The trade war and tariffs are having on farmers across the u. S. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is saturday, august 17. We read that nearly one quarter of the electorate this time around will be 65 or older and seniors vote at a much higher percentage than others. We ask seniors only to call in this morning. What are your top issues for campaign 2020 . If you live in the eastern or central time zones, call 202 7488000. West, 202 out 7488001. You can send a tweet c spanwj. Commentalso post a on facebook. Key to the 2020 democratic president ial nomination. As they talk about iowa, in 2020, 23 of the electorate will be 65 and older. That is the highest share since 1970. In iowa specifically, the numbers are more dramatic those 50 and older accounted for 58 of democratic caucusgoers in 2016. 28 were 65 and older. Clear thateeds to be 60 of caucusgoers are going to be over the age of 50 said brad anderson, who is a f
Host professor allison stenger, what is the now famous middlebury protest . Prof. Stanger what happened to you mean . The story has been retold many times. A Student Group invited Charles Murray, rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. And because they knew he was controversial, they invited me to ask three or four questions. This was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every mobile arts campus is of a bubble. The context is import
Brian doug mills, your last visit in 2013, you were photographing a lot of barack obama. What has changed in your life since then . Doug the American People elected a businessman who is now the president of the United States and things are drastically different for us. It is a lot of work. We work nonstop. The president drives a new cycle hourly. Therefore, it affects us everyday. The white house is quite an exciting place to work right now. Host how is it different . Doug from a photographer standpoint, we have a lot more access to the president. I see him more on a daily basis than we did with president obama. Sometimes three or four times per day. Sometimes five times a day. We are able to photograph him in different situations. Some meetings, will science, executive orders, things like that. There is a lot of travel involved. Not a lot of weekend travel other than to maralago or bedminster, new jersey. It is exhausting. It is great. It is very exciting. I love what i am doing. I ha
It is a lot of work. We work nonstop. The president drives a new cycle hourly. Therefore, it affects us everyday. The white house is quite an exciting place to work right now. Host how is it different . Doug from a photographer standpoint, we have a lot more access to the president. I see him more on a daily basis than we did with president obama. Sometimes three or four times per day. Sometimes five times a day. We are able to photograph him in different situations. Some meetings, will science, executive orders, things like that. There is a lot of travel involved. Not a lot of weekend travel other than to maralago or bedminster, new jersey. It is exhausting. It is great. It is very exciting. I love what i am doing. I have the greatest job in the world. Being in the white house right now, every time i see someone that i havent seen in a while, that is the first question they asked. How has your life changed and what is different about it . It is very different. We are going nonstop. Th
Brian New York Times photographer doug mills, your last visit in 2013, you were photographing a lot of barack obama. What has changed in your life since then . Doug the American People we have a president who is not a politician in the white house and the American People elected a businessman who is now the president of the United States and things are drastically different for us. It is a lot of work. We work nonstop. The president drives a new cycle hourly. Therefore, it affects us everyday. The white house is quite an exciting place to work right now. Brian how is it different . doug from a photographer standpoint, we have a lot more access to the president. I see him more on a daily basis than we did with president obama. Sometimes three or four times per day. Sometimes five times a day. We are able to photograph him in different situations. Some meetings, will science, some bill signings executive , orders, things like that. There is a lot of travel involved. Not a lot of weekend