Social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning to you. You can start calling now. We will begin by taking you back to mondays final press briefing with President Trump at the g7 summit of World Leaders. The final question the president took was on the issue of Climate Change. [video clip] there was a significant talk at the summit about Climate Change. I know in the past you offered skepticism. What do you think the world should be doing and do you harbor that skepticism . Has feel the United States tremendous wealth. Feet. Alth is under its i have made that wealth come alive. Exporting we are the Number One Energy producer in the world and soon it will be by far with a couple of pipelines that have not been able to get approved for many years. Could be the largest site in the world for oil and gas. Ronald reagan was not able to do it. They have been trying to do it since before ronald reagan. We are the Number One Energy pr
Important to conservatives in 2020 and the Republican Partys future agenda. And later the drug policy alliances kassandra joins us to discuss the history of the war on drugs. [video clip] more need more prisons, jails, more courts, more prosecutors. I am requesting altogether 1. 5 billion in drugrelated spending on Law Enforcement. Former president george h. W. Bush on september 5, 1989, what many site as the beginning of the u. S. War on drugs. Good morning, this is washington journal. 30 years later, the fight against drug abuse continues with news yesterday from President Trump of another 2 billion in funding for the Opioid Crisis. The first hour talking about the legacy of the war on drugs. What experience have you had with it . The numbers to call for those in eastern and central time zones, that is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific regions, 2027488001. We also welcome your comments on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. And send us a tweet at cspanwj. We will show you mome
Numbers are mixed. I would like to see green Energy Economies that drive Innovation Forward and doesnt rely on government subsidies. What is it comparable to in terms of numbers of workers or jobs related . Its difficult to say based on the numbers you use. Compared to other industries, they are certainly growing and thats great. Markets, people are demanding Renewable Power and is this is are demanding to use 100 renewables and the demand is driving production and thats ultimately what we want to see, Competition Among the Energy Sources when they are being subsidized through targeted tax credits. Thats just allocation with subsidization taking resources away from other sectors in the economy. Thats not actually creating growth, it is shifting it to politically preferred sectors of the economy that doesnt really do us any good, it only helps the people lobbying to get the handouts. Host in this election cycle several Democratic Candidates are calling for moving towards a net zero emis
Thank you for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this awhile. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we were in this fractured state after the 2016 election, will democrats and republicans be able to Work Together on anything, people said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things built, sees himself as a builder. We were supposed to get something. We havent gotten something yet, and well, policy always proves more complicated in practice than in promise. And thats the complexity of this, why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody that follows stuff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. Senior fellow, contributing editor and columnist at new york post. Nick lawyer is of heritage foundation, focuses on energy, environment, regulatory issues. A Deputy Director of the thomas rowe institute for Economic Policy studies. Finally,
Other candidates seem to be picking up on it. And some democrats quick to call the s attacks on Elijah Cummings and baltimore. Wait until you hear from Bernie Sanders had to say. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed offering to help the victims lawsuit. If your food delivery is getting to you untouched . Well tell you who might be sticking their dirty fingers into 0 your grub. Trish regan primetime begins now. Hello, im Gregg Jarrett in for trish. One day out from the second round of democratic debates, and one of the tomorrow contenders seems to be taking a page from the fields frontrunner, joe biden, when it come to flipflopping. Senator Kamala Harris is one of the dems at the last debate who raised their hands when asked if they would favor decriminalizing illegal border crossing. Im not in favor of not having consequence we have to have a secure border. But i am in favor of saying we are not going to treat people who are undocumented across the border as criminals. Gregg let me be just very clea