50 years ago this weekend. An iconic weekend known as woodstock. It took place in bethel, new york. For the next hour on washington journal and live on cspan3, we will look back and exactly what happened and why in the legacy of woodstock 50 years later. And why in the legacy of woodstock 50 years later. Join us is david farber. He is joining us from the university of kansas. Abc newsre is how covered the massive crowd that shutdown at town not far from new york city. The townspeople were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. Something happened, residents freely emptied their cupboards for the kids. Merchants were stunned by their politeness. They are polite kids. They were happy here. I think they are a Wonderful Group of kids. They were patient and courteous and understanding. There was a great deal of apprehension. There was a lot of inconvenience. Because much of the press inerage was so jaundiced what happened, not many people wouldve learned what monticello learned. Pe
Represent the 20th congressional district. Our guest this morning is new york senator Kirsten Gillibrand. In 2006 she captured the attention of the political establishment winning an upset victory in the race to represent new yorks 20th congressional district. Just three years later she was appointed to the fill the senate seat of one of her mentors, former secretary of state hillary clinton. Now in her second full term, shes working on behalf of women. She has endorsed paid family leave, sponsored legislation on reducing Maternal Mortality and spoken out against Sexual Harassment and assault including in congress. Today well hear more about these efforts and senator gillibrands other priorities such as medicare for all, gun control and immigration policy and share with us thoughts about her Campaign Including her strategy for making it onto the democratic stage in houston next month. Please join me in welcoming senator Kirsten Gillibrand and the Washington Posts bob acosta. [applause]
Twitter. Com cspanwj, on cspan, its facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in now. The United States is currently the largest foreign aid donor in the world, accounting for some 25 of worldwide Assistance Spending in 2017, but President Trump wants to cut back. Heres the president from sunday. President trump i support many of those that were negotiated out but ive cut back a lot on countries we give billions of dollars to countries that dont even like us and ive been cutting back a lot. We get billions and billions of dollars to countries that dont like us, dont like us even a little bit and ive been cutting that and weve jut put a package of about 4 billion additional dollars in. And in some case, i could see it both ways. In some case, these are countries that we should not be giving to. Reporter how do you see cutting aids as helping the United States though . Does it make it safer . President trump i dont think so. No, i dont think so. And if i thalled it would, i would probab
Special elections on september 10 so coming up soon. We expect one of the most in republican hands that we expect the other would be very competitive, the ninth district. The penny onn the result of that special, republicans could either need to pick up 19 or 20 seats to retake the majority in 2020. Host when it comes to the house map, we saw the house flip in 2018. Whats the likelihood or how oftenha has that happened in history, that house has slipped in one election and then looked fall of election . Guest theio last time was 1952 and 1954. The House Majority hasnt flipped twice in in a row since then. It hasnt flipped in a president ial cycle since 1952. There are some historical precedence that are working in democrats favor. In five of the past six president ial election cycles democrats have picked up house seats. S. In seven of the past eight president ial election cycles than net shift in how states has been in the Single Digits. Even my republicans need 19 or 20 to take the m
Eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Washingto continues. Host 441 days to go until election 2020. We are joined now by David Wasserman, the house editor of Cook Political Report. Lets start with what the Playing Field looks like right now. How many seats the republicans need to take back to regain control of the house and how many seats you think are in play this cycle. Heres the basic math theres 235 democrats in the house, 197 republicans, one independent who left the Republican Party and theres two republican vacancies, one in north carolina. We expect one of them will stay in republican hands. The other will be very competitive, the ninth district. Depending on the results of that special, republicans could need to pick up 19 or 20 seats to retake the majority in 2020. Host when it comes to the house map, we saw the house flip in 2018. What is the likelihood or how often hasnt happened in history that the house has flipped in one election and then flipped back the following