Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on the edge of the mountains that make upppalhia. It is about anof knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though t
Host you can text us your comments at 202 7488003. We are also on twitter and instagram. We did this for republicans and independents yesterday. Today, democrats and independents only to call in for this first hour anyway. Supporters of joe biden, and a line for all others. Straight up we keep track of this through real clear politics. The republican candidate, former President Donald Trump 44 of those surveyed with the real clear politics and president joe biden, 45 . The big issue is the economy. This is a look at the headline of the Washington Post yesterday morning. Plot middleclass messaging wind to take economic high ground. The wide about a dangerous flaw in the democratic brand. Based on six months of pulling, the documents showed the party losing to republicans on the economy. The democrats focus on social issues and not enough on pocketbook issues. challenge is one of volume , read the opening slide. The effect was almost immediate. Leaders in the house and senate, including
You can keep calling in but Julia Johnson is joining us from the Washington Examiner. She is the politics reporter and welcome to the program. Guest host host thanks for having me. We will talk about camping 2024 and the week ahead. I want to start with former President Trumps legal issues and whats going on with that. We had the news about Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesbro so if you could explain that. Guest they both took plea deals and are agreeing to testify. In the past, we have seen president s legal troubles only provide him a boost in the polls. Now when you got people who are sort of on team trump and are and will testify, we dont know what we will hear from them. That trial is still a ways away and it could certainly mix things up when it around. I dont want to speculate whether it would be good or bad for him because its such a curveball. Host you wrote a piece in the Washington Examiner about nikki haley and how she is turning to surge in the polls. Whats going on with that
Request for support israel and ukraine. He argued u. S. National security interests require it and failure would reward terrorists and dictators and embolden them to continue their assault on democracy. What do you think . Do you support new aid to and ukraine . Do you support one and not the other . We are taking your calls this first hour. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post on social media or on facebook. Com cspan and instagram. Welcome to visit today welcome to todays washington journal. This is the New York Times commit with the headline, israel launches intense strikes on gaza as u. S. Backeds delaying invasion. The article says israel set on monday it had struck hundreds of targets in the gaza strip and attacked hezbollah positions in lebanon as President Biden led in an International Diplomatic effort. In a joint statement sunday, mr. Biden and the leaders of britain, canada, france, germany, and italy urged israel to prote
Test as far as military. As far as military. I would put a buffer between gaza and israel and let the palestinians have their own state and americas help should help though them back up and put a buffer there and see what happens. Host he did mention election deniers. Talk about the nine candidates and how that might play into the speak race . Guest a telling vote was the vote to certify the election are not. We know several congressmen voted to certify the election and other candidates did not. Democrats would categorize that as being insurrectionist or election deniers. Democrats in the past and raise questions about certifications but thats a telling vote and that separates the field in a way. It will be interesting to see who gets the nod for speaker in light of that. Host i want to ask you about jack lews Senate Confirmation hearings and what the processes for that . Lets take a look at an between him and republican jim riche from last week. [video clip] my problem goes back to yo