Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. On next washington journal, we talk to northbound congresswoman Virginia Foxx about the republican agenda and the 2016 campaign. Then florida congresswoman kathy castor joins us to discuss cuba, including the obamaed aminute straig administrations decision to restore ties with cuba. Washington journal live each morning at 7 00 eastern. President obama was at the state department earlier today to speak to the global chief of missions conference. He offered words of thanks and encouragement to officials and staff about their ongoing global operations. This is just under half an hour. [ applause ] thank you all very, very much. Just very quickly, i had the privilege to talk to you earlier this morning. And i laid out to you the vast panorama. Everybody here knows how deeply engaged we are. The reason is we have a president who believes in engagement. Im very proud to be secretary but im prouder to be secretary of state for be a ra
So we remember and we honor their service. There are real risks involved in being a diplomat. There always have been, and many of those risks are accentuated today. I know that service can mean sacrifice for families as well. Some of you serve at unaccompanied posts, which means that you are separated from your loved ones. When families deploy and spouses and children serve in their own way, we know that they dont always hear directly from the president. So i need to you transmit to them how much we appreciate the work that they do. Let them know that we know they are part of the ambassadorial team as well. More broadly, i want to thank you for your partnership in what has been a priority for us. And that is renewing american leadership. I believe that a Broader Vision of american strength that harnesses all elements of our national power, including diploma diplomacy, is what is going to make a difference in this complicated age that we live in. Thats how we build a Global Coalition to
Tonight, i am proud to stand with a person who says we should not be building walls, we should be knocking down barriers. Akron and iwas in was on stage with William Jefferson clinton and i looked at him at one point, he was in akron because of the ohio primary and i turned to him and said, no offense mr. President but Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person to run for president in my lifetime. [applause] and she is. He smiled and laughed and clapped and i think he meant it. Here is what it is about hillary. I trust her to fight for children and families because she has done that all of her life. Days with the Childrens Defense Fund to her time in the senate helping lead on the Childrens Health insurance plan. I trust Hillary Clinton to fight for human rights and Voting Rights and womens rights. Alabama as a in civil rights worker at 25 to the work she did is our secretary of state on behalf of women all over the world and womens rights. I trust Hillary Clinton on trade and manufa
In primary states, florida, illinois, missouri, North Carolina and tell us who you are supporting and why. If you are a democrat the phone number is you can also catch up with us on social media. Good Tuesday Morning to hear his look at what is at stake today. On the republican side of the ledger, 367 pledged delegates are at stake today. The most pledged delegates since march 1. Delegates atst stake of any day on the republican primary calendar. The magic number needed to win the republican nomination is 1237. Theld trump at 460 now and rest of the republican field trying to chase him. On the democratic side, 691 pledged delegates at stake today. For democrats, 2383. Hillary clinton at 1234. Bernie sanders at 579. A big day on the election trail, on the primary trail. We are joined by a familiar voice, rubber cost of robert costa. Good morning to you. Robert good morning from florida. Host youre in florida, florida being a must win state for marco rubio today. I was with senator rubio
Of the president ial election, then lets make sure that all of america kl participate in that process. That means lets remove any obstacles toll voting in every community. But we havent seen a hearing in the house or the senate. I mean, i just dont understand. No hearing on Supreme Court nomination. No hearing on the Voting Rights act when the Supreme Court told us, go fix it. What exactly is going on. The American People are wondering. You see a lot of frustration out there directed at washington because oftentimes there are so many Critical Issues that we simply fail to deal with. Im just hopeful today that as occasion tomorrow of these two american heroes being honored, representative johnson and representative lewis, that we can get back to doing the business of the American People in the spirit of service that they themselves have displayed through their lifes work and deal with something some central to our democracy, which is the right to vote in an unfettered faction. And i yie