Host that does it for todays washington journal. The American Enterprise institute is hosting epa administrator andrew weaver. That conversation is beginning now. Administrator we were, he will have some opening remarks and then i will have questions. You can ask questions to pitch as you can see on our event page and or youtube page, and questions on twitter at hashtags airandwater. First, his opening remarks. Admin. Wheeler i want to thank aei for inviting me to be here today. Month, i provided reflections on the past 50 years of the amber mental Protection Agency and laid out a plan for its future at the nixon library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past 40 years, how we are going to get to this future. It is incontrovertible that today, the environment is in better shape under President Trump than we found it. Air pollution in this country has fallen 7 . Manyyear, the apa delisted superfund sites. And we will ddelist another 27 this year.
President trump in the atlantic story. If you are a supporter of joe biden, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a supporter of President Trump, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Ofyou are a retired member the military, i really want to hear from you this morning. 202 7488003. You can also text us your 202 7488003. Story talking about the that came out in the atlantic magazine yesterday, which has been the talk of the election so far. I will give you some context on what we are talking about. Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would be disheveled in the rain and because he did not believe it important to honor american war dead. According to four people, in a conversation with senior Staff Members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said why should i go to that cemetery, it is full of losers . More thanrred to the 1800 ma
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Im annemarie green. President trumps impeachment case is in the hands of the u. S. Senate this morning and today all 100 senators will be sworn in ahead of the president ial impeachment trial. Only the third in american history. Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the case which is set to start next tuesday. Yesterday evening seven House Democrats who will act as prosecutors delivered the articles of impeachment to the senate. The house of representatives impeached mr. Trump last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress after he pressured ukrainian officials to investigate joe biden. Naomi, n now theres new eviden and fueling the argument perhaps witnesses should be called during the trial in the senate . Reporter right. An associate of President Trumps personal lawyer is dropping bomb shell accusations about the president and his involvement with ukraine. He said the administr
Force them to raise prices and cut jobs. If you earn minimum wage, whether you are in the 21 states that are raising the minimum wage or not, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a business owner, we want to know what you think about the minimum wage going up. Your number, 202 7488001. If you do not fit into either one of those categories but still have something to say, we still want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets start this conversation bit oftting a basic information about what is going on. A Record Numbers of states, cities, and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020. On or around january 1, the minimum weight will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties are also boosting their baseline pay at your start. Year, an additional four states and 23 cities and counties w
Broken america about how both sides need to stop ranting and start listening, because im very concerned about our current political environment. My husband jimmy and i have two children, they are 20 and 18, and i am concerned about the environment they are growing up in. It is important to disagree agreeably. We need to be able to talk about issues that are important to our country in a way that makes progress and not screaming at , each other. Jesse you are the daughter of former House Speaker newt gingrich. What was that childhood like . And tell me about what you want people to take away from this book. Jackie i am newts youngest daughter. I have a sister, kathy, who is three and a half years older. People often ask me what it was newts daughter. The truth is it is all i have ever known. He began in politics when i was very young. We lived in a rural town in georgia. I grew up in carrollton, georgia, where he he was a college professor. And the first two times that he ran for congre