Conversation of Infrastructure Investment and innovation. Thats a 1 45 p. M. Eastern also on cspan. Watch cspan as President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. This congress is going to be the easiest congress weve had in decades. And following his speech, the democratic response, given by Steven Beshear and your reaction to the speech come along with comments from members of congress, live tuesday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan www. Cspan. Org and. And listen live on the cspan radio app. The Democratic National committee met this weekend in atlanta to elect a new chair. That is next. Then at 7 00, washington journals live with your phone calls and a look at todays headlines. And later this morning, we take you live to the National Governors association for a discussion on ending child hunger. Yesterday, former labor secretary tom perez was named the new chair after receiving 235 votes in his favor at a 435 total. His closest competitor was Keith El
Changes needed to the tsa screening process. No one knows better than tsa chief peter nephinger that something has to be done. He was on the hot seat on capitol hill facing lawmakers that are demanding answers. The hearing is being called long lines, short patience, the tsa experience. Which for many has not been good. I thought this is nuts. And theres no reason for that to happen. Reporter hundreds of people waited hours to get through security lines, missing their flight and leaving some stuck at the airport. If you come early, its fine. But if you come and rush at the last minute, youll have some issues. Reporter their trip through the security line was easy but that was not the case before 5 a. M. Today. When i came in, i thought oh, my goodness. The line is up all the way to the metro station. Reporter thankfully for those i but at Dulles Airport this morning, katie says she waited in line for two hours. Tsa knows you hate the wait and theyre not trying to ruin your summer vacati
On the Campaign Trial with 100 days to go before the iowa caucuses. Hillary clinton gets an assist in the Hawkeye State from former president bill clinton and the big 70, the world lights up blue to commemorate the United Nations platinum anniversary tremendous amounts of rain have fallen in texas, and the remnants of Hurricane Patricia have not arrived there yet. Floodwaters so forceful they are blamed for the derailment of a freight strain, 64 cars long. Al jazeeras Jonathan Martin is live tonight in elma, along i 45. Is it true they have shut down part of the interstate . Thats right. Officials had to shut down interstate 45 once again, and for people familiar with texas, this is the main way to get from dallas to houston. You see the cars lined up for miles. People are trying to figure out how to get home. Its because of the significant rain and flooding on the interstate. What we have seen in texas over the last 48 hours has been record breaking rain fall from waco to san francisc
Votes in washington. Tonights showdown will primarily be focused on jobs and the economy. Millions tuned into the last two republican debates. That often turned heated and ugly. As we now wait to see what happens this time around. Brandi hitt abc news boulder, colorado. Jenna as former Florida Governor jeb bush prepares for tonightsdebate, his campaign released a video targeting one of his rivals. But the target is not one of bushs republican rivals. The campaign ad hits democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. jeb bush weve had six full years of tax increases, endless new regulation, vast new federal programs, eight trillion dollars borrowed and spent. And what has it gotten us . Jenna bush goes on in his ad to say the way he believes the way to bring jobs back to america is to quote take the power out of washington and give it back to the american people. Tim the house gop conference has made up its mind about who should be the next speaker of the house. rep. Paul ryan i want to thank
We have isis and al qaeda attacking us and were really talking about fantasy football . Can we stop . As the candidates battled over their records and tax plans. They found agreement on one thing ted cruz vents their shared frustration with the moderators. cruz this is not a cage match. Jejeica rae duringngnd after the debate, cnbc moderators came under attack. Rnc chairman rainss reinin priebus was quoted as saying, im proud of our candidates for standing up to a pretty hostile environment, its like they tried to design a rubiks cube for every question to take the worst element. Jessica rae and here in siouxland. A group weighed in on the republican president ial debate at briar cliff university. A watch party was held on campus. The event was organized bybyhe Briar Cliff College republicans. The students also invited local republican officials, who said they expected a Heated Exchange between candidates who are still fighting to find a place in the race. One of the bad things with th