Roy discusses the herd immunity approach. With the new school year beginning in schools and colleges across the country, the acrostic candidate joe biden said if he is elected help is on the way. To School Systems and parents. Good morning, this is washington journal. We start the program asking you about your experience so far. How is it going back either remotely or in person, is it working . Four those of you in the eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific. For educators, our number is 2027488002. If you want to send us a text, that line is 2027488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. And ontter or twitter. It was his Second Campaign appearance after his convention, biden in delaware yesterday. You can find it at cspan. Org. The Washington Post, biden blames trump because the education gap a national emergency. Joe biden sought to channel the frustrations of students, parents, and teachers around the country i blaming trump for School Districtss inab
Athletes of the decade. 23time grand slam champion Serena Williams acing the competition on the female side. And lebron james was crowned king on the mens side. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 30th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have andrea here. We do begin this half hour with the monster storm covering much of the eastern u. S. The weather radar shows snow from kansas to canada and along the border. Theres rain falling now from the great lakes all the way down to the coast and down into the southeast. Its making the return from christmas or the trip for new years a misery for many. Abcs rob marciano reports. Reporter a major winter storm now reaching east across the country, bringing winddriven snow, ice, and rain as millions continue to travel this holiday week. Weve got to make sure that we Pay Attention to the everchanging road conditions. Reporter 32 million under weather alerts from kansas to maine. Heavy snow, low visibility, and high winds making
Different donald trump then we just heart making big news on iran and china. He was asked if he would consider meeting and he said he would if the circumstances were right. By that he means they cannot have nuclear weapons. He also appeared to suggest he would be in favor of extending a letter of credit backed by oil so they can meet some of their financial obligations. Until now you know the strategy from the u. S. Was to apply maximum pressure on iran. President macron said he is working to get the meeting done within the next few weeks. On china, also big headlines from the president. He says the deal can be done. He thinks the chinese need this deal badly. And he insisted there was a call made yesterday night. The chinese that they cannot confirm there was communication. The president said there was and he said at this point he believes the chinese are sincere. Kevin back to the issue of iran. It was fascinating to see President Trump relying on a progressive president , Emmanuel M
And prose and welcome to p p at the wharf. Thank you very much for coming and for braving this evening of storm warnings and wind and rain. These evening are getting to be too frequent here in washington, dc. Last august, john chapman, an air force combat controller, was posthumously awarded the medal of honor for his heroic actions atop a snowcapped mountain in afghanistan in early 2002. A few months of u. S. Forces began fighting na the done. Champman was the first airman to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war. He had been attached to a navy seal team, assigned to establish a mountaintop observation post in connection with the major u. S. Sweep against al qaeda and Taliban Forces forces and the vn eastern afghanistan. Approaching the site, the helicopter carrying the special operations unit, came under heavy fire, and one of the team members were thrown from the aircraft. Returning to try to rescue their team meat, chapman and the seals batted al qaeda fighters, dug into
A knife violence epidemic by printing warnings on chicken takeaway boxes in an initiative thats being described as crude offensive. Just after 3 pm here in moscow friday august 16th a very warm welcome to our international i mean and oneill. To russian pilots being hailed as heroes after the inverted potential disaster on thursday morning their plane lost the use of both engines after striking a flock of birds whilst taking off from the International Airport forcing them to make an Emergency Landing all 226 passengers on board the crimea. Flight survived. Well lets go through what occurred it really happened so quickly that the pilots werent able to return to the report as they had barely got or are born reaching an altitude of roughly 260 meters but they acted decisively opting to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield with the wheels up just over a kilometer from the runway and without having time to empty the fuel tanks the pilot in command 41 year old Tamir Yusupov had previous