Then we hear from barbara lee, a member of the appropriations and budget committees. And that 00 a. M. , our guest is Katie Bo Williams, defense one l security correspondent. Host it is the washington journal for january 8. For our first halfhour, we will get your reaction to irans Missile Launch targeting an iraqi base housing u. S. Troops. At this hour, no reported casualties. Later in the program, we will hear from legislators about this event and what it means for those in congress. This first halfhour, we will hear from you. Here is how you call with your thoughts, 2027488000 for democrats. Republicans, 2027488001. And independents, 2027488002. If you are an iraq war veteran and want to offer your perspective, call us at 2027488003. You can also use that line if you want to text us your thoughts this morning. Include your name, city, and state and you can post on twitter at cspanwj and our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The National Post out of canada reporting it was the i
Good afternoon and welcome to this event on u. S. Sanctions and deterrence. It is a pleasure to have you here with us. Todays session is an opportunity to think about the deterrence and signaling effects of financial sanctions and as many of you know well, u. S. Sanctions are an economic tool which in general terms shut off access to the u. S. Financial system to entities that pose a threat to u. S. National security. The use of sanctions has become central to the exercise of u. S. The and National Security over the last decade. And is the favored policy tool of this administration. The topic for todays session is also the topic of a report that jordan and i cowrote and are releasing today. Here will have seen it as you came in. We haveincludes convening the session with the intention of achieving a better understanding of how the administration and congress you sanctions for signaling and deterrence and offer views and recommendations for how to improve the signaling and deterrence va
Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction and a production of deadly synthetic opioids have exasperated american staggering overdosed death rate. In 2017, more than 70000 people died from Drug Overdoses making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 60 involve prescription opioids and illicit opioid such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against Opioid Epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older of abused opioid in 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder and on average 130 americans died each day from an opioid openers. We did not know that some cost and disrupted lives or untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids but we know from our family, our neighbors and our friend who bear the enduring lost loved ones that the opio crisis is not over. We must continue contending with this crisis. That being said, we made Great Strides over the past three years t
Update on what is happening at the southwest border . Sure, when we talk about the border we have to put it into two pockets. One is the crisis regarding immigration and the other is the massive security crisis. The drive or focus in the last year plus has been the migration flow from the northern tribal countries specifically the families. The reason that has been the focus is because of our broken Legal Framework. Agreement thate if you come to the country with a child, we can hold you for 20 days. That was the genesis of catch and release. We would apprehend families entering illegally and release them into the u. S. Often within days. We had to fix that. The last six months, this , we have and cbp instituted a network of initiatives and policies and rules and regulations that have given us the tools to close the loopholes. Had 140ht of may, we 4000 apprehensions in may alone. 42,000ths later, apprehensions. Jessica how do you know that is not just seasonal . In october seasonally t
Chocolates part they will probably test a longrange missile in coming days. They have ramped up the rhetoric. There has not been much agreement between the two sides. President trump has met three times with kim jongun. Not much has come of that. Sidesly because both fundamentally disagree about what they want from each other. The United States is looking for a total denuclearization. Kim jongun will not denuclearize. He might offer some more inspections but he wants sanctions limited. Host President Trump has said he likes to sit down and talk facetoface. Yet previous president s have said we will meet but only if we have an agreement to begin with. Trump,i think president and i say this in my book, one of his advisors i quote, President Trump puts an emphasis on interpersonal relationships, they can certainly be helpful. Ultimately, diplomacy is about a countrys interest. If i have a friendly relationship with you, that is great. But if we are in a negotiation over fundamental things