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
Democrats decry President Trumps decision to block the Immediate Release of the democratic memo as politically motivated. Today, we are asking your thoughts on President Trumps decision not to release the memo immediately. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats can call 202 7488000. And independents can call 202 7488002. And onal media cspanwj facebook at facebook. Com cspan. More on the president s decision to delay the release of the memo from the Washington Post today President Trump will not immediately release the democratic memo refuting claims itshe fbi abused Surveillance Authority host which he said game support for his claim that the russian , that the fbi was politically motivated. Johnng us by phone is bennett, the White House Reporter at cq roll call. Thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. The result of this decision five the president to delay and review this memo as opposed to declassify what he did the republican memo . Guest i think the biggest t
Host joining us from new york city is doug henwood, a contributor to in these times. He is here to discuss his piece in the february issue on the and howpension crisis the cities reliance on wall street is adding to the shortfall. Thank you for joining us today. Guest thanks for having me. Host what spurred you to focus on the Retirement Crisis right now . Guest for one thing, the magazine asked me to look at it. But this is something i have been following a long time. I wrote a book about wall street a little over 20 years ago. I have been following the Financial Markets and the pension crisis for a long time. A lot of people talk about the problems of the Social Security system, which i think are grossly exaggerated. But there are people who do not want to admit problems around the Pension System because People Associated are looking to cut back up with engines or eliminate them. It does no good to deny there is a problem. Pension funds have made assumptions about returns they will g
The senate not here in washington next week. Here on thenuing washington journal on our live our friday morning, getting your thoughts on the best. Way to prevent School Shootings. On the. Best way to prevent School Shootings. Educators, 202 7488002 we want to get your thoughts in the best way to prevent the school and safety of schools is on the front pages of many of shootings ats schools continue to haunt our hallways with 17 schooled with 17 killed at parkland. In 1999, at columbine high school, 13 killed. What is the best way to prevent this . The president address the nation about the shooting. Heres what he had to say. In these moments of hearted and darkness, we hold onto gods words in scripture i have heard your prayer and senior tears i will heal you we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans in their time of sorrow. Want to speak to americas children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused, or scared. Youre never alone and you never will be. Y
Continuing our conversation with all of you this morning about what it is like in your community, what are seeing, what are the problems and what do you think the solutions are . Those with experience with opioid, professionals and all other. To dan, a medical professional in hawaii. Line. S for waiting on the go ahead. Caller good morning. Thank you cspan for letting me talk in this forum. Was a cardiopulmonary specialist for 45 years and recently retired. 197075, 80, 85, i remember working in hospital emergency rooms, you saw many, many, many overdose patients. He patients we saw, i assisted treating, were patients from the African American community, the well, all spanics, as the ghetto areas. Wasnt a back then it problem. Apparently nobody thought nything of it, it was just a ghetto problem. Ah, just those people. Cases where opioids and where were they getting the opioid . From the street. No one bothered to research because it wasnt and im not trying to be a this, but s saying it