Are secure. And so we believe that we should increase funding for the department of defense, but we should also make sure that our schools have teachers. We should also make sure we have cops on the street. We should also make sure that our bridges arent falling down. Thats National Security as well. And its not too much to ask to make sure that our security is taken care of internationally and domestically as well. Let me give you a perfect example of how you cant just plus up defense spending and leave the rest of the budget unattended to. Okay, we love defense spending in connecticut. Why . Because we make a lot of bigticket items for the department of defense. We make the helicopters at sick tkor i ask. We at sikorsky. We make the submarines. Were proud of all of that. Let me tell you what happens at electric boat if you plus up pt Defense Department if you plus up the Defense Department at the expense of all the other discretionary accounts. Were going to be building a lot more su
Senate will wait for the house to complete work on a a tempory government funding bill. Live to the senate. Cleanse us from anything that hinders the knowing and doing of your will. Give our lawmakers clean hands and pure hearts which will fit them to serve you and all people. Liberate them from forces that keep them from moving toward consensus. As they seek to bring unity to our nation and world, teach them how to best serve the common welfare, to assure personal freedoms, and to fulfill the purposes of your kingdom. Lord, bless them beyond their expectations. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , january 18, 2018. To the senate under the provi
Infrastructure, led by the congressman from oregon. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] commitment role in building our National Infrastructure is as old as the country itself. The first president believe it was important to build the country from east and west. Created andhower funded the interstate highway system, linking the nation like never before. It was important the federal government recognize the critical important in Public Transit systems. Had a vision of a National Transportation system. Nations economic wellbeing, security, and people together. Trump administration wants to abandon this bipartisan history to a National Infrastructure network. We should expect President Trump to release a plan that devolves Public Transportation to the preeisenhower era, to encourage the selling off of roads, bridges, and transit systems to corporation. To corporations. This system didnt work. The kansas turnpike, for example. Oklahoma delayed the project for 18 months
Vago welcome to defense news. And navy times investigation about how unknown warnings changed the way the navy operates. But first, president obama went to the pentagon to discuss how best to fan to fight isi critics want more u. S. Troops to take a more direct role in fightingng isis, a move opposed by senior u u. S. Military leaders. The policy battle comes as the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of staff issued new National Military strategies markedly different than the one issued four years ago. In that document the dod sought to transition out of iraq and afghanistan into an era of rerelative stability. The new documents hes a campaign against nationstates an violent extremists. Joing us are our guguests. Gentlemen, welcome to the program. Andy, let me start with you. Talk to us a little bit abobout how markedly different this document is from the last one. The president of the United States just a couple of years ago was talking about getting off an eternal war footing. Tel
Some of it is moving in, the san mateo coast and from the santa cruz down to monterey, so we do have a little bit. Offshore, that is the direction the wind is coming from but slight. Do north that vacaville so falling into place with the offshore breeze. 50s and 60s on the temperatures with full readings, tropical clouds out of the picture for now, all systems go for the sunshine and warm temperatures. Tropical storm lidia heading toward baja at 45 miles an hour. That is not a hurricane string but there are many warnings and watches hurricane strength but there are many warnings and watches in that area. It is 6 01 am. We have the crash on the nimitz freeway at tennyson and they have opened the lanes to move things to the shoulder but the traffic is already slow from 238 south to union city, so give yourself extra time. The lanes were closed for a bit so it is still causing a traffic delay. You could use mission boulevard for an alternative. The south bay is looking good with some slow