The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, we are reminded at this time of year of the greatness of your gift to us in sending your son. Use us as instruments for his glory. Because of our faith in you, make us bold as lions in these turbulent times. May our lawmakers Work Together to protect and defend our constitution, realizing, as iron sharpens iron so friends sharpen friends. Make our senators grateful for the fires in our nations history that have tested their commitment to freedom, providing opportunities to become profiles of courage, serving their generation with faithfulness. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Russian president vladamir putin held a record breaking fourhour and 20 minute News Conference today. His annual address included 1600 journalists vying for the chance to ask a question. Elizabeth palmer was one of them. And she joins us from moscow tonight. Liz, president putin seemed to have warm word for just one man. Thats right, jeff it may surprise you to know it was president donald trump. President putin spoke almost nonstop with his usual kind of swaggering confidence. He actually had praise for President Trump. He said, that he should be credited for significant achievements. He pointed to the booming financial markets. That he restored the confidence of investors. As for the allegations of, russian meddling in the american election, those were said president putin to be blamed on people who oppose donald trump and trying to undermine his legitimacy which as you know is an argument we have heard in the past from President Trump himself. And liz, besides President Trump. Presi
Women abut the me too movement. Alex wagner talks to men who are also speaking up. You watch these stories unfold, every day, there is a new story. Where are you guys as this all unfolds . It certainly is a tidal wave that its happening. But i look at it like isnt it amazing that, that, so many people have felt the need to be silent for so long. How tear brrible must the environment be, that right now, as a result of the internet and as a result of just, confluence of Events People feel safe speaking up. Men are kind of grouped together from a very young age. There becomes a vernacular that its negative towards women. And there becomes an expectation of other men to place ideology on conquering women. Leland, that brings to the fore, the question of masculinity and how young men are indoctrinated at an early age . You have written about this. I was 5 years old. And, you know, i talk about this in my book because it is like how can i help other kids get over this. Because so many kids t
Well take your calls and you can join the conversation on twitter. Nd is next. N journal [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] it is monday december 18, 2017. One week until christmas, and the selfimposed deadline for congress to pass tax reform. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. Well spend the first part of the program asking you about the anticipated action on capitol hill this week and passage of the republican tax reform plan. Your message to congress as that. Et set to do heres how weve divided the phone lines for the conversations for the first part of the program. 50,000 a under that. Year. Year the numbers are on your screen. As always we welcome your comments on facebook, cspan and send us a tweet. Well get to your calls momentarily. The headline this morning. A look at the front page of the Washington Times and their preview of the days ahead. Host youre first up this morning. Welcome. Ca