If i hack up a lung, i apologize. I committed to this a few months ago, and you just never know when youre going to get sick will im here to share my journey from arizona to working in National News and politics here in the nations capital. Before i start rambling about myself, id like to get to know all of you a little better. How many for you is it your first time in washington, d. C. . Welcome. Thats kind of a lot of you. And where are you from . Any west coast eers . Yeah. Not that many. What about new yorkers . Anyone from the south . Nice. Are there any d. C. Locals here . A few. You know, my twoyear anniversary in d. C. Is going to happen at the end of april, and i notice that d. C. Is a very transient city so i never really meet a lot of people that were born and raised here who stay here. Its a tough city, but its a beautiful city and theres so many opportunities out here if you look for them and if you work hard. How many of you want to pursue a career in politics or news . M
And after she was a little bit more coherent and in less pain i texted her and said an account how many pills you have left because i knew shed been prescribed hundred 20 nor does, thats a 7. 5 milligram nordic own tablet and when, thats what shed been described , thats four pills a day for 30 days read bad news is what that is. What you might need to come out of it, i was interested to knowhow much. The reading picks up when she answered me, she texted a little while after i asked writing i have 73 ofthe hundred 20 remaining. He used well under half of what shed been prescribed. I should have been surprised but by this point i begun to see the data on overprescribing for surgery. Practitioners in all different feel are examining their prescribing practices, pushing with the average prescription is and then attempting to find out how many pills patients and up taking. Results like my moms are not uncommon. A particularly striking result was published in 2017 by researchers at the unive
A political and religious crisis. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter is next. Host good morning. It is monday, september 30. Welcome to washington journal. Though congress is in a two week break, House Democrats impeachment efforts move forward. Herker pelosi telling caucus in a Conference Call beterday, our tone must solemn, prayerful, and respectful of the constitution. Is the effort by democrats worthy of the constitution . Democrats, call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents and others, that is 2027488002. Or you can send us a text and that line is 2027488003. We are also on twitter. Tweet us at cspanwj or post your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A piece updated in the new york pelosithe headline says pushes for simple message as inquiry barrels ahead. Nancy pelosi made a private appeal on sunday to democrats not to build public support for a school fullscale impeachment inquiry on President Trump. W
Focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any countrys health. Host john in new york, democrats line. Youre n. E. C. Top issue for your member of congress. Caller hi, good morning. Ive been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. B
May have helped police crack a case, all thanks to her drawing skills. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We want to get right to the big story. President trump stepping up his attacks on four minority members of congress saying they can leave the country if they dont like it. The four freshmen lawmakers fired back calling the president racist and xenophobic accusing him of carrying out the agenda of White Nationalists demanding he face impeachment. While most republicans remain silent, the president insists many people love what he is saying and Mona Kosar Abdi joins us from washington with more on the fallout from those attacks. Mona, good morning. Reporter good morning. President trumps racist tweets seem to have unified the Democratic Party to rally behind these four congresswomen of color that the president continues to attack, but now its the Republican Party that remains split over whether to condemn or condone the president s behavior. The president reigniti