Party, in addition to young people and minorities. The problem for the democrats is they tend not to turn out to vote in midterms. They do better in a president ial year, but that is the big question. Will single women, as well as young people and minorities, turn out to vote for someone who is not barack obama . Hillary clinton is appealing directly to women. I have not been able to find any data recently, but my sense in light is that for women 50 year old and older, married or single, the appeal to elect the first female president has a certain strength to it, but there has been some argument that for women under 50, certainly under 40, Hendry Hillary is a grandmother, an earlier generation. A lot of them tend to think there will be a female president at some point and they have other priorities, but she wants to maximize the vote among women justis sort the caller mention because she sees that as a core constituency and thinks that will be crucial to her chances. Host mary, a Quick
It is sunday, january 10, and we are going to begin with your calls and comments and stories important to you. Open phones for the first half hour of todays washington journal. Then, we turn our attention to the Iowa Caucuses three weeks away and the New Hampshire primary just a month away. Four democrats, 2027488001 for republicans. Or independents, 2027488002 cspanwjd us a tweet or redoes on facebook. Jonathan martin is writing this morning, front page of the New York Times. I story about splits among classes in the Republican Party. It begins with these words. The Republican Party is facing a historic split over its fundamental principles and identity as its once powerful establishment grapples with an option of class tension, ethnic resentment and mistrust among working class conservatives who are demanding a president ial nominee who represent their interests. Are expressing a groan. Of the coming election could be shattering for the party or reshape it in ways that are unrecogniz
The threat is freezing rain and sleet. The combination is creating a problem for truth four crews trying to get ahead. Tom is here for us. Meconnecticut avenue behind looks like it is doing ok. Conditions are right for freezing. I have proof. This bmw was parked in the parking lot throughout most of the night. Right there. Under here, it is frozen and there is ice as well. When this starts happening on the roads, the state says it is ready. Tonight, it was time to load salt, a couple thousand trucks that are ready to tackle ice issues in maryland. Says pretreating roads would not be effective, so trucks have had to sit and wait on highways until they get word when conditions are right for freezing. These trucks are gearing up for is the morning rushhour. I have no choice. Sylvester is worried about making it tomorrow. It is dangerous. Others are confident that these crews will make driving less dangerous than it could be. They are doing a good job. You not like to hear about more bad w
We begin in the phippines where it is going fromad to woe. This morning nearly 2,000 people just days aft that devastating typhoon, ts morni neay 1,200 people are confirmed dead. Officials warn tt number could climb to more than 10,000. And its now a race against time to help survivors. The uss George Washington is on its way. On board, dozens of american ilors and more than 80 aircraft. Nbcs ian william joins us from mala. Goodorning, ian. Reporter good morning. The president ial pale this rning have been at pains to emphasize they a doing all they can to sedily get help to those affected areas. A president ialpokesperson sang that aid waseing spatched and that communations are being restored. He said that noby would be forgotten, that aid would reach even the most farrehing areas. Now, thi comes in the face o growing criticismrom some of those areas that theyre simply not getting any aid, despetely need water, food and shelter not getting through now, aid flights are getting in. And
years and have had many disagreements with mike johnson in recent years, but this is the mike johnson that i knew a long time ago. this is a mike johnson, a man who had real principles. i was very glad to see it. new york times columnist david french and the new yorker s susan glasser, thank you, both. david, we were happy to have nancy on the other day, the better half. i m sorry you downgraded to me. i m sorry you downgraded to me. she s amazing. all right. thanks for coming on this morning. let s bring in senior political columnist for plate politico, jonathan marti his piece, trump the front-runner? not so fast. what are you seeing playing out, jonathan? i think the trump is going to win conventional wisdom got out of hand the last couple months. there s, frankly, some overcompensation from people who aren t trump fans but want to see him.