For democrats. 202 7488001 is online for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7480003. Be sure to tell us your first name and where you are texting from. Be sure the you are not driving. Send us a tweet at cspan wj send us a tweet cspanwj. We want to begin with the front page story of the Washington Post, focusing on the republican strategy as hearings get underway this wednesday and friday. Republicans trying to steer the inquiry away from President Trump. House republicans on saturday pressing ahead with their efforts to move the impeachment inquiry away from President Trump, calling on democrats to add witnesses to the probe, and theg hunter biden whistleblower, whose initial complaint kicked off the investigation the storyn, thats this morning. Frontpage, also Available Online at Washington Post. Com washingtonpost. Com. Joining us this morning, a reporter for bloomberg news. What do you expect to happen before wednesdays h
Keys of the of the trump presidency, looking to expand the Community Care programs. The last few months have been implement take that we have seen a handful of headlines that have been problematic for the v. A. There is a doctor in West Virginia that might have killed 13 patients. A patient in atlanta passed away. Some bad headlines. We want to sit down with the secretary to find out where he thinks the v. A. Is. He said are still some words and andlems some warts problems with the v. A. But it is much better than two years ago. It is on a much better path toward being Customer Service friendly. The opinion on capitol hill is different, depending on who youre talking to. Some folks have been excited, some folks are worried about the issues of privatization, just how much of v. A. Is being pushed out. A massive agency, a lot of people dont realize how much of the federal budget they ask 2020, 200al billion. There is watching. It is one where we exceed the budget continue to increase. I
But about 40,000 veterans are still homeless on any given night. Thank you, thank you, pete, and thank you all. Thank you all on behalf of your department of Veterans Affairs, but more importantly thank you on behalf of thousands and thousands of warriors and their families. Im going to take a bit of a pause here and recognize a friend in the audience. Pete was very kind to talk about my background but theres someone out there, colonel United States marine corps, and that is a title that never expires. I made the mistake of telling secretary of state George Schultz during the next introduction that he was an exmarine. [ laughter ] the side of my head was caved in with more ferocity than any of the jesuits did when i was growing up. But tom bowman is here, the former deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs. Someone who has spent a life not only in uniform, but also serving americas most deserving. So good to see you, sir. [ applause ] now leo shane from military times is here. Hes got an h
Donald trump holds a rally in orlando, florida. Listen live on the free cspan radio app. Host leo shane is Deputy Editor for the military times. He joins us for a look at the difference spending and policy bills in congress. As the senate plans to take up its defense policy bill next week, what are some of the key priorities included either defense chair . Leo this is an expensive bill. The authorization bill is hundreds of different policy priorities. The big one for troops is the pay raise of 3 . There are quite a few issues dealing with military housing. A lot of folks have been following that issue. A lot of problems have surfaced because of reuters reporting as of substandard issues at the housing, repairs that were undone, mold and things like that. This will put 300 million towards that problem. A lot more planes, a lot more ships. This has a top line of 750 billion of spending, which is the largest ever seen, and what the white house wants, but it is more than Congressional Dem
Republican senator that did not vote for it. He did his usual song and dance about how much by how far he won the election. Reporters only about to witness about five minutes of this conversation and then rushing out of the room. That was in new york. They clearly wanted to send a message publicly they are thrilled about what is going on. Host all of this coming with Michael Flynn, is guilty plea on friday. It was an interesting day. The guilty plea came in the morning and Early Saturday Morning the Senate Passing this tax bill. It now this a conference. Guest it was a split screen moment for the administration, one of many you have seen. On one hand you have by most accounts the biggest victories they have seen legislatively. This has not crossed the finish line yet, it has to go to conference. You have this bombshell news about Michael Flynn and speaking to people in the white house. They were not given a heads up about what was going to happen on friday morning with Michael Flynn. T