Talks about infrastructure needs. And tom heart of the one campaign will talk about efforts and the global poverty effect of budget cuts on government programs. Host good morning. It is february 27. Tuesday,the houses and at 10 00 a. M. For morning hour and 11 00 for legislative business. The senate will begin at 10 00 a. M. And we are with you for the next three hours. We begin today with President Trumps comments at a meeting of the nations governors, urging them not to be afraid of the National Rifle association. The president said while the nra is doing what they think is right, it is also ok to fight the lobby. This morning we will get your reaction amid the current gun debate. Phone lines this morning republicans, 2027488001. , democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. Line for nra members this morning, 2027488003. Catch up with us on social media come on twitter and on facebook. A very good Tuesday Morning for you this morning. You can start calling in now as we show you
Represents me, mandate that i pay these fees, whether i want to or not. I was not asked. It came out of my paycheck. For i saw the deduction union dues, i said, where is this coming from . I am not a member of the union. I never signed a pledge card, i never asked. My colleague said you have to have this fee come out. If you do not, you lose your job. What about the idea that you want the benefits of Union Protection but you do not want to pay the fees . Guest they are getting all of this money from Public Sector workers like myself, that choose not to be a member of the union. Therefore, because of that, they riding on our money. Crux of this. Sic of freedom of association. I do not have that. Host will you be arguing in front of the justices today . Guest i will. Host tell us about the edom our argument is that the court got it wrong back then. A union takes these fees and uses them for hardening, which is political advocacy. It tells the government how much spend on worker salaries,
The founding generations appeal for scripture to answer fundamental political questions and to inform an emerging constitutional tradition. Daniel driesbeck is a professor in the school of Public Affairs at American University here in washington, d. C. , where he earned American Universitys highest faculty award scholar teacher of the year. His Research Interest includes constitutional law and the intersection of politics law and religion in American Public life. His most recent book is reading the bible with the Founding Fathers. I have that one myself and full of sticky tabs and i encourage you to get that and enjoy it. Please join me in welcoming dr. Driesbeck. [ applause ] well, thank you very much. It is a real pleasure and a joy to be here in this magnificent facility in this tremendous resource that we have here now in the nations capital. Let me also say its a real joy for me to share the platform with professors, both of whom i have learned from over the years and i thank kay
Eastern on cspans q a. Washington journal continues. Host joining us now is james okeefe, the founder and president of project veritas, and the author of american. Avda my fight for truth thanks for joining us today. Guest thinks for having me back. Host what is pravda . Guest pravda was the russian word for truth. Believect veritas, we the American People do not necessarily know that everything like to. In the soviet union, they know they are being lied to. What we are trying to do is expose waste, fraud, and abuse all of the country with one of the greatest sources of this that is the and media itself, and that takes us to the Mainstream Media, Big Tech Companies like facebook, pressr, and the american has more power than all three branches of government, so they need to behold to account just like any other organization should be held to account. Host what is your definition of a journalist . Guest i think that journalism to be so muchrued an identity and less so on activity. Even i
Up next, the best selling historical novelist jeff shaara focuses on the latter half of the civil war involving sherman and the end of the civil war. He argues against the depiction of sherman is a villain and talks about how slaves reacted to his military victory. The Smithsonian Associates posted this 90 minute event. Good evening everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. I am mary maclachlan, you program coroner with the Smithsonian Associates and i would like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a stimulating program on the Union General, William T Shermans marched to the city. Before we begin and i announce our speaker, would like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during these programs. Lastly, we are delighted to have cspan History Channel filming tonight program. Jeff shaara will take questions at the end of the program and we have microphone so we can capture you