlines on this friday morning beginning with the washington times. Returns as speaker by 3 votes, ten republicans support in the 113th congress. Likely but not feared, boehner keeps the job. Some might ask why he won. She points out mr. Boehner 63 years old from ohio vote yesterday was a warning shot from conservative members of the house. Sobering reminder while he may hold one of the most powerful jobs in washington, his power is greatly diminished and his republican ranks are thinner in new congress. Meanwhile Russell Burman