I need everyones help in the room for the sake of the common good. Take this device and silence it, please. That way we wont get any nycalls from our children or grandchildren taking us out of the meeting. So i want to welcome you this evening on behalf of the board of directors of the reformed institute of metropolitan washington. My name is larry goldman, im interim director of the institute. We are dedicated as an institute to the education of techurches and the community in the reformed tradition and enhancing theological discourse related to religious life and to the common good. I want to thank the session of National Presbyterian church for providing the venue for this evenings event. National is one of 10 sponsoring congregations of the reforminstitute and a fantastic place. Youll find the names of our other sponsoring communities in the brochure that you have at your seat and if you do not have one, please let us know, were going to get one to you. The reformed institute serve
The tenth Emergency Special session on illegal to the occupied palestinian with this resolution from january 2009 the General Assembly with the Emergency Special session to authorize the president of the General Assembly in the most recent session to resume meetings upon request i would like to draw the attention to the following documents which contains a letter dated 18th december 2017 requesting the resumption of the tenth Emergency Special session. Which contains another which contains a letter from december from the permanent representative from the republic of venezuela also requesting the session. I intend to conduct the proceedings of this meeting from the General Assembly from the defense Emergency Special session. In accordance with rule number 63 the president and Vice President of the 72nd session in the same capacity it is the wish of the General Assembly of the 72nd session for this advance emergency session. It is so decided. To keep with the established practice i will
Stephen mansfield on his washington in one hour, author Stephen Mansfield on his Washington Times oped about President Trumps support our go talk show host bill press. He discusses the year in politics and what to expect in 2018. Members are advised that these of the last votes expected in the house for the day, the week, the month, and the year. The House Republican leader in congress as they wrap up business for the year. Lawmakers quickly leave the u. S. Capitol and head home for the holidays. We welcome you to washington journal. Congress did pass a shortterm spending plan that keeps the government running for a few more weeks, only to face the same issues when they return in early january. We want to get to your calls and comments. How would you rate the performance of the house and senate and your own representative . 202 7488001, thats our line for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. For independents, 202 7488002. Yesterday, congress wrapped up business as lawmakers head out
That is followed by radio talkshow host bill press discussing the nature of the past year in politics and stone. What to expect in 2018. And later, a discussion on the future of conservative is him conservativism. Joining us from new york is roger stone, a longtime republican strategist and the author of the making of the president 2016, how donald trump orchestrated a resolution. To be here. My thanks to cspan for the opportunity. Joining us is chief Investigative Reporter and tom beyond. Let me begin with the issue of Robert Mueller. You suspect he is preparing charges against the president . I believe his inquiry is politically motivated. I think we have seen extraordinary evidence in the last couple of weeks, the tweets, email records, contributions to democrats that partisan hitis a squad. I think this is a clinical proceeding rather than a legal proceeding. And i have said that i believe the president s lawyers are naive about mr. Muellers intentions. I think they misunderstand t
Politics. I want them to come away, hopefully, with an idea that Ronald Reagan was not inalienable dunst. But actually in intellectual who is very comfortable with ideas. I would like them to come away of billappreciation buckley. Sometimes we get caught up in his style, but he was also a very serious man who could have been the playboy of the western world, but chose, as a put it in the book, to be the st. Paul of the conservative movement. To evangelize on behalf of conservative drought his 60 years. Host you say in the book you are now designated as the longest living conservative and a country who has been active in politics. What year did it start for you that you were active in politics . In edwards it would started 1960 with the Republican National convention, which i attended. I was an editor of the young Republican National newspaper. That was the first of some 11 or 12 National Conventions i attended. That is when i got into it. That same year was when we founded Young Americ