Teachers, your line is 7028000. We want to hear from School Administrators at 2027 028001. Parents, we want to hear from you at 2027028002. If you dont fit into any of those categories, we still want to hear what you think. You can always reach us on social media come on twitter, and on facebook. Lets set up the question for you. Of teachertopic pay has been a hot one in the democratic president ial race for the democratic nomination. One of the first candidates to jump off was Kamala Harris, who came out in april with her proposal for raising teacher pay in new hampshire. Here is what she had to say. Lets be clear, there are two groups of people raising our children, parents, often with the assistance of grandparents, and our teachers. We are not paying them their value when we know teachers in our country make 10 less than similarly College Educated individuals. Which is why as president i will implement what will be the first time in our nation a federal investment in closing that t
And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Drive or walk through any flooded areas, even if they are starting to flood. In flash flooding situations the water can rise in a hurry. We have in the northern suburbs, the thunderstorms in allentown, bethlehem and easton. Allentown about to be out from underneath this as it pushes toward the east. Heavy downpours from this and obviously lightning out there in the Lehigh Valley this morning. Thats a preview of what we all may see later on today. 73 in philadelphia. 7 76 in philadelphia. 73 nill in allentown. 76 in cape may. As we roll through the day it will be warm, 87 degrees by noon. 88 by noon he is there a chance of popup shower or thunderstorm. Right now i was waiting for this, we had a dewpoint of 69 in philadelphia. I told you we would see the numbers a rise and they have. Were up to 70 philadelphia. 70 or better is oppressive humidity and were above 70 across the region i think we all will be before the end. Steamy tropical conditions today and at times the downpours. Things
National correspondent, our guest today is correspondent for the st. Louis postdispatch and the author of emperor union the aftermath of the battle of gettysburg. We welcome our guest and Live Audience today as well as cspan tv. In his new book, chuck explores one of gettysburgs most famous stories, that of a father, a journalist searching for his older son in the haze of battle. We will also touch on the journalism practices of the day, Battlefield Medicine and the overarching cost of the ultimate sacrifice for the full measure. The famous documentarian and press called mentor ken burns set of imperfect union, chuck raasch has written an important important book, one that contains an aerial view of the greatest battle ever fought in north america. Chuck was one of the five original longform writers at usa today when it began in 1982, served as a correspondent forget thatnews nervous and a graduate of south Dakota University legally completed as journalism at stanford is a proud member