Republicans, 202 7488001. Independent and all others, 202 7488002. You could also send us a tweet. The race was called early , so most ofesday the east coast newspapers didnt get a chance to have a banner headline. Here are the Washington Times President Trump. This peas three that the victory was cemented by wins in wisconsin, pennsylvania and perhaps michigan. Republican party hasnt claimed since the 1980s. Voters feelgclass neglected by washington. Hillary clinton had been seeking to make history but instead, the 70yearold mr. Trump made history of another sort. The first person elected to the top job without having held a high Government Office or command. Clinton and obama asked their supporters to accept the results of the election. Obama invited trump to the white house on thursday for an initial meeting on the transfer of power. He promised the same gracious treatment that he received from george w. Bush in 2001. That is part of the Washington Times. We do want to get transitio
Are you concerned about the security lines . For those of you on the ease coast and in the central time zone, the number is 2027488000. In the pacific, the number is 2027488001. Edia. Ou can join us on m you can also look us up on facebook as well at facebook. Com cspan. Perhaps the lung problem with t sa is exacerbated by the egyptair crash yesterday, which is on the front page of most newspapers. The Washington Posts headline this morning was paris to cairo flight disappeared. We will take a look at the wall street journal and their front page. The relatives of passengers on the missing egyptair plane head to a gathering on thursday as this spurs terror fears. This is inside the Washington Post, the map of the flight from paris, headed to cairo and the last recorded position at 2 30 a. M. Thursday morning. The Washington Post writes that egypt faces a range of militant threats, including a group affiliated with the Islamic State active in the sinai peninsula. They claim responsibilit
To give the senate and house time to pass a budget. The white house responded to the news telling nbc that its a terrible way to run the country, basically kicking situation down the can and reiterated the president s creation of self imposed deadlines but the bottom line some analysts see this as a caving in by House Republicans to give this extension. Well, its yes and yes. Caving in, kicking the can down the road. But this also means that the next debate on the debt limit will also come at a time where some of these automatic spending cuts, the ones that we kick the can if you will, new years eve, goes down the road, the pluses, it gives obama a little breathing room, especially as he tries to see what Congress Wants to do with the package of measures to curb gun violence. Maybe this little breathing room can let him launch some work on passing immigration reform. Let me play what House Republican whip Kevin Mccarthy said a short time ago regarding this latest action. The senate has
The lines geographically. Here are the numbers we want to hear from federal employees only in and outside of washington d. C. , your take on sequester. Also send us a tweet, twitter. Com cspanwj. This morning, here is the New York Post with the breakdown of what this administration is warning on sequester and the impact on federal employees. Scare tactics, being 85 billion in sequester cuts would be bought by consumers, home buyers, and even some taxpayers filing paper returns. There is a breakdown of the federal employees that are impacted inside of washington and outside across the country. We want to hear from them only this morning to get their take on sequestration. Lets go to sandra in georgia, what do you do . Caller good morning. I work for the department of defense. This is huge for me. Specifically i work in the office of soldiers council. We represent soldiers that the army is looking to put out of the military. This is a monumental for me. I am proud of federal worker. We w
Next, the 25 minute debate on the senate floor. It is now time for us to vote up or down on the nomination for many reasons. The nomination has been before us now inadequate time to get the information which our colleagues have asked for. There is also the looming fact of sequestration. We need to have a secretary of defense who is not only in office, but whose leadership is not in limbo, but is there. Our troops need it. Their families needed. Our country needs it. We have 66,000 military arsenal in harms way in afghanistan. The president of afghanistan has directed the United States to remove its special Operations Forces from a key afghan province. Our military bases key decisions about the pace of the drawdown between now and the end of 2014. The size and composition of a residual force in terms of conditions for the ongoing presence in afghanistan of the United States Coalition Partners after 2014. At the same time, we face new and growing threats elsewhere, including the ongoing