Washington journal continues. Host elena schor joining us she covers o, congress. Here to talk about a hearing looking at today Sexual Harassment in congress. Genesis of it. He take a broad look at arassment on capitol hill, comes as multiple outlets, my wn, New York Times, washington post, associated press, tally the sheer number of tell. S that women have to some anonymously, some not, about experiences on the job. Extremely pervasive and this is a cultural moment coming to washington after start the ng hollywood with Harvey Weinstein scandal and ther celebrity that have touched the media and tech industry. Host what kind of numbers are talking . Guest it is tough to tell, that is part of the problem. Ere at politico, we are covering push to reform the system. Know is 15 harassment complaints were filed with the office of compliance, which is hill harassment and workplace misconduct policing office, basically. Instance, the New York Times interviewed 50 folks for and we ory today alo
Ground there. Vaughan, first to you. The top race is in alabama. Any indication if the president is going to say anything about this at all publicly . Reporter no clear word just yet, steve. We are hearing that the president could Say Something about it this week. Last night when he returned to the white house, he didnt respond to shouted questions about roy moore from reporters and didnt address it at all when speaks to reporters aboard air force one. So the current position of the trump white house, steve, is that if the allegations about roy moore are true, that he initiated sexual relationships with teenagers, when he was in his 30s, some decades ago, that if the allegations are true, then roy moore should step aside. But i have to tell you, Republican Leaders on capitol hill have dispensed with the if then qualifierqualifiers. And they are making clear roy moore should exit the race altogether. Hes Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell talking about that very thing. Theres no que
President this morning, bringing back up the old issue here that has not gone away, and that is obamacare. The president tweeting this morning, based on the fact that the very unfair and unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill, which essentially repeals over time obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. The president s partially right here, the repeal of the individual mandate in the tax bill is a big deal. But in and of itself, it does not kill obamacare. Theres still 9 Million People who signed up this year for obamacare plans, the medicaid expansion, for example, is still there. And part of what hes also right about is if there are going to be other big changes to the health care system, they are going to have to be bipartisan. We know in the spring that some of the fixes, the stable zaiilis that Susan Collins and others fought for will be brought up to vote on. And the math
I am ana cabrera. Thank you for being with us. A dire urgent order for thousands of people in Northern California to get away from their home and get to safety. Massive fire, 17 of them are burning right now in sonoma and napa and nearly 3,000 homes are already gone. 36 people are dead, killed by these unpredicted fires. Sheriff deputies days and nights have been going to house to house urging people to evacuate immediately. This is just a sense of what they are going through. More than 200 people who live in the growing fire danger zone are still unaccounted for. There is nothing to be optimistic about in the forecast right now. Firefighters can really use some cooler temperatures and rain. It is hot and windy. None of the major wild fires are anywhere under control right now. In all, there are 17 separate fires burning. The human toll is awful. At least 36 people. People are dead, more than 200,000 acres are destroyed. Emergency officials have expanded the highest level of emergency
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