The facts are we have to fixette. There is an extra trest yell doing it to us i guess. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was ross perot during the second of three president ial debates talking about one of his favorite issues the u. S. Debt. In that election, the texas businessman won 19 of the popular vote. He ran a second president ial campaign in 1996 and tonight he is our focus on the contenders. Gooned good night and thanks for being with us. Were doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but have an outside impact on American History. Ss perot is our final of 14 people that were proniling this series. Tonight joining us is Doug Brinkley. He is not politics as usual. He is less interested in money and politics than doing right for our country. I believe this comes out of his Naval Academy background. Looking for p. O. W. s and m. I. A. s during vietnam
Testify today. Before the hearing we will discuss the Postal Service with kevin gosar. Washington journal is next. Former Vice President biden. I am proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election with great honor and humility paid i accept your nomination for president of the United States of america. That is joe biden from last night. Hey did not mention the president by name, but he criticize the president on several fronts. He expressed aspects of what he would like to accomplish if he becomes president. For is washington journal today, august 20 first. Today we will take you to the Senate Hearing featuring the post mentor postmaster general. Heres how you can call us and let us know your thoughts, 202 7488000 if you support joe biden, 202 7488001 if you support the president and if you are undecided give us a call at 202 7488002. You can text us if you wish at 202 7488003, and you can tweet cspanwj. One writer says he gave his remarks absent a crowd because of the
Fights with russia and china the army will now be able to deploy 18 fully manned divisions instead of 10 the realignment is based on the National Defense strategy crafted by former defense secretary jim mattis which places new conflicts with china and russia as americas Top National Security threat jesse this comes as the state department negotiates with the taliban to end the war in afghanistan now it seems like when one war ends another probably isnt far behind but it where between these countries would be catastrophic for the world absolutely they would be version but you know world war culture here in america a great deal of our economy relies on the war machine and producing it and continuing to produce it i realize ive said this many times but you cant say it too much to get it into people stick their heads theyve got their stand we have to be a perennial war now and its a war culture. You know were already at war in places where we dont even know and id like to know all these el
Many say 2016 candidate trump all road generously from former minnesota governor and our t. V. Host Jesse Ventura jesse welcome back to the big picture good to be back on the big picture hala nice to be here with you in the lead the way what do you what can i have to answer for you. But well whats the whats happening in the streets of portland which the president has offered to visit upon chicago and other cities are we witnessing martial law. Well i think you wish that witnessed martial law much more at the Boston Marathon when that bombing took place because what happened there the federal troops came in were actually occupying the streets and people were told to stay at home they were given orders of house arrest which is totally unconstitutional what youre seeing now is definite practice towards that by sending federal troops in when theyre not being asked by the local government or the State Government there says fed really an issue but i think holland the Bigger Picture is this i
A major role on sesame street and the mr rogers neighborhood it doesnt appear to exist at all here in washington d. C. Because fresh up the news of one of the worst contractions of the economy in u. S. History with millions upon millions upon millions of folks facing joblessness the victims of potential sickness or even death thanks to a Global Pandemic the United States congress the senate in particular has decided to take a 3 day weekend no im not making it up yes Chucky Schumer Mitch Mcconnell an arrest and decided to take friday the 31st of july off despite the fact that the co but 19 emergency 600 dollar weekly federal Unemployment Benefits expires and you guessed it friday the 31st of july all but guaranteeing that tens of millions of americans will see their incomes drop by 50 to 75 percent with another rent payment due in just 24 hours while Mitch Mcconnell is resting his corporate job on a mint julep in. Old kentucky home reveling in the true art of irresponsibility the New Yo