Educe the national debt. As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is 7 00 eastern time here in washington. The start of a holiday week. Congress returning in two weeks. President trump spending christmas with his family in florida. It is monday, december 23. We begin our first hour with Foreign Policy. The leaders of china, south korea and japan meeting today in beijing it. Comes as the pentagon and u. S. Officials are on, quote, high alert, after new threats over the weekend by north korea. In the past President Trump has said that he and president kim jong un fell in love. But since that comment back in february, talks have broken down. We want to get your reaction to these developments in north korea, what it means for the u. S. And for the region. 2027488001, thats our line for republicans. 2027488922 for democrats. 2027488002 if oure democrats. Or on twit or facebook. Good m
A shortened session tomorrow and were going to watch this news, whatever it is, as it is halted, currently for news pending comes on the heels of front page story in the times today, which says a couple of different things, one, he was dressed down by the faa chief earlier in the year told not to ask for any favors and says the halt of production of the max in their words is one of most consequential decisions in the companys 103year history. We dont know what this news is, jim, probably wouldnt surprise many people if it involved mull muilenburgs tenure. His top priority has got to be getting along with charming and sharing and being transparent with the regulators. I would have thought that would be Crystal Clear the day of the first crash. How did it reach that juncture shocking one thing he says is dont ask for any favors was he expecting him to ask favors that is not a good situation to be in. Thats just one small way, part of the way, this crisis has been handled for the last yea
Thompson, seek recognition . Mr. Thompson madam speaker, pursuant to House Resolution, i for up h. R. 5377 and ask its immediate consideration in the house. The peaker pro tempore clerk will report the bill the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 275, h. R. 5377, a bill to amend revenue code of 1986 to modify the deduction of and local taxes and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution in the naturement of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means in the bill is adopted and bill, as amended, is read. Ered as the bill shall be debatable for ne hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the means. Ee on ways and the gentleman from california, r. Thompson, and the gentleman from nebraska from texas, mr. Rady, each will control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may ha
The trump presidency. The numbers are likely to have more longterm impact than impeachment. A Discretionary Spending bill, and this years debt exceeding 1 trillion. Guest crazy. That editorial is exactly right. You have a bipartisan agreement on the hill, and it is not a new one, where they are allowing the government to grow out of control. And it has a lot of federal spending that is driven by Social Security and medicare, and you have the baby boom generation retiring, increasing the amount of money spent on those. Social security passed more than 1 trillion last year. That is spent by the department of health and human services. In addition, you have massive and bothnary spending, parties in congress are doing absolutely nothing to try and roll that back. Host in the number we have been referring to, courtesy of debt clock, the nations debt, 23 trillion. How much money is that . And dont just say a lot. Guest i tell you, put it this 2019, the debt increased about 1. 2 trillion. Mil
[applause] i want to get your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I was raised by two incredible parents. They have seen the worst of america. They were civil rights activists. They had seen violence and discrimination, but only saw the best of america. We are who we are as a country because we came together, stood together, and worked together. My dad is one of these guys, the older i got, the more difficult his story for a childhood was. By the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I was like you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He said dont disrespect me, thou shall honor your mother and father. You cant look it up, but it happened. My dad was born to a single mom in a segregated world. My history back to slavery was just poverty, poverty, poverty. He would tell me, dont tell people i was poor. Tell them i was po. He was born in america. My father would tell me that he is who