Washington journal. Join the discussion with your comments. Wildfires continue to burn along the west coast, a public works subcommittee considers legislative options for addressing the wildfires in force management. This hearing includes testimony from an interior Department Official and the deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills before the public lands subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills, i cant go through all of them right now. The agenda will be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee, a longtime member of the senate. Weve got members who will be joining us shortly, who will have another Committee Assignment at the moment. Others will be joining us telephonically. Lossoflifeognize that has occurred. Within what is shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season, more than 36 people have perished in infernos raging through the wes
Sixty minutes european powers urged the u. S. Not to abandon their Iran Nuclear Deal as washington considers re imposing sanctions against iran. The nation deploys the army to crack down on anti austerity unrest arresting more than three hundred protesters overnight. Outrage in pakistan over the rape and murder of a seven Year Old Girl her father accuses police of not doing enough to protect his daughter. And controversy in the white house Donald Trumps lawyer about emigrants causes quite a stir. Frances president Manuel Marquez has urged donald trump not to cancel the Iran Nuclear Deal u. S. President faces a friday deadline on whether to waive sanctions on tehran as part of the two thousand and fifteen agreement earlier in brussels the Foreign Ministers of france germany and britain reiterated their backing for the deal after meeting irans foreign minister again baba reports. A last minute attempt to keep the nuclear deal with iran on track the meeting between the Foreign Ministers o
The safety of edible marijuana products and we will sit down and take a look at the new rules the applicants are pushing of how it might affect us here in california. We will be joined later in the show in the studio by one of the leaders of the movement. Sanctuary city, topic of major debate on capitol hill and they are trying to crack down on it over there but here it is not so much. Especially after the impassioned speech by thehere what are they thinking . We will talk to them and not so much so far. We will be sitting down with the insiders and see exactly why they are not doing so much and we will get down and dirty on the streets of stethoscope expect a new strategy and cleaning up some of the most disgusting neighborhoods in the bay area. Including the citys number one problem, leave yourself on the wall allegedly to paint, bounces it back on you. [ laughter ] a lot going on, within the next hour, but lets take a live look outside because San Francisco marathon it is going on a
The Affordable Care act, the posture over at the white house, and in congress. Senator murphy is the one who said the president is setting the Healthcare System on fire. Well hear from him. For your calls, republicans call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. We have set up a special fourth line this morning for folks who are enrolled in the affordable re act, your number is 2027488003. And if want by phone, weigh in on social media. Cspanwj is our twitter handle, and also on facebook. Here is one writeup on the healthcare story. Its in the Washington Post today. A. C. A. State tied to budget discussions. The democrats accuse President Trump of trying to sabotage the nations Healthcare System through his decision to halt payments to insurers meant to shore up the system, while republicans countered on sunday that trump is just pushing for a hard bargain. Trumps decision announced friday after months of criticizing the payments as an Insurance Industry bailout wi
Robert bonnie, former Agriculture Department undersecretary for Natural Resources. Thank you for joining us this morning. Forest service; correct . Guest yes, undersecretary for agencies t at two under the u. S. Forest service and conservation service. Ost what do you make of what you have been seeing out in california recently . Uest its terribly tragic, weve obviously lost a lot of lives, a lot of homes and resources, as well. But its part of a larger trend that weve seen over the last bigger fires, more catastrophic and deadly ires and that is very concerning and it means investments at the federal level are critically important, both firefighting aspect and to do more work, educe threat of catastrophic fire in the first place. Host headline in u. S. A. Today the nightmare, the worse may be over, perhaps they corner. Rned a it doesnt mean they dont have a lot of work to do and people of struggling, but in terms the money spent, what are the on the federalds government in places like