United states should be in the conflict in the middle east. Here are the numbers. You can also find us online. You can tweet us cspanwj. Facebook. Ee spoc here is the have one of the washington post. Secretary clinton will travel to the middle east as israel always risky choices on and gaza. Clinton will travel to the middle east today to discuss ongoing violence in gaza according to white house officials she will talk with leaders in jerusalem, ramallah and cairo. Issues leading the east asia summit that president obama is an app. The death toll in the gaza strip surpassed 100 on monday. With evidence that an egyptian a truce is in the side. Ben rose, the Deputy National security adviser for Strategic Administration at the white house says clinton and obama have been talking about this threat to the trip. Throughout the trip. They discussed the way forward. They concluded the best way to the dance discussions with leaders is for secretary clinton to take this trip beginning with our c
Kalb. [applause] hello and welcome to the National Press club. I am marvin kalb. The conversation with ted koppel about democracy and the press. If i use the word twilight to suggest that network news, as we have known it, is on its way out and as something new is emerging. Whether what is new will satisfy the urgent needs of our democracy cannot be noted at this time. Lets hope that it will. Without a free and occasionally rambunctious media, we will not be living in an open society. The free press and an open society are intimately linked, one dependent on the other. Network news if network news is in its twilight, then perhaps our democracy is facing a turning point as well. I asked an old colleague and a friend, ted koppel, to discuss the changes in network news and what those changes might mean for our society. Ted is known best for his 25 years of anchor and host of nightline, but he has also been a foreign correspondent, a war correspondent, and author, and he has covered Many P
Hill. He contributes to the national journal. And Niels Lesniewski is a reporter for roll call. You worked very hard on the farm bill. It was not included in the fiscal cliff bill. They not include the extension that you wanted and that you had worked out with congressman lucas. What do you feel was lost by not including either the farm bill or the extension that you wanted . The most important thing is what you said in terms of the house. We passed a bill, as you know, back in june, strong bipartisan effort, deficit reduction of 24 billion altogether, reforms that were needed, did away with government subsidies that did not make sense. We sent it to the house. We were very close on the full bill. To my sheer surprise and shock, the house never took it up. I have never seen that before in my life, where the speaker of the house would not think that the 16 Million People that work in agriculture across america were not important enough to bring a fiveyear farm bill to the floor. That wa
Production. And so there have been there are some things in the farm bill that would restrict Crop Insurance a little bit. Thats thats in the senate in the senate bill. But then there are other pressures to increase Crop Insurance for crops that dont have it. Its much harder to do Crop Insurance for the specialty crops, the fruits and vegetables, the nuts, et cetera, because theyre grown on smaller acreages and so its hard to develop the program in which you figure out what the what the rules would be. With the wheat and the corn, et cetera, you spread it over, you know, over large areas so the Program Works fairly well for those but not for some of the products yet. Host judy is up next who lives in a rural area. Good morning. Caller good morning. My problem is, okay, ive been a cashier for many years and i see a lot of Illegal Immigrants coming in that cannot speak english and theyve got a thousand dollars or more in food stamps. And i want to know why its so easy for these people to
That move is worth it. If you think shutting down the government is a worthwhile proposition, give us a call at 2025853880. If you do not think it is worth it, give us a call at 2025 85 3881. Tell us why you think it is worth it or not worth it. You can reach out to us on social media, two. About 25 comments starting the morning. You can send this email to. The headline on the boston shows house gop ups the risk of shutdown. Is reflective of a lot of the headlines this morning. That house vote yesterday, you may have seen it on cspan, you can see the highlights on c span. Org. The legislation was approved on 89. Twoine vote, 2301 democrats voted for the measure. The report this morning this is a continuation of what youll find on the front page of the Washington Post. Again, on the idea of a Government Shutdown over the defunding of the healthcare law. We want to get your thoughts this morning heard if you think is worth it or if you think it is not worth it. Ill get the phone lines fo