I work here at powerhouse arena. I want to thank you all for being here tonight. For the launch of on the clock by emily guendelsberger. I didnt say that right. Please give her a round of applause. Sorry. Give her a round of applause. Wed also like to welcome Jessica Bruder who will be joining emily up here on the stage in the chair. Powerhouses and independent bookstore so events like this help us stay here and lets say changing neighborhood so i encourage everyone to buy a book if you dont have one and emily will be happy to sign them later tonight we are going to hear a reading from the look, conversation, some q a. For ring her up what they read some bios. Emily guendelsberger worked at Philadelphia City paper, the onion, ap Club Philadelphia we we and the Philadelphia Daily News and contributed to the Philadelphia Inquirer Washington Post political magazine and Jessica Bruder is the author of she has written for harpers magazine, the near times, the Washington Post and she also te
between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
Stephen mansfield on his washington in one hour, author Stephen Mansfield on his Washington Times oped about President Trumps support our go talk show host bill press. He discusses the year in politics and what to expect in 2018. Members are advised that these of the last votes expected in the house for the day, the week, the month, and the year. The House Republican leader in congress as they wrap up business for the year. Lawmakers quickly leave the u. S. Capitol and head home for the holidays. We welcome you to washington journal. Congress did pass a shortterm spending plan that keeps the government running for a few more weeks, only to face the same issues when they return in early january. We want to get to your calls and comments. How would you rate the performance of the house and senate and your own representative . 202 7488001, thats our line for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. For independents, 202 7488002. Yesterday, congress wrapped up business as lawmakers head out
The Senate Committee on Health Education labor and pensions book please come to order. This morning were holding a hearing entitled implementation of the 21st century act responding to Mental Health needs. Senators cassidy and murphy were the leaders in this committee on Mental Health form and in the senate. Those reforms were included in our 21st century act. Senator murray is not here today so she has asked senator murphy to fill in for her. Ive asked senator cassidy to chair most of this hearing or at least until 11 45. I will come back and attended but i think its appropriate that senators cassidy and murphy chair the hearings especially given their extensive work in the area in the leadership in enacting the legislation last year. After our witness testifies senators will have five minutes of questions. Sean is by all accounts a temple busy nashville young adult with a fulltime job also attends college. In june 2, 0142 days before his 2025th birthday he experienced his first schiz
[inaudible conversation] welcome everybody. Thank you for your attendance, particularly those who have to testify and answer questions for us. I know you put in a lot of extra work to be ready for it. This hearing is on the oversight of a bill that had a long name. But for maturing Patient Access and it took the Drug Enforcement act. Somebodys going to have a pronunciation for that acronym but im not going to. Im going to refer to it as the law or the bill. And im eager to hear from all of our witnesses today. Some would like to see this law repealed. Others insist that it should remain in place. I havent made my mind up on that issue. So im interested in hearing both sides of the argument. This discussion is particularly important given the continuing Opioid Epidemic. That has ravaged this country through the past several years. I do have concerns with how we got where we are today. The discussions that weare having today. When Congress Took this still up in 2015 and 2016 , there was