His examining politics podcast and news of the day. We will take your calls as always it you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host this is the washington journal for august 5. The flag at the u. S. Capitol at halfstaff after the shootings that resulted in multiple deaths in dayton ohio dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. President trump expected to make statement at 10 00. Some are calling for the president to strongly condemn White Nationalism and some are calling for the senate to come back into session. In the first hour of our program this morning, we are asking you how washington should respond to the recent Mass Shootings. Here is how you can let us know. Republicans, 2027488001howdem. And independents, 2027488002. If you are a gun owner and want to give your thoughts on how washington should respond to the 24 plusf the last hours, you can join us on twitter and post on our Facebook Page. On the senate side, several members of the senat
Everyone is talking about. Focused andbe host undermining my own authority on the podcast but it is not really about me. It is about the conversation. I try to make it interview centric. I bring in different pundits, journalists, policymakers, elected officials, and we have them all come in for various interviews and draw information from daily events and politics and policy through those interviews. Our listeners really capture what is going on from the horses mouth and from conversations we have rather than a guy with a microphone pontificating about what he believes. Host as you talk in your interviews, what point of view politically do those usually take . Guest my point of view is centerright, i should say rightcenter. Im a conservative man and talk show host. At the Washington Examiner, our brand is straight news, conservative views. Our editorial pages take a rightcenter perspective. I always try to lead with facts and then draw opinions from those facts. An important ethic in t
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We are going to start there and show you traffic is moving along a little bit slowly driving onto the bridge. There was a slow vehicle thats been removed. The commute on interstate 880, looks pretty good past oracle arena. We havent had anything major in contra costa county. Slow bay point in to concord. Slow on the altamonte pass. Shooting victims, wounded in the attack at the gilroy garlic festival are in the hospital this morning. The city of gilroy is focusing on healing now after a gunman shot and killed three people at that garlic festival. A vigil was held by hundreds of people in downtown gilroy remembering the victims and feeling the support of the community. The garlic festival is our annual showcase to the world and to ourselves about the best we can be. We are gilroy strong. The people who were at in gi are helping each other get through a very emotional time. Two of the people who died were children. The family of 13 year old Keyla Salazar says they went looking for her af
Shooting but we are hearing many stories about the shooting survivors and victims. Allie rasmus is outside the hospital where there are victims. Reporter there people still recovering. There ages fall from 69 years old and their conditions are either the same as they were yesterday or they have improved point they know they are expected to recover from physical injuries but there is sadness and devastation to the other people who attended the festival and did not survive, including sixyearold Stephen Romero who is with his mother and grandmother at the festival. Mom and grandmother survived after being shot, the little boy did not. The sixyearold boys father spoke is disbelief when he got a call from the mother that their child had been shot. I couldnt believe what was happening. Reporter 13yearold Keyla Salazar began separated from her family. She initially thought she had slipped and fallen trying to run from the gunfire and did not realize until later that her daughter had been shot