President pence participated in the welcome ceremony at the pentagon for defense secretary mark esper, he was sworn in early this week after being approved by the senate with a 908 vote. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [playing hail to the chief. ] ladies and gentlemen please remain standing for the singing of the National Anthem by the United States navy band. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched streamingllantly and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night thereur flag was still o say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free brave ome of the it is a great day for a prayer, a great formation and we thank the lord to be here in this great weather in washington, d. C. Lord, we come to you in this moment and seek your blessings upon this ceremony. Defe
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [gunshots] ladies and gentlemen, please stay standing for the United States anthem by the United States navy band. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ram parts we watched were so gal aptly streaming and the red rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there er the land of the free and the home of the brave [commands] its a great day for a prayer and great day for our nation and thank the lord for the opportunity to be here in this great weather here in washington, d. C. ,. Lets pray with me today. Lord ks we come to you in this moment and seek your blessings upon this ceremony. Defense secretary esper of the United States of america. Thank you for your presence with us today and thank you for your presence with those of our forces and families wherever they are around the world. Let them know we are praying for them today and lift them u
Vietnam and other places that take advantage of us, and well start working on that, too, by the way, but i dont want to do too many at one time. Chinas fine. We did mexico and canada. We have to get that approved by nancy pelosi maria you expect to get that done this year, mr. President . I hope we do. The deal is done, its sitting in congress. Its up to nancy pelosi to put it there. I would kalcall it, i told her other day get it done because we will call it a bipartisan deal. If they want to make a couple minor changes, we can make some changes. Its a great deal. Maria we got to jump because we are cutting into your friend mr. Varneys time. Let me ask you this. There was an oped we cant do that. Hes such a great guy. Maria there is an oped in the journal the other day basically advising you to take nikki haley as your running mate going into 2020. Are you locked in on Vice President pence for 2020 or would you consider having nikki haley as your running mate . I love nikki. Shes endo
Lee of california on the 2020 spending package being worked and by the house. As always we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. The federal deficit jumps 207 billion in may. Those on Social Security face a 20 cut in benefits unless Congress Acts and lawmakers face a deadline to avoid mandatory cuts across the board. Is thursday, june 13 and spending season is upon us. This morning, your chance to tell washington how you want them to spend taxpayer dollars. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can go to twitter at cspanwj or join the conversation on facebook on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in just a minute. How do you want lawmakers in washington to spend these federal dollars . What are your priorities . Take a look at the drudge report, the banner headline federal spending sword. Wall street journal with similar headline. U. S. Budget deficit grew 39 in the firs
Time and deliver deliver when we have to this is right now margin of error election. It really suggests. And you said youve got democrats, republicans, independents all amongst your ranks and your members. Given that its going to looking at like a margin of error election. This could be, youre going to have members who were supporting the other guy, no matter who the union sides to endorse, how do you manage that . Well, we manage it through pauling, talking to our members, making sure our leaders are out there talking to the members. We have 360 locals nationwide we got to make sure everybody is playing a role in this and thats how the decision thats how the judgment is going to be made. Sean obrien. Great to have you on. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. A new hour of Cnn News Central starts right now john, it giving a new warning today as lawmakers get ready to vote on possible a possible tiktok ban, critic say this band could be a threat to feast free speech a Government Repo