This is a half hour. Joining us is dr. Eric zillmer from Drexel University, here to talk about politics and the Olympic Games. Good morning, sir. Dr. Zillmer, how political do Olympic Games generally get . How much more this year because theyre in south korea . Yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter Olympic Games, known as the political games. Theyve been political from the beginning of time. Even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b. C. , the powers to be placed it in a sleepy Little Village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. Since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. Just think about four years ago on in sochi. Now in pyeongchang, korea. A mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. And in 2012, in beijing, china. Its a far cry away from st. Moritz and the country clubs of Winter Olympics in europe in the 30s and 40s. So with this games in sout
Zillmer from Drexel University, here to talk about politics and the Olympic Games. Good morning, sir. Dr. Zillmer, how political do Olympic Games generally get . How much more this year because theyre in south korea . Yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter Olympic Games, known as the political games. Theyve been political from the beginning of time. Even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b. C. , the powers to be placed it in a sleepy Little Village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. Since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. Just think about four years ago on in sochi. Now in pyeongchang, korea. A mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. And in 2012, in beijing, china. Its a far cry away from st. Moritz and the country clubs of Winter Olympics in europe in the 30s and 40s. So with this games in south korea, is there a particular political con
Bipartisan policy center on the possibility of a Government Shutdown at midnight tonight. We will discuss the mix of politics in the olympics with eric xoma eric host the federal government will shut down in 17 hours a month the house and the net vote deal with the issue. Including nancy, want to see a deal for dreamers. She was speaking for eight hours and seven minutes, the longest address and house history, to drive home the point. This is washington journal. In the first hour, your thoughts on the price tag, the issue surrounding the budget deal, and other related issues. Here is how you can call us. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. For federal workers, your thoughts are welcome, 202 7488003. You can post on our twitter feed, cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Post has aton breakdown of these increases that could happen. Reportingvan substantial increases would incur for military and the mystic spending. Previous spending lim
Guns from his moment because she was worried about his volatile mental state. This was an awful awful night for lafayette and our entire country. Houser stood up 20 minutes into the showing of the comedy train wreck and started shooting. He has been in lafayette since early july. At least 13 rounds fired. Officials did not find any other threats. It appears houser had been working alone. His motive remains unknown. He changed the tags on his car. It is apparent he was intent on shooting and then escaping. What happened is the quick Law Enforcement response forced him back into the theater. At which time he shot himself. It appears the actions of two unteacher jumping in front of another as shots rang out possibly saving her life. The second teacher was able to pull the fire alarm. Who knows how many lives were changed by that presence of mind. This incident happened after tennessee had the other high profile shootings in recent weeks. The colorado theater shooting happened almost three
Elite. A club he said he did not want to join. It is really all about Economic Growth opportunities to invest free and fair trade. Kind of were looking forward to it. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell back in washington where there are major vel lts on the russia probe. We now know from multiple sources that Robert Mueller is zeroing in on the president s firing of james comey and pressure on attorney general jeff sessions. Raising questions about possible obstruction of justice. Nbc news confirmed that mueller and trumps lawyers are now discussing how and when the president himself might be questioned. Mueller already questioned a growing list of insiders including comey and the entire intelligence and Law Enforcement leadership around mr. Trump in early days of his presidency. Kristin welker pressed the president on all of this in the oval office. Thank you all very much. Thank you. No, im not at all. Not at all. Did you talk to him about it . No, but im not at all concerned