Position. They are challenging, but yeah. A good economy, which we are starting to see, alleviates the dangers. But it is still a challenging environment for republicans. There is no doubt about that. Steve and you now have more than 40 House Republicans who are either seeking another office or stepping down this year . Mr. Phillips right. Those are high numbers. You saw another one in from new jersey just this past week. It is a challenging environment. In some ways, having folks not tied to washington and the antid. C. Sentiment that is out there right now could be a good thing in some of these districts, actually, because they are not tied to what is happening in washington and they can run as their own person. Steve what race worries you the most in terms of the house or the senate . Which one are you keeping a close eye on . It could be the barometer for the Midterm Elections. Mr. Phillips i think when you look at some of the democrats who are up in the senate, we will find out if
Your thoughts on the president s Foreign Policy. What is your confidence level . Democrats 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001, an independents, 202 7488002. Join the conversation on twitter cspanwj, or go to facebook. Com cspan. The phone lines are open. We will get your thoughts in a minute, but many foreignpolicy headlines in the papers with running from iran to iraq, afghanistan. We begin with the fight against isis and iraq. Here is the headline in the Washington Times this morning. Take a look at what defense secretary Ashton Carter had to say up on capitol hill when he testified before the senate. [video clip] sec. Carter we have an obligation to support those fighters, and we will have to decide under what conditions in what way we will make that tactical decision when we introduce them, but i think the main thing is that we increase that number from what is now a very small number, and im not surprised that it is running on television, into a much larger number. I think we ca
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News4 today continues at 5 00 a. M. It is 5 00 a. M. Good morning, im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Were keeping an eye on a couple road closures that could really impact your drive into work today. Melissa mollet standing by with that. First, we do want to check in with tom as we enter day two of the heat . Siri do you hate heat and humidity . Ooh you didnt want to hear. Starting off with dense fog. Right now the counties in gray stratford, response veinia and Shenandoah Valley, watch out, visibility down to a quarter mile. And this dense fog is around here through 8 00 9 00 this morning. Right now, you can see a little bit of fog. Live view from the tower camera. By 7 00 a. M. Mid to upper 70s. Metro Area Temperatures will be near 80 by 8 00. Hazy sunshine through the morning. By 9 00 most of the fog will be gone. By 11 00, partly cloudy, temperatures jumping into the mid80s. Your drive time forecast coming up at 5 11. Aaron. Tom, thank you. Your first 4 traffic right now, you ma