Later Armstrong Williams discusses his book what black and White America must do now, a prescription to move beyond race. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Mr. Biden good morning. It is washington journal host good morning. Onis washington journal tuesday, september 8. Armor Vice President former Vice President biden called unamericanmp for his treatment of veterans. How would you rate the president s role of commander in chief . Here is how you can reach out to us this morning. If you are active or retired military, 202 7488000. , 202 support joe biden 7488001. Trump, upport president 202 7488002. President holding an event at the white house yesterday on labor day talking about a variety of issues, matters of the military coming up. Again quote the president rips leaders butlitary insists soldiers love hit the president rips into u. S. Military leaders but insists soldiers love him. [video clip] the militaryying is in love with me, im
Joining us now is Elbridge Deputy defenseer secretary in strategy and the Trump Administration, also cofounder and principal of the Marathon Initiative. Thank you for joining us. Host good to be here. Good to be here. Host thought we would ask you about china. What is the Marathon Initiative . Guest it is a small, new think tank on what we regard as the u. S. Policy, which is competition with china. Host how are you funded . Guest from a variety of individuals, governments, and corporations. We do not accept corporate funding. Host several headlines got our attention, including this one that says chinas military surpassed the u. S. In ships, fromles, and air defense, a Defense Department report, so talking about conventional weapons first, what is the relative size and strength of the Chinese Military . It is very impressive. It is daunting, actually. One of the things to remember is that the United States spans defense. Bly more in china has been closing that gap in china is a most di
Has been onur focus Law Enforcement, isolated from Police Brutality or individual that lost their lives. What we have a tendency to do is Group Everybody together at the same. What america forgets about is individualism. It is very difficult for us to look at the case in minneapolis with george floyd in with Law Enforcement, the first thing we think about, he was a black guy. It was a white Law Enforcement officer. That tells me everything i need to know about why this took place. What happens is, when you try to make it an issue and the person who is responsible for it was white, you eliminate other human beings who should also have the same moral outrage. Too much of our time today is spent on discouragement. Everybody is an individual first and that individual is solely responsible for their actions. We should not be outraged because of the race of the person, the fact that these individuals died in a very gruesome and brutal way for no reason at all, because what happens is when th
Ahead of election day 2020. At 9 00 a. M. , dr. Howard editorinchief of the journal of the American Medical Association discusses the u. S. Response to covid19. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. Camera shootings of africanamericans at the hands of police has caused unrest in the United States for the past few years and has turned into a Major Campaign issue in this years president ial race. Whether it is black lives matter, defund the police or other slogans and movements, how Law Enforcement relates to the communities they protect is on everyones minds these days. Morning,ion to this what is your view of Law Enforcement in your community . We are going to open up regional lines. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zone, you have a telephone number. You are in the mountain and , you have a zones number. And if you are Law Enforcement watching this morning, we want to know what you are seeing and hearing. We have a special line for you. Keep in mind, you c
Cspan radio app. Here to join us to talk about the state of National Security sanderson. Homas , and im happy to beyond provide some insight and answer some questions. Host can you tell the audience about your background in this field . Guest i started out back in 1998 back in graduate school. This was the summer we were attacked in east africa by al qaeda. Defensework with a contractor called saic. I was assigned to programs looking at the threat of weapons of mass destruction, following the east africa bombings. We were concerned that al qaeda was seeking to up their game by using weapons of mass destruction. My team and i looked at the various groups that have tried to obtain weapons of mass destruction, from chlorine gas to using other materials. We looked at that, i did that for four years and i went off to china to do a fellowship. That happened to be right after 9 11, bow two weeks after 9 11. When i came back i joined the center for strategic and international studies. The dire