In congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host a
Educe the national debt. As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is 7 00 eastern time here in washington. The start of a holiday week. Congress returning in two weeks. President trump spending christmas with his family in florida. It is monday, december 23. We begin our first hour with Foreign Policy. The leaders of china, south korea and japan meeting today in beijing it. Comes as the pentagon and u. S. Officials are on, quote, high alert, after new threats over the weekend by north korea. In the past President Trump has said that he and president kim jong un fell in love. But since that comment back in february, talks have broken down. We want to get your reaction to these developments in north korea, what it means for the u. S. And for the region. 2027488001, thats our line for republicans. 2027488922 for democrats. 2027488002 if oure democrats. Or on twit or facebook. Good m
What does ambassador nikkialey say now . Firing line adth Margaret Hoover is m possible by. Additional funding is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. W elcome to firing line, nikki haley. Y thankou. Its great to be here. Ambassador haley, you were the United States ambassadorna to the uniteons. You were a member of President Trumps cabinet and a member of his National Security council. An you were the first person of color and woman to be elected as governor to the state of South Carolina. Youve now written a book,w h all due respect defending america with grit and grace. Ir when you considered taking the job as United States ambassador to the United Nations, you told reince priebus, you wrote in your book, dont even know what the United Nations does. All i know is everybody hates it. Yeah. Tell me, do you have a more or a less positive viewof he United Nations now . I think its interesting. I think i understand it more, from the standpoint of here you have 193 countries tha
Are making, this should be taken seriously, when taking about sending a Christmas Present to donald trump. I dont think that is a box of chocolates part they will probably test a longrange missile in coming days. They have ramped up the rhetoric. There has not been much agreement between the two sides. President trump has met three times with kim jongun. Not much has come of that. Sidesly because both fundamentally disagree about what they want from each other. The United States is looking for a total denuclearization. Kim jongun will not denuclearize. He might offer some more inspections but he wants sanctions limited. Host President Trump has said he likes to sit down and talk facetoface. Yet previous president s have said we will meet but only if we have an agreement to begin with. Trump,i think president and i say this in my book, one of his advisors i quote, President Trump puts an emphasis on interpersonal relationships, they can certainly be helpful. Ultimately, diplomacy is abo
Chocolates part they will probably test a longrange missile in coming days. They have ramped up the rhetoric. There has not been much agreement between the two sides. President trump has met three times with kim jongun. Not much has come of that. Sidesly because both fundamentally disagree about what they want from each other. The United States is looking for a total denuclearization. Kim jongun will not denuclearize. He might offer some more inspections but he wants sanctions limited. Host President Trump has said he likes to sit down and talk facetoface. Yet previous president s have said we will meet but only if we have an agreement to begin with. Trump,i think president and i say this in my book, one of his advisors i quote, President Trump puts an emphasis on interpersonal relationships, they can certainly be helpful. Ultimately, diplomacy is about a countrys interest. If i have a friendly relationship with you, that is great. But if we are in a negotiation over fundamental things