Thank you for staying for part two. I didnt give you an opportunity to leave so im glad you didnt take it. I could not do a very good job of introducing our next two speakers. I can do a it i can do it a little bit better with matt. I will let you tell your own stories. First on my left, salwan altoki, first one that served as an interpreter for five years. He worked with the u. S. Army, the usaid and the u. S. Marine corps. Hes credited with saving the lives of at least four marines during his service. Hes a graduate of the university of baghdad where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering. Hes quadrilingual, i believe, if thats a word. English, arabic, french and russian. Hes a native in southern iraq. He served with various american organizations and units. From 2003 to 2011, and he waited two years to get his s. I. V. How did you get involved with these crazy americans and are you crazy as well . Salwan well, id like to stand because i am not comfortable with seats. [laughter] im
Pressing for their constituents from job creation and the impact of in the drug epidemic. So today, were asking our viewers what is the most important issue in your state . We have regional lines today both in the eastern and central time zones can call 2027488000 those in the mountain and pacific time zones can call 2027488001. You can also reach us on social media, on twitter, twitter. Com cspanwj and also on facebook. And good morning. One of the governors giving their state of the state address this week is governor jerry brown of california. Lets take a look about what he said about protecting undocumented immigrants and the impact they have on the state. So as we reflect on the state of our state, we should do so in the much broader context of our ountry and the challenges it faces. We must reaffirm the basic principles sat there made california the great exception that it is. First, in california, immigrants are an integral part of who we are and what weve become. [applause] the
Tremendous up here. Many, many, many manufacturing jobs and these were good paying jobs. But after bill clinton got in and everyone after, those jobs left. They either went out of business or they moved. A lot of them moved to north carolina, south carolina, many just left. We had we used to the area at i live in, we were in the leather stocking district and the two cities, glovesville and johnstown, there had to be probably 100 skin mills here. And now theyre down to about five. Manufacturing. Ve thats where glovesville got their name because they used to manufacture gloves. Those mills are gone. Our area is designated and i host decimated and i host mike is calling in from california. Bhirkse did you think about governor browns address and what is your top issue there . Caller good morning. I really appreciate you guys letting people from across america call in and i know it takes some time. You got to keep trying. I use two phones. One goes busy, i go to the other. And you will get
Holding up the president s pick at historic levels. Deputy press secretary hogan guidley. They are focused on the obstructionist behavior. We have 111 fewer nominees at this point than any other administration in history. Democrats are being obstructionists. Its grotesque. Melissa peter doocy has more on capitol hill with more on this. How do you think it went . On the way in the meetings the president would only answer question about the first lady. A little bit of what he said, he said she is doing well after kidney surgery and it was successful and the doctors at walter reed were incredible. That was it. The president is at lunch. We saw him go in there with the counselor, Kellyanne Conway, the speech writer Stephen Miller and the press secretary Sarah Sanders with a few dozen lawmakers that he is urging to cancel their august recess if they cannot fund the border wall and confirm a high number of officials he nominated by august 1. We are waiting to hear what he wants to talk about