Bruce westerman discusses the western wildfires, Climate Change, and other news of the day. Good morning. It is thursday, september 17, 2020, Constitution Day in the United States. This morning on the washington journal we will begin by asking you how you would amend the constitution if it were up to you today. Give us your ideas on how you think we the people may benefit on a change from the founding documents dating back to september 17. If youre in the mountain are pacific time zone, the number to call is 202 7488001. You can send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do come include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on twitter or on facebook. To you. Rsday morning officially known as Constitution Day and citizenship day in the United States. We are talking this morning about the u. S. Constitution. Some history is your calling in 1787, delegates opened their Constitutional Convention on may 25, 1787 in philadelphia to begin discussions on how to create a consti
More ill is senator pat roberts, the head of the commission for that memorial. Senator roberts good morning to you m sir. Guest good morning. Dwight eisenhower was a great president. Host this memorial today about that legacy. Can you talk about the history of this memorial . When did the began in what was it like to land this opening amid pandemic . O guest well we persevered and not only persevered but the eisenhower family among any others and agencies in washington not to mentioned the appropriations of the senate and we finally got it right. We dedicated it and its going to be a beautiful sight on independence avenue across from me are in space Museum Within sight of the capital and its a park. Theres a statuary where the president and it also has the iconic statuary of the president with the hundred and first airborne saying lets go on dday. Ike is unique in that he was the supreme allied commander and defeated germany and saved western democracy. We had eight years of peace and
Not a fredo give string instruments an added bonus. And the perfect to be national its all from a top chef in vienna. But we kick off the show on the greek island of paris which has landed 1st place in a survey on the best island in europe besides son serve good food and horseback riding what else could you ask for in a getaway well my colleague Michael Kroger went to paris to see if this island really does earn the title of the ideal vacation destination. The greek island of patmos it lies in the heart of the cyclone and the aegean sea. They say this is the best island in europe but there are so many what does it have what others dont have thats why i doubt. If theyre surveyed by a travel magazine found the island can satisfy every tourist wishes no matter what kind of occasion they are looking for. Paris is famed for its Crystal Clear waters and beautiful beaches and this is the most famous one point a hot spot for kite surfing. But kite surfing isnt really my thing. I prefer to expl
Showing the homes damaged or destroyed in the czu lightning complex fire. The color coded map focuses on santa cruz county. So if you look here, what red means is that that home has been destroyed. Orange, yellow and blue means damage. Green shows undamaged homes. The black circle means the address is confirmed but if there is a white circle around the home, that means that that address has to be verified. You can find a link to this map on our website on abc7news. Com. The largest fire in the region is the scu lightning complex fire and it spans seven counties including alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties. It is 20 contained. And firefighters are making Good Progress though against it with major help from aerial water drops. This was the scene we saw during our 4 00 newscast as helicopters loaded up on water before taking off to do a drop near neighbors had to evacuate several times. That was all on fire, mission peak was all on fire. So you were basically surrounded by fla
With the free cspan radio app. Now, President Trumps News Conference today at the white house. He spoke about his tweet on the goodyear employee policy concerning political speech, the Coronavirus Response in the president ial election. This is halfanhour. Thank you, very much. Before i provide an update on our continued progress against the china virus, i would like to discuss actions against the iranian regime. I am directing the secretary of state mike pompeo to notify the u. N. Security council that the United States intent to restore all previously suspended United Nations sanctions on iran. It is a snapback. Not uncommon. Two years ago, i withdrew the United States from the deal, aus iran Nuclear Product of the obamabiden or and policy failure, a failure like people have seen in terms of the amount of money we pay for absolutely nothing in a shortterm deal. Tens ofl funneled billions of dollars to iran, 100 billion dollars, plus 150 billion plus 1. 8 alien dollars in cash which i