Campaignb smith on 2020 and the role of military voters and young americans. Plus your emails, tweets, and phone calls. Washington journal starts now. First Lady Melania Trump closed out day two of the Republican National convention with a speech from the white house last night where she called on voters to support her husband for a second term claiming he will fight for them. Yourll continue with comments and reactions to the Republican National convention with a look ahead at tonights lineup. Here is how we are dividing the line. If you support the president dial in at 202 7488000. If you are supporting joe biden 202 7488001. If you have a thirdparty candidate or are undecided dialing that dial in at 202 7488002. You can also text us with your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Join the conversation on facebook and twitter. While we wait for your calls, here is a little bit from the first lady. As you have heard this evening, i dont want to use this precious time attacking t
They had . Saw is aat we continuation of this trend of unconventional convention. We had [indiscernible] this conflation of the president S Administration and his campaign. I think the messages they wanted to get across was they wanted to humanize this president somewhat. We had his wife talking about ,im, referring to him as donald talking about his record and what he has done in the white house. I think there was a continuation of outreach to minorities. Theyw on the first night showcased the depth of their bench in terms of having there and nikki haley there. Lets not come obese outreach to women as well as immigrants through the naturalization ceremony we saw. Host what was the goal of secretary of state pompeos address from israel . Caller that is what guest that is one of the that happened. The consternation before the broadcast, he was in israel on official business. The he addressed to the convention was [indiscernible] there were issues of whether they potentially violated the
To have a huge impact on peoples lives and is one of the most important topics we have never covered here. It is the biggest consumer story this year. I have been questions by email, facebook, and twitter periods tonight i am giving you the opportunity to call and let your questions. The tollfree number, 877249 966. 877249966. Experts are here to answer your questions. We will keep the number of throughout the show. There is another story were following. We will keep you apprised. The speaker of the house and other House Republican leaders leading meeting with the president at the white house. We are told that after an hour of conversation the speaker of the house left. We expected someone to come and talk to us about what happened. That has not happened. We could break it at any point with details on that meeting. We will continue to follow that as we do our callin show. Lets get started. With us now, steve more, Editorial Board member of the wall street journal. Do we have been . Yes
To hear your experience as youve dealt with those online exchanges. The phone lines are open. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media sites, on twitter, on facebook and on email. The story of the president s address and the problems the ongoing problems with the healthcare exchanges. Of thea front page atlanta journalconstitution. Over to the denver post. The front page of usa today calls for help for healthcare websites. That store noting that the white house yesterday signaled a shift in its tone in acknowledging the problems with the launch of the Affordable Care act. The front page of the i will readpost you a little bit of that post by amy goldstein. The front page of todays Washington Post. The speech is expected to take place at 11 25 today and you will be able to watch it here on cspan. We are taking your calls. What you want to hear the president say . What do you want to hear from that speech . Already getting a few comments on our Facebook Page alread
The story of catherine sibeliuss resignation is top of most news organizations news items. A wellregarded former governor of the state of kansas. She is leaving after months of intense criticism over the botched rollout in the fall of the insurance marketplace. Doing the firestorm, president obama made clear to his aides that he would not seek the resignation of the health secretary. Joining us to break this down is john sullivan. Thank you for being with us is morning. Guest thank you for having me. One of the things is interesting is this caught democrats on capitol hill by surprise. Obama kept within a closeknit circle. Republicans have been calling for her resignation for months waiting dating back to the troubled rollout of the healthcare law last fall, as you mentioned. It seemed like obama was going to stick with her. She has been around for just about five years. It is something that caught people outside of the immediate orbit of the white house by surprise. As we have seen fr