Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united dates there accompanied by his wife and his son,. Barron trump. Trump we are here today to continue a wonderful american tradition. The spirit of thanksgiving, i will grant a president ial pardon to a turkey. [laughter] i am especially pleased that we are joined for this great by carl wittenberg, german of the National Turkey federation, along with his wife, charlene and sons, nate and why it. It was 70 years ago that the National Turkey Federation First presented the National Thanksgiving turkey to president harry truman, who i might add, did not grant a pardon, he refused. He was a tough cookie. Today, i am going to be a much nicer president. Over the past 10 months, melania and i have had the edge of welcoming many, many special visitors to the great white house. We have hosted dozens of incredible, world leaders, members of congress and along the way, a few very strange word. Strange bird now we have yet to receive any visitors quit
11, discussing the book president s. And it a conversation about childhood host good morning. It is the day before thanksgiving. President trump left the white house to celebrate the upcoming holiday with his family at his country club in florida. He took questions from reporters mostly focused on the latest revelations about Sexual Assault. The president defending roy moore, the Senate Candidate from alabama and saying he is happy women in the u. S. Are coming forward with accusations against lawmakers and others. That is where we begin on the washington journal. How do we stop Sexual Misconduct . We want to know your solutions. Men dial in at 2027488000, women at 2027488001. Join us on twitter cspanwj. We will get your calls in a minute. We learned yesterday the dean of the house, john conyers paid a settlement two years ago to an alleged accuser. Charlie rose fired by cbs and pbs after the Washington Post broke that story. Eight women accusing him of unwanted advances. We want to kn
Well as across the country. Weve had a lot of conversations about it. In fact this last wokeeek i had great scruggs hosted by Oregon State University with our title nine coordinators. There are a lot of common themes that we heard today, not only emphasizing the importance of the issue, but the regulatory overlap and sometimes conflict. I think youll find a lot of support among this committee for clarifying that. But also the resources needed to address these issues, and im glad weve had a lot of conversations this morning about prevention and the importance of educating students about healthy relationships. Concebsent and what that means,d healthy sexual encounters. There were conversations with the teach safe relationships act. I do invite the other Committee Members and other colleagues to take a look at that and join on. And for preventing, thats the best approach. So we know we can take stronger steps, not only in prevention. We want to make sure that survivors of Sexual Assault h
Draw attention to whats i feel is a real urgency and i think everyone else does. I hear a great commonality in terms of our desire to take effective action. And were struggling with what that is. And also, as a parent whos dropped two kids off at college that rite of passage that all of us have shared and the convey answer of that trust that we put in the inls tuitions that we leave them at and the expectation they will not just educate them well but a provide a culture they feel safe and not put in the situation of either being a victim or ap2,m bystand. So my analogy and i appreciate the last two comments about the analogy to the military, alot of this conversation reminds me of the early 90s when i was in local government and the Clinton Administration bringing up Domestic Violence and the conversations we have had remind me very specifically of the challenges and even though everybody wanted to stop it, weve got to be careful of approaches because were all subject to subjective opi
President obama will hold a meeting. Journalshington september 15. School will be canceled today in washington. Educators are seeking almost a 10 pay raise over two years. The larger issue of teacher pay is our focus this morning. Particularly, teachers in the school and your district. Do they receive adequate pay . For parents, you can call 202 7488001. All others, 202 7488002. If you want to post on our social media site, it is on twitter. And facebook. Facebook. Com cspan. Here are the specifics of what is going on in seattle. Here is what teachers are asking for. Ing, well sis basic specifics were not proposed disclosed, they announced on sunday. Wo9. 75 pay raise over t years. Because neither raise applied to the full salary the effective increase is lower. The most recent counter offer was a 9. 2 raise over three years. That is what is going on in seattle but the larger issue of teacher pay, if you think it is adequate, that is our focus. If you want to give our thoughts your tho