U. S. Naval Institute News reporter sam lagrone talks about the role of u. S. Navy hospital ships in the coronavirus response. Washington journal is next. The men and women of the greatest country on earth are going to defeat this coronavirus and reclaim our future. After sleep deprived nights and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan rescuent on the largest package in American History. Host republican and Democratic Leaders in the u. S. Senate announcing a deal at 1 30 a. M. This morning on a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Good morning. We will get your thoughts on that this morning. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Youcan join us as well if text us with your first name, city and state that 202 or8003 at 202 7488003 go to twitter at cspan wj. We have learned about what is in the deal the lawmakers have reached. Theres 500 billion for major corporations. 360 7 billion for Small Business loans. 130 billion for hospitals across
The summit 11 00 a. M. Eastern time. Well begin with your thoughts on u. S. Russian relations. Are we in a new cold war . President obama was asked that question. He said no. But where do you think this is all headed . Join the conversation on twitter or facebook. Com cspan. You can email us also. A reporter last week after president barack obama made the announcement of another round of sanctions against russia had the question whether or not this is a new cold war. Heres what the president had to say. No, its not a new cold war. It is a very specific issue related to russias unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. And i think that if you listen to petro poroschenko, they have said they seek good relations with russia. What they cant accept is russia arming separatists who are carrying out terribly destructive activities inside of ukraine, thereby undermining the ability of ukraine to govern itself peacefully. Thats something that no country should have to acce
We will wait and watch and see what happens when the house comes in at 9 a. M. Eastern time. The senate is also in session. You can watch that on cspan2. We want to get your thoughts as we continue into day 11 of the Government Shutdown. The lines send us a tweet or post your comment on facebook. Com cspan. You can also email us, journal cspan. Org. Joining us is steven dennis. We should not call them negotiations, should we . Guest it depends on the meaning of the word negotiations and what they are negotiating about. The president has made it clear many times that he will not negotiate over some kind of ransom. He has been open to talking about setting up a budget process, some kind of framework, for getting a bigger budget deal done. That seems to be where they are going. Opening he provided a few days ago at his press conference, and it is one they thereontinued to put out as a way to give republicans some assurance that the negotiations would be real and substantive and cover the
You can also reach out to us online. Im calling about john boehner. But him not bringing up the extension of our Unemployment Benefits before the twoweek recess for easter, i am appalled by that. Not bringame he did this up for the people who need the jobless benefits. I think is a shame that the president cannot do anything about it. Why do you think you didnt bring that bill up before lawmakers went for recess . Caller it is paid for, i dont know. What he wants. Im i just think he wants to hold all of us hostage and make everybody suffer. From theory now washington times. Oh he contends his reelection bid, quote wont even be close. This is quoting john boehner. Kaiser, west virginia, larry is on the line. Caller i think john boehner has done a very bad job and i think he should be replaced. Host who should he be replaced with . Caller im not really sure. Someone hi whos more conservative. They should cut back on the spending programs. Sundays the ington post lets go now and listen to
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