Peoples homes and work places and potentially killing civilians. We will continue to support israels right to defend itself. Chief White House Correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president. Good sunday to you. What else do we hear from the president on israel and otherwise . A couple of things on israel, he made a plea to allies of the palestinians in particular. The president of egypt, the Prime Minister of turkey said if you would like to see a twostate solution in the near future, a palestinian state next to israel this has to deescalate now. The president expressing this fear if hamas doesnt stop rocket attacks on to israels soille he fears left unsaid is israel may retaliate and turn in to a ground war and then the idea of a twostate solution in the Peace Process will be in the way distant future. Obviously the middle east Peace Process has been on hold for quite sometime. He was asked about this trip will include a visit to myanmar which is also known as burma. He was
3880, and for2585 3882. Endents, 202585 our twitter handle is cspanwj. You can drop us an email at journal cspan. Org. Here is how the story is playing out. We mentioned a sunday session in the senate today and the front page of the website of politico. Com. Writing about yesterdays action this isrichmond times, courtesy of the museum we are joined on the phone by kaitlin burns, who covers capitol hill for real clear politics. Com. Thank you for being with us. Icaller thank you for having me. Int the senate is coming for a sunday session, why is that necessary . We are getting closer to the october 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling. Things really fell apart over the weekend with the house negotiations. The house was fairly optimistic heading into the weekend, congressional meeting that congressional leaders having met with the president. Congressional leaders having met with the president. The white house was not supportive of what republicans wanted to do on the debt ceiling and H
About. There are legitimate ways to dispute patents. These trolls are literally suing everybody they possibly can without any justification. This piece of legislation would go a long way protecting those and making sure we get legitimate lawsuits funneling up the way they should. Most americans were really surprised when the library decided they could not unlock the cell phone they owned without going to their carrier. Not right. It does not accept property rights. There is really no copyright involved. It is a way for the monopoly to ,xert their monopoly control and somebody has purchased a piece of equipment. The practice of putting unauthorized thirdparty charges on telephone bills, in other words, charging can servicefor the post they never ordered or received but sometimes do not notice. Even when they notice, they have to pay. A discussion on the Government Shutdown. This is about 45 minutes. Host we are going to get the perspective of two former congressman who went through prev
Established until the year 2000, the debt was 5 trillion. According to the policy center, the rivlindomenici panel, between 2000 and 2009, the National Debt roughly doubled. Now it will double again. The figures are scalding, and i am sure that the congressional panel, as well as simpson bowles, and i am sure Rivlin Domenici found the same thing. In 2020, it will be 1 one it will be 1 trillion a year just to pay the interest on the debt. By the year 2025, every set of federal tax revenue will go to Social Security, medicare, and interest on the debt. What is required as noted is to get through the default period because it will obviously raise Interest Rates and create real havoc in the Community Bank environment, most particularly, the ability to borrow and lend money, and then sit down aggressively and in a bipartisan fashion to focus on this runaway train. In 1950, the average person retired at 62 and died at 69. Or 65 and 69. Today, the average person retires at 62 and dies at 80.
To keep the kind of thing that the senator from louisiana mentioned might happen if we dont. So, my time is up in all likelihood. I yield the floor for that reason. The senator from louisiana. Let me say how much again i respect the senator from tennessee. No one on his side of the aisle, except perhaps maybe the good senator from alabama spent more time on budget issues because thats the senator from alabamas job. But the senator from tennessee has taken upon himself to be a leader. I do agree with him that we are in on the right page, the right chapter in the right book to talk about the fiscal issues. I dont agree the strategy to get us here is the right strategy. Were here. No sense in pointing fingers. The senate needs to find our way forward because the senator from tennessee is correct. Where we are now, there are no winners or losers. Its about whats doing right for the american people. He wants to do that for the state of louisiana. He wants to do that for the state of tenness