Unbelievably sad about this. Is that beyond the actual suffering that these children are going through is the fact that our military and our government wont even recognize it discuss it talk about it or accept that this is a reality of again the ongoing consequence of these wars it and thats a great point that you bring up because they they dont discuss it i mean you you you have to twist arms just to get them to talk about the after effects the burn pits in iraq iraq was done veterans who have come back and the amount of neurological damage and other strange diseases there and lets just talk can we just mention something about it because the burn pits are important for viewers who dont understand this so the u. S. Military when theyre in these locations have these pits where they burn chemicals and they burn all kinds of. Toxic theyre thrown into this and the inhalation from those burn pits causes not only birth defects as well and serious issues but chronic issues in u. S. Soldiers a
Find precedents for them the war has spread so much radiation here that unless it is cleaned up generations of iraqis will continue to be affected but if you think the problems of the u. S. Military bases are confined to the far away corners of the world think again stars and stripes is now writing that the Government Accountability office has warned that here in the United States more than 100 military installations are vulnerable to water shortage risks due to Climate Change issues and theyre saying just those bases like site 51 in nevada now this is affecting bases ranging from a Naval Air Station in key west all the way to the Joint Base Lewis Mcchord in washington state. So with the reach of the us empire quite literally turning toxic i think its time for us to start watching our next. Story. That i got. Going on the watching ox i am Tyrone Ventura joining me today is investigating journalist the creator of truth and media one always a pleasure but. You know other problems that we
Keep in mind, neil. The two sides were supposed to be, the timeline was supposed to be, they would meet, President Trump and president xi in apec 10 days time. We know apec was canceled. That kind of through everything into a scramble where these two could potentially meet. There are two different facets. The first off the terms as stuart talked about. Also the location. The location is an important piece of the puzzle, when you talk about this potentially shifting into december. There are logistical challenges now because of the cancellation of apec of trying to get these two world leaders, a, into the same place and then, b, trying to sort all of that out. When you talk about next week, the time frame of when they were supposed to be meeting, that is becoming, it is fair to say, less likely that these two leaders, President Trump and president xi, would be meeting together wherever. Pick any sort of point across the globe, whether here in the u. S. Or some point abroad. When you look
Impeachment process. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Next. Host good morning. It is monday, november 18, 2019 week 2 gets underway tomorrow. 8 witnesses are set to testify over three days before adam schiffs house Intelligence Committee. We are spending our first hour today asking if the three open hearings that have taken place so far have changed your mind on any aspect of the impeachment of President Trump. If you find yourself changing your mind, 2027488000 is the number to call. If the open hearings have not changed your mind, 2027488001. Textan also to send us a this morning. That number, 2027488003. On social media, you can catch up with us on cspanwj at twitter and at facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning. You can start calling now. Some of the latest polling on whether bang mines are changing m reutersif so spoke reutersipsos poll over the weekend. Reuters and if
We are watching for Willy Alexander vindman, he is a decorated iraq war veteran, a purple heart veteran, a very credible witness and he will be talking about what it was like to be on that july 25 phone call with between President Trump and president lindsay of the ukraine. The reason why he is significant is because you raised alarm bells twice. Once during the july 10th meeting between the ukraine officials at the white house and white house officials including Gordon Sondland having to do with the alleged bribery for the alleged quid pro quo where President Trump has been and people around him have been demanding investigations for ukraine to carry out investigations into the bidens. In order to secure 400 million of security a. So then men will be critical. He will be able to speak directly to what it was like, what he interpreted on july 25 phone call between trump and the wednesday. Talk of the pairing, at 9 am benjamin and Jennifer Williams, aide to Vice President mike pence, wh