Democrats are considering going it alone with a much more expansive and expensive bill. The latest on these negotiations. Good evening, bret. Tonights meeting is the first time that President Biden has invited them to the white house and all of them are republicans. Whether or not he is willing to compromise or not to earn their support is still very much. Go big or go bipartisan. Thats the question President Joe Biden faces as he attempts to pass his 1. 9 trillion stimulus package. The president calls for bipartisan support and 10 moderate republican senators responded to the roughly 600 billion plan of their own. Im going to do everything i can to encourage the president to do something that is much more targeted from the 1. 9 trillion package. He was one of the ten moderates to send a letter to him on sunday reminding him of the promise tomorrows going to be it looks like you are in the snow globe at the white house. Thank you. Down the street from the bipartisan meeting in the oval
A dispute mechanism up to tehran steps back from its commitments. Volcanic tremors parts of the philippines as calls grow to move up to a 1000000 people. And sport says the crisis affects the australian tennis open having to pull out of a qualifying match with breathing problems as smoke linger over the practice courts in melbourne. Lets take you straight to sudan where Security Forces have opened fire in the capital khartoum. Believed to be from a despondent Operations Unit of the general Intelligence Services. Were given they were told to either retire or join the Rapid Support forces saddams military have deployed special forces to try to contain that violence were going to go straight to him morgan now he joins us in khartoum walking to tell us about the situation right now. Well to understand how we got here we have to go back a few months when the then Transition Military Council which ousted former president bush here in april told the Operations Unit that they were no longer ne
Is next. Host this is the washington journal for december 13 and it is the House Judiciary Committee mary meeting at 10 00 to vote on articles of impeachment after a 14 hour debate yesterday of the articles themselves and proposed amendments by republicans, all of which were rejected. Our coverage will start at 9 30 this morning and up until then, we take your comments on this latest phase of the impeachment process. Here is how you can call us and let you know let us know your thoughts. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. Atyou want to text us, do so 2027488003. You can post on our fitter twitter feed at cspanwj. If you want to post on our facebook, you can do that at facebook. Com cspan. The website is available at cspan. Org if you want to watch the proceedings from yesterday, 14 hours in length. A vote was expected yesterday. However, it was at the end of the session this happened. [video clip] there has been a long two days of consid
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Terms of messaging or outcome . Both sides, it is a little different. The republican side, i have not changed my opinion the democrats, the socialist democrat majority in the house literally gave away its majority the day it started this proceeding. The last weeker shows it. Public,ey have made it independent voters, they are losing. Polling that voters in battleground states Want Congress to work on the things they sent them to work on. Two thirds of voters think it is nothing more than political theater. On 8 want them to work cost ofng the prescription drugs. Pass the trade agreement. Things like that. Last night, bernie said during the debate democrats are more than capable of chewing bubblegum at the same time as walking. They can pursue impeachment well pursuing investigative goals. Is that something you think they can actually do. The problem. When you ask me about messaging, the leadership on the other side of the aisle understands how devastating this is in the battlegrounds.